StephenFerguson

I play a lot of chords after the 12th fret and use the open A and open D (with a higher notes on the D or G string respectively). I try and get a sound somewhere between Joe Lally, Zack Smith and Kim Gordon... and probably fail miserably 🤣 I like to emphasise the mids higher up the neck and use the lower end for big clangy smacks with bass drum. None of this is helpful to describe my sound 😒 I need a p bass for some and my MM for others.

Fine, but I like the tone he achieves on diary.

It's nae quite the same, the build quality and wood grades are different, the original SUBs were us built along side the MMs with identical wood, ident electronics but without the detailing on the knobs and tuners and with a no frills finish...this was supposed to cur costs but it turned out that it didn't to the extent the low price justified. An old SUB IS a MM, the sterling for me is missing something, I've found that QC is varied on models, a wee bit like mim fenders.

This is the sterling sub surely and not the original? If it is (and I thought they were matt black only) then this is a steal! # edit I just noticed you said sterling in the post :S the originals kick arse, a mm without the gloss finish, a monster for the price you can find em second hand.

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Yep, same as above, I had to go to unread posts to get here very frustrating, I'm assuming the site is undergoing maintenance?

Thee oh sees, meat step lively and I'm going to listen to some flying lotus. Word.

Yeah, the early 90's fortress basses were in no way entry level, at £1200 new that's some bloody entry, I'm going to assume that he meant the new rockbass fortresses and not the originals, wenge neck, passive with active pre amp and a balance and feel all of its own. I played one when I started out on bass and it remains my GAS mainstay. Luckily I'm buying one tomorrow.

He probably means Catalonia, the autonomous region in Spain with Barcelona as its capital, not Scotland. That's likely why he said it.

[quote name='seashell' timestamp='1352975106' post='1869925'] I can see how it would get tiresome for all of you who have played it time and time again. But speaking as a beginner who has never played it, I wouldn't mind having a crack at it. Especially if it got the place rocking out. But, speaking of musical cliches, what I would [b]really[/b] like to have a crack at is 'Freebird'. Speaking as a desperate 50 something single woman, listening to the clock of doom ticking off the inevitable descent into senile dementia, 'Freebird' is [b]definitely [/b]on my bucket list. [/quote] x

[quote name='TimR' timestamp='1353001758' post='1870403'] No. Mustang Sally is the example, the undercurrent is that people who play it are lazy and lesser players and not worthy of being called musicians. Somehow playing it lessens you as a person or musician. Much the the same way as Moondance does for a Jazz bassist. [/quote] Lazy? Lesser musicians ? Naw mate, the undercurrent is that the song is lamentable sh*te.

Suits the subject matter, its all subjective i suppose. Subject.