Led Zeppelin - Kashmir (with Chris Squire - an impression)

[bartyclue]

And ye shall be known henceforth as "CLANKUS MAXIMUS".

That was great! I am having a setup done on one of my Ric's,and the guy kept raising the action,because of the "rattle" he was getting. I said " No,Dude,it's supposed to do that!"

Ps JB, ideally you should have 2 Ric basses for both string options,right?

And ye shall be known henceforth as "CLANKUS MAXIMUS". I second the nomination!

[walker]

Funny, Woody - the liberties that some set-up guys take without bothering to find out what your playing style is like; where you prefer your action to be. There's no "One correct way" even though some would argue that point.

On the low-action tip, I specifically lowered mine for the Chris Squire covers, but on 'America' I had it set a little too low. During the runs at the very end, you can hear the D & G-strings choking out pretty bad.

[walker]

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[woodyng]

Oh,he's a good guy,he called me to come over and preview what he was doing to get what i wanted. I had swapped bridges on my 2 4004's,so they were of course all out of whack,so he didn't have a good idea where he needed to go. I believe this is the first time he's worked on a RIC bass,too. (fingers crossed!) He is a great drummer,guitarist,and bass player,so hopefully he gets my babies set up right. I will ask Paul and Joey to give them a look in April at the BARC,too.

[walker]

I guess that sounded like a pretty pointed comment, didn't it... good that your guy is on point with the communication.

[walker]

I don't know how I missed it the first time, but I just saw that I was nominated for the 'CLANKUS MAXIMUS' award. I'm truly honored, and as the bearer of said title, I will do diligence in assuring that all clanking will be done at it's maximum potential. As long as there's no swimsuit competition, I think I should be a shoe-in.

[ricmic]

Clankus Maximus, god thats funny. Mark, you're killing me, you're really killing me. Mark

[walker]

You have Woody to thank for coining that phrase! Thank or blame!

[woodyng]

Guilty! And around my household,my dachsund Jaegar is alternately referred to as "claquitos" (clacky toes).
I got my basses back,and they are set up pretty much as before,with semi -low action ( my preference) ,so i'm happy. I don't really go for total clankiness,but the RIC "character" is stil there....

[woodyng]

Hi,just wanted to say this thread kind of was a premonition of the Squackett track "a life within a day",huh?

[walker]

mmmm... not familiar with that one.

[woodyng]

Well,it is a new album,but that song has a deep "kashmir" influence in the main riff.

[8mileshigher]

Glad this thread was resurrected here .... Mark, that is a great Clankus Maximus version !!
Downloaded this one for my file of RRF artists ! Thanks.

[woodyng]

If you wanna hear the whole track,someone has loaded it on Youtube. (an unfortunate practice,but maybe it will make some people want to purchase the cd,which is excellent)

[walker]

The band is called 'Squackett' and the song is called 'A Life Within A Day'? I'll see if I can find it.