MacDaddy

i think The Tyre Kickers would be a good band name.

First Bass - Weststone Thunder 1A - but first bass owned Ibanez Blazer Bass 'Go To' Bass - Custon Iceni Zoot 'Your' Bass - Custom Shuker

[quote name='Pete Academy' post='1117879' date='Feb 6 2011, 05:19 PM']Great photos, Nige.[/quote] +1 those DR's look amazing. No gloves though?

[quote name='RichValentine' post='1120648' date='Feb 8 2011, 09:13 PM']Me at the moment. Apologies for size/quality. [attachment=71670:Picture_1.jpg][/quote] I haven't got my specs on, and through the blur for a second, I read that you were apologising for the sexuality

[quote name='Lord Sausage' post='1124633' date='Feb 12 2011, 08:35 AM']It says Powerpop on your Myspace. So someone has already done it for you.[/quote] that was just because I had to choose a genre to set up the page. And as Mr Foxen said 'it's not doom'. There seems to be agreement on the 80's influence. I think that's fair, so long as I manage to be 80's influenced rather than stuck in the 80's?

[quote name='Blademan_98' post='1123504' date='Feb 11 2011, 07:27 AM']I'd go with the Eurythmics type of thing. Good strong beat. Bit of distortion with background of keyboard. Pop Rock? Liked it anyway![/quote] cheers. Pop rock could do.

[quote name='Bloodaxe' post='1123410' date='Feb 10 2011, 11:38 PM']I went for 'Disco' at first, but then settled for 'whatever sub-genre you'd pigeonhole Blondie & The Eurythmics in'. This [url="http://www.vagabondage.com/genres/index.cgi?1297380682"]Genre Generator[/url] turfed up 'Global Techno-Funk' which is vaguely appropriate, whereas [url="http://thund3rbox.com/genre"]this one[/url] came up with 'modern world miami power trance'... which isn't. Sorry. Not much help. As you were. Carry on.[/quote] i quite like '[color="#FF0000"]poco-poco transgender neo crust pop[/color]'

If you had to describe the style of this song what would you say? Please pigeon hole it and give it a label [url="http://www.myspace.com/561894423"]http://www.myspace.com/561894423[/url] It's a demo using the resources available (so in future it doesn't have to be a female vocalist) but you should get the idea. ta.

[quote name='Jim Fleeting' post='1112870' date='Feb 2 2011, 07:28 PM']Thanks for your comments. If you want to see some pics from that night, and of the bass, here they are, on my blog: [url="http://luthiery.co.uk/2011/02/01/michael-henderson-starship-bass/"]http://luthiery.co.uk/2011/02/01/michael-h...-starship-bass/[/url] Hope I haven't broken any rules of self-promotion on here. Apologies if I have, and I'll delete this post and PM if so. Let me know. The Jazz/MM pickups combo is because Michael said "Imagine if I could have a bass that sounded like a jazz bass, but if you flick a switch, it's a MM". Fortunately, Delano make the hybrid, which does that very thing, and looks cool. Jim[/quote] that would look pant-wettingly awesome with some orange DR Neons

[quote name='algmusic' post='1114204' date='Feb 3 2011, 05:48 PM']Just downsize[/quote] already there mate I was forced in to it, when I switched cars from a hatchback to a saloon. The speakers in each cab are wrapped, so the size of each is not much bigger than a single 10 or 12 and they fit nicely in the boot.

[quote name='Cygnus x-1' post='1114225' date='Feb 3 2011, 05:56 PM']just curious, do you think these will be the bog standard ones that are in the shops or pimped up Vintage axes?[/quote] any bass will benefit from a proper set up, and I'm guessing these guys have their own techs - at least on tours? So IMO if they are the bog standard ones they probably play and sound that little bit better.

[quote name='purpleblob' post='1113961' date='Feb 3 2011, 03:07 PM']This is probably the most interesting feature rich instrument I've seen in a while, well done to you.[/quote] yet deceptive in it's simplicity - only 1 pup and just a volume control (the other pot is for the LED's). [quote name='wizbat' post='1114173' date='Feb 3 2011, 05:24 PM']Macdaddy, That bass is superb!!![/quote] thanks *blush*

I have 2 straplocks on the bottom of my straps. One keeps the bass at the same position I play when sitting down. The other lets the bass go low for throwing shapes and posing.

[quote name='Doddy' post='1113354' date='Feb 3 2011, 01:39 AM']Yeah I know about the EB1,but I seem to remember an old interview where he says that Fenders were too expensive, and that was why he went for the Hofner,because he wouldn't buy it on tick.[/quote] I remember reading the same but about the Gibson IIRC he liked the Gibby because there were no left hand basses available and the EB1 wouldn't look too bad played left handed. Sir Paul, if you are out there and are one of the 'famous bass players on BC' can you please set us straight?

[quote name='purpleblob' post='1113548' date='Feb 3 2011, 10:18 AM']Indeed and is that a scalloped fingerboard for the D & G strings in the highest 7 frets ?[/quote] Billy Sheehan has his top 5 scalloped but as I've got a 2 octave neck I thought I'd best have a couple more [quote name='cocco' post='1113816' date='Feb 3 2011, 01:20 PM']Does the handle looking cut out serve a purpose? Edit or it it an aesthetic thing? I always wondered that about the gem guitar too[/quote] no purpose other than I can throw it about a bit and pose I do like the aesthetic though.

[quote name='purpleblob' post='1113005' date='Feb 2 2011, 09:07 PM']That is VERY interesting. I've never been a fan of headless basses, but that really uses the whole headless concept to the nth degree. It's definitely feature rich.[/quote] an extra 2 frets for the E string and a bendwell for the other strings

[quote name='Doddy' post='1112845' date='Feb 2 2011, 07:08 PM']Didn't McCartney get the Hofner because it was something like £40 compared to a Fender which was over £100??[/quote] yep, but not the Fender, it was the original Gibson EB1 which was violin shaped, so he went for the cheaper copy.

[quote name='Doddy' post='1112831' date='Feb 2 2011, 07:03 PM']That's really cool. Is the pickup built into the ramp or is it piezo's?[/quote] it's underneath the thumbchum (all in one pup cover/thumbrest/ramp).

Mick Quinn from Supergrass played his Ibanez Blazer bass. Billy Gould from Faith No More used his Aria Pro 2 not bass but Frank Dunnery from It Bites used a jap Squire strat. [quote name='Johnston' post='1112816' date='Feb 2 2011, 06:54 PM']I seem to recall some bloke using a cheapy hofner violin bass on some records .[/quote] it was too, it was a copy of the much more expensive Gibson.

The paint job on the Blitz is aftermarket, the design looks well but the finish is now cracked and has those lines in places which you might expect on a 24 year old bass, and it has been mojo'd, not least by me during a gig when the strap lock (Grolsh rubber) came off I still need to give it a tweak and lower the action a tad, and put on some proper straplock buttons.

not sure why I haven't put my custom up: [attachment=70923:Shuker6.jpg] [attachment=70924:Shuker1.jpg] [attachment=70925:Shuker5.jpg] [attachment=70926:Shuker3.jpg] [attachment=70927:Shuker4.jpg]

So, any thoughts on ditching the rig? Would you be able to cope quite happily without one?

cheers, I'll try get some photo's of them together.

[quote name='bubinga5' post='1109468' date='Jan 31 2011, 02:17 PM']i dont listen to alot of this genre of music.. but i genuinely really liked that!! thanks for sharing... just one thing... we dont see enough of your bass! playing is great.. is it a Squire, or a 75 ri?[/quote] +1 not enough bass player Love the bass sound, plenty of bottom end without sounding muddy.

In the vid Billy says the Fender P is the greatest bass ever made. So no point buying his Yamaha then?