Conan

[quote name='merello' timestamp='1360688522' post='1974737'] Sounds like a cowboy played by Robert Duvall! [/quote] Ah! Very good indeed!

[quote name='Captain Codpiece' timestamp='1360959726' post='1979213'] yes status are very good [/quote] They are certainly good in Status basses... not sure how well they would work in something else?

I would just like to state at this point, how proud I am of myself that I have not been involved in this thread. Well, up till now that is....

[quote name='lojo' timestamp='1360957812' post='1979147'] If the general public notice the bass players line, it's either really really good or really really bad [/quote] Yes. Sadly we are the "referees" of the music world...

[quote name='Commando Jack' timestamp='1360957667' post='1979143'] Is it actually pronounced "war-wick"? [/quote] As it's A German company, it may even be "Vaar-vick"

[quote name='Kiwi' timestamp='1360954379' post='1979055'] "Lets help Uncle jack off a horse." [/quote] I think you'll find that it's [i][b]Father[/b][/i] Jack...

[quote name='swanbrook' timestamp='1360945549' post='1978848'] I fall into the " running a business while barley finishing school" Category... [/quote] Barley finishing school? That goes against the grain for me... and maybe some cereal killers? Sorry

[quote name='icastle' timestamp='1360953931' post='1979036'] I do [b]NOT[/b] have a woeful level of ignorance. I have highly accomplished level of ignorance. [/quote] Yes, the pedant in me noticed that just before I pressed the "submit" button. But then I thought "what the hell..."

[quote name='icastle' timestamp='1360952586' post='1978992'] when I saw the 'Oscar Pistorious charged with murder' thread I thought it was Jaco's brother... [/quote] That's just ridiculous, and illustrates the woeful level of ignorance that abounds among the entertainers, whores and clowns that populate this "forum". Besides, everyone knows that Jaco was his [i][b]UNCLE[/b][/i]!!!!!

[quote name='iceonaboy' timestamp='1360935559' post='1978589'] Amen to that, i seen a cover band a while back and later they returned and the bassist had gotten himself a 5 string Cheap Fender and he was using the low B too much in my opinion just cos it was there. It was getting used in songs that didnt suit the low timbre! [/quote] I firmly believe this to be the case in some bands and genres. The extra low notes just don't "work". They just don't sit right with the rest of the instruments. I'm in a band like that at the moment, which is probably the main reason why I see no reason to put the effort into adapting to a five. If I join a rock band, or if the singer starts needing to drop keys to below E, then I might reconsider...

Another great bass part IMO... and it doesn't get much more simple than this! [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yX6FsTIq6ls"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yX6FsTIq6ls[/url]

[quote name='SteveK' timestamp='1360934942' post='1978571'] BTW Is it my imagination, or has a post or 2 been deleted? Didn't someone else [i]post then delete[/i] a week or so ago? [/quote] Indeed. Or should I say "Inti-ed"? My spider-sense is tingling...

Timing is also a factor. A bass player who cannot keep time is as much use as an ashtray on a motorbike.

[quote name='fumps' timestamp='1360935661' post='1978593']I am in love with the bass line from La femme d'argent- By Air I just think that is such a sublime piece of music, the bass line drifts & bounces along like a spring lamb but lighter than the breeze it plays with, it sets a stunning back drop & makes the track something more.[/quote] Yes!! Good call fumps! That is (to me) a great piece of bass playing. I wish i could have written that. Simple but beautiful and totally in context. The technical ability of the bass player in question is immaterial when they play something as pleasing as that line.

[quote name='Atalante' timestamp='1360933094' post='1978506'] Never trust bass players defending "less notes" just because they arn't able to do something else. A good musician is not limited in any way. Then and then only you may trust his playing to be what he really is and not his limitations speaking through him, trying to fool other limited musicians. [/quote] Uh-oh. This sounds eerily familiar... Sorry, but many "good musicians" are limited in many ways. Are you implying that to qualify as a "good musician" you must be totally flawless in every possible skill related to music?? How on earth does that work? What is your experience in the music "business" may I ask? How many musicians that you have worked with are "good" by your definition? Everyone's opinion varies of course, but to me, bass guitar is an instrument that belongs in a band context. That's not to say that I can't enjoy/appreciate the odd piece of Wooten-esque solo playing; but I just prefer to hear a bass played sensitively in a band. In that case, I think a "good" bass player is one whose playing works within the context of that band and actually [i]adds[/i] something to the songs. Maybe this is an old-fashioned view, but it works for me.

[quote name='Atalante' timestamp='1360932871' post='1978495'] An opinion in a forum without a back-up is like a public, smelly fart. [/quote] Nice analogy... but WTF are you talking about?

[quote name='icastle' timestamp='1360872804' post='1977805'] ...so if anyone wants a 5 string then tell Conan what you think is good and visit the For Sale section a week later... [/quote] Many a true word is spoken in jest

I've tried it three times now, and on each occasion it has produced the same result - a five string bass in the for sale section That said, I've never tried one of such quality as the one the OP has the good fortune to own. Maybe that is the reason? The problem is that all my favourite basses have four strings, so any fiver that I was to stick with would have to be pretty bloody exceptional-and I'm yet to play one like that that I could afford... I know that isn't what you want to hear though, so I'll stop there.

As we exist purely for the entertainment of whores, maybe a "dildo" of bassists would be appropriate? Or as we are also clowns, maybe a "circus" of bass players? I'm sure Inti could come up with a few pithy suggestions...

[quote name='swanbrook' timestamp='1360764010' post='1976051'] I am sure your buddy nige got it however.[/quote] That was a bit unnecessary. It comes across as petty and antagonistic. Why would you do that?

[quote name='TheGreek' timestamp='1360698015' post='1975006'] You're better than Flea Marking... [/quote] With what would one mark a flea? Special insect paint? Or are they actually crustaceans?

In the early-mid 1980s I spent many an hour learning and playing pretty much nothing but Level 42 bass lines. I actually got pretty good at them eventually, which filled me with deep admiration for the guy who actually wrote them. Not only are they rhythmically complex, but there is often a lot more going on that it first seems. And yes, his fingerstyle is excellent - even though he wears his Stanley Clarke influences on his sleeve somewhat (which is no bad thing!).

I've used Elites on my Status for donkey's years. They sound good to my ears and last pretty well too... [url="http://www.stringsdirect.co.uk/p/912391/elites-double-ball-end-45-105-bass-guitar-strings/"]http://www.stringsdirect.co.uk/p/912391/elites-double-ball-end-45-105-bass-guitar-strings/[/url]

[quote name='Dingus' timestamp='1360673225' post='1974262'] Jimmy Haslip doesn't play anything on any of them that is as effective as his bassline on Walk The Dinosaur by Was Not Was[/quote] Haslip played Walk the Dinosaur? I didn't know that! How on earth does he slap with the strings the "wrong way round"?