jazzmanb

Other way,i'm the dep and they are a different band with me in .The main man is basic and sounds like a Subaru's sub woofer at the end of your street .Its only classic rock stuff but its all over ,as in the guitar plays off the drummer and singer and the bass is just nowhere in the pecking order . The band know it but I don't want the full time job and to be fair loads of punters don't seem to notice

Doesn't sound like you notice the differences in Tool that clearly some do ,like i'm crap on Picasso .My point is more of the same in Tools case is still a very high bar

Correct ,its another Tool album .No one wanted anything else .Picasso painted similar things time after time but he wasn't Rolf Harris

All the ones that are suitable for gigs ie decent strings ,no buzzes or crackles etc I will rotate .Love the look and feel of some bass's but they can'y match the sound of my go to's

I think they're a band for certain situations .Some of my all time favorite albums were listened to after night clubs in my flat with friends in the early hours .I know longer do those hours so I no longer listen to that music.It is still amazing ,its just not me anymore .Tool's best stuff is the long slow burns but again I rarely have the opportunity to listen to them properly . The mad thrashers still do the biz in my car etc

Average interest in music growing up Enjoyed the Ogwt NYE shows as a teen ,loved seeing the live dynamic Punk landed and it was like a shot straight in the veins Saw the Stranglers on totp, JJ, the look ,the attitude ,the SOUND !! Bought a kay bass and started teaching myself

We do Unfortunately it never changes and is one persons choice

Les clay pool gets quite dirty and funky and spacey at times with Primus Try jillys on smack Also the band he has with Julian Lennon

Not hearing loads of "how can you do without one " either so is it just for show to get one ? it cant be to save your hands getting tired ?

Always assumed they appeared to go sub bass,synth like for modern artists rather than save your fingers I like going up and down the neck ,I never do the open note stuff and stay at the nut either .Just sounds odd to me .Chord stuff I can see being handy with that 5th string

£250 average around the North east

That's my take on it too.Unless you're playing those low notes why bother ? I'm enjoying the gauge and quitaryness of the 5 string but struggling to find a need for it in the set I play

Quick shout for Jeff ,perfect buyer,restored my faith in selling Basses on here thanks

They just have brilliant moments down the years ,I've overplayed Moving pictures.Signals is an underrated album

13 Years in the making and you've sussed them on one listen(now two ) .Sorry don't get this "lateralus style " comparison thing ,what does it matter ? . I listened to it last night expecting not much due to peoples comments and it sounded great and will only get better.

They've always sounded like them,which is okay with me ,i'll buy it .Some of the tracks will be good ,some less so .Some instant some slow burn .They can't help other peoples expectations or wants . I wouldn't say Justin is a bass God but he fights for a good size space and is clever at filling it .

I only ever do the pub band thing when I play and we draw a decent crowd.Even then i'm doing the maths on the ££ .I had a spell of dating and seeing a band most Fridays and I was surprised how average some where and how little a draw they were .These are bands doing the same circuit regular.That means big losses for pubs

The plumber gets paid for fixing the problem ,all good .A band is a bit more of a punt .The better the band the bigger the purse I suppose

I've got a great balance.I turned down the chance to be bass no1 because of the amount of gigs ,I get about 30 of the 100 plus a year and arrive fresh as a daisy .We go down well 90% of the time so its always pleasant enough.Get a chance to get my nice stuff out etc agree on the load in load out etc bit and a lot of the songs aren't my thing either not bothered about cheeky pints ,plenty other nights for drinking

That's why I ditched pedals etc and keep it simple its more venues than band members ,most pubs are tight ,some very..The guitar side is also Pa and lights control .Singer likes to swing his mic around so I found my spot and stick there

Why I hate selling stuff ,had strings of questions then nothing .90% have no intention of buying I do my research then look for something ,if I find it its done in a couple of messages

We invented it,seemed to have lost our way a bit in favour of other styles ,they loved it in numbers and have brought it back to sell to us

90% Fingers,i like the Jazz style set up .That back pick up is ideal for digging in on the last bit of string to get the bite .My Sadowsky metro really picks the tone up across onto the G and D strings without them getting lost.The other side of that is I like to move up and down the E string for max bottom end when needed