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[quote name='blue' timestamp='1500503585' post='3338378'] Thanks Dad... [/quote]

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1500488321' post='3338233']... How do you manage or delete yiur photos photos on BC when you've exceeded the amount of storage space? [/quote] Go to your 'My Profile' (your pseudo, top right...). Select 'Edit my Profile' (black button a bit below...). Select 'Manage Attachments' (in the list on the left...). They are listed in date order. Navigate to oldest, select those to be deleted (tick boxes on the right...). Select 'Delete Selected' (grey button at bottom right of list...). Repeat, page by page, until all unwanted attachments are deleted. Using the BBCode link supplied by an external photo account such as Imgur or Flickr is a good idea, of course; even more so if using higher resolution photos. Your quota limit would never be reached using this method, and the photos are better presented. Just sayin'; that's what I do, and never need to worry about quotas. Hope this helps; meanwhile... Have a nice day Douglas

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1500485760' post='3338209'] If you didn't write them then they are covers... [/quote] ...just like the philharmonic playing Beethoven or Bartok.

[quote name='mac1012' timestamp='1500379534' post='3337287']... Any advice would be great thanks [/quote] Give some idea of your location; that might inspire someone close to you..? Don't be in a hurry; that 's a sure way of making a mistake that you'll regret. Take the time to find your bass. Have a look through the ads in the Marketplace here, there are several good basses in your price bracket... [url="http://basschat.co.uk/forum/19-basses-for-sale/"]BC Marketplace: Basses For Sale ...[/url] ...including short-scale basses. Hope this helps.

Good evening, Paul, and ... [sharedmedia=core:attachments:167528] Plenty to read and amuse you here, and lots to learn and share. There's plenty of old fogies here (I'm chasing you closely...), so you're far from alone.

[quote name='lurksalot' timestamp='1500316693' post='3336906'] I'd send you a list but I've just run out of ink........ [/quote] I can do a 'job lot' at mate's rates if you wish..?

[quote name='alyctes' timestamp='1500241839' post='3336479'] There are a couple of things I really value on there, which are not available anywhere else AFAIK. Is there any way of downloading them, legally? [/quote] If you tell me which ones of mine those are, I'll send 'em to you. ...

[quote name='adamg67' timestamp='1500241627' post='3336472'] In the diagram, what's C? I don't care, but I still have to know. [/quote] Middle C, obviously.

[quote name='dmccombe7' timestamp='1500232310' post='3336381']... I'll get my coat... [/quote] Fixed.

[quote name='hiram.k.hackenbacker' timestamp='1500207738' post='3336188'] Sorry Dad... [/quote] You've overlooked the tiny but important word: 'if'... It's just a supposition, and in light of your obvious financial acumen, probably unlikely, but the question remains... Supposing, for fantasy's sake, that a shop was able to fetch, for all sorts of possible reasons, 30% more than [i]any [/i]individual, would you still insist on selling it yourself, thus 'gaining' 20% but 'losing' 30%..? That was the hypothesis. It may be too late for a reply; if so, never mind.

[quote name='hiram.k.hackenbacker' timestamp='1500206351' post='3336180']...I just could not hand over 20% from the sale of one of my basses. [/quote] Not even if the sale fetched 30% more than on your own..?

[quote name='PaulGibsonBass' timestamp='1500158337' post='3336029']...a tone that's just ok, one that I'm fairly happy with, but not one that totally satisfies me... [/quote] I think I'm rather the opposite; it's the tone I have that dictates what and how I'll play. Whatever it is, I'll play to that. It's quite foreign to me to have an elusive idea of what I haven't got, and then try to attain it. Complacence, maybe, or just lucky..?

[quote name='Geek99' timestamp='1500155451' post='3336013'].how to make horse shoes... [/quote] S'easy to recognise a load of old cobblers.

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1500147744' post='3335954'] This thread went all over the place. All I really wanted was a "thumbs up" on my new purple Nikes pictured in my thread introduction. Blue [/quote] Good ol' Brit humour there, Blue. Have a 'Like' on me...

It's the ears that need to become trained to hear correct tuning, whatever method is used. Here's a link to a guitar page explaining several diferent ways, equally applicable to bass. It's worth going over each of these methods, and using more than one method as a 'cross-check'... [url="http://www.wikihow.com/Tune-a-Guitar"]4 Ways To Tune A Guitar ...[/url] None of these methods will give good results if the bass itself is not set up correctly, especially the intonation (meaning having all the notes, all the way up the neck, correct when the open string is correct...). If you're not familiar with this, look it up on t'web, and/or have a chat with a decent guitar or bass tech to get the instrument set up to its best. Hope this helps.

[quote name='Avi14' timestamp='1500136323' post='3335865']... Feedback would be highly appreciated ! [/quote] Good evening, Avi14, and ... [sharedmedia=core:attachments:167528] Plenty to read and amuse you here, and lots to learn and share. Good stuff; well done. A word, if I may on tuning: it's important that the bass be in tune, every time, every session, every string. If you've not got a tuner, use tones found on t'web, and check the intonation of the bass. Everything will sound soooooo much better. Just sayin'; bravo for sharing, and keep it up.

[quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1500110039' post='3335652'] It's 200w, which should be enough, like the 200w heads of old. After all, watts is watts, right? ;-) [/quote] You wouldn't care to pitch this against our Hiwatt DR205 by any chance..? 200w, 4 x KT88 valves, but, after all, watts is watts, right..?

[quote name='Bigwan' timestamp='1500105175' post='3335606'] What would you buy Dad? [/quote] A difficult one, really, but I think I'd start by looking at what line of inquiry suits my needs with some free, or sample versions, such as the Kontakt Player. There are very many packages that will work, either completely, or for a limited, trial, period with the free Player; that'll give some idea as to suitability. The Kontakt catalogue is vast, but it depends on the direction you wish to explore as to which are a good choice. I'm rather 'loaded' towards orchestral, so products such as Philharmonik are, to me worth every penny; others go for cinematic sounds, or EDM instead. A good sampler is always useful (Tx16Wx is great, imo...), and the Toontracks EZ range are useful, too. EZ Keys, for instance, can create the basis for a whole song (even an album full..!) with simplicity and ease; one may then build upon the base thus formed and 'flesh it out' to one's taste. Enough for now..? Try a few freebies first, and see what direction opens up before you. Go on; surprise yourself. You know it makes sense..!

[quote name='bazztard' timestamp='1500097841' post='3335565'] if you can't play any other instrument then it's pointless trying to record on your own... [/quote] I think I'd respectfully disagree on this point. Using myself, humbly, as an 'example', I can't play the trombone, nor Hammond B3, even less a string quartet, but I manage to compose a few modest ditties which please the ear of some (and sometimes myself, too...). One can learn a lot from learning; this includes not only the technique of playing an instrument, but also how various instruments fit together (or not..!). I play drums, and dabble (a technical term...) in guitar, bass, some keys, but mostly Vst instruments of all sorts, including singing voices. It costs little; there are many free, or quite inexpensive, packages out there waiting to be adopted. Virtuoso..? Certainly not, but most folks with a grain of 'noddle' would be able to find inspiration somewhere in there, and more than half the fun is in the experimentation, including the failures..! I'm not sure that Sibelius or Mozart were experienced players of all the instruments they wrote for, either, so I consider that at least I'm in good company, even if not (quite, yet...) up to their mark. Just my tuppence-worth; no malice intended.

As long as the singer is using only either of the two common notes, I don't see the issue of singing F# over F. No-one would know.

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1499988802' post='3335044']... Seriously, am I the only bass chatter that us in this for the money. And why does it seem like not being in it for the money is some sort of badge of honor?... [/quote] That's [i]your [/i]perception, not ours, so ask the question of [i]yourself[/i], not us.

[quote name='Coilte' timestamp='1499974024' post='3334954'] Agree...and IMO this is one of his best. Volumes 1-3 in one spiral bound edition. [url="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hal-Leonard-Bass-Method-Complete/dp/0793563836"]https://www.amazon.c...e/dp/0793563836[/url] [/quote] +1 for this ^^. Very complete, and nicely progressive for beginners. Excellent choice for a principle bass method.

[quote name='NancyJohnson' timestamp='1499939410' post='3334625']... ([i]Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra[/i]) ... [/quote] I must be one of the lucky ones with a Google that actually works..!

[quote name='PaulWarning' timestamp='1499937839' post='3334603'] mistakes can be part of the show, if you handle it right the crowd find it amusing, once in a while anyway [/quote] Tommy Cooper proved this, years ago.