WHUFC BASS

Watched an Ox's Tale last night. Very good indeed. One thing that was glaring though was the abscence of any input from Roger Daltrey. Wonder what that was all about?

Try Audere pre-amps. I've got one in my Yamaha (which also has Nordstrand pickups) and it souinds killer.

[quote name='Kongo' post='524995' date='Jun 26 2009, 04:45 PM']Have watched this...Must recommend it to anyone. He was a bassist pushing the boundries in a time when there was no one doing that. He had no inspiration of bassists past as they didn't do much interesting and had to go it alone. I feed of inspiration...I dunno how he managed it alone![/quote] I'm hearing the word "genius" bandied about in certain threads today.. the above really is genius. He was a fantastic bass player and an inspiration to many (including myself). I've Sky-plussed this so I'll watch this over the weekend. Was the documentary about the Who any good that was on afterwards?

Them lovely [s]bastards[/s] people at RyanAir now want £60 to take a guitar on board.

[quote name='51m0n' post='523684' date='Jun 25 2009, 02:32 PM']They take me with the Roscoe or they get someone else![/quote] Now you're learning. If you have confidence in your ability and sound then I wouldn't let anyone (especially a non-bass player) tell me what bass I should and shouldn't be using. You can bet your bottom dollar that they'll be dictating how you play, what way you play it until you become just bass playing puppet. I've had first hand experience of this in the past. Never again!

[quote name='ironside1966' post='521653' date='Jun 23 2009, 01:10 PM']I have one on a jap Jazz A good service with nice people who answered all my questions. Will not improve the sound like a active but will give more variations[/quote] Am I right in thinking that there is no soldering involved with this... just place the pickup wire in the pink housing and tighten the screws?

Bireli Lagrene is one seriously talented musician.

I like 'em both. I've got a 5-String Warwick Rockbass which has really narrow string spacing and a Yamaha TRB which has really wide string spacing. Both great to play. For me, the neck shape is more important.

I don't think I could go back to playing a 4-string now. 5 just seems "right" for me now. Especially for use with downtuned guitars.

[quote name='man_at_arms84' post='86895' date='Nov 11 2007, 04:08 PM']So if you ever get one make sure you dont blow the tranny![/quote] Wise words indeed for any of you planning a trip to Amsterdam or the Reeperbahn area of Hamburg!

[quote name='crez5150' post='520975' date='Jun 22 2009, 06:24 PM']We should all give up and become Guitards instead and not worry about it. [/quote] What happens if you play guitar AND bass though ?

[quote name='uptonmark' post='262968' date='Aug 15 2008, 11:00 AM']not a fan of his but gotta admit......... that is a quality pair of wristbands/sweatbands [/quote] You're dead right there mate! A few of my favourite bass players...

[quote name='BargyBass' post='14545' date='Jun 9 2007, 10:48 AM']Thanks Bass Bod for the information about the KA's that WD music sells.. Can anyone confirm they're Korean? I'm thinking I made the right choice with the Bill Lawrence EB60 though, so I can take the KA's off my to buy list!!! Bass players on a budget are a very thorough lot eh?[/quote] Alright Dal, how goes it mate. Thought I might see you lurking on here. The Kent Armstrongs are great pickups mate, and if you're a precision fan then their vintage hot pickups are mustard. The bass player in the Diehards uses my old Frankenbass which has got these pickups in and for punk / metal / hardcore stuff they really are the dogs nuts - especially for the price.

I've got a K5 and playability wise its fantastic. The pre-amp is garbage in my opinion and needs swapping out to give it a bit more oomph! but apart from that they're great. If its metal and its Ibanez then you should check out the SRX range They're designed for metal and are relatively cheap.

This should do the job nicely... This is an actual rig used by the Grateful Dead. Low calorie it aint....

Thanks for the advice chaps. I'm pretty much sold on getting one of these form what I've read about them. The only negatives I've seen from people is regarding the tone pump pre-amp which sounds like my kind of pre-amp. I pretty much have my eq up all the way on my Rockbass and it sounds absoloutley killer for recording. [quote name='molan' date='Jun 14 2009, 01:15 AM' post='513087 I'm guessing you're North East London & I'm a good 40 miles west but if you're ever out this way you'd be welcome to try one of mine [/quote] Molan, you're right mate, North-East London. I'd love to try it out mate, but I know that if I did, I'd proably sell a kidney to get a NS5XL if I liked it. They sure look the dog's knackers. I'm already planning a bank job to get meself one of these ha ha...

I've been hearing a lot about Spector basses lately and wondered just how good / bad they are. I've never played one, but like the look of them, expecially the 5-string models. Anyone got one? What's the string spacing like, it looks quite close at the bridge which I like in a 5-string. What the low-end models and which ones would any of you recommend? Cheers in advance.