Blademan_98

Sorry I should have updated this thread. The position is now filled. Thanks Blademan

[quote name='Gust0o' timestamp='1360502661' post='1971280'] Is this still available? [/quote] As I bought it you can have it for double as you seem nice

Everything I own has a gender associated with it. If I like it she's female. If I don't then he is a fatherless piece of junk lol Each to their own

[quote name='Marvin' timestamp='1359142093' post='1950767'] Do you own a PA? [/quote] I do and several microphones but I can't sing (same goes for basses lol)

For £9 is has to be worth a punt. Mine cost £20 from Maplin and is good enough for my needs. I would have rather spent half that

[quote name='chrisba' timestamp='1358772033' post='1944635'] In case you didn't know, Howard Goodall wrote the theme tunes for QI, Blackadder, Red Dwarf, Vicar of Dibley and lots of other stuff. [/quote] I didn't, but I do now! Thanks for that. You just named some of my favourite themes (especially Red Dwarf).

[quote name='Dave Vader' timestamp='1358763485' post='1944462'] Use tuner, check with other guys in the band that we're all in tune with each other (old fashioned way, "ere mate, gis an e") then off you go. As to the OP, try playing along with Black Sabbath vol 4,[u][b] I have to twist the pitch control on my turntable[/b][/u] almost ever other song to save constant retuning. Great album though. [/quote] How do you do that with an MP3? {hat and coat in hand ready for the off}

[quote name='Count Bassy' timestamp='1358785016' post='1944930'] Or you could play more quietly? [/quote] I could........? I had to pull the second speaker and turn down! Usually for rehearsal I would use my 50w Orange combo. I just wanted to try the big rig in my studio. First and last time it will be used there by me (I have to give up gigging so it will stay in the studio and only get used by visiting bass players)

[quote name='arthurhenry' timestamp='1358627416' post='1942588'] Turn it to face the speaker. [/quote] Lol my thoughts exactly

I don't NEED anything anymore but I WANT a double bass Can't play one and with my hand as it is, I never will..... I'm still going to get one when I have the necessary dosh in my pocket

I usually only use 250w head with a 2x10 cab. I plugged a 15" cab into the other port for a 'rehearsal' and the chaps asked me to un-plug it It was so loud, I thought the studio would fall down! Edit: I wear ear plugs but no one else in the band does. Perhaps they should

[quote name='mcnach' timestamp='1358704807' post='1943694'] how odd. are they calibrated to the same frequency? I had a tuner once, can't recall which, a Korg, and it just did not tune right... until I realised that somehow I had it calibrated A=441... all it needed was a couple of taps of a tiny button on the back (one to engage calibration, another to go up to 441... two would have meant 442...) It happened by accident and I was very frustrated by it for a while as I was not tuned right when using it... other than that, every tuner has worked alright for me. Some are more sensitive, some take a while to get a stable reading, but they all worked for me, and my ears are not exactly covered by cloth, before someone suggests that [/quote] I just got them out and checked as it could have been that They all report A=440 (Apart from the one built into my Orange practice amp as that has no other option). They are all slightly different. Two of them are Korg units and one is a cheapy I got from eBay (the forth being the one in the amp).

Playing the roots....... That's Me!

There is no cure for You can think you are cured, but it will get you in the end......... I can't even gig any more but went out and bought a rig because of GAS

I have four electronic tuners. None of them agree with each other and only one agrees with my ears! They are good in a band situation for silent tuning at a gig. But everyone should tune to the same tuner! As for A=440, as opposed to A=432, I think it's all nonsense

I too hope to be there.

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1357915683' post='1930552'] Sorry to hear the news. Have you tried: To alter the position of the bass? Play with a pick or your thumb? Stop rehearsing and only play gigs? Play bass lines on a keyboard? Acupuncture? [/quote] I have tried many different positions etc. I can't hold a pick for more than a few minutes. Rehearsal or gig I have the same problem. I hope to see another specialist soon through BAPAM - my thanks for a PM that told me about the website. I will keep this thread updated

[quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1357852668' post='1929645'] Basschat wouldn't be Basschat without people leaving in a hissy fit on a semi-regular basis for dramatic effect I think it's about time I did, but no bugger would miss me. *waits in vain for sympathy* [/quote] But of course we would miss you lol

[quote name='Jimryan' timestamp='1357814541' post='1928719'] I honestly can't remember guys. However, on another note, I've an audition for an established function band tonight. Not been with a function band before so should be interesting. One thing that does strike me as peculiar, is the band want their old bass player present in the audition. I can only assume its to see if I'm similar to the old guy, but surely they'd know that regardless. Any of you lot auditioned for a band but had to get the old bassist's approval? [/quote] I will be present when we audition for my replacement. Its my studio and my PA lol

He does not look.... er...... altogether.... er....... together if you get my drift!

[quote name='flyfisher' timestamp='1357677607' post='1926671'] It also probably outlasted the lifetime of the animal that used it first. [/quote] This made me chuckle. When I was a kid, my dad told me they let cattle etc live to a ripe old age and we only ate them after they had died from naturel causes!

As soon as you modify anything, it generally loses value. I tend to keep the standard parts and sell the custom stuff separately after putting it back to standard. (I do this with motorcycles too as the same thing applies).

Only 30 years....... that is disgusting. Still, it probably out lasted the shop!

[quote name='lowdowner' timestamp='1357675301' post='1926603'] Was the post going to be about a Fender 'P'? It almost always is! [/quote] I do hope so, we haven't had one of those for an hour or two. I can then add a post about how Jazz Basses are far better

Well, it's not OT yet....... or is it?