WalMan

I have an MP3 player that will not talk to my PC (the second one now after a replacement) so if you want to take it out on that.....mind you only tiny so probably not that satisfying a thing to have a go at

Just having my post Christmas wander round Brighton this afternoon, call into GAK, take the MP3 player back to Richer (and the replacement is still not sorted I think it may be the PC), try to find something to do for 5 or 6 hours while the missus sits round her friends house and polishes off a bottle of wine & a fair bit if Grand Marnier - [i]ANYWAY[/i] had a quick look in the guitar place over the top of the clothes shop at the north end of Sydney Street and they have a couple of EBS combos (Gorm 15 & Neo Drome 12) three heads and some cabs as well as 3 Ken Smith Jazz basses (a fretless and two fretted as I recall) Sorry all a bit vague as I cannot remember the name of the shop or exactly what they have as I am presently trying to surpress GAS but if that's the sort of thing you are looking for and you are down south it may be worth a look. The basses were around the £950 mark I think.

Sorry to hear of your woes & hopefully R&R and possibly an adjustment to playing style will get you sorted. Looking down that list I recognise at least 5 as well as [quote]....playing a fairly busy line, and the middle finger on my left (fretting) hand just curled over into a claw shape and locked there[/quote]. For me the latter tends to happen, when it does, within the last few numbers of the set or encore. I tend to put it down to variously[list] [*]the first gig after a layoff & without a proper practice regime in the break (or evver, I really should try harder) [*]digging in too hard, so probably tensing up [*]possibly lack of fluid - it seems to happen most often at the hotter sweatier gigs. I try to have a litre sport bottle of water available for each set, but have to watch our vocalist taking crafty swigs! [/list] For myself, and possibly not entirely bass caused, because I have rheumatoid arthritis - which I still reckon all started when I turned over my left ankle badly landing on a loose rug on the "stage" after a Townsend style leap in about 1999, but all medics say has nothing to do with it. [list] [*]My left (strap) shoulder disintegrated and was replaced coming up for 3 years ago February, has one of these in it [attachment=4377:csra.jpg] and now looks like this [attachment=4380:Shoulder.jpg] with a rather fetching scar [*]And then last June I had the index finger first knuckle replaced (mouse finger as well as plucking hand) with one of these [attachment=4378:MCP_Rep.jpg] and it looks like [attachment=4379:Hand.jpg] [/list] Now it might just be arthritis, but it was the left ankle that went and largely left sided - until the right hand went last year. I made a pretty comprehensive job of smashing my right shoulder surfing in 2001 and that repaired itself. And the right hand could as easily be the amount of time I spend working on the computer (which is a lot) and the fact that I only recently got and ergonomic joystick type mouse to go with the trackball and ordinary mouse that take up desk space and not specifically plucking, but it probably all grist to the mill. That said the shoulder replacement got me back to a normal strap from a [url="http://www.slider-straps.com/STR/bassclose.html"]Slider Strap[/url] and the replacement knuckle has really made life a lot less painful for playing as well as computer work. And having (probably foolishly) carried on playing throughout I have no immediate intention of giving up just yet Like others have said a lot of help can be found with a proper warm up, possibly adjusting posture (difficult getting out of a bad posture if you have been playing as long as me)

Welcome (back) Fancy a gig swap Just don't let me near a surfboard it put me out of action for 6 weeks with a smashed shoulder last time I did

[quote name='Cliff Burton' post='110404' date='Dec 29 2007, 12:30 AM']Thanks for the reply's guys, makes me feel all warm inside Where are all you west sussex guys from? Alex[/quote] Welcome. Silverfoxnik & I are just down the road in Littlehampton

[quote name='Mickeyboro' post='110358' date='Dec 28 2007, 09:43 PM']And frdm just over the border - a big Howdy! The Bordon bassman[/quote] OT but Bordon (or Passfield) shame about the Royal Oak, it used to be such a good gig

Greetings from Sussex (and Guildford during the week) What do we get up to? Generally it would seem assuaging GAS but mostly a friendly crew. You never know there might even be another [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=63&hl=se%20bash&st=260"]SE Bash[/url] the last one in Guildford was a hoot

Thanks for the info. I really should read up more on this as we are running 2 guitar, 1 mic and 2 in ear wireless systems nowadays. When I got my first Nady kit ages ago I seem to recall I did actually get a licence for the first year (it was so long ago perhaps I only thought about it ) Having never had problems in all the years of using wireless - including playing next door to a police station and expecting, but not getting, someone coming in to say "will you stop bleeding over our airwaves!!") - I have never bothered since (though I know I possibly should. I seem to recall reading in the MU mag that there could be trouble brewing with the "free" bands being auctioned off?

Not tabs, but [url="http://www.songza.com/"]SONGZA[/url].com is quite a good place to go to find versions of songs. You could also download a copy of the free HI-Q recorder from [url="http://www.roemersoftware.com/"]HERE[/url] which will record whatever is going through your sound card as an MP3. The bitrate is not great on the free version, but for something to jam along to may be worth a look.

[quote name='skywalker' post='109642' date='Dec 26 2007, 09:02 PM']Hi WOT This is part of my job, I will check in the morning the correct procedure and let you know the full details. It is called outward processing, and you will need to give the carrier (DHL, UPS or whoever) full details of the process being undertaken. You are correct in saying you only pay duty and tax on the repair value. I will confirm the forms to be completed (they should be downloadable form the HMRC website). Steve[/quote] The forms (many, various, lengthy and by & large impenetrable) are [url="http://customs.hmrc.gov.uk/channelsPortalWebApp/channelsPortalWebApp.portal?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=pageImport_Forms"]HERE[/url] but Steve can clearly help you far better than I - that's why I point such queries at the VAT/Duties guy in the office rather than rely on my studies in the dim distant past

This probably belongs in the Guilty Pleasures thread, but I have always loved the way the bass line moves along in ....... oh I can't say it ...... Wham - Wake me up before you go go Works for me every time as brings on a distinct possibility of air bass And then there's all those lovely Pino lines in the Paul Young albums

I think my answer to 1 would be yes, but only with a VERY heavy emphasis on [i]some [/i]as most seem friendly & helpful - and I get here most days. As has already been shown a well placed helps a great deal even if you don't like to use them. At the end of the day if you don't like a thread then ignore it and let it die on the vine, don't bump it taking a trolls bait.

VAT & duties are not my area but looking at VAT notices on the HMRC Practitioner Zone you need to get authourisation on the way out not to get charged on the way back in. Look from 3 onwards [url="http://customs.hmrc.gov.uk/channelsPortalWebApp/channelsPortalWebApp.portal?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=pageImport_ShowContent&id=HMCE_CL_000225&propertyType=document#P20_925"]HERE[/url]

[quote name='silverfoxnik' post='108593' date='Dec 23 2007, 04:15 PM'] Hi Al, You free on the 27th for a swift half to clear away the Xmas lethargy and all that...? Nik[/quote] I reckon that's doable give me a time & venue - or just same as before?

[quote name='silverfoxnik' post='108394' date='Dec 23 2007, 02:05 AM']That is so cool! It reminds me a bit of my Wal... I must admit to having always wanted a Shergold but never got around to it but I may have to change that now [/quote] I used to have a couple of Shergolds & the fitted flight case I had made for it fitted my Wal perfectly!!!

[quote name='silverfoxnik' post='107962' date='Dec 22 2007, 12:49 AM']Cheers OBBM.. Was completely stitched up by Stingrayfan of course (Hi Matt ) ; I believe the magazine needed someone to help broaden it's appeal to the older, more miserable looking reader.. Haven't seen it yet but will lounge around the newsagent tomorrow trying to look cool, waiting desperately for someone to buy the magazine. Which in Littlehampton, could be a long wait!![/quote] You could always have a look at my subscription copy when we have that pint Nik. I shall be ready to prostrate myself in full Waynes World "We're not worthy" mode

+1 to all of the above, especially the splitter lead which I have had great fun with recording

That'll be Worthing Assembly Rooms for the Live Aid gig. Like I said before I just wish the video bus had worked so that I could relive it on screen not just memories, but hey memories will do me. Brilliant night at a time when we were doing all original stuff (and it didn't matter) & with a set that night that we had worked up really tight for changes with some leeway for audience participation that ended bang on the end of allotted time.

Hi & welcome from one of two members here in LA - sadly that means Lil' Ampton & not LA so rather than But we call it home That was one helluva "Sodit I'm changing my life!" move you made there. Good on you Al

+1 to that I bought a cover for my Markbass CMD121H from them over ebay. It arrived in about half the quoted time (though I presume as a fairly standard cover they may carry a stock) Not as padded as the old Tuff cover I had for the Trace 122H, but I got that nearly 10 years ago and they seem to have gone out of business now. Otherwise the Roqsolid cover does the trick and is certainly a lot stronger than the lightweight manufacturers covers you sometimes get that fall apart in no time flat

My Wal will never go. I've had it years. I can't say it was my first good bass because there were a few ok ones before it, but it has been with me through thick & thin, it sounds marvellous, and I love it!! I know I surprised Nik by saying the Wal was semi retired, but that's new toys for you. For some reason I am less worried about harm coming to the SUB5, which is NOT to say that the Wal will be wrapped in cotton wool and put away as a collectors item!!

[quote name='Thunderthumbs' post='105391' date='Dec 17 2007, 04:01 PM']Cheers guys. Looks like it may as well be Brighton then![/quote] I know a guy who works (or certainly worked) with Bernie. He's a bass player & I don't think he's on here yet, so I shall SMS him & suggest he/they have a look

[quote name='The Funk' post='105462' date='Dec 17 2007, 05:57 PM']I have 5, so 611[/quote] +2 = 613