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The Bass Zone / Too many basses?
« on: November 13, 2011, 06:10:36 PM »
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Bass Amps & Effects / Markbass TTE 500 Randy Jackson model - some yellow, but no polkadots
« on: November 07, 2011, 03:05:26 PM »
I finally found a decent video review of this head. It does sound nice ....
http://licklibrary.ceros.com/iguitarmag/issue5/page/178
http://licklibrary.ceros.com/iguitarmag/issue5/page/178
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Gibson Basses / Greco TBIV without pickups - Thunderbucker candidate
« on: November 06, 2011, 09:20:26 PM »
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/GRECO-THUNDERBIRD-BASS-PROJECT-MADE-JAPAN-90-/170722483029?pt=Bassi&hash=item27bfda5b55
"Interesting" bridge swap too
"Interesting" bridge swap too
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The Outpost Cafe / New old Rolling Stones movie "Some Girls - Live in Texas" (1978)
« on: November 02, 2011, 03:35:25 PM »
I went to the sole big screen session in Sydney last night (there is only one screening in each location all over the world) of this new concert flim from the Fort Worth show on the 1978 US tour. The DVD/BluRay is being released later this month.
The film and audio quality were first rate - lots of camera angles, well edited. George might be able to chime in on this technical aspect - for an old film there were no spots, blemishes or artifacts to be seen at all - presumably this is thanks to the digitising process?
Fans of the Stones will enjoy this movie, and casual fans or people wanting to relive the 70s should like it as well. As a historical snapshot of the Rolling Stones at a period in time it is very revealing.
Jagger is clearly coked to his eyeballs - actually his eyeballs are what gives it away .... that, and his very obvious 90 minute erection. Despite the coke, he is in fine form vocally throughout the concert, with some fantastic adlib vocal tweaks, and he sways between being menacing and playful. At times you get the impression that in the absence of a woman on stage he's very close to wanting to rape Ronnie Wood. Mick plays guitar on a lot of songs, not that he's doing much or you can hear what he's playing (probably a good thing) - he tends to wear the guitar like a prop most of the time, Elvis style.
Ronnie behaves like he smoked two ounces of weed before the show, and is super mellow, but towards the end of the concert you can see him starting to get annoyed at the attention he is getting from Mick. Ronnie plays some excellent slide this night.
Keef is wired on an indeterminable substance and covers a lot of acreage on stage (as does Ronnie at times), and seems to be having a lot of fun. You can hear his harmonies really well, which I like - his voice always blends so well with Jagger's.
Charlie and Bill are their usual selves, holding it all together in their wonderfully understated manner while the other three head off in different directions. Bill is playing the custom Travis Bean and treads his usual well worn straight line path back and forth between his rig and the front of the stage - although you never see him actually move, which makes me think that roadies lift him up and move him to a different part of the stage whenever the camera is not on him. Of special interest is the fact that Bill is playing with the middle and ring fingers of his left hand taped together, having broken a knuckle a week beforehand when he was leaving the stage, stepped through a curtain and fell 9 feet to the ground, knocking himself unconscious. Watching and listening to Bill's playing at this concert you would not know that he is playing with two fingers strapped together - amazing.
There are no horns (other than Mick's), and no backup singers. Ian Stewart and Ian McLagan are both playing keyboards at the side of the stage. There are more Ampeg SVT's than you can poke a stick at, plus a couple of Mesa Boogie combos (maybe for Mick's Strat).
Some great audience closeups too. Overall a very enjoyable and interesting concert movie.
The film and audio quality were first rate - lots of camera angles, well edited. George might be able to chime in on this technical aspect - for an old film there were no spots, blemishes or artifacts to be seen at all - presumably this is thanks to the digitising process?
Fans of the Stones will enjoy this movie, and casual fans or people wanting to relive the 70s should like it as well. As a historical snapshot of the Rolling Stones at a period in time it is very revealing.
Jagger is clearly coked to his eyeballs - actually his eyeballs are what gives it away .... that, and his very obvious 90 minute erection. Despite the coke, he is in fine form vocally throughout the concert, with some fantastic adlib vocal tweaks, and he sways between being menacing and playful. At times you get the impression that in the absence of a woman on stage he's very close to wanting to rape Ronnie Wood. Mick plays guitar on a lot of songs, not that he's doing much or you can hear what he's playing (probably a good thing) - he tends to wear the guitar like a prop most of the time, Elvis style.
Ronnie behaves like he smoked two ounces of weed before the show, and is super mellow, but towards the end of the concert you can see him starting to get annoyed at the attention he is getting from Mick. Ronnie plays some excellent slide this night.
Keef is wired on an indeterminable substance and covers a lot of acreage on stage (as does Ronnie at times), and seems to be having a lot of fun. You can hear his harmonies really well, which I like - his voice always blends so well with Jagger's.
Charlie and Bill are their usual selves, holding it all together in their wonderfully understated manner while the other three head off in different directions. Bill is playing the custom Travis Bean and treads his usual well worn straight line path back and forth between his rig and the front of the stage - although you never see him actually move, which makes me think that roadies lift him up and move him to a different part of the stage whenever the camera is not on him. Of special interest is the fact that Bill is playing with the middle and ring fingers of his left hand taped together, having broken a knuckle a week beforehand when he was leaving the stage, stepped through a curtain and fell 9 feet to the ground, knocking himself unconscious. Watching and listening to Bill's playing at this concert you would not know that he is playing with two fingers strapped together - amazing.
There are no horns (other than Mick's), and no backup singers. Ian Stewart and Ian McLagan are both playing keyboards at the side of the stage. There are more Ampeg SVT's than you can poke a stick at, plus a couple of Mesa Boogie combos (maybe for Mick's Strat).
Some great audience closeups too. Overall a very enjoyable and interesting concert movie.
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Gibson Basses / white refin EB3 shell on eBay $299 BIN - project anyone?
« on: October 25, 2011, 04:01:56 PM »
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The Bass Zone / Non-wig gig photos
« on: October 17, 2011, 02:59:53 PM »
Blues set at the casino on Sunday night, opening for this guy ... http://www.dieselmusic.com.au/
Giving the sunburst Ripper a night out.
Giving the sunburst Ripper a night out.
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Other Bass Brands / Grecos flying around the world
« on: September 21, 2011, 10:07:35 PM »
Bill's TBII arrived downunder this afternoon. Very nice!
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Gibson Basses / Hitler tries to buy a Gibson Firebird X guitar
« on: September 20, 2011, 08:47:23 PM »54
Other Bass Brands / Lovely and rare cherry hollow body Greco SAB
« on: September 20, 2011, 04:39:13 PM »clBOcFygymiQ~~60_3.JPG)
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The Bass Zone / new Bill Wyman signature model
« on: September 15, 2011, 04:05:31 PM »
I suppose I'll have to buy one of these now. It's a fairly loose "copy" of his home-modded first bass - although this one is fretted, is a different colour, different headstock/bridge etc.
http://www.basscentre.com/british-bass-master-series/bbmwyman.html
http://www.basscentre.com/british-bass-master-series/bbmwyman.html
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The Outpost Cafe / I can't believe Fender beat Gibson to this one
« on: September 12, 2011, 03:54:51 PM »
It is almost as ugly as the reverse flying V though .....
http://www.guitarworld.com/fender-unveils-911-tribute-guitars#slide-0
http://www.guitarworld.com/fender-unveils-911-tribute-guitars#slide-0
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Other Bass Brands / Long scale Greco Les Paul 3 pickup bass, anyone?
« on: September 06, 2011, 04:39:41 PM »BBOYIZ7J,Rg~~60_3.JPG)
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Gibson Basses / New Ripper
« on: September 04, 2011, 04:00:12 PM »
No naked women jumped out of my birthday cake on Saturday night, but it was still a very cool cake. The entire thing is edible apart from the strings!
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The Bass Zone / Last weekend's gig pics
« on: August 29, 2011, 06:17:01 PM »
Some good pics of the other guys in the band, but the shots of me are limited to "double chin fat guy" and "token old guy with bad wig"
