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Double Bass Phil Flanigan?

#21
Clay_Bass said:
Sure its an opinion and of course Ill admit it. Is it really nesecary to put In My Opinion hes the baddest white guy? 99% of the time that type of statement is opinion so Im sorry I didnt feel it was nesecarry to put that. BUT have you listened to him? It certainley wouldnt be a waste of time.
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Whad I say!!!

And yes, I already told you I have heard him at my house!!!
You gotta get over this weird racial thing you have going man.
We're all bass players...that's all.....
 
#22
Ed Fuqua said:
Oh, I dunno. Kind of speaks for itself. I love it when guys who haven't been playing as long as I've had the same strings on my bass start telling me what I'm doing wrong.
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I don't know about that. It sounds like you play Velvet strings, and unless you hardly play them, they don't last longer than a few months. But who knows...apparantly you are old, so you might not have much strength anymore;) But seriously, let's just put this thread to bed, because we all know the baddest white guy playing since NHOP passed is Ben Wolfe. Realize it and move on.
 
#23
Nate said:
I don't know about that. It sounds like you play Velvet strings, and unless you hardly play them, they don't last longer than a few months. But who knows...apparantly you are old, so you might not have much strength anymore;) But seriously, let's just put this thread to bed, because we all know the baddest white guy playing since NHOP passed is Ben Wolfe. Realize it and move on.
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More disrespect, more nonsense!
Have you heard Mr. Fuqua play? Have you heard me play?
How about we hear YOU play?:scowl:
 
#26
Nate said:
I don't know about that. It sounds like you play Velvet strings, and unless you hardly play them, they don't last longer than a few months. But who knows...apparantly you are old, so you might not have much strength anymore;)
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I am indeed aulden; but I gotta ask - are you serious about Animas? The only reason I replaced a set that I had on since 2002 was cause I had some work done on my bass. If they're still getting the sound I want and they still tune true, why change'm? The current set has only been one since September of last year; I'm not gigging every day, but I'm playing every day. And mostly without an amp.
 
#27
Ed-

This might be the wrong thread for this, but no one answered my question about Animas a few months ago. I put a set on (my first) this past winter, and seem to dig them more the older they get.

I previously was a dedicated Rope Core user. I'd leave a set on for 5-6 years. Can I get away with this with the Animas? Others have told me that they need to be changed more frequently, but ...

Thanks.
 
#28
Well, like I said, almost 3 years was all I got to. They would have still been on, but I got a new bridge and didn't want to chance the possibility of a weak spot at a new "break" in the bridge. Why would somebody say you "need" to change them in a certain time period? I only "need" to change my strings when they aren't tuning true or the windings are breaking down and starting to buzz (which I did find with Obligatos after about a year) or they don't intonate stopped notes at pitch anymore. Or when they don't sound like what I want them to sound like anymore. Otherwise, why?
 
#36
Ed Fuqua said:
His myspace page says he's been playing upright for 2 years.

Look, KOKO, I'm sure Clay's a nice cat. I (despite much written evidence to the contrary) am a nice cat, too. I (despite much written evidence to the contrary) also occasionally say Something Stupid. And when I do, as a member of a 28 year long relationship, you can believe I hear about it.
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I dig...
 
#37
I'd like to personally drag this thread back onto its original needle: Phil is, I am pleased to report, alive and well in the Syracuse, NY area. Last year he brought us a beautiful American Standard with no neck. He had bought it really cheaply, and then sunk a bunch of dough into it for a neck, set-up and some other repairs. He had us string it high with gut strings and a non-adjustable bridge, going for an old-school sound. Wow! That cat can really play. The gut strings and the height were no problem. Guys like Phil are the reason I'm not a "professional" bass player anymore. (Actually it was John Clayton--but that's a whole other story.)
 

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