Doctor J

Very nice. Very nice indeed.

It's in your colour.

[quote name='Marvin' timestamp='1339609058' post='1691480'] But, he's in a rather pompous stadium rock 'band' whose outlook is very far removed from the spirit of punk. They're business men who like to think they're being 'creative', not very punk really [/quote]Exactly! How much more punk could you be by giving two fingers to conformity? Hail the bespectacled genius, hail him now!

Frequently it's heard being mouthed by someone's arse.

Claytonbashing mystifies me. One of the lines you see frequently trotted out by old punks is that [i]the great thing was that you didn't have to be able to play to be in a band[/i]. Therefore Clayton, I put it to you, is the living embodiment of punk. 30 years later he is still in the band and still not able to play. Punk not dead as long as Clayton lives. Stick your spirit of 77 up your arse, you all sold out where he is still proudly flying the flag. Not only that, but he gets paid too. Regularly. Not only that, but he gets supermodels. Regularly. Not only that, but his regular gig is not the Badger And Brake Lever playing Boney M covers, but football stadiums [i]and he doesn't even play football!!![/i] Mock him not, for he is a quite clearly a genius.

I used to avoid maple purely because I didn't like the look of it but now it doesn't bother me in the slightest. I think rosewood does work better with 3TS though.

I have one of the dual band compressors. It's decent enough but I'm not really hot on effects so space isn't an issue for me. You could say the same for Electro Harmonix, they're bigger than they realistically need to be but, hey, I've got big feet and somewhat clumsy so it's not always a bad thing.

Looks like there are two threads for John http://basschat.co.uk/topic/147078-feedback-for-haimesy/ Both positive

[quote name='LukeFRC' timestamp='1339540231' post='1690404'] I think every bass player HAS to try a T40 once in his or her life. If I only had one bass till I died and it was a T40 I would die happy. Possibly of a hideous back injury but a great bass to try. [/quote]It is on [i]the list[/i] The problem is, over here, selection is somewhat limited so a lot of the time, in order to try something, it's quicker to buy one online

There are loads, but the ones I'm keenest to try are Wal, Alembic and a Peavey T-40.

You could try a licenced one http://basschat.co.uk/topic/178581-kubicki-klone/

[quote name='Spike Vincent' timestamp='1339530101' post='1690092'] Or dead... [/quote]Well you better give Gene Simmons the news because I'm not making that phone call

That list could also be called Fabulously Successful And Rich Bass Players

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfVwSIkxLqQ[/media]

Is it ok if I swap virtuosos for people whose music I can actually enjoy without seeing them do it? If so, Troy Gregory Bernard Edwards Cliff Williams Tony Choy Roger Patterson Dan Berglund Doug Wimbish Colin Hodgkinson Geddy Lee Sean Malone Yeah, that will do for today.

Just listening to Off The Wall and I'm once again struck by how much it [i]swings[/i], you know what I mean? Real drums, real bass, you just can't beat it [size=1][i](sorry)[/i][/size]. Jacko got heavily into electronic rhythm and left bass riffs behind as he went on but this stuff is where it truly is at as far as I'm concerned. Dangerous onwards just leaves me cold. In fact, I even struggle with Bad. Any fans of the later material out there? Help me out, I just don't get it. With a kicking band behind him he really was operating at an entirely different level.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank whoever invented the individual signature ignore button on the right there. I don't mind signatures in general as they can be quite humorous and interesting, just the life story ones which take up half the page are irritating to say the least. Now I just turn off the ones I don't like. Thank you, mysterious programmer, thank you so much. I have not been paid for this endorsement.

It's an intriguing one, looks like it has the multi-laminate neck too though the top of the neck curves the other way from a real Kubicki. I read there are around 25 of them?

[quote name='LukeFRC' timestamp='1339348582' post='1687223'] Great advice there Schnozzalee.... but rather than a Bacchus stat maybe you could find a Fender American Vintage Series '57 Reissue stat (I hear 2011 is a good vintage) and then track down a Yam SG....... [/quote]He's looking for a [i]good[/i] guitar, though, not a Fender

[quote name='Schnozzalee' timestamp='1339338848' post='1687022'] I'm probably going for something HSS or Humbuckers with a Coil Tap, alternatively i'm open to P90s because it'll give me the grunt if I need it but some articulation. It's a really difficult one i'm afraid, I like blues, classic rock & 80's metal. I don't think PRS have much character about them personally but i've never played, only listened. [/quote]Which is why, if I were you, I'd go for two There is no one-size fits all in the world of guitars. You should be able to pick up two great guitars for a grand each and, having owned a PRS in the past, there's no way on Earth I'd spend two grand on one (or a Gibson for that matter). If I were in your position, I'd look pick up a couple of Japanese made beauties, something like an early 80's Yamaha SG and a Bacchus strat. Tokai's Japanese 335 style guitars are very nice too. That would comfortably cover all the sonic ground you'd want to. Something like this - I have something similar, amazing guitars http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Bacchus-G-PLAYER-ALD-M-3TS-/370546493836?pt=Guitar&hash=item56464ac98c And you should comfortably find an SG1000 or SG2000 with the change

What kind of guitar are you looking for? Hardtail or vibrato? Single coils or humbuckers? What kind of music are you looking to play?

I saw this tune played a couple of months after this video was taken and the 14 year old me thought bass was the coolest instrument in the world and that I had to play it. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUAAbO1-jjU[/media] Obviously, I was way off but I've really enjoyed playing bass all the same.

A Blaster bass has materialised on the u-box, very very rare 80s beast. If anyone is looking to get Kubicki looks fairly cheap this would probably cost about 500 of your Queen pounds.

That riff in BU2B is doing it for me.

Three very different instruments there, do you know what you're actually looking for from this bass?