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[quote name='Leen2112' timestamp='1364133908' post='2022226'] I saw your avater tractor less the other day!!! [/quote] (You saw my deputy star then? I was mighty proud of that star.) b, b

[quote name='Dave Vader' timestamp='1364070815' post='2021689'] Weirder than that, it is B. Somewhere European, and there is still a B. Bach used it at one point as a signature inside the music (or so i read, may be apocryphal) [/quote] Germany and Norway at least, probably more countries as well. Yes, Bach did that quite a lot, part of this signature being that the four notes formed a cross, thus not only denoting Bach's faith, but this theme and this cross were also used in Bach's music about Jesus' sufferings on the cross. If the lyrics for example have the word "Leiden" (suffering), you can bet that this cross is found in the melody. [/BachChat] As to the history of H and B, for those interested, and in simplified form: IMS, some time in the late Middle Ages, the first "black key" note to be written down was a Bb, and it was written/drawn as a rounded B note, "B rotundum" or simply "rotundum". The regular B was written/drawn as a squarish one, the "B quadratum" or simply "quadratum". Someone misread, and interpreted the square B as an H, and the round B as a B, and since some countries have had H for B and B for Bb. best, bert

Hey Jonathan, Welcome to BC! I had written previously, but apparently something went wrong. Anyway, you'll find that at least some here are into experimental synth stuff. It's my background in fact, so I only find it boring when it's boring. Enjoy the site! best, bert

[quote name='paul_5' timestamp='1364038148' post='2021123'] Saw this and thought of you, Mel,. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=iD6WEbfQuso"]http://www.youtube.c...d&v=iD6WEbfQuso[/url] [/quote] You're nuts! She doesn't look like that at all, and the dialect doesn't even come close. "Let's try dis babies" Seriouslt though, This looks very interesting, if maybe a bit on the short side. Thanks for posting. best, bert

In my old days, the thought of a covers band was an impossible one. In my testosterone driven reality, of course one composed, played and won. Then I realised I'd done covers all the time when playing classical music. Then I'd often listen to a song and notice my desire to play that song. Then I got in a covers band. Then I had fun. Then End best, bert

Thanks! Downloaded and listened. Bunch of clownwhores, eh? best, bert

Hey John, Welcome back to bass, and welcome to BC. It's generally a great site, an on here, you're amongst zillions who returned to bass, so you'll get some recognising nods. Enjoy the site, and chime in when you feel the urge. Worst that can happen is we bite your head off, eh? best, bert

[quote name='MiltyG565' timestamp='1363960616' post='2020178'] because phones roll [/quote] I think you owe me a keyboard and a screen, lad. best, bert [wipes to no evident avail]

Hey Kristo, Thanks for a very nice read, and welcome to BC! I like your dad. ;-) Enjoy the fora! best, bert

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1363954459' post='2020047'] There is some Behringer gear that is truly crap. Anyone remember the tube rack processor, where the tube didn't actually do anything and was illuminated by an LED behind it? [/quote] You really don't get it, do you? That thing is world famous for the tube lasting forever. This is [i][b]quality[/b][/i], man! Thanks for mentioning it. I've heard about that scheme, but had no idea it was a Behringer. I'm gonna keep that story in my arsenal of fun stuff. best, bert

[quote name='MiltyG565' timestamp='1363953926' post='2020032'] Turns out it was in the pocket of the hoody BENEATH my coat... oh, how we laughed [/quote] Nothing special. Here, this happened all day - until the warden took all our phones.

Ah! The Marshall Fridgid. I ordered one last year, but she never came. I'm expecting more from my BF Midget. best, bert

[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1363910569' post='2019589'] As stated, I may be wrong, it has been known. The last time was around 1956 or so, I seem to remember... [/quote] ... but Dad! I thought you really loved Mum!

[quote name='ahpook' timestamp='1363908654' post='2019559'] my trusty japanese fender jazz [/quote] Thanks! Had no idea the scratchplate could be so pointy on the lower horn. Learn something every day, eh? As to the Korg: Kool! best, bert

Only thing I've heard that can manage is one of those massive Russian triangular things (name on tip of my tongue, but happily that's not close to the keyboard right now). So unless you're buying Steve's Thunderchief, I gather you're in for amplification. best, bert

Yeah, but seriously; how do you string the bass: 1) the round side up 2) the flat side up 3) differently to the above I'm having a hard time understanding, and the Interwebs don't help one bit. best, bert

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1363907176' post='2019525'] All good, but some context - Myke [i]is[/i] from Somerset. [/quote]

[quote name='Myke' timestamp='1363905029' post='2019458'] Well done! [/quote] Thanks very much, man! edit: ... but let's get a room, eh? best, bert

This is the type of simple, soothing stuff I love to enjoy during late evenings, when I know I should've been in bed. Like now, at 23:45 CET. Would've liked it had he played a little bit more in tune though. best, bert

€$Guinea 8.00 Bid! Quickly!

[quote name='SpaceChick' timestamp='1363901927' post='2019329'] I think having been classically trained in my youth has helped me as an adult joining the wonderful world of being a bassist? [/quote] I'm still hoping to learn in the nearest possible future that you are right in this respect. [quote name='MiltyG565' timestamp='1363902997' post='2019370'] It's my understand that when you start learning piano, you will be taught scales and other theory that a lot of bass or guitar teachers just ignore. Classical music is very much based in "This is what we do, and we do it this way, so do it this way" where as a lot of rock was born from "Oh, what happens if i do this?" [/quote] I get the feeling I understand where you're coming from, but also get the sense that you may have a slightly erronous idea about classical music and its theory. Rock music for a large part (its traditional part) is theoretically very close to rather old classical music or even older "street music" as it was called in my theoretical days. The melody lines, the harmonic tensions and their resolvements, the rhythmic content can often be found in late Medieval music or early Romantic music for example. This is not to say rock has not contributed with its own inventions - just to relate the theory bit of it to pre-existing music. This link then means that the same powers that governed that particular classical music back then also to quite some degree govern the rock music that is traditional enough, and teachers would educate pupils the same theory. At a higher level of education, these things start to get more separated. Theory in a heavy metal class for example, would incorporate knowledge about fuzz boxes generating the need to change V7 chords to V7maj chords, whilst the chordal content in jazz certainly can't be taught in theory classes on even late Romantic music. best, bert

[size=5][b]BID[/b][/size], YOU EFFING *****S!

One thing I try to remember is that fear of rough treatment will make people pack better, and the items thus get larger and heavier, generating more income to the FedExes of this planet. Their incentive to avoid damage must be lower because of this. I've seen a development in this respect in our local market, and assume something of the same is happening elsewhere. Some items should be packed in bubble wrap only, to generate handling with care. Cases are not amongst those items, I think, but I've safely sent 5- to 6-meter long sea kayaks in bubble wrap exclusively, for ten years. best, bert

Hi Stuartielow, Welcome to BC. Don't know any teachers around you, but there's heaps of piles of amounts of Scots here, so you should be OK. Enjoy the site. best, bert

One of Norway's well-known recording studios used a lot of Behringer stuff, but the owner did state that with Behringer, one must know what gear to get and what to avoid. He was clear about some Behringer gear having short life span, and/or huge fail rate. I buy the point that quite some people hear with their eyes, and find it quite funny that a band I love the sound of (a Swedish rock band called "bob hund" - yup, without capitalisation) uses lots of old cheap gear, like vinyl-covered-board-bodied guitars that were very cheap even in the sixties. Then again, this band would hardly have any fan who'd go up to them to ask: "Couldn't you afford a Fender, mate?" FWiW, I used a few Behringer units for a short time before returning them and instead getting the TC Electronic alternatives, which sounded better, but at a higher price. best, bert