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[quote name='Stacker' timestamp='1334006711' post='1609672'] Ahh... ol' pencil-dick! Another **** to all who knew/know him! [/quote] WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYY to much information there nearly put me off my breakfast

following a discussion at a recent audition just wondering how many bass players started out exclusively on bass and how many migrated across later my prediction for most popular choice is 6 string starter then on to bass

[quote name='Mornats' timestamp='1333971442' post='1608845'] Same here. My first and middle fingers are fine. If I discount my ring finger I can use my little finger ok but most of the time my ring and little fingers just move together. I'm currently trying to practice scales with one finger per fret just to try and get some control over it. (I did watch the one finger per fret video above and think it's sound advice btw. I just want to do this exercise to help with control over my fingers!) [/quote] i wonder how much of this is caused by starting out solely on bass rather than progressing across from six string? i can see this would be an issue if you were a young novice bass player never played a six string and were picking up habits from bass players you might have watched or inspire you? my first guitar was a nylon strung classical and i taught myself using classical tuition books with the left/right hand 1234/pima thing so using all four fingers on each hand was never a problem when i moved across to bass

[quote name='clashcityrocker' timestamp='1333963974' post='1608692'] Hi all,finally got my hands on a hartke lh1000,next is the 410 hydrive to go with it but firstly just wanted people opinions on using this amp with different makes of cab,was thinking maybe a markbass 6x10 for instance. I have been told the killer sound from the hartke head is a lot to do with the awesomeness of the hydrive cabs. Any advice would be great Thanks Si [/quote] not sure on the price of a markbass6x10 but have you considered possibly a pair of hydrive 410's ? i have one at present and it is awesome and was thinking of going for an extra hydrive1x15 but now im leaning more towards getting a second 410

ok its thread killer time surely the final answer is ....... Cliff Richard

nice to have a dog in here for a change - place is full of cats and monkeys!!!!

[quote name='Toddy' timestamp='1324641308' post='1476521'] [url="http://www.brain-salad-surgery.de/zemaitis_guitars.html"]http://www.brain-sal...is_guitars.html[/url] Ha ,, found it! [/quote] just read that - did greg lake really trash that heart acoustic?? for shame!

[quote name='alanbass1' timestamp='1324664870' post='1476903'] [i]i had one of his metal tops back in the '80's and stupidly swapped it for a PRS. The engraving was done by Danny O'Brien, did he work at the gunsmiths? I went round to his house a few times in the Medway Towns and he showed me the Bi-plane he was building in his garage!!!! A true ecentric and thoroughly engaging personality with his many stories - the one i liked best was of George Harrison leaving a crate of Champagne outside his door in place of the milk with a note asking him to sort his acoustic out 'it's behind the bin'..... [/i] [/quote] I visited him a couple of times as i live about 400 yards down the road - i was a bit dubious as a young 20 something taking my black/maple 70s strat up for some small repairs and setup but he couldnt have been more friendly and helpful - and yes you are right about the stories - had to laugh at the one about him telling pete townsend where to go in no uncertain terms - when PT asked why he refused he told him 'because youll smash it up'

just stumbled across another on youtube [url="http://youtu.be/s-c8X52Qg4o"]http://youtu.be/s-c8X52Qg4o[/url]

greetings from the estuary at the other end HH wow made me go all dizzy with remembering my mispent youth for a moment

TAKE IT TO THE BRIDGE HUUHHH only JB gets away with that one bank holiday fun edit .... [url="http://youtu.be/51-FcNSDGKw"]http://youtu.be/51-FcNSDGKw[/url]

[quote name='Coilte' timestamp='1333875570' post='1607521'] Good to know that I am not alone in my opposition to grip devices with regards to bass playing. [/quote] thanks - and to comment further on some of the previous posts where a couple of peeps said they used it for stamina rather than strength again i appreciate that they might find their own stamina improved but would suggest that for the OP this is really not an issue as he is just starting out - he's not going to be expected to play a two hour set next week of relentless speed metal hemi-semi-demi-quavers - and steady practice over time will develop the sufficient strength to do whatever he is aiming there is a place for strength training with regards to bass playing but its nothing to do with the fingers and forearms! anyone who reaches a certain age such as myself will know all too well the trials and tribulations of standing on a stage with a lump of wood slung over your shoulder - moderate strength maintenance work of core muscles of the back and stomach is undoubtedly of assistance with posture and stamina for standing for prolonged periods on a stage

[quote name='JakeBrownBass' timestamp='1315948560' post='1372620'] Dodgebass - Transcribed by Tim Comerford - A mixture of soul & motown.[/quote] be careful if clicking on this - im getting my AV program blocking the page with a trojan detected ???

[quote name='Coilte' timestamp='1333703019' post='1605388'] Not good advice IMO. A minimal amount of strength is required to fret a string. These devices develop grip, where the main idea with good technique is to have the hands relaxed. Grip has no part in bass playing. [/quote] in the words of harry enfield ..... OOOII !!! GRIPMASTER NOOOOOOOO !!! try this.............. rest a fingertip gently to start on a string as if youre about to fret a note start plucking the string with a pick or fingers - you will get a dampened sound to start with but keep plucking away as you pluck with your plucking hand, very slowly start to increase the pressure with the fretting finger intially you should have a dampened note sound - as you slowly press the string towards the fretboard it will eventually make contact with one or more frets and will start to buzz and rattle keep very slowly increasing the pressure with the fretting finger and listen to the buzzing and rattling slowly change as you increase the pressure eventually as you increase the pressure you will reach a point where the string is fretted and is giving a clean sounding note with no buzz or rattle keep trying this and get your brain hand coordination used to the idea of just how little effort you actually need to apply with your fretting fingertips once you got the hang of it then consider how that force compares with what you might have originally thought was needed i know it flies in the opinion of a lot of other basschatters but i am very strongly opposed to gripmasters for guitar playing and i know the topic comes up very frequently on here and draws quite a bit of 'heated discussion' imho if you are able to go about all your normal daily functions doing all the sorts of regular things that four fingers and an opposable thumb grip are routinely expected to do, and you can accomplish these things in your stride and dont have any physical disability or impediment, then you will have ample strength in your fretting hand and do not need to exercise it with the gripmaster to inflict some sort of vice like death grip on your bass neck and strings its more to do with agility dexterity and coordination than brute force

mmm french stick

im going to ask the obvious here - i assume you wrote the whole thing yes? the riff at 1:30 and 2:10 is monster! beats metal of death any day imo and top marks for the yammy too

[quote name='billyapple' timestamp='1333669638' post='1605223'] Oh, sorry, I did. Came across this.. I thought It started ok, the band seem good in their own way. All until the singer opens his gob and draws a c*ck over the whole thing. Bizzare they didnt boot him out after the first rehearsal. Maybe he's from a wealthy family, and bought all the sw***y gear. And those tattoo's aint cheap [/quote] oh dear - alll that posturing and screaming what a waste of a pair of orange/mesa rigs not to mention all the oxygen

imo the most annoying is coincidentally also the most overrated Mick Hucknall

mine is just a fraction below [b]one florin[/b] plus [b]one shillling[/b]

[url="http://youtu.be/XoUkC5dEO0Y"]http://youtu.be/XoUkC5dEO0Y[/url] [url="http://youtu.be/q-ipH9Ws-zs"]http://youtu.be/q-ipH9Ws-zs[/url]

how could we forget Britains most underestimated and underrated guitarist Mick Ronson [media]http://youtu.be/CGQo6zpVzt8[/media]

[quote name='christhammer666' timestamp='1333137273' post='1598064'] john petrucci cant talk enough about a allan holdsworth he loves the guy and you can see why [/quote] Frank Zappa also apparently rated him very highly - imo this even surpasses Zappa's best solos - if carlsberg did guitar solos then this is it! it is probably the most 'complete' guitar solo ever laid down - you need to listen to it right through to appreciate the sheer briliance of the whole structure [media]http://youtu.be/mrXPVAHFjdc[/media]

there is only [i]one[/i] guitarist whom all the above, and all those to follow, can stand aside for .... [url="http://youtu.be/w0w3V_-A1XI"]http://youtu.be/w0w3V_-A1XI[/url]

mmmm broccoli greetings from the norf kent london overspill

great news and dont forget to keep us updated when the fuzz catch up with the scum that sold it to crack converters