stingrayPete1977

Blimey just how far north does Wales go

Cheers Sam how are getting on with yours now?

Tim Toft cant be too far from you Chris? Worth a call at least? [url="http://www.timtoftviolins.com/"]http://www.timtoftviolins.com/[/url] Website is a bit clumsy, vague pricing and probably a lot more available if you call in or ring first.

I did think about getting an app for my galaxy pad?

I am in Stafford mate, not easy finding a teacher is it? Geoff's clips are brilliant, I really wish they had been online when I started as the rest of the Youtube ones are rubbish! I came on the most once I started to get the 'claw' thing down, I was playing like an elec bass at first as I am sure we all do unless starting on DB. Can you read? most of the good stuff is written afaik, I have the Rufus Reid book and started at the basics and got upto the walking section where I am starting to struggle a bit to get good constructive lines going. My theory and reading have come on leaps and bounds since starting with the Stagg around Christmas time. Be patient, look back each week and take pride in what things you have learnt, dont over do it I have progressed quicker since having just 20 mins here and there than I did trying to put whole weekends to one side, and devour Geoff's clips returning to the same ones to confirm you are doing it right and almost certainly learn more each time. I have spent 2 weeks just on the walking pages from the toolbox, no need to rush. Main thing, enjoy it

Ta

I'm alive folks, thanks for the kind words Up and about today so I will get onto some reading and DVD watching, I might get my bass in for a once over while I cant play it and to stop me trying until I should! Getting the nut as low as possible might be a good idea now and was something I fancied having done anyway, as it was playing rattle free I dont want to mess with it myself, I might get her to fit my K&K better too as I am not sure how snug it should be, a general once over and an opinion on how good or bad the bass is would be handy as I dont know a lot really. I will be watching all your clips over and over Geoff, thanks again for these lessons they have really bought me along in the last few weeks

Luck! I recorded a cover of Love Cats for a function band demo a while ago which is a shame as I can play much better now , I had a poorly fitted J tone piezo into the Fishman that I had received the evening before with no time to even open the box before the session, plugged it into the Mac and set the Fishman to the Arco/Pizz suggestion, sounded brilliant!!! never got even close since

[quote name='Clarky' timestamp='1379414481' post='2212292'] Chris, sorry mate but aren't you losing sight of why you started this thread? Worries over turning a bass into matchwood and all that. I can only imagine how nervous you would be with a £4k+ beauty like that Roth & Junius if strapped to roof of car or young daughter decides to try to push it off its stand .... You can buy a damn good bass for way less than that. I believe you are developing a case of GAS that needs deflating by the wise words of a regular BC trading partner, ie, me! [/quote] I have done one live show with my Gedo as I normally use the Stagg because the band is a full noisy function band, we did a little acoustic trio gig so I took the Gedo (really enjoyed it and want to use it much more live), set everything up on stage except the lighting rig, when I did I decided to throw the T stand at the Gedo! :-( laminate floor repair pen has covered the worst but It made me think about gas for more expensive basses later up the road.

Well here I am again folks! Had the plate and 5 screws removed yesterday after the bone had retracted down revealing the tip of at least one of the diagonal screws right into the wrist joint. I now have effectively 5 fractures in the first 4 inches of my radius [URL=http://s997.photobucket.com/user/stingraypete/media/FB_IMG_13794248816243618_zpsd3128b77.jpg.html][IMG]http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af100/stingraypete/FB_IMG_13794248816243618_zpsd3128b77.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Dolly the Double bass looking on wondering why she has not been played for a couple of days and counting.

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1379422977' post='2212468'] ... but sometimes completely OTT, and not even a bit Green. [/quote] I have found it to be very green once I have reused it to send my sold items on here and eBay

Funnily enough I was texting a mate last night about that, he is a classical guitarist/teacher and reading expert! Going to have a few hours with him soon

Nope I have got ya, its good

I started on 5 strings due to a very similar circumstance, I played the live shows for a guy called David Barron, he wrote and recorded the lot on a fiver and he is no slouch either, there is no way it could be played on a detuned bass. I used to defend the 4 strings only idea then I started to defend the 5 string idea now I generally leave the whole topic alone, makes no odds to me. Best of luck with the band

Ah yes I see nice one Rich! Confused me at first you mean play the last 16th (semiquaver if your not American at home). I just watched Marta's version again for scientific reasons you know and I tapped it at about 125 bmp on my metronome too, very good

You are not that far from me Beedster (Stafford-ish), you are welcome to try my Gedo (I would like to hear what it is meant to sound like anyway!), mine is a solid top with Spirocore strings, no idea how well I have set it up but I can just about get a tune out of it Tim Toft's is near me so I am going to get it looked over next year and get them to set it up the best it can possibly be then at least I know I have got the best I can for my cash for now.

I think I want to go to this! Local and free, I am going to check my diary........

I am having a wrist Op tomorrow so I will have to be a passive learner for a few weeks,

I just tried it at 100 bpm (what bpm is it at?) I went for low F# with my 1st finger then octave with my 2nd then 1st to finish and repeat.

I am liking the braces but no hats?

[quote name='waynepunkdude' timestamp='1379274841' post='2210769'] "[color=#333333]Sounds absolutely stunning!!" [/color] [color=#333333]That would have made me realise it wasn't a Rickenbacker.[/color] [/quote]

Do it mate! And I think most of us here are 3/4 users?

I'm afraid you need to take Flea out of the ditty, he records much of his stuff on five strings!

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1379269742' post='2210657'] Which points to it being an environmental issue rather than a specific problem with the bass. [/quote] I'd say its still the bass but the amp and eq just highlight/mask the hum.