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Grammy award winning bassist Marcus Miller has just announced 2 gigs at London's Jazz Cafe, Monday 5th and Tusday 6th November 2007 Don't miss it

I'm another 1 going to Twickenham on Sunday, 4 rows from the front!! Yahoo!!! I believe Fiction Plane are on at 6pm till about 6:45, Maximo Park are kinda 7 till 7:45 ish and The Police are 8:15 till 10:30

+1 for the Overwater Not cheap but superb in every way

[quote name='BigRedX' post='53177' date='Aug 31 2007, 10:09 AM']Is that the band mentioned in Giles Smith's book "Lost In Music"? There's a whole chapter on Nik Kershaw.[/quote] I don't know the book but it was a band called Fusion. I shared bass duties with Dave Bronze who now plays with Eric Clapton

My band Orange Street have supported ska legends The Beat, Bad Manners, Neville Staple (the Specials) and The Selecter. The Specials Lynval Golding sang Little Bitch on stage with us and the guitarist Roddy Radiation is joining us for a gig in Coventry next month. I played in a jazz funk band with Nik Kershaw before he hit the big time, played with Gordon Haskell and just finished 80's pop diva Yazz's new album. Gigged a venue in Switzerland when Prince William and Kate Middleton turned up. I also can't top Whigfield :0) www.myspace.com/woodsybass www.myspace.com/orangestreet www.myspace.com/yazzmusic

Fingers crossed mate....

I believe that the mains fuse in Eden amps is AFTER the on/off switch and power light so if this blows, the amp appears to be on but won't make any noise. Might be worth taking a look....

Hey Stu, the fretless is absolutely stunning! I may have to give Laurence a call sooner rather than later.....

Another Overwater and Comfor Strapp user here, slightly favouring the Overwater. I use the rubber seals from Grolsch lager bottles to secure them, cheap as chips and totally reliable.

I bought my Markbass rig from the shop direct and, although the Markbass distributor lied about the availability of a 4 Ohm cab, Gak moved heaven and earth to get one into the country before I went on tour. The couldn't have worked any harder AND they matched Thomann's price!!! Full marks Gak.

1. Jaco - defined the words 'natural talent' 2. Marcus Miller - The master of slap, groove, space and feel 3. Mark 'Bedders' Bedford (Madness) - My first hero and a very underrated bassist 4. Nathan East - First call session player and wonderfully melodic player 5. Bernard Edwards - disco legend who NEVER changed his strings

Hiromi - Return of The Kung Fu World Champion, bassist Tony Grey Freekbass - Body Over Mind - freekbass

[quote name='john_the_bass' post='5819' date='May 24 2007, 03:30 PM']This looks like my cup of tea! Mine currently (below). ABM EVO II 300 and ABM Mini 15. Perfectly adequate and more importantly, easy to store and transport. Wouldn't mind adding a [b]light[/b] 210 or a mini 48. I leave the telly at home generally and the cheap bit of telly bench has been skipped and replaced with a nice chest of drawers. They'd be good for raising the cab to head height but the mrs won't let me leave the house with them [/quote] Ooh, as a kid, I had poster on my wall of Madness on Top Of The Pops from the early days and Mark Bedford had a black and maple Precision. I've wanted one ever since but never got around to getting one!!! GAS!!!!

I fully agree with the previous comments regarding enjoying yourself and giving your all in whatever scenario you're playing in. If you're comfortable in your musical surroundings then you're good enough. As a working studio and live bassist, 2 things have been important to me above any other. 1. Recognition and appreciation of different genres of music. 2. The ability to play clean and reliably first time. I've NEVER been asked to solo like Pattitucci or Wooten but I often get told to play, say, 2-step, bluegrass or reggae. In the studio, time is money. You often have time pressures so getting it right, quickly, is paramount. Being able to come up with a line or groove in a certain style is crucial but 1000 notes per bar is not. Backing artists live, requires precision, accuracy and reliability, reproducing lines from records with little or no room for embelishments or improvisation. So for me, 'good enough' means reliable, flexible and capable in any style. None of these skills require Grade 8 theory, the ability to solo in any mode or slap Teen Town at 120bpm.

The 4 strings are Japanese whilst the 5's are American.

[quote name='woodenshirt' post='9711' date='May 31 2007, 09:08 AM']Glad you made it Chris - nice to see another 'wood' person in the ranks, Mart[/quote] Thanks mate, good to be amoungst friends

Overwater stainless on the Ow's, DR's on the Fender MM DR's are good but die too quickly, OW's are fantastic straight from the pack and are the longest lasting string I've ever used.

[quote name='jwbassman' post='9572' date='May 30 2007, 10:40 PM']Hi Chris - quality, another Overwater player [/quote] Absolutely!! Cut me in half and I've got Overwater written through me

[quote name='Crazykiwi' post='9571' date='May 30 2007, 10:37 PM']How much of the original line up are you playing with in Odyssey?[/quote] Odyssey are now fronted by singer/songwriter/producer Steve Collazzo, who is the son of one of the original female members.

Hi y'all, I'm Chris. I'm a pro musician currently filling the bass chair for 70's disco legends Odyssey and 80's popster Yazz. Another migrant from Bassw***d and looking forward to more chat, stories, advice and opinions.

Horace Panter - The Specials Mark Bedford - Madness 2 amazing players who combined melodic lines with awesome rhythms.