Jase

That's a great looking bass shockwave.

[quote name='ednaplate' post='366152' date='Dec 30 2008, 12:24 PM']I don't know as the video manages to avoid mentioning this. I do quite like the look of the Precision however I think a well played 70s version (a la Beedster) is likely to be a better instrument as I don't know how you can simulate a played in instrument other than by playing it. A lot.[/quote] Hmmm, not that it makes a difference, just wondering. They reckon it'll leave money to get to the next gig.....MIM?

Are these MIM or MIA?

[quote name='PVTele' post='366042' date='Dec 30 2008, 10:13 AM']A friend of mine, Mike Coulson, who plays in the Bournemouth Vineyard worship band, has a recent BB, either a 414 or a 614, I can't remember. It's an excellent bass. Sounds rather more P-Bass like than the RBX, but has a very similar neck - i.e. very nice, comfortable, comparable with a JB. Altogether a good bass, and they are fantastic value, especially the passive 414.[/quote] Just been reading up on the 414 and 614, very good reports....this is what started my BB gas: [url="http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://lib5.store.yahoo.co.jp/lib/ikebe/yamaha-bb-3000-sb-05.jpg&imgrefurl=http://store.shopping.yahoo.co.jp/ikebe/0000101000.html&usg=__j_wnbNvnydLdqTN1L0a1MM8qrGI=&h=450&w=600&sz=108&hl=en&start=10&sig2=Uo5NLtJDTwnbmS58u1yQfw&um=1&tbnid=V0cVs_I4qCQZ6M:&tbnh=101&tbnw=135&ei=awdaSYOlHIaujAeKtrnqDg&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dyamaha%2BBB3000%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-GB%3a%6ffficial%26sa%3DN"]BB3000[/url]

[quote name='Josh' post='366023' date='Dec 30 2008, 09:41 AM']I still can't hear why he is supposedly so amazing, still, not wishing to start anything I'm just still trying to find something by him which will hopefully make it abundantly clear. Tight like curried mutton mind you.[/quote] He doesn't get in the way, he plays what's required, it's very tasteful. I'm no Pino expert but you only have to look at him to realise he's an accomplished musician (Not a dig at you Josh)

[quote name='6stringbassist' post='365920' date='Dec 30 2008, 12:46 AM']Makes me kind of fancy getting a Stingray fretless.[/quote] Same here, I'm not even into Stingrays

[quote name='Nito' post='365733' date='Dec 29 2008, 08:20 PM']Ho ho hoy, hello from Newport mate. My missus sister lives in Cwmbran, Croesyciliog( If I got that right) @ Jase, I pass my driving test in Cwmbran too, bloody nightmare all them speed ramps.[/quote] When I did it, the roundabouts were the main bug!!! Don't think they had speed bumps then A while ago now

Welcome WHUFC, thanks for the Yamaha BB info

[quote name='WHUFC BASS' post='365745' date='Dec 29 2008, 08:41 PM']I used to have a Yamaha BB1100s which was fretless in the early 1990s. From memory it had an ash body, maple neck, rosewood fingerboard and PJ pickup config. Quite a nice bass, used it quite a lot in an originals band I was in. Neck is a slim precision type neck.[/quote] Cheers WHUFC. Found myself looking at the BB series, haven't a clue why, just fancied them all of a sudden....never even played one. I just saw this BB3000 on a Japanese site, very good detailed pics, they look really well made. I'll try and find the link....lovely looking bass.

[quote name='jakesbass' post='365672' date='Dec 29 2008, 06:41 PM']The straight answer is no. Does your question mean you assume that they are not known because they are not known to you? It's semantics. For the record I don't think Pino is 'highly recognisable' whatever that is, to many other than bass players.[/quote] Yeah, I can agree with that. Actually, I don't know much about him at all.... other than he's been on the scene forever.

[quote name='M4L666' post='365628' date='Dec 29 2008, 05:44 PM']Jesus, I though I was alone using my little finger![/quote] You use your little finger on your plucking hand????

Does anyone here have experience on the new BB series and the original BB's. Just wondered how close they are to the original, is hardware easy to change? Are they available fretless? That sort of thing

[quote name='chris_b' post='365530' date='Dec 29 2008, 03:31 PM']Friendly Fires at 3.22, the bass starts before the bass player has put down the drum stick! Shame they felt the live playing wasn't good enough! How much re-recording and post processing is there on the show![/quote] Maybe a bit of lag or out of synch while playing back???? A bit of jiggery pokery never killed anyone

Phwoa! About time there was some vid footage of this guy. Cheers obi.

My bridge is like that on my Jazz too.

[quote name='ARGH' post='365067' date='Dec 28 2008, 07:27 PM']Until,Bassplayers accept the extra strings..to further the range of Bass guitar,theres only so much capable with 20 frets and 4 strings,tuned to 4ths, sans a band around you,there are acceptions to the rule..Colin Hodgkinson being the best of the best,and its not all tapola either.... There IS so much capable upon our instrument,so few are trying to push its boundaries...we are still in a wierd place where to have more strings STILL causes some to get all hot under the collar.... Thing is,as you have pointed out,bar kudos and ego flattery...it dosent pay very well.[/quote] Although I will always be a 4 string (Hipshot now and then ) player, can't help admiring the ERB players, some great players around, like ARGH says...causes some to get hot under the collar. Good! It's still a young instrument....miles to go yet!

[quote name='Oscar South' post='365008' date='Dec 28 2008, 06:03 PM']I've been a fan of solo bass for years, used to listen to a bunch of solo bass artists CDs, always practiced solo techniques on top of any 'regular' bass playing. For a few years I went off it but over the last year I started playing solo bass arangements of popular songs at gigs and open mic nights, nothing incredible.. just tapping and occasionally artificial harmonics type stuff. On message boards solo bass seems to take a lot of stick, you always get a big crowd of Fender players (ok, this is a generalisation, take it with a pinch of salt) who are adamant that it 'isn't actually bass playing', that 'nobody other than bassists wants to hear it', that 'its pointless and boring' etc. etc.. Well I've never come across this; without fail EVERY time I've played it I've had members of the public come up to me, tell me its incredible, tell me I should be famous, tell me they've never seen anything like it. Last week I went to an open mic night which has always been a 'Britpop covers, heavy drinking drinking and fights at closing time' type night, I went on earlyish to a moderate non-crowd that was scattered around the pub not really paying attention to the music, by the time I finished I had 90% of the people in the pub around the stage area watching me, it took me 20 minutes to leave the pub later on because people kept stopping me to tell me they thought it was great and to chat. I've gotten multiple paid gigs and been asked to record bass (solo techniques and 'regular' bass playing) for some really good and interresting music on the back of playing solo bass at open mic nights. The picture in my avatar is actually a sketch someone at a recent open mic made of me while I was playing. I think this post sounds more arrogant than I intended, I'm by no means the be-all-end-all of solo bass, what I do is very basic and most people could do it with a week or so of working on it, one day when I've got more free time and less 'regular bass playing' commitments I'm going to try and take it further. The point of this post is to say that I hope in the future solo bass can continue to develop as a viable musical form, I think its stagnated a lot in recent years, there were a few reletively high profile and incredibly talented solo bassists a few years ago most of whom seem to have stopped pushing the genre forwards with so much momentum or given up on being a 'solo artist' in favour of more conventional bass playing (got to make a living huh?), I think this has taken some of the steam out of it temporarily until some fresh faces appear on the scene or old ones kick back into action. Even more than this though, I hope that it develops as an artform in local music performing scenes, which I find infinately more enjoyable to just hearing about artists who I'll likely never meet or see play. Finally, the actual original point of this post until I got sidetracked was to ask if there are any other performing (or aspiring) solo bassists posting here, and to ask about their own experiances. Also, I'd be happy to pool arrangements, compositions and transcriptions if anyone else would like to; one of the biggest limiting factors in the genre is that there is basically no established repetoire so its very hard for beginners to get into it. If we could set up some kind of resource with a bunch of solo bass pieces it might encourage some more players to explore it. Thanks for reading this essay if you made it this far, Oscar.[/quote] I'm a Fender player and love solo bass, listening, watching and learning from players. I'm not a solo artist and almost never have the chance to play any solo bass....oddly enough just been reading another thread "How Good are You" Urb mentions how elusive the bass solo is. Anyway, I love 'em! We need more solo bass!!!!

[quote name='urb' post='364934' date='Dec 28 2008, 04:33 PM']I think some of that is true and in my case I'm playing with some really great people lately, yet for all I feel I have achieved both technically and musically I know how much more I still have to learn. I think I actually play better when I play with better musicians and the music tends to be better as well when I do. As I've gpt to he level I've wanted to be at technically for many years now, it's increasingly the case that I want to make better music and that anything I have accomplished on the bass harmonicaly or technically is then at the service of the music not the other way around. Mike[/quote] I feel the same about learning too, there is always more to learn about playing bass and working with other musicians.

You're as good as your last gig, or as good as the musicians you work with.....I heard that somewhere....can't remember who said it though.

[quote name='Monz' post='364842' date='Dec 28 2008, 02:33 PM']95% of our gigs are just this... pub gigs "Sweat is on" is right on the money, I perspire constantly through the gig (not a nice image i know) but it's a fact. I need to stop this happening somehow, and I know it's caused by nerves.[/quote] I love sweating my butt off in a gig....not a bad image in my book Monz.....it's cos you're working too On the nerves subject...I don't think any of us should try and avoid these wild feelings...stomach, sweats, shakes, etc....they make for a real person playing I reckon. The only thing that's worth trying to avoid is cramping up. I had this a couple of times, not sure where it comes from...maybe trying too hard so I try to keep my hands relaxed as much as possible, Oh!...and warm, I wear gloves right up until I play these days and I also where them in the summer when unloading gear. Thinsulate 40gram

Keep on top of it, move onto the next band.

[quote name='Dr.Dave' post='364607' date='Dec 28 2008, 08:34 AM']I think you're spot on , it's less personal. I also like the air of confidence/competence at shows like this because you're surrounded by professionals doing their jobs - sound guys,techs etc. Some folk moan about them - I let them do their jobs so I can better get on with mine. Compare a big gig to a pub. Just the band there , strange place , looks rough. 5 ft away from your face there's a pissed bloke and you can't tell if he's watching your technique or getting ready to lamp you.............. No comparison at all.[/quote] Yep, intimate gig....the sweat is on! I think it's a good thing though, keeps you on your toes.

Great fretless! I've been getting into Wal....I'd love one! Never tried one, never seen one but I reckon they'd be one of those basses you could buy without trying. Although well overpriced.