Hit&Run

[quote name='Jase' post='150343' date='Mar 3 2008, 02:17 PM']Just ordered a 3 pack of these HSB 445 3P, just wondering if anyone has tried them. £14.90 for 3 packs not bad at all [/quote] I've seen them on the 'bay before, but not as cheap as that. Where did you buy them from? [quote name='warwickhunt' post='150909' date='Mar 4 2008, 10:26 AM']I'm sure people may well sneer at the thought of a £5 sets of strings but you need to try them, if you don't get caught up in the snobbery thing they may well be just for you.[/quote] +1 to that. I did an A/B test with the nickel hartkes against some d'addario EXL165; the EXL were a little fuller and smoother sounding, but not by a country mile. As stated earlier they did feel quite rough on the fingers (as kingforaday mentioned), but I welcome that on a sweaty gig!

[quote name='bassmandan' post='155697' date='Mar 12 2008, 01:34 AM']Ewan Vernal - Deacon Blue[/quote] Was he the guy that played on their (90s) single 'Your Town'? I quite liked that song and bassline. The first CD I bought! Edit Time: I can't believe we havn't mentioned Tony Levin yet! Sledgehammer anyone?

80s bass players whose work I like: John Taylor Pino Palladino (again) The guy from 'Talk Talk' (sorry, still don't know his name) Graham Maby Deon Esteus (possibly not correct spelling) Bruce Thomas The guy who played for Paul King, the Beat (David Steele), the Blow Monkeys (sorry, no names again)... ...in the main. Though I'd even admit to liking a couple of simply Red's basslines. Keep it quiet though, yeah?

[quote name='6stringbassist' post='154122' date='Mar 9 2008, 07:35 PM']I asked someone last weekend if they ever checked basschat out out, they replied "don't you mean bitch chat".[/quote] I love it!

[quote name='markytbass' post='152060' date='Mar 5 2008, 09:47 PM']Anyone can sing, they might not know it but they can.[/quote] I can't sing in tune, not for all the basses on ishibashi!

[quote name='SJA' post='151825' date='Mar 5 2008, 04:16 PM']bah, didn't spot the arrow between drummer and bassist go both ways.[/quote] ..just like most singers.

[quote name='allighatt0r' post='151718' date='Mar 5 2008, 01:53 PM']I used to listen to Black Betty when i was young ( i still am young... i just mean younger. ) And loved it for just the great rock kinda sound, and the time signature changes ( i didn't know that that was what they actually were, i just noticed them. ) But i hadn't listened to that song since learning to play the bass, until recently... and when it got to the crazy fast tempo bit, i could have fainted... [url="http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=lMLnDuzgkjo"]Youtube Link[/url] If I ever learn to play that part well, i will consider myself a good bassist. What songs have made you guys and girls feel the same? (or similar?)[/quote] That's a funny video. Were RamJam some kind of proto village people? And why's Jimmy Page clapping like a fool in the background?

Learn to play with a pick/plectrum as well. It's cheap and will broaden your tonal palette.

[quote name='bassicinstinct' post='148513' date='Feb 28 2008, 05:15 PM']I'd love to hear what "[b]worse[/b]" stunts they've pulled!! That's pretty mind-boggling!! [/quote] +1

I don't know how useful [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bceFnHUx8j8"]this[/url] will be; but it's a start. I hope. Failing that, you could just learn the dance that Napoleon Dynamite does to the song.

[quote name='OldGit' post='146986' date='Feb 25 2008, 11:07 PM']After various musical friends and acquaintances started dying at ages not too far ahead of mine I decided to work on the theory that life's too damn' short to play an instrument that isn't the best you can get ....[/quote] I'm 28 but could die tomorrow; so I'm with OldGit on this one! Although all my basses are pretty cheapy, I have got 10 of them. I bought 2 basses in December, and I've just ordered a Japanese Jazz from guitaremporium! The GAS will never end, so I must prepare myself for it by hammering the overtime at work.

[quote name='Mrs Tinman' post='144077' date='Feb 20 2008, 11:14 PM']Can we have a separate bit for Nellie vids? :wub: [/quote] ...and Tabitha Cash?

What did you buy instead?

[quote name='BOD2' post='144024' date='Feb 20 2008, 09:53 PM']Why would you daisy chain?[/quote] I don't want to, though it's nice to have the option! Thanks for confirming what I suspected BOD2.

What does "Parallel 1/4" Input Jacks" mean exactly? Does it basically mean that you can 'daisy chain' some cabs together (not that I would)? I just want to put one speaker lead into the back of it, from my amp, end of story. This won't cause any problems, I hope? Cheers in advance.

I take it that the 'push flat' button is just an EQ bypass then?

Don't stingray 5s and sterlings have a series/parallel/single switch? I've got a G&L tribute that has a series/parallel switch. I think I prefer the parallel option as it gives more articulated/defined sound (to my ears anyway), but I'd use series if I needed to 'go nuclear' at a gig.

"The pickup can be 'wiped' through an infinite number of positions.." Hardly infinite! It would be interesting to hear how this bass sounds.

Hmmmm.. sounds interesting.