Clarky

Right now I need a fretless in my band and I am a lot more comfortable with fretted (so I play that at home for fun/relaxation) - thus I need to have both for now. If I stopped playing in a band, I would cut down to one bass (either my P or J) and one DB ....and flog the rest to pay for other fun outlets

That's the hard part over! Enjoy

Installing a guitar strap with one leg. Methinks posh totty has SoH [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFwZTdZ6ibc"]https://www.youtube....h?v=SFwZTdZ6ibc[/url]

Hi all, We will be launching our new album 'Hearts for Judas' at a gig on Monday 8 July. The venue is [s]The Old Queens Head in Islington.[/s] the Underbelly in Hoxton Square. Details and support acts in posts that follow As a reminder, here is our teaser track from the album, Las Vegas Parano [url="https://soundcloud.com/#all-the-queens-ravens/las-vegas-parano"]https://soundcloud.com/all-the-queens-ravens/las-vegas-parano[/url] And this is what we look like

Nice venue and decent (if not very large) crowd. The soundman was very on top of things too, which was nice. Nice to meet you Tom (wwcringe) and I enjoyed your band (Penniless Coves). Nifty fretless acoustic playing too - you are a lot more adventurous than me with myroot-five playing!

Thread revival as I have just discovered the quite wonderful 1988 album 'Tauromagia' by Manolo Sanlucar (featuring a very young Vicente Amigo). Cited by some as possibly the finest ever flamenco album, its utterly stunning. Here are a couple of my favorite pieces from it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtJbUOiJfT8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gj2Vy-2OmlI

[quote name='wwcringe' timestamp='1368654831' post='2079978'] I shall be there!!! [/quote] Good stuff! Come and introduce yourself and there may even be a pint in it for you Tom

[quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1368639420' post='2079624'] That could be me, except I'm not sure what a goatwhore is. [/quote] Fail on my part. Was trying to quote our dearly departed Anti-loco (or whatever his name was) who accused those without the highest artistic integrity of being clownwhores. Not sure where the goat came from? But I bet discreet would have a theory there ...

Frankly, I find it hard enough to play in time and in tune (especially on a double bass) that "personaliy" doesn't come into it, perseverance and concentration does. That plus the fact I am a goatwhore

No worries Al, I though the timing might not suit you

PS, given you are in South London our gig at the Effra in Brixton on 31st might be more convenient for you? PPS, will not be using double bass tomorrow as I am spending the day at the test match and don't fancy bringing a DB into Lord's!

Hi Al, its a late-ish one. We are due on sometime between 10.00-10.15pm and have a 45 minute set

Paul bought a rather nice Jazz bass off me this evening. Could not have been a more straightforward deal. PM'd Sunday, agreed meeting place, handover Monday at a mutually convenient place. Only a shame we didn't have much time for a chat (I had to dive out of a rehearsal to hand the bass over). Echoing the comments above, a thoroughly decent bloke to do biz with

And now I've just been lumped with a VAT bill and customs handling charge for £25 Kidding

Keep us in touch here Kev as I keep thinking about guts/ gut-alikes. I now have Spiro Mittels on my old German 3/4 bass which are superbly growl-y but I can't help but love the old school sound. I don't slap though - its pizz all the way for me - so maybe I should stick with what I have and just be happy!

Cheers Lee! PS, I would have liked the bass higher in the mix (I am a bass player after all!) but I have to concede that being lower in the mix probably allows some of the other instruments (eg, madolin, which I think is superb on this song, and the Spanish guitar) to shine, especially as there's a lot going on musically