Mykesbass

[quote name='JapanAxe' timestamp='1422786560' post='2676659'] Hey phaty, welcome to Basschat! Nobody will mention the w@r! [/quote] Unless it's with Eric Burdon - now there's a band that doesn't get enough attention around here! Welcome to the forum phaty.

Well done Old Ben - a terrific month for compositions - thought it may have been even tighter in the voting.

[quote name='Truckstop' timestamp='1422650464' post='2675282'] Vibe, man. That album sounds great! It's got all the little niggles and background noises that give classic recordings a great feel. There's quite a few occasions where things sound a bit 'laid-back'! Truckstop [/quote] I'll have to start using these terms when my pitching is out Don't get me wrong, I love the band, and am not one for over produced, highly polished work, it's just that particular bit really grated on me hence wondering if it was my ears!

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1422649748' post='2675266'] It's not out of tune - it merely has [i]a vibe[/i]. [/quote] Mojo perhaps?

Is the guitar in this track (particularly at 0:16) out of tune or is my hearing having the night off? [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4MSGKdI-Gc"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4MSGKdI-Gc[/url]

I vote every month - really doesn't take that long, as I'm sure most people can work out in just a few bars if a track is going to work for them or not. Every month I find at least one track that I genuinely like, this month there were four that I thought were great (and all very different from each other). Only negative - I don't like the photo concept, and a few times tracks I felt were musically weak won (or at least got votes) due to being closely linked to the picture at the expense of far better compositions. Constructive suggestion - as the time thing seems to be an issue, is there a way a dedicated Soundcloud page could be put up with all the tracks in one place, rather than going back to each individual link? Keep up the excellent work Skol303 and all the participants! Mike

Just sold my Yamaha RBX4 to Benebass - great communication and quick payment, pleasure to do business with. Mike

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1422440646' post='2672563'] Check out Ed Friedland, the bass whisperer, on YouTube. He does sensible and relevant product demos and reviews. [/quote] +1 And Dan Veall (Dood on here) is also very good at giving proper gear demos.

[quote name='arthurhenry' timestamp='1422436269' post='2672494'] , but it's major third A#, is nasty. How can the two go together?! [/quote] Think of it as Bb - much more mellow, well grounded sort of note!

I'd be sorely tempted to throw Kooks in to the set.

[quote name='dub' timestamp='1422267443' post='2670382'] I just had a really good gig at celtic connections with Shooglenifty and the Dohl drummers from Rajasthan. A good recording by the BBC on iplayer [url="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p02hf46d/celtic-connections-shooglenifty-live-at-celtic-connections-2015"]http://www.bbc.co.uk...onnections-2015[/url] [/quote] Watching now - love it!

[quote name='theyellowcar' timestamp='1422258170' post='2670279'] The Talman looks awesome!!! EDIT: finishes! [url="http://www.sweetwater.com/insync/ibanez-talman-basses/"]http://www.sweetwate...-talman-basses/[/url] [/quote] And at those prices what a brilliant starter bass!!

There are four of five tracks there all completely different from each other but all loudly vying for my vote - shame it won't be like this in May [size=4] [/size]

[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1422129950' post='2669099'] Extract from Wikipedia (... and so not [i]guaranteed [/i]accurate, but...) ... [attachment=181934:BMW_i8_Engi.jpg] [/quote] Which, strictly speaking is a range extending generator which charges the electric motor - but yes, even BMW call it an engine so I'll shut up!

[quote name='alembic1989' timestamp='1422121590' post='2668964'] Not quite my friend. Putting a Bmw i8 engine, running gear, instrumentation, etc into a different car would be a better analogy. [/quote] Pedant alert - the i8 doesn't have an engine [size=4] [/size]

Great work - but yes, a Spector isn't really going to look the part is it!!

[quote name='pfretrock' timestamp='1421435167' post='2661281'] Former Wichita resident Glen Campbell was the first guy in town to own a cell phone. [/quote] He's now also officially "an assistant referee for the county".

[quote name='jazzyvee' timestamp='1421745315' post='2664424'] Seems like Marcus has got a deal to create his own line authorised line of basses. [url="http://marcusmillerbysire.com/marcusmiller/page/about.html"]http://marcusmillerbysire.com/marcusmiller/page/product.html[/url] [/quote] Wonder if they're anything like these ones: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/252854-new-cheap-marcus-miller-endorsed-range-of-basses-sire/page__st__30__p__2659067__hl__marcus%20miller__fromsearch__1#entry2659067"]http://basschat.co.uk/topic/252854-new-cheap-marcus-miller-endorsed-range-of-basses-sire/page__st__30__p__2659067__hl__marcus%20miller__fromsearch__1#entry2659067[/url] [size=4] [/size]

Fretless all the way for me both in Dylan covers band and soulful blues band. There are a couple of songs where I sometimes think fretted might be better but a) I'm sure nobody in our audiences would ever notice and it's probably just GAS!