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[quote name='Stealth' timestamp='1381585974' post='2241010'] Looking for nice slightly gritty Rock bass tone are Mesa really that good to cost a wad ? [/quote] I've got the hybrid mpulse amp. It's brilliant for the tone you are looking for, way better than any Ampeg I have owned! Not cheap these days thru...

[quote name='Count Bassy' timestamp='1381694874' post='2242545'] It seems odd to me that we have a forum of mostly amateurs (when it comes to bass building) slagging off someone who has been doing it as a career for quite a few years. i.e. "I can't understand how tapping a piece of wood with a hammer can help predict its tone in a guitar, so therefore it must be wrong". Are these the same armchair experts that shout their valued advice to the professional players while watching Man. U. V. Chelsea on the telly? It may well be a load of old bollocks, but I personally would not venture to slag someone else off when I don't know any better myself. Also I agree that he gets a bit muddled in places, but so might I if my boss said "explain your job on video". I also agree that with an electric guitar tone can be manipulated in many ways, which can reduce the effect of woods, but as a general principal in life (IMHO) its best to get the fundamentals right and build on that. I.e. build on rock rather than sand. And on the technical side of hitting it with a hammer. This is a common and accepted technique when determining resonances in machine tool structures (though monitored by accelerometers rather than by ear). [/quote] Good post! I agree but take note of Dannybuoy’s comments above (post #39)…

[quote name='Lord Sausage' timestamp='1381682621' post='2242246'] labelling people on here 'a bunch of weekend warriors' seems dumb and disrespectful to me! [/quote] Why?? I'm sure that term applies to the vast majority of people here (including me)...

[quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1381676535' post='2242130'] I am confident I speak for many of us in saying that if I was intimidated by people who could play better than me then I'd have to not be here at all. You are missing what really happened here which was that the OP held up a badly executed and somewhat unmusical performance as an example of greatness and, when some of us disagreed with his evaluation, things got sensitive. So, what you perhaps ought to have said is "It seems that some people are intimidated by anyone disagreeing with them". [/quote] Feel free to disagree all you like, however I think that it is a bit off for a bunch of weekend warriors posting on the internet about a pro that is good enough to get the Carl Palmer gig, saying that he is giving “a badly executed and somewhat unmusical performance”! that just seems dumb and disrespectful to me. [quote name='BassTractor' timestamp='1381671896' post='2242025'] As written before, initially it would be far from me to criticise that performance. I understand and appreciate the context as well as the attempt. I understand the technical requirements to the player. Had I been in the audience, I would have been smiling from ear to ear, and would applaud this with warmth ("warmth" should be in the dictionary, btw, just like "coldth" and "calmth"). However, the clip was used as an example of a type of greatness that would put VW in the shadow. Now, while I do not specifically appreciate VW, or know his work for that matter, the greatness claim was followed by a claim about this performance's musicality. [/quote] Absolutely! Although VW doesn’t do a great deal for me either, I can appreciate his considerable talent. Surely when someone plays critic for any artistic performance, they have to judge everything on its own merits. I thought that bass player on the Carl Palmer gig gave a pretty good live performance of a solo piece that got a good reaction from the crowd and like BassTractor, I am sure I would have been impressed had I been in the audience. That doesn’t make it the greatest piece of music I’ve ever heard or make him better than Victor…

I know the girl who sang on their cracking version of Back In Black (Lorna from Northsyde). Great band [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrQvT8ziGKo"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrQvT8ziGKo[/url] Northsyde are also well worth checking out if you like funky blues tinged rock…

[quote name='Lowender' timestamp='1381513526' post='2240199'] Wow, you're really confused mate. I could care less about people agreeing with me. It's about knowledge and taste and understanding and appreciation. I guess you missed that point, but I guess you have to understand it in the first place. [/quote] Actually, I kinda agree with much of your original post. I’m not sure what people would expect from a solo piece from the bass player on a Carl Palmer gig, but I thought that it was OK. I don’t think that it stood up as a great piece of music in its own right, but it certainly wasn’t unmusical and I thought that the execution was fine for a live performance. Some might feel that his choice of notes was insufficiently romantic, but in the unlikely event that I had been in the audience I am sure that I would have been suitably impressed without feeling the need to own a recorded version anytime soon! On the other hand, Michael Anthony (a very capable bass player) plays a very simple part that fits Running With The Devil perfectly, so why would anyone want to change it? It seems that some people are intimidated by anyone better than them and some expect that every single piece of music meets some unobtainable ideal. And if these people claim that it doesn’t bother them, then why would they take the trouble to have an opinion??

The bass playing on the Muddy Water Blues album by Paul Rodgers is spot on, as you might expect from Pino Palladino... If you're interested in the more rock side of blues rock, try listening to the excellent Mars Cowling's playing with Pat Travers. The live album 'Go For What You Know' is a good place to start - that should keep you going for a while...!

I'm a big fan - a great track and a great artist (I even had one of his songs played in the Registry Office at my wedding)…!

[quote name='Prosebass' timestamp='1380585076' post='2227587'] Who is this? [attachment=145094:DSCF5450-1.jpg] [/quote] Are you going to give us a clue, where the picture comes from, etc? Looks very vaguely familiar...

Interesting line-up: it seems to be 3 drummers, bass, 2 guitars & sax (but no keys)...!

I have a double iGig bag, which is great but have to say that Fusion F1 looks good as well...

Another that comes to mind is 'Storyteller's Daughter' by Northsyde - like an updated and very funky Led Zep with a cracking female vocalist...!

I'm afraid that I do not have the knowledge or interest in jazz to talk about how an electric bass works in that context. However, what your drummer said does make perfect sense...

Looks like I will be around in Saltaire at that time, but will be with family as me and the missus will be taking my mother around the festival. If anyone fancies meeting up for a beer a bit later on at Fanny’s (say around 4.30pm) – gimme a shout...!

[quote name='BetaFunk' timestamp='1379450788' post='2212934'] I'm just amazed someone hasn't mentioned the fit between the control plate and the scratchplate. [/quote] Have you never seen a Fender before??

A couple of pics from Newark Blues festival last weekend, courtesy of Liz Aiken... [attachment=143628:PB Newark.jpg] [attachment=143629:Pete n Phil Newark.jpg]

[quote name='dmccombe7' timestamp='1378627841' post='2202447'] Even the Ampeg SVT series which have tube pre-amps and SS or Class D power sections don't seem that common either. Like the comment on age related to amp / cab weight. Makes sense. Dave [/quote] Still plenty of people using Ampeg out in the real world! I use either a Mesa Boogie Mpulse or a LM3 thru a Berg 410.

[quote name='Gust0o' timestamp='1375884501' post='2166913'] I love it when a plan comes together [/quote] But what exactly is the plan?? Is it meeting up in Saltaire on Sunday the 22nd? If so, where, what time and who’s going??

[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1378647534' post='2202726'] Bill them, unless you think it will blow any work with them in the future [/quote]Unless you actually have a contract, all that will do is p*** them off so that they don't use you in future and get you a reputation for being unreasonable! Best to write this on off as 'one of those things' and move on...

Not bought much new music this year but the Winery Digs album did manage to live up to expectations and is really good...!

[quote name='sk8' timestamp='1378281568' post='2197966'] LM2/3 are not class D. There are A/B and sound the better for it IMO. Side by side the LM 500 sounded far more organic than the 800 watt with the class D power module [/quote] That may explain why I prefer Mark Bass to other lightweight amps that I've tried...

[quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1378224881' post='2197304'] But the player might. Surely that counts for something..? [/quote] All the audience notices is if the band sounds as good as the band last week and the week before! Part of that overall impression comes from how good the bass sounds...

A few ones that always went down well and don’t seem to have been mentioned when I was in such a band a couple of years ago: Forever Young (Tyketto) Alive or Evenflow (Pearl Jam) Panama (Van Halen) - a bit obvious but great fun to play

Someone here was asking recently about where were the blues gigs in the North West. Well, in response to this question I will be playing with Rhythm Zoo at BJ's Blues Club at The Hop Pocket in Chorley this Thursday. ‘Come getcha some’ as some of my American blues playing friends would say! Remember to come up and say hi if you do…