SpondonBassed

[quote name='Al Krow' timestamp='1497124589' post='3316072'] Thanks for reminding us of what a superb little bass line this is! I think in the original they play the riff on a 4 string with a drop D, but it clearly lends itself to a 5 string without needing to de-tune. I was wondering whether I would be able to manage this without a pick - I think it's just about do-able; and as T-Bay alluded to, it is darned catchy! And adding a bit of overdrive and an octave up just fills it out nicely But as well as loving the simplicity and drive of this iconic bass line I can't get over just how much I love that TONE in the YouTube clip!! Please someone tell me what rig / effects Trevor Horn is playing through to get [i]that [/i]bass tone?!! [/quote] He talks abut using a bi-amped rig. He sends the lows to one head and the highs and FX to the other. He says there is no point in having the FX on the low channel. Sounds blindingly obvious with hindsight. That's why he's a major producer. He is asked about his rig in one of the two clips that follow. Sorry I can't remember which one. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fm1fH_csOX0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFwHcz9k8mM

Like Dad says, you might get more value from a couple of hours with a mentor/instructor. You should try to play ensemble too. You will make mistakes and your confidence will take a knock but it will bring you on like nothing else. I'm pretty sure you will already own hardware that you can play along to and manipulate tracks. Good luck.

[quote name='T-Bay' timestamp='1497082871' post='3315684'] Nah, she is used to dogs and terrorises several local mutts including a massive (but stupidly friendly) Rottweiler which is a laugh to watch. [/quote] Aw, bless. I had to make the big decision with our nineteen year cat old three weeks ago. We'd kept her going while she was still enjoying life but her health rapidly went downhill in the end. I'm still quite sad about it but I know I did the right thing for her. Her sister of the same litter had got to sixteen before health issues made life bad for her. The house feels really empty now. Whether a cat, dog, or any of the house pets, it's often the case that you don't truly recognise the strength of the bond you make with them 'till it's gone. There is a small compensation though in that I have not got to be tied to the house so much now that I have no relatives or animals to tend to. Maybe this is the year I get my own lickle band.

[quote name='T-Bay' timestamp='1497082756' post='3315683'] Yup, not my usual sort of music at all but I remember them as a 12 year old and the energy is amazing. The bass player (whose name escapes me) was brilliant. They did a one of big a few years back that was on the telly and the tone he had was just perfect. You felt like they had written the songs around the bass lines. [/quote] It was typical of the high energy music that was usually played at, let's say, the more metrosexual oriented clubs and pubs. There were a lot of good synth bass lines coming out of that too.

[quote name='ezbass' timestamp='1497080603' post='3315670'] I Wish - Stevie Wonder Good Times - Chic Spirit of Radio - Rush Wherever I Lay My Hat & I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down - Paul Young Haitian Divorce, Josie & Peg - Steely Dan I'm going to stop now, at least I'm going to try. EDIT: Ooh, ooh! Anything on the first Robben Ford and the Blue Line album. Hmm, must try harder [/quote] I've only got your first two in my repertoire but they're all good 'uns.

Stuff a Chiwawa in one 'ole and a Toy Terrier in t'other. Job's a good 'un.

[quote name='T-Bay' timestamp='1497038343' post='3315545'] Just heard two tribes on the radio, it's an awesome bassline. [/quote] Franky Goes to Hollywood? I have the 12 inch of that. Stop sniggering you lot at the back!

[quote name='DanH71' timestamp='1496924970' post='3314733'] ...its my bitsa bass and Im not worried about being seen playing something other than Fender. In fact i may design and put on my own decal. [/quote] Good man!

[quote name='mcnach' timestamp='1496910868' post='3314586'] literally it's "until the view"... meaning "until we see each other again" really. Just a very general goodbye. [/quote] Au revoir is similar but c'est la langue de Francais.

[quote name='DanH71' timestamp='1496908850' post='3314566'] Thanks Norris, very helpful! SpondonBassed, not so much.. [/quote] Aw Heeheehee. What makes the Fender decal "dodgy" then? Is the guitar a Gibson copy or summat? Edit; I've just found this and answered my own question; http://basschat.co.uk/topic/303932-i-dont-get-the-whole-putting-a-fender-decal-on-a-non-fender-bass-thing/page__view__findpost__p__3314264

[quote name='T-Bay' timestamp='1496902706' post='3314540'] I am happier than most to accommodate a buyer, what irritates is when the excuse given doesn't make sense. If the reply was genuine (from looking at another thread it appears they were offered something else which is fair enough) then I don't mind, it's the continuing messing you about that is irritating. If they didn't want it they should have just told me and not had me wasting my time. [/quote] It's not nice being irritabubble. I understand the sentiment though. You've gone that bit further for someone who shows lack of appreciation.

[quote name='mcnach' timestamp='1496911069' post='3314589'] Now now, don't come round here and talking all reasonable and stuff, this is the interwebz! [/quote] [Whimpers] [size=2]Sorry. I wont do it again, just please stop subztituting zeds for esses and I'll promise. I am scared of getting beaten up by h4x0rs and script kiddies.[/size]

[quote name='T-Bay' timestamp='1496865710' post='3314417'] Or you reply to a wanted ad and after a discussion give the cost including postage (which takes a while to sort as it's not UK) and get a request for pics. You waste your time sorting pics and emailing them only to get a response saying the postage is too high (it was the same before I took the pictures), so you sort out cheaper postage, reply then is that 'it might not fit'. Well it came off one of them so I am pretty sure it will go back on and not sure how the postage cost would change that. [/quote] Surely that is down to how prepared you are to jump through hoops on request? Make it seller's discretion. If you have taken reasonable steps to show current photographs but the item is not as described [i]in good faith[/i] by yourself there is the returns policy for them to fall back on.

[quote name='skidder652003' timestamp='1496866915' post='3314428'] come and say Hi, Im the good looking one, you'll see..its obvious! [/quote] Glad to see you aren't smug about it. Heeheehee.

[quote name='T-Bay' timestamp='1496867179' post='3314429'] Turned on my TE combo and cab tonight only for it to make a weird noise, it did this for about three seconds, then a rather startled young cat emerged from one of the big plastic holes. Stupid cat, now I am going to have to work out a way to check them before I head off to gigs. [/quote] I hope neither cat nor cab suffered damage. I considered putting chicken wire over the reflex ports on my 1818 for the same reason. I decided not to make it more attractive to chickens however as our cats would leave feathers EVERYWHERE. I reckon there may have been a few litters of kittens birthed in bass bins over the years. They do seem purpose built!

[quote name='DanH71' timestamp='1496863236' post='3314387'] Hi, So wanting to remove a dodgy Fender decal of the headstock off a recent purchase and looking for he best method to do so. Haven't got the bass yet so can't see if the decal is under a coat but interested to know if anybodies experience with trying to do so. I could keep the Fender decal on there (believe it's the kind that comes with the American vintage 64 j-bass but leaning towards applying my own custom decal instead (I'm not proud;). Any ideas? Dan [/quote] You might consider putting a Coors sticker over your Bass avatar. The brewery is now American owned. As for the Fender decal, why not leave it but overlay it with one of these; [attachment=246890:Ban.png]

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1496828437' post='3314076'] ...I have a Fishman SA-220 column PA for those small, intimate gigs and I love it to bits. Every musician who has played through it has commented on how great it sounds. It works perfectly. There's nothing wrong with it. I have no need of a replacement or upgrade... [/quote] That would be the one you brought to Risley in October last? That was impressive.

My Squier's dead spot was on the D at the ninth fret position IIRC. I didn't play it long enough to discover any more, the one was enough to put me off it for good.

[quote name='Leonard Smalls' timestamp='1496735342' post='3313446'] ...I meant sound absorbing thingummies dangling from the ceiling!... [/quote] Oh right... suspended acoustic baffles.

I'll get shot down for saying but have you considered a twist right out of the eighties? Use a reel to reel to make your own backing tracks and have it highly visible on stage with you. Think I'll put on my kevlar vest and Y-fronts on now...

[quote name='EBS_freak' timestamp='1496661866' post='3313001'] Anybody else with me that thinking the dead spot problem is wildly over exaggerated? Yes, there are basses with dead spots... but there are not in abundance like basschat folklore would suggest? [/quote] Yes. When you've found one you want to tell everyone about it because it is such an intangible phenomenon otherwise. It may well be exaggerated as a result. I never used a Ray but the first (and only) Squier I owned had one. The guitar was a fretless Jazz. The trouble with dead spots is that once you've found one, it is always in the back of your mind and it deflates your confidence in the instrument. Mine might have had more than one dead spot but I handed it back after a week. I traded it in for my Vantage. I thought at first that the finger board had a depression where the note died off but it was confirmed that the finger board was fine. I put it down to resonance caused by the massive headstock cancelling out certain frequencies in the same way that noise cancelling headphones use reverse phasing. At the shop I had a hard time convincing them I had a problem at all but they were very happy to make me an offer on the trade in. I am pretty sure it went back up for sale as "new". Does the Flea sigbass address the issue at all?

I have fond memories of Torquay and in particular Totness. When my uncle was alive I used to spend lots of quality time there. I wasn't a bass junkie then though so I'm of no help to you (OP), sorry.

'We've listened to every kind of musical style since we started playing,' they say. 'In the beginning we listened to psychedelia and 60s blues. From Canned Heat we went backwards; our sound arises from an chemical experiment that mixes the edge of Hound Dog Taylor's well wheel, Skip James' darkness, Jon Lee Hooker's hypnotic rhythms, Screaming Jay Hawkins' craziness, Tampa Red's sweetness, Elmore James' killer slide and Son House's essence.' https://www.list.co.uk/event/535945-guadalupe-plata/ I'll have a pint of "essence" please.

I dunno. You lot. If you don't like it - tough. It's that or do all of your shopping in high street retail outlets where [i]customer service[/i] is still put into practice. I agree it's good to be informative with potential buyers but remember a lot of sellers are saying the same sort of things about buyers.

I thought it was about rail services.