Bilbo

To be fair, I suspect many of us are forced into selling gear by our personal circumstances as opposed to any deficiencies on the part of the gear. I have got three guitars and 2 basses but, in order to finance a double bass and associated accessories, I am going to have to let some of them go. Nothing wrong with them, I just can't get what I want without raising capital. So my reason for selling them is, surprise, surprise, because I need the money! Nothing wrong with them as instruments, perfectly good quality kit, but, in the overall scheme of economic things, I need to prioritise. So, 'great bass' can easily apply to something we have to move.

Some wise sage (Mick Goodrick, I think) once said 'the difficulty with finding your true path lies in the realisation that you are already on it'. I have said here before that I think many of us (myself included) can be distracted by the promise of a new piece of kit when the true improvements come from applied study, practice and discipline. I guess there is a kid in all of us who still thinks that that new piece of kit will be the making of us. Its a fools errand we have all been on. I guess we all need to find a balance.

Learn to read. Its more use to you than double thumbing, two handed tapping and playing solo chordal pieces on 42 string basses. After a relatively short time. you will be able to practice things that take you out of your comfort zone and introduce new variables into you playing. It will also make you a cut above most players and very employable. Anything else is just a series of party tricks that will impress a minority and bring you no discernable benefits as a player and/or professional.

Good point: The cds the tunes are from are usually listed on the threads and most of tehm can be bought as individual tunes in itunes etc. Anything you are particularly interested in but can't find? PM me.

If anyone has any requests for transcriptions, let me know. I will do what I can, time allowing (for free - I am not in this for the bread). Be reasonable: I am NOT looking for people to dare me to transcribe impossibly difficult charts. I just want to help if I can and to advocate for the value of reading and transcription.

I have posted about 30 transcriptions here under the Theory and Technique section. SOme of them are very readable for learners (straight quarter notes etc) and they get harder and harder. Just put 'transcription' into the search tool here and there are loads available for free. With Spotify around, most of this stuff is readily acccessible even if you haven't got the recordings. PM me if you have any trouble.

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White. Cos.

[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.

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.

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.

Nope.....I have enough trouble remembering my own name

She should also know that people look slimmer if they play a black bass. Everyone knows that.

[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...

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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!!