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    [quote name='thisnameistaken' post='765376' date='Mar 5 2010, 04:45 PM']Nah I was one of the sneering shoppers. The only player's slap sound I like is Larry Graham's, everyone else sounds like a dustbin full of cutlery rolling down an escalator.[/quote] How about 'an office full of woodpeckers simultaneously typing'? Any others?
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    Doddy is now an official SASM.
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    How about this one from the great Louis Johnson: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3_7Pu5GvZ8 Doesn't get better than this.
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    Amazing track!
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    I've always maintained that you need immense discipline to be a bassist, especially in a band situation. Big job, little praise. You are basically making the whole band sound good without anyone realising it. Unfortunately, a lot of players fail to handle this.
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    [quote name='___---___' post='765915' date='Mar 6 2010, 11:05 AM']SO cool. Could it be tuned Tenor?[/quote] Don't see why not with the correct gauge strings.
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    When I get aspiring bass players come into our shop, they invariably say, 'I want to play bass because I've heard it's easier to pick up than guitar.' I always say it generally is, but there are techniques on the bass that are harder to learn than on guitar. I personally love slap bass. It sets us apart from those skinny-stringed widdlers. So come on...Viva la Slap! Thumbslingers unite!!! Or shall I get me coat?
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    As legend has it, Larry Graham invented the style when, as a kid playing in church with his keyboardist mum, they didn't have a drummer, so he compensated by 'thumping' the bass with his thumb. I can truly say that on every Saturday afternoon during the 80s, me and the rest of the staff in our shop wished he'd just advertised for a f***ing drummer!
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    [quote name='thisnameistaken' post='765376' date='Mar 5 2010, 04:45 PM']Nah I was one of the sneering shoppers. The only player's slap sound I like is Larry Graham's, everyone else sounds like a dustbin full of cutlery rolling down an escalator.[/quote] Nice metaphor!
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    Back in the 80s, Mark King created a monster...the 'Saturday Afternoon Slap Monster' - a creature that inhabitated music shops and drove everyone mad. Dare anyone admit to being one?
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    [quote name='bassicinstinct' post='765297' date='Mar 5 2010, 03:54 PM']Steely Dan sartorial "style" = Off duty dentist/lawyer/accountant? [/quote] Geography teacher?
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    Aye...there's gas in t'car.
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    Bump
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    Bump up for a great set up.
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    [quote name='silddx' post='765056' date='Mar 5 2010, 12:50 PM']What's the difference between this and your other one, the £2k one?[/quote] Nothing...the same one. I'm asking for less money. Was aiming a bit too high at 2K and also a swap for a Jazz.
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    [quote name='matski' post='764940' date='Mar 5 2010, 11:30 AM']Nice! Has a cat been at the gigbag? [/quote] [attachment=44156:claude.jpg]
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    [quote name='Dubs' post='763658' date='Mar 4 2010, 09:05 AM']Lots of tallent, sh*t loads of skill, little musicality IMO.[/quote] Eh?
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    Here are pics of my 1983 Steinberger L2. As mentioned previously, single tone pot replaced by EMG bass/treble active stacked. Battery cover is cracked. Looking for £1400, no offers. [attachment=44146:L21.jpg] [attachment=44147:L22.jpg] [attachment=44148:L23.jpg] [attachment=44149:L24.jpg] [attachment=44150:L25.jpg] [attachment=44151:L26.jpg] [attachment=44152:L27.jpg] [attachment=44153:L28.jpg] [attachment=44154:L29.jpg] [attachment=44155:L210.jpg]
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    Someone once told me that if you're mingling with the crowd, they should instantly know you're in the band. Glad I'm in a tribute band where we don't have to replicate a style. Style, what style???
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    My name is Pete and I'm a Basschat-aholic. Actually, it's Pete Academy.
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    Jap exotica...I'm convinced.
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    How much he pay? <chinese accent>
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    [quote name='essexbasscat' post='764364' date='Mar 4 2010, 07:39 PM']thought I understood how to do this, but went to do it and now I'm not so sure. Could someone please explain this to me in noddy language i.e. you do this, then that as I'm a dinosuar trying to get a grip on this !! sorry to have to ask folks cheers T[/quote] If it makes you feel better, I have the same problem. I recently converted from Windows 98. Good job I work with geeks.
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    Takes me back. One of faves and sends chills up me spine.
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