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[url="http://www.eden-electronics.com/"]http://www.eden-electronics.com/[/url] UK distributors: First Line Distribution Ltd. 16 Teignbridge Business Centre,Cavalier Road Heathfield Industrial Estate,Newton Abbot Devon TQ12 6TZ Uk Contact: Phone: +44 (0)1626 830336 Fax: Email: Website: www.firstlinemusic.co.uk I have always found them really helpful.
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White. Cos.
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[quote name='steviedee' post='813485' date='Apr 21 2010, 10:13 AM']That's really cheap I lost the rubber foot from my endpin and it poked through the material in the bag,[/quote] INteresting. Mine has a hole for the endpin already built into the material.
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Steve Swallow and Janek Gwizdala are both EADGC 5 string players. Can't say I like the extended range in either direction myself - low B is tooo heavy for may tastes and I find the notes that are high on the C string are a bit too pingy!! I guess it depends on what music you are playing.
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I got one on ebay a couple of weeks ago for £33 (bid not buy now) There was one on there for 99p but it had days to go.
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Nope.....I have enough trouble remembering my own name
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Not so beginner bass for a beginner advice please!!!!
Bilbo replied to Les Paul Lover's topic in Bass Guitars
She should also know that people look slimmer if they play a black bass. Everyone knows that. -
Not so beginner bass for a beginner advice please!!!!
Bilbo replied to Les Paul Lover's topic in Bass Guitars
[quote name='Les Paul Lover' post='812391' date='Apr 20 2010, 11:41 AM']Bilbo, thank you for the offer, but your bass is plain black - she won't like it like that!!!!! Sorry![/quote] Like I said; some of the boxes... -
[quote name='Stag' post='812107' date='Apr 20 2010, 12:29 AM'][i]A collection of men who like biscuits[/i] [attachment=47779:DSC01098.JPG][/quote] And facial hair. My type of party....
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Not so beginner bass for a beginner advice please!!!!
Bilbo replied to Les Paul Lover's topic in Bass Guitars
I have this for sale. Ticks some of your boxes but not all of them. PM me if you are interested in having a look! Its up for £400 ono to Basschatters. Its a lot of bass for the money but its your call entirely. I hope she finds what she wants either way.... [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=76888&hl=status+energy"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=...l=status+energy[/url] [url="http://www.guitarmart.co.uk/advert/G04326"]http://www.guitarmart.co.uk/advert/G04326[/url] -
[quote name='Patrickhadow' post='811722' date='Apr 19 2010, 07:35 PM']i would love to have a go at this book but it's so expensive! 30 pounds from amazon and you cant get it on ebay unless you want to ship it from america![/quote] Its really worth every penny, mate. I would recommend it above any other publication and, once you have it, you won't need anything else. Its an investment that will pay for itself many time over. I get that its a lot to pay out at first, though. Sell some old cds!!
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[quote name='silddx' post='811702' date='Apr 19 2010, 07:24 PM']There's a part in Tempus Fugit by Yes I simply cannot work out to my satisfaction. It's the part that comes out of the version of the main riff he does an octave lower, in the verses. It goes E F# G A. The run is so easy in theory, but Chris Squire's doing something so liquid with those notes that I'm convinced there are other notes that are kind of ghosted, but I can't get close to it. It's the oiliest, greasiest bit of bass I can remember hearing and he does it slightly differently every time. The riff everyone loves in that number is child's play next to that ostensibly dead simple little run. Amazing.[/quote] Are you playing it with a pick?
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And there was Andy Summers cdof Mingus tunes. Vernon Reid from Living Colour was ex-Ronald Shannon Jackson's Decodingf Society and went on to play on Hal Wiliner's Mingus/Paitch tribute, Weird Nightmare (superb stuff). Steve Vai has appeared on Al DiMeola's recordings. Jack Bruce has as much of a jazz presence as he does a rock one. Colin Towns of Gillan fame has had a long career as a jazzer (form 'I'll Rip Your Spine Out' to tv themes and big band arrangements). Neil Peart's Buddy Rich tribute big band, Bill Bruford, ex-Yes, is all jazz. The list is pretty long. I guess it depends on where your definitions of rock and jazz start and stop.
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The Major's Bass Boot Camp - Session 20
Bilbo replied to Major-Minor's topic in Theory and Technique
I have just gone through this and need to say that I wish this was around when I was learning. The Major's charts and play-a-longs are a fantastic resource for anyone who is trying to get started but who hasn't got a teacher (or can't afford one). There is enough material here to get anyone started and to keep them entertained for a good few weeks. I was caught out a couple of times on the last pdf (my turn to feel foolish, Pete). Quality material. There is no excuse for not being able to read at least at a functional level. As Marcus Miller said 'why wouldn't you'? -
This is ROn Carter on Wynton Marsalis' Hesitation off his first LP. Try Spotify. There is no piano on this so it is clear as a bell. Play this a few doazen times and you will start to internalise the changes. Note Carter doesn't start until the middle 8/B section so don't get confused.... [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=35615&hl=hesitation"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=...p;hl=hesitation[/url]
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Anyone ever bought a prized instrument from Cash Converters?
Bilbo replied to Grand Wazoo's topic in Bass Guitars
I don't know but I have heard that ehy are tightening their act up and taking photos of people that bring stuff in so, if an item is stolen goods, they can trace the low-life that brought it in. I have heard it worked on at least two occasions I am aware of but, whether it is fool proof or universal I don't know. My kid brother got a result once on a synth module; got something well under market price, but I have not heard of anything happening bass/guitar wise. -
Teen Town, Donna Lee, Joe Frazier, Bach, Dixe - tried them all, got nearly there with them all but never hit a home run. To be frank, I know I could if I spent the time with them but what's the point? I even learned Parker's Passport as an alternative to Donna Lee but have never got it down to my own satisfaction. Got a Match by Chick Corea is another one I never nailed.
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Play jazz, then you die! Or is it, die, then you play jazz? Change streams. Find a musical outlet that takes you somewhere new: folk, jazz, world etc. Find a reason to get excited again. Having just taken up the double bass, I feel reborn. Practising the Bach cello suites at the moment: crucifying them but its really exciting to be going somewhere new. Or change instruments
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You deserve it, mate. Did you know I play the double bass now? Apparently
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Jakesbass (Jake Newman) is in Aldershot - look for his feedback. He is a natural teacher and will get you to where you want to be.... He has taught many on here (including me) with great results.