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Also try CD-Baby to get stuff onto iTunes Si

Dammit!!! Can't believe I missed this, and in the meantime I've booked tickets to see Kate Rusby! Bumhole! Oh well, at least i'm seeing good music no matter what Si

Man, If my covers band travelled that far for a gig, not only would be be charging double what we normally do for local (london) shows, we'd be asking for a deposit of at least half! Certainly if we had to stay over we'd charge more then double. We've done Weddings in Manchester though and missioned it back to Bucks. Sometimes it is worth dealing in E-Mails so that you have that as written proof as well!. Hope the gig was a good one at least, that's your consolation Si

That is one sexy P-Bass!! So much nicer then its previous incarnation! Nice one! Si

Tis working dandy for me! Si

Give Malcolm up at Newtone a call, You can have whatever custom gauges, core sizes, lengths etc you could wish for, all for the price of a set of Rotos. The only downside is an approx 3 week wait............well they are being wound just for you! [url="http://www.newtonestrings.com/"] Newtone Strings [/url] If you do give 'em a call, say Simon Poulton recommended them Nice Si

I have a big 'ol silver flight case box (not a rack) that I carry my Head about in, whenever I do a gig with a one cab setup, either the 4x8 or the 1x15, I always put the cab on top of the Box, Having your sound at waist height is what its all about. Si

Is that ex-Mydriasis James Cooke on vocals? He wanted to try out for us....then backed out lol Good luck dude, sound like an interesting band! Si

Coolcool Any plans to visit London this year Janek? I saw you at the 606 club last year! Si

If we're going for good Jazz prices. I got my USA Standard Jazz, with S1 second hand for £275 w00pw00p lol Incl. Fender Hardcase Si

Yup the EQ stays flat (but on) on mine with my jazz bass, bridge pickup and tone up full and dial in the neck pickup as required, 'Grind' on about 10 o'clock. Thats all in gig situations, it doesn't get used at home, have a practice amp for that. In fact it stays same settings for my active bass's, bar the 'pad' button, and use the basses to EQ out any flaws. Si

Didn't like the first piece, Dood's video of the drummer were great fun though. Was loving the Mario 2 vid, bit more tech lol Si

Zero feedback though?! Si

Or just take the Neck off the body, whack it in your suitcase. And have someone do a setup when it's back home. Gotta Love Bolt-ons Perfec Si

Cool man, oh and to answer your PM observation, no I don't sell windows or houses, but I do negotiate music contracts lol. If you're ever down this way before you decide on what pickups for the P, you're more then welcome to give my DiMarzio'd Precision a go! The DP122 is quite high output, not as hot as the UltraJazzes, but pretty hefty. I've not tryed any Wizards, but they do get good reviews all over this site it seems . And thats still pretty sweet that its a 2 piece body! Looking forward to some more pics of it stripped etc Si

There's plenty of Wooten Videos on the subject (Youtube, DVD etc) The technique is actually quite simple, just difficult in a musical context and at speed! Down (thumb), Up (Thumb), Pluck (Index), Pluck (Ring). There was someone on here who posted some videos, and they had it down, can't remember who t'was though Good Luck Si

Very nice, I love these 'Franken-Threads' (I will hopefully have updates for my Jazz one soon) It fantastic that its a one piece body, I should think thats almost unheard of on stock instruments. Even special US Laklands are 2 piece mostly. If its got a nice grain, sounds more like Ash, Alder can be quite plain. Is the new neck AllParts or similar? Definitly Darkstar it, or I highly recommend the DiMarzio DP122 Si

Played with FSOF last night in Wycombe, so a nice local gig! 200 or so kids, awesome atmosphere! Went really well and i had a lot of fun, i knew that this weekend was going to be better then last week Si

[quote name='ARGH' post='133030' date='Feb 3 2008, 02:13 PM']Nope you are talking about aesthetics,Im talking about technique....and seeing as Tapping is becoming a required technique on some gigs,and has nothing to do with the examples of 'fads' you listed,although it was around and 'popular' at the time of the 80s. I understand people not liking change.[/quote] I completely embrace change, but at the same time I'm of the opinion that "If it ain't broke, don't fix it", it's effort that could be put into something else that does need attention! And I've never...ever heard of, let alone played a gig where tapping is a required necessity, nor have i needed to have anything more then 5 strings..ever. Thats not to say I disagree with people experimenting with ERB's, i think its great, but in my professional playing experience, they are not necessary for 99% of payed 'pop' gigs/jobs/sessions. Si

So let's say that tapping brought about a design difference in guitars, you yourself have said that such techniques are quite 'fad' like, so wouldn't that make such design changes redundant whilst tapping was 'unpopular'? I also wouldn't refer to tapping as a musical revolution. I would refer to Punk as a musical revolution. Aren't Superstrats simply strats with Humbuckers? Now forgive me, but i can't remember the last time i got excited about a band because the guitarist was playing a Fat Strat as opposed to a USA standard! . I don't think the instrument will change, it doesn't need to, it provides a job! Its the players and writers that will change, a product of the world around them. I would argue that bassists who write music for a mass audience (ie not solo players) tend to write parts on multiple instruments, i think this stems from the fact that although ERB's sound very cool when played right, the simple fact is that a Piano sounds nicer and is more suited timbre wise spanning the octaves........well i think so anyway Si

[quote]I can only think of Double Thumbing and Bill Dickens's technique as purely an advancement of 70s slap[/quote] Apologies, i must have misunderstood. Although you say that the techniques are at their limit, how about playing slap bass tastefully? Although this borders on musicality versus technique. I agree with a previous poster that i think it's calling for change for change sake! I think that some people believe (not you Argh, or anyone in particular, i agree this isn't personal) innovation means 'bigger/better/faster/stronger'. My point, Argh, about your initial post saying "Seeing as nothing new,or at least ear catching,is being made,this is bad", is that it is a completely subjective. If there was a massive sweeping movement of new arts and music, but you didn't like it, you wouldn't agree that it was a phenomenon. I believe there is some amazing music coming out at the moment, as Ped said earlier, but you instantly shot that down by saying "list it........didn't think so". Whats the point in us listing it when you clearly wouldn't agree!? I also think that true modern musical innovation hasn't ever resulted from the invention or radical physical change of an instrument (in the common sense of the word)! Again, exciting music is about the whole, not the individual parts. Si

This thread, in my humble opinion, is exactly the same as all the other threads which say "Where have all the good things that i like gone and why do you all like rubbish music" or some such. All these threads are full of people listing all their current inspirations highlighting the fact that the OP simply has a different taste to everyone else. So the example in this thread is Argh saying that the only person to take slap onwards and upwards since Larry Graham is Bill Dickens, now in my opinion, however technically adept Mr Dickens is, it's some of the most unmusical bass playing I've ever come across. I could list all the bass guitar (4, 5, 6, 7, upright, piccolo et al), programmed bass, no bass music that i think is inspirational and moving things forward, but because the whole thing is so subjective, it's pointless! I'm not actually bothered about how many strings we can fit on a bass, or how fast we can go, i want to know how we can contribute better to music, its been mentioned a billion times, but its the song that matters, not the individual instruments..........IMO Si

I fitted an Allparts jazz neck to an Encore precision body with absolutely no problems, its got a tighter neck join then a LOT of 'vintage' fenders I've seen, and even my Lakkie Skyline. The Encore body was from an era when their basses were a lot more fender-like, as opposed to the 7/8th sized rubbish they sell now. [topic="5336"]Encore Project[/topic] Si

I really like it!!! Kinda almost looks like a single cut, or one of those 90's tanglewood basses which tryed so hard. lol Definitely an idea for a custom job! Si