Clarky

[quote name='ahpook' post='1161888' date='Mar 14 2011, 03:28 PM']if you like it, buy it for me and i'll keep it in my wardrobe...[/quote] I may buy this when I get paid at the start of May ..... The firth of fifth [attachment=74787:14tumbleweed.jpg]

I'll come along if you play Sweet Child of Mine and Moondance

The Daily Mail added it was "disgusting" and "shamed the nation"

[quote name='chris_b' post='1161571' date='Mar 14 2011, 11:31 AM']It was mentioned on BBC News24![/quote] and 247,000 hits already on Youtube

I picked up an Acoustic Image Contra rig (combo plus extension cab) at a good price off BassChat and have been very pleased with it so far. Had its first gig last Friday with my Eminence EUB (which has a David Gage Realist p/u) and the audience members (including BC'er Happy Jack who replied in my Eminence thread) said it sounded very DB-like through the PA (which was fed by the DI from my Contra combo) and that it held its own against three trombones and a souzaphone.

Two sets of strings - a cheap-ish set of DR Sunbeams and a non-discounted set of the new D'Addario black nylon tapewounds (as I hadn't seen them before). Thats it! Would have been difficult to buy a bass there (at least on the Saturday) as the slapfest din was so deafening it was all but impossible to test drive a bass properly

[quote name='Jigster' post='1161376' date='Mar 14 2011, 08:57 AM']wasn't really implying a P is 'better' per se, I love Jazzes, but rather that the P succeeds more in terms of presence..[/quote] Thats exactly why I am having DiMarzio Model J pickups installed in my Bacchus 62 Jazz - it sounds beautiful but lacks presence in a noisy guitar based band. Hopefully the pickups will have more beef while retaining that Jazz tonality. In non-rock/punk situations, I guess a Jazz bass has more 'room to breathe' and so its lesser presence (than a P) is probably not an issue at all and the tone shines through

[quote name='Happy Jack' post='1161345' date='Mar 14 2011, 08:23 AM']Intro to [i]Why Did You Do It[/i], the whole band came in - as expected - on the C except the bass, which for some inexplicable reason decided to play the song in Bb. It got worse. The bass didn't realise that it was wrong, and assumed that someone else had screwed it up, so it remained on the Bb for the next two bars while looking around in consternation. Luckily, this was all the bass doing it by itself, so when I realised that my bass had lost the plot I quickly took it off auto-pilot and moved up two frets. I don't think anyone noticed. Apart from the lead guitarist. And the slide guitarist. And even, God help me, the drummer. [/quote] Just call it Jazz!

[quote name='crez5150' post='1161338' date='Mar 14 2011, 08:11 AM']Couldn't agree more.... I love slap and believe there should be more of it.... :0) .....but then again I do use a Mac, only play in a tribute and function band, own an iPhone, thinks Guy Pratt is a cock and loves slap bass....... [/quote] Is your name TIM?

[quote name='MythSte' post='1161176' date='Mar 13 2011, 10:52 PM']Hey Clarky, I slapped your Alleva Copello when your back was turned Great to meet you [/quote] Not my AC? noooooooooo! Likewise great to meet you. Mrs Tinman will be very jealous

[quote name='Happy Jack' post='1161009' date='Mar 13 2011, 08:48 PM']Simon, don't think of it as being late, more as managing to avoid the biggest and most conspicuous cockup I've ever committed live on stage. [/quote] A slap version of Smoke on the Water? Sorry couldn't be there Jack and hope to make your next 'residence gig' at the George IV

[quote name='fatback' post='1161070' date='Mar 13 2011, 09:26 PM']The coolest looking of all the EUBs, if ya ask me. Congrats [/quote] Thanks mate, although my vote for best looking EUB goes to the rare (and sadly too pricey for me) Kolstein Busetto travel bass, as owned by BC's Mr Bassman. Now that is gorgeous - and its based off Scott La Faro's DB (my favourite DB player) [attachment=74748:Kolstein.jpg]

[quote name='cetera' post='1160971' date='Mar 13 2011, 08:25 PM']I like slap when it's used tastefully and in it's place. Unfortunately what I heard today at the Bass Show was neither tasteful nor in it's place.... Lots of show-off bedroom bassists trying to outdo each other but not actually LISTENING to the tonal palette available from the instrument/amp they were demo-ing. Pointless and unnecessary.... and puts me, and many others, off attending future shows....[/quote] Very eloquently put, cetera. Perhaps I should have posted something like that in the OP and it wouldn't have raised the hackles of some - as its exactly what I wanted to convey

[quote name='Mykesbass' post='1160964' date='Mar 13 2011, 08:22 PM']Can you amend again to include "and in shops" -that'll probably strike a chord with Pete and the other retailers/ex-retailers on here (speaking from experience)![/quote] Happy to oblige

[quote name='Pete Academy' post='1160933' date='Mar 13 2011, 08:07 PM']Sorry Clarky, my thread was a touch misleading. I forgot to mention that you never intended to knock the style, just the antics of the players at the show. [/quote] Title of OP amended to make my view clearer

[quote name='warwickhunt' post='1160799' date='Mar 13 2011, 06:07 PM']Blissfully disappointed on all counts then! [/quote] Are you guys all trying to tell me its fake? Oh sh*t

[quote name='BigRedX' post='1160798' date='Mar 13 2011, 06:05 PM']Thanks! We're just starting to think about getting some gigs in London (the band's been going less than a year) - Anywhere you'd recommend we approach? Alternatively do Rattlin' Bone fancy a gig swap? We can only offer somewhere in Nottingham and since there's a lot of you it might not really be very cost effective for you - but the offer's there. Sorry I couldn't make it to your gig on Friday - got given a shed-load of work to do over the weekend (one of the perils of being self-employed you can't really say no). Let me know when your next one is.[/quote] We are bit geographically disparate (London, Bognor/Brighton, Falkirk!) so I'm afraid I don't Nottingham would work for us. Would be good to share a bill in London though. There's obviously a ton of venues (12 Bar would suit you; small venue but great vibe and alternative-y evenings on Fridays/Saturdays; plus all the Camden usuals, eg Purple Turtle, Underworld, Barfly etc). I would however recommend you contact specialist promoters like Stranger Than Paradise [url="http://www.strangerthanparadise.net/contact.html"]http://www.strangerthanparadise.net/contact.html[/url] (who arranged our Halloween gig and are promoting our gig in Brixton next month; don't know if there's a spare slot for that gig???) or Bonny & Clyde's Renegade Rendezvous [url="http://www.myspace.com/bonnieandclydenites"]http://www.myspace.com/bonnieandclydenites[/url] (who do Fridays at the 12 Bar).

[quote name='warwickhunt' post='1160790' date='Mar 13 2011, 06:00 PM']Someone is going to be either bitterly disappointed or blissfully ignorant and happy![/quote] I'm the high bidder because Norfolk Vintage Guitars said it may in fact be a '63

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Hey BigRedX, do you guys ever get down to London for gigs as I'd like to see your lot (and I'm sure there are other BC'ers who would be interested too)?

[quote name='Pete Academy' post='1160749' date='Mar 13 2011, 05:31 PM']I totally agree with this post. I can imagine the racket at the show, and hate 'machine gun' slapping that's all technique and with no musical content whatsoever, but how can you criticise the style when it's played like Marcus Miller on something like 'Run For Cover' or Me'shell on 'Boyfriend'?. Even more complicated stuff like Primus' 'Tommy The Cat' and Larry Graham's 'Pow' are amazing grooves. I think Bubinga posted a thread a while ago showcasing musical slap grooves. Might be worth resurrecting.[/quote] Chaps, I take you back to my comments as I wrote the OP. I was not demonising slap, just the mindless pursuit of machine gun, pyrotechnic slapping at deafening volumes at bass shows ... which frankly spoil it for most attendees (take niceguyhomer's comment - he came armed with moolah but didn't buy as he couldn't hear the gear the wanted to try out over the ear-splitting din)