miles'tone

Owen bought a loaded Sims celluloid pickguard off me and the deal was great. Instant payment and a nice friendly chat (nice to read some Welsh on here!) Via pm's. Top bloke, top Basschatter. Diolch yn fawr iawn ffrind fy!

Martin bought some decals off me in a very easy friendly deal. Cheers mate!

[quote name='bubinga5' timestamp='1395350284' post='2401545'] no matter the music genre, there are good and bad music vids, live or other. some taken by a crap phone camera, or by pro cameras and sound equipment. anyways this has got be a favourite of mine. Raphael Saddiq is great, and the singer at 7.45 is off the wall good. its only from my own musical perspective of course, but i like to post music that i reckon is great, and if I'm going post my sh*t i want it to be in the best possible quality.!!!! anyways. here is some great stuff. [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDsHJW5E1zk"]https://www.youtube....h?v=xDsHJW5E1zk[/url] whats your favourite quality music vid. [/quote] PS. Seen this a few times before. It is totally badass on so many levels. Great choice!

The Doors - Ghost Song. Recorded by the remaining Doors using Jim's poetry as vocals. Bob Glaub serving up some lovely P bass goodness too...(he's not in the vid itself, just on the track - which is ace) The Doors - Ghost Song (Music Video): http://youtu.be/Y3Ja7wDuY9o

[quote name='xilddx' timestamp='1395304891' post='2400810'] Thanks so much guys, you are all very kind x I'm not going to join another band for the sake of it though, I'm in two other superb outfits that give me joy, but they don't gig much and there's not much recording to be done. I think I'll see how I feel in a month or two, at the moment I just want to chill. Finding a band with a great vocalist and songwriter who is also motivated, reliable and organised ain't going to be particularly easy [/quote] Great to hear you've still got a couple of things going to keep you happy Nige (where do you find the time man?! Haha). You never know though, every change brings new opportunity. Keep your ears down to the jungle drums and listen out for some tasty auditions. They do happen. The best thing about being a decent bassist is walking into a good situation and making it great. Plus you've got the personality to make any band fun mate Best of luck man.

Bought an Italia Rimini off Mark and although the initial deal was put on hold due to unforseen circumstances my end. We worked something out and he held it for me while refusing to take a deposit (3 cheers for Basschat trust! Hurrah!!!) It arrived today and boy was it packed well! It's exactly as described and Mark was even good enough to swap the pickups back to their original position for me. Top man and, as already has been said, a true credit to Basschat. Many thanks Mark, been a pleasure. Simon.

I actually really like the laminate stripes through the headstock. Reminds me of a Rickenbacker in a way, funnily enough. That bass is a beauty and Nige is right, they do really look good in white and I'm not usually too into white basses.

[quote name='blamelouis' timestamp='1395057010' post='2398066'] Lol was listening to it this morning on spotify ...what surprised me was how many lines I've stolen from that album as fills. Actually felt a bit guilty. [/quote] Don't feel guilty as Jaco himself used to say,"I know where I stole every lick" It's all fair game.

[quote name='KingBollock' timestamp='1395004541' post='2397732'] So, you can't know if you will actually get CTS or RSI no matter what technique you use and it could take decades for it to show? So how do we know Carol Kaye isn't going too suffer for her technique in the future? How do we know it's her technique that has kept such problems at bay? Maybe she is just one if the lucky ones that wouldn't have got it even if using a poor technique? Taking such a hard line stance based on just one person seems a bit rash. Unfortunately my Bass history is severely lacking and right now I wish I knew more about other pick players going back as far as Mrs Kaye. [/quote] It's not really that the technique is great because she's lasted so long using it with no problems, but more that when you look into it, it's a common sense approach that utilizes the way our hands, wrists and arms are meant to function. It's like you can really tear it up by not putting any stress on anything you shouldn't or by using too much energy to do so. Scott Devine is thinking the same way when he's explaining how he slaps on one of his vids actually.

The Carol Kaye pick method is ace for playing insanely fast basslines with ease, laughably so sometimes . Unfortunately it's pretty tricky to do live if your a mobile bass player or just standing up generally (in my experience) unless you have your bass strapped quite high. (I know the argument of having your strap the same length sitting or standing, but I'm 6'1 with long arms) I can see it would be the best way to do it if you're sat down in a studio all day everyday though. Loves the Kaye I do.