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[quote name='s0fa' post='202222' date='May 19 2008, 04:06 PM']I want to buy my own bass as I find it difficult to play Rog's with my little hands [/quote] She's not kidding! :brow:

[quote name='ped' post='201526' date='May 18 2008, 02:20 PM']Not until BC is 18!!! Happy birthday Basschat, and thanks to everyone![/quote] Dunno what you're talking about - here's a pic from my first birthday!

[quote name='paul, the' post='201299' date='May 17 2008, 11:18 PM']That link seems a bit out of context. To be honest, I just hate to see that instrument.[/quote] It's an instrument?

[quote name='BeLow' post='201278' date='May 17 2008, 10:20 PM']what about this then!!!!!!! [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NEW-12-STRING-GUITAR-SIX-STRING-BASS-COMBO-WIDE-NECK-NR_W0QQitemZ190221107001QQihZ009QQcategoryZ4713QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD2VQQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp1638Q2em122#ebayphotohosting"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NEW-12-STRING-GUITAR...bayphotohosting[/url][/quote] Oh God, not again!!! Has anyone asked them if the toy van, the weird old guy and the tropical island with a view of Uranus come with the freaky wooden thing with metal strings?

Absolute doddle - same as replacing normal ones

[quote name='SJA' post='201167' date='May 17 2008, 05:41 PM']apparently James Jamerson's "Funk Machine" P had a bowed neck and very high action[/quote] I understand he liked it that way so it felt like playing a double bass! I'm sure John Entwistle would vote for himself, in his never-ending search for the perfect bass A bloody brilliant player, never satisfied with his tone... I'll vote for myself too All of my basses have cost under £500 and unless I get signed, I doubt I'll ever spend the insane amounts some people seem to!

Not for me it isn't! I'll be in Cwmbran at that time (very near Newport) so I daresay I'll be able to acquire a posse

And me too, actually - they are very cool; if you're mad keen on the Boss, get the ME-50B - if you just want a good multi-effects, get the Zoom! Also, the Zoom is much lighter and smaller

I thought when I read the title you were doing a tour of Stapleton (the part of Bristol near where I live...)! The music on the myspazz sounds really good - might come and see you in Le Pub if I'm about

You mean ME-20B, right? ME-50Bs seem to pop up on here very often for about that price!

*picky; wants to play jazz and prog* Anyway, it occurs to me that the OP wants something that programmes the beats for him rather than doing it himself? Get a keyboard! Mine's got over 100 beats in lots of different styles AND it's a keyboard! Loads of fun

One of those tuners isn't attached to a string!?

[quote name='kennyrodg' post='200886' date='May 17 2008, 09:27 AM']i got a link to [url="http://www.threechords.com/hammerhead/introduction.shtml"]THIS[/url] via a recent thread on BC. its pretty good and it should put you on till you get a machine.its a freebie btw. hope it helps.[/quote] Actually I found that quite annoying to use, coz you can't set the time signature and you can't import your own samples... if you just want simple 4:4 beats though, can't fault it!

Happy birthday baby basschat!

For future reference, here's a full ASCII tab legend The majority of tabs you'll find online seem to use these symbols, even if the tabbers seem to have no idea about note duration! L - tied note x - dead note g - grace note (n) - ghost note > - accentuded note NH - natural harmonic AH - artificial harmonic TH - tapped harmonic SH - semi harmonic PH - pitch harmonic h - hammer on p - pull off b - bend br - bendRelease pb - preBend pbr - preBendRelease brb - bendReleaseBend \n/ - tremolo bar dip \n - tremolo bar dive -/n - tremolo bar Release up /n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip /n - tremolo bar return -\n - tremolo bar Release down S - shift slide s - legato slide / - slide into from below or out of upwards \ - slide into from above or out of downwards ~ - vibrato W - wide vibrato tr - trill TP - tremolo picking T - tapping S - slap P - pop < - fade in ^ - brush up v - brush down

[quote name='steve-soar' post='200804' date='May 16 2008, 11:32 PM']Her name is Eileen Campbell, she is 35 and lives in Leith, in Edinburgh. I've seen her at Level 42 gigs on a few ocassions. I was a bit freaked out when I first saw her but after a while, you get used to seeing a small woman. She's a great bassist and has a great sense of humour.[/quote] I suppose you have to laugh if people keep thinking you're a 15-year-old boy!

Yes!

I like 'em, but you should REALLY turn up the vocals coz I can't hear 'em at all! Love the bass sound though

[quote name='Jean-Luc Pickguard' post='200570' date='May 16 2008, 05:01 PM']chinagraph pencil works well to mark the settings[/quote] Another great suggestion - thanks! [quote name='ahpook' post='200605' date='May 16 2008, 05:58 PM']camera phone ? it's what i do[/quote] Sadly my phone is AIDS (I miss my old one! ) and doesn't take pics; I used to take my camera to band practise but I'm a bit afraid of banging into something and smashing it - it's happened with mp3 players...

And if I decide to experiment by doing some twiddling myself, it'll be no problem finding the old settings again! Great idea

Just to check, we are allowed to use other musicians to do the non-bass parts, right? Anddd is it okaeey if we want to make more than one entry? I doubt I'll want to enter loads (probably one for Earth and one for Fire)

[quote name='Mottlefeeder' post='199790' date='May 15 2008, 05:55 PM']I'm not sure how many knobs we are talking about, but here are a few random thoughts - 1 - run a piece of masking tape across the knobs before you bag it. That should help to keep them in place. 2 - take the knobs off: tha shafts are less likely to turn. 3 - make a note of the settings, and include that as part of your load in/load out. E.g. put mains lead in, put speaker lead in, put instrument lead in, set knobs up, switch on. 4 - build a cardboard sleeve/lid and stick that over the knobs before you bag it. I'd be inclined to go for 4. Canibalise a corrugated cardboard carton, and glue it up with a hot-melt glue gun or something like that.[/quote] 1 and 2 are possible, 3's what I've been doing but 4 sounds like the best answer! Thanks very much

Basically I carry my ME-50B to rehearsal (since I don't NEED anything else just for practise...) in the big pocket in my gig bag, which is conveniently exactly the right size, but when I get there, all the knobs have moved around and I have to put them back exactly where I want them every bloody time - it's fair enough setting the EQ for specific rooms and what have you, but I would rather do that on my bass and the amp, because at the end of the day it's coming back to the same room where I'll be practising and everything's set up nicely - I was playing for a while earlier and I thought something was broken before I realised that the EQ was all over the place... Anyway, advice as to how to stop the knobs getting knocked about? Will strategically-placed bubble wrap keep them still?

[quote name='cheddatom' post='199696' date='May 15 2008, 04:01 PM']The jazz deluxe looks a like the body has been squashed in the vertical slightly. I really like it. Is this a trick of the eye/camera/monitor or can I buy a jazz that looks like this?[/quote] [unhelpful and annoying]If it is an illusion I'm sure you could get some glasses that make it look that way![/unhelpful and annoying]