Rich

IMO, pain is your body's way of telling you to stop doing whatever it is that's hurting, before it does some real damage. The way I see it is: No Pain, [s]No Gain[/s] Good.

It all makes sense, certainly, and for me at least funky = good. Although having said that, the term 'funk' is used in as broad a sense as 'rock'. True funk, for me, is everybody on the ONE -- James Brown, Parliament, make my funk the p-funk y'awl 'Funky' can encompass all manner of stuff though, it all depends what floats your boat. Do you want to stretch the definition as far as Chic style 'disco'ish funk? Where it starts to get tricky for you is:[quote name='Marvin' post='655380' date='Nov 15 2009, 08:02 PM']and just as important people will want to hear[/quote]The average punter will never have heard Machine Gun, or that damn fine Stretch tune either. Or the majority of James Brown's or Clinton's repertoires for that matter.

+1 for the 90s being a low point. Certainly was for me anyway, musically and otherwise!

Using 'Toast' as representative of Paul Young's career is a bit like suggesting that Stevie Wonder's sole contribution to music is I Just Called To Say I Love You. Anyone remember the [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q-Tips_(band)"]Q-Tips[/url]... 600 gigs in just two years? Still, it's not surprising to see this turning into a 'The Stuff I Like Is Great And Everything Else Is Crap' thread. We were about due for another one.

[quote name='ezbass' post='654397' date='Nov 14 2009, 12:15 PM']I think the 80s gets way too much stick, having been around since the 60s and listening to music all that time, I can honestly say that the 80s were the best for me by far. OK the fashions were strange, but in retrospect what fashions aren't strange? H&C's Labour Of Love, great song, thanks for reminding me of them.[/quote] A-flippin-men old chap. I [i]loved[/i] the 80s, sure there was some crap music but oh man there were some belters too. And that H&C track is one of them. Pino... we are not worthy.

[quote name='chardbass' post='654153' date='Nov 13 2009, 11:50 PM']Back to Level 42- no slap but this has to be one of the most haunting tunes for anyone who had their heart broken in the late 80s- sorry to open those old wounds again[/quote] For me, [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFfcr3PzCO4&feature=fvsr"]it was this one[/url]. Old wounds notwithstanding, this is in my top 5 favourite songs of all time and way up there on the Songs I Wish I'd Written list.

Reply to them saying "Sure, no problem, the promoters' website is [i]www.hahahaf**koffyoulosers.com[/i]"...

It's nearly 40 miles away, but it's only just down the road from the office so I go straight from work.

[quote name='Kev' post='653461' date='Nov 13 2009, 10:54 AM']Wal 5 string[/quote] Oh yes, good call. Santa, please keep the DJ5 and bring me a Wal 5 instead...

Lakky DJ5, candy apple red with pearly white plate, rosewood board with blocks, matching CAR headstock. And red side LEDs

[quote name='skankdelvar' post='653272' date='Nov 13 2009, 01:30 AM']It's really quite difficult to get [i]those[/i] sounds out of a bass - because it wasn't designed to do that job.[/quote] The bass guitar was originally designed to do two jobs -- 1) to deliver accurately intonated notes, and 2) be louder & smaller than a double bass. That's it. No picks, no slaps, no glassy top end, no tonal variation, nothing. How many of us here can say that we have never, [i]ever[/i] asked more of it than its original brief?

[quote name='Count Bassy' post='652416' date='Nov 12 2009, 11:05 AM']Neither of these do much for me. That's not just because I can't do it myself - there's plenty out there that I can't do (lets face it - practically all of it) that does do something for me. This simply does not.[/quote] Fair enough. At least you didn't write it off on the basis of it looking weird. [quote]With all that fiddling with the D-tuner wouldn't he be better off with a five string?[/quote] Watch him carefully -- that's [i]four[/i] detuners on the headstock and at least two at the bridge. Good luck in finding a 5-string (or in fact an anything-string) capable of all the different tuning combinations possible with that lot (I can't be arsed to do the maths) For anyone not put off by his tunings or his trousers, there's a good interview [url="http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=121387"]here[/url].

Gig dragged to -- Michael Bolton, supported by Kenny G Silver lining -- Vail Johnson on bass spectacular playing, and what a sound

If I only liked or listened to stuff that really relates to what I do, my playlists would be extremely short.

Was GASing for a G-B Shuttle back in August. Got one now

This is stunning.

I have 2 amp heads -- Genz-Benz Shuttle 6 and Hartke 3500 -- while cab-wise I have the two Nemesis 1x15s plus an old SWR Bass Monitor 1x12. For rehearsals, I generally take one of the 15s plus the Hartke (I have a complete set of all the necessary leads etc stowed in the back of the Hartke's case, so it's an easy one-trip-from-the-car setup), with the bigger amp and both the 15s going out to gigs. The wedge comes in handy sometimes, but it's kinda heavy. I might fit a neo speaker at some point.

Dennis Rollins... the first Bad Bone album in particular is a diamond.

When i saw the Manics a couple of years back, they were the same -- at least one & often two uncredited & unacknowledged mystery guys at the back, filling the sound out. I spent most of the gig marvelling at the sheer awfulness of Nicky Wire's sound.

The Pursuit Of Accidents album is probably my favourite L42 one, and IMHO has King's best recorded bass sound... to my ears, it sounds like they put his live touring rig in a room with a couple of mics.

You're not keen on the non-defeatable nature of the G-B Shuttle 6's valve preamp? why is that, just out of interest? I am overjoyed with the sound of mine, it's simply brilliant. [quote name='funkle' post='645952' date='Nov 5 2009, 08:13 AM']I'm going to see if I can get an AI Focus/Clarus and an EA iAmp Micro 550 in the same room as my Acme B2. I hope I don't have to buy both of them![/quote] Honestly, I would recommend including a Shuttle in that shoot-out. And if you do manage to get them all together, make sure you give us a full report!