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[quote name='Bronner' timestamp='1426519612' post='2718761'] Also re-listened to Son of a Preacher Man. Nice bass line on that one too. Clever because the bass is actually fairly busy, but doesn't crowd the vocals. The bass also really helps establish a kind of jubilant and playful feel, which is important to keeping a lively mood. I liked that song before, but never really noticed the bass until you pointed it out. Do you know the brand of bass that's being used (it's a nice tone for a slow song, especially if one wants to play busy but not anger the singer)? If I had to take a wild guess I would say those are flat wound strings, but I'm not really sure. [/quote] A 59 P borrowed from Chip Moman, a Memphis producer/session player.

[quote name='skywalker' timestamp='1426517745' post='2718719'] Nights in White Satin - Moody Blues Rolling in the Deep - Adele Smooth Operator - Sade Make Me Smile - Steve Harley Black Velvet - Alannah Myles Candy - Paolo Nitini Any of the Cream above + Wonderful Tonight Fly me to the Moon - Sinatra version Might not be everyone's cup of tea but I like them. [/quote] [quote name='Bronner' timestamp='1426518507' post='2718736'] No need to apologize for the songs you chose. Everyone likes something. Just listening to Sade, 'Smooth Operator' ... nice fretless tone and you are right, hard to imagine the song being as good without that bass line. Velvety tone, like the singer. Really good job by the bass of matching the feel of the overall composition with tone and line. Well done. [/quote] Exactly, and nothing wrong with a bit of Sinatra. Someone will be along shortly to tell you about Black Velvet though!

[quote name='Bronner' timestamp='1426518151' post='2718727'] Just re-listened to Hazy Shade of Winter. Tastefully done, very musical. On the verses the bass plays double-time with the snare to push the beat, then there's a little walking bit in-between the gaps when the other instruments drop out, and then the bass drops out of parts of verses for effect. A musician's approach, much like the way McCartney is a musician first and bass player second. Bass was played with a view as to totality of the composition. Very nice. Will listen to the rest. [/quote] Glad you liked that. The Labi Siffre for me is all about that classic muted tone, not necessarily a killer line, but again, plays to the song brilliantly.

The three that always pop into my head are: Simon & Garfunkel Hazy Shade of Winter (Joe Osborn) Dusty Springfield Son of a Preacher Man (Tommy Cogbill) Labi Siffre It Must Be Love (don't know bass player)

How fantastic having local TV show supporting local bands, and your band are great too - sort of thing I'd love to be playing.

As someone who doesn't suffer in the slightest with nerves I've got to say Happy Jack's suggestion sounds absolutely spot on--nice work Jack!

Hi Bob, if you go to the Bass Guitar section there is a pinned thread on dating your Fender. Cheers, Mike

Four years on, it's still Tommy Cogbill for me: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/188373-underrated-bass-players/page__st__330__p__2007517__hl__underated__fromsearch__1#entry2007517"]http://basschat.co.uk/topic/188373-underrated-bass-players/page__st__330__p__2007517__hl__underated__fromsearch__1#entry2007517[/url]

[quote name='fiatcoupe432' timestamp='1425647339' post='2709357'] Guys please, they are lots of eastern european members here on the forum and they are all honest ..... please don't generalise ! I'm not eastern european but i dealt many times with members here from abroad and never had a problem ! i actually been scammed by 2 times and both times i can assure you they were not from east europe or europe...... so please, some people might get offended ..... [/quote] Can't speak for the others, and I know I didn't go the eastern European route, but it was really a reflection on what happens when reading something written by someone in what isn't their first language - the accent just seems to lend itself to the phrasing. I wasn't, and I hope the others were not, casting aspersions on the honesty of any particular nationality. All the same, sorry if it did cause offence but that was far, far from the intention.

Fair play to Artisan for coming back on and taking the criticism on the chin (or would in the bollocks be more in keeping with the rest of the thread)!

[quote name='lou24d53' timestamp='1425387196' post='2706734'] Anyone else find themselves reading that script section in an Eastern European accent? [/quote] [quote name='gary mac' timestamp='1425387287' post='2706736'] Yep, hate to admit it but I did. [/quote] 'fraid to say I went badly Hispanic Ras52 - time to get the bargepole out of storage!!

[quote name='EliasMooseblaster' timestamp='1425053290' post='2703470'] Not so different these days, to be honest - the last time I was burgled, they took my flatmate's laptop. The police suggested I might like to have a gander round the local Cash Converters and similar shops to see if it was in any of those. Which took a while, as there's a depressingly large number of such shops down the Walworth Road! [/quote] Blimey, don't see that place name checked very often! Only pawnbrokers when I lived there was Harvey & Thompson, huge great jewellers with a tiny pawnshop at the back, Only guitar I ever saw in there was a Kay acoustic even worse than the one I owned at the time!!

Well that was a loud one! Only time I've ended up with ringing ears with this band! The Rumble was great, kept up very happily with loads of room to spare. I had the tweeter on its low setting, an at this volume gave quite a lot of percussive noise - playing fretless with flats. Was quite nice but I would have liked to tweak it but was too far away, in a really tight space. Very happy with the result and looking forward to getting the second one. Will post a terrible phone photo later.

[quote name='PaulWarning' timestamp='1425120235' post='2704106'] £144? don't understand that, I got £24 for the whole years gigs, but I suppose that's my question, can he claim royalties direct from the band? [/quote] Sorry, was posting on my phone and missed out "an hour" as that being the rate for the amount of time it should take. But, back to the important bit, it is down to him to claim through PRS, meaning he'd have to go to each gig to listen for his songs being played and filling the form in and making his claim that way, not through you.

[quote name='PaulWarning' timestamp='1425119459' post='2704100'] I did it for one particular busy gigging year when we played the Bearded Theory festival (our biggest gig) and got £24, it really isn't worth my time TBH, I've told the guitarist and he's never even bothered registering with them [/quote] Really don't understand this - should take ten minutes tops to fill out a PRS form. That's £144. What did you get for the gig? It's not as if there isn't plenty of downtime at a gig. Then again, if the guitarist hasn't registered then he doesn't have any right to suddenly start claiming direct from the band - tell him to take a hike!

[quote name='spongebob' timestamp='1425069632' post='2703720'] I'm on the Romney Marsh! Baaaaa!! [/quote] Let me know if you are gigging this way (Sussex), and if I'm around I could bring it along.

If I can borrow Sk8's post for a minute, where is the best place to put the drive in this set up, before or after the octave pedal? I use an a/b splitter, micro pog and cheapo overdrive pedal on the octave up, going through guitar amp.

Why not fill the forms in? You may say it is a pittance, but how long does it take? If you don't claim it your share gets divided up by all those who can be bothered to fill the forms in.

[quote name='Twincam' timestamp='1425067297' post='2703681'] I really like that!. And am jealous lol. Also thankfully not some horrid 5 string thing [/quote] Was just thinking how gorgeous a five string fretless would look

[quote name='spongebob' timestamp='1425060294' post='2703567'] Just thinking ahead - and looking forward to hearing the OP's experience - would this be the cab to add to my Rumble 500 combo if I choose to expand down the line? [/quote] Well it has been made to match so should do the trick. Whereabouts in Kent are you?

[quote name='eude' timestamp='1425034676' post='2703156'] Pics or it never happened [/quote] Will do if I can see it on the night - one of those "let's squeeze the band into that tiny little alcove" type gigs

A luthier I know once had a Pensa Suhr in to do some work on and was surprised to find the neck and neck pocket stamped Warmoth.

Gigging it tomorrow night - will report back.

[quote name='bartelby' timestamp='1424952070' post='2702227'] Anyone else read this: [url="http://peavey.com/news/index.cfm/id/816/Peavey%20Responds%20to.html"]http://peavey.com/ne...ponds%20to.html[/url] [/quote] Yes, saw that before I saw the episode. Doesn't take away the fact that they messed up the handling of the redundancies weeks after they had been getting all misty eyed about not communicating well with the workforce.