Wall of Mouths

just the usual tatty pervertmania *g*

tatty seaside town wrote:

When a bassist plays some solo stuff, you can be sure, that this impresses more people! :)

Depends. there are some really bad bass solos out there.

tatty seaside town wrote:

Yep … i didn´t mean punk solos of course

Hmmm i do like Mat Freeman’s bass solo’s

Never heard a good one?

Don’t get me wrong. What I mean is I don’t like bass solos just because the bassist has to do a solo as well. If you give a bassist like Tony Levin (or the late Jaco Pastorius) maximum freedom, he obviously creates a fantastic piece of music. But most bassists are ‘just’ bassists and too often try to play guitar solos on their instrument. That’s what I don’t like.

tatty seaside town wrote:

i see … its true … most bass players call themselves “bass players” but are indeed just some bad guitar players, who couldn´t handle 6 strings at the same time …

Sounds like me. :D

Bass guitar just isnt really a solo instrument.
Unless you put lotsa distortion on it.
:eek:

Its hard to impress people with a bass solo.
Its pretty easy with a guitar.

Hehe…yeah.
A solo should add something to the song.
I actually prefer ‘licks’ more than solos.
Or a cool bass-fill.
Its all about feeling, really.

I consider every concert like a 2 hour bass solo. :)

Lawks, I haven’t been on this mb for ages. Took the new album to remind me it existed!

Just a quick 2c on the subject of ‘what bass you play’. I must say that Therapy?’s very own Michael McKeegan’s double-timed, clanking, syncopated basslines have been the single biggest influence on my playing since I was a wee bairn of 15 and picked up my first bass (a Westone Thunder 1A).

Of course, he also heavily influenced my choice of ‘real’ bass and overall sound and right now my setup is:

- Status Graphite S-1 Matrix Custom 4-string headed (black)
- Status Graphite Stealth 4-string headed (black)
- Takamine 512CFG Jumbo Acoustic bass (for the “mellow stuff”)
- A Mexican-made Fender Jazz (for abuse and practice)

All through an Ashdown ABM 300 EVO bass head (nearest I could get to a ballsy Trace Elliot) with various combinations of Ashdown cabs, Boss effects, etc.

If you want to hear some of my playing through this rig then you can check out this track here. Sadly I can’t claim credit for anything except the bass!

On the subject of bass solos, I’m also a huge fan of Mike and Fyfe’s “jazz breakdown” on Epilepsy (off “Infernal Love”) and I think that constitutes some damn nifty basswork in its own right!

Michael’s at his best on NANE. His bass lines e.g. on Long Distance, Dead (the chorus and bridge are fanfuckingtastic!!!) and Polar Bear(The Riff) send shivers down my back.

Hats off to Michael.

Misanthropologist wrote:

Still gotta love the riff on Panic that’s ‘so dirty it leaves skidmarks.’ :)

Now that you mention it…

Nope … he played these basses since Semi detached. just for the last tour he had one Status for some songs with him.

THESES BASSES ARE NOTHING AGAINST STATUS! Someone really has to talk to him about that! He has to be out of his mind, playing musicman instead of status. The new songs would sound much more better with status :)

Just the sound of theses basses and the look and the frets … arghhhh … compared to status really … i am really sorry balcony … but i know if you would ever play status, you know thats the only decision a bassman can make.

Just look at John Entwistle. He played Status. He had a own Status series. ARGHHHH! A Tatty series … that would make it :) HEAR ME STATUS? I am your man!

John Entwhistle played _any_ bass… have you seen his collection? :eek: There’s a recently released book about it. No, I don’t have the book, but… a BOOK about his collection!

Still like mine best.

In that case, I’d rather remain ignorant with my Music Man Stingray. ;)