RhysP

[quote name='waynepunkdude' timestamp='1368265512' post='2075015'] Your SR is wonderful, KIng Basses are what old people who have given up play. [/quote] I'd just like to point out that, as an old person who has given up, I wouldn't be seen dead playing a King bass.

Get some kind of A/B box - two inputs, one output, footswitchable. You might have problems with levels if one of your basses is louder than the other though.

Maybe Rickenbacker will look kindly on them as they are based in "The old country".

I do love Bob Calvert though - his solo albums are great (especially Captain Lockheed & the Starfighters) and next to Space Ritual my favourite Hawkwind album is definitely Quark, Strangeness & Charm.

I used expensive basses for many years, Zon Legacy models mainly. I gave up playing bass last year but a few weeks ago a friend of mine asked me to play some bass on some studio recordings he was doing. I used a Mexican Fender Precision with stupidly high action that was knocking around in the studio. Everyone was happy with what I played (including me, which is rare) and the bass sounded really good. If I ever buy another bass I'd be quite happy just to pick up a secondhand Mexican Precision & use that rather than spend time trying to find another "dream" bass.

It's always been one of my least favourite Hawkwind albums, though I know plenty of hardcore fans who love it.

[quote name='AntWPF' timestamp='1368110334' post='2073331'] Be nice, playing bass isn't a competition and neither is teaching it. [/quote] The above comment is very true, which is why I would question your choice of "so you think you can play bass" as a title for your project. Maybe it's just me, but I think it sounds a bit dickswinging/arrogant, and I think if I was looking for online lessons it would put me off a bit.

Their purpose is to get in the way. Some people think they look retro & cool, like chrome bumpers on an Austin Maxi or something equally exotic. The bridge covers have a piece of foam in them that serves to dampen the strings. The Jazz bass neck pickup covers are purely cosmetic, though some people will doubtless tell you they realign the pickup magnetism with local Ley Lines or some other bollocks

[quote name='chaypup' timestamp='1368105582' post='2073265'] A quick google suggests that people are asking between £150 and £200 and not many people are buying these at that price. So if you want it to sell, you're probably going to have to go down to about £120. IMO of course. [/quote] I'd say that's pretty accurate.

[quote name='McBass' timestamp='1367932257' post='2071142'] I emailed them and sent Bo Engberg a private message too, hopefully they'll sort it out. [/quote] Don't hold your breath.....

I'll never use EBS gear again after my GORM combo crapped out & both EBS & the UK supplier refused to have anything to do with it even though it was still under warranty.

Just play it like a normal bass & don't be tempted to slide all over the place as it sounds cheesy & cliched.

Just noticed this rather lovely Zon fretless. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ZON-Fretless-Bass-5-KATE-BUSH-Gabriel-etc-/290906091691?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item43bb5ab0ab If you zoom in on the picture of the back of the bass the person taking the photo is (I'm pretty sure) none other than John Giblin himself. It's a bit beaten up but a good price for an awesome bass that has played some of the greatest fretless bass parts ever recorded.

Wow! Welcome to the forum Kevin. I've been a member on "Stickist" for many years. Don't have a Stick at the moment but would love to get another one someday.

Me at Long Row Audio in Treforest last Wednesday, putting some bass on my mate Ollie's new EP. [url="http://s86.photobucket.com/user/RhysP/media/RhysandOllieLongRowStudio_zps0616af1a.jpeg.html"][/url] And yes, I AM playing a Fender Precision.......

[quote name='GЯДИКФЯ' timestamp='1360869573' post='1977742'] don't think Floyd can exist without Nick who is the only member in every line up the band had so there's no way that can be Pink Floyd [/quote] Nick was at those Albert Hall gigs & came on to play on "Comfortably Numb" for the encore on one of them.

[quote name='slobluesine' timestamp='1360857129' post='1977516'] just came across this... [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYFYWKgkyZM[/media] NEVER knew the Floyd could be THIS great Crosby/Stills on BV's, Steve Di Stanislao on drums (nice drummer...i think he plays with CSN) Guy Pratt on Bass. Dave Gilmour's playing is just f***in awesome, and his vocals...WOW!! lighting and sound is stunning too, [/quote] That's not Pink Floyd, it's David Gilmour touring his last solo album "On an Island". An absolutely stunning gig, and a great album too. I was knocking around backstage at that concert as a friend of mine is Davids stage manager.

[quote name='WHUFC BASS' timestamp='1359992398' post='1963109'] Where was this ? [/quote] Moniack Mhor creative writing centre in the Scottish Highlands, three miles from Loch Ness. I did a five day residential song writing course run by Boo Hewerdine.

Songwriting is all I really do now, I find it immeasureably more rewarding than playing an instrument. I've done a few songwriting courses (the week long residential course I did in January was undoubtably the best week of my life - absolutely magical!) & have found it to be really exciting & fulfilling, especially collaborating with other writers. I have absolutely no desire whatsoever to perform my songs live, I just really enjoy the process of writing; hearing other people playing my songs is a pretty good feeling though.

Don't beat yourself up over it, most interests/hobbies/ whatever you want to call it have a finite life span. I think I've finally reached the point of no return with bass playing too.

If you're happy to buy secondhand I'd also look out for a Spector Euro 5LX. I'd gone through a few five strings & hadn't found anything I liked enough to keep & had pretty much decided to stick to four strings until I took a chance on a secondhand Spector Euro 5LX that was for sale on the forum. It's now the only bass I own - I've sold a couple of very expensive Zon four strings that I never thought I'd get rid of because the Spector is just so good I didn't touch them anymore. The Spector, in my opinion, made the Stingray 5 I owned briefly seem like a cheap toy by comparison.