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Part 3: The Return of Mark King.

[quote name='topo morto' timestamp='1378974088' post='2207127'] How do you change the note? [/quote] Tune it to root and fifth, then you don't need to.

[quote name='jonsmith' timestamp='1378752604' post='2204279'] I was at Ingliston, [/quote] Me too! Although I was about 2/3 of the way back. I'm pretty sure the floor raked [i]down [/i]from the stage, as my abiding memory is not being able to see anything (and I'm just over 6'), and heading home to one of my companions' house to watch the Exit Stage Left video to get some Rush-flavoured visual input! Obviously I don't have a clue what Geddy was playing...

I did a massive thinning out but still have a few crates of vinyl. However, over I've now bitten the bullet and am gradually ripping/importing my CDs. Some of these are CD-Rs of the vinyl that I don't play, having not put up the turntable since moving house... and it's been a joy to be reminded of some of them! Re books, I had a similar experience as CamdenRob, but conversely I kept the non-fiction and offloaded almost all of the fiction. My rationale is that I'll still be dipping into the non-fiction, but any fiction I want to re-read can be borrowed or re-purchased. I still buy CDs rather than downloads, even thought the first thing I do with a CD is rip it to the computer/phone! I'll keep doing that as long as my ears can tell the difference...

Yes, most forum posting is implicitly opinion, but I think the OP's point (with which I agree) is that when it comes to selling, there needs to be a clear delineation between fact and opinion.

[quote name='LukeFRC' timestamp='1378832859' post='2205320'] - as if theres a shop with that many basses in leeds! [/quote] Or one with more that one shoe...?

Ah, Andy's... I wince at the mention of their name. Prior to my mega bass-sabbatical, I sold a pair of basses through them and had to go to court to get them to cough up the cash when they were sold. Using them was a mistake, but not as big a mistake (and pretty much my biggest regret in life) as selling the basses in the first place: a pair of Wals (fretted and fretless).

[quote name='MB1' timestamp='1378825609' post='2205161'] 'ras52' A strange collection of items for sale: A bass, a shoe.... and a Surgeons; 3-way scrub-up stainless steel trough station with sensor taps! MB1. Hmmm!... now what am I gonna do with a bass and a shoe? [/quote] Whatever it is, you'll have reassuringly clean hands while you do it.

A strange collection of items for sale: http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/zinjathropus/m.html?item=300962570639&ViewItem=&ssPageName=ADME%3AX%3AAAQ%3AGB%3A1123&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2562 A bass, a shoe.... and a Surgeons’ 3-way scrub-up stainless steel trough station with sensor taps!

I made a trip down Denmark Street t'other day for the first time in a few months and noticed a few changes on the north side of the street - I see Wunjo's has taken over the Pro Audio shop and a new "Bass Centre" has replaced the old "Bass Cellar". And what used to be Andy's is now Hank's. Is the old Music Ground empire crumbling?

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1378555905' post='2201772'] I wouldn't worry about it. I was forced to do piano lessons when I was eight and really hated it. The fact that it was compulsory made me hate it even more. I gave up in the end. It wasn't until I was twelve or so that I picked up a guitar (along with some of my peers) and when I was fourteen started playing the bass. Let them make their own way and decide themselves if they want to play a musical instrument or not. I did, and look where it got me!! Ha, ha, ha!! [/quote] Similar story here. Started piano lessons at 7, didn't pracitice (but loved the theory). Stopped piano lessons at 7 :-) What frustrates me is that is that ras52 jr is super-creative, and will make up IMO really catchy song fragments, but doesn't yet have the discipline to work on them, or to learn an instrument enough to realise them. All in time, when the pupil is ready, etc....

Sorry, have your thread back, sir.

Oh no, you've set me off: [media]http://youtu.be/YeicBoeq_Yc[/media]

I might tap my foot a bit. Don't want to end up like this guy: [media]http://youtu.be/6IMD7WJb7Nk[/media]

[quote name='clashcityrocker' timestamp='1377943755' post='2193844'] I had this with a Guy selling a wood chipper [/quote] [quote name='Annoying Twit' timestamp='1378724455' post='2203626'] I hope this wasn't a case of an extreme case of struggling to overcome bass acquisition syndrome [/quote] ...or an extreme relic-ing project?

[quote name='JamesBass' timestamp='1378483689' post='2201042'] (Appologies for the stereotyping ladies but all of your kind I've come across are the same!) [/quote] What about the ones you haven't come across?

"GOOD LUCK!" You'll need it!

[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1378468537' post='2200745'] What What What..? Speciality: Harry Secombe covers. [/quote] Only three whats? You're not very bright...

[quote name='Toddy' timestamp='1378414352' post='2200082'] Played Crewe Lyceum recently,,, and waited all the way to see a bus,, so I could cry,, its a CREW BUS.... which no-one understood..ouch. [/quote] Don't make a fuss, just get on the bus...

[quote name='Cat' timestamp='1378382323' post='2199388'] Hah! Knew there was a reason I preferred this forum. [/quote] As do eight out of ten bass players (whose owners expressed a preference).

[quote name='yorks5stringer' timestamp='1378376595' post='2199261'] I find it amusing that they insist on it being delivered by carrier too! [/quote] Professional packaging is essential... otherwise if you tried to pick it up it would fall apart!

Currently at £5.50, which isn't a bad price for some strings and possibly a 9V battery...

[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1378336820' post='2198989'] Good evening, all... Here we go, yet another priceless gem... [url="http://soundcloud.com/dad3353/things-that-were-are-and-may-1"]http://soundcloud.co...e-are-and-may-1[/url] ...There..! Entry duly entered. Comments, as usual, entirely welcome, as are cheques and money orders. Enjoy... [/quote] Nice one. "There's a genuine ancient Arab folk melody buried in there somewhere, so it's not 100% original" Fortunately both Trad and Anon are famously lax in pursuing their royalties ;-)

[quote name='OldG' timestamp='1378276982' post='2197914'] I use the finger nails on my thumb and first finger, down strokes with the first finger - upstrokes with the thumb... like I would hold a plectrum I couldn't find any better way to play power chords or lead without resorting to a pick. [/quote] This. I'm not a pick guy, and I'm currently trying to get my guitarring tolerable enough to road-test songs at open-mics, and I'm also using the backs of the fingernails and thumb for strumming. [quote name='leftybassman392' timestamp='1378278944' post='2197932'] It's actually very similar to standard classical guitar technique. The Apoyando stroke (rest stroke) involves plucking the string with a sort of upward pull, with the finger then coming to rest against the next string up (as in physically upwards i.e. towards the ceiling). The thumb, meanwhile, rests against one of the bass strings (usually the low E). Knopfler's technique is more like the classical Tirando (free stroke) technique, where the fingers and thumb float above the strings and, in effect, flick out to pluck the string and then retreat again. [/quote] And this. I find rest-strokes don't sound so great on steel strings though. YMMV.