Marvin

I think if you were to buy this you would have to be honest and say 'no it's not worth 2 or 3 times a MM, top Fender or Warwick or custom build but I'm buying it for kudos, because i like it, because I have the money and I'm being thoroughly self indulgent and opulent'. I haven't a clue who it would appeal to though at that price. Pro players aren't interested in basses to show off with, they want 'tools of the trade', something that plays well sounds good and is reliable.

i'm completely biased against Riki's and for Warwicks. Don't understand the appeal of Riki's either aesthetically or sonically. I'd stick with the Fender if you want an all rounder and the Warwick if you want to go off on a tangent. It doesn't really matter though because we all now know that core tone is a load of crap.

Steady on chaps, I've only just bought the copy with JPJ on the cover and now we're onto the next one which I probably won't see for another couple of weeks. Really. It's getting more and more difficult to find BGM in the newsagents where I live. It's migrated to next to the Tattoo mags, which are next to the smutty mags. It's becoming quite uncomfortable finding it lately.

Bit late to the party but only picked up a copy today. Promised myself I wouldn't but glad I did. Brilliant issue. Maybe it's because I've been on here so much lately I'm understanding a lot more, but I didn't feel 'at arms length'. Thoroughly enjoyed the read especially the piece of Duff and JPJ. That article by that Mike Flynn bloke though really stank. That's going to get me a warning isn't it, it was a joke, honest. I really loved the look of Martin Petersen's workshop, with cat of course.

[quote name='davidmpires' post='750808' date='Feb 19 2010, 12:52 PM']£100 for a day ticket and the gig, man [size=4][b]that's outrageous.[/b][/size][/quote] You've done it again Youma, changed without telling anyone. Stop it, it causes confusion £100 a ticket I'm thinking not.

[quote name='Tinman' post='745033' date='Feb 14 2010, 05:47 PM']Yep, see if you can see 'em [/quote] Looks like a koala to me

[quote name='Apex' post='749657' date='Feb 18 2010, 01:30 PM']Happened to us a couple of years back at a charity gig. She was a fully fledged member. The Sally army. Mustang brigade...[/quote] Huge round of applause

Welcome to basschat. Brilliant forum. Whereabouts in Devon are you? And what's your band I might be able to get to see you. I'm from Torrington, not currently in a band unfortunately. Cheers Rich

[quote name='silddx' post='749007' date='Feb 17 2010, 09:53 PM']Kit, the singer/composer in one of my bands says "if anyone in the band f***s up, they look f***ing stupid. BUT, if the bass player in the band f***s up, they make the [b]whole band look f***ing stupid[/b]. It's my bass mantra now.[/quote] Nothing like putting the pressure on just one person.

[quote name='BurritoBass' post='748816' date='Feb 17 2010, 07:14 PM']I've heard it said (not on these pages) that the [b]sign of a good bassist is only noticing him when he goes wrong[/b]. I always get favourable comments in the studio, "Oh I like what you've come up with there". Usually I've been playing it that way for six months[/quote] I'm truly brilliant. People always spot when I go wrong. Admittedly that is quite a lot.

[quote name='JimBobTTD' post='692395' date='Dec 23 2009, 03:22 PM'] Here are my two Ibanez 5 strings - an old SR705 and an SR1205. I've upgraded the pickups in the SR1205 - the ones in there did not work well with the low B. I've got my eye out for an SR1206 as my next purchase. I love the Ibanez range - I also have an old PJ and I sold my SRX500 a few months back.[/quote] OMG, a truly beautiful spectacle.

I wanted to be a tennis player but misjudged the number of strings that were required, and size of bat.

[quote name='iconic' post='746822' date='Feb 16 2010, 07:47 AM']they don't get darker than Lung Shadows... [size=4]this is [b]proper [/b]'80's The The....great bassline James Eller on bass (Marr on lead)....this still makes the hair on the back of my neck tingle[/size] [/quote] A criminally underrated and overlooked 'band'. Great clip.

More of a wish list than a GAS list A Warwick Corvette, a Hohner B2A to replace the one I sold many years ago, Epi EB3 ( for my Andy Fraser impressions ) and a Fender of some kind, just to say I had one, probably a Jazz. I know its Bass Guitars, but a really top notch rig

You can't get rid of any of your basses, you've given them names. That makes them almost family. It would be like casting out your own kin. Have you considered one of those multi fx modelling pedals? As Mr Silddx says you can make any bass sound like a cat with bowel problems if you're so inclined. I've got one - please note zoom b1 in sig, not a cat with bowel problems - and you can create some very different sounds and feel to your bass.

[quote name='Linus27' post='747246' date='Feb 16 2010, 02:08 PM']As I posted in the best and worse music shop thread. I hate Music Ground in Doncaster with a vengence. Totally ripped me off back around 1999. I had some inheritance money so wanted to buy a couple of basses. Decided on a 77 MIA Fender Precision but could not decide on a Ricky or a Telecaster bass. The guy there, probably the manager said hey, don't worry, we do a 30 day return so if not happy, bring it back and we will refund you. Cool I thought. So bought the Ricky and took it home back to Surrey with the Precision. After a week, decided the Ricky was not for me so phoned up and they said yeah bring it back no worries. So drove all the way up from Surrey to Doncaster to be told that they don't do returns or refunds but we can exchange for something else. I was furious and ended up letting rip but he just said it was my fault. Plus I should had phoned before leaving which I informed him I did which he then denied ever having a phone call. Ended up swapping it for a Fender Telecaster bass but I was furious. Maybe a little niave on my part but they still lied to me and treated me like sh*t. I promised myself that if I ever drive past that shop, it will be very hard to not throw a brick through the window. Sounds like its gone now anyway.[/quote] I don't think you were being naive at all. You had a verbal agreement and as such I would have expected them to stick by it. I always stick by ' if you say you're going to do it, do it. If not, keep your mouth shut.' I've got plenty of bricks, if you want some

Blimey that's a problem, you've got 3 basses that are great and you obviously would like to keep. Have tried the Status in your new band? Just a thought. It's that or just belt the singer round the back of the head with the Stingray so he gets tinnitus, so he'll be so distracted by the ringing in his ears he won't mention your ray again. EDIT: Beaten to the Status suggestion, darn

Welcome to the forum. There is masses of advice and help on here, it's a very generous place. I've learnt so much over the 6 months, since I joined.

[quote name='Rosh' post='747642' date='Feb 16 2010, 07:13 PM']You are the first to say so! So thank you very much! Good job I believe everything I see on the internetz! Marvin, how could you be in such a cruddy remake?![/quote] Awful wasn't it, the only remotely decent character in it was me. Brain the size of a planet and what've they got me doing? Propping up a dismal excuse for a film.

[quote name='Jerry_B' post='747479' date='Feb 16 2010, 05:17 PM']Nah - first it was a serialised comic in 'Warrior'. Then it was a colourised graphic novel. [i]Then[/i] it was one of the worst films ever made I'll get me anorak...[/quote] I quite enjoyed the film, but I've got notoriously bad taste

[quote name='bilbo230763' post='747416' date='Feb 16 2010, 04:31 PM']The thing that I practice most is the one thing that eludes me the most. When you make noise on a bass, it requires two fingers to act in unison; the finger that determines pitch and the [size=6]finget[/size] that determines volume, dynamics etc. Once that note has been played, other fingers do other things but, at the point of creation, your two hands are working together to create a single sound. If you are playing minims on the first beat of every bar, its not too hard to get your hands working together. When you are playing something complex, however, you are required to make your two hands operate as one in a unified way, in a way that makes each note as long or as short and as loud or as quiet as it needs to be. If I don't practice, even for a couple of days, THAT is what I lose first. The longer I go between gigs, the less sharp this becomes and the harder I have to work to get it back to form. On top of this, however, comes the brain; getting the mind to think clearly enough and quickly enough to formulate ideas in real time then getting that brain to make choices and to tell you hands to do the things required to execute the idea that is forming in your head; that is the thing. So, if I do a gig that requires the execution of complex ideas, I need to be mentally sharp and physically sharp. As an improvising musician, I don't practice what I am playing, I practice playing things that are hard so that when I need it, my hands and my head are working together as one. The scales and exercises are about muscle memory and getting used to and internalising note sequences, intervals, sounds that I can use in my playing. To be honest, its not the technique that matters as much as it is the ability to bring the idea to life. The more you practice, the less you have to rely on cliched patterns and the more you can let your head and your ears guide you. But regurgitating the practice regime on stage is uninspiring and uninspired. Its then that you are seeking to go beyond yourself. Virtuosity, in my mind, is being able to do what you want to do when you want to do it. How fast you play in doing it is completely irrelevant.[/quote] Crickey you're gonna have to practice a lot if you've only got finget's, are they that small? Seriously, understand and agree with that.

[quote name='mgibson' post='747248' date='Feb 16 2010, 02:10 PM']Genrally if electronic things don't work, i shout at them for a while and if that dosen't do anything i phone someone who knws what they're doing and get them to sort it out....[/quote] That's fiendishly cunning, I like your style.

[quote name='Jerry_B' post='747319' date='Feb 16 2010, 03:14 PM']Math pop and math rock has been around for quite a while now, so those of you feeling old aren't prey to not knowing some 'new' thing HollyDTVGE - have you heard of a math-rock band called [b]V For Vendetta[/b]...? Might be your cup of tea.[/quote] That's a film!