Captain Bassman

[quote name='Higgie' post='692018' date='Dec 23 2009, 02:33 AM']Ok so my notation skills aren't perfect, I found it really hard to replicate the feel in the score, but as far as I can tell the notes are right, so you should be able to match them to the song and nail the feel by your self! This is all I could knock up since my last post, and is from when the bass enters, up to the first chorus Hope it helps, may finish it off tomorrow if I get time![/quote] Thanks very much! Very kind of you. Be good if you do get time to finish it but if someone is able to scan a copy of BP mag's version then it would save you a lot of time and trouble! Cheers!

Been asked to learn this haunting tune. Bass by Mr Palladino I believe?? Most of the fills sound like variations of a basic theme but I'm lazy - and short on precious practice time, what with 2 demanding young kiddies - so I'm wondering if anyone has a transcription? Thanks and a Happy Christmas to all fellow Bc'ers!

That's not MK! It's that Robert Llewellyn chap off of that How's It Made show! Or Scrapheap Challenge (in days gone by)?...

NICE!!! I had one of these in metallic electric blue with black hardware (serial number 215, or summink like that). Bought it new from the Soho Sound House back in about 1990, I think. Couldn't afford a full-blown Series II at the time. Lovely basses. A tad heavy compared with the Series II but all the right Status tones were in there. All for just under 900 quid...and with a proper hard case to boot! Good purchase sir! May you be very happy together!

[quote name='doctor_of_the_bass' post='643518' date='Nov 2 2009, 04:03 PM']You mean the `brand new Viggy not from the 80s with full carbon neck Viggy which I've had for many many years club'!!! Its lovely Dave! In fact, I'm tempted to buy another one but fretted (it will be in around 3 years time once I've saved up enough dosh).[/quote] Of course m8y, meant to say Viggy Series 4 club!

Bladdy noice Nick!! Welcome to the Viggy club! I love the separate pick-up EQ on mine too, very versatile. Enjoy my friend!!

[quote name='jake_tenfloors' post='627874' date='Oct 16 2009, 01:45 PM']Hey, Looking for some slow songs with some good bass playing. Got more than enough quick and funky stuff to listen to so just wondering what slow songs you really enjoy playing?? Cheers, Jake[/quote] If you mean ballady-type things then my faves are; Portuguese Love / Out On A Limb (Teena Marie) Romance / Why Are You Leaving (Level 42) Chloe (Elton John) Deep Waters (Incognito) There's loads more but I've got a busted head today and can't think straight! Laters... CB

[quote name='tredders' post='624235' date='Oct 12 2009, 06:32 PM']To add to the list of more obscure tracks with nice bass lines above: - David Watts[/quote] That's me!!!!! Anyone else priveleged enough to have a song named after them?? (I'm assuming there are no Eleanor Rigby's on BC...). And t'was written by Ray Davies in the year I was born! Sorry to hijack the thread, but couldn't resist! Seriously fantastic bass player our Mr Foxton. A complete inspiration to me when I first started playing too. Although I could never get the hang of using one of those plecky thingamyjigs... Maximum rispec!!

Damn, b*gger, sod it!!! Got a last minute call-up for a dep gig tonite so I can't come now! S'pose I should be happy to be out gigging but I was really looking forward to the bash and meeting all you guys. I missed last year's bash cos of a gig too. This damn hobby of mine keeps getting in the way of Bass Bashes!!! Anyway, sorry I can't be there but hope you all have a great day. See y'all next year! CB

Mark me down as "possible" - I'm 75% certain to have a gig so will have to pack my rig into the car anyway. If so I will bring; Aggie DB750 (unless there's too much amp-age already!) + Aggie cabs Vigier Arpege 5 (new series 4 model) And one of the following 4 stringers - Sadowsky UV70 Metro / Jaydee GA24 custom / GB IV (early Spitfire from 1999) Laters... CB

OK, I've been toying with a strange idea for the last few months... I'm a naturally right-handed player but of late have been getting really curious about how I would get on playing a left-handed bass. Not a LH bass strung upside-down and played right-handed but a "real" LH bass! The reason for this curiosity is; a) I seem to have the ability to do some things fairly well with both hands (alright you at the back, no more sniggering!!). I'm thinking raquet sports, darts, etc...not writing though. I'm not ambidextrous - I believe that means being able to do things equally well with both hands. when listening to my iPod I can "pluck" along to the bass parts quite well with my LH fingers. Slap technique with my LH thumb also seems OK and a lot tighter than my RH thumb. Given that I'd have to concentrate more on technique, accuracy, articulation etc. I'm wondering if this might benefit my natural RH playing to any degree? Dunno how exactly but maybe it would "re-wire" my brain by removing any complacency it might have developed over the years of playing RH. Hey, there's also the possibility that it might unleash some latent technical wizardry in being able to fret better and faster with my RH!!! Could open up a new career!! I'm thinking it might be fun to buy a cheapo LH bass and have a go! Anyone ever tried this?

[quote name='AndyTravis' post='598534' date='Sep 14 2009, 07:01 PM']As far as i can figure, series 1 is the same shape as mine, series 2 are narrower and have a scoop between the fingerboard and neck pickup, and series 3 are a smaller version of the series 1... Johnbobs custom on the first page is ridiculous, I keep staring at it. These really are fantastic basses, and i've got rough sketches already drawn up for my custom - I've had a few interesting ideas for headstock facings etc. I just need to figure out what to sell to fund it...haha.[/quote] Hey Andy, They are indeed fantastic basses! My custom GA24 is the cocobolo one with the Pangborn-esque headstock on the Custom Specials page of the Jaydee website...and it's my current avatar. Like Nick's Session, mine has the coil tap switches so it's a lot more versatile. It's a tighter sound overall than the Classic/MK series models but I can get everything from trebly slap to a fantastic growly Jazz tone to a P-bass thump with very little tweaking. In fact, it also manages a very passable impression of a Stingray too, dunno how...! Body-wise, the GA24 is between the Series I and Series III - about 14.5 inches across - and slightly shorter in length. A good alternative for thos of us who're slightly on ths short side! John's a great guy - he'll accommodate any design ideas you have (like my 'blasphemous' headstock, for Jaydee purists!) and give his valuable opinion of what might or might not work. Anyway don't worry about the funding bit, get on and order one! Mine was 16 months from order to delivery - plenty of time for you to save up!!! Best, David

[quote name='Beedster' post='580031' date='Aug 25 2009, 11:37 AM']We just gotta hope the real perpetrator doesn't reply and say "It was me" [/quote] Maybe it was the OP?... ...looking for compliments!

I'm out. 6,787 possibles left...? I feel a monster thread coming on!

Erm, It's Not Unusual by the Jonester...segued straight into Just Help Yourself by the same Welsh crooner. Someone once made a request, people danced and they've stayed in the set ever since. AAAAAGGGHH!! Just awful!! I'll get me coat...

Just to add my tuppence-worth... I bought a UV-70 Metro from GuitarGuitar last November. It was perfectly set-up straight out of the case and has been my main gigging bass since. It's lived up to everything I'd read and heard about Sadowskys - first class build quality, great tone and certainly no dead spots. But there will always be duds, even with Sadowsky's 'legendary' QC!! I don't rate the VTC though, in fact I never use it since it just doesn't cut through a live mix. I agree that Sadowskys are fantastic for cutting through live but don't expect to get a vintage J-bass tone from one, even with the VTC. It's a bit dull and soulless IMO, especially once you've blasted it with the actives switched on!. They are a modern 'active' take on a classic sound. Mine growls nicely too, even with the pick-up selector half way and my amp set flat...

[quote name='ped' post='568515' date='Aug 13 2009, 11:13 PM']Is that an Arpege, sir? V nice![/quote] 'Tis indeed the Series IV Arpege 5 that I bought from Bass Direct earlier this year. Luvverly stuff!!

Me with the Big G's (my main gig) outside at The Cage in Reigate a couple of weeks ago. T'was a chilly nite... Can't remember what we were all laughing at...but usually it's because someone's just f*arted!!

Julian Crampton's playing on Jacob's Ladder by Incognito. Not strictly a solo, more of a solo piece, but it has everything - the intro's fab, the main groove drives along and the outro finger-style riff is awesome. +1 for Claypool on Tommy the Cat - still brings a smile to my face every time I hear it! Barking-mad bass from a complete genius! The video for the single was great too - cool cartoon cats and a moustacioed Les playing the part of a weirdo barman with extending arms pouring milk cocktails whilst singing "Say baby do you wanna lay down with me..."! Some nice b&w close-up footage of him slapping out on his famous Carl Thompson 6-string fretless rainbow bass too

[quote name='Pete Academy' post='555157' date='Jul 29 2009, 02:55 PM']Ah, the unmistakeable sound of an Alembic being slapped. Stan used to have Howard Hewett from Shalalmar guest on his albums.[/quote] Oh yeah, "Heaven Sent You" from Time Exposure is a class act...both vocally and bass-ally! A nice one for anybody looking for something to transcribe! LFS using A Ricky?? I always thought he sounded like a P-bass?

[quote name='lemmywinks' post='553165' date='Jul 27 2009, 08:41 PM']Is there a decent transcription anywhere? Bit of a daunting task to transcribe it myself[/quote] There was a partial transcription in April 2006's Bass Player mag (long time ago, I know!). I think it included the basic verse part and middle 8 but not the fancy little unison fill with the horns - best part of whole bl***dy song IMO!! Anyway if I can still find a copy I'll try and scan it...

[quote name='obi 2 kenobi' post='554811' date='Jul 29 2009, 09:48 AM']Its Leon Sylvers on bass playing a Rick[/quote] He did play bass on most Shalamar tunes and, I believe, most of the stuff he produced from the Solar Records stable at that time. I always thought "There It Is" sounded like a bass synth though...too perfect and almost looped. Could be wrong! Tis a wondeful bass part though. Other LFS parts I like are; And The Beat Goes On (The Whispers) Sweeter As The Days Go By (Shalamar) Friends (Shalamar) All tight as the proverbial gnat's chuff! And if you like Shalamar choons check out the bass line on the title track from their album "The Look". Played by none other than a certain Mr Stanley Clarke... CB

[quote name='Russ' post='547814' date='Jul 22 2009, 04:42 PM']Did you ever see his band Moondigger, back in the day?[/quote] Yep, I went to quite a few of their gigs in the Croydon area. F***king awesome! In fact, I still have a copy of their "7 Song Demo" on cassette tape in the car. It still gets played regularly! Dave Colquhoun was their guitarist. He also worked at RB and has also played in Wakeman's New English Rock Ensemble with Lee. I think Dave won the Guitarist of the Year competition many moons ago too. Very talented guys - glad to see they've managed to get carreers in the biz. For a while back in the early 90's I played bass in a band called Skittle Alley - it was kind of the Rockbottom 'house band'. Lee kindly got me the gig and was the only one in the shop, along with Dave C, who wasn't involved. Luckily for me it wasn't his kind of thing!

Lee Pomeroy, who recently toured with Take That and has played bass for Rick Wakeman for several years now, is another left-handed upside-down genius. I remember many a Saturday afternoon spent in Rockbottom watching him do stuff I could never hope to play right-handed and the right way up! Absolutely awesome...and a thoroughly nice bloke to boot!

Jeez, Flanker's P is a beaut!! (hmmm, maybe I should re-phrase that...) I was sorely tempted to have a punt on an immaculate original Antigua-burst '78 P that came up on ebay a few months ago. Was unsure whether the finish would look too pallid "in the wood", so to speak, so I didn't. Damn, wish I'd had a punt now!! Fantastic basses anyway! Never really taken much notice of ACs until this thread. Thought they were way too pricey for Fender clones but having read the LG5 review in BGM I can now understand why. Now, where's me credit card gone...?