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Tim
Low Frequency Out
Joined: 14 Aug 2005
Posts: 1106
Location: At the back, behind the guitarist.
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oh and as for the Mike Oldfield, it's all rythmn section stuff or low-register anyway...I know my place lol
I quite fancy some kind of dirty-blues meets breakbeats kinda thing...when I've learnt to play all these. |
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1bassleft
Lowdown Cack-hander
Joined: 16 Feb 2005
Posts: 3951
Location: "Hit The North"
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I honestly don't recall any OCD-style postings by you on the subject of cellos 
Ex-army band sounds good as it's unlikely to be basement value stuff. From the little I know of its relative, the double bass, I guess you're looking for good signs like not a ply body, ebony fingerboard and pegs rather than stained maple or rosewood, that sort of thing. I was at Bass Day UK in Manchester last month (PC probs prevented me doing a writeup) and a rather good double bass demo was given by a well-known player (whose name has, maddeningly, just popped out of my head). My guitarist, who's hankered for an upright, asked him his opinion of electric uprights. "Just buy an electric bass if that's what you're after" was the reply |
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lee_UK
Rolling Stone No.8
Joined: 04 Feb 2005
Posts: 3377
Location: London, UK
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| 1bassleft wrote: | Crikey, Tim; you're becoming a right Mike Oldfield. Mrs Bass keeps talking about the state of our "dining room" but I doubt I could resist the drum kit for that price. If you're looking for a cheap but good replacement cymbal, you keed keep a Fleebeye out for Paiste 400s. I bought one back in the early 90s because our skint drummer had terrible biscuit tin lids. Nice sound for not a lot of money.
Tell us more about the cello. |
Our old drummer uses Stagg cymbals, cheap and cheerful, he tried a lot of expensive ones and thought there wasn't a lot of difference, they make my ears ring after a constant 30 second crash out finish! |
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1bassleft
Lowdown Cack-hander
Joined: 16 Feb 2005
Posts: 3951
Location: "Hit The North"
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They weren't around back then and I haven't tinkled them myself, but it doesn't surprise me. Stagg are getting their stuff from China for peanuts and the trumpet I bought for my sprog sounded perfectly decent for a quarter the price of a student Boosey or the like.
I have my personal tastes on cymbals from where I stand. The sub rosa drummer had one of those 200 quid Premier Olympic kits whose skins must have been sourced from a granny's arse and the aforementioned biscuit tin lids. When recording, I hired the studio's Sonor which was a huge improvement but I couldn't stand the terribly dark and heavy Zildjian Ks. We used the Paiste crash and had to make do with a tin lid as top hat over the Zildjian bottom. The current band's drummer uses Sabian (AA, I think) and I like them very much but they're not a budget option. |
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