Rich

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[quote name='EdwardHimself' post='41231' date='Aug 4 2007, 11:49 AM']^that's not what i meant you silly boy![/quote]What [i]did[/i] you mean then, Captain Mainwaring?

When you start to think of all the things that have been recorded with it... this is the bass that did "Space Oddity", and "War Of The Worlds", and the electric part on "Walk On The Wild Side"... it's a piece of history

[quote name='EdwardHimself' post='41182' date='Aug 4 2007, 09:00 AM']personally i think the idea of having a fingerboard extension... is a bit silly[/quote]Why? Double bassists have been doing it for centuries!

Percy Jones' and John Giblin's work with Brand X is well worth checking out. I particularly recommend 'April' for starters, it's not a tremendously lengthy part but it's a lovely melodic piece which will help you work on vibrato and stuff. +1 for Alain Caron -- the guy is a genius, easily the best fretless player I have ever seen. Just... stunning.

It looks like a piece of purple silk rippling in a breeze... [size=1]ooh, get her with the poetry eh? [/size] That is stunning

Probably Warwick I suppose... Streamer S1, Hellborg rig and Red Labels. Although I'd flog the bass and get a Sh*k*r instead at the first available opportunity

I play righty, in fact I do almost everything right-handed. [i]Almost[/i] everything, mind.

Excellent! Yet another entrant for the Shuker Owners' Club Maple F'board Subsection And orange side LEDs too, top choice (he said without a hint of bias...) Speaking of which... whatever happened to the Owners' Club idea that was being discussed about 80 years ago?

Bloody hell, is that [i]really[/i] the same bass?? Nice one Doc, it looks brilliant. Any plans for an EQ upgrade?

You & I know of a bloke called FarOn who used to have a Key Factor a few years back. I seem to remember he was very keen on it. I tried an X Factor many years ago... it felt good to play & they have a slap sound to die for (Stu Hamm, Vail Johnson...). The little drop-D lever is a cool idea.

You've gotta be brutal. Just apply two criteria... 1)are you likely to use it, and 2)are you really actually sentimentally attached to it. If not, flog it, and ignore any thoughts of "yeah but it's nice to have around"... It's the only way to shift things.

[quote name='Bald Eagle' post='38694' date='Jul 29 2007, 11:21 PM']The 80's was great, I thought Mick Karn epitomised the fretless sound of the era.[/quote]And of course, there was Pino...

Last time I went to the Bristol SC they had a very good stock of quality basses, I was impressed... but I got attitude by the bucketload from the guy behind the till when I asked for some strings. He tried to sell me Rotosounds and then implied that I was some know-nothing bozo because I said that I didn't like Rotos. I left the shop stringless, haven't been back. Went to Rikkaxe and was sold what I asked for.

GC..?

Blimey, these things are like hens' teeth. Well done for getting hold of it, and thanks for the write-up. One of the finest live bass sounds I have heard was Lincoln Goines playing his signature Fodera through a Walter Woods head into an Epifani 3x10 cab... a sound so lovely it made my heart ache.

[quote name='dood' post='37386' date='Jul 26 2007, 03:53 PM']You could also have 2 mics on one source that are a small distance apart to pick up differences in tones from that source.. for example, a mic facing an acoustic guitar bridge and one pointing the sound hole. 2 completely different source tones.[/quote] Quite a few acoustic bassists record like this - either 2 mics set up in different positions, or 1 mic and a piezo pickup on the bridge.

No, but what I can tell you is that when I saw the title of this thread, I initially read it as "double [b]mincing[/b]". I thought maybe it was something to do with Julian Clary and Graham Norton...

Fingers for the vast majority, a wee bit of slap and one song with a pick

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