Conan

[quote name='bassjim' timestamp='1508148539' post='3390012'] He needed to do something interesting.....A hammer would have done it. Have to say this is the typical long drawn out kind of bass solo that was typical in the 80s full of all the self indulgent things which are practiced at home in front of the mirror instead of what he should of been practicing. No real meaningful musical content either. Its the kind of bass solo that gives the anti slap bass dept the justification to put it down. The drummer also helped by giving him no dynamic whatsoever instead choosing to play hard and loud through out forcing him to go for maximum hitting force rather than dexterity and taste. IMO of course [/quote] I would agree with pretty much every word of that! Still, it could have been worse... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPOiZ7p373g

Nice jumper...

[quote name='Nicko' timestamp='1508156264' post='3390088'] Then we play a gig and realise that the punters taste isn't the same as ours anyway. [/quote] Oh god yes...

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1508100263' post='3389785']However, my personal experience is not picking songs that I happen to like. IMO that would be a recipe for disaster. [/quote] Why is that? if you are in a band playing a certain style or genre of music, presumably it is (at least partly) because you like that style of music? Does it not then logically follow that you will like some (or even most) of the songs? It seems very odd to be playing in a material that you don't like...

[quote name='The Jaywalker' timestamp='1507818961' post='3388194'] There's zero issue with playing a major 6th over a minor chord. It's absolutely normal. Lots more minor scales out there than Natural Minor/Aeolian ;-) [/quote] Quite.

I like tort..... but not on that bass, sorry

[quote name='Radchenko' timestamp='1507556023' post='3386305'] My point is if the bb2 can give as presence as the compact 15 give for example. [/quote] The "Compact" has a fifteen inch driver, but the Supercompact has a twelve... they are different cabinets.

[quote name='Radchenko' timestamp='1507279575' post='3384401']I like the supercompact that I Have but I need only a little bit more 'air'. The cab is really loud but I want a piece of presence more. Thank you. [/quote] [quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1507284656' post='3384465'] If you already have an SC and want more sound, tone, "air" (what ever that means) [/quote] My guess is that the OP would like to "move more air"? Maybe the same tone, but more of it...?

A very talented guy is our Ged... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOVh_C7XTHA

Yes and no. Probably.

[quote name='jacko' timestamp='1507285146' post='3384477'] Hoping they'll show the 4 hour tom petty doc again soon. 'runnin down a dream' I think. [/quote] It's available on Netflix (and has been for ages) No good if you don't have Netflix I suppose...

[quote name='TimR' timestamp='1507128945' post='3383512']Alex's post on Facebook says it's 'Magic' which seems a dubious claim to me. [/quote] Or the subtle use of marketing speak by a businessman trying to sell his products? Surely he is entitled to do that on his own FB page? Better get these guys reported to trades descriptions too. Unless there is voodoo in their choccies...

[quote name='alexclaber' timestamp='1507119636' post='3383424'] How do I embed a video? [/quote] Try editing your post, and remove the "s" from the end of "https" at the start of the URL. Usually works for me

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1507033559' post='3382859'] Listen to music you like (or even don't like) and pay particular attention to what the bass player is doing. [/quote] [quote name='uk_lefty' timestamp='1507034086' post='3382872'] Play a completely different genre of music to get different feel, approaches and shapes on the fretboard in to your playing. [/quote] I agree with both of the above. Take yourself out of your usual comfort zone and listen to some really different stuff. The bass players don't have to be particularly virtuoso-like, but they will all have different approaches. Practice what you have heard and liked. Yes, playing in a band gives you an opportunity to incorporate these new skills into your own repertoire, but it really depends on the other musicians. If they are all trying to do the same thing as you, it could become a real mess! On the other hand, we bass players can learn a lot by listening to our bandmates in terms of how they play fills/trills etc.

[quote name='KevB' timestamp='1507018178' post='3382678']very enjoyable documentary they showed years ago about him. [/quote] Runnin' down a dream. It's available on Netflix. I am guessing that it will be a popular watch this week, but sadly for all the wrong reasons

[quote name='dannybuoy' timestamp='1507033984' post='3382871']If the higher value is 12 ohms, that suggest the speakers are 6 ohms each, which results in 3 ohms when wired in parallel. [/quote] Assuming there are no other resistors in the switching circuit. I am no electrical engineer, but I imagine that this could be done quite simply?

So sad to hear this. One of the true greats and regularly my Highway Companion. RIP Tom

My heaviest was probably a Fender Marcus Miller jazz. A four string at that! Not ridiculously heavy at around 11lbs, but that, combined with the stupidly complex (for me) East pre-amp encouraged me to move it on rather quickly. I could have happily gigged with it if it played and sounded awesome - but it was a bit one-dimensional.

Isn't that what Herbie Flowers uses?

[quote name='Wylie' timestamp='1506888296' post='3381848']Very slight differences, for example, between the Japanese-made Geddy Lee and the identical-looking American- or Mexican-made standard jazz. [/quote] Which is very odd when you consider that Geddy Lee's original Jazz bass (on which the sig model is presumably based) is MIA... So why would a Japanese copy of it have a different scratchplate shape and number of holes?

[quote name='Spoombung' timestamp='1506613153' post='3379960'] I don't get this band. His voice sounds like a strangled cat, they look like dorks, they write streams of hippy goblin nonsense land there's slathers of horrible, tuneless, metal guitar over everything. Mysteriously, all the commenters reckon they're musical geniuses. [/quote] Was the same ever said about Stump? Funnily enough, many Rush fans share this impression of them