Conan

[quote name='ubit' timestamp='1395916295' post='2407846'] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACwy0u91B-g&feature=share&list=PL48067D9D830037A8&index=1[/media] [/quote] I could do that! That's dead easy! No problem at all. Not sure about the bass playing though...

[quote name='Colonel36' timestamp='1395915733' post='2407838'] Maybe I'm just too subtle. Stoney ground n'that. [/quote] It's OK, I got your reference! Not sure others would though... it was a bit on the subtle side for people who've never heard of the band.

[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1395914496' post='2407807'] I think that track is either Stubenhaus or Freddie W... [/quote] I usually find both of those session players have a much fuller sound and a more tasteful touch... According to Wiki, it was someone called John Siegler. Never heard of him, but he apparently also played with Todd Rundgen.

[quote name='cheddatom' timestamp='1395914527' post='2407808'] More than just the room changing, even your mood can change. I remember (back when I used to get to play the bass!) I would leave my amp and pedals all set the same for every practise. Sometimes it would sound amazing, sometimes it would sound rubbish. I guess sometimes you're just in the mood for it? [/quote] Totally! If I have a bit of a cold, or hay fever symptoms I find that I have to boost the top end significantly to be able to hear it. I wouldn't do this at a gig, as it would obviously affect the out-front sound (we rarely play through a big PA) but at a rehearsal it helps me to be able to hear myself clearly.

[quote name='Colonel36' timestamp='1395900700' post='2407683']Great for an early morning dance, to get you movin' around. [/quote] Especially this one: [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6IUUWzI7vg"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6IUUWzI7vg[/url] [quote name='bubinga5' timestamp='1395911867' post='2407776']do you you know you can show the vid/pic by deleting the S in the https in the start of the web address.[/quote] For some reason, that doesn't work for me either...

[quote name='cheddatom' timestamp='1395912103' post='2407781'] If you've ever tried more than one amp without adjusting the EQ you would know [/quote] Or used more than one cab with the same amp. I noticed this particularly when changing from a Barefaced Compact (which, to my ears, has quite a "middly" sound) to a TKS H115, which sounds a lot more "scooped" in comparison. More mid-boost needed from the bass and/or amp and/or graphic pedal. Next cab = Barefaced Big One, which is kind of half way between the two. Hey presto - graphic pedal no longer required. Sound is a funny thing...

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1395781403' post='2406318'] Just because the amp has an EQ bypass or no EQ controls at all doesn't mean the circuitry in it isn't adding some"colour" to your sound. And anyone who thinks it isn't is somewhat naïve. [/quote] I'm not sure "naive" is fair. Before I joined Basschat, I didn't know this - and there are lots of gigging and non-gigging bassists who are not members here. How would they know? There are lots of things I don't know, but that doesn't make me "naive". I set my Hartke LH500 at what is supposed to be a fairly flat response (bass at 2, mids on full and treble at 2), which doesn't leave me any room to boost mids. So I bought an EQ pedal to add the mids that a J bass seems to need when both pickups are on full (my prefered setting). But I don't fiddle with my EQ much, to be honest.

Funnily enough, for weeks I've been trying to think of inappropriate examples of slap... And then I listened to this album this morning, and it is riddled with them! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NZ25jEfWEg

[quote name='Dingus' timestamp='1395761917' post='2405931'] that crappy Jazz Bass/Sans Amp tone he favours nowadays...[/quote] I like his tone with that combination! Now if you want to talk about awful, let's discuss superclean Wal and Superwound [s]elastic bands[/s] strings!!

[quote name='The Admiral' timestamp='1395702425' post='2405407'] The sour note was the two spray on t shirted, roided up, meathead Welshmen next to me - who threatened to 'do me' if I spilled the 4 pints each they had stacked on the floor in front of them, [/quote] Typical Rush fans. I bet they were only there because of the orchestra....

[quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1395673352' post='2404886'] Those stadium gigs are a real turn off, aren't they? [/quote] Well, I think they are... but I can't tell if you are trying to be ironic or sarcastic there!

I wonder if they need a support band for the UK leg (assuming there is going to be one...)?

That was news to me, so thanks! I love Rush. They are my favourite band by quite a long way. I have been seriously into them since 1979. But I didn't see them on the CA tour. A combination of logistical issues and the outrageous ticket prices This sounds interesting... but would be even more "fan oriented" if they played some smaller venues where the sound was actually worth listening to!

[quote name='Paul S' timestamp='1395517478' post='2403348'] I do 'Break Down' in one band and it is a joy to play. Just get in the groove and enjoy! [/quote] I love that track! We already do versions of "Running down a Dream" and "I won't back down", but I really want to get Breakdown into the set! Typical of the musical economy of the band. Petty stuff is perfect for cover bands - it is generally easy to play but sounds great. Most people know a lot more Petty material than they think they do too! The Classic Albums episode on Damn the Torpedoes is a great watch too... [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U82BvObCdKM"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U82BvObCdKM[/url]

Status basses (the original headless ones) were popular for a short time in the mid-to-late 1980s. Just around the time when I bought mine, in fact!

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1395227953' post='2399889'] I cut and pasted the URL, deleted the 's' from the 'https' (BC doesn't like it) and the media codes are generated by the forum software. [/quote] Hmmmm. I did that too....

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1395227648' post='2399883'] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mMoeWkDhqA[/media] [/quote] How do you do that? Where do the [media] codes come from?

[quote name='Paul S' timestamp='1395223517' post='2399829'] Chicago Song, David Sanborn - powerful and percussive [/quote] That's Marcus Miller (plus a bit of synth bass...) Possibly his best performance with Sanborn is Run for Cover - a brilliant track!

[quote name='Paul S' timestamp='1395223517' post='2399829'] Go West, What You Won't Do For Love - subtle and effective. Love the bass on this in particular. Anyone know who it is? [/quote] Graham Edwards? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mMoeWkDhqA Why aren't my youtube links embedding any more? Edit - according to Wiki, it could have been any one of three:[list] [*]Abe Laboriel Jr. [*]Neil Steubenhaus, "Ready" Freddie Washington [/list] All great session players. To my ears, it sounds most like Freddie - but I could well be wrong on that!

Alphonso Johnson and Freddie Washington - top choices indeed!

[quote name='Grangur' timestamp='1395076098' post='2398371'] Sorry if this is a stoopid noob question. But why do folk sell necks? I might be in the market for a neck. [/quote] I think you've answered your own question right there!

I got told off for calling them "kettle leads" a little while ago...

[quote name='KevB' timestamp='1394810096' post='2395504'] I would have mentioned Meros much earlier but I recalled how heavily modified his ric was so didn't know if it really qualified.[/quote] Still sounded pretty "Ric-like" to me!

[quote name='neepheid' timestamp='1394809134' post='2395484'] It's to do with perceiving people to be rude. This judgemental thing that's going on - it's a bit rude as well. [/quote] The problem is that we all "perceive" things differently. You seem to have a very low threshold for rudeness, and maybe think that someone is being rude when that was not their intention. Also, to be fair, some of [i]your[/i] retorts come across as a bit rude. Or maybe my threshold is low too... Aren't we all taking this a bit too seriously?