MacDaddy

[quote name='CHRISDABASS' post='431584' date='Mar 11 2009, 03:24 PM']if any of the previous negative posters have photo's of their bands then get em posted on here and show me how it should be done!!! [/quote] +1

[quote name='Clarky' post='431349' date='Mar 11 2009, 11:03 AM']I know white/tort has been popular on this site before so maybe someone would be interested in this? Price OK although I would swap the Bart p/u's, personally [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Japanese-Fender-Precision-Bass-Guitar_W0QQitemZ220375932075QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV?hash=item220375932075&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2%7C65%3A10%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Japanese-Fender-Prec...A1%7C240%3A1318[/url][/quote] Has to be worth the £280 BIN price?

Years ago I had one of the green carpet covered 500w 1x15 7 band EQ combo's. Should never have got rid

[quote name='steve-norris' post='430939' date='Mar 10 2009, 08:15 PM']I'm Spartacus! It's a joke name sir like Silluis Soddus or Biggus Dickus[/quote] I have a very good friend in Rome called Biggus Dickus!

No I'm Spartacus! welcome aboard

[quote name='Twigman' post='430254' date='Mar 10 2009, 11:20 AM']My Squier JV series precision cost me £149 back in 1984...it still does a blinding job![/quote] post a pic

I lent a guitar amp to a mate, and it came back with a tuner in it of course I gave it him back

[quote name='silddx' post='426529' date='Mar 5 2009, 06:03 PM']Well performed, good songs, but a bit derivative. Great singer, but not to my taste, sounds too much like Chris Cornell for me.[/quote] +1 love your bass tone though, what are you using?

Arnika [i]proper [/i]heavy metal - with Punk band Rogue - at the George II pub, Bute Street, Luton. Saturday 7th March from 9pm. FREE ENTRY! Marvellous. in it.

What a gig though. I'd do it I'd quite like to go, but can imagine the ticket prices then once TicketMaster have added their bit

[quote name='thisnameistaken' post='385770' date='Jan 20 2009, 10:36 AM']Who buys these signature guitars anyway? Actually I just remembered the one guy I knew who had a Clapton strat - my friend's dad, who couldn't play to save his life...[/quote] [quote name='cetera' post='385862' date='Jan 20 2009, 11:47 AM']Many thousands of people.... look at the popularity of the Marcus Miller, Geddy Lee, Bob Glaub, etc etc.... Even Nick Seymour of Crowded House plays a Geddy....[/quote] As I posted earlier the Gibson Les Paul. Probably the first sig model. I think Gibson may have sold a couple over the years

[quote name='OldGit' post='420988' date='Feb 27 2009, 03:13 PM']So the compromise is always what sounds right in the context[/quote] +1 within my band my lovely deep fat bass sound doesn't work, and i need far more mid and top end than I would like.

Big fat warm (without sounding muffled) slight boost in the low mids to cut through 2 guitars.

liked it what distortion were you using?

[quote name='Prosebass' post='417199' date='Feb 23 2009, 09:49 AM']The proof of the pudding and all that ! But the way Bass magazines are these days (I for one refuse to buy them anymore) could they be trusted to give an honest review ? or will the Fleabass advertising just be seen as another "income stream" Mind you the feature I like on them is the "geared tuners" ?????[/quote] After chasing him for about 7 years(?) Flea is going to be in the next BGM. I wonder what changed his mind?

[quote name='bilbo230763' post='418503' date='Feb 24 2009, 04:06 PM']The idea that a bassist can do no wrong implies that there is a 'right' way of playing. I think there is a continuum between boring and repetitive and highly creative and original and, determining where a player is on the continuum is irrelevant. It is where the listener is that matters and we are all in a different space. Every mention of jazz here is shortly followed by references to random noodlng. But lots of the 'can do no wrong' players mentioned here bore me rigid. A great player playing tedious music (Marcus Miller) is no more use to me that a bad player playing great songs (Phil Lynott). One mans 'interesting' is another mans 'inaccesible', one man's 'in the pocket' is another man's tedious and repetitive. The mix required to make a player 'flawless' is individually defined so this debate is moribund.[/quote] disagree. For me Bootsy can do no wrong, but I still know he's not gonna let rip with some 2 handed tapping and speed arpeggios al a Sheehan. And I love Sheehan. I think Jamerson and Anthony Jackson are 'in the pocket' but if you disagree I would be interested in your opions as to why. It's what we do on here [i]the home of deep discussion[/i] and all that. So no, not moribund

+1 for the MU. And the £2k of free equipment insurance, and public liability cover doesn't hurt either!

[quote name='Linus27' post='418472' date='Feb 24 2009, 03:33 PM']What about Sir Paul McCartney?? Anyone done a signature model for him?[/quote] was gonna say that. Funny that the Hofner he is associated with was actually a cheaper copy of a Gibson bass.

[quote name='SisterAbdullahX' post='416396' date='Feb 21 2009, 10:08 PM']I have 3 basses, one of which I use all the time, one which is half built and one which was my #1 for fifteen years but needs TLC. Like any of us, I would spend all of my disposable income (which ain't much!) on more basses/amps/cabs/effects. However, we've just booked our wedding day for next year. Even if we're really careful it'll cost us 10 grand FOR ONE DAY! And no matter how careful we start out, it won't be long before she tells me that she MUST have a chocolate fountain, cos her best mate had one at her wedding. So we need to start saving. She's just told me she will spend the 500 quid I need to finish off the half built one, then every penny after that goes to the wedding. Should I still marry her!?[/quote] yes, but tell her you MUST have a custom bass, coz some of your mates on BassChat have them

[quote name='skankdelvar' post='413846' date='Feb 19 2009, 01:58 AM']And if they advertise POA (price on application), I'm definitely not going there.[/quote] +1

[quote name='XB26354' post='413625' date='Feb 18 2009, 09:19 PM']The logical conclusion in the current climate will be that the only place you'll be able to buy a bass will be online, or the odd cheap squier in a general music store. I can see both sides - musicians are often a bit short of money so every penny counts. At the same time if retailers are only making £50 profit here and there they'll be out of business soon enough. I see no problem in getting a bit off a big ticket item as the margin is usually bigger percentage wise, but ask for 20% off a £200 bass and just maybe next time you visit the shop it'll be gone. Then who's the mug?[/quote] Looks like the Basschat market place is gonna thrive...