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  1. Over the past 10 years or so I've created around 200 charts (revised figure) for my covers band in a simple format which is easy to use for the whole band. The charts just show the chords and song structure and are particularly useful when learning new songs. Minimises disagreements about who's getting it wrong lol! Sample attached below, all songs are in this simple one page format. Too many songs in the archive to list here but suffice to say largely wedding/function band material. If free access to these charts would be of interest to anyone please drop me a pm and, if there's enough interest, I'll explore ways to make them available to download somehow. Also, if there are any particular songs you'd like charts for just let me know. I'm recently retired and have some time on my hands Chords-This Will Be.doc
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  2. I'm talking to ikay at the moment about potentially hosting these as a page on BC, indexed and with a 'requests' area. Should be useful!!
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  4. I am now a little gaseous for a Blasius
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  5. Hey! Why didn't that come out as 'Pinktorpedoos Reaper'??
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  6. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magic. For me that's Flea (and the band) at their peak.
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  7. One of my students was 80 in September. He's actually out of all my students the most dedicated. We're currently doing chord melody jazz stuff. He saw me showing off a few weeks ago, and wanted to learn how to do it. He's also getting a 5 string after Christmas. You're never too old.
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  8. I'm selling these vintage Alembic electronics, including a pair of MXY pickups and an Activator low-pass filter. Controls are volume, pan and tone control. OK cosmetic condition - think vintage stuff fairly taken care of. Perfect working condition, pickups are epoxy-isolated, no hum, no hiss at all, dead-silent. Sounds huge, there are so many tones with such electronics. Solder-free connectors. A few extra information : http://www.alembic.com/prod/pickups.html These would cost new 1200$, customs fees not included. I'm selling these £350 / 400 euros, instantly dropped to £265 / 300 euros, which is probably a more realistic price. Shipping to European countries included.
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  9. Hi, One pain I've found with the NXT is that the clamp screw that set the tripod stand height is weak (I've had to replace it twice), and when tightened enough to hold the stand eventually starts crushing the support tube, so that the upper part of the stand starts not sliding down it. A very cheap solution that seems to be working really well - better than the original clamp - is a pair of "30mm barbell clamps" (designed for weight lifters), one fitted above and one below the sliding part of the tripod legs. These are the ones I bought for £7.99 a pair: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B06XGVXLVX/ref=pe_3187911_185740111_TE_item I just leave the bottom one clamped in place, and release the top one when I want to collapse the stand. Wish I'd done it before the tube got crushed...that was a pain to sort out! Hope others find this helpful, Cheers, Andy
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  10. Darkglass M900, second one I have owned. This one is a few months old. In very good condition and comes in original box with the intelligent footswitch. Selling as for various reasons, primarily I am moving all drive etc back to my pedalboard and using an amp for on-stage sound only, the rest going FOH from the board. I wont be using the drive circuit anymore, which seems a waste [disclaimer - I am still very much using Darkglass drive, just via a AO and B7K Ultra!] . A Mesa suits my needs better. An exceptional amp with the superb Darkglass B3K and Vintage circuits built-in, but is also capable of producing a hell of a lot of clean power and volume. The loudest Class D I have used, for sure, can do 900w at either 4 or 2 ohm switchable. £700, shipping extra at cost, happy to meet up to.
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  11. Thinking of selling this beautiful and awesome bass since I mainly play 4 string and this bass is not being played as often as it should be. It's in brand new immaculate condition. Low action and nicely setup. Balances really well - superb playability. More info on the bass on the following link: http://www.ibanez.com/products/u_eb_detail17.php?year=2017&cat_id=2&series_id=53&data_id=117&color=CL01 Sound samples: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UW95Dymn62Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2fBYNzjj8Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUK0M8RmO8E I'm based in London. Collection or meet-up preferred but I can also ship since I have the original shipping boxes and packing materials.
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  12. If you're using Hotmail/outlook/live then please make sure to whitelist the email (mark as not spam) that will allow our new server to build reputation with Microsoft so that we don't face this in the future. All other providers are working as expected as far as we're aware
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  13. So, I will regret this but as I’d mentioned in my basschat status pre-update, one or more of three basses have to go to because I can’t afford to cover bills and get a piece of equipment I need for my work. Here we have a genuine Fender Japan non-export precision neck (which today would be known as an FSR equivalent) which is partnered with a Shuker premium Alder body. I specified a natural finish that looked like bare wood. It is rock solid but as a side effect is wonderfully resonant. Hardware comes courtesy of Gotoh which naturally is the best I could get. The bass comes with two pickguards. An official Fender USA 3 ply with a ‘road worn’ finish and also a brown/red tortoise shell guard too also with a ‘weathered’ look. The neck is wonderful and is a 70’s profile with a 40mm nut, so it’s a little wider than jazz but not as big as a precision. Perfect for smaller hands and those who don’t want chunky but do want the tone. Oh and I’m sorry, but these are finished to a much higher standard than a Mendel. Great edge and fretwork out of the box. The Shuker body was made specifically for the bass and as you’d expect is flawless. If you want it done properly with the best woods it’s gonna cost ya but I will be offering this up at a substantial saving over buying new of course. Not surprisingly all the routes are lined so the cavities are protected from noise. You’ll also get Dunlop strap buttons and a Fender Japan split coil pickup. The bass plays very nicely though I’m yet to give it the time for a full set up. As with any bass you will want to do that at some point. So i’ve factored that in to the final price. I have tweaked the truss rod and it was stiff but the relief is spot on. (I like a fairly flat board!) Fret wear is practically zero. A 70’s P without the weight issues. I’ll be very sad to see this go and maybe one or two others too Collection of course is always wise but shipping is possible but this will be the full responsibility of the buyer to arrange including insurance and tracking. (This will be very easy due to my work). Photographs to come soon.
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  14. My acoustic short scale fretless bass. My goal was to build an acoustic that was as loud as possible without amplification. I failed. It isn't loud (enough). But I do enjoy playing it once in a while.
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  15. My favourite jazz album is probably Jazz Pa Svenka by Jan Johansson. Fantastic, simple and timeless. As for something modern, I really enjoyed The Epic by Kamasi Washington. Ambitious as hell at 3 hours but brilliant more often that not. Picking a rock album is fairly impossible. I'm currently listening to Tool's 10,000 Days so I'll go with that purely because I'm still finding new things to love about it 11 years on.
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  16. Yep, not electrocuted myself yet
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  17. How did you manage that? How Did We Get So Dark was only released in June 2017 :-) Or have I lost a year somewhere?
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  18. If you are a member of the MU maybe now would be the time to take advantage of their free legal advice service. Personally I wouldn't risk it without it being approved by some with specialist legal knowledge in music copyright and IP.
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  19. Looks like a 70s hohner bridge to me mate
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  20. If I put a quid in the swear box can I rant about Logic foibles verses Reaper? If I set channel 5 to record in Reaper, it will record on that channel, no matter which other is in focus. So WhyTF does Logic insist on recording on whatever channel you have in focus, even if it isn't specifically armed? That makes no sense. In Logic you absolutely can not set separate two channels to record off the same hardware input. That makes no sense. Reaper again sets no such limitations. I could go on lol I do really like Logic, I use it a lot, but it is SO annoying at times!
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  21. Best idea on BC since... Well, since the last Very Good Idea. Excellent page layout, simple to use (even for non-drummers...). I've a fairly extensive 'collection' of disparate songs, standards and others, but in very varied formats. This is about the best I've seen, and I'd be interested in adding to my library. Stout work, sir; you're a Good Egg for making such effort available. Have a resounding hand...
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  22. Wrong website again, I think. *Hides in shed and attaches car battery to nipples with jump leads* Ow! Oww! Ow! Ooh, yeah.
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  23. "Goodbye Toulouse" is such a great bass line
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  24. I suppose I’m getting on a bit but still enjoying getting gigs coming in. But due to my advancing decrepitude there are a few compromises. I don’t travel so far these days, used to do Leeds and back from Oxfordshire quite regularly, Keswick in one day once. Ive fitted rollers on the DB cover. My amp and cab are lightweight. Ive got a high stool I can perch on if I need to. When I get home the wife stays fast asleep and, more worryingly, so do the dogs. Otherwise a three hour gig is quite doable.
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  25. When I was studying trumpet at uni the big band leader was very excited to book Kenny Baker (the bond/ muppets legendary session player not R2D2). He couldn’t have looked more decrepit or over the hill if he had tried. The rest of the trumpet section and I scoffed, thought let’s waste him, but he blew us out of the water all rehearsal and evening, into next week in fact. Lovely about it too. If your heart’s in it, play.
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  26. The one jazz band I play in is made up of guys all in their 70s. This is Les, my student.
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  27. Apparently her 100m time is within 7 seconds of Usain Bolt. WTF!? Edit: Oh and to the OP, I'm pushing 65 and still play regularly (for myself these days, but you never know...).
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  28. I'd say that when you get to the top side of 120 then it's probably wise to invest in a wide strap to help you carry the weight on your shoulders....
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  29. Good afternoon, Oomworthy, and ... Plenty to read and amuse you here, and lots to learn and share.
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  30. Thank you to all those who have contributed to a thread that's ranged widely and thought-provokingly. Been on this forum 10 years and it never ceases to amaze me. Have a good Christmas one and all. Mickey
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  31. I'm sure Doug will be sure to take the OP's advice, after all, It's clearly held back his career.
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  32. Mate, bands spent decades touring the world with 300 watt SVT's running 810 cabs connected with 1/4" jacks. Speakons might be the better option of the two but when speakons were invented it didn't instantly make 1/4" jacks bad or dangerous to use. For your application and many other bass players 1/4" jacks are just as good.
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  33. Doug is a superb bass player and maybe watching video clips of him doing say, clinics or demos on the stands at music shows, then it's not surprising that he's going to be 'doing musical theatrics'. The average trade show audience won't be interested in him playing root 8th notes to a I V vi IV. Take a look at Doug's discography. He's a very busy, in demand session bassist. Recordings that vastly out number his video clips. But hey, when the time comes, well, more is more . Challenge and be challenged.
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  34. You should always list ALL songs, cover or not. After all, the writer of the song you covered is entitled to their share. I'm sure you'd appreciate someone listing your songs should they cover them
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  35. Because it was an early Czech Euro4 (NOT an LX) with the maple wings and full-on carved body, Tonepump preamp, EMG P/J pups and it sounded absolutely out of this world. Plus, I think I paid £650 for it. Had I known how much they were going to shoot up in price I'd have kept it, of course. Hindsight...
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  36. My turn...so how come you went and got one in that colour in the first place? I take it you were force fed Ribena as a kid by your mum and are now rebelling?
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  37. I love Spector basses me, and am currently suffering quite badly from Spector Euro GAS, but if there's a P Bass-shaped hole in your arsenal, would not a P Bass fill it to best effect? Then the question becomes 'which P Bass?', to which I would answer, 'a Road Worn Precision' (favourite) or 'a 50s Classic Precision' (second choice). Don't fret (ha) about them being Mexican, they're as good as anything the USA can produce.
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  38. I've really enjoyed this thread, it's made me feel better about my unscrupulous money making shenanigans... My most recent; I bought a bass earlier this year for a tour that didn't happen... played a few rehearsals and one gig... then listed it on Ebay for more than I bought it for, cuz I love the cash. Just to make the story even more perfect, it sold back to the original seller, for more than he sold it to me. To his credit, he didn't complain once, he just accepted that it was now mine and I could charge what I liked... and ultimately he's just happy to have the chance to buy it back and hopefully won't make the same mistake of letting it go again
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  39. Surprised it's still here, great bass ,great price and brilliant seller, have had a few bits from him and they have always been as described and top quality
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  40. Dedindi... May I offer you, as some (OK rather unfair...) sort of comparison, an old title from an early Fairport Convention album; the idea being to give some notion of dynamic and dissonance. Hope this helps; your stuff is fine; could be better still, in my humble opinion. Enjoy (..?).
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  42. Four but I'd love to bring this out for an encore
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  43. I really like this, but unfortunately don't have the cash ?. That's a great price for a most excellent bass. GLWTS type bump.
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  44. I defretted a few. F(ake)ender Jazz Bass V Squier VM Jazz Bass Westone Thunder I I bought one. Warwick ProSerie Corvette Std 6 FL And built one myself. https://s20.postimg.cc/iu7nclf31/black-beast-b.jpg de afwerking mk4-5 fl
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  45. Sound like a VT Bass pedal with the character knob cranked up to harsh. Clank city. Save some dough and buy a VT DI, compressor and power amp!
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