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[quote name='Wil' post='50043' date='Aug 24 2007, 11:48 AM']And here I am representing the Lawrence Weston contingent. Its all about the west side although I'd be quite happy to get out of Lawrence Weston to be honest, 3 times my house has been burgled! [/quote] Ah L Dub - the paradise under the M5 There's definitley more Brizzle bassed (ha!) people on here - I think a fair few of them are students though so they're not here all year round. Plus, not everyone made it through from Bassworld. We did all get together once a few years ago but never managed it again. Perhaps the time is right....

Bloody hell - Stapleton and Kingswood! I'm right in between you guys in Fishponds. Who would have thought there were so many bass chatters in one little part of East Bristol?

[quote name='Wil' post='49405' date='Aug 23 2007, 11:09 AM']Bristle? Ere, where zat too?[/quote] Izz by yer luk, innum?

'Ow bist? Welcome to the seemingly ever expanding league of Bristol based basschatters (try saying that after a few pints of Black Rat cider...) Can't personally help you with teachers I'm afraid as having proper lessons was one of those things I'm always 'meaning to get round to', though I've heard good things about the guys in the Drum Bank on Gloucester Road. (http://www.drumbankmusic.co.uk/acatalog/Musical-Instrument-Tuition.html) As for the stretching, it just comes with time - playing chromatic scales up and down the neck while sat in front of the TV seems to work for me! Cheers Dave (Originally from N Ireland but been in Brizzle long enough to speak the language...)

[quote name='ZPQ' post='48891' date='Aug 22 2007, 12:49 PM']The grey area for me is cover bands that try to slip a few originals into the set - I struggle to see how that work at the typical pub/club.[/quote] This is about the only way an originals band can get any gigs - you try a few of your own songs in a set of covers and see how they go down. If people like 'em you chuck in a few more and then a few more til your whole set is original material and you bestride the planet like a rock Colossus. It worked for the Beatles, The Stones and Muse.... Anyway, Even if you're in an originals band, there's usually a primary songwriter (comes up with the chord progression and lyrics) and we, as bass players, add a bass line to that song, usually improving the song dramatically In this case, as it isn't YOUR song - and you're essentially playing along to someone elses' song (albeit with YOUR bass part) - are you 'playing a cover'? Suppose it depends on where you draw the line on songwriting credits.

Why was everyone selling their Wal basses??? What was so bad about them that they had to be sold? Some people would eat their own grandmothers to own a Wal.

I'd hardly saysomeone of 5'7" was shortarsed - that's about average height I reckon. Anyway, as a proper shortarse (5'4") I generally find that I prefer smaller bodied basses and jazz-type neck profiles. Scale length isn't an issue. My main basses are a Sterling and an old Bass Collection bass. I generally find Fenders a bit too big for comfort, the same goes for Stingrays. Warwicks, Spectors etc and anything Japanese are all fine.

[quote name='The Funk' post='48245' date='Aug 21 2007, 12:07 PM']Wasn't Rob Trujillo's $1m an advance on all the money he'd make in the band in the future?[/quote] That would make more sense. Either way, he looked pretty happy with the deal!

[quote name='silverfoxnik' post='48094' date='Aug 21 2007, 12:14 AM']I can only agree with you Dave !!! :wacko: How's things with you BTW? Nik[/quote] Hi Nik, I'm good mate - you still got the Peavey amp or have you punted it on?

[quote name='Alien' post='47754' date='Aug 20 2007, 03:02 PM']The one I nearly bought on Friday Yamaha RBX fretless, a bit beat up looking, in a dodgy metallic green. Sounded fecking gorgeous though. I wouldn't be surprised if it ends up in the hands of Tengu before too long Andy[/quote] I had one of those - currently residing in the 'basses you regret selling' thread.

In the Metallica 'some kind of monster' DVD, isn't Robert Trujilio (or whatever his name is..) offered $1 million per year to join Metallica? Nice work if you can get it....

[quote name='silverfoxnik' post='47730' date='Aug 20 2007, 02:20 PM']But the one I regret selling most was my Wal Pro with the leather scratchplate, serial JG1123, one of only 24 made!! Stupid, stupid, stupid. [/quote] You numpty All of the ones I've sold were 'starter' type cheapo basses so I don't miss them. I do wish that I still had my first fretless though. (Yamaha RBX) I suspect that with a decent pickup and bridge it'd have a better sound than my current fretless...

[quote name='stewblack' post='45615' date='Aug 15 2007, 09:35 AM']+1 for that. Haven't touched a drop or smoked or taken anything at all now for 18 months[/quote] Don't you own a pub?? A teetotal publican is a bit like being an aethist vicar...... I've been playing a lot of local, acoustic type gigs lately (i.e. I can walk to the venue with just my EUB over my shoulder) so I've been able to fully investigate the 'playing pissed vs playing sober' issue. I'm definitley more relaxed and more daring (our set has a fair bit of improvisation) if I've had a few pints beforehand. I think I had four pints (of fairly weak ale - Stella is out of the question!) before going onstage on Wednesday night and although I felt a bit squiffy, we had a real buzz going and didn't make any more mistakes than we usually would. The real difference for me is that I didn't worry about the odd fluffed note and just got into playing the song - which is in turn picked up by the audience so everyone has a good time! When I play gigs I have to drive to and don't drink, I tend to have more pre gig nerves, worry more about mistakes (mine and other band members') and worry a bit more about whether the audience are getting into the music or not. Beer is God's way of telling us he loves us and wants us to be happy.

Yup, £300 is a bargain for a Peavey rig of that power (as long as there's nothing wrong with it!). I used Peavey stuff for years in my pub rock band and it always did the job for me. I only moved away from Peavey when I discovered Bassworld, had an attack of GAS and decided to become an 'amp snob'!! +1 on the advice to spend money on a decent bass to play through it. A Stingray or decent Fender through a Peavey will sound a lot bbetter than a cheaper bass through a more expensive amp.

[quote name='Oxblood' post='45646' date='Aug 15 2007, 10:38 AM']You don't see these very often:[/quote] At that price I'm not suprised.....

I think Ric 8 string basses were strung the opposite way round. Not many of them about though.....

That's a really neat job. I like the way you've got the grille mounted at the front of the cab - how did you attach it to the sloping horn?

[quote name='RichBowman' post='42891' date='Aug 8 2007, 01:57 PM']Jeff Ament was (and still is) my hero. The only time I've played an 8 -stringer, I obviously had to play Jeremy! Rich[/quote] Mine too - it was because of 'Ten' that I started playing fretless bass. AND he wears hats.

Shall we start a Jeff Ament appreciation society?

[quote name='brycebites' post='42310' date='Aug 7 2007, 08:57 AM']I've had a fiddle on the Dean 8 and 12 string basses. Great things with quite a unique sound and not to difficult to play. No one's mentioned Jeff Ament (Pearl Jam) playing his 8-string. The track Jeremy from their firs album Ten is a classic track to hear the bass.[/quote] Wasn't the intro to 'Jeremy' played on his 12 string Hamer?

The mark I Fender Urge basses (Stu Hamm signature) were 32" scale. They turn up occasionally on Ebay. If you do see one, make sure it isn't a mark II Urge which were 34". Here: [url="http://http://cgi.ebay.com/FENDER-URGE-BASS-USA_W0QQitemZ220131889261QQihZ012QQcategoryZ38079QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViwItem"]Urge I[/url]

Looks like the offspring of a Warwick and a Rickenbacker. A Warbacker? RickenWick?

[quote name='3V17C' post='29132' date='Jul 9 2007, 03:18 PM']also I was wondering what the deal was with picking a colour etc.... looking on the ernie ball website i see you can pretty much mix and match finishes, pickguards etc but obviously a shop probably wouldn't stock the exact one I would want fire away.... c[/quote] The dealer should be able to order the whatever colour and neck options you want. Either the distributor will have one in stock or they can assemble one from stock items, or failing that they can order it from the factory. Mine took about four weeks to arrive from the US, which I thought was worth it to get exactly what I wanted. Colour wise, my favourite Sterlings are electric blue with black plate, white with black plate, honeyburst with black plate or transparent teal with white plate. I also really like the black onyx one, but they were a special edition and probably a bit hard to find. I don't want to add to your dilemma, but have you thought about the H, H/H & H/S pickup options?

There's also the Aria SWB range. [url="http://www.ariaguitars.com/int/03_products/pro_main.html"]http://www.ariaguitars.com/int/03_products/pro_main.html[/url] I quite like the SWB-04.No idea about prices but the bottom of the range SWB Lite sells for about £750.

[quote name='Alpha-Dave' post='16938' date='Jun 13 2007, 03:13 PM']We have an ultrasound cleaner at work that's supposed to remove any gunk from anything, so I'm toying with the idea of sticking a set in there to see if it actually cleans them or not.[/quote] I tried doing that using an ultrasonic water bath - it cleaned the strings up lovely but the ultrasonic vibration had the same effect as ten years of playing - they were dead as roadkill. Jamerson probably would have liked them though.