RhysP

Hated my Rickenbacker 4001's; I loved them so much before I owned one that when I finally got one it was a total disappointment - build quality was average at best & I just never get a really good sound out of them. Loved my Jaydee Supernatural, but hated the fact that the neck was so unstable. I spent more time adjusting the truss rod than I did playing the bloody thing. I also now think they're incredibly ugly. Loved my Levinson B4, but ended up hating the skinny jazz neck & the four-in-line headstock.

His best bassline was "Working Man". He should have called it a day after that.

Before I give the fingerboards a dose of WD40 I take the Zons down to my local garage for a blast with the jet washer* - brings them up a treat. [size=2]*Not recommended for semi acoustic or acoustic instruments.[/size]

[quote name='dood' timestamp='1323180912' post='1460186'] Steve played a large part of his career with just a Trace Elliot preamp, straight in to power amps and then 4x12 cabs with EV speakers in right? [/quote] And a Peavey bass rig very early on.

[quote name='bremen' timestamp='1323181191' post='1460195'] I'm told that the notorious Simonon photograph (cover of London Calling) was a mistake; he thought it was his backup bass but at the moment it hit the stage he realised that he hadn't swapped, and it was his best instrument. [/quote] As it's a Precision always thought he was just trying to put the neck back in alignment in that photo.

I must be the only male on Earth that finds her totally repellant.

WD40 is what Joe Zon Recommends for use on his fingerboards too.

[quote name='BurritoBass' timestamp='1323110114' post='1459456'] Milking this thread with a 2 minute follow up piece on CBS the next day [url="http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7390432n&tag=mncol;lst;1"]http://www.cbsnews.c...tag=mncol;lst;1[/url] [/quote] I know it's a cliché, but that really is the sort of publicity money can't buy. Pete seems like a nice guy, and what a day job! He's been right in the middle of some pretty serious & historically significant stuff by the look of it.

That's a monster! What does it weigh? That's really cool that you've found the original owner & are letting him use it for the gig.

[quote name='stonecoldbass' timestamp='1323033260' post='1458562'] Is Pete a Scot?? [/quote] I thought I detected a slight Welsh twang to his voice. First sign of him becoming famous & we're all trying to claim him as our own!

[quote name='REDLAWMAN' timestamp='1323033303' post='1458563'] Anyone who plays at gigging/band/recording standard remember feeling just this way: in awe really of proficient players and not having any clue how to emulate them and seeing it as 'mission impossible'? [/quote] I've been playing for 32+ years now & I still feel like that on a fairly regular basis.

Fantastic stuff! I'll have to check out the album, as it sounds very much like the sort of thing I'm really getting into lately.

I used to love Sweet, they brought out some great records. Saw them live as a three piece (without Brian Connelly) in the late 70's & they were fantastic - still got one of Andy Scott's plectrums from the gig!

[quote name='Monckyman' timestamp='1322874604' post='1457002'] ......soft human shitbags...... [/quote] Best description of a gig audience I've ever heard.

[quote name='4 Strings' timestamp='1322841303' post='1456562'] when I hear Mark King, Marcus Miller etc (both I greatly admire) these are not the natural sounds of an unplugged bass guitar. [/quote] It's an ELECTRIC bass guitar, why would you think it's "natural" sound is it's unplugged sound - the whole point of the excercise is that you plug it into an amp.

[quote name='risingson' timestamp='1322675047' post='1454375'] I understand your point, but I don't agree. There have been hundreds of years worth of of music passed down the years through aural tradition. This kind of musicianship is no less valid than the kind of musicianship that encompasses theory and reading. I'd compare it to arguing that someone who is unable to write is therefore incapable of communication. Perhaps it is simply a conflict of semantics though. [/quote] Why did you deliberately edit out the bit where I state that [i]"I certainly don't wish to imply that I think people who can read, write & understand are somehow superior; that's not what I think at all".[/i] I don't think it's any less valid either, that's why I originally said the bit I just repeated.

[quote name='jakesbass' timestamp='1322663783' post='1454118'] I built stud walls inside my garage (dry lining) and put rockwool in the gaps, then a layer of plastic membrane all over all surfaces, then plaster board and a skim, the sound proofing effect is dramatic meaning that when my son is banging away on the drums that I can barely her him in the house... The total cost was not cheap but massively less expensive than foam. [/quote] I helped the drummer in a band I was in many years ago do this to his garage. It took a lot of work but the result was superb. As a thank you for all my help & hard work he f***ed off with my girlfriend.

[quote name='cheddatom' timestamp='1322661609' post='1454080'] Indeed. We have a word which could be used to describe people who can write music but not play it. Why call them musicians? [/quote] I'd call them musicians because THEY UNDERSTAND MUSIC. Somebody could play an instrument & come up with perfectly good songs but not understand what they're doing in relation to the theoretical side, and also not be able to write it down in notation - I personally would not call them musicians even though they may be excellent at what they do. Probably 80% of the people I listen to would fall into this category. I certainly don't wish to imply that I think people who can read, write & understand are somehow superior; that's not what I think at all. I certainly wouldn't class anybody playing somebody elses records on a turntable as a musician, even if they are manipulating it to produce other things. To me that would be the same as calling somebody that records & edits somebody elses film an actor. It's probably an age thing. Going by my own definitions I would run into problems if I ever come across a DJ who can read music.

[quote name='cheddatom' timestamp='1322660752' post='1454065'] But there's a different word: Composer. [/quote] "Composer" could also & equally apply to somebody that makes up songs or but doesn't read or write music.

[quote name='cheddatom' timestamp='1322646440' post='1453797'] What about someone who can read music but not play - surely no-one's going to call them a musician? [/quote] If they can read & write music & have a thorough knowledge of theory then I'd most certainly regard them as a musician, more so than somebody that plays in a band but doesn't have these skills.

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1322590413' post='1453282'] ......I see it as a dilution of the things that made the Dingwall concept appealing to me in the first place. [/quote] That's pretty much how I felt when I saw it.

[quote name='paul torch' timestamp='1322575450' post='1452874'] I can not sight read, doesn't make me not a musician. [/quote] I've always thought the exact opposite - I'm not a musician because I have no real understanding of music theory & cannot read music.