Chris2112

I haven't read any of these bass publications for years. I don't tend to bother, they're usually worthless - I can't remember the last time something got a bad review (though I accept the quality of gear these days means not much is truly 'bad', just suited to different tastes). That said, I did once own a Zon Sonus bass and it's one of the few instruments I dream of at night...

[quote name='flyfisher' timestamp='1374424460' post='2148564'] Can a song really be so dire if it can emotionally connect to so many people? [/quote] It has all the integrity of a Justin Bieber song, who has also sold millions of records which emotionally connect to their audience.

Urgh, what an awful song. It was dire then, and is dire now.

Looked great with those gold strings.

Ho, these parody threads never get old, do they?

[quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1373358701' post='2136526'] They turn Rock n Roll into Cabaret and should be ashamed of themselves. My publishers, Equinox, have a release by Georgina Gregory called 'Send in the Clones: a cultural study of the tribute band. [/quote] These vanity publishers, I expect they'll be lucky if they sell ten copies of that!

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1373297053' post='2135803'] I don't feel an urge to drive a Ferrari. My Volvo does all that I need of a car. You can see where I'm going with this! [/quote] Your Volvo does not have a screaming V12 in it, are you sure you don't want a go in a Ferrari?

I doubt it. Most major acts will never play to a bar full of 20 half interested drinkers, so it's not like tribute acts steal their gigs.

The Tung basses always looked nice but with so few made, finding one would be a real challenge!

[quote name='Kiwi' timestamp='1373202470' post='2134616'] I like their Jeff Berlin signature model too - another one that if they'd made it in a 5 I would have bought. [/quote] The Palaedium? Fantastic bass. I'd buy one if I saw one going. The B Quad was an amazing bass too. Lets see those rare Peaveys!

I do love those Dolphins. I have always thought, after the Thumb, they are the most 'Warwick' sounding of all Warwick basses, if that makes sense!

Does anyone remember Kevin Cook? I ask, because I think he was actually a member of this forum (as well as MXtabs/Musicianchat and Talkbass). Anyway, he started off playing a Yamaha TRB and went onto getting a custom Warwick Vampyre - he was a massive Seth Horan fan at the time and ended up getting into that sort of solo bass singer/songwriter thing himself and ended up playing some pretty cool sounding stuff and having a few good tunes. Before that, I think he was in some sort of middle of the road indie band that were actually getting on quite well with festival appearances etc etc. Last I heard before I was ejected from Talkbass was that he might even have supported Seth Horan at a gig, and having not heard from him in years, I forgot about him. Has anyone heard from him? I looked on youtube but couldn't find any of his stuff. Just on a nostalgia trip here.

I'm quite happy to play with just a digital preamp and onstage monitoring. I'm quite happy even just playing with headphones on, if the in-ear mix is of sufficient quality.

That doesn't mean she doesn't look [i]like[/i] a 13 year old...

[quote name='cloudburst' timestamp='1372713311' post='2129139'] Oh man - it does it for me! CB [/quote] Looks like a 13 year old... You find this attractive?

The sublime Allan Holdsworth... [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOPXPlWdbqg"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOPXPlWdbqg[/url]

[quote name='jmchich' timestamp='1372722563' post='2129261'] I dunno why Anal **** is a dumb name. For what the band's stated aims were- insulting people and pissing people off- it was pretty much perfect. [/quote] They also had some pretty humorous song titles too.

[quote name='cloudburst' timestamp='1372688202' post='2128568'] Aaaaaaargh. Not what I wanted to hear. Yet exactly what I wanted to hear. Chequebook well and truly OUT. Hit me with your Wals any prospective ex-Wal-owners. CB [/quote] I think there may have been some irony in that post, especially given the recent discussion on the Wal sound. It certainly doesn't sound much like a Wal to me, but it does sound like a $$ with some compression to smooth out the playing. Big humbucker sound, some bite but no sharp treble frequencies.

Both videos are crap.

It largely depends on where the bridge sits on your body, compared to the same measurement on your current bass. If the bridge on the Peavey sits far out across your body, like a jazz bass, you'll probably not have much of a stretch to reach first position. If it sits across the centre of your body, you might think the neck feel really long. Similarly, if your bass now has skinny strings and you move over to a 35" scale bass with thicker strings you might notice the change in tension. But it's not really a big deal, so don't let it put you off.