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Sexiest poster?

Raayl only smiles after the kill.

[QUOTE=gaslight;17766529]He may be dead but the majority of players these days still can't play a lot of his stuff.

And I don't mean they haven't learn it, or they can't be bothered, I mean they do not have the technical facility to achieve it.[/QUOTE]

You're mistaken if you think the majority of bass players hold Jaco up on a pedestal of what a bass player should be. Sure he was a great player, technically (his musicality is entirely subjective), but that doesn't mean I want to play anything like him. And, no, I don't have the technical facility to play his stuff, either. If I wanted to, I'd probably learn how, but the vast majority of the stuff Jaco did is not relevant to productive use of the instrument.

I'd rather listen to Evil Empire and bask in wonderfully constructed riff based rock with awesome tone than listen to any Jaco stuff.

But I couldn't touch the way Jaco played. I won't lose sleep over it.

[quote=gaslight;17766557]Raayl only smiles after a really epic troll.[/quote]
Fixed.

Bought a new audio interface today (incoming pictures ofc):

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Class A preamps mother ****er.

Only cost me 550NZD (about 390ish USD) and it looks like it's in mint condition. Never been rack mounted either so no scratches!

Ben, I get where you're coming from and everything, but your argument would be much more valid if you weren't currently digging "Them Crooked Vultures"

Seriously dude? A combination of Nirvana, Zep, the Foo Fighters, and QOTSA? I challenge you to name an animal whose feces I would rather not eat than listen to any of those bands.

At the end of the day I just think it's really weak when people write off something that is well beyond their level just because they "don't want to learn it" or they "don't like how it sounds". There's play time and there's serious time and practise time is serious time. What's the point of making excuses just to keep in your comfort zone? That's hugely counter-productive to developing your playing.

Something about how awesome Flea is and the best in the world.

While we're shitcanning Jaco, I love this song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWh8HzCxtOg

Flea is a good bass player.

Nothing on Fieldy though.

Yo, on the real, RHCP is a steaming pile of ****. But Flea did play bass on Deloused, and for that he has a place in my heart.

I like RHCP. BSSM is an awesome album.

I like them too.

Flea and Chad are a solid rhythm section and have really developed over the years. Sloppy and frantic back in the day, maturing into a smoother groove unit.

Yeah it only took them what 45 years

Raayl, in the absence of a weights bench, is it advisable to try and do bench presses using an EZ curl bar and a swiss ball?

[QUOTE=BassVirtuoso;17766644]Yeah it only took them what 45 years[/QUOTE]

Well I guess we'll see how long it takes you and compare.

[QUOTE=gaslight;17766646]Raayl, in the absence of a weights bench, is it advisable to try and do bench presses using an EZ curl bar and a swiss ball?[/QUOTE]

Jesus Christ no, you'll bend backwards at your lower-back if you don't slide off and decapitate yourself first.

Haha yeah I wasn't going to do it it would be pretty suicidal.

Bouncy and suicidal.

I kind of wanted his glib

several line response

telling me it was retarded

then SOMETHING IN CAPS

(Kid at my high school actually did something very similar decapitation-wise).

oh my bad i thought you were serious =(

I don't do anything but cardio. I'd post pics but then I remembered I'm a skinny white guy and the only exercise of merit I do is moving cartons of beer around at work all day.

[QUOTE=BassVirtuoso;17766656]oh my bad i thought you were serious =([/QUOTE]

Nah man I appreciate your concern :).

I do use my swiss ball for lying dumbell flys but it seems to be safe enough.

I really need to do cardio but I don't want to jack my knees in doing running on the sidewalks around here. I'm thinking of either exercise biking it or swimming laps.

I use my swiss ball to stretch my back because it gets absolutely destroyed at work :\

[QUOTE=BassVirtuoso;17766577]Ben, I get where you're coming from and everything, but your argument would be much more valid if you weren't currently digging "Them Crooked Vultures"

Seriously dude? A combination of Nirvana, Zep, the Foo Fighters, and QOTSA? I challenge you to name an animal whose feces I would rather not eat than listen to any of those bands.[/QUOTE]

I actually don't like any of the bands on their own, but there's something about the album I dig.

I'm aware my taste in music sucks.

They're wicked comfy for that.

I sit on it for playstation playing too.

It's my happy place.

I haven't gotten around to checking out the Them Crooked Vultures album but I'd really like to hear John Paul Jones going at it. I still groove on Zeppelin on a weekly basis. It's so good to play those tunes live in a room and hear just how fat the riffs really are, the recordings don't always do justice.

Okay I'm not stoned but I just freaked myself out and you guys can please help it's kind of interesting.

Outstretch your hand fully and measure the distance from your wrist to the tip of your middle finger. Compare this to the distance between your wrist and elbow. What kind of proportional relationship is normal?

The funny part is that I'm sure 95% of the population would absolutely hate the music I listen to.

[quote=gaslight;17766685]okay i'm not stoned but i just freaked myself out and you guys can please help it's kind of interesting.

Outstretch your hand fully and measure the distance from your wrist to the tip of your middle finger. Compare this to the distance between your wrist and elbow. What kind of proportional relationship is normal?[/quote]

1:3

So my hand should be one third of the distance from my wrist to elbow? That can't be right.

Actually I think 1:2 for that kind of break. 1:3 is like finger joints, hand span to arm length, etc.

My hand outstretched is like 2/3 of wrist to elbow length.

Well you have big hands? haha. Wrist-to-finger should be approximately 1/3 of your total arm length. Shoulder to wrist.

[QUOTE=gaslight;17766701]My hand outstretched is like 2/3 of wrist to elbow length.[/QUOTE]

Same...

^^^

Well that's two of us so hopefully that makes it normal.

Wrist bone to tip of my outstretched middle finger is 7.5" but same part of wrist bone to approximately my elbow is 11". Haha.

It's just tripping me out 'cause I wouldn't have guessed the proportions were like that.

Bodies are funny.

Dead right about wrist to finger being 1/3 of total arm length.

Mad interesting.

I'm telling you to do shoulder to wrist, not elbow to wrist. Stop doing it wrong.

What? I did shoulder to wrist and told you that you were dead right, shoulder to wrist is more or less three times wrist to finger.

[QUOTE=gaslight;17766726]What? I did shoulder to wrist and told you that you were dead right, shoulder to wrist is more or less three times wrist to finger.[/QUOTE]

Oh I didn't see that at first. You ninja-edit'd.

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Yeap, I proved myself right.

Haha yes quite possible I do usually njina edit a post three or four times before I'm done.

Not this one though.

Ah well, I'm just happy I found evidence. I knew I was right somehow. I think an old doco I saw. I remember because Liz Hurley was in it, and she's like, totally hot.