Rich

The last show I went to was basically two hours on the road for little more than overly-loud software demonstrations and a huge bunch of spotty teenagers trying desperately to out-widdle each other. And the ones on the guitars were even worse. There was almost nothing of interest bass-wise, the sole exception being the good Doctor with his E-Basses. Apart from that it was a low-end desert. I wouldn't have minded picking up a bargain, but all I left with was the prospect of a two hour journey home. So I won't be going to this one.

Having identified a Les Paul, he's obviously a muso of some sort.... he's probably feeling all insecure cos he's realised how sh*t his own band are. Obviously a coward with a dick the size of a gherkin. Ask him when his band are playing next, so you can go along and then slag them off afterwards too.

Spoiled only by the ladies in the background swapping makeup tips and hilarious sexual anecdotes about their boyfriends...

My experiences of Barto pickups are not inspiring either. Is it worth considering a pickup swap too?

A dead easy example of the one+groove thang is the Prince tune 'Head'. Dead easy to learn, but an object lesson in funkygroovaliciousness.

Why, what have they done to you?

Why is it that female bassists can look so much cooler than guys?

[i]*deafening silence of people queuing up to disagree, not*[/i]

Alex, your guitarist is an utter twat.

I quite like the question on the Bass Player mag's 'Introduce Yourself' section, "what was your lightbulb moment?". I think it'd be a good one for pretty much every player.

I sing. Dabbled with drums at school but never got far beyond 4-on-the-floor. That's about it. Oh, and I play a sh*t hot air-guitar.

[quote name='dood' post='69276' date='Oct 3 2007, 10:06 PM']Sometimes even just getting EMG pups is a hassle![/quote]Can say that again. Jon's said that in the past EMG have had him tearing (what's left of) his hair out in frustation. I think they dragged their heels a bit with my TWs.

That colour plumbs hitherto unknown depths of wrongness. I thought [color="#FF00FF"]pink[/color] cars were bad enough (apart from FAB1 of course), but that colour has given me eyestrain just looking at the picture.

That headstock is a face only a mother could love. Ug-leeeeeeee.

Stevie Ray Vaughan -- Little Wing (for my money, superior to Hendrix's original) Madness -- One Step Beyond The Specials -- Gangsters (not strictly a cover of Prince Buster's 'Al Capone' but based heavily on it, and an utter classic)

God yes, her Fields Of Gold is beautiful too.

[quote name='The_D' post='67109' date='Sep 28 2007, 08:35 PM']Well I meant none of the above that I had mentioned I agree with Bohemian Rhapsodie being pretty dang un-coverable![/quote]Not so... many years back I saw a band in an hotel in Jakarta play an absolutely blinding version of this... they had all the vocal harmony parts spot-on, everything. It was brilliant, I mean goose-bumpingly good.

Shame, he's a nice guy.

[quote name='bass_ferret' post='68080' date='Oct 1 2007, 12:32 PM']Joe Cockers "With a Little Help............."[/quote] Absolutely, definitely +1000000. JC's is the definitive version of that song. JMHO of course.

Watching this with keen interest. [quote name='DHA' post='66370' date='Sep 27 2007, 12:18 PM']Okay, talked me into it. [attachment=2495:PICT0029.JPG] The larger transformer is the mains one the smaller is the output transformer. There is a 12ax7 pre-amp/driver valve and a Mullard EL90 output valve which is part of the EL34, EL84 family and sounds great IMHO. The VT1-Purist-Pro is acting as the main pre-amp and will push the output stage into overdrive with ease. The finished amp will have a 400W SS power amp, DI and Line out, VT1 pre-amp, tone controls, valve blended Fx loop, valve compressor and tuner mute. Dave[/quote] Perfect. All it needs is a rackmount kit.

[quote name='Jean-Luc Pickguard' post='63822' date='Sep 21 2007, 08:37 PM']I used to use Rotosound flats, but I had three sets of crap ones turn up in one order once and haven't risked them since.[/quote]That's what killed Rotos for me -- 2 crap sets in a row. And then a few years later, the same thing happened with Elites.

[quote name='SJA' post='67520' date='Sep 29 2007, 10:32 PM']there's a nice fretless mini-solo in the long version of Gary Moore's "empty rooms". there are clips on youtube with Bob Daisley playing it live, I think it was [b]Mo Foster[/b] who played it on record.[/quote]It certainly was, and he's another geezer well worth checking out fretlessly. His solo album 'Bel Assis' is superb. (As is his book '17 Watts?', it's a scream.)

Oh poo

And now the same recording but this time [b]JUST THE BASS..!![/b] [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfDE-ZvfOwU&mode=related&search="]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfDE-ZvfOwU...ted&search=[/url] (Note: nothing happens until 00:53 or so... then all hell breaks loose..!) [size=1]I like some of the comments from the muppets who are convinced that's a Warwick bass... [/size]