Rich

Yes, 5.2 apparently

If you get a bow, you've gotta learn the Elephant from Saint-Saëns' Carnival Of The Animals

[quote name='bassace' post='171756' date='Apr 7 2008, 09:04 PM']I know it says 'Upton' but I can't remember what else..............................doh![/quote] 'Upton Top Ranking' perhaps? [size=1]I'll get me coat.[/size]

A Status Kingbass 5 with the silly 'bendwell' is 32", I've not heard good or bad about them though. Anybody?

Anything as long as it's not Les "look at me, I'm being wacky!" Claypool...

I shall be round to yours for a play the moment it arrives

Watched it on Friday, have only just got round to commenting here: Estelle -- music not my cuppa tea, but jaHEEzus was that band tight or what? Cracking performance. Adele -- yeah she can sing (apart from that Winehouse/Allen/Kate f***ing Nash it's-like-me-accent-innit voice that drives me up the wall), but did anybody else find her habit of gazing at two bits of ceiling and looking really bored INCREDIBLY annoying? Black Kids -- speechless. I was aching to tune the "singer"s Tele properly, and then twat him with it. The Only Ones -- oh my god, Perrett looked genuinely frightening. Instead of telling kids to 'just say no', all we need to do is show them a picture of him. James Taylor -- loved it, especially Copperline. Lovely, moving song. Best thing on the entire show IMHO. 'Jazz' trio whose name I can't even remember -- diabolical. I've heard better jazz from crusties in the subway.

[quote name='bnt' post='170156' date='Apr 5 2008, 10:45 AM']Well, are that many people anti-ERB?[/quote]If you remember some of the other ERB threads we've had here in the past, you'll know that the answer is a resounding 'yes'.

To be honest, the only answer we need to the OP question "Why play a 6 string, or a 7?" is:[quote name='metaltime' post='169648' date='Apr 4 2008, 09:56 AM']why the hell not[/quote] Some people love 'em, others don't. Nobody should have to justify playing one if they want to play one. I simply fail to understand why so many people seem to be quite so anti-ERB (or for that matter, anti-4string). At the end of the day, surely we all play music because we love doing so, not because we think it's clever? Can't we all just get along? [size=1]If anyone wants me, I'll be in the corner playing a George Harrison album and going "om".[/size]

[quote name='Crazykiwi' post='168929' date='Apr 3 2008, 09:52 AM']I don't have a party piece although I do get the occasional break down to groove over which usually met with total indifference from the audience (although there was one exception recently when I got a cheer, but only one mind.). I'm crap at soloing because its not what motivates me, its the team work that I tend to get off on.[/quote] Generally, +1 to all that -- I'm happiest in a pocket/groove/bus driver's seat. That said, I do have a party piece... it's a slightly modified version of Hellborg's version (stay with me here) of 'Little Wing'. If you haven't heard Hellborg's take, do yourself a favour and track it down. Anyway, said party piece only very rarely gets an airing these days, although it used to be my solo spot back in the days of my fusion trio. It has a certain amount of flash twonkhood, but it does demonstrate the potential of the bass guitar in terms of bass, melody and chords, all in the same piece. Thus proving to the civilians that our instrument is capable of faaaar more than just standing at the back going 'plunk plunk' (which I dare say is how a lot of them see us).

Things I regret not buying when I saw them (some of them going back a few years): [list] [*]SWR Stereo 800 power amp, new - £200 [*]MM Stingray - £250, yes really [*]Shergold 8-string - £175 [*]'70 Dodge Challenger - £850 (OK, a bit OT but I bloody wish I'd bought it!) [/list] Things I regret not doing: [list] [*]Not learning to play the piano my parents had when I was growing up. [*]Not going up to London with my drummer mate in 1987 to follow the dream... he ended up playing for a living and toured Japan with the James Taylor Quartet, I ended up working in a bloody office [*]Not learning to read music. Yes I know it's still not too late, but I could have done it 20 years ago. [/list]

Played Gloucester Guildhall's 20th Anniversary Bash last night, top gig despite Dave the voice suffering from man flu... he struggled on, brave soul sound was great, but the drum riser had been put well off-centre... so just for a change, me and Moo the keys had lots of room and the horns were squished up... boy did they complain about it too. Hah! Welcome to my world boys :lol: The only downer was getting to bed at 3.30am...

CK and Jon Shuker discuss their secret plans for world domination The following picture is entitled "Respect Is Due" In the stripey shirt is the legendary John East of J-Retro fame Basses of the day for me: the maple singlecut five that Jon Shuker turned up with, and CK's awesome Celinder Jazz. Oh, and the good Doctor's gorgeous Pangborn Warlord... a lovely slice of 80s retro in wood form Now I remember why I so very nearly bought one back in '86 Amp of the day? Gotta be that Sunn..!

HEY, WHAT A CRACKING DAY Well worth spending 5+ hours on the road for. Gents/laydeeez, I thank you. Photos tomorrow! My bass of the day? Well there's two really... the beautiful maple singlecut Mr.Shuker turned up with (dood, it's MINE I tell ya), and CK's awesome Celinder Jazz. Ja-HEEzus, that thing is a Phunk Monsta. And I propose a big vote of thanks to Mart for coming through with the sarnies. Top chap!

Don't like the OP one, but that blue one Ped posted is gorgeous. Works far better with the quilt than the traditional colours. I quite like sunburst [i]*glances over at baccy-burst Shuker standing in corner*[/i]

Hi Folks, I know there's been a 'gear' thread and a 'lifts' thread already but here's another thread to get a quick list together so we can see who's going to be there tomorrow. To start it off, there's us three coming up from the south: 1. Silverfoxnik 2. WalMan 3. Merton 4. Johngh 5. OBBM 6. G-77 7. Rich (hopefully) So, feel free to add your name and help move this along. See you all tomorrow.

[quote name='woodenshirt' post='165715' date='Mar 29 2008, 08:44 AM']Looks as though I might be able to make it to the Bash. I work for a sandwich manufacturer and might be able to sort out some sarnies for lunch, can't promise anything but if someone lets me know how many are likely to be attending then I'll see what I can do. Would people want free sandwiches? Just an idea, (Hopefully) see you all there, Mart.[/quote]Bloody marvellous idea, that would be great

Without question, a Parker Fly.

[quote name='7string' post='163987' date='Mar 26 2008, 07:07 PM']By the way, Tony Franklin on the first Blue Murder album and Marco Mendoza on "Screaming Blue Murder" prove that a fretless can hold it's own in a heavy rock setting!![/quote]And Steve DiGiorgio proves that fretless can hold its own in a thrash setting Fretless is brilliant, it's like a whole new instrument.

[quote name='Jean-Luc Pickguard' post='163420' date='Mar 25 2008, 10:32 PM']I tried some "vintage" 70s mustangs in Denmark street and for some reason the ones I was able to try were very knackered and/or very overpriced.[/quote]Overpriced stuff in Denmark St.? Surely not!

For me, this... although my beloved Wal Pro 2E does come a close second.

We had this when we headlined an outdoor gig in Gloucester a couple of years ago. Everything was running late and the curfew was getting closer and closer, so in a gallant effort to allow us something approaching a decent set, the main support (a fairly well-known US blues chap) was kind enough to... overrun by 10 minutes. Why the organisers didn't pull his plug, I do not know. Anyway, he left us a truly wonderful 35 minutes... needless to say I would not now piss on this bloke if he was on fire, never mind play on the same bill as him.

[quote name='queenofthedepths' post='161822' date='Mar 22 2008, 03:47 PM']metal is music to listen to whilst jazz is music to talk about![/quote][i]Totally[/i] disagree with that, but hey, it's for another thread