chris_b

Wikipedia is a good source of info.

If you are using old strings then you'll be sounding more like Louis Johnson. Not a bad thing. Slap can be any tone. As long as you are EQing a good full range sound then slap and finger-style will work on the same bass. Your "zingy" slap tone is pretty simple, take the bass out and add all the top you can. New lightweight strings will also help, but that set up is going to compromise you finger-style sound.

All the "slap" players I've seen have switched between slap and finger style on the same bass. After Louis Johnson slapping all the early Johnson Brothers on a Sting Ray with flats, I'd say slap is a technique not a set up or a sound thing.

We don't let others decide which bass we're going to play but we'll trust total strangers with our and the band's sound. That's always a lottery so bring your own sound man.

A few years ago I looked at a cab someone was selling. They kept it in an unheated garage and it smelt musty. I didn't buy it. Damp or condensation for any gear is not a good thing.

IMO if something doesn't sound bad, it must be sounding OK. There have been a lot of threads on the pros and cons of mixing cabs and the bottom line in all those discussions is, if it sounds good then it is good. I'd gig this combination until you can make a decision one way or the other.

I carry and transport all my gear so the soft Roqsolid covers are good enough for me. IMO the Barefaced covers are probably better but that's what you pay extra for.

You're judging them totally out of context. Cream and the Jeff Beck Group started Rock. Hey, no surprise it didn't sound like Rock when they did it, but Deep Purple and Led Zepplin stood on their shoulders as have all subsequent generations. No Jeff Beck, no shredding. You don't have to like what has gone before but you should understand where the pieces drop into place.

I think Bill Wyman took the pragmatic approach. Obviously Keith Richards never played any bass parts that Bill couldn't handle, as he toured all those songs for years, but how was Bill going to win a "discussion" about egos, pride and bass lines with Keith Richards? I think Bill understood the futility of any such conversation and just stayed in the background, collecting the cheques.

Beautiful player. Very melodic and interesting lines.

How can we generate so many comments about a logo on a prototype. So the Sadowsky name is missing. That's what prototypes do. On the other hand, that's why prototypes are usually kept behind closed doors and products and companies are launched when all that stuff is complete. If the Metro Express sounds better than the 800 euro competition than it should be a success in that market. But marketing department wisdom seems to indicate that budget lines work better when placed in their own companies. My experience is that the Japanese Metro line actually does compete with the NYC basses. Of course there are many differences but with the same pickups and preamp the Metro competes strongly for sound and tone. I have played an NYC which, surprisingly, did not sound as good as my Metro. I can't help thinking that Pete Stephens got it right when he backed out of the deal to sell Wal to another company, and "gave" it to Paul Herman. We'll have to see what Warwick make of their Sadowsky lines. These changes can go well or not, we'll have to see. For me, while I was interested in the Japanese Metro Express, but without Sadowsky hardware and electrics, I won't be taking an interest in the Chinese version, at any price.

Just before assembly, we used to put drawing pins in the felt of the hammers in our school piano. The music teacher would play 4 bars at the start of the hymn sounding like she was in a honky tonk bar.

These could easily be fantastic basses but to my mind they are Warwick's. I know that's exactly what Roger Sadowsky is trying to avoid with his video, but there you go.

Which Nordstrands did you install?

In the 80's I was working to develop a new computer system for a major UK credit bank. When specifying the requirements the user department's senior manager asked what we should do about Mr xxxxx. We said, "Pardon?" Apparently every couple of months Mr xxxxx turned up with a large suitcase full of cash, which the manager accepted and fed into the old computer system. How could they input the cash in the new system? They couldn't see the problem, even after we had explained that this was totally illegal!!

Why does your Ashdown amp need "some warmth"?

. . . . . . . . then, it's fine. Tell your mate to get his own bass and you just carry on playing yours how you like it.

I can't get there. I've got tickets for Keb Mo on that night!!

Click on the gig for best price tickets. £18.50 plus booking fees at the Electric Ballroom Camden, London. Damn, can't go I'm off to see Keb Mo that night!!!!

The price and the kit existed before the switch came fitted as standard.

Most small drivers will come in heavy cabs. Small drivers won't have the full low end response you are asking for, unless you use lots of them. You can do better than that. IMO if weight has become an overriding concern and you still want great tone and useable volume, I'd suggest 1 or 2 Barefaced cabs. A Super Compact is 21lbs (9.5kg) and a One10 is about 15lbs (6.8kg). That's what I use with my Aguilar amps.

. . . . . and no BIllie Jean ~ Michael Jackson Walk This Way ~ Aerosmith All Or Nothing ~ The Small Faces The Joker ~ Steve Miller I Want To Break Free ~ Queen

It is. It doesn't have to be "special" just good at a good price and if someone likes it, that's all it needs.

This still makes me smile. . . . from ear to ear.