WHUFC BASS

1. Geezer Butler - the reason I play bass 2. James Jameson - probably the most influential bass player of all time. Has influenced almost every player either directly or indirectly 3. John Entwistle - Was to rock what Jameson was to soul. Honourable mentions to Jaco, Stanley Clarke, Pino Pallidino, Lemmy, Jack Bruce, Bruce Thomas, Roger Glover, John Paul Jones and Bernard Edwards. There are no right and wrong answers to these top three things. They're all personal for everybody. Its pointless arguing who should and shouldn't be here so I'm just going to look with interest at who's influenced who.

What Gibson have done for the guitar world they just haven't back up in the bass world at all. The Gibson Thunderbird is a flawed masterpiece, great rock sounding bass, lovely neck, nice light body, just ergonomically bad. Full of neck dive, bridge should be redesigned completely and the over-sized headstock and thin nut are a recipe for disaster as the number of snapped headstocks will show. The EB range of basses sound OK but they aren't great to play. They still have the 3 point bridge, all mahogany constructon with the neck / headstock snapping issue and like the Thunderbird they aren't the most versitile of basses. The short scale limits the sustain and resonance in my opinion but, like the Gibson Thunderbird do have a unique sound which for some styles of music can sound really good. The Artist series was a deviation from the usual Gibson formula of all mahogany construction but they weighed an absolute ton. Gibson pioneered some classic shapes in the guitar world such as the Les Paul and he radical designs of the Flying V and Explorer but during the 60s, 70s and 80s to an extent Fender left Gibson in the shade when it came to basses. Nice though some of Gibsons basses are they just couldn't get a world beating design to rival Fender's designs. They just didn't make them versatile at all.

its got "NO BRAKES"... LOL! does that mean once you start playing you can't stop. Seriously though, if this is all original then its worth bundles. Non-reverse Thunderbirds just don't turn up for sale at all.

You should have asked him... "Do ya like dags?"

2 Frozen truss rods?? I prefer mine fresh rather than frozen... mind you, dessicated Truss Rods are something else!

Cliff Williams AC/DC absolutely rock solid, just what that band needs. I have huge respect for his playing.

this looks weird to me. The string spacing is too close, and the additional tuning peg looks to be an after-thought.... [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/6-String-Yamaha-Bass-Upgraded-Bassline-PUPS-Very-Nice_W0QQitemZ400025195585QQcmdZViewItemQQptZGuitar?hash=item400025195585&_trksid=p3286.m63.l1177"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/6-String-Yamaha-Bass...p3286.m63.l1177[/url]

A Swedish band called "The Soundtrack of our Lives" and do you know what, they ain't that bad at all!

When our Lord Jesus Christ returns upon this earth he will speak unto nations and say... "Fellas, I was only f***ing joking when I invented flatwounds... you silly c**ts!!"

[quote name='ARGH' post='384270' date='Jan 18 2009, 07:20 PM']Just a band guys,Just a band.[/quote] That's all we all are...

I'm in the same boat, I'm trying to sell a USA Peavey Wolfgang 1997 pat pending job. £750 and although I had 9 watchers nobody wanted to touch it. Its a great guitar, superb workmanship, all original with case, and all the gubbings etc.

Despite the fact he's a two-bob, spurs supporting st the bloke is a great bass player and yes, he is highly underrated. He comes from round the corner from me (he used to live in Edmonton - I was born and bred in Tottenham).

[quote name='joegarcia' post='383613' date='Jan 17 2009, 10:24 PM']Errr.. not really on to comment like that in someone's for sale thread.[/quote] Didn't realise this was his i thought he was thinking of buying it... no offence

My nephew bought one of these and to be honest, they ain't great. Unless you get it for buttons I wouldn't bother.

Not mine but... [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=280300367323"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=280300367323[/url]

Thats making me ill even looking at :wacko:

No West Ham Sticker??? In the words of Catherine Tate... [b]WHAT A f***in' LIBERTY!! [/b]

Stand - Motorhead I pretty much listen to music at work throughout the whole day.

Ah so its not closed completely. Thats good to hear. There's far too many venues closing down lately. Soon there won't be many places left to play

[quote name='Buzz' post='381964' date='Jan 16 2009, 01:03 AM']As for Trujillo, good bass player, I loathe the tone he keeps using with Metallica from all the live videos I've seen, but I reckon he's a good thing for 'tallica, the band have been interviewed a number of times saying he's had a fair bit of creative input on Death Magnetic, hopefully he continues to do so, you never know, they might have one or two corkers left in them with help from Trujillo.[/quote] I love the tone that Trujillo gets, I'm striving to get that valve type overdriven growl for my recordings... oh well no accounting for taste! Oh and Lars Ulrich is a complete tosser. How James Hetfield hasn't drop-kicked him into oblivion by now is a complete mystery. If that was me, I'd have spanked him so hard his grandchildren would have felt it.

[quote name='16Again' post='381913' date='Jan 15 2009, 11:41 PM']Mackie from Blitz was a big influence to me and Gary MacCormack of The Exploited. [url="http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=FoqG2wQ5PV4"]http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=FoqG2wQ5PV4[/url][/quote] Troops of Tomorrow was one of my favourite albums back in the day. I still have UK82 on my iPod and listen to it regularly. Blitz were another brilliant band. Very underrated. One of my favourites: [url="http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=xlAS88lUulM&feature=related"]http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=xlAS88lUulM&...feature=related[/url]

If you like the sound of an Ampeg, and want a Sansamp - this could be the thing for you... [url="http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Xr8kdWpB3U4"]http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Xr8kdWpB3U4[/url]

Boss used to say the same thing - making out their electricity is different from everyone elses electricity :wacko:

Are there 2 rock cafes? This one was the Rock Cafe 2000 which is on an industrial estate.

[quote name='16Again' post='381872' date='Jan 15 2009, 11:06 PM']Tube disasters by Flux was my first bassline, along with El salvador by The Insane.[/quote] Blimey, El salvador by The Insane now there's a blast from the past.