stingrayPete1977

I think it needs the white guard to bring in the blocks/binding? When is your audition for the Shadows tribute band anyway

Both would be nice

From what I've seen the size difference is negligible between the two? If you are happy with your existing 3/4 I'd stick.

Excellent, and plus one for swapping the strings, they take months to settle so you might as well just get the proper ones settling in asap

Lol

I've seen some very shoddy Rickenbacker basses on sale in the UK too, must have been fakes, lol

This will never do, a bass chat thread that is completely resolved without an argument?

DB rules ok

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If you send me all the banking details, pin number, dob etc I'll handle the transaction for you

^ and this is why I won't play charity gigs anymore, turn early and set up all your own kit, play a short set to get warmed up, decide to have a break and probably something to eat as you haven't stopped all day, the person that said they wanted to do a half hour set doesn't turn up or you just really need a rest and possibly there are a lot of people not there yet so you leave it a bit longer whilst playing some music instead, all for nothing but a pat on the back and your a bunch of unprofessional w***ers. I know I'm pulling apart a situation you were at and I wasn't but I've heard so many similar stories now that I just wont do them anymore

There is a stand in my local park that has jazz bands on it sometimes.

I'd walk out unless the guitars were just thrown on the floor after the 2pm sound check that was carried so as not to offend those people that get to the pub at 7 every week asking the band why they can't just start now.

I'm a weekend warrior!

Not all upright players play or listen to jazz

[quote name='lojo' timestamp='1418759527' post='2633080'] I'm not a pro, don't know theory and have a limited skill set, but sometimes get paid quite well for playing covers whilst people dance and enjoy themselves , this seems to piss off some pros. [/quote] Unlike a plumber or a nurse etc a musician falls into the category of 'the arts' which has no legal requirement to be a grade 8 or anything, as long as your diary is full you are doing ok although the more strings to your bow the better obviously

I suppose anyone taking a payment for any service fits the criteria of offering a professional service? Our guitarist works in mental health 3 days a week and teaches music 2 days a week I'd regard him as a pro?

I'd enjoy listening to them one at a time thats all

Nope

I like green basses and jazz basses and colour matched head stocks so it was on to a winner from the start

[quote name='gsgbass' timestamp='1418676728' post='2632301'] I'm just glad I bought the Fender Sherwood Green Jazz Bass. [/quote] I dont blame you as much as AC doesn't float my boat that Jazz is really nice , I dont suppose they do a 5 string version do they? Before someone says thats a dig at AC the Marcus Miller comes in both doesn't it?

[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1418666647' post='2632144'] Maybe you are.. I want to see a band do something...not play the entire evening by numbers. I want to see them stretch, go thru a gear or two and bring something along to the party... not sound like eleventy eight hundred other bands all doing the same set the same way. [/quote] We have a small theatre in town that caters for great music, I went to see Dan Walsh there last year it was fantastic, harp player, fiddle, drums, banjo, guitars and bass really top quality musicianship, put them in the pub over the road and no one wants to know, they want sex on fire, livin on a prayer, sweet home etc just like they do every week!

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Maybe I am just too easily pleased to be able to walk into a pub, buy a pint and be entertained to some extent for maybe two hours all for about £3.10, If I had just paid £50 a ticket to see my favourite band and they were sh*t then I would be dissapointed but I am ok seeing a few middle aged guys knock out Dakota with or without a stand as long as it gets my foot tapping, I might even splash out and buy a second pint and a bag of salt and vinegar crisps if they are half reasonable