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[quote name='Lfalex v1.1' post='1082631' date='Jan 8 2011, 09:53 PM']Make mine a; Spalt Hybrid Basslab L-bow Born 2 Rock Ampeg AUB[/quote] Pics please L.. thems the rules.. ok will change title

I love my rare exotic basses...crap to sell on, but a joy to own.... my new love and GAS is this bass.. they are unfortunately..mega bucks!.. there is not that many in the world... from a source/friend in the US, he has told me they are just incredible sounding basses... John Myung used to play them... This bass does it for me.. i also love Surine and New York Bass Works basses... Sukop too let me see the rare basses you love.. pics please...we all ant to see these beauties..

[quote name='blackmn90' post='1082575' date='Jan 8 2011, 08:59 PM']bass direct arn't in camden, quite simply their overheads can't be the same. I would say £1k for a 2007 SR5 is still very overpriced. Also if you think BG is bad for overpricing then check out New kings Road Vintage pricing, their basses go over 10k!!!! Back to the whole vintage thing, i wouldn't pay £8k for a bass but i would really like a bass that made me feel like James Jameson or Duck Dunn. I think thats why some people do it, and if i had that amount going spare i definately would[/quote]i get your point... didnt really factor in that issue... if i had the SPARE cash, i would have to look very hard... i just know that someone else could build me a bass beyond anything that a vintage Fender could bring me...the old tone cant be that good.. or can it??? i really need to try a really good vintage jazz.. or do I.? prob be the death of me..

I knew Pete would like her.. hope your well matey

[quote name='Chris2112' post='1082560' date='Jan 8 2011, 08:50 PM']I wouldn't be seen dead with that piece of tat![/quote] i would if i could sell it..dont get me wrong i would love to play it, but £8000 for a bass that was once worth £800 ... no way...i understand that they wound the pups different back then and the instruments (sometimes) sound amazing but.... pays your money, takes your choice....

[quote name='blackmn90' post='1082529' date='Jan 8 2011, 08:15 PM']Overpriced? where have you been comparing it to? Ok sure its not as cheep as basschat, but not even ebay is as cheep as basschat[/quote] Not a Fender expert but generally BG are over priced... i may have been wrong, and have got used to BC's prices.. but £1200 for a mid 90's SR5...? £1200 for a Fender RI 62... ? you can them new for £1400 tops... wish i was a retailer when i sold my basses... i get it from here....Bass Direct are selling a 2007 SR5 for a grand... yeah generally they are overpriced...

yeah i love it...bet sounds awsome... but for near 8K i would be looking elsewhere... Devon, a custom built Pensa/Suhr... not worth it IMO....ive gone off vintage instruments...they either weigh a tonne or there sh*te.. too much trouble to find a good one... A Laky would out perform a vintage Jazz in everyway.... i bet you an MIA or MIJ sounds just as good... then again i havent played a great J or P IMO BG are way overpriced..

[quote name='Chris2112' post='1082399' date='Jan 8 2011, 06:20 PM']I'd pick active every time. There are times when an "obvious" active sound wouldn't be appropriate and with normal boost/cut preamps on basses, my Kubicki wouldn't sonically 'fit' every gig (mind you, these aren't gigs I'd want to be playing). I could use my ACG there, with it's complex filter based preamp. It works in such a way that you can shape your sound so much more and change it's inherent tone. Even in the studio, I prefer active basses because you'll get that 'sizzle' in your sound which is always pleasing to listen to.[/quote]+1 Chris... i do like a passive bass, but the control of an active is great...depending on the bass you do tend lose a little character though... Got any pics of the Shuker then mr Evans?

[quote name='dlloyd' post='1082038' date='Jan 8 2011, 01:09 PM']Do you think you can play Good Times better than the original? Is there something incomplete about Bernard Edwards' line?[/quote]Nicely spliced together there Loyd...But i didnt say i could play Good Times better than the original... Different yes... Im not talking changing the bass line but adding or taking away parts...

who one earth designed the pick guard? Trouble with people who design basses...there not designers so have absolutely no concept of what works as a shape or what shapes fit together... you just end up with some weird shapes that look like they have drawn them in 2 minutes.. Its like the F Bass..The BN5 has a lovely shape....But when they added that Jazz,ish lump of a pickguard, it just looks terrible IMO i would still play it though..

[quote name='agoulding' post='1081759' date='Jan 8 2011, 02:37 AM']Right, very recently I visited my father who hasn't really taken an interest in my bass playing exploits. Infact, he saw me play for the first time EVER literally weeks ago, and I've been playing for nearly 8 years. I don't see my father much and tbf, he was shocked and also very impressed. He said to me i was "wasted" doing what i am doing (I am a simple store operative at marks and spencer) which is fair enough. I don't doubt my playing abilities, I know for a fact i can make something of them. He said it himself, he even said i was more talented than Ellie (wtf?!). Now, I look up to this guy, even though he has never had a big input in my life. He has never encouraged me to do anything, never acknowleged me for anything i have done, but i look up to him because he has been there and done it. He's a great guitar player and has been playing longer than i have been on this planet. So it's only natural that I still listen to him, right (point aside he is my dad, but i see him as much as rick waller sees salad)? My point is, upon seeing me play, he said i could get very far with my playing and I should pursue it as a career. This really, really inspired me and I am currently working on material. Something struck me though, I didn't really like what he said, he said my music lacked feel. So Im asking you guys, what is feel? surely if you have written something and it means something to you, that is feel, and that is all that matters right? do others need to see the meaning or purpose behind your music?? sure, some people may be able to se it/hear it, but youre the only one that knows deep inside what its all about? Aaaaaand one mooooreee thing. Have you ever experienced anything that has really given you the drive and inspiration to "go for it"? and what inspires you more than anything??[/quote]Well for a start off. its great ur dad is encouraging you to take the bass further.. im thinking not many parents do...You gotta do what your passion tells you to IMO... anyway, yes mate, what you have written is' having feel'...but its maybe different from what your dad is suggesting...i could be wrong?, but he may be saying a physical feel with the instrument...im no expert, i can only relay what i erm...feel...or dont... I think feel comes from a bit of playing.. listening,, a bit more playing... some people get a good feel from a certain type of music, without wanting to sound cheesy, feel comes from your soul.. or.. the connection from your ears, to your brain, to your fingers..then back and back again.. its what you really want to play for me.. lots of guys can get feel from any music.. i really believe if you really love music in any capacity...you have got feel... because it will eventually come out in your playing... i always thought of Paul Turner to be a player with no character...fantastic player, but no Zender.. Zender had groove and feel.. for me its your interpretation of your personality...its why i love Meshell Ndegeocello so much..lots of players i love have got personality..i just happen to like hers... just like a certain type of speak, slang, or walk, or the way you hold your self....feel is in everything...... your feel is you.. the more you play bass and listen to stuff... the more the music you have experienced the more it will come out in your playing... there are guys/girls who will give you a way better explanation on here.....im waffling..

i dont know these chaps, but i think Jakesbass or Bilbo (among many others) always have great advise..(always thought Bilbo came out with such great advice) Out to Play Jazz also, i believe he knows his stuff... im sure these guys could sort you out.

a few corkers from the vaults...ok under my bed... Skyy [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrD2172EkF4"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrD2172EkF4[/url] The great Partrice Rushen.. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRKMkdwhIkQ"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRKMkdwhIkQ[/url] More of my wife..and some bloke.. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vphSSRJS7kk"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vphSSRJS7kk[/url] Johnny Hammond... so reminds me of Lonnie Liston Smith... [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hk6UDgK87Bs"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hk6UDgK87Bs[/url] Candi Staton [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSqgAP67vAQ"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSqgAP67vAQ[/url] Gwen Mcrae.. this is the woman of groove and disco... the is the first bass track i ever learned....its so special to me this track...from 7 years old dancing with my mom in new zealand..what a track. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XURndIIZHy8"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XURndIIZHy8[/url] [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGahV4WWz1E"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGahV4WWz1E[/url]

Risington... That Chaka tune is great.. im gonna sit here and listen....Passion of soul groove... thats what that tune is this is a great Lenny White tune with her... [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDXa-034zaQ"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDXa-034zaQ[/url]

[quote name='BurritoBass' post='1081692' date='Jan 8 2011, 12:14 AM']I think it's quite a talent to get a bassline note perfect but I always prefer the creative process of putting my own stamp / twist on something.[/quote] i agree and i dont.... sitting down and listening to a bass line just takes time with the bass a CD and the internet..... being creative over that bass line within tasteful limits takes much more..IMHO

1oopus has posted some great ones..! the prince tunes are awsome... that Sade tune is..XXX Incognito's Jacaranda is pure Jazz Groove.. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYV0lVUe03o"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYV0lVUe03o[/url] Talkin o Prince.. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9Awmy0KArU"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9Awmy0KArU[/url] [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4hf7sfEwr0&feature=related"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4hf7sfEwr0...feature=related[/url] I vote this the funkiest Prince tune... [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSslrXQxR7w"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSslrXQxR7w[/url] Some great Little Louie Vega... [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZDCbxJUAtE"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZDCbxJUAtE[/url] Remixed by the great great Bimbo Jones... the best house producer this side of MAW...Stevie Wonder produced this track by Mr Mendez...i like to think you can tell... [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MojT07Lsmho"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MojT07Lsmho[/url] IMHO these guys can groove... [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bN9Vaml0dZE"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bN9Vaml0dZE[/url]

I had a SR5.. but it didnt sound like this..i dont know why but a stingray is just appealing to me now.. sounds like a Jazz with more punch.. i played one once in a pub through an TE, and it sounded great, but the jazz at the time sounded better.. dont know why i havent noticed it before but the fatness of the SR4 is very cool... 1oopus posted this vid and the bass sounds so so good.... [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StP0_zbDIMo&feature=related"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StP0_zbDIMo...feature=related[/url] i could be sold to an SR4...

I will start this off by saying, im up for anyone playing an exact version of a bassline... But... it always gets my goat when someone says..."yeah but its not quite the bass line is it"?? i had a discussion with a guitarist this evening whos in the Latin Funk, Disco band im involved in... he likes...and likes everyone else to follow the exact blue print of the original...i aint got a problem.......ok i have got a problem with this... A bass line is written by someone else, but why not simplify it, or throw in some fills, or feel of your own...i like to think im a very tasteful player, who understands what (i think) sounds good... maybe were having musical differences... when im playing, sometimes i will just just suggest a bass line or chord without playing the whole thing in an intro or some parts of a song....thats what i like to do, and i think it gives it a little live something that original doesnt have... Ive heard bass lines played ..better than the original...slightly different...simplified.... as long as your within the structure and get the feel of the track... Chic's Good Times...i will throw a double stop of G C sharp in there high up... not a total DS but played G to C very quick..does he like it... nope... Rant over

Well, she is a solo artist... isnt that the point... Would you say that of Victor Wooten?

[quote name='Chest Rockwell' post='1081411' date='Jan 7 2011, 06:56 PM']youse guys and your widdly widdly stuff. i feel like some kind of hobgoblin oik that should never touch a bass, but then just cos Sinatra and Pavarotti rocked the heights, didnt mean James Hetfield couldnt bring something to the table. All that stuff is very impressive and clever, but when does it stop being a BASS and start becoming a piano or a violin or... Have a look at my bass world... [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikLDoO2Yv4A"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikLDoO2Yv4A[/url] (of course, if I had the time, energy and talent, I'd be making youtube videos of myself playing that intricate awesome stuff too!! )[/quote]In this big bass world there is room for all of us....