chaypup

Ah yes,[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/5-string-Custom-Bass-MOP-inlay-Active-nice-action-/160506809529?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item255ef38cb9#ht_500wt_951"] this[/url] reminds me of when we use to hunt unicorns out on the wagon trail......

Glen Cornick - For the haircut. David Steele from The Beat Mick Dempsey, as The Cure were the band that got me into playing the bass in the first place

A [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Westone-Thunder-I-A-Fretless-Active-Bass-Guitar-BLACK-/320615266639?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item4aa628b94f"]couple[/url] of [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Westone-Thunder-1A-Bass-Red-1986-/120645500862?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item1c17083fbe"]beauties[/url] (to my eyes anyway!)

He's a great player - I had a shock once when I came to play bass on Mrs Robinson once......

no no no, this is all wrong - it's not the gear, it's the CLOTHES! Swap your jeans and t-shirt, for some super-flared corduroy, some kind of pyschedelic shirt, star-shaped sunglasses and possibly a big funky hat to go on your 'fro and the funk will come my friend!

[quote name='Pete Academy' post='1016770' date='Nov 8 2010, 07:15 PM']It's OK, mate. I think most people respond to my threads because of the avatar. [/quote] Those sexy avatars really confuse me - in my mind peteacademy is a sexy redhead.

Apparentley "The Fish" doesn't even realise he's playing a musical instrument, he just likes hitting the big wood thing he found.

Can we see the video and the comment?

Thank you good people of basschat! I haven't played since last night when it started hurting and I have been icing it and using ibuprofen gel. Appointment made to see GP tomorrow. Thanks again! Ps that's icing it as in massaging it with ice, not cake icing!

Thanks for the advice. Looking around the internet, it seems that ice massage is the best way to help this - anyone tried it and had success?

[quote name='cetera' post='1010516' date='Nov 3 2010, 10:58 AM']Jo Whiley ?!?!? Please no!! I couldn't stand her gushing love for EVERY act and fake enthusiasm that every song/band is the best she's ever heard.... [/quote] +1 Mark Lamarr would be a good stand-in, if anyone. I'm not sure he can join in with the piano though....

Thanks for the replies. I've been playing for 6 years but had a break for a few months whilst I travelled. Since coming back I've got right back into it with various projects and am playing between 1hour and 6 hours a day. However my hand was ok until I started learning a load of ska songs which are all down the bottom end of the neck so maybe that's it No history of injury with the hand or anything like that. Don't want to rest it too much as I have a load of songs to learn for gigs coming up! Cheers!

I expect this is covered elsewhere but I can't seem to find it.... I am experiencing a pain in my left hand between the last 2 knuckles when I have been practising recently. Is this the ligaments? Should I push on through it so me hand will get stronger or do I need to rest it? Thanks for any advice!

Surely he'snot going to get the BIn price for [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Westone-Thunder-1a-Bass-Guitar-Vintage-Matsumoku-MIJ-/230542415849?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item35ad6617e9#ht_500wt_951"]this[/url]? Or am I out of date with my idea of prices for these? You could get[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/80s-Matsumoko-Japan-Westone-Thunder-I-A-Active-Bass-/120639366462?pt=Guitar&hash=item1c16aaa53e#ht_500wt_951"] this one[/url] from the States for less!

[quote name='JPS' post='1005453' date='Oct 29 2010, 04:52 PM']I'm currently learning Oh What A Night by The Four Seasons (don't ask why!). I've managed to work out the majority of the song, but can't get my head around the tricky (for me anyway) little run that happens way up the neck at around the 1.56 mark. Any help would be much appreciated as it's driving me mad. Cheers. JPS[/quote] This [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIoIRBSqC94&feature=related"]video[/url] has it pretty clear.

Does anyone know where I can get hold of a transcription for this? Most of it I'm fine with but some of the chorus is a bit noodly..... Thanks!

Is there a transcription of this bassline anywhere? The chorus is a little tricky.........

[quote name='Bilbo' post='946799' date='Sep 5 2010, 11:41 PM']If there is one thing that I have learned after gigging for 30 years, its that there are thousands of delusional musicians who have absolutely no idea that they are terrible. If it sounds good to them, it most certainly isn't. There are also plenty of musicians who think that a blues scale covers everything which it doesn't. If it sounds good, it may be but please don't rely on it unless you are absolutely sure of your ground. [/quote] I wish you'd told me this when I started playing bass! Would've saved me a few years of being Sh*t before I started learning the rules!

What 'charity work' did it do? Going round to poor bass player's houses so they can have a play????

Why can't we just have a Bass Player World Cup? Invite every bass player in the world, pitch them against each in a series of comps and then the eventual winner can be undisputed. Will save us having these discussions no?

I wouldn't necessarily say that covers are easier than originals, I find originals easier because I can play what I want and can't be "wrong" - although I do get more nervous playing original material, because it seems to matter more (to me).