Rich

Covers vs. originals vs. tributes, oh god here we go again. Have I slipped into some sort of Groundhog Day?

I like to think that in my head I am still in my teens... but I have 2 pairs of slippers and caught myself looking at [i]cardigans[/i] in Debenhams a few months back. [size=1]Although in my defence, one of my pairs of slippers are Gromit ones a bit like [url="http://www.toonhound.com/wrboots-2.jpg"]these[/url]. Actually, this probably makes it worse.[/size]

[quote name='Soulfinger' post='403703' date='Feb 8 2009, 07:48 PM']I´m sure a lot of the guys here playing in covers bands would love to have the opportunity to play stuff like "Isn´t she Lovely" and "[b]I Wish[/b]". Both cracking tunes and very inspiring to play IMHO.[/quote]Yes, it's in our set... and yes, oh god I LOVE playing it. The groove is so cool, it gives me goosebumps. Wonderful, if you pardon the pun.

Nice one Al, good luck for Friday.

[quote name='OutToPlayJazz' post='403244' date='Feb 8 2009, 10:40 AM']If you're a musician on the payroll, you turn up on time, play the gig, get paid and go home. End of story. You just have to keep your mouth shut and take the money...[/quote] Absolutely. For a paid dep, this is the only possible mantra. [quote name='OldGit' post='403307' date='Feb 8 2009, 12:12 PM']Stevie has his moments too ..[/quote] Exhibit #1 for the prosecution: I Just Called To Say I Love You But he can be forgiven for almost anything, simply for giving us Superstition, Sir Duke and I Wish.

This sit. is no longer vac. (pending rehearsals) Will let you know how I get on!

What we need now is an 8 page thread on the inappropriate use of a pick.

[quote name='LWTAIT' post='402500' date='Feb 6 2009, 11:34 PM']im not saying its an ugly bass, but its just a fender copy.[/quote] 'Tis true, he could IMHO have found something nicer for the front page -- I bet it's a beaut to play, but sorry to whoever owns it, but it isn't really a looker -- but it's not "just a Fender copy" any more than ferret's red 'un is just a P copy. Personally if I'd been choosing a 'straight' looking bass for the shop window, I'd have used the lovely burst Jazz at the bottom of the sale stock page. Oh, the GAS when I look at that one...

Try a model shop? Back when I used to glue bits of plastic together as a hobby, you used to be able to get various plastic sections in lengths -- I'm pretty sure round white rods were among the available bits.

I had to drill a hole for an extra control, as the EMG eq system I got was the BQS 3-band with the sweepable mid. There was plenty of room for the extra control. If you fitted a 2-band eq then obviously you wouldn't need to do any drilling (or any other mods). The EMG pickups are exactly the same size as the crappy stock ones.

+1 for Frank Dunnery, Al Murphy and the astonishing Martin Taylor, but my absolute favourite is [b]Mike Stern [/b](ex Miles Davis and Blood Sweat & Tears).

I think the Norwich gig will be the closest one to Bilbo... I'm sure he'd love to come along

[quote name='lozbass' post='401182' date='Feb 5 2009, 04:09 PM']I love the title of the thread - I don't know how many times I've said the same![/quote]God yes -- if I had a tenner for every time I've said/thought "Yay, I'll never need another amp/cab/whatever again"...

I had a Tobias Pro six string for quite a while, and had always intended upgrading the bits. The standard Mighty Mite pickups and guts were weedier than a very weedy thing. I replaced the internals with an EMG 3-band system which was very good, but never got round to doing the pickups. I needed EMG-40Ps but couldn't afford them I don't like Barts personally. A lot of it depends on the sound you want really. Bart pickups for example will give you a warmer tone than EMGs. The possibilities are wide. Is yours a 4, 5 or 6?

[quote name='Hamster' post='401198' date='Feb 5 2009, 04:21 PM']Carol Kaye will be along in a minute to take the credit for this! [/quote] coffee->screen

[quote name='SteveK' post='400793' date='Feb 5 2009, 11:03 AM']Or maybe more appropriately, [b][i]"Can I nominate this for the best quote if the going gets sticky"[/i][/b] [/quote] Or how about "[b]Can I nominate this for the best stick if the quote gets going[/b]"? Perhaps not.

I love everything about it, except the control plate. It just looks cheap and completely ruins the aesthetics.

That PJB amp looks very impressive... until you find the bit that says: [quote]Weight: 110 lbs[/quote] It made my back hurt just reading it.

I lost my Akai PSU in my last house move, so I've been using the PSU from my old Digitech BP80, which seems to work fine. It doesn't like any of my other 9v PSUs though. Verrry strange.

[quote name='YouMa' post='399157' date='Feb 3 2009, 05:14 PM']i wouldnt class neil diamond as jazz myself.[/quote] [quote name='BigBeefChief' post='399271' date='Feb 3 2009, 07:02 PM']Agreed. Neil Diamond has done some good stuff and plays to large audiences.[/quote]

[quote name='Wil' post='398914' date='Feb 3 2009, 01:42 PM']I actually preferred the tone of my old wood necked Series 1 to my graphite necked S2, however, so I'd agree its very subjective![/quote] Yup. I have an old wood-necked Series 1 and prefer it to most of the [s]plastic[/s] graphite Status necks I've tried.

[quote name='Rayman' post='399044' date='Feb 3 2009, 03:32 PM']Everything is [i]your[/i] personal taste. You like it = it's great You hate it = it's sh*t Pretty straight forward to me. I love [i]some[/i] jazz, Metal, Dub, Country, Pop...etc....etc I also equally hate [i]some[/i] jazz. metal.....etc.....etc Music is great, embrace it [i]all[/i] my brothers (and sisters).[/quote] Every other post in this thread is now meaningless.

[quote name='William James Easton' post='398893' date='Feb 3 2009, 01:25 PM']i'm not having a 'pop', tut tut.[/quote] Ahem... [quote name='William James Easton' post='398731' date='Feb 3 2009, 11:29 AM']now i'm in the mood for poking at something so this mornign i've chosen the Chapmanstick.[/quote]

[quote name='doctor_of_the_bass' post='398849' date='Feb 3 2009, 12:57 PM']Aww! Just literally (or is that litearally!) got back from hospital - still alive! The surgery was actually undertaken from the outer ear so the removal of the mastoid infection was done without having to drill loads of it out from behind the ear - the new `temple-skin graft' eardrum is in place and packed so should have a better clue as to whether the hearing comes back in 3 weeks time! Thanks for all the wishes - really appreciate them! Am staying with relatives for a few days but will be back online later this week! Stay tuned! Nick[/quote] Ah yes, now I remember what you were suffering from..! My son had mastoiditis when he was younger, although his was sorted out fairly quickly he had the added complication of a [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cholesteatoma"]cholesteatoma[/url] growth too. Thankfully he has recovered fully from both and his hearing is still good -- he's only lost 10% or so in that ear, but that is apparently entirely down to the cholthingy, not the mastoiditis. So you should be fine!

Well, some of its strings are in the bass register. So in part it could be viewed as a bass, yes. But is it a bass [i]guitar[/i]? No, it's a Chapman Stick. It essentially performs the same sort of task as an ERB, it's just played differently, that's all. Yes, Tony Levin plays one, and so does Nick Beggs. They are bass players who also happen to play the Stick. [quote name='William James Easton' post='398731' date='Feb 3 2009, 11:29 AM']I am ( a little narrow minded) of the school of thought that a bass is... [b]a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers[/b] or thumb (either by plucking, slapping, popping, [b]tapping[/b], or thumping), or by using a pick.[/quote]Check. [quote]The bass guitar is similar in appearance and construction to an electric guitar, but with a larger body[/quote]Errm, Steinberger anybody..? [quote]the electric bass guitar is usually plugged into an amplifier and speaker for live performances.[/quote]Check [quote]Surley a multi stringed instrument of higher register is not a bass?[/quote]But it's not an instrument of purely higher register, any more than an ERB is. If you're going to take issue with the Stick, you should be having a pop at 7/8/9/+ string bass guitars too.