silverfoxnik

[quote name='Hamster' post='237080' date='Jul 11 2008, 09:14 AM']Apart from being Redhill's premier bassist, he's a thoroughly nice chap who gave me a fist full of money for a bass I was selling. Cheers! Hamster[/quote] +1

Bargain price! Congratulations

[quote name='OutToPlayJazz' post='236065' date='Jul 9 2008, 08:57 PM']1. Mark King inspired a whole load of us to become technically better bass players. Surely that's worth something?? 2. Yes, we know that he's a one-trick pony that only does one special thing, (the very fast quadruplet slapping) but he does it admirably well. 3. Anyone who calls any of the virtuoso players "unmusical" is severely missing the point. Is it because you're sick as the proverbial parrot that you can't do it yourself? I hear people say the same about Victor Wooten on here & he is unmistakably the most musical bass player I've ever heard. Without players like Jaco, Stanley Clarke, Marcus Miller, Victor Wooten & Mark King, I'd never have been inspired to become the bass player I am today. I'm sure that goes for many others on here as well.[/quote] As Crez said, 'well said'.. In the end this is all a case of 'one man's meat is another man's poison' etc, etc! As can be seen from my previous post in this thread, I'm not a MK fan and I'm most definitely not a Level 42 fan, but there's no doubting MK's [i]impact[/i].. I'd much rather listen to Larry Graham or Bootsy Collins than MK anyday and even more, I'm much happier just listening to songs and great music than albums that are led by bass playing (such as MK or Victor Wooten etc) but each to his own.. One good thing for me about MK though is that I think he helped put British bass playing back on the map...

[quote name='Hamster' post='235701' date='Jul 9 2008, 01:38 PM']A good price? - If selling - £400 - £450 If buying - £350 - £400 Hamster[/quote] So, about £400 then? When I sold mine it was for about £500 which included the John East Pre, so about £400 if it's 100% stock and in good condition wouldn't be unfair I think....

[quote name='chris_b' post='235697' date='Jul 9 2008, 01:38 PM']Pre Mark King slap was great, a feel thing, a funky groove. From Mark King onwards slap became a speed freak, technical exercise. Boring!![/quote] +1

[quote name='El_JimBob' post='235394' date='Jul 8 2008, 11:54 PM']I'm especially liking that L-1000 - it looks like a hell of a beast!![/quote] +1

[quote name='stingrayfan' post='234422' date='Jul 7 2008, 07:30 PM']What's your ideal bass tone - and have you got it yet?[/quote] Good thread! The answer for me is yes, but there's more than one 'ideal tone' which makes it kind of more fun.. If I was in a band playing original music then I'd probably be searching for one sound but playing a wide variety of covers means that I need to be able to recreate lots of different tones. From a 60's Motown thump playing 'Valerie' through to a clanky rock sound when doing stuff like the Killers.. I doubt I get anywhere achieving all of them but it's great fun trying and keeps me interested.

I wondered about that but then decided Charla was referring to the Leo Fender designed Musicman e.q., circa the mid '70s, when the Musicman Bass was launched.

[quote name='E_MaN' post='233627' date='Jul 6 2008, 03:47 PM']But the hippie socialist side of me is getting out - arn't we all just trying to make music and have fun, even the famous bass players?[/quote] +1

The John East MM pre was installed the Sub5 that I brought from The Beedster. IIRC, that all happened after John East had a running dialogue in his Forum with people like OBBM and others here about the idea of a specific MM circuit, which inspired Beedster to get it fitted. He even then went on to modify the Sub5 to look like a natural 70's Ray, which he did brilliantly! Just to say that in my view, the East designed 'pre' emulated the original 2-band Musicman Stingray e.q. really well, and had the added bonus of a variable mid e.q. sweep which made for a really flexible circuit. In the end I sold the bass because I wanted a passive 5 in the end and one with 2 p/ups, but I rate the John East circuit very highly...

[quote name='BigRedX' post='233241' date='Jul 5 2008, 05:04 PM']I really like the original 1976 US Spector SB1! That's really unusual. What's the pickup? Looks a bit like a chrome Model 1? And how does that sound?[/quote] +1 A great collection overall though! Have you got shares in the company??

Hey Cliff Do a search in the Effects forum for 'Zoom' and a lot of stuff comes up, like this thread: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=696&hl=zoom"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=696&hl=zoom[/url] I've had mine a year or more now and it's been very reliable, easy to use and it definitely helps my sound mainly through using the amp modeling presets. And as you say, it's such good value for money (picked it up for £45 here..).. Without having tried lots of others, it's not easy to say if it's the best out there, but it's definitely one of them! Nik

Isn't the answer 'who cares!' when you've got both! And they're very nice indeed...

[quote name='peted' post='232526' date='Jul 4 2008, 11:11 AM']Thanks. I'll give the hotel a call tonight to see if I can get answers for the last two questions, if the answers don't appear here first... P.S. silverfoxnik: Please can you add the room names to the original post on the front page? Clandon Suite 1 & 2. Thanks [/quote] Good idea!! ... Done!

[quote name='finnbass' post='232131' date='Jul 3 2008, 04:34 PM']They do now, because the black one has the proper 'blade' pups installed same as the sunburst. The 'toaster' pups it's sporting in the photo were taken from an older, natural T-40 as the neck pup it was originally supplied with was faulty (Fixed by Wizard Pickups). The two different types of pup sound slightly different... with the older, toaster style being slightly more mellow than the more 'in your face' sound from the later blade pups.[/quote] I'd heard that the pick up design changed at some point during production.. The one I had was with the earlier design p/up.. It was quite mellow I suppose thinking back..

[quote name='GreeneKing' post='231069' date='Jul 2 2008, 06:46 AM']I think it's an excessive 20! (Possibly 19?) Although I'm not totally certain. One of those is sold awaiting the original owner to raise the funds to buy it back and I've a new bass being made by Alan at ACG Oh and that was a 'fish' for a BBC bite but he's not taking it Peter[/quote] Hi Peter. I always thought 19 was better than 20! That's quite a collection to say the least.. isn't it time for another thread on them with some new photos? Nik P.S. what's happened to BBC lately?

[quote name='allighatt0r' post='229712' date='Jun 30 2008, 02:03 PM']On G-Mail, there is a little bar above your inbox that has single line adverts, and about 20 minutes ago there was an advert for www.classicandcoolguitars.co.uk, so i took a look, and found a Peavey T 40 with possibly the most beautiful finish i've ever seen: i must get round to selling my kidney....[/quote] They're very nice basses and this is a very nice example! I had a natural one which I foolishly sold 2 years ago It was very heavey but the pay-off for the extra weight was that tonally it was absolutely lovely! Not sure if it's true but I read somewhere that T-40s are very popular amongst the session bass players in Nashville.. Finnbass; those two you have are 2 very beautiful basses! Do they sound the same?

UPDATE: List of Attendees so far: 01. Silverfoxnik: Roscoe Beck V, Wal Pro2e, BC Rich Eagle, plus I'll be bringing my DBX MC 6 Compressor and probably a small rig including my SWR Triad 02. Hamster: Lakland and hopefully a couple of completed BFM cabs 03. OBBM: a couple of basses and perhaps the Orangtino if anyone is interested. 04. NowVertical: GB Rumour 5, KSD 60's Proto-J 5, Mongrel 62 Fender P (now fretless with a J added), Acoustic Image Contra II 05. Happy Jack: a selection of vintage Hofners & a Verithin bass or two 06. Zach: spector rebop 07. Ped: with my usual babies (pair of Vigier Passions as I am sure you are sick of by now) 08. s_u_y: Fender Precision '74, my EBS MicroBass II DI and if my custom portable poweramp being made by Alien (Andy) is finished, I'll bring that too! 09. nig: SB-8 Chapman Stick 10. G-77: usual collection of Graphite maybe the Wal 11. Coasterbass: Lefty MM Stingray IV, Lefty Warwick Thumb V, Lefty Fender Jazz American Deluxe, Lefty Fender Jazz Hotrodded 12. johnnylager: Geddy Lee with Wizard 84's, EBS MultiComp, SansAmp ParaDriver, Aural Xciter and a J-Lo fuzz + ABM 500 combo 13. Gamble: Ampeg SVP Pro pre-amp with Harma and Philips valves, Samson S1 compressor, QSC power amp, SWR Goliath Snr 6X10 14. Merton: Status Retroactive Bass and my TE V-Type 8x8 rig (what about the Groove????) 15. Higgie: Lakland DJ4 & DJ5, Musicman Stingray 3EQ, Original Mutron III, Akai Deep Impact, Akai Headrush, Demeter Compulator, Digitech WH-1 Whammy, Custom Modded Big Muff, Way Huge Aqua Puss clone, EA iAmp 600 16. Alexclaber: will bring some of my new cabs with me! 17. Walbassist: 2006 Wal Mk III 5, 1994 Ken Smith BMT Elite G 5, 2008 Brook Otter 5 string ABG (due 20/7), Epifani PS600, Epifani PS112 x 2, 18. phil_the_bassist: Hartke stack (HA5500& VX215+VX410) and my MM SR5 3eq 19. Mikey D: Ibanez GWB35 20. clauster: Omni15 (probable) and Omni10 (possible) 21. WalMan: Wal Pro1/Custom conversion, G&L L2500 (4+1 style), Markbass CMD121H combo, Possibly the BOD xT Pro & FSB, Marshall Superbass 100 head 22. peted: BFM Omni 10, Hartke 3500, Aphex Bass Xciter, Line6 Lowdown Studio, Warwick Thumb BO 4, custom butchered Japanese Squire Precision 23. onehappybunny: Fender Mustang (1976), DeArmond Jet Star, Warwick Katana, Mark Bass Jeff Berlin Combo, DHA1-EQ 24. andyonbass: a couple of ACG's 25. sixshooter: bringing a number of interesting basses and an interesting amp! 26. Nick Thomas: CS Jazz, L2500, and Eggle 27. Barneyg42: Jaydee Roadie Fretless 28. craigonbass: custom 100 Watt Harry Joyce (Hiwatt) head 29. 30.

[quote name='NickThomas' post='231473' date='Jul 2 2008, 04:45 PM']Awesome. Thanks for doing the legwork on this Nik... I'm in...... I should think I'll bring the CS Jazz, L2500, and Eggle ( as I didn't notice any of them on the list of basses attending) ... Looking forward to it !! Nick.[/quote] Great - look forward to seeing you there Nick! List of Attendees so far: 01. Silverfoxnik: Roscoe Beck V, Wal Pro2e, BC Rich Eagle, plus I'll be bringing my DBX MC 6 Compressor and probably a small rig including my SWR Triad 02. Hamster: Lakland and hopefully a couple of completed BFM cabs 03. OBBM: a couple of basses and perhaps the Orangtino if anyone is interested. 04. NowVertical: GB Rumour 5, KSD 60's Proto-J 5, Mongrel 62 Fender P (now fretless with a J added), Acoustic Image Contra II 05. Happy Jack: a selection of vintage Hofners & a Verithin bass or two 06. Zach: spector rebop 07. Ped: with my usual babies (pair of Vigier Passions as I am sure you are sick of by now) 08. s_u_y: Fender Precision '74, my EBS MicroBass II DI and if my custom portable poweramp being made by Alien (Andy) is finished, I'll bring that too! 09. nig: SB-8 Chapman Stick 10. G-77: usual collection of Graphite maybe the Wal 11. Coasterbass: Lefty MM Stingray IV, Lefty Warwick Thumb V, Lefty Fender Jazz American Deluxe, Lefty Fender Jazz Hotrodded 12. johnnylager: Geddy Lee with Wizard 84's, EBS MultiComp, SansAmp ParaDriver, Aural Xciter and a J-Lo fuzz + ABM 500 combo 13. Gamble: Ampeg SVP Pro pre-amp with Harma and Philips valves, Samson S1 compressor, QSC power amp, SWR Goliath Snr 6X10 14. Merton: Status Retroactive Bass and my TE V-Type 8x8 rig (what about the Groove????) 15. Higgie: Lakland DJ4 & DJ5, Musicman Stingray 3EQ, Original Mutron III, Akai Deep Impact, Akai Headrush, Demeter Compulator, Digitech WH-1 Whammy, Custom Modded Big Muff, Way Huge Aqua Puss clone, EA iAmp 600 16. Alexclaber: will bring some of my new cabs with me! 17. Walbassist: 2006 Wal Mk III 5, 1994 Ken Smith BMT Elite G 5, 2008 Brook Otter 5 string ABG (due 20/7), Epifani PS600, Epifani PS112 x 2, 18. phil_the_bassist: Hartke stack (HA5500& VX215+VX410) and my MM SR5 3eq 19. Mikey D: Ibanez GWB35 20. clauster: Omni15 (probable) and Omni10 (possible) 21. WalMan: Wal Pro1/Custom conversion, G&L L2500 (4+1 style), Markbass CMD121H combo, Possibly the BOD xT Pro & FSB, Marshall Superbass 100 head 22. peted: BFM Omni 10, Hartke 3500, Aphex Bass Xciter, Line6 Lowdown Studio, Warwick Thumb BO 4, custom butchered Japanese Squire Precision 23. onehappybunny: Fender Mustang (1976), DeArmond Jet Star, Warwick Katana, Mark Bass Jeff Berlin Combo, DHA1-EQ 24. andyonbass: a couple of ACG's 25. sixshooter: bringing a number of interesting basses and an interesting amp! 26. Nick Thomas: CS Jazz, L2500, and Eggle 27. 28. 29. 30. ..and the beat goes on...

[quote name='sixshooter' post='231306' date='Jul 2 2008, 01:45 PM']Please put me down. I will aim to bring a number of interesting basses and an interesting amp! [/quote] Done! List of Attendees so far: 01. Silverfoxnik: Roscoe Beck V, Wal Pro2e, BC Rich Eagle, plus I'll be bringing my DBX MC 6 Compressor and probably a small rig including my SWR Triad 02. Hamster: Lakland and hopefully a couple of completed BFM cabs 03. OBBM: a couple of basses and perhaps the Orangtino if anyone is interested. 04. NowVertical: GB Rumour 5, KSD 60's Proto-J 5, Mongrel 62 Fender P (now fretless with a J added), Acoustic Image Contra II 05. Happy Jack: a selection of vintage Hofners & a Verithin bass or two 06. Zach: spector rebop 07. Ped: with my usual babies (pair of Vigier Passions as I am sure you are sick of by now) 08. s_u_y: Fender Precision '74, my EBS MicroBass II DI and if my custom portable poweramp being made by Alien (Andy) is finished, I'll bring that too! 09. nig: SB-8 Chapman Stick 10. G-77: usual collection of Graphite maybe the Wal 11. Coasterbass: Lefty MM Stingray IV, Lefty Warwick Thumb V, Lefty Fender Jazz American Deluxe, Lefty Fender Jazz Hotrodded 12. johnnylager: Geddy Lee with Wizard 84's, EBS MultiComp, SansAmp ParaDriver, Aural Xciter and a J-Lo fuzz + ABM 500 combo 13. Gamble: Ampeg SVP Pro pre-amp with Harma and Philips valves, Samson S1 compressor, QSC power amp, SWR Goliath Snr 6X10 14. Merton: Status Retroactive Bass and my TE V-Type 8x8 rig (what about the Groove????) 15. Higgie: Lakland DJ4 & DJ5, Musicman Stingray 3EQ, Original Mutron III, Akai Deep Impact, Akai Headrush, Demeter Compulator, Digitech WH-1 Whammy, Custom Modded Big Muff, Way Huge Aqua Puss clone, EA iAmp 600 16. Alexclaber: will bring some of my new cabs with me! 17. Walbassist: 2006 Wal Mk III 5, 1994 Ken Smith BMT Elite G 5, 2008 Brook Otter 5 string ABG (due 20/7), Epifani PS600, Epifani PS112 x 2, 18. phil_the_bassist: Hartke stack (HA5500& VX215+VX410) and my MM SR5 3eq 19. Mikey D: Ibanez GWB35 20. clauster: Omni15 (probable) and Omni10 (possible) 21. WalMan: Wal Pro1/Custom conversion, G&L L2500 (4+1 style), Markbass CMD121H combo, Possibly the BOD xT Pro & FSB, Marshall Superbass 100 head 22. peted: BFM Omni 10, Hartke 3500, Aphex Bass Xciter, Line6 Lowdown Studio, Warwick Thumb BO 4, custom butchered Japanese Squire Precision 23. onehappybunny: Fender Mustang (1976), DeArmond Jet Star, Warwick Katana, Mark Bass Jeff Berlin Combo, DHA1-EQ 24. andyonbass: a couple of ACG's 25. sixshooter: bringing a number of interesting basses and an interesting amp! 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. Any others????