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Personally, I'd quite like to be able to read music but I haven't put the time aside to do it in the past. I play in a ceilidh band. All I actually know about any of the tunes is what key they're in. That's all the guitarist knows too, so we just make it all up (I have worked out a few particular runs for a few particular tunes). I also play in a couple of covers bands. The guitarist in one is pretty good on his knowledge of chords, keys, etc (though he's not a reader either), the guitarist in the other isn't too bad on majors and minors (although he can get confused between Bm and Bb) but I can sightread hands. I've also written a couple of songs that I never worked out what the chords were (I have subsequently worked out what they are for one song but not for the other). As for the oral tradition, aren't the best exponents of it the ladies who can suck a golf ball through a hosepipe?

Bloody hell, they're ugly.

Shame it's not [url="http://www.roadtoadmusic.com/Completed/Semi-hollow_bass_proto.html"]this prototype[/url] that they're selling...

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[quote name='Soloshchenko' post='1194555' date='Apr 10 2011, 01:23 PM'][url="http://manchester.gumtree.com/manchester/12/76110912.html"]http://manchester.gumtree.com/manchester/12/76110912.html[/url] He's bloody hammered that in 5 weeks to get the belt buckle mark![/quote] "Slight buckle rash"? That's like describing an amputation as a minor flesh wound.

"Plays like a very expensive instrument". That's because it is...

[quote name='Bankai' post='1192303' date='Apr 7 2011, 09:37 PM']They are a useful tool yet have a tendency to be used by teenage metal drummers who hammer constantly throughout every song with no dynamic control or fluctuation. Just constant beating.[/quote] Our drummer uses one, and he's nearly 60. Must be young at heart.

Owen bought my Ergo 5-string - quick payment, good communication, a pleasure to do business with.

I started on guitar and play in a notionally acoustic duo with Mrs Zero (I use a Variax solidbody on acoustic settings, hence it being notionally acoustic). Primary instrument is bass, I can't do lead guitar. I also write songs, and use an acoustic guitar (big box one, not Variax) for that.

[quote name='bassaussie' post='1191353' date='Apr 7 2011, 07:31 AM']I'll take that one step further. When a seller is selling something on this site at a certain price, but has it advertised elsewhere cheaper (sometimes considerably so). This happens more with non-UK based sellers, as they advertise it locally for a certain price, then decide to go to a UK site and for some reason think it's OK to bump up the price. There's actually an example of this happening right now, and I've seen it a number of times in the past. I'm always tempted to comment on the thread, but then, there's this rule in the For Sale not to do that., and to be honest, I don't feel like getting into an argument with all the do-gooders defending the seller saying "oh, he has the right to sell at whatever price he likes".[/quote] But couldn't you simply ask on the thread "Is this the same bass as is advertised here?" and put in a link? You're not commenting on the price, just asking for some factual information, and after all there are scams where information and pictures are gleaned from one advert and used to sell an entirely fictitious instrument.

[quote name='Linus27' post='1189288' date='Apr 5 2011, 05:01 PM']Its hard enough wearing a watch and a wedding ring is like torture.[/quote] Yes, I found that too, although the current Mrs Zero is a considerable improvement.

[quote name='Clarky' post='1189151' date='Apr 5 2011, 03:40 PM']there's always the uber-cool BassChat T-shirts, of which I am a proud owner [/quote] Indeed. I wore one of those to the Janek Gwizdala thing at PeteAcademy's shop, just so that StingrayPete could ignore me. Still, at least Janek didn't smack me over the head, so maybe things have blown over... Easy,

[quote name='barneyg42' post='1164213' date='Mar 16 2011, 12:17 PM']It would be funny to see Mr Clutterbuck installed to the dictionary to be honest, ie waiter drops a tray of cutlery and crockery and everyone remarks "that was a bit of a Clutterbuck!" When being shown around a sheet metal molding factory I remarked "it's a bit Clutterbuck in here!"[/quote] Ah, you mean [url="http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=clutterbuck"]like this?[/url]

I generally fret rather than using open strings. Occasionally open strings serve better, like on "Rocky Mountain Way" or "Radar Love". And of course it's easier to play harmonics on open strings.

Pop/rock covers band - on the side that the guitarist doesn't want to be. He suffers from a strange dichotomy between wanting to be visible and being incapable of any sort of movement on stage, but he does seem to be starting to smile occasionally. Blues band - stage left, as guitarist is a left-hooker so that way we both have headstocks pointing away from the vocalist. Who happens to be Mrs Zero, hence wanting to take precautions against smacking her in the face with a headstock. Ceilidh band - stage left, because that's where I've gravitated to.

I prefer white spirit. It also goes better with fish (meths with red meat, as any fule kno).

"These basses are currently discontinued by Warwick Custom Shop and features the Buzzard style headstock & are only available now as the standard option or normal Warwick headstock as the standard option through Warwick Custom Shop although these older models of the Stryker are far more superior all round in looks & sound as opposed to the newer models Warwick Custom Shop are currently issueing." Murderers get shorter sentences than that.

[quote name='LawrenceH' post='1177775' date='Mar 27 2011, 12:29 AM']Good Lord, imagine the shame of buying a bass from someone with poor spelling. [/quote] It means you get to find out where they live, so you can put them out of everybody else's misery. Innit.

Oh, it's certainly not worth getting worked up about. Looking at other people's auctions for inspiration is a good idea (or looking at the auctions which sell very cheaply, so you know what to try and avoid when writing yours). However, it's a good idea not to actually cut and paste chunks, but rather to reword it...

I agree that you shouldn't just assume you'll get an encore and do one regardless. I think I've managed to make that point now with the covers band - with one former band, the guitarist/vocalist would insist on doing an encore regardless of whether there was any call for one, or even any applause (we generally went down pretty well but you certainly wouldn't say that we were always asked for an encore). Plan for one but don't do it automatically.