EssentialTension

[quote name='bilbo230763' post='651575' date='Nov 11 2009, 01:12 PM']Sorry, peeps, its my autism (although these are all really big names in jazz - or is that an oxymoron )[/quote] I really like your lists Bilbo, they've cost me a fortune at iTunes and Amazon but I've heard a lot of new music.

[quote name='EssentialTension' post='649597' date='Nov 9 2009, 12:28 PM']A while ago I played through Ashdown ABM900 feeding Ampeg 8x10 and Ampeg 8x8 and slaved up to Markbass LMII feeding Ampeg 4x10 and also DI through 2.5kW PA. This in a pub in Hastings called [i]The Carlisle[/i] - some of you may know it - there were no complaints about volume. [/quote] [quote name='longtimefred' post='650515' date='Nov 10 2009, 12:02 PM']Holy christ on a bike that sounds like fun. Gonna get me a gig there![/quote] It's the only pub where I've [i]never[/i] been asked to turn down - however, I have known drunks fighting on the stage as you try to play. I should add that the guitarist was, of course, even louder than me.

[quote name='wateroftyne' post='651747' date='Nov 11 2009, 04:28 PM']That's me, too... I gigged it pretty much straight away without too much trouble. Mind you - up at the top, where the margin of error is less, can get tricky pretty easily. [/quote] Yeah, don't go up there is my motto. It's asking for trouble. I don't even go there with frets.

[quote name='niceguyhomer' post='651529' date='Nov 11 2009, 12:38 PM']BTW, thanks Bilbo - another list of people I've never heard of.[/quote] Bilbo always has the best lists - I'm still working my way through the last one.

[quote name='CHRISDABASS' post='651512' date='Nov 11 2009, 12:29 PM']Anyone tried flats on a 5 string Precision?? Whats the B like? [/quote] I had a 4-string Precision strung BEAD and the B was fine to my ear.

passive p/j - it's all you need

[quote name='OutToPlayJazz' post='650631' date='Nov 10 2009, 01:49 PM']Okay, so I've put the phrase "Grand Reward Education and Entertainment" into a babel fish Chinese translator & it came out with... 盛大奖励教育和娱乐 There's your answer I like this one better, though... 性交，如果我知道![/quote] I tried that myself but it somehow seemed unsatisfactory and illegible too - due to my lack of ability in oriental languages. I was hoping for something like [i]Shae Kana Beibe Nau[/i], which I could pronounce.

[quote name='AndyTravis' post='650467' date='Nov 10 2009, 11:10 AM']The factory is 'Grand Reward Education and Entertainment'.[/quote] And what is that in Chinese?

[quote name='AndyTravis' post='650400' date='Nov 10 2009, 09:46 AM']Also, the factory where the Cv's are made, make some of the most amazing basses.[/quote] So is the JJ signature made in China like the CVs?

[quote name='bilbo230763' post='650406' date='Nov 10 2009, 09:56 AM']I googled a list of Jamerson tunes and took out the ones I liked or hadn't heard. My point is not to dismiss a whole genre but to simply point out that, on an entirely subjective basis, great lines played by a great player won't make me 'like' material that I find a bit icky. 'My Girl' fails to move me in any way whatsoever. 'Jimmy Mack' is a load of old tosh 'Please Mr Postman'/ PLEEEEASE! It ain't rocket science. What this is is the Stock Aitken and Waterman of its day. Formulaic, repetitious, music as factory work. You like it because you are familiar with it and may have some emotional connection with it for some reason. I don't. I look at it as a part of the whole catalogue of available musics and I don't rate it that highly. I don't own any Motown material at all and don't want to. You can't avoid hearing it - its everywhere but I find most of it superficial and tedious. I play several of these Motown tunes in function bands: I Want You Back is one, a couple of Stevie Wonder tunes etc. Its ok and it goes down well but great music? I don't believe so. Before the bricks start flying, remember: my opinions don't mean squat and certainly don't mean that you can't like it just as much as you did before I wrote this [/quote] I agree [i]and[/i] I still like it.

[quote name='BigBeatNut' post='648728' date='Nov 8 2009, 01:03 PM']Can anyone compare Pyramid Golds and Labellas for me ? Andy[/quote] It's a long time since I used La Bellas - I've been stuck on TIs and Chromes for a while although I did try some Lakland Joe Osborn Flats which are actually GHS Precision Flats. I guess that the Lakland/GHS which are steel and higher tension are more like the La Bellas and I'm not keen on the high tension or the feel or bite of steel; nonetheless they did have a nice thump to them. But I did just put some Pyramid Gold Flats on my Lakland Decade - more tension than the TIs and so feel a bit meatier but still with the softer feel of nickel rather than steel. I've not gigged them yet only played at home but tone wise think McCartney. I played some McCartney lines and I've never sounded so much like him - tone wise that is, not the quality of the playing. Hard to describe but a sort of melodic blooming airiness - whatever that is, I may be talking rubbish. I would say though that despite having the advantage (for me) of being nickel the Pyramids are somewhere between the TIs and the La Bellas (based on distant experience of La Bellas and recent of the Lakland/GHS steels). I hope that's of some use, but you know you'll only know by trying them. EDIT: And I like the purple silks on the Pyramids.

[quote name='YouMa' post='649680' date='Nov 9 2009, 01:41 PM']I can play most of it but Kid Charlemane always nobbles me[/quote] Didn't Rainey say he could never play it the same again himself?

[quote name='guzzibass' post='648996' date='Nov 8 2009, 06:53 PM']Jefferson Airplane doing White Rabbit - with no strings on the bass???? [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WANNqr-vcx0&feature=related"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WANNqr-vcx0...feature=related[/url][/quote] It does look like no strings but if you pause at 3 seconds you can see them. Great great bass sound. And Grace Slick ... I'll stop now.

[quote name='silddx' post='648926' date='Nov 8 2009, 05:33 PM']I feel more "spiritual" (if that's the right word) when I play unlined ebony.[/quote] Yes, Nigel, when playing unlined ebony I often turn to prayer.

[quote name='moonbass' post='649755' date='Nov 9 2009, 03:36 PM']As a lined fretless player I can just about get away with playing an EUB neck with side dots. BUT I would love to know how you unlined fretless players manage to hit note's in tune on an electric bass neck when making big jumps. For instance if you needed to hit aBb on a D string... in the dark... in a quiet bit of the song... how do you do it?! Is there some arcane secret that you're not passing on to us mere mortals? (And no, I won't accept 'practice' as an answer!) A.[/quote] Well, someone better at this than me will be along in a minute but.... 1 I'd avoid the big jump and play the Bb on the G string 2 In the dark, lines or dots won't help anyway 3 Muscle memory 4 Slide and listen 5 Vibrato and listen 6 By which time you're on the next note anyway.

I'd like to announce that Andy sent to me (free of all charge) his slightly used set of Roto Trubass black nylons so that I could try them out. Very generous.

[quote name='longtimefred' post='649586' date='Nov 9 2009, 12:19 PM']I dont have a second amp but i remember plaing a gig with my old Marshall VBA400 with my old Trace 8x10, a trace 4x10 and a trace 1x18 all rigged up together. MY LORD!!! It crushed all the people in the first 5 rows![/quote] A while ago I played through Ashdown ABM900 feeding Ampeg 8x10 and Ampeg 8x8 and slaved up to Markbass LMII feeding Ampeg 4x10 and also DI through 2.5kW PA. This in a pub in Hastings called [i]The Carlisle[/i] - some of you may know it - there were no complaints about volume.