Rich

[quote name='stingrayfan' post='642418' date='Nov 1 2009, 11:35 AM']They need to get away from doing long drawn out Q+As with players people have never heard of/care about[/quote] To be honest, I'd far rather read i/views with lesser known players than yet another bloody article on [i]*insert name of v.famous bassist here*[/i]. Dave Swift is a case in point -- most people have probably never heard of him, but his interview in BGM is one of the best they've ever had. Just my 2p.

[quote name='OldGit' post='643996' date='Nov 2 2009, 11:16 PM']Just tell them and give them notice, say a month, and offer to help them get a new person up to speed. If you have gigs booked you should honor them but then just move on. They will find their way without you...[/quote] Aye, what he just said.

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I've got your '...Kirby Dots' album on my mp3 player, it's definitely left field but excellent stuff. Every time I listen, I hear something new. It's strangely disturbing in places too!

[quote name='skankdelvar' post='642942' date='Nov 1 2009, 10:46 PM']Also, third party reports of these disputes have a habit of getting round. Whether or not the guy's a w***er, shouting at him doesn't help your band's rep. However stupid the organiser, it's their house and their rules. Unless they stiff you for payment, at which point all bets are off.[/quote] +1. Stuff like that can get your band a bad reputation that will follow you around for ages.

I come from the age of vinyl, like the author of that article -- when you went into town on Saturday afternoon with your few quid and scoured the record shops, coming home with 2,3, maybe 4 carefully selected albums. You put on an album, you listened to the whole thing, all the way through, carefully. Listened again. And again, if it really grabbed you. And again, if it was an instant classic. Back then I think I probably knew every lyric to every song on every album I owned, because music was very definitely finite and so we listened more carefully. Perhaps we even treasured it more?

My Ideal Custom Bass? I already own it

[quote name='P-T-P' post='560435' date='Aug 4 2009, 04:37 PM']Personally, I love, love, love my DJ5.[/quote] Yes, and having played it at OG's place I love love love your DJ5 too. Absolutely gorgeous.

I would go with ToP, but I'd be thinking of Esperanza Here's another epic dilemma...

[quote name='Kirky' post='631757' date='Oct 20 2009, 07:25 PM']I've ordered the parts and am going to have a go this weekend. Do you reckon it needs the carpet on the underside or could I just glue the platfoam direct to the wood?[/quote] You can glue the platfoam to the wood. That's what I did.

The Fly guitars are gorgeous, and if I was a guitard I'd have one in a heartbeat. The Fly basses are, to my mind, utterly fugly. Golchen's right, they look lardarsed.

300 notes, christ that's a bargain.

[quote name='bilbo230763' post='636792' date='Oct 26 2009, 11:23 AM']Just to stir things up[/quote] What, you? surely not! :lol:

The Cali JM5 is one of the few basses I have serious GAS for.

[quote name='Crazykiwi' post='635852' date='Oct 25 2009, 03:48 AM']topic title edited for the benefit of basschat's pedants. [/quote] I don't know what you're on about.

[quote name='wateroftyne' post='618750' date='Oct 6 2009, 03:41 PM']The BFB Big One might do it for me, mind..[/quote] +1 I adored the sound of my old SWR Triad, just wished it was lighter and a bit more ballsy. So the Big One would be the obvious choice.

Trumpet player's mate took this one of me at a gig a while back. I adore it. [attachment=35064:purple_haze.jpg]

That's why I'm bringing my cans! Seriously though, I recommend bringing 'em if you've got 'em. And yes, Shuttle+Bareface is a combination I'd like to hear too.

[quote name='OldGit' post='634339' date='Oct 23 2009, 12:19 PM']Carpel tunnel op? Sorry to hear that, Rich.[/quote] Don't be... I'm not! I'm looking forward to getting my fingers back.

There isn't one on the list yet, so I'll bring along my nice new G-B Shuttle 6.0 (now added to list ) I won't bother bringing cabs as it looks like there will be plenty there already*. Will definitely bring my cans though..! Not sure I'll be doing much playing, as it's only going to be 3 weeks after my carpal tunnel operation. * Unless anyone desperately wants to see/hear a pair of Nemesis 1x15s..?

People always focus almost entirely on his slap playing, which is very unfair really. His fingerstyle grooving is as tight as a gnat's chuff, and his ability to sing over even his most fearsomely complex bass parts is just uncanny. For my money, [i]that's[/i] his most impressive facet. I get a bit bored with his wockity-wockity slap stuff these days. [quote name='doctor_of_the_bass' post='634000' date='Oct 22 2009, 11:19 PM']Can't believe I bought it ten years ago. The good old days of Yahoo Clubs and the Webdigest eh Rich! Hey, that means we have known each other for 120 months![/quote] Oh damn, and I haven't bought you an anniversary present! Errm, can I take you out for dinner to make up for it? :lol: