EmmettC

Awesome stuff!

Yamaha BB405, it feels realy cheaply made, and doesn't sound great, but it's one of the most comfortable feeling basses I've owned. I even traced the body of it before I sold it in case I ever decide to build my own bass.

I often improvise a solo in the rehearsal room, but if I did solo at a gig I'd prefer to have it pre-learned, no point in inflicting something rubbish on an audience.

Here's my 2, the Ibazez probably doesn't count as porn, but it plays so beautifully. Ibazez Roadster Chris Larkin Fretless

My amps live in the garage, I have a 10watt fender in the flat to practise with, but a 4x10 in the flat would lead to "domestic difficulties"

[quote name='pietruszka' timestamp='1324555123' post='1475483'] He didn't get the job and Morrison sacked his entire team soon after 'cos he wanted a 'new one'. [/quote] I was working as a sound engineer in a venue he played years ago, and although he had his own engineers with him I was on site all day, and the man is the ultimate @r$ehole, the gig was awesome though....

[quote name='thisnameistaken' timestamp='1324545470' post='1475327'] I guess we weren't as swayed by the price tag as the engineer was. [/quote] I was in the studio with my Fender P, and Stingray a few years ago, I used the Stingray for just one song as the P bass sound was more suitable to the singer/song writer I was playing for, but the engineer was well pi$$ed off. He wanted the Stingray on everything because he thinks "active is better".

hopefully I'll pick up some decent pickups that look as worn as the bass, I don't want to stick shiny bits on it, so most likely it'll be something "of the era"

My first gig was in '94, when I was 16, mostly pearl jam and nirvana covers, but we also did Suck My Kiss by RHCP. I remember thinking I nailed it on the night, glad it wasn't filmed though, I imagine my bass playing was as lame as my goatee.

[quote name='4 Strings' timestamp='1324256241' post='1472377'] More recently I use a stand angling the cab back so no change required. Anyone else put their amp somewhere other than the top of the (top) speaker? [/quote] I started putting my Amp on the floor for this very reason. I got sick of searching around venues for matching beer crates. It does make it more awkward to turn up every few minutes

I always thought my Trace Elliot made every bass sound the same, but my Ampeg and SWR don't alter the sound as much, unless I dial it in. I used an Ashdown at a gig on Friday, and though not as bad as the Trace, it seemed to make my G&L and Fender sound similar, and not how they normally sound, I don't own the Ashdown, and I didn't have alot of time to fiddle, so I could be misjudging it, but my Trace was terrible. My fender sounded no better than my cheap Aria played through that amp.

makes sense, they were put in when it was fairly new, or so I was told. I'm torn between trying to find oe pups, or fitting a badass bridge and decent preamp and pickups.It's lovely to play but it's getting tired.

This is my '72 precision, [u]very[/u] used, it's all original, apart from the pick ups, I bought it about 16 years ago off a family friend, he gave me the original p/ups, but they never worked. No idea what the ones in it are, but the sound good. It's overdue a re-fret, but it looks like it'll be a hard job to do, it'll probably need re laquered too, and may aswell have the blackened bits of wood sorted too. Any good luthiers around Edinburgh?

My Ibanez, Chris Larkin Fretless acoustic, '72 precision, G&l L5500 and Tribute G&L L2500. The 3 hanging on the wall are the one's my girlfriend thinks are pretty enough to be in the living room. She gets annoyed when I take any of them to a gig because the wall doesn't look balanced, I assume she wants me to get more basses to fill the space?????

[quote name='silddx' timestamp='1324229664' post='1472078'] Haha! Brilliant! [/quote] I should probably clean the bass before gigs though, it looks grubbier than me.

My boss is very helpful, she really loves music, so she's always been great. I try to be as helpful as I can when I'm not gigging, so I hope it balances out. We have 3 tours next year though, I think that will really test our relationship, but hopefully I'll have the dates sorted soon so I can give plenty of notice.

Here's one of me in a hat, and mask. I play like this in Metaltech so no one knows it's me. Don't tell anyone[attachment=95523:thrapston.jpg]

Ha ha, my secret identity. I can't believe I never found this place before.

Flea (made me want to be a bassist,but I haven't been a fan of the Chilis for a long time) Tim Commerford Gabe Nelson John Entwhistle Larry Graham

I actually saw your 9 string before it was finished, it looks amazing in the flesh. How long did it take to get used to?