phil_the_bassist

altho I still look and point and go "oooh, shiny" I really am truely happy with my Ray. I've bought half a dozen other basses, purely for the aesthetics. My Rickenfaker I bought cos I think they're beautiful and didn't want to spend the whole whack on a real one...same as my headless and fretless steinberger (was hideously abused by previous owners and thus cos me £80 collected ), my 50's Pbass replica, my jazzer, my red-stained swamp ash electroacoustic and the ashbory. I do use 'em, ...but to be honest they're like pieces of art for me. You have to admit it's nice to be surrounded by pretty things *spelling edit*

[quote name='waynepunkdude' post='272319' date='Aug 29 2008, 10:16 AM']I understood every word until 'WaynePD'[/quote] lol! almost made sense then! go me!

[quote name='The Funk' post='272299' date='Aug 29 2008, 09:54 AM']Well, clearly for some people a little more needs to be said. He's Metallica's current bassist. As well as all his metal gigs, he's also a very funky bass player.[/quote] with a name like a bad scrabble hand! I think it's great to listen to stuff you wouldn't play, as well as stuff that's outside your aural comfort zone cos it's gotta influence you SOMEHOW, even if it only shows you stuff you wouldn't do...aka, if waynePD listened to Jaco, he's then know not to play "portrait o' tracy" style stuff when he should be chuggin 8ths...or somethin Does that make sense, or am I talking sh*te? ... i'm probably talking sh*te, ignore me! lol

[quote name='ped' post='272138' date='Aug 28 2008, 11:30 PM']I think the price is completely reasonable, personally![/quote] but Ped, you only think that cos you're wrong, so there.

10% is a jucking foke! just puts more power to the For Sale forum, tho. So much more friendly, efficient, amicable and only has what I'm looking for !

[quote name='steve-soar' post='271388' date='Aug 27 2008, 10:38 PM']What do you think is a fair price then?[/quote] IMHO, I'd consider it for £50 tops...any more than that and I'd start getting a few more funds together and make myself a BFM cab!

[quote name='NancyJohnson' post='271502' date='Aug 28 2008, 08:05 AM']Yep, they've undergone a bit of a restructure/rebranding/renaming. I've rehearsed and recorded in enough places and this place is clean, tidy, acoustics are very good. Andy's results are great as well. P[/quote] If you're coming down this neck o' the woods, [url="http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=341410850"]Studio 91[/url] has a phenominal young soundguy who's just starting out. Very good prices and I've never heard a bad mix from him. Probably not the kinda experienced, seasoned pro you're after but it's another option!

[quote name='cheddatom' post='271146' date='Aug 27 2008, 04:28 PM']Yeh there's already a thread about it. I'm wondering whether to sell some pedals to buy this. I will leave it a while and try and find some feedback on it.[/quote] +1 for that'un

good to hear it IS possible at least! I think it'll be an 'experience' and one that I'll hopefully not remeber the next day (we get free booze at this place I'll defo have my share *after* this gig!)

[quote name='Sarah5string' post='271110' date='Aug 27 2008, 03:52 PM']lol! Thanks Shall I take a map for all of the above?[/quote] yeah, and a big feckoff stick to get your money! That's always been the hardest part! And as I've just realised, your gig'll be on the same night as my drummerless fiasco, so you'll do a damn sight better than me! knock 'em dead, play it like you mean it (even if it's wrong) and make plenty of eye contact with the crowd!

I was hoping you wouldn't say that! lol! We'll probably have to go with the lighter songs, but the only drum machine type thing I've got is a zoom (IIRC) BP50 that I found yesterday...but it does nothing more than basic drum loops. I suppose that as long as we all sit down and play quietly you can do an acoustic (read: quite) version of Slither and Sweet Child and PurpHaze et al...right *edit* SRFan, you read my mind and posted as i was typing! I'm usually pretty purcussive Ste_m3, with muted slap&pop over kick and snare when it's suitable, so that's a good plan too! and Sarah, I'm trying to rinse the sarcasm outta your post and turning it into positive gesture of goodwill...hope you don't mind!

[quote name='cheddatom' post='271086' date='Aug 27 2008, 03:28 PM']Are you going to have a drum machine or sequencer instead? Wont the songs sound weird without drums?[/quote] No we won't and yes they will! [quote name='warwickhunt' post='271088' date='Aug 27 2008, 03:30 PM']When you say 'weird' you do mean better don't you [/quote] I hope so I was thinking, cos of the lower acoustic volume we'll need to overcome, we can be a lot quieter and thus will be able to hear each other so I could probably be able to rein 'em all in and sling the yoke of superior timekeeping across their sholders!

Ok, I've just got a call from our singer asking if I was free to gig saturday...but without our tub thumper. I've ok'd it, as it means that I'll have control of the tempo (so Must Hang Sally doesn't hit 150bpm like it usually does when our drummer's had a few!) but I've just been thinking thru the songs and we take a LOT of queues from our drummer, which I'll have to do *somehow*...have I dropped myself in it? I was planning on giving a pep talk along the lines of "Don't get pissed til after the gig, and PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT EVERYONES DOING!!!!" pre-gig, and shout the drum breaks in a "Bam Da Bapa bam bam!" type way. Will this work? Will I be able to do it? Will I be lynched? oh, and if anyone wants to come to point, laugh, or help out it'll be in the Snooty Fox, Newbury, Berkshire on sat night from about 8-1.

[quote name='thepurpleblob' post='270957' date='Aug 27 2008, 01:19 PM']Whatever next... [url="http://www.openstomp.com/"]http://www.openstomp.com/[/url][/quote] that looks like it could be very good indeed!

[quote name='The Funk' post='270906' date='Aug 27 2008, 12:28 PM']I don't know what this says about me but I read the title as Old Breasts - and then ventured inside for a peek.[/quote] Sick? Yes Wrong? Yes

I was stumbling around Fleabay and came across [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Ashdown-ABM-C115-500-Bass-Cab-combo-project_W0QQitemZ160275334226QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item160275334226&_trkparms=72%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14"]this[/url] and was kinda shocked. No amp, no cone, no nuthin, all for £70 MINIMUM and £30 for postage.

[quote name='coasterbass' post='270780' date='Aug 27 2008, 09:20 AM']its that bl**dy b ) turning in to a thing again isn't it !! Grrrrrrrrr [/quote] yeah, but it makes whatever point you're making look coool

[quote name='dangerboy' post='263540' date='Aug 16 2008, 11:47 AM']More flavours of fuzz than going into a Baskin Robbins full of off-duty police and snogging the lot of them.[/quote] THAT'S going in the famous quotes thread!

[quote name='gary mac' post='269290' date='Aug 25 2008, 08:58 AM']Welcome. You're probably on the way to having less money! Warning,DO NOT visit the for sale sections [/quote] +1 to all the above! Hope you enjoy the little cosy world o' bass we call BC!

[quote name='cheddatom' post='270209' date='Aug 26 2008, 01:13 PM']If you switch it then it's not both! My point being it can't be both at the same time. If a pedal has a buffer on while the effect is off, then it's not true bypass, and vice-versa. Given that this is the case, I don't understand how "the VFB-jr is buffered and true bypass". Maybe he means that the effects loop is buffered and when you switch it out it's true bypass? With the LS-2s buffered loops, the difference would be the true bypass function, not the buffer. Am I being stupid again?[/quote] I was told that when it's switched out it's true bypass, when it's switched in it's buffered. This is what I was told, and I know that my Bassballs now actually works (I think it was you ChedTom, who recommended getting a buffer when I was having troubles with the BB?) so I'm hoping the info I was given was correct!

[quote name='spinynorman' post='270294' date='Aug 26 2008, 02:26 PM']Green Day - "Wake Me Up When September Ends", which I've renamed "Wake Me Up When The Bass Comes In"[/quote] lol! I can imagine you can have a whole shot contest before being required to do anything in that song!

can I please be the first to make some lewd comment about a good, tight screw is always advised after loosening the G-string?

[quote name='simondee' post='270025' date='Aug 26 2008, 09:42 AM']I really hate the way that drummers [size=4]and guitarists[/size] can forget the ENTIRE setlist after a break, often within hours![/quote]

[quote name='dlloyd' post='270038' date='Aug 26 2008, 09:56 AM']I don't think I would complain if I was given either! [/quote] As I've mentioned before, I really hope both 'Rays make it to the Bassbash! I suppose their respective owners might as well come along too! lol!

[quote name='kevbass' post='269851' date='Aug 25 2008, 10:41 PM']If you have two basses why not have one that you dont change the strings on and one bass that you do change them on, that way you have a bass to call upon if you want a mellow'd softer sound![/quote] It's probably a bit late, but I've not changed the strings on my SUB5 in 3 years (and it's got a heavyassed set of rotosounds on, great for Motown) whereas my 'Ray I changed to EB Superslinkys about 6 months ago and they've just started to bed in nicely now.