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The Outpost Cafe / Re: A collectible for you Hendrix fans
« on: February 15, 2011, 05:17:00 AM »
It probably tickled so off it went. Women can be particular about such things.

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The Outpost Cafe / Re: Watching the Grammys
« on: February 15, 2011, 05:14:55 AM »
Arcadia Fire sound like late eighties, early nineties Brit Pop to me, amazing they won!

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The Outpost Cafe / Re: New...but not Green.
« on: February 15, 2011, 05:01:00 AM »
Ah, from that healthcare nation the USA is under! Willkommen.

(So he doesn't wear fur and he's not bearded. Fat chance he's a BTO member then. Sigh.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJprEyXMrIk&feature=related

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The Bass Zone / Re: Mahogany basses
« on: February 14, 2011, 04:57:03 PM »
An all maple bass will be snappier and more focused. More treble and bass, less blurry mids than a maho body. Maho sounds warmer, less attack and perhaps a bit more musical. With an all maple bass you will hear yourself and be heard even in less than optimal acoustic surroundings. An all maple bass can be too harsh for some (Rics are mostly maple) and a blessing for others. A maho body/maple neck combo is a classic "best of both worlds", warmth of maho, i.e. not too snappy, focus of maple, i.e. not too blurry. A rock player's bass who doesn't want to dominate, yet be heard. It's a combination many Asian basses of better quality have, but Gibson played with it in the seventies and eighties too (before returning to full maho on most of their basses).

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The Outpost Cafe / Re: Favorite bass song: a confession
« on: February 14, 2011, 12:34:08 PM »
I'm probably the only person on earth that has the complete BST oeuvre on CD. And listens to it. I even have David Clayton Thomas solo CDs. And if I had the chance, I'd play in a horn band in a heartbeat. But as a pasttime it is absolutely unrealistic to get rehearsals together with a ten guy (or gal) band.

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The Outpost Cafe / Re: Favorite bass song: a confession
« on: February 14, 2011, 11:59:41 AM »
Not particularly, although I didn't dislike it either.

Crow didn't have horns, those were added after the song was recorded. The band didn't like that at all-- until the song became a hit.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rjMB0JotHM&feature=related

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This forum has a tried and trusted, albeit sad tradition in failing to realize the magic that was Strappps ...

I didn't know that TV footage of them even existed. Nice Ric sound too. And what a handsome chap Ross Stagg (singer, guitarist and chief songwriter) was! You'd never know he was Australian really. Aussie Roo'n'Rollers generally look like people that play in AC/DC or - worse still - Airbourne (ducking from the boomerangs ...).  :mrgreen:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2e2A51I5J8&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfV6ta_1ZKc&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoFyC-8Mc4k&feature=related

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The Outpost Cafe / Re: Favorite bass song: a confession
« on: February 14, 2011, 11:44:52 AM »
I just erased a long diatribe about one of the previous videos.
I like this board and don't want to turn this thread into a basher, but listening to Paul Stanley trying to speak the language of the uprights (before I have breakfast) is a no-no.  What a hairy little tool. The bass playing in that video is quite good.

Why? It's alright to dislike or make fun of Kiss here. I like Kiss, but that doesn't mean I have to take them serious. And I think it would be perfectly in line with Gene Simmons convictions that being discussed negatively is better than not being discussed at all. As for hairy Paul, he's always smarting when he's not taken as a "serious musician", but then perhaps he shouldn't have played in Kiss in the first place? It's a bit like Steven Segal complaining that he doesn't get serious roles to play.

Perhaps, if you're from Queens you shouldn't make fun about how other people pronounce things, huh?

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Gibson Basses / Re: Passive EMG for Thunderbird
« on: February 14, 2011, 11:22:33 AM »
Since when can EMGs produce mids?  :o Have they discovered the secret recipe?

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The Outpost Cafe / Re: Favorite bass song: a confession
« on: February 14, 2011, 12:43:23 AM »
So Dave liked horn rock, you live and learn.

Actually, as regards bass playing tracks for me, I should have mentioned those two here:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERL_rfOJA20


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aztub_hMXTc&feature=related


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The Bass Zone / Re: Billy Sheehan bass solo
« on: February 12, 2011, 05:47:47 AM »
Yes! It's one of my favorite Non-Gibbies.

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The Outpost Cafe / Re: Favorite bass song: a confession
« on: February 11, 2011, 06:56:30 PM »
I don't have a favorite. Here's one of my favorites, from local boys Crow. This did make the Top 40 in 1969. Always liked the bass lines. Bassist was Larry Wiegand.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZp9j1gU3Qc

Dave is probably the only person  :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: in this forum/on earth stadium-rock-averse enought not to know where most of us know this song from:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ey2zwdErPvQ&playnext=1&list=PL16D6D409AAF2F193

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Gibson Basses / Re: Epiphone Embassy / Newport reissue ?
« on: February 11, 2011, 11:27:25 AM »
you nailed that quick Uwe. nice avatar, i would be interested in one also, cool looking bass but i would prefer a Cherry Mahogany finish.

Oh well, I sometimes get inspired from things people dig up ...

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Gibson Basses / Re: Epiphone Embassy / Newport reissue ?
« on: February 11, 2011, 10:56:21 AM »
Red strings on a blue bass is brave.

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The Outpost Cafe / Re: Favorite bass song: a confession
« on: February 11, 2011, 10:54:15 AM »
Anybody who doesn't rate John Taylor highly as a bass player must be deaf. Even George (Carlston) likes him.

There's too many to name, but this is a favorite of mine:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r80w8PIJ7QM

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