chubby Posted June 30, 2006 Share Posted June 30, 2006 How many people use slides on bass ricky payne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeronyne Posted June 30, 2006 Share Posted June 30, 2006 3 "For instance" is not proof. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim C Posted June 30, 2006 Share Posted June 30, 2006 Originally posted by 09: 3 there you have it: 3. however i am not one of the three, so i certainly can't help you hmmm... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cthulhu Fhtagn Posted June 30, 2006 Share Posted June 30, 2006 Three. One to hold the slide, two to move the bass back and forth. < insert rim shot here> Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenfxj Posted June 30, 2006 Share Posted June 30, 2006 It used to be 4. Until... the incident. Push the button Frank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McDuff Posted June 30, 2006 Share Posted June 30, 2006 Originally posted by kenfxj: It used to be 4. Until... the incident. Yes, and let's never speak of it again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonathanD Posted June 30, 2006 Share Posted June 30, 2006 That guy was drunk and used a brass slide for the joke. And with that kind of joke you want to use a glass slide in case you need to break it. Anyway, this hot girl walks by and.. well... the slide doesnt want to slide... There goes #4, he cant even look at one without crying and running to the bathroom now. Ya, I use a slide for some stuff, when I had an electric stand up I used it more often, its a pain in the ---- to use otherwise. I get to much string noise as it slides up the round wounds I use. But i liked it on the flats of the stand up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basshappi Posted June 30, 2006 Share Posted June 30, 2006 Probably most of us. Here\'s a good article on bass slides Enjoy Nothing is as it seems but everything is exactly what it is - B. Banzai Life is what happens while you are busy playing in bands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
picker Posted July 1, 2006 Share Posted July 1, 2006 Originally posted by McDuff: Originally posted by kenfxj: It used to be 4. Until... the incident. Yes, and let's never speak of it again. I think somewhat must be said, in order to quell further discussion among the vulgarly curious. That being the case, it was a bizarre gardening accident, and even then police at the scene said it was probably better not to know what it was all about. let's leave it that way... Always remember that you are unique. Just like everyone else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thanny XIII Posted July 1, 2006 Share Posted July 1, 2006 SPINAL TAP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I knew a girl that was into biamping,I sure do miss her.-ButcherNburn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenLoy Posted July 2, 2006 Share Posted July 2, 2006 The late, great Mark Sandman played slide exclusively on a 2-string bass that he cobbled together from an old, funky broken bass he found in a pawn shop: http://www.blackmailmag.com/images/MUSICA/morphine1.jpg Do a search on Amazon for "Morphine" and buy some of their records to hear what it sounded like. Awesome sound... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexclaber Posted July 2, 2006 Share Posted July 2, 2006 basses. Great thread title... How about "slides"? I used one once or twice - need a fairly high action to make it work well. Alex Barefaced Ltd - ultra lightweight, high ouput, toneful bass cabs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil W Posted July 3, 2006 Share Posted July 3, 2006 I used to play with metal and glass slides on fretted bass many, many years ago. Mostly musking about - only used it on a few gigs. Bill Laswell has done this, particularly with the wonderful improv-noise outfit, Last Exit. But Chubby, do you mean this kind of slide or the slides, slurs and glisses that we all use. . . . and fix the thread title, mate! http://philwbass.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred TBP Posted July 3, 2006 Share Posted July 3, 2006 Once in a while I'll grab a beer bottle and play slide with it on bass, after first making sure it's not full, of course. (Wasted beer is a sin in my land.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chubby Posted July 7, 2006 Author Share Posted July 7, 2006 OH I have one made of cooper ricky payne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EddiePlaysBass Posted July 8, 2006 Share Posted July 8, 2006 Originally posted by Fred the bass player: (Wasted beer is a sin in my land.) I never knew you lived in Belgium, Fred I play slides in the sense of fret-to-fret, but never with a bottleneck or similar. "I'm a work in progress." Micky Barnes The Ross Brown Shirt World Tour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenLoy Posted July 8, 2006 Share Posted July 8, 2006 Originally posted by chubby: OH I have one made of cooper You have a slide made out of Gary Cooper??? http://www.meredy.com/gary2.jpg Wow... I can't imagine that his dead and cured flesh would give you much sustain... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bottomgottem Posted July 10, 2006 Share Posted July 10, 2006 Carved from an arm bone. I have a cooper nut. My whole trick is to keep the tune well out in front. If I play Tchaikovsky, I play his melodies and skip his spiritual struggle. ~Liberace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcbn Posted July 10, 2006 Share Posted July 10, 2006 Originally posted by Bottomgottem: I have a cooper nut. Ummmm.... yeah. Discuss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Red 67 Posted July 10, 2006 Share Posted July 10, 2006 I like the drum stick better! Not as a slide, for a "pick". Big Red's Ride Blog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chubby Posted July 10, 2006 Author Share Posted July 10, 2006 I have seen guys play solos on bass with drum sticks before. Back in the 70;s Greg Lake did some solos using a mike stand against his bass in concert. ricky payne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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