BrunoBass

[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1504555478' post='3365694'] And there are no trails left to blaze..? No impact to be had, culturally..? The legends of the 1920's are gone, those of the '50s sprang up. My (our...) generation is passing (we're all just passing through...); the next legends are only just born. Give 'em a chance and they'll 'originate' as did the others, as do all legends, in their time, in their own time. Every generation mourns the loss of their own, but each generation has their own legends, I'm sure, otherwise, there'd be no shoulders to stand on, would there..? [/quote] But trail blazers and pioneers are by definition breaking new ground. There hasn't been a truly new genre since hip hop, forty or so years ago. I'm not holding my breath

[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1504521803' post='3365364'] Almost off-topic, but are there no 'new' legends being created..? None of the 'greats' can ever be replaced,of course, but is it all over now..? [/quote] Probably. The artists we'd regard as legends are so by the fact that they were pioneers, trailblazers, originators and thus had massive cultural impact. There are still innovators out there but they are niche artists that have little or no impact on wider popular culture.

I find it very sad but inevitable that in another decade there'll be none, or extremely few, of the legends left.

I couldn't gig with my rig if I didn't have a car. Hypothetically, even if I could just take a gig bag with bass and board to a gig I'd have to get a taxi into town to the train station, and then on to wherever I was playing, with probably another taxi at the other end. Then repeat for the return leg. If I lived in the middle of a city it'd be more feasible to travel on public transport, but living where I live having my own car is a must.

On my 2eq I have the bass at about 80-90% and the treble rolled in just enough to get some bite. I roll the treble and volume off just slightly if using a pick. On my amp it's treble and bass flat at 12 o'clock with the two mid range frequencies at 11 o'clock. It took me some time to get everything to where I need it to be, but now I have, that's where it's staying.

[quote name='Rumple' timestamp='1504339995' post='3364164'] I have a few basses but only one hard case, it's question of space for me, I couldn't own the number of basses I do if they were all stored in hard cases [/quote] Same for me, my basses live in gig bags in the house and go into the one hard case I own when taken out.

I wouldn't play anywhere where I thought my safety was at stake, but we do play rowdy places sometimes where spirits can be high and beer gets spilt. These indeed are my favourite gigs; eyeball to eyeball with the crowd, you might get the odd knock into the mic stand or the occasional trip over the pedal board, it's no biggie. I wouldn't take my £1000 EBMM Stingray to these gigs though, I'll take my £100 Jazz Bass copy. It's all part of the fun. I'm sure there's been a thread on this subject before?

[quote name='christofloffer' timestamp='1503300438' post='3356944'] I always loved the Stiff Little Fingers version of Johnny Was. Oh and the Johnny Cash version of One, in my opinion its a much better version than the U2 one. I like covers that step away from the original a bit, not enough to lose the soul but enough for it to be something in its own right. [/quote] Most of that whole album (American Recordings IV) improve on the originals I think. Cash lends gravity and power to songs like Desperado, Bridge Over Troubled Water, We'll Meet Again etc, songs which I'd never liked before. A fantastic album.

I have since sold my amp, which gave me many gigs of trouble free service, but I did at last nights gig use a provided BG250 210, which cut out a few songs into the set. I switched it off and on again, which did the trick. A bit worrying for the rest of the set though

We played at the annual Vaultstock festival at The Wine Vaults in Banbury last night, with several other local bands. We had an absolute blast, hour and three quarter set as the sun went down to a large and appreciative crowd. Really good sound from my EBMM Stingray which I was gigging for the first time in a few months, and as I was using a provided amp it meant I was able to travel light and enjoy myself after I'd played. Lots of support from the other bands and it was great to catch up with some old friends too. My only drama was the provided amp (TC Electronic BG250) cut out mid song, about seven songs in. Switching it off and on again fixed it but I spent the rest of the set wondering it would cut out again, luckily it didn't. So all in all a very enjoyable evening and I'm still on a high today. A few beers around some of the late bars with our frontman and several friends, and that's it for our summer festival season, back to two hour pub gigs for the next few months! Next stop for us is a private event in September.

'Don't Speak' by No Doubt. It's an amazing, heartfelt song anyway, and the beautiful solo at 2.44 by Tom Dumont is the icing on the cake. http://youtu.be/TR3Vdo5etCQ

For a while we had a very attractive blonde lady show up at a lot of our gigs. She would stand about a metre or so in front of our singer and dance quite provactivly right in front of him. He didn't know where to look! The lady in question was as I say very attractive, so much so that if you'd encountered her in a social setting you'd be interested enough to talk to her with the hope that it might possibly go somewhere, however there was something about the look in her eye when she was dancing in front of us that made us all want to steer clear, and in the case of our singer actually hide in the gents until she'd left, on one occasion.

[quote name='SubsonicSimpleton' timestamp='1503688350' post='3360360'] T&G Martin specialise in expensive carved instruments aimed mostly at the classical market, you could play rockabilly tunes on a fine orchestral instrument, but it would be a waste of money - for some styles of music ply basses are much more appropriate, not because of their cost or construction, but because of the way they respond to player input, to generalise greatly, they tend to be more direct and percussive and spit the notes out quickly compared to carved instruments (at least in my experience). [/quote] Thanks for your insight.

[quote name='Staggering on' timestamp='1503669738' post='3360186'] Now you've done it!That's like a double bass player saying "aren't all those bass guitars the same?"Let the fun begin....oops,I see Dad has started already... [/quote] My comment was in reaction to someone saying that the suggested double bass wasn't suitable for rockabilly. I didn't realise double basses were genre specific, any more than a bass guitar is. Are they any good for metal? 😉

[quote name='SubsonicSimpleton' timestamp='1503666271' post='3360139'] Not really instruments aimed at rockabilly players. [/quote] I don't know much about them, isn't a double bass a double bass?

Thomas Martin http://www.thomasmartin.co.uk They're based a five minute drive from where I live, and they also make the very fine Williamscot bass guitars.

[quote name='Trueno' timestamp='1503608235' post='3359711'] Just remembered... once worked with a dep drummer who played with Smokey. [/quote] Robinson?

I took my Stingray out to band practise tonight, the first time I've played it since April, since I got my Jazz. It sounded amazing, I'm going to gig it on Saturday. I'd forgotten what an amazing instrument it is!

[quote name='petetexas' timestamp='1503595621' post='3359560'] Hi Guys, Tilted the pup (nearer the G string , and further away on the E) for tonights gig . I WILL TAKE A SCREWDRIVER WITH ME - JUST IN CASE ! . If there is no improvement , I will then move the pole pieces , or try a compressor to even out . Pete [/quote] I suffered with a quiet G for a while, in the end I just raised the pickup on the G side and it did the trick.

I had drum lessons when I was about 13 (early eighties) from Bruce Rowland who played on many sessions and was with Fairport Convention for a while. He got on well with my dad and he came round for dinner a few times I recall.

Sounds and looks amazing, well done. Modding one of these is on my 'to do' list.

I quite often sing 'alternative' words of an adult nature in my backing vocals. No one's ever noticed and it keeps me amused when playing that bloody awful Kasbian song we've been doing since time immemorial.

£329 for the Embassy, ETA week after next. I'm seriously tempted. http://www.gear4music.com/Guitar-and-Bass/Epiphone-Embassy-PRO-Bass-Guitar-Antique-Ivory/1Q0W?origin=product-ads&utm_campaign=PLA+Shop+-+Epiphone&utm_medium=vertical_search&network=google&adgroup=2+-+Brand+Level+-+Epiphone&merchant_id=1279443&product_id=80384d1&product_country=GB&product_partition_id=87897988879&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIr5nxgoXo1QIVqbztCh1m9gdHEAQYAyABEgJOevD_BwE