Stingray5

Just out of interest, would you care to give us an idea of a few of the titles you'll be playing? Any repeats from your last gig? Either way, best of luck and most importantly, have fun!

I bought my 5-string bass because I have the same amount of digits on each of my hands! I bought my 6-string in case I ever move to Norfolk!! p.s. - sorry, it's 4am and I need to go to bed. p.p.s. - this is possibly the stupidest post I've made so far on Basschat...?

One more if you want to download another freebie, if a bit of an oldie. Lots of old school Techno, Hip-Hop, Jungle, etc presets, but you can tailor it pretty much as you like. [url="http://www.threechords.com/hammerhead/"]http://www.threechords.com/hammerhead/[/url]

This is from 1996 when John Wetton toured with Steve Hackett, playing some rather nice fills too. For anyone wondering, JW's playing a Fernandes, who he was endorsed by at the time. Chester Thompson on drums. Niiice! Guitar solo section from 'Firth of Fifth'

Nice groove and not a guitar to be seen anywhere. I like it!

Add a low B string and some frets, turn the bass upside down, don a mop-top wig and bingo -- instant Macca!

[quote name='gelfin' post='977754' date='Oct 4 2010, 10:15 PM']Nice post. I haven't seen this one before. I am a complete Yes fan. Play a couple of Rics. Here's a pic of my Cs ltd edition Ric and my latest aquisition a set of the new Taurus 3 bass pedals to compliment my Taurus 1's.[/quote] Funnily enough I was just checking out the new Taurus 3's and you'll be the perfect chap to ask how they compare next to the T1's. Love your two Ric's, by the way. The b/w one is the spit of my own, bought new back in '74 from Music City (Shaftesbury Avenue). Oh, how I wish I had the old girl back now! When I think how much I paid back then, too. Case included. Ouch!

[quote name='Sonic_Groove' post='977200' date='Oct 4 2010, 03:06 PM']Wow that is fantastic good find! B[/quote] Cheers, mate. Good to see there's a fair few here who (still) dig this stuff. Now where's my copy of Yessongs?

[quote name='daveybass' post='974963' date='Oct 2 2010, 01:21 PM']Love it, Squire is the business..didn't know he played a Jazz on that album, or was it just this track?[/quote] Other clips show him on the Ricky (e.g., 'Wondrous Stories'), plus acoustic guitar.

No idea if this has been posted before (it's not that new on Yootoob) but worth a look for Chris Squire's lovely fat Fender Jazz tone and the band really cookin'.

Yeah, it was a good night on BBC Four; I watched the other singer-songwriter programmes too. Great stuff. Loudon Wainwright III is always good for a chuckle too... (e.g., shouts to audience: "Put your hands together! No - don't clap...!!" )

Rats! I was trying to reply to this thread last night when the site was down and gave up. Forgot what I was going to say, now. Think yourselves lucky!!!

[quote name='paul h' post='973935' date='Oct 1 2010, 01:32 PM']1[/quote] +1

[quote name='Twigman' post='973812' date='Oct 1 2010, 12:26 PM']So many of you play in covers bands, in fact it seems to me that all of you do!!! What is the appeal of playing in a covers band? I've never understood it. I've always played in a band that writes and performs its own material - very very very rarely have we ever thrown a cover into our set and I always felt it was a pointless exercise. Does anyone here, apart from me, play in a band that writes its own material?[/quote] Nice one, Twigman - only 6 hours and you're up to 8 pages on this thread! If you've never played in a covers band, and have no inclination to, I'm not going to try to convince you otherwise. If what you do floats your dinghy, that's great. I play in both originals and covers bands and have done for most of my musical life (40+ years) and don't feel the need to choose one or the other. I love both, for many of the reasons already stated above. At the end of the day (and night!), I'm out there playing music. Surely, that's what counts?

[quote name='davebass66' post='973808' date='Oct 1 2010, 12:23 PM']Cheers Alex....I genuinely can't put it down.....I'm currently sat jamming it with some Al Jarreau! [/quote] Lovely looking bass and a neck to swoon over! Al Jarreau - nice! I used to play along all the time to his first two or three albums ('Spirit' is a nice track to jam along to).

Function/covers band: if we've not had a special request for an opener, we'll go by what the audient looks like. Younger, older, ready to party, ready for bed... All of the above? We'll play it by ear but will probably opt for safe but uptempo (for example, Blues Bros "Everybody" into James Brown "I Feel Good").

[quote name='bubinga5' post='972294' date='Sep 30 2010, 03:42 AM']you may have to turn this down, bad Q..but she gotta jazz bass.. i erm....want to marry her.. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fc9nbYlAwUA"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fc9nbYlAwUA[/url][/quote] If you've not already found it, this one's better quality... [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Swz33pBhdb8"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Swz33pBhdb8[/url]

I definitely dig, B5! She plays bass - how much better can it get? :wub: I need to check out the new stuff.

[quote name='Rosh' post='971265' date='Sep 28 2010, 11:28 PM']Is that the band that sound like the Courtney Love show? I mean Hole?[/quote] Dunno - do they!? [quote name='silverfoxnik' post='971267' date='Sep 28 2010, 11:32 PM']+2 on 'Everything Everything' Great bass player and band with Jamiroquai, but I thought it was very souless as music..heightened only by the musicianship of his band. KT Tunstall was quite good and so was Ray Lamontagne.. and there was a really fresh sounding band (American i think) who had a great bass player; played with a pick but it was really melodic and unihibited![/quote] Have to agree re Jamiroquai. KT Tunstall seemed more comfortable and at ease when she did 'Perfect' with Jools.

[quote name='morsefull' post='971228' date='Sep 28 2010, 10:57 PM']Just watched them and must admit the new song's a bit bland, loved the re-worked Deeper underground though. I was saying to my wife that so much stuff's been done before that it's all a bit samey. Then Everything Everything came on and it was fresh , different and exiting. I'm listening to the album "Man alive" on spotify as I type. Reminds me of a cross between It Bites and Thomas Dolby............ Really rather good [/quote] Yep, must admit 'Everything Everything' caught my ear, too. The general sound of live music on the Beeb is still as naff as ever!

[quote name='BB3000S' post='971159' date='Sep 28 2010, 09:11 PM']My beloved 30th anni SR4, just celebrated our two year anniversary. Love it to bits, one of my all time favourite basses. [/quote] Mmmm, nice!

Funnily enough, I just checked the TV guide and saw they would be on so I'll be tuning in. There're a couple of other acts I'll be interested to see, too (KT Tunstall, Ray LaMontagne). The new Harry and Paul show before it at 9.30 looks like it might be a laugh. Particularly the Silver Haired Beatles!

In a way, I thought the same about the original Led Zep track and how funky they sounded. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGe19nbMhaY"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGe19nbMhaY[/url]

Couple of sets of Pro Arte classical guitar strings.... oh, and a non-latching footswitch! Sorry, it's been a while since I bought any major bits of kit.

Yeah, I always wondered what happened to that old MFI coffee table!