Recent content by Zodiak Ironfist

The "not with others" comment is interesting. Does your band not like Rush? You play the viola? Awesome!!

This is why the youtube community is very supportive and encouraging. All of our butts are out there for everyone to see....warts and all.

I totally agree, only Geddy sounds like Geddy. I am a cheap fascimile that takes his own indulgences and have no illusions to hold my skills up to any master, Geddy or otherwise.

No offense taken on the posting, Bob. I would not have known about this thread except a friend of mine from youtube ran across it yesterday morning and alerted me. "Sickmick"....an excellent player in his own right....check out his "Orion" solo if you get the time. And I don't mind the...

Well, I've seen 'em now. So you have two basses.....one J and one P? Nice stuff you have there...very tasteful (something I lack is taste). It is not easy to just sit there with a beat and start making stuff up. A nice, solid approach to striking the strings, as well. Me likey. You do...

No, I haven't had too much of a tuning issue (independent of intonation) since that series of videos was posted (6 months ago). Of my more recent vids, perhaps my "Riddles are Abound Tonight" vid is a little out on the G-string, but that is because I had been tugging on that string for an hour...

Do you mean a tuner? The little device that let's you know when you are in-tune with the little needle? I definitely need one of those, ya.

The "tough crowd" was in response to a comment that was removed saying that I and the guy who posted my video were completely tone-deaf. A little hyperbolic. Overplaying By-Tor? You might not want to see any more of my videos because I overplay just about everything. After all, the videos...

sheesh, tough crowd

Yeah, I have a "clack" when I play on the Rick. Another side offect of the age of the pick-ups. When I bought it back in '87, my two biggest influences were Steve Harris and Geddy. I loved this Rick because it blended both the punch of Geddy's tone with the clack of Steve's. It has always...

I am orginally from Texas, but I reside in Ohio.

Well, this is certainly an interesting thread. I am the bass player that you are discussing. My name is Rob. nice to meet you all. Sorry if it is bad etiquette to participate in a thread where I am the topic of discussion. Anyways, some points were made in this thread that need addressing...