RhysP

I've not liked Geddys bass sound since "Signals" to be honest, and I thought his Wal sound was dreadful - like elastic bands stretched over a shoebox. Still really looking forward to seeing them on Sunday though.

[quote name='algmusic' post='1233021' date='May 16 2011, 01:45 PM']Taking time of bass or drums technically mean halfing my income, so this isn't really an option[/quote] Yes, your income will suffer in the short term, but allowing the injury to heal properly will probably avoid you having all sorts of reoccurring problems in the future, which could cause you a greater loss of income over time or could even mean you have to give up playing for good.

[quote name='Doddy' post='1229246' date='May 12 2011, 08:03 PM']If you go onto itunes there are 3 or 4 video podcast lessons that he put up before starting the video lessons site. It's worth checking them out....they're free aswell.[/quote] I downloaded the itunes video podcasts earlier today & they're very good indeed. He puts things across really well so even a complete musical numbskull like me can get something from them.

LaBella Slappers 45-110

I've been listening to this a hell of a lot lately. Love it. My reading is improving too - I've got bars 11-23 of Part 1 nailed already.

I'd go for the blue/green one but they've both lovely.

[quote name='Waldo' post='1228957' date='May 12 2011, 03:57 PM']Absolute guff. On a par with this monstrosity: [/quote] Bloody hell. That looks like something you'd buy on a craft stall at a farmers market.

[quote name='Doddy' post='1228790' date='May 12 2011, 01:38 PM']As far as getting at the guy for using a 15 string,it's worth bearing in mind that John Paul Jones especially Tom Petersson have used a 12 string bass for years. Jauqo's bass is the same thing,just a 5 string version. Allen Woody (Allman Bros.,Govt. Mule) used to use a Modulus 18 string!![/quote] It's a 5 string with two sets of octave strings is it? Oh bugger, I've wasted a good rant now. I still stand by everything I've said even if it may no longer be relevant in this particular instance. Alan Woody's 18 string Modulus was a monster! That was originally built for Tom Peterson, but it was too much for even him. I seem to remember it was a six string bass with two sets of octave strings but it was tuned like a normal guitar (EADGBE).

It does sound lovely with the chordal stuff - really clear & defined. That's probably a much to do with his excellent playing technique as anything though. Are my ears deceiving me or is there some kind of reverb or delay effect being used in that clip?

[quote name='lettsguitars' post='1228630' date='May 12 2011, 12:16 PM']"Bassists such as Eric Clapton David Gilmour Pino Palladino Steve DiGiorgio and Colin Edwin" how amusing.[/quote] To be fair Gilmour is a pretty good fretless player - he used to use a fretless Jaydee Supernatural. He played it with Kate Bush when she performed "Running up that hill" at the Secret Policemans Ball concert. Not sure how Clapton got in there though. The way the site reads it sounds like it's been translated from another language - I think they may also mean that fretless bass features in the music of Clapton & Gilmour.

[quote name='AttitudeCastle' post='1228330' date='May 12 2011, 01:36 AM']Also, may i add (as i've had about 9 huge arguments about this with people todau) that music is an art and is entirely expressive. If someone feels all they need is a 4 string bass (Something nice and simple like the glorious fender P!) to express them selves then fantatastic! If someone feels they need a 12 string (single course) string bass too express them selves then why should be make comments? Same applies for any instrument! I know 95% of the stuff on here is ligth hearted banter and i am aware of that and respect that and its why this is a great forum (we are pretty much all on the same page!) Some times it feels like that fact is lost, (the music expression thing, not the 12 string headless bass thing! )[/quote] I agree with what you're saying totally. BUT - There appears to be a percentage of players who want desperately to be noticed as players but, whilst being technically proficient, have nothing exceptional or different to offer. These players seem to be the ones who go down the route of having basses built with increasingly ludicrous amounts of strings, mainly so they can achieve a fleeting fame by being the only/best player with a XXX string bass. I could get a luthier to build me a 30 string bass, then post myself on Youtube as the baddest 30 string bassist in the World, and it would attract attention, but the attention would be of the same sort as this guy is getting, and for very good reason IMO. I'm all for art, but I don't think this is about art - it's about ego. [b]"In the land of the 15 string bass player, the 16 string bass player is king"[/b]

15 string bass? His penis must be TINY.

[quote name='Happy Jack' post='1222653' date='May 6 2011, 10:00 PM']That really is pretty ghastly. Even the underlying thought process makes no sense - why would you want to double three of the four strings?[/quote] Because nobody else will have one = you must be a real badass of a player.

[quote name='purpleblob' post='1227138' date='May 11 2011, 09:19 AM']Admittedly played on a piccolo bass, Stanley Clarke's school days solo is one of the all time greats.....[/quote] So great that he's played it with only slight variations on every bloody album he's released since.

I've got Gotohs on one of my Zons & Schallers on the other - to be honest I don't think there's much to choose between them quality-wise.

[quote name='chris_b' post='1227346' date='May 11 2011, 11:46 AM']I only use 1 or 2 sets of DR strings in a year (for the last 10 years or so) and I've never had a problem.[/quote] I've gone through far more than that in a week just trying to find a set that weren't f***ed. (That's mail order as well as from a local shop so it wasn't just a case of one place having a faulty batch. One very well know online string retailer told me they send more sets of DR strings back because of faults than any other brand).

[quote name='wateroftyne' post='1200304' date='Apr 15 2011, 09:34 AM']To be fair, it was CS-built.[/quote] Fender Custom Shop = screwed together by an American rather than a Mexican.......

[quote name='StevieD_FenderP2009' post='1227202' date='May 11 2011, 09:58 AM']Thanks very much dude, ive heard nothing but good things about DR strings so I'm going to give them a go.[/quote] So you haven't read the posts about their quality control being sh*t & getting dud strings again & again? I stopped using them (on bass & acoustic guitar) for this reason & my local shop stopped stocking them because they were fed up with the failure rate. I use Labella's now ("Slappers" & "Deep talkin' bass") - half the price & never had any problems at all. They last a long time too.

[quote name='Bankai' post='1227249' date='May 11 2011, 10:35 AM']Also greatest moment; literally the moment he hands me his bass, I plant the headstock straight into the wall. Great start...[/quote] Did you ask for a discount due the the headstock damage?

Awesome.

Bollocks, I've only just seen this - I would have come & seen you if I'd known before. Sorry about that!