Rich

Aahhhhh. So it's a clever way of calling it 'Memory Man with Stuff'

He's right. Welcome to friendly tolerant multicultural olde merrie England.

[quote name='marcus bell' post='316765' date='Oct 28 2008, 03:14 PM']mark king is best, period....[/quote] Nope, joint 7th best apparently

What's a hazarai..?

[quote name='The Funk' post='316551' date='Oct 28 2008, 11:12 AM']With the exception of Wunjo and Vintage&Rare, neither of which are part of the company which owns ALL of the others - and which both have excellent customer service. Wunjo even have good prices if you ask for them.[/quote] +1, esp. for V&R. I have never found anything other than courtesy in there. Plus of course some hand-bitingly gorgeous exotica. [quote name='EssentialTension' post='316266' date='Oct 27 2008, 10:50 PM']So, Doctor of the Bass just didn't know the correct question to ask. It's probably something like: 'Could you direct me to the whereabouts of the bass of doom?'. Then they reply: 'Of course, sir, it's so nice to have you with us. Please come this way'. :ph34r:[/quote] "Good morning. It's a very nice day." "Yes, but later it is said there will be rain." "Just a shower, I am sure." *locks door* "Very good sir. Follow me through the secret passageway, the Jamerson bass is waiting for you..."

[quote name='OldGit' post='304021' date='Oct 10 2008, 03:47 PM']Can I tell them their sound man instructions Rich? eh, eh? can I eh?[/quote] Haha, yeah g'wan... it was a cracker [quote name='OldGit' post='304046' date='Oct 10 2008, 04:08 PM']And then there was the support band of 16 year olds doing great Hendrix stuff who thought it hilarious to have a water fight in the dressing room tent whilst we were on stage .. and I don't think we'd upset them at all, they were just being rock and roll.... all over our stuff ....[/quote]Ah yes, the little darlings... I remember that one... driving home in my sweaty stage shirt because my real clothes were too wet to put back on

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I'm not going to argue with that top 3 My tie-break votes would be: 05) Marcus Miller (can I vote for Ged too..?) 07) Pino

[quote name='BigBeefChief' post='315955' date='Oct 27 2008, 04:23 PM']I'm not so sure. I see C sharp as the greedy bisexual between C and D.[/quote] And that E flat is just gagging for it. The dirty little tramp.

[quote name='EBS_freak' post='315836' date='Oct 27 2008, 02:23 PM']Man, did you watch Saw 2 last night... being thrown in a pit of hypodermic needles to find a key seems a little nasty for my liking...[/quote] Oh my god... I have something approching a phobia of needles... if I'd seen that, I think I'd have fainted.

[quote name='The Funk' post='315735' date='Oct 27 2008, 12:54 PM']Agreed. I'd call them up and tell them you'd like to meet up to discuss the future of the band and your place in it. I voted for the beginning of a rehearsal 'cos that's probably the easiest time to get them all in a room together but really, just tell them you want to get them all in a room together to discuss something important. They might have an idea of what the conversation will be about but what's wrong with that?[/quote]+1. Don't do it via email, it's really impersonal. One step up from being dumped via text.

IIRC it was destroyed in the fire at his house a few years back, and he hasn't got another one. I think he said that EBMM were reluctant to make another because of all the one-off tooling costs. Would love to be corrected though.

I bet he'd crawl naked over broken glass to get JPJ on board

My top trio, today: [list] [*]Marcus Miller [*]Michael Manring [*]Alain Caron [/list] As for the guys who made me want to pick up the bass in the first place: [list] [*]Dave Steele (The Beat) [*]Mark King [*]Tony Butler [/list] As far as Macca is concerned... OK maybe not the flashest of players all the time, and yes perhaps there's a lot of root-five at times, but as has been said, why not if that's what fits the songs? (I can but add a +1 to MoJoKe's excellent point here: "[i]A [b]really[/b] good bass player with great timing and, yes, groove, can be [b]completely[/b] invisible, and make the song sound brilliant[/i]".) On the other hand, there are lovely melodic lines like Lady Madonna... cracking stuff. He may not be my personal choice as a big influence, but I can definitely understand if he is for some people. Also... Sgt. Pepper's is 'unimaginative'? The birth of the concept album, '[i]unimaginative[/i]'?

[quote name='MoJoKe' post='315632' date='Oct 27 2008, 10:50 AM']Yes, it did all get rather too much of a din from time to time (sorry from me when I had any part in this, but blame Bernie G for I didn't touch any amps!!). For such a successful event, it perhaps may be better to consider a bigger or multi room venue next time, so there might be a more effective split of sound areas, with consideration, but not [i]just [/i]for the benefit of the acoustic guys....[/quote] Yes, dividing the electric from the acoustic would be a good idea... tell you what though, compared to the last couple of shows I'd been to, this one was almost silent..! And all the better for it.

[quote name='MoJoKe' post='315516' date='Oct 27 2008, 07:54 AM']he told me they were all on their "other" stand.....[/quote] Other stand my arse... from what I could see, there was [i]one[/i] Fender bass in that entire room Ah well, the Lakkies are miles better anyway.

[quote name='Johngh' post='314657' date='Oct 25 2008, 05:45 PM']Absolutely +1. Like what was said in a previous post, we had no idea what we tunes were going to play until we turned up at Church, the Pastor would give us a list and off we'd go. As I don't read music at all, not even chord charts it pushed me to a whole new level of bass playing. Luckily I have an excellent musical ear and can pick things up very quickly. The Church has full P.A. mixing desk etc so the sound is very good.[/quote] [quote name='lowdown' post='314675' date='Oct 25 2008, 06:12 PM']Believe it or not, this is not unique to Church Musicians.. [/quote] I don't think he ever said that it was...

[quote name='Crazykiwi' post='314735' date='Oct 25 2008, 08:01 PM']Nick, do you normally mention to total strangers that you own 57 basses?[/quote] Hidden in the darkest depths of the wildest rainforests of Irian Jaya, there are tribes of pygmies hitherto undiscovered by modern man or the Discovery Channel. Even they know that Nick has 57 basses.

Thoroughly enjoyed Stuart C's seminar on Saturday, some great skills and a wonderful sound from that GBEBS combo..! Wish I'd known so may of my fellow BCers were in there... I was the one asking about double-thumbing, and Stu's following explanation was very thorough and easy to understand. I might even give it a bash myself now! The Manson weirdies were interesting to behold, no doubting the beautiful craftsmanship in the mermaid and the 21-string acoustic monster, but not my cup of tea sonically. Had a quick bash on that lovely blue Lakky DJ5, and am now GASing for one big-style. What a fabulous sound. Love it. My gtrist mate was very taken with the seriously clever Peavey amp sim recording software, incredible stuff. Some lovely jazz guitars in abundance on the various stands too. Disappointed in the Gibson stand, a huge range of Les Pauls and very little else. VERY disappointed in the Fender stand... [i]one[/i] bass? Come on guys, not good enough by half. Nice to see Jim Marshall... The Father Of Loud, indeed. The daddy of music as we know it. Respect. Gutted to have missed JJB though! I came away with a few freebies, my one cash investment of the day was one of the [url="http://www.chiptrac.co.uk/musitrac.htm"]Musitrac instrument microchip [/url]thingies. Have just installed it in the Shuker, a bit nerve-racking drilling a hole in my pride and joy but a dead easy job and a bit of peace-of-mind.

I'll be there today

[quote name='LukeFRC' post='313457' date='Oct 23 2008, 11:52 PM']and conversely no evidence of God's non existence.[/quote] Sounds a bit like the old business with Iraq and their supposed WMDs to me... how on earth do you prove beyond all doubt that something [u]doesn't[/u] exist? Ah well. Yes. Music. What with this being the General Bass Discussion area and all... [quote]anyway, anyone for some bass playing, i enjoyed that video of John entwistle, although i think his bass would look daft on a little guy like me.[/quote] The JE biog film was shown on the Biography channel again earlier. Thoroughly enjoyed it, although he was getting some seriously crap sounds from the rig in his drawing room!

[quote name='Merton' post='312990' date='Oct 23 2008, 02:20 PM']Just had an email from Ashdown, they say "fingers crossed" they'll be in stores mid November.....[/quote] They've probably got their 'fingers crossed' that they don't all go ffzzztttttt within 6 weeks too.

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