Recent content by SicEstVita

If it was a great bass how come you didn't just go up to someone and say "excuse me, I'm waiting to buy this..." ??

Al Green - Simply Beautiful ...or, Zappa - I Have Been In You :D

I dunno, I was at a gig at a pub my friend works at, standard indie rock crowd, and my friend's jazz/ soul/ hip hop collective were playing. Lots of great saxophone, keyboard and guitar solos, really funky, good response from the floor - but the one that made everyone go really nuts with cheers...

I haven't read every post but I'm sure someone's mentioned Scott Thunes by now. Absolutely incredible tone, melody, musical expertise, personality... and that pick n' slap thing he does is coo!l

Hi! This is hard... I'd say Larry Graham, not so much for his (awesome) slap stuff but for his pulse and timing. Those old Sly Stone rhythms are ingrained in my approach to playing and glueing together the drums and melodies. Stuff like the bassline on Hot Fun in the Summertime is just...

I've got a musicman stingray and the neck looks a little bit (but only slightly) bowed - it seems recently to always have stiff action. I tweeked the wheel toward e-string and after a point (not too far) the wheel looses all of its friction but the strings are still stiff. I never yank the...