tauzero

No, it's not the order they're in. I think there may be two things here which are potentially getting conflated. As Sarah says, numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 will be the numbers of the note in a scale. C major, for example, has C = 1, D = 2, E = 3, F = 4, G = 5, A 6, B = 7 The major chord is made up of notes 1, 3, and 5 - hence C, E and G. Things are a little different with chords. They are expressed as I, II, III etc, but now C maj = I, D min = II (I'm sure I've seen a convention to write minors as lowercase, hence ii), E min = III, F maj = IV, G maj = V, A min = VI, Baugdim5 with fried rice = VII. The reason that some chords are major and some are minor is that all three notes of 1, 3, and 5 must be in the C major scale. It's 3 that tells you whether it's major or minor, and if it's three semitones up from the 1 note it's a minor, if it's 4 semitones up it's a major. Hence A minor - from A the notes go A=1, B=2, C=3 (following the C major scale), D=4, E=5 and so the chord is A C E which is Am. Doing that type of notation (I, II, III etc) is handy as it means that if yer typical 12-bar goes I IV I V IV I V, it doesn't matter what key it's in, If it's in A, it goes A D A E D A E, if it's in C, it goes C F C G F C G, if it's in Eb, it's jazz and you can forget about it.

Must be honest, I'm surprised that of the 40,000 bassists on here, 39,999 aren't aware of tuners that are neither pedals, rackmounts, nor clip-ons.

Thank god, they're hideous.

[quote name='Jazzneck' timestamp='1341834737' post='1724715'] Just called Mrs. Jazzneck "my little Uxor" and she punched me and told me to do my own lunch. What went wrong? [/quote] Try "uxor mea parva pulchra est".

Sadly, one of my covers bands does "Move like Jagger". Finally, a track I hate more than "Dance the night away".

For an added bonus, it hasn't been reliced.

One covers band - left hand side as I'm another one with a left-handed guitarist and Mrs Zero is the singer, so I'd really get it in the neck if we smacked her round the back of the head. Other covers band - right hand side because the guitarist fancied going on the left. Other other covers band - left hand side, for no apparent reason. Ceilidh band - left hand side, also for no apparent reason. Jams, open mics, etc - right hand side if I can so I can see the guitarist's fingers.

I'm not sure that the description was entirely accurate, being described as "used": "The item may have some signs of cosmetic wear, but is fully operational and functions as intended." Hmmm.

What amazes me is that cables carrying digital signals (HDMI, USB, etc) will actually get reviews saying that they improved the sound in some way that is contrary to the laws of physics and information theory. Either your 1s and 0s get from one end to the other undamaged or they don't. If they're all there then the signal is as it started out and if they're not all there then randomly losing the odd bit or 1024 won't have a coherent effect on the frequency characteristics of the analogue signal that has been encoded.

[quote name='risingson' timestamp='1340663611' post='1707936'] As for me I'm going through a total transformation in life and my music is starting to take a back seat to other things so I don't feel like I have anything to post that is of any major relevance right now. [/quote] It's always the same when you damn caterpillars start turning into butterflies...

The quilted maple is nice, the scratchplate is rubbish, the gold hardware really doesn't go well with it, the knobs look cheap and nasty.

40-100 + 125 on 34" and 35" scale basses. I use Elites which never seem to get much of a mention. I've used 40-100 for pretty much all my 4-string playing life so it was logical to just put a pretty much matching low B on.

[quote name='molan' timestamp='1340548700' post='1705961'] I have to admit that I always thought Bolder & Woody were 'passengers' in the Spiders but was surprised at quite how badly they seem to have been treated (although we only heard their side of the story). [/quote] I've been rather surprised that no-one else has commented on that. What with underpaying them and then not bothering to tell them that the Spiders was finished, he really seems to have been quite a sh*t. I was also rather disappointed at the sound on the concert movie. Sounded like they'd used mics in the auditorium rather than taking the audio feed from the mixing desk. Plus with his interminable costume changes, he left Mick Ronson doing rather a lot of extended soloes, and that (to be kind) was never Ronson's forte. You can see where Nigel Tufnell got his main influence, though.

[quote name='uke' timestamp='1340208229' post='1701098'] As it says, he' s put a set of left handed tuners on a right handed neck! [/quote] What a sensible modification - moves the weight a bit closer to the body, hence reducing neck dive.

[quote name='bigjohn' timestamp='1339761330' post='1693861'] there's always swan. [/quote] I suppose that opens the door for some obscure and complex pun involving the fact that Swan Vestas were wax coated.

That Les Paul isn't exactly a relic though, is it? A lot of effort has been put into making it look like it was made out of painted steel and had rusted. Not the same as taking one perfectly serviceable bass in good condition and applying chisel, sander, angle grinder and blowtorch until it's screaming for mercy.

[quote name='yorks5stringer' timestamp='1339761831' post='1693874'] There's a very weird photo of the fingerboard with strings not running parallel....? [/quote] It looks to me like he's parted the strings to show what the fret wear is like.

[quote name='spinynorman' timestamp='1339601526' post='1691309'] This has been a source of some confusion for me. When punk first hit I totally bought the media/pr story that it was all about bands that couldn't play their instruments, and didn't bother with it. Much later I got R&R Swindle out of the library and was surprised to find that, even on Johnny B Good, the playing's not bad (and I'm assuming it was Sid playing that). It's not a ground-breaking bass line, but I wouldn't be ashamed of it. And the more Pistols tracks I've heard, the less sure I've been that they couldn't play. [/quote] The Pistols could definitely play - saying that would be against the punk ethos, of course. I think you'll find it was Steve Jones who played the bass on R&R Swindle, as he did on quite a bit of Never Mind the Bollocks. That was because when they had a band member who genuinely couldn't play, they couldn't actually use him on record.

[quote name='LukeFRC' timestamp='1339510666' post='1689552'] When I play at church compliments probably come from the fact that I play loud enough that you can actually hear me! Though there is a funny story I've heard... I'm sure the ideas of God using people for things isn't entirely foreign- well a common depreciating reply to compliments in christian circles goes a bit like this: "Hey man, really loved what you were doing on the bass in the worship" "Thanks, but it wasn't really me, it was Jesus playing through me" to which the correct response is an incredulous "no mate, it wasn't that good!" [/quote] Not "Oh, so Jesus is a drummer then?" ?

Just sold an iAmp500 to Ross, quick payment and good comms. Thanks.

[quote name='seashell' timestamp='1339502970' post='1689345'] I love compliments! I had a few after my little gigs with Dik. I think they were more along the lines of 'well done you for standing up and giving it a go even though you clearly can only play 2 notes'. Nevertheless I lapped them up. [/quote] Well, Mr Guru is hardly shy and retiring with a winsome voice, so it says something that they actually managed to hear you Anyway, what's a compliment?

I have done pay-to-play gigs a few times - however, this was for the Tamworth Rock Festival, which was a free admission festival, so the bands pitched in for PA and PLI and to get in a couple of trailers for the stage. I'd happily do that again, but I wouldn't do Surface or other pay-to-play profit-making events.

[quote name='Kiwi' timestamp='1338553823' post='1676247'] 2,300,000 hits a month speaks for itself, I think. [/quote] But 2,247,395 of those are from bass_ferret's aliases.