Doctor J

Tonally, it's a bass capable of being very sympathetic to slap playing. Given the oil finish, it'll stop the finish wearing away with heavy slapping, so more of a slapguard than a pickguard That won't be a problem for me though

Including shipping and taxes this came in at a little over €900 which, for what it is, is a great deal. To put that in perspective, a Mexican Classic 60's Jazz bass will cost you over €800 over here

50's - Rave On : Buddy Holly Summertime Blues : Eddie Cochran

Cheers gents, I'm quite chuffed with it. I'm still getting my head around how many different sounds are in this yoke. The u-box is Ishibashi's 2nd hand section, frequently with bargains to be had in Japanese domestic market instruments http://www.ishibashi.co.jp/u_box/e/ - I love them dearly for what they do there

Found a Bacchus 24 on the U-box at a price that just wouldn't leave me alone. Ash body with a black oil finish, 3 piece maple neck, ebony fretboard. If you look closely you can see the neck extends all the way to the pickup. Glow in the dark side dots. I really like these. Rosewood pickup covers with ebony tops. Pickups are their own alnico5 humbuckers and can be tapped using one of the switches. Bart XTCT pre, almost works like a filter pre, you can entirely cut all of each band of frequencies or boost to stupid levels

Nice. You can't go wrong with one of them.

Required? Only one mic is required, the rest are dependant on what kind of drum sound you're going for. I don't think the techniques of his producerer can be used as a stick to beat the guy with I'm sure Bonham, had he lived, would have known the joys of midi and huge thunderclap gated reverb snares in the 80's like everyone else.

Is this what you mean? They're just copying this from the old 4001, they're not using maple for the headstock wings anymore, that's how they always used to be. I think I prefer the yellow in the Fireglo finish, personally. My old 92 4003 was yellowish in the middle and I always found the pinkish hue of the followin years to be a bit offputting. I have to say, I like this a lot (other than them being uncomfortable bastards to play)

Got a link?

[quote name='waynepunkdude' timestamp='1334406435' post='1615759'] How about a big sticker saying 'Nuke Ireland'? [/quote] And the Whales!

[quote name='Johnston' timestamp='1334406183' post='1615753'] For the interest of balance I say Orange and green checks with a white guard [/quote]Agreed

Don't hold your breath, it might take a while. I must have missed something, when did you get the Stingray? A recent arrival?

I don't think that has been decided yet

Depends on which side of the fence you're on

You have chosen wisely. Orange is the best, apart from in July, boooooo!

Poor oul Neil is getting a rough ride, I actually like his playing a lot, he's nowhere near as busy as a lot of those he influenced. The guy's got good musical sense and knows when to take it easy. My point was more that a lot of drummers who worship him tend to overlook his overall musicality and focus on doing huge rolls and trying to be more clever than they actually are. Neil's ok though. As for Yngwie, I can't listen to his albums but I went to see him play and was thoroughly entertained for 90 minutes. The guy knows how to put on a show, that much is for sure

You're in good company I'll echo what's been said, bring it to a pro, pushing it back from the inside could do a lot more damage. That's too nice a bass to f*** around with.

[quote name='pietruszka' timestamp='1334229604' post='1612820'] A drummer I used to play for is a massive Bonham fan. Totally understandable! Dan [/quote]A drummer I used to play with hated Bonham, but idolised Neil Peart to the point of having the stupidly big red kit, signature sticks, etc. To cut a long story short, I didn't play with him for long. When you meet a drummer and if they say they like Bonham and/or Tony Thompson. you're usually onto a good thing.

Interesting. I think the fact that Cowell and Sony were aware of the use of the name and used it anyway won't work in their favour. I dislike the "We want that, you won't let us have it so we'll take it anyway" attitude and hopefully, given how hard Sony and the rest of the biz want the hammer to fall on people with this attitude to downloading music, the justice system will apply the protection of intellectual rights as vigorously as the biz wants it applied in every other circumstance - not just when it suits them.

Sound. The two new tunes they played on the last tour were winners.

Wait, did you actually think it was about the music?

You can prove anything with statistics.... no, I haven't the stomach to finish that. I'll get my coat.

Bass first, guitar and drums later.

[quote name='51m0n' timestamp='1333614465' post='1604127'] Funk != Slap [/quote]This. 100% this.

[quote name='51m0n' timestamp='1333614465' post='1604127'] But by far the most slap heavy album from RHCP is Mother's Milk. [/quote]Indeed and if you check the sales of that album before and after BSSM you'll see what I'm getting at. Prior to BSSM they were still a reasonably underground band, the only time I saw them on tv was on the James Whale radio show, if you remember that. A mate of mine was a huge fan at the time so I remember their subsequent success correlating with the explosion in the numbers of Stingrays on stages and thumbs cocked and ready to do damage. They were dark days indeed