SICbass

[quote name='Beedster' timestamp='1465025488' post='3064700'] [URL=http://s80.photobucket.com/user/Beedster/media/IMG_1194_zpsilbtlwmf.jpg.html][IMG]http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j199/Beedster/IMG_1194_zpsilbtlwmf.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [/quote] Ssssssssecksayyyyy!!

[quote name='lowdown' timestamp='1465851916' post='3071644'] Sanborn and Hiram Bullock...Just great. [/quote] Omar Hakim lending a hand too, there.

Perfect for those rained-out summer open-air gigs.

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1465839796' post='3071485'] A true pioneer, and funny as he'll. Blue [/quote] Absolutely on both counts. I didn't know just how funny he was till I saw a clip from the talk-radio show he used to do. it was from the excellent documentary "Only the Strong Survive", which unfortunately went a little under the radar as it was released in the same year as that other great soul documentary, "Standing in the Shadows of Motown".

[quote name='Cato' timestamp='1465849867' post='3071623'] I hadn't heard of him until about a year ago. Since then mainly through his work with Kendrick Lamar, Flying Lotus & Kamasi Washington he's become one of my most listened to bass players. I've still not made up my mind on his solo stuff, it's definitely very interesting, but I'm not sure how much I actually like it, though Apocalypse is definitely a more accessible album to me than Golden Age of the Apocalypse.(His first couple of albums have confusingly similar names). [/quote] I will definitely check out those other artists. Thanks for the tip.

This was new to me. A really odd and interesting combination. [media]http://youtu.be/lVqETCMg3SA[/media] http://youtu.be/Buxtt8unaCo

So, this is what I originally attempted (failing miserably) to post at the top of this thread. [media]http://youtu.be/KCFyKRtlLOI[/media]

http://www.youtube.com/embed/KCFyKRtlLOI

[quote name='gjones' timestamp='1465508193' post='3068941'] Something has been chewing on the headstock? [/quote] Prospective buyers, checking it's not counterfeit?

Clearly it's your wife's fault. There, all better now?

[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1465656977' post='3070017'] [/quote] Many thanks for the explanation Dad.

Much obliged Dad. Is the 'share' text something other than the normal link, because I tried that without the 's' in 'https', but it didn't work.

You naughty, naughty bassplayer, you.

This vid will shed some light on it. An interview at the soundcheck with the man himself. I tried a redhead back in the early nineties. A fabulous sound, but much heavier than an extremely heavy, heavy thing.... on one if its heavier days. http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=is0SGbUTh20 If someone can make this embed work, I'd be very grateful.

It looks like a guitar built for Prince by the telly-tubbies, but in the right context (something psychedelic) could be quite cool.

[quote name='TheGreek' timestamp='1465157505' post='3065734'] Beautiful, don't you think?? Plays like a dream (neck has a bit more meat than I'm used to but not a problem - we will adapt). I was playing it earlier - hard to decide which is my favourite tone. Time on my hands tomorrow to experiment and decide. Nice photos...but they compare to what it looks like in the flesh. I almost feel sorry for the rest of you. [/quote] Soundclip soon pleeeeeeease!

NEXT build!!!! You don't hang about, do you? 😀

[quote name='Truckstop' timestamp='1465061088' post='3065061'] Just different factors of an instruments flexibility. Sometimes you'll want an active sound and sometimes you'll want a passive sound. One's neither better or worse than the other, just different. [/quote] That sums it up nicely, I'd say.

[quote name='Lozz196' timestamp='1465034187' post='3064781'] Maybe they`ll be like Benjamin Button and get newer looking, until finally completely pristine. [/quote] But then all that relic-ing will have been a waste of money......😮.....surely not 🙄

[quote name='Number6' timestamp='1465030603' post='3064740'] You can always get a re-fin.....👍 [/quote] 😄😄😄😄😄

I misunderstood the OP title at first. You don't have to practice. Happy Birthday! Fixed?

[quote name='lojo' timestamp='1465024346' post='3064683'] Bands and groups do evolve in directions that don't suit everyone over time , but openess is the key to making decisions and being fair and honest about it , rehearsing new members behind your back is clearly wrong [/quote] +1 Very crappy behaviour on the part of your former bandmates. There's no call for that.

[quote name='DaveFry' timestamp='1464993290' post='3064594'] ...trying to play it on upright whilst singing (and maybe ending at the same pitch I started ). [/quote] You're probably already familiar this, but just in case you aren't, it's superb. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zQmhQyCMvig

[quote name='cheddatom' timestamp='1464865195' post='3063238'] It would drive you nuts if you played with a drummer who didn't use cases? I just don't get it! I turn up early, I'm set up in 10 minutes, I have spare skins and sticks, all my gear is in good nick (apart from the floor tom leg I need to fix before the weekend!!!) and I don't f*** up. The cases I do use are always out of the way. I just don't get the problem. I gigged for years without cases, and cases are not cheap! [/quote] Aaah, that changes everything. Maybe I should have been more specific. All the other attributes you mention (being punctual, decent gear etc.) are, in my experience, abscent from those drummers without cases. Those I've run into without cases were slovenly in all other departments, which contributed to an all-round lack of professionalism. The specific issue of the cases wasn't meant. Especially not when you're punctual, have decent gear, clear cases away etc. etc. No offence intended 😊

[quote name='cheddatom' timestamp='1464853993' post='3063101'] I've been on the other end of this as a drummer - the band demanded that I buy cases to transport my drums in, because "it looks unprofessional when you walk into a venue without them in cases". Are any of you that anal? [/quote] Yes, I am. That would drive me nuts, but ultimately it's none of my business.