Pete Academy

[quote name='Doddy' post='925748' date='Aug 15 2010, 06:45 PM']I like the idea.They could prove to be a very useful piece of kit. Plus,Victor Wooten advertises them [/quote] Well. that's what swayed me. Is Vic a 9 volt man?

[quote name='J.R.Bass' post='925746' date='Aug 15 2010, 06:39 PM']I like the idea of it, but every preamp is going to draw different amounts of current. So surely its going to give an incorrect value of how long you've got left?? Edit: Plus it doesn't work with 18v setups.[/quote] Thanks for the info. I'm on 18v. Might give it a miss.

Anyone else think this is a great product? [url="http://www.samash.com/p/BattOMeter_-49951552"]http://www.samash.com/p/BattOMeter_-49951552[/url]

I recently sent my LMK head back to Markbass for a service. Since then, on the last two gigs, I've noticed the blue clip light coming on all the time. I've set my active controls on the bass virtually flat, use a single channel on the amp, everything on 12 o'clock, input volume at 2, master volume on halfway. Anyone noticed this clipping on their amps?

[quote name='Doddy' post='925636' date='Aug 15 2010, 02:24 PM']Maybe they do. I was watching a clip of Tal playing 'Chameleon' with Herbie this morning,and for my money,it sounds weaker than when I've heard it with players like Nathan East,Matt Garrison or James Genus. Similarly with Chick,I always wonder why she only did a short tour of Australia with him,and why he continually chooses players like Christian McBride or Mike Pope over her. Like I said,she can play,but I think there are better.I would also like to see her in a situation where she doesn't have the support of Vinnie Colaiuta,who is without a doubt the common denominator in all of her major gigs.[/quote] I would write to her, Doddy. Here's the address: Tal Wilkenfeld c/o Vinnie Colaiuta's Gaff Drummers Drive Jazzville Arizona USA Don't forget to include an SAE.

[quote name='Doddy' post='925619' date='Aug 15 2010, 02:00 PM']Fair enough. She can play,but I honestly think that there are waaaay better players out there who aren't getting the gigs. As far as female players go,both Rhonda and Esperanza blow her away. Like I said earlier,Tal doesn't belong in a thread about 'awful bassists'-overrated ones yes,but not awful.[/quote] Did you mention something about getting blown by Rhonda and Esperanza? Keep your lurid fantasies to yourself, young man!

[quote name='Doddy' post='925619' date='Aug 15 2010, 02:00 PM']Fair enough. She can play,but I honestly think that there are waaaay better players out there who aren't getting the gigs. As far as female players go,both Rhonda and Esperanza blow her away. Like I said earlier,Tal doesn't belong in a thread about 'awful bassists'-overrated ones yes,but not awful.[/quote] She needs a trademark hat. Here's one I'd recommend: [url="http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.srcf.ucam.org/~apc38/spraak/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/57612465-300x246.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.srcf.ucam.org/~apc38/spraak/archives/date/2009/04&usg=__bqhi082f2bgMweGlnEwWd3HqiAs=&h=246&w=300&sz=14&hl=en&start=0&tbnid=xS3pQ0KKZLwLWM:&tbnh=139&tbnw=163&prev=/images%3Fq%3Daussie%2Bhat%2Bcorks%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG%26biw%3D1280%26bih%3D865%26gbv%3D2%26tbs%3Disch:1&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=912&vpy=79&dur=49&hovh=196&hovw=240&tx=85&ty=114&ei=LPhnTOK5ApKD4QbpxamZBA&oei=LPhnTOK5ApKD4QbpxamZBA&esq=1&page=1&ndsp=38&ved=1t:429,r:6,s:0"]http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http...=1t:429,r:6,s:0[/url]

[quote name='JMT3781' post='924330' date='Aug 13 2010, 08:16 PM']Yes i really am that bored as to post this... Heres my 14 year old stubborn, mischievous, Smelly, Greedy Blonde Retriever looking pretty annoyed i plonked my rig right where she likes to snooze... Shes always been pretty keen on sleeping next to a running Bass rig (even before she was deaf!) anyone else have a sub loving pooch?[/quote] Is that a Barkbass rig?

[quote name='gary mac' post='925595' date='Aug 15 2010, 02:25 PM']Won't be able to get there, but good luck. Saw Ian maclagen and his gap band there last year, cracking little venue.[/quote] This year has been scarce for our gigs, so I'm looking forward to it.

[quote name='Chris2112' post='923963' date='Aug 13 2010, 02:57 PM']I think it's funny, because at the same time as Tal was new to scene, Hadrien Feraud was just getting about. However, he was making a name for himself as the most bombastic and outrageously talented player since Wooten arrived in the mainstream, whereas Tal just seemed to be a rising star based on the connections she got from piping off Vinnie Colaiuta![/quote] I was watching the Tal clip again and can appreciate why people think she might be so acclaimed. Personally, I disgaree, and genuinely believe she's a great player who deserves every accoloade she gets. Regardless of who she may be 'piping off', Jeck Beck isn't going to have a slouch playing with him. Nor is Chick Corea, and all the other top artists that have hired her Are we to assume Prince hired Rhonda Smith purely because he has a penchant for using attractive female musicians (Shelia E?) as gimmicks? I think not. Look at the Live In Vegas gig, where Rhonda proves she's one of the best out there. Do any of our female Basschatters have any thoughts on this?

Nearly Dan at the Jazz Cafe next Sunday. www.jazzcafelive.com

[quote name='Golchen' post='924447' date='Aug 13 2010, 10:22 PM']Flea and John Myung truely awful bass players? My my, the standard of appraisal really has gone down here over the years. It used to be such a positive place. There's music out there that I think is cr*p, and there are musicians that I don't like, but I wouldn't go so far as to judge their ability. I think that would make me the least qualified person to do so.[/quote] Agree

[quote name='Lord Sausage' post='924397' date='Aug 13 2010, 09:17 PM']Not one aspect of kiss was about the music[/quote] True.

I suppose you'd have to consider what you would do in that situation. Play a subtle line or slap the f*** out of it. Big decision.

[quote name='Truckstop' post='924352' date='Aug 13 2010, 08:36 PM']I really dont think you could say that John Myung is a bad bassplayer. He plays all his own stuff on the DT albums and he pulls it off live better than alot of people that play 3 hour gigs. I'll agree if you say he doesn't really 'think outside the box' when it comes to inventive bass lines, but honestly, any more and he'd end up being one of those over-the-top try-hards that ruin a lot of potentially good songwriting. Insert Flea. That guy needs to chill out and calm down. His bass is just so overpowering (in a bad way) and it feels to me like he's thinking "hmmm....this song is bit boring, so i'm gonna jazz it up a bit but throwing in some chords and high popping". I really can't stand RHCP. Truckstop[/quote] He's calmed down over the years. He would be the first to say he overplayed on the earlier albums. Give the guy a break.

[quote name='bubinga5' post='924345' date='Aug 13 2010, 08:30 PM']Ha ha...great minds and all that Pete..all that surrounds soul and funk is good... [/quote] One of Stan's finest moments. What a sound! Great track and album.

Bloody hell, Bubinga, we lead parallel music lives. This is one of my favourite Stan tracks. Nice post.

Gary Willis is amazing.

[quote name='Prime_BASS' post='923884' date='Aug 13 2010, 01:54 PM']I'd put pete wentz on the top of the list. But I'm fairly certain if he actually stood and concerntrated on playing the lines then he can't be that bad, it's just the Fangirls would rather watch him spin around like a knob than hear him play. That's why he sounds crap. Next would have been Mark hoppus: although blink-182 was my first ever "rock" band, I have been witness to his talentless-ness. Although 80% he plays rather well concidering he sings and largly plays without looking at his bass. And to this date carousel is still my favourite bass-line to play, and the song alone has shaped the way I play bass and structure my own basslines. He also writes majority of the material including guitar and bass, so I can forgive him for having an off-day here and there and sometimes a bad sound. I love Tim commerford, but these days he tone is ruining his talent, I preferred him better live when his signal was only dirty due to his ampeg and even then it was nice and cleanish with his Stingray. Rage just doesn't suit a passive jazz.[/quote] The Jazz rules.

[quote name='Prime_BASS' post='924051' date='Aug 13 2010, 03:41 PM']We'll let him off then. And in regards to Tal wilkenfield. I wouldn't say she is aweful. What some call easy listening, I call boring.[/quote] Who's Tal Wilkenfield? Some relation to Seinfield?

[quote name='Chris2112' post='923922' date='Aug 13 2010, 02:30 PM']Another vote for Tal Wilkenfield. Not the most dire of the lot (perhaps), but so ridiculously overrated you'd think the greats like Jaco, Wooten, Hamm [i]et al[/i] had never been around! I contend that if she was a bloke, she'd have been written off as a lacklustre wannabe! Nothing personal against her, she's just uninspired and uninspiring![/quote] If she's a lacklustre wannabe, we're all w***.

[quote name='BurritoBass' post='924078' date='Aug 13 2010, 04:07 PM']A lot of this comes down to rock showmanship compromising your playing though, right? I wouldn't know Pete Wentz if he passed me in the street & couldn't name one of his songs but bands like his are often about an image (& I don't necessarily just mean how they look). I wouldn't expect him to release a tuition DVD called "Advanced Harmonics on Unusual Frets". Fair play to him. He has his own sig bass too (nobody mention Avril!) A few challenges to some of the bassists under fire here. I worked with a bass playing producer back in the 90s who raved about the U2 bassist. I'm not a fan of the band personally but would they have been as popular with a different player? He does what he does & it works. Gene Simmons (& that YouTube video seriously undermines my argument but then I've never tried soloing in S&M gear with a dead cat on my head) is actually responsible for some very tasteful playing on a few tracks on the early 70s records - closet Kiss fan so I know they were ones he played on. Also Bill Wyman, please see the U2 argument. Oh & Paul Simomon may have been learning on the first record but boy did he get there? His influence answers so many critics. Sid Vicious, see the Pete Wentz argument. If you want awful bass playing, come & watch me on my upright after the 3 pint mark![/quote] Good post. As I joked earlier, Simmons will always admit he's in it for the rock and roll, and all the advantages it brings.

[quote name='Prime_BASS' post='924051' date='Aug 13 2010, 03:41 PM']We'll let him off then. And in regards to Tal wilkenfield. I wouldn't say she is aweful. What some call easy listening, I call boring.[/quote] Sorry, forgot to insert the smiley face after the Simmons comment.