EssentialTension

[quote name='skankdelvar' post='1183979' date='Mar 31 2011, 09:40 PM']Whoops! It is indeed Mr Glaub. Ta for that.[/quote] Very nice whoever it was.

[quote name='Hobbayne' post='1183740' date='Mar 31 2011, 07:25 PM']I love the tone that John Mc Vie gets on "Rumours" especially "Go Your Own Way" and "Dreams" I think he used an Alembic around that time.[/quote] McVie always had great tone.

[quote name='Paultrader' post='1183708' date='Mar 31 2011, 07:09 PM']You must be right about the Jazz on these recordings Hillbilly. I always feel that a Jazz demands to be heard, whereas a P is just 'there' in the mix somehow. Presumably it will have as much to do with the sound engineer and production values, which really seem to give that particular music a distinctive imprint.[/quote] I think it does have to do with production values at least as much as with the bass used - although in most cases it is going to be a Fender P or J, the J however will not be soloing the bridge pickup and whichever are likely to have flatwound strings.

[quote name='skankdelvar' post='1183694' date='Mar 31 2011, 06:59 PM']Leland Sklar. Beautiful tone. And check out his support for the vocals from 4:35 to 4:55 [/quote] Wouldn't that be Bob Glaub on bass?

All the strings (=4) and all the notes up to about fret 9 (i.e. two octaves) - I rarely venture much further.

[quote name='Beedster' post='1183668' date='Mar 31 2011, 06:29 PM']Was it Jerry Scheff on the Elvis "The Way It Is" gig? If so, Suspicious Minds, need I say more (OK not quite the genre we're discussing, but it's still American early '70s)[/quote] Yes I think so. And it's Scheff on The Doors [i]LA Woman[/i] album.

[quote name='Paultrader' post='1183629' date='Mar 31 2011, 05:50 PM']And then there was The Doors... How did Ray Manzarek do that - he must have had two brains![/quote] He had session bassists, such as: Larry Knechtel, Douglas Lubahn, Harvey Brooks, Ray Neapolitan, and Jerry Scheff. I like a lot of that US stuff too.

[quote name='Henrique Carreta' post='1180753' date='Mar 29 2011, 01:34 PM']Tomb, Olá, Também moro em Portugal. Ontem realizei um pedido através da loja online Thomann (2 guitarras e 1 stand para guitarra). Estou com dificuldades em realizar a transferência bancária. Recebi o email com as seguintes informações: "Você escolheu a forma de pagamento transferência bancária para a sua enocmenda. Por favor transfere 294.90 EUR com as seguintes informações 'Vorkasse 201113.528884, KdNr. 3572050' para a nossa conta no banco Deutschen Bank (Destinatário: Musikhaus Thomann, Kontonummer 8115008, BLZ 76070024, Swift Code DEUT DE DB 760, IBAN: DE 19 7607 0024 0811 5008 00, Endereço do banco: Lange Str. 37 in D-96047 Bamberg, Beneficiário 'Musikhaus Thomann')." Como eu tenho conta bancária no Santander Totta, tentei realizar a transferência, mas não encontrei os campos para colocar as informações "Vorkasse 201113.528884, KdNr. 3572050". Podes me ajudar, por favor? Obrigado e os melhores cumprimentos, Henrique.[/quote] ROUGH TRANSLATION: Hello, I also live in Portugal. Yesterday I placed an order through the online Thomann store (2 guitars and 1 stand for guitar). I am having difficulties doing the banking transfer. I received an email: 'You chose to pay by bank transfer. Please transfer 294.90EUR with the following information 'Vorkasse 201113,528884, KdNr. 3572050' to our account at Deutschen Bank (Addressee: Musikhaus Thomann, Kontonummer 8115008, BLZ 76070024, Swift Code DEUT OF DB 760, IBAN: OF 19 7607 0024 0811 5008 00, Address of the bank: Lange Str. 37 D-96047 Bamberg, Beneficiary 'Musikhaus Thomann').' As I have a bank account with Santander, I tried to do the transfer, but I did not find how to enter the information 'Vorkasse 201113,528884, KdNr. 3572050". Can you help me, please? Thanks and the best compliments, Henrique

Congratulations on that, the pic is a very nice touch. The QC card is from the factory - Grand Reward Education and Entertainment, Guang Dong, China - and I think your date is 25th November 2010,

There's a MIA Guild Starfire reissue on US ebay: [url="http://cgi.ebay.com/Guild-Starfire-Bass-II-Semi-hollow-SF-2-/330544354390?pt=Guitar&hash=item4cf5fa9456"]http://cgi.ebay.com/Guild-Starfire-Bass-II...=item4cf5fa9456[/url]

[quote name='Thunderpaws' post='1182731' date='Mar 30 2011, 09:29 PM']I'm thinking the same as you. However when I asked for the serial number he gave me one. I got GuitarGuitar in Edinburgh to find out if it was real. It is. I suppose there's more than one way to get your hands on a serial number though. I'll post again when something happens. Cheers, g[/quote] The first pair of digits of the serial are the year of manufacture, the second pair are the month. So, for example, 0811***** is November 2008, the first batch of Skyline Decades.

I used to have a sunburst Dearmond Starfire first with the original pickups and then a pair of replacement Dark Stars. To my ears the Dark Stars are well worth the money if you can actually find some. Unfortunately, from many reports, Fred Hammon does seem to have gone AWOL recently. There's a guy at the Last Bass Outpost who has fitted Lakland Chisonics (which were in part inspired by the Dark Stars, which were inspired by the Hagstrom Bisonics) to two Starfires. The thread is here: [url="http://bassoutpost.com/index.php?topic=4840.0"]http://bassoutpost.com/index.php?topic=4840.0[/url] Looks like this: And like this:

[quote name='chris_b' post='1180300' date='Mar 29 2011, 12:13 AM']... So the only bass in the frame is a 5 string Rob Allen MB-2. Money is an issue so I've got to find a used one in good nick ...[/quote] If you come across a 4-string fretless Rob Allen you dont want then let me know - but I think we'll both be lucky if that happens.

[quote name='Thunderpaws' post='1179997' date='Mar 28 2011, 08:47 PM']... Anyway, apparently he has sorted out his bank account link with Paypal now and once my money makes it to his bank account I can get the guitar ...[/quote] I am understanding correctly that your money is in his Paypal account but he wants to withdraw it to his bank account before he will supply the goods (if they exist at all)? If so, that's strange behaviour and not 'straight-up' at all. Money in Paypal account is enough. Sounds more and more like a con and this is just another way of keeping you swinging.

[quote name='mybass' post='1180158' date='Mar 28 2011, 10:08 PM']Played on a fretless Washburn AB 20......... Martin make a good 'bronze' acoustic bass string. Think I also had Guild acoustic bass strings a while back. Try getting acoustics strings as the usual electric bass strings don't seem to have the sound for acoustic bass.[/quote] Well. it's a matter of taste I guess but I can't bear those bronze strings.

[quote name='Machines' post='1180173' date='Mar 28 2011, 10:14 PM']Lots of other Birmingham bassists on here, welcome .[/quote] Brummie here too but I left in 1985.

[quote name='Len_derby' post='1180143' date='Mar 28 2011, 10:01 PM']I've got Bronzed roundwound on mine. You guys that use flats, are they specifically made for acoustics or just standard flats? ...[/quote] Standard flats. I have Thomastik Jazz Flats on mine but I've also used La Bella Black Nylons.

It should look like this without a pickguard:

Have you got it yet?

[quote name='Clarky' post='1177009' date='Mar 26 2011, 11:47 AM']I love the fact the picture of the lovely Laeticia Casta has been downloaded over 20 times with no comment from BC'ers [/quote] I thought it was a Pokemon card!

[quote name='steverickwood' post='1178692' date='Mar 27 2011, 08:21 PM']Right - I posted this vid on facebook a while back because it is a great song, and the fretless playing wonderful; I know a fair bit about who played bass on what but I'm not sure about this one. Someone suggested Guy Pratt but I'm sure he would have mentioned this one in his book? Anyone know? I could hit google but I'm sure there's more savvy surfers out there than me![/quote] The credited bassists on [i]Heavy Nova[/i] (which includes 'She Makes My Day') are Barry Johnson and Frank Blair. I don't know who it is on that track. Robert Palmer's albums are full of great musicians.

Looks very nice.

Here's the last thread on this topic: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=65071&hl=OPEN%20STRINGS&st=20"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=...RINGS&st=20[/url] I said then and I stand by it now: [quote name='EssentialTension' post='641253' date='Oct 30 2009, 05:10 PM']I use them whenever I can - especially playing fretless, when they are the notes you know should be in tune, or when changing left hand position to gain a bit of time.[/quote]