Conan

You should buy an LH500. In fact, you should buy mine!

[quote name='steviedee' timestamp='1421931519' post='2666710'] Got an itch to get an 80s Japanese jazz. [/quote] [quote name='steviedee' timestamp='1421941121' post='2666888'] Lol I saw one [/quote] [quote name='steviedee' timestamp='1421941136' post='2666889'] And have bought it! [/quote] Now that's what I call decisive!

[quote name='Low End Bee' timestamp='1421848504' post='2665693'] Good luck with your new drummer Conan. Sounds like he passed the audition.[/quote] Thanks very much! He's proving to be a very fast learner, and a nice guy to boot! I think I'd call that a result!

[quote name='The Admiral' timestamp='1421923650' post='2666578']Thunder and Lightning... what many Lizzy fans apparently think of as a bad change of direction into a borderline metal band - which Lizzy never were. [/quote] While I can see their point, to be fair it was only the title track and Cold Sweat that were metal-like IMO. There are some very good - more typical Lizzy - tracks on that album too. The Sun goes down is one of my all-time favourite tracks by any band, never mind Lizzy themselves!

In my mind's eye it looks like an Aerodyne but without the binding...

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1421917405' post='2666463'] It is confusing - 'flat' is actually in a different position on bass and treble. Not that it matters, as it's hard to get a bad sound out of it. The TonePump is highly underrated imho. [/quote] Indeed. The only problem I had with mine was that it lacked the (more recently added) trimpot. The output was just too damn hot!

[quote name='The Admiral' timestamp='1421885257' post='2666353'] Phil's voice had gone from a sweet and soulful baritone, to a husky, raw and somewhat ruined growl. Not a stylistic intent IMHO, but rather the ravages of his habits.[/quote] While I'm sure that's a factor, the music also got progressively "heavier" (leaving out some of the jazzy tracks on Renegade), especially when John Sykes joined the band - so maybe some of it was stylistic too, although perhaps enforced by the other issues...

[quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1421921070' post='2666525']Fact is, they're an acquired taste. [/quote] Absolutely! I gave up on trying to convince "non-believers" many years ago... But interestingly two of my three children like Rush!?

We regularly wine and dine our fans, paying for their food and drink all night. Both of them!

[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1421919845' post='2666505'] Not really... this willy waving contest doesn't interest me.. [/quote] It's not "willy waving" at all. I like to think of myself as having a pretty rounded and broad musical taste (much like myself, before anyone else says it!). There are few bands that I really dislike. I don't listen to Rush all the time, but when I am "in the mood" nothing else will do. I like a lot of rock music, but I also listen to (and play on occasion) funk, soul, blues, prog, punk, pop.... I can see good things in all of it. As someone who has a lot of negative things to say about various bands, I am interested to know what you listen to. It's not intended to be a competition...

[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1421920920' post='2666520']I am always amzed at the local scene and why certain bands are 'popular'.. [/quote] Maybe they play Rush covers...

[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1421919067' post='2666490'] All sorts really. I'll dep covers, I'll do jazz or blues dates and I'll do original projects. I'm basically interested in gigs that look interesting and look after you. [/quote] And what kind of music do you choose to listen to? Care to name some artists? I'm just interested in what floats your boat...

[quote name='Prime_BASS' timestamp='1421860725' post='2665925'] I'm not sure that is entirely true. [/quote] I was thinking that myself...

Interesting that they are still listing the TonePump as "boost only".... [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/93320-spector-tonepump-is-not-boost-only/page__p__884498__hl__spector%20tone%20pump__fromsearch__1#entry884498"]http://basschat.co.uk/topic/93320-spector-tonepump-is-not-boost-only/page__p__884498__hl__spector%20tone%20pump__fromsearch__1#entry884498[/url]

[quote name='fishfry' timestamp='1421800004' post='2665294']Ditched the stock strings for Dean Barkley [/quote] They add plenty of "Gnarl" to the tone, for sure!

[quote name='Misdee' timestamp='1421796192' post='2665260'] The Fender - style bass looks great, but sounds budget, even in Marcus Miller's hands. [/quote] I'm not sure I agree. I think they sound fine. Hard to judge from a youtube video though, but they sound pretty much like a Jazz bass to me... Looking at the pickup positions though, the bridge pickup seems to be in a typical sixties placement - whereas in Marcus's original basses and his Fender signature models it is in the seventies position. Not sure how much difference that would actually make mind...

[quote name='HowieBass' timestamp='1421832073' post='2665386'] Yamaha BB425 going for silly money at GAK right now - a PJ that's well liked by many [url="http://www.gak.co.uk/en/yamaha-bb425-standard-bb-vintage-white/48076?gclid=CPiK5-jgpMMCFQHMtAodPU4AmQ"]http://www.gak.co.uk...CFQHMtAodPU4AmQ[/url] [/quote] Wow! What a price!

[quote name='uncle psychosis' timestamp='1421853122' post='2665799'] Yamaha (my preference) or Ibanez. [/quote] Yes to both. But also add in Spector - they do a "budget" range which are only budget in terms of price, not feel or sound! See Discreet's post above...

Surely (unless I have misunderstood the question) the most "versatile" pickups are the most transparent ones? The ones that colour the tone the least? I have no idea which ones these would be, but is that what we are talking about here?

[quote name='pete.young' timestamp='1421851100' post='2665758'] Any excuse to repost this link to the story of the Burman 4x18, posted by Kiwi, no. 46 in this thread: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/58420-show-us-your-burmans/page__st__30__p__972632__hl__bumper%20brown__fromsearch__1#entry972632"]http://basschat.co.u...__1#entry972632[/url] [/quote] [i]"Anyway, a local band called 'This Years Girl' wanted to try [the 4x18 cab] so they took it to the Lacarno Ballroom in Sunderland for a gig. I gave strict instructions DO NOT SWITCH IT ON UNTIL I GET THERE! As I arrived the bass player had switched on the amp, plugged in his bass and was about to pluck the bottom E string. Ahhhhhhhhhhh!!! Everything went slow motion as i moved towards him. He hit the string and all the glasses of the previous nights drinking just disappeared from the top of a grand piano. I don't mean vibrated off the top, they actually disappeared and smashed to the floor!! Light fittings in the ceiling fell out and crashed to the floor! Worse still, people standing by the bar at the back of the room looked like they were vomiting beer!! I turned from the stage area and ran towards these people. As i ran from the stage to the bar, an distance of about 20 yards, i could feel the air waves of low frequency going up and down my body which made me feel nauseous. At the bar, the bass was punching and hitting everyone including me in the throat! I discovered that the people at the bar weren't being sick as such, they were physically incapable of swallowing their beer! I managed to reach the main switch behind the bar and everthing came to an abrupt end. Of course the bass player turned round oblivious to the mayhem and destruction that had happened. To him the sound on stage had sounded normal but the cab was producing ultra low frequency that is unaudible to the human ear but can destroy your internal organs at high volumes! I can't remember [color="#ff0000"]Bumper[/color] [color="#ff0000"]Brown[/color] taking delivery of the cab! In fact I can't remember much at all after that episode - it's a blank."[/i] Now that's what I call a bass cab!!

[quote name='ubit' timestamp='1421850355' post='2665737'] They are my all time favourite band. I'm not in the least bit annoyed if someone says they don't like them. [/quote] Me neither (despite the impression I may have given earlier)! I am just interested as to why a musician would rubbish the efforts of other (very established and wealthy) musicians who bring a lot of pleasure to thousands of fans/listeners... I find it difficult to fathom.

[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1421845337' post='2665624'] oooh..get you..? [/quote] Well, it is a rather odd attitude that you display. There are lots of bands that I don't particularly like, but I wouldn't seek out threads about them and post the purported reasons for my dislike. That just seems pointless and rather insulting to the people who do like that band... And even more so from a musician.

[quote name='Spoombung' timestamp='1421846239' post='2665650']I'm thinking of doing a study of Rush fans. [/quote] Good luck with that!