EssentialTension

[quote name='RhysP' timestamp='1381686404' post='2242328'] ... (You'll probably disagree with all this as we obviously have fundamentally different mindsets when it comes to music). [/quote] Correct. [quote name='Lowender' timestamp='1381688259' post='2242375'] Great post. [/quote] See above.

[quote name='peteb' timestamp='1381681947' post='2242238'] Feel free to disagree all you like, however I think that it is a bit off for a bunch of weekend warriors posting on the internet about a pro that is good enough to get the Carl Palmer gig, saying that he is giving “a badly executed and somewhat unmusical performance”! that just seems dumb and disrespectful to me... [/quote] OK, I hadn't realised you thought that as I am not a professional musician I'm not fit to comment on what real musicians do.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1381681349' post='2242226'] [size=4] Not [i]that [/i]old. I was just practising for the old people's home. Should I be lucky enough to be put into one.[/size] [/quote] ... and your profile says age unknown. Spooky!

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1381680947' post='2242218'] [size=4]I have a son about your age. It used to be all trees round here. Is that my toast?[/size] [/quote] If you've got a son about my age then you are a very old f****r

[quote name='barkin' timestamp='1381679433' post='2242197'] That's me sorted then... [/quote] Ha ha, me too.

[quote name='Immo' timestamp='1381678290' post='2242168'] Hi, I dare to bump the topic. What would you say about GHS Pressure Wounds? I need flatwound strings with a quite bright sound but with a little less tension than Chromes. A long lifespan would be nice either. [/quote] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GcQJyHGbeY

[quote name='Clarky' timestamp='1381576932' post='2240822'] [attachment=145876:biggest-violin.jpg] [/quote] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FP1QqtGe8ts

[quote name='jakenewmanbass' timestamp='1381668324' post='2241970'] Great! I've always said that but for the trauma it would cause others I'd like to die onstage... [/quote] Unlike you Jake, I presume, I have already died on stage many times.

That was excellent.

Some nice phrases and cool fingerstyle but I hated the slapping and the tapping and the whole thing seemed like showing off and look at me. I've never been in a band where I would have not got the sack for being all over a tune like that. It's what you don't play.

[quote name='Stealth' timestamp='1381585974' post='2241010'] Looking for nice slightly gritty Rock bass tone are Mesa really that good to cost a wad ? [/quote] If you like it then it is that good. Looking used is always good though.

[quote name='gsgbass' timestamp='1381588406' post='2241065'] The Mesa sell only at MSRP. They are worth the bucks. Another good option to the Mesa, the . [/quote] I have paid below MSRP for a new Mesa item from a UK dealer.

[quote name='peteb' timestamp='1381518420' post='2240303'] ... It seems that some people are intimidated by anyone better than them ... [/quote] I am confident I speak for many of us in saying that if I was intimidated by people who could play better than me then I'd have to not be here at all. You are missing what really happened here which was that the OP held up a badly executed and somewhat unmusical performance as an example of greatness and, when some of us disagreed with his evaluation, things got sensitive. So, what you perhaps ought to have said is "It seems that some people are intimidated by anyone disagreeing with them".

I bought a Boss Tremolo pedal from Geoff. Excellent communication and put himself out to post before his holiday. Top man.

Spooky.

[quote name='Lowender' timestamp='1381439201' post='2239270'] You're all right. He stinks. What was I thinking? This might be more to everyone's liking. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gn2Fj3I-hkw[/media] [/quote] Nope, didn't like that either but I listened for longer - 1.22.

If you haven't already then it might be worth a trawl through this thread: [url="http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f8/official-medium-scale-bass-club-402028/"]http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f8/official-medium-scale-bass-club-402028/[/url]

Lancing L32T

[quote name='bassman7755' timestamp='1381434052' post='2239158'] How to entertain a crowd with a bass solo 101 .... [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8Q_J2fIKPI[/media] [/quote] That was much better, although from about half way through he was in danger of losing me. However I did get right to the end.

[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1381426038' post='2239029'] ...or if you break a finger, eh..? Not an impossible occurrence, either. [/quote] I always carry spare fingers; three on my plucking hand.

[quote name='flyfisher' timestamp='1381423369' post='2238975'] The trouble with all these sorts of discussions is that people tend to confuse 'good' with 'like', i.e. people tend to think a musician is really good if they really like them (or rather their music). I can't see any connection or correlation myself. [/quote] Nope, I didn't like but I also thought it was badly executed. It was not good in every sense of the word.

[quote name='2pods' timestamp='1381421018' post='2238903'] You could have a look for old Aria Pro II TSB and CSB basses. They're well made and sound good. [/quote] I had an Aria TSB550 for a long time. The 32" scale was good.

[quote name='Lowender' timestamp='1381413901' post='2238726'] Well, he is really really good. lol. BUT... he doesn't really do it for me. No disrespect. That's just my taste. His tricks are terrific but his playing with a band isn't particularly interesting. TO ME. His slapping is good but so is the slapping of thousands of blokes. So it comes down to his two handed tap/chord melody playing. That's where he's the master, right? Well, check this out. I believe what this guy is doing is so far beyond what Wooton has ever done. He's stupidly great. Never heard of him. [/quote] Out of the goodness of my heart, I lasted 31 seconds before I couldn't bear it anymore. I'd rather listen to Victor Wooten and I have never ever said that before.

Having looked at it again I'm thinking it's not cherryburst and I still like it.

[quote name='Billy Apple' timestamp='1381303190' post='2237063'] I've discovered what the vibrating is. It's on the trapeze tail piece as the E string passes through the ferrule. If you push the tail down slightly it disappears. This did not happen with the original strings, just the La Bellas, and all are 45/105's. [/quote] A little blue tack in the right place under the tail piece might fix that.