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[quote name='51m0n' timestamp='1317287604' post='1388963'] Joe Osborne I think its fair to say he is something of an unsung hero of bass.... [/quote] Another good call ... and his (ex)signature bass has sold a few copies.

[quote name='2pods' timestamp='1317313441' post='1389393'] ... Kenny Gradney (Little Feat) ... [/quote] Good call.

[quote name='Beedster' timestamp='1317228197' post='1388415'] The answer to this question will remove a lot of stress from my life [/quote] ... and why did you need to know?

[quote name='Delberthot' timestamp='1317306724' post='1389308'] According to [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birthday_%28The_Beatles_song%29"]Wikipedia[/url] it was a 6 string bass played by George. I'd take a guess that it'd be a Fender Bass VI as they were more available than the Rickenbacker 4005/6 or Gibson EB6 [/quote]If it is Harrison then Fender Bass VI is likeliest, although he is in photos with a Burns Nusonic but they look slightly earlier than the White Album.

[quote name='charic' timestamp='1317293117' post='1389055'] Why? Have you tried it? Could be a really good player [/quote] Could be a really good player, although I very much doubt that I would think so, but I still can't bear the way it looks. I like a Precision bass.

I wouldn't want it even if it was free.

Ian MacDonald's book [i]Revolution in the Head[/i] has it as Harrison on bass, McCartney on piano, and Lennon on guitar. I don't know the truth of the matter.

[quote name='Beedster' timestamp='1317228197' post='1388415'] The answer to this question will remove a lot of stress from my life [/quote] There are some rumours that the bass is George. If so it could be the Burns Nusonic or the Fender Bass VI.

Quite like the Tele style, doubt I'd buy one though.

Glad to see it back with you Delbert.

[quote name='Coilte' timestamp='1317224175' post='1388341'] Glenn Cornick (Jethro Tull) was a big influence on me at one time. Another not much talked about name ( at least as far as his bass playing is concerned) is Peter Cetera. His work on the early "Chicago" albums is just amazing. While he is better known as a sax player, Wilton Felder ("Crusaders") doubled on bass on a lot of the early "Crusaders" albums. Anyone needing a lesson on how to hold down a groove, should have a listen. Granted these guys are not contempory players. However in their day they were among the best bassists, and I'm sure could still give the younger guys of today, a run for their money. [/quote] Wilton Felder is also the bassist on Jackson Five [i]I Want You Back[/i].

[quote name='Hobbayne' timestamp='1317218378' post='1388245'] No one ever mentions the bass player from Blondie 'Nigel Harrison' who played on the original 70's hits. A very underated bassist. Not the original bassist though, that was Gary Valentine. [/quote] Off topic, but I really like Clem Burke's drumming too.

[quote name='hairyhaw' timestamp='1317216943' post='1388205'] Ray Shulman - Gentle Giant. [/quote] I rarely listen to that 70s prog rock stuff butRay Shulman is a great player - 'progressive' (whatever that means) and funky at the same time.

[quote name='davebass66' timestamp='1317160500' post='1387617'] If your moving on to flats for the first time try the GHS Brite flats....really great sounding strings, picked up the light gauge recently (45-98) they sound great on my MIJ '62 reissue P.. Ended up using them on the majority of an album session I was on at the weekend, you get the nice warm thump on the E but keep the brightness on the D and G...comes across very well indeed! D [/quote] Are Brite Flats groundwounds?

[quote name='Moog' timestamp='1317158078' post='1387569'] +1 to the above poster saying chromes are a bit brighter than most flats. Also Ernie Ball flats basically = Chromes as I believe D'Addario used to make EB strings and now EB have copied the formula! Could be wrong, but I like them!![/quote] Fender strings are also now made by D'Addario - or so I believe. [quote name='Moog' timestamp='1317158078' post='1387569'] Lots of different flavours out there - experiment! [/quote] I'm all for that but with flats it can be an expensive business.

[quote name='NeilMorrell' timestamp='1317157604' post='1387556'] A few seem of you seem to like Black Nylons. I've got Fender Taperwound on my SR400FL Fretless Black Nylon, Black Silks, Black bass with Black Hardware. Looks great with the PVC Gimp Mask. Looks aside, they sound pretty good too. [/quote] Sort of a stealth bass?

TLA = Three Letter Acronym

Welcome Niels. I was in Copenhagen over the summer too. Very nice city but the beer is too expensive.

There's lots of flatwounds and they all have different qualities. So you're likely to get a list of people's preferences. At the moment, I use La Bella Deep Talkin 760FS on my fretted Precision for a Motown/Stax sound (FS are standard guage and high tension, for a little less tension you can try 760FL light guage). Thomastik Jazz Flats (JF344) are on my fretless precision for a slightly brighter and middier sound - these are much lower tension - and La Bella Deep Talkin 760N Black Nylons are on my Lakland Decade - these are roundwounds with a nylon tape winding on top. I'm less keen on D'Addario Chromes which are fairly tense and initially bright, nor the Roto Jazz flats for the same reason. The GHS Precision flats are I think the same as the Lakland flats which I also like. For a sixties British bass thud try Pyramid Golds.

[quote name='Grand Wazoo' timestamp='1317069723' post='1386450'] Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Safari no difference, there I have made my tests. here things remain slow. [/quote] I've used IE, Firefox, and Chrome and all are very fast.

The only bass I wish I'd kept was my first bass - mid-sixties Hofner Artist 185.

[quote name='lobematt' timestamp='1317046243' post='1385887'] I've never done it so don't take my advice to seriously, but I was trying to find a thread on talkbass to link you to (but I couldn't!) but basically he had a normal bass and recorded a few samples and then using the same electronics gaffa'd onto a plank of wood made a few recordings and asked people to guess which was which. The results came back pretty much 50/50, so based on that I'd say the tone's pretty much 90% electronics so I wouldn't worry about it [/quote] I remember that thread. Very interesting results.

[quote name='Machines' timestamp='1316937382' post='1384449'] Try the default IP.Board theme at the bottom (Change theme). [/quote] I'm preferring the IP.Board theme.

[quote name='gapiro' timestamp='1316972298' post='1385045'] I meant a real fender [/quote] I realise that, I was showing you what a Sunn Mustang was worth.