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A chum went to see them the other night and said it was amazing. I asked him who was playing second guitar, Tim Renwick? He said, "No some other bloke, didn't recognise the name." Clearly not a Roxy Music fan then, my mate!

If cash is a limiting factor you could search on eBay for old synth modules. Some proper gear seems to be kicking around in the sub £100 market. Add a midi cable and a cheap midi keyboard... Yes, you'll need to do some plugging in but the sound quality of the piano and strings could be a notch above....

[quote name='Rich' timestamp='1443524283' post='2875465'] Fretless PRS seen on farcebook... I think I'm in love... [/quote] Oooooooh, look at ther carve on that? I look at that bass and just keep wondering if Roger Giffen was involved in the design somewhere along the lines. Takes me right back to the stuff he was doing in the late 80s...

[quote name='EBS_freak' timestamp='1443445944' post='2874715'] It may be worth experimenting with some outboard if you are struggling to get a great core sound... it may be that your brain is hankering for something more processed. I know that there will be people going on about "pure tone" but at the end of the day, the resulting sound is the result of the component parts... [/quote] That's quite true but to balance that, GIGO equally applies with a sound source...

[quote name='Lw.' timestamp='1443536253' post='2875620'] Not really my kind of thing but I've forwarded your link to a friend, it's right up her street. You need to get one of those keyboards you can wear on a strap & have a guitar type neck for holding onto! [/quote] Nooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!! No one EVER looked good playing a "keytar". NO ONE. EVER. EVER EVER EVER!

Exactly...here are a few examples that show the variation you can get from one standard/tune... Stella By starlight http://youtu.be/Iqs3w1Q5sto http://youtu.be/XGx1HvLV_NQ http://youtu.be/ytwXPKmdv7o A personal fave... Joe Pass http://youtu.be/jN0oEWuc_Ng http://youtu.be/AbJKyEE1_AE http://youtu.be/gm7oBctygOA

[quote name='Maude' timestamp='1443464333' post='2874980'] You'll have to excuse my ignorance here as this genre is most certainly not my cup of tea. Are these songs generally looked at in the same light as all the 'rock cover band' standards that all pub audiences love but most folks on here recoil at the very mention of, dakota, sex on fire, mustang sally etc? The way the Jazz standards have been described above makes them seem like they're the same old same old that every other jazz band churns out. Not looking to cause trouble, genuinely interested in how they are regarded. [/quote] The ethos around the Jazz circuit seems to be quite different from the rock / pop circuit. With the latter if you play originals often you are seen as "creative", if you play covers often you seem to be regarded as somehow lesser. How many online forums have threads there the theme is, "How can people just play covers all the time. How rubbish is that? How rubbish are they?" etc. With jazz the standards (or let's face it, "the covers") they are just seen as a resource to be creative with - and interpretations can vary wildly from artist to artist. If you want to do originals, fine. If you want to play the standards, fine... And some of the greatest recordings and performances in jazz are purely covers, if you like. They aren't thought of as lesser art. Which, if you think about it is a bit like in classical music. No one would ever complain about an orchestra just playing covers of tunes by Beethoven, Mozart and Bach... It's just not the world view that they live within.

If you're new to jazz but wanted to explore its various styles and incarnations you could do worse than download this album, "#1 Jazz Album Ever!" by Various Artists https://itun.es/gb/XR-sA from iTunes 150 tracks for £5.99 including a huge range of all tine classic tunes by the artists they're most associated with...

[quote name='JellyKnees' timestamp='1443451632' post='2874794'] I prefer a nice thick one myself. Fnarr fnarr, yuk yuk etc.... [/quote] Mine's four inches wide. That's how I like it! Oo-er Matron...

Meant to ask him to look at my Aria SB700 but never quite got round to it. Next time!

Graham, brilliant. That was on my list to do but you beat me to it, Sadly, the two versions of Gordon's Heartsong I was thinking of aren't on Spotify The original album version features John G Perry on W1111 (and Simon Phillips on drums) while the version on Live At Oxford has John Gustafson reinterpreting Perry's lines on his JG (with Ian Mosley later of Steve Hackett and Marillion). So instead, here is JG miming on Top Of The Pops on his JG bass to JGP's original bass track! http://youtu.be/VIUS2HMe9zg

[quote name='Kiwi' timestamp='1443294281' post='2873695'] Does this mean you have an infestation of basses? [/quote] I guess that some folks have an itch they just have to scratch... I'll get me coat...

Some photos here, if anyone's interested. [b]https://www.facebook.com/trevorraggatt/media_set?set=a.10153488398220860.1073741842.705595859&type=3[/b] Hope that works

Hey all, The slides from the Wal talk are uploaded here http://basschat.co.uk/uploads/monthly_09_2015/post-38200-0-04971000-1443297331.ipb And some more info, links and suggested Wal listening tips are here: http://basschat.co.uk/topic/270217-wal-bass-talk-slides-from-the-bass-bash-today/ Looking forward to reading Bluejay's blog on the day in due course...

Strange double post, sorry about that... If a moderator could delete that would be great

Had great fun today chatting to the assembled at the SE Bass BAsh about Wal basses. For anyone interested here are the slides I used today to illustrate the talk... Plus a few Wal bebsites including a video playlist just for fun... •Official Wal Basses website [url="http://www.walbasses.co.uk/"]http://www.walbasses.co.uk[/url][url="http://www.walbasses.co.uk/"]/[/url] •Official Facebook page [url="http://tinyurl.com/o79rugx"]http://[/url][url="http://tinyurl.com/o79rugx"]tinyurl.com/o79rugx[/url] •My Wal History Blog [url="http://walbasshistory.blogspot.co.uk/"]http://walbasshistory.blogspot.co.uk[/url][url="http://walbasshistory.blogspot.co.uk/"]/[/url] •Facebook group [url="http://tinyurl.com/pw8ba9z"]http://tinyurl.com/pw8ba9z[/url] •My Youtube video playlist •[url="http://tinyurl.com/oxzpdxy"]http://[/url][url="http://tinyurl.com/oxzpdxy"]tinyurl.com/oxzpdxy[/url] And a Wal listening list for you to check out for yourself... Everyday I Write The Book Bruce Thomas / Custom Elvis Costello & The Attractions King For A Day Colin Moulding / Pro XTC Prime Mover Geddy Lee / Custom Rush Give It Away Flea / Custom Red Hot Chili Peppers Too Shy Nick Beggs / Pro Kajagoogoo I Want Candy Leigh Gorman / Pro Bow Wow Wow Stuck on You Greg Edwards / Custom Failure Special Way Dave Snell / Passive Pro reissue River City People Black Moon Greg Lake / Custom Emerson, Lake & Palmer Abstract Logic Jonas Hellborg / Custom builds Jonas Hellborg The Interview Jim Crichton / Custom Saga Heartsong John G Perry / W1111 Gordon Giltrap Earth Dance Percy Jones / Pro Brand X Plaster the Magic Tongue Mick Karn / Custom Mick Karn Long Goodbyes Colin Bass / Pro Camel Only When You Leave Martin Kemp / Custom Spandau Ballet Dance Away Alan Spenner / JG Roxy Music Love Is The Drug John Gustafson / Custom built precision hybrid Roxy Music Twin Exhausted John Gustafson / JG Ian Gillan Band Heartsong (Live at Oxford) John Gustafson / JG Gordon Giltrap Wal to Wal Percy Jones and John Giblin / Pro Brand X Enjoy

[quote name='GM10' timestamp='1443261393' post='2873460'] Sit Down is an easy one [/quote] And one that will immediately have the whole audience on your side. It was always a crowd pleaser whenever we did it...

Three lovely looking basses. Mind you, I'd be happy to take one off your hands if you ever decided to give it away, give it away, give it away, give it away now... Groan, I can only apologise underservendly for that attempt at humour...

Like others I have also wondered why this can be such an obsession in the forum world. Notwithstanding back problems where of course the bass weight must be suitable to fit with them... I've never really considered weight as an issue either. Even for 3 x 50 min set covers gigs. Then again, I've always gone for good quality leather straps to distribute the weight. Currently 4" Italia Leather ones. It just makes (ergonomic and engineering) sense to me. It's also seen me through some back issues and chiro treatment too. I recall a conversation with a guitarist chum who has invested time and money on a fairly weighty Steinberger (the ones with the bodies), refurbish it and making it Roland VG ready. He was bemoaning the weight and how it killed his shoulder. I pointed out that he was using a 1 1/2 inch cheap nylon webbing strap and suggested he borrow a spare 3" Levys leathers one I had. It had never occurred to him that a decent strap might answer his problem. That will work for some, but not for others. Thus is life. I personally love a substantial bass but there are plenty of great lightweight options too. I played a hollow Reverend today at the bash which was light as a feather, played beautifully and sounded amazing. It looked dead cool too. The polar opposite of my basses and one I would never have sought out but wonderful in all its differences!

What a great, great day. Huge thanks to SFNik, Hamster, Mrs Hamster, Bluejay, Lozz and everyone else involved in making it happen.

[quote name='bassman7755' timestamp='1443032568' post='2871722'] I'd look something like this, it actually works much better as a means of putting more sound at ear level than raising a cab off the floor and has the advantage of not messing with the floor coupling so much which is useful especially for smaller cabs. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Stagg-Foldable-Monitor-Floor-Stand/dp/B000YL952E [/quote] I've got a Quik Lok version... Very robust.

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1442929224' post='2870628'] I've never owned or played through a rig with a "sub button". If you can buy a bass rig with an inbuilt octaver, can you also buy one with an inbuilt fuzz, chorus, flanger, and envelope filter? [/quote] I had an Ashdown Mag300 for a year or so and always thought that the sub octave button was a pointless gimmick.it didn't track too well as you got down towards (for me) normal playing positions and as o there have said was just a mud fest. The low preshape was more than enough give extra bass.

[quote name='Graham' timestamp='1443215301' post='2873238'] I've not looked at the individual prices, but that sounds like a good deal, if you were looking to move up from your first Affinty Precison and practice amp, you could do a lot worse. [/quote] GAK have the amp for much the same price and you DO get a free gift... A guitar cable... Not quite the same VFM!

[quote name='UglyDog' timestamp='1443194550' post='2873036'] Yes, that was a good one. I also liked the instrumental theme from OHMSS -- some damned fine music on that film's soundtrack. [/quote] The Propellerheads cover is a cracking version... [url="http://youtu.be/7O1_0hikl-A"]http://youtu.be/7O1_0hikl-A[/url]

[quote name='lojo' timestamp='1443180791' post='2872873'] Cant beat a bit of Sheena Easten mate , Guilty Pleasure [/quote] And nobody does it better than Carly Simon