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07-04-2007, 02:40 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: Melbourne, Australia | | | Bit rude in my first few posts, let's start over...
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Hey everyone. I guess judging by some of my posts, I guess we started off on the wrong foot. Let's start over...
Hi! I'm new here. My name is Ned Riley, I live in Melbourne, and, like everybody else here, I play bass guitar. My current setup is a Greg Bennett Fairlane through a Drive 30-watt combo. I hope to upgrade to a better setup, say, with Fender/MusicMan/G&L/Yamaha basses and other stuff.
My family's poor, so at the moment, I'm not big on signature models or high end equipment, because I believe I can find a good (if not better) sound for less.
My influences include Flea (Red Hot Chili Peppers), Peter Hook (Joy Division/New Order), Tim Commerford (RATM/Audioslave), Justin Chancellor (Tool), and Chris Wolstenholme (Muse).
As well as said bands, I also like Weird Al Yankovic, the White Stripes, Silverchair, the Foo Fighters, the Strokes, Metallica (early days before Load), the Rolling Stones, Beck, Coldplay, Blur, Incubus, Radiohead, Regurgitator, Queens of the Stone Age, Pantera, the Killers, Smashing Pumpkins, Guns N Roses, Led Zeppelin, Wolfmother, Franz Ferdinand and Oasis.
I'm pretty big on music videos as well. I really like the Director's Label series of DVD's that have come out recently, and have all the DVD's released so far, and I am now awaiting future releases. I'd like to see Smells Like Teen Spirit on a future release, but if Rock DJ appears, my collection will have to be incomplete. Perhaps my favourite videos of all time include Wonderwall, Black Bugs, Smack my Bitch Up, Cochise, Weapon of Choice and some other cool ones.
I have some musical connections in my family. My dad used to play in a band during the late 70's. And also, he produced the debut record for a band called the Jetsonnes, which later went on to become one of Australia's greatest bands of all time, the Hunters and Collectors. Of course, his sister's been more successful, as Kim from the hit (in Australia at least) TV series Kath and Kim.
Music aside, I really like dogs (I have a boxer and a whippet) and I sometimes like to do impressions as well. I like to do impressions from Family Guy, Beavis and Butthead, South Park, the Young Ones, Red Dwarf and Little Britain.
I look forward to meeting new people through this site, and hopefully updating my equipment. |
07-04-2007, 02:43 AM
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Red Dwarf is AWESOME.
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07-04-2007, 03:34 AM
| | | | agreed, red dwarf is an awsome show, especially with the highly evolved cat. |
07-04-2007, 04:16 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia | | Hello ndrly!
I probably havn't treaded you with much respect either.  Anyways my names Josh, been playing bass for almost 2 years now. My grandad (He died when my mum was 13 so I never got to meet him) was a very sucsessfull jazz bassist in Australia, he used to play with bands on the ABC, and various other things. He owned a 60's jazz bass, man I would LOVE to know where that thing is now!!! Anyways welcome to TB, we're a great bunch of people.
Cya later! 
PS: Is your name like "and really" ???
Every time I read it I think of;
"O RLY?"
"YA RLY."
"NO WAI!"
"YEH SRSLY."
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07-04-2007, 04:32 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: Melbourne, Australia | | | ndrly is just my name without vowels |
08-12-2007, 05:41 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: Melbourne, Australia | | | So, anyone else want to comment here?
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08-12-2007, 05:56 PM
| | | | Nice to meet ya? Have fun at TB.
So what's your whole name? You've got me stumped. |
08-13-2007, 12:09 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: Melbourne, Australia | | Quote:
Originally Posted by owensea777  Nice to meet ya? Have fun at TB.
So what's your whole name? You've got me stumped. | My full name is Edward John Riley. Most people call me Ned. ndrly is just my name without vowels.
Read above if you want some more info.
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08-13-2007, 12:20 AM
|  | Total Hyper-Elite Member | | Join Date: May 2000 Location: Groom Lake, NV | | Quote:
Originally Posted by ndrly My full name is Edward John Riley. Most people call me Ned. ndrly is just my name without vowels.
Read above if you want some more info. | Hello, Ned. My name is Munjibunga Malthus. My name without vowels is Mnjbngmlths. It's easier to say with a mouthful of dry Oreos.
My great-uncle Tom thought humans would run out of food in the 1800's, so he said we should stop humping each other. Well, we didn't stop, and we still have food, so I guess he was wrong, wasn't he?
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08-13-2007, 12:35 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: the Netherlands, Amsterdam | | | edward john riley...
how the hell did that turn ned? |
08-13-2007, 01:07 AM
| | Total Hyper-Elite Member | | Join Date: May 2000 Location: Groom Lake, NV | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Muusers edward john riley...
how the hell did that turn ned? | Ned is a nickname for Edward.
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08-13-2007, 01:14 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: the Netherlands, Amsterdam | | | nedward? lol |
09-09-2007, 02:35 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: Melbourne, Australia | | | And I forgot to mention...I also think Alice in Chains is a great band. Though I doubt they're going to be as good as they were back in the early 90's, now that they have to go on without Layne Staley.
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09-09-2007, 04:47 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Belgium | | | Jow
I have a boxer too! Most crazy, sweet, fun, joyful, caring, ... dogs ever! I love them! |
09-09-2007, 05:38 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: Melbourne, Australia | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Willem Jow
I have a boxer too! Most crazy, sweet, fun, joyful, caring, ... dogs ever! I love them! | Sometimes I forget she is a dog. She reminds me more of a pig, or a cow. And have you heard a boxer talk? They sound like Chewbacca!
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09-09-2007, 05:55 AM
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Endorsing Artist: see profile | | Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: toms_river.nj.us | | Quote:
Originally Posted by ndrly And have you heard a boxer talk? They sound like Chewbacca! | Hey Ned, My Catahoula sounds like a Wookie when he's feeling goofy... we call him Chewbacca some times. |
09-10-2007, 12:16 AM
|  | Holy Ghost filled Bass Player Moderator | | Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Heber Springs, Arkansas | | | Welcome to Talkbass, Ned. Making music with budget equipment is something many of us have done at some point in our lives.
When I was a kid, my Dad had to sell my bass and amp to buy food, he lost his job right before Christmas.
We visited some churches that had basses without a regular player, so I did get to play bass sometimes, but I didn't have a bass of my own. I dug an old classical guitar out of a dumpster, pulled out the frets, and strung it up with the heaviest green weedeater nylon I could find. That was my 'bass' for over a year.
God blessed me with a great IT job about 10 years ago, and I kind of overcompensated for my poor years, buying way too much gear.
I played Peavey and Westone basses through a Peavey amp for many years before getting the great job. And you know what? I found, that even though Peavey gear costs a lot less than the 'good' brands, it is good, solid gear that is capable of some good tones.
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09-10-2007, 01:16 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: The little red dot on the map. | | I rather you admit and start over rather then be arrogant.
Welcome back.
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09-10-2007, 09:27 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Scotland | | | Glad you cleared up the name thing, I thought you were called underlay.
Pleased to meet you,
Allan |
09-10-2007, 09:43 AM
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Endorsing Artist: Lakland / Schroeder /Bag End | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: W' Sconsin | | Ned- You've inspired me to make some amends over in the DB Forum. I dropped a bomb over there and haven't had the nerve to post since.  The whole 'self taught vs. theory required' thing. I was sticking up for a noobie poster cause they were dissing his approach.
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