silverfoxnik

Hi Folks, As the title suggests, what a great way to spend the afternoon! Last Saturday, WalMan, jhk, johnnylager & myself held a mini-bash, arranged on the basis that, as johnnylager had just bought GreeneKing's ultimate Pimp Bass (the lovely white Spector 5), we all wanted to see & hear it in action!! Actually, I think it was more about the fact that it had been ages since the last SE Bass Bash and we were all getting a bit bored! Anyway, whatever the reason, it was a great excuse to get the toys out and make a noise! Here's a few photos: [attachment=48777:Mr_Lager...g___bass.jpg] Mr Lager's most excellent Pimp Bass & rig.. [attachment=48778:jhk_corner.jpg] jhk's tiny Eden rig! (not for the faint-hearted) [attachment=48779:WalMans_gear_1.jpg] WalMan's suprisingly powerful Markbass/Epifani rig & basses.. [attachment=48785:Silverfo...k_Gear_1.jpg] Silverfoxnik's basses, Eden rig (plus old Peavey MK IV head + SWR Triad + jhk's poweramp experiment ) There's some more photos to come which I'll put up later, plus hopefully (if I can work it out), some video footage too.. Cheers Nik

I have two Fender Roscoe Beck V strings; both teal green and both acquired courtesy of Happy Jack. Must take a picture of them at our mini-bash tomorrow..

[quote name='Clarky' post='813688' date='Apr 21 2010, 12:51 PM']Yummy[/quote] +1 Not good for my GAS, but lovely nonetheless..

[quote name='Delberthot' post='816789' date='Apr 23 2010, 10:35 PM']I hate Jazz basses - don't know if its cos people rave about them all the time and I want to be different but I really don;t like them for some reason, really don't I've just bought a Squier VM Jazz Bass [/quote] Classic!

My favourite is: "..reluctantly, I'm selling my [i]beloved[/i] XXXXX Bass.." I always think 'if you love it so much, why are you selling it then!' Mind you, I've probably said the same thing myself...

[quote name='bubinga5' post='816646' date='Apr 23 2010, 08:07 PM']Shakin Stevens the word genius is so over used...theres immense talent and then there is genius...[/quote] Just testing, right? [quote name='lowdown' post='816703' date='Apr 23 2010, 08:51 PM']Of course all the usual suspects. But for me, Leornard Bernstein - West side story score was genius. And his amazing conducting on a lot of the Classical stuff. A link here for studio out takes of West side story. And Musician skills of the highest quality. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gf_pBHMcyHQ"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gf_pBHMcyHQ[/url] Garry[/quote] +1 for Bernstein, though in the documentary of the remake of West Side Story about 20 years ago, Bernstein himself addressed the question of musical genius and in his opinion, Motzart was up there alone in that category! I also think that it's dependent on the genre or era of music and the skill or talent you're choosing to assess.. So for example, in classical music we might talk of Mozart, Bach, Stravinsky etc but in terms of songwriting we might consider Cole Porter (another favourite of mine), Stevie Wonder, Paul Simon, Dylan Lennon etc.. As for performers, then what about Elvis, Sinatra, Callas, Prince and so on.. Can't think of many bass (guitar) players that I would consider as being genius to be honest; maybe Jamerson and Entwhistle perhaps in the 60s? I don't really consider musical dexterity to be the same thing as musical genius though, so a lot of the noodlers and widdlers tend to leave me cold.. Good thread though!

[quote name='Ou7shined' post='809008' date='Apr 16 2010, 10:44 PM']So only slightly less than Bass Shiva this time. [attachment=47528:Bass_Shiva.jpg][/quote] That's dedication for you!

Great collection!! That Aria is very nice, as is the JV P57...

Congratulations Justin!!!

Cheers Shaun; feeling's mutual! Have left you some feedback too...

+1 Just bought Shaun's Sx Jazz on behalf of a friend's bass-mad son Sylas (who recent SE Bash attendees will know).. Shaun made everything easy, went out of his way to meet me to do the deal and what's more, he chucked in a gig bag too!! And on top of that, the bass is fabulous! Cheers Shaun - hope to deal with you again sometime..

Same thing happend to me when I was 34; I stopped playing for almost 11 years! My life had changed and i no longer had the time, energy or interest for playing bass at that point.. But then, just by chance, something happened that got me back into playing 4 years ago and now I wouldn't be without it for anything! In fact, I think the break was absolutely vital to recharge my batteries after having played constantly in bands since i was 14.. IMHO, this is a perfectly natural thing to be going through and whatever happens, i wish you well with it.. Whatever happens, you'll always be a bass player!!