BassTractor

My transition to 5-string bass has been very troublesome, alas. I can't count the number of times I've thought they should've chopped that B string into short pieces, and glued those pieces across the fingerboard in well-calculated distances from each other. Other than that, PoC. Cake peace, bert

[quote name='Lowender' timestamp='1360880149' post='1977954'] The minor ii would a sub for the V because it contains the V of the 1. (In this case the tonal center being Eb -- the Bb being the 5). But here, the ii chord is a D major -- no Bb, plus a dissonent B natural. [/quote] I don't know the song, but above must contain a writing error, or several (I couldn't know), coz this doesn't work out. best, bert

[quote name='mcnach' timestamp='1360799041' post='1976879'] wow, a bass that's part bongo and part accordion! [/quote] Emoticons don't suffice! ROTFLOL!!!! [quote name='BetaFunk' timestamp='1360859014' post='1977553'] 'can't send the bass or courier it as it's too fragile and could get damaged despite the fact that it was made in a factory in the far east then sent by truck a few hundred miles to a port where it was put on a big ship then delivered to a a port in europe then transported by lorry to a depot in europe then put on another lorry which crossed the Channel by ship to Dover then carried to another distribution depot then put on another lorry who delivered it to the shop where i bought it.' [/quote] Sooo funny, and soooooooooo true! b, b

Haven't compared the bags' internal dimensions, but my Thomann bag is roughly like this: width: the B9 plus slightly more than 1" on each side (good thing in my book) depth: the B9 plus roughly 3" (also a good thing in my book) height: the B9, in such a way that the lid, upon closed, will press the pedal all the way down to 11 (its most awesone feature). [Dumb look] "... These close to 11." b, b

[quote name='phunkmeister' timestamp='1360837615' post='1977104'] admires very large tractors as pictured and wants one to avoid getting stuck in snow on the way to gigs. [/quote] You're good at this. That's roughly how I got that nickname: taking our biggest large tractor to do some snow shoveling and to pull another tractor out of the snow, >>[fast forward to hours later]>>, only to find out I'd found the 4WD tractor's twin brother with 2WD. b, b

Hey ModLad, Must say I was taken quite aback by your introductory post. See, there's a fine line between enhusiasm and advertisement. This fine line seems to have a width right now of about 2,000 miles. I hope you clean up your act, and invite you to be enthusiastic together with us once you've done so. best, bert

[quote name='MiltyG565' timestamp='1360802533' post='1976930'] I dunno. Filling the stereotype i suppose? Nevermind, nevermind. [/quote] He's not gonna stand for this, you know! He'll be chasing you now. Best move to the attick. I'll put up some electricity there. You want a blanket? Oh, and BTW, welcome wizard to the low end of loony county. You might just enjoy the ride. Please hurry and teach us some before you run away, tail between legs. best, bert Disclaimer: None of the above is to imply that the good people of Northern Ireland (from all denominations as well as the non-dominated) do in fact have tails. End disclaimer.

Welcome! Can't help with the question (noobly never heard about it), but hope you get your answer. Good luck with the sale, and enjoy BC (that's even before the 50s) best, bert

[quote name='exit2112' timestamp='1360784582' post='1976555'] yeah, weird. maybe i'm not the only person on here with the same bank card pin number. [/quote] My parents-in-law had 2121 on [b]everything[/b], as they lived in house number 21. I should've taught them about Rush, I guess.

[quote name='Norris' timestamp='1360760851' post='1975944'] I can vouch for the seller, he's a top bloke. I've backed out of buying several of his basses. [/quote] Genius!

[quote name='lefrash' timestamp='1360777667' post='1976361'] Bingo! [/quote] I [b]knooow[/b]. Still people say bad things about the stars. [quote name='Oopsdabassist' timestamp='1360778234' post='1976376'] [url="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Gator-21x10x5-inches-Controllers-Effects/dp/B0002GL7ZO/ref=sr_1_2?s=musical-instruments&ie=UTF8&qid=1360778170&sr=1-2"]http://www.amazon.co...60778170&sr=1-2[/url] This was the one I got, B9 fits perfectly [/quote] Ooooooh, that looks great! Better than ours, from the outset. best, bert

[color=#212121][font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif][size=4]Pozdrav i dobrodošli! (didn't even have to Google it) [/size][/font][/color][color=#212121][font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif][size=4] [/size][/font][/color] [color=#212121][font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif][size=4]Welcome, and look forward to a warm, warm welcome from Leen2112. Dunno why.[/size][/font][/color] [color=#212121][font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif][size=4]Enjoy![/size][/font][/color] [color=#212121][font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif][size=4]best,[/size][/font][/color] [color=#212121][font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif][size=4]bert[/size][/font][/color]

Hm. Discreet, Milty and me are nice. Leen has yet to visit me and buy me the beer he promised, so I wouldn't jump to conclusions there. Be careful on the Internet! best, bert

Welcome, spokesman, and welcome, phunkmeister! best, bert

Thanks, Nige! It's good to know that I'm not alone. best, bert

[quote name='swanbrook' timestamp='1360757563' post='1975858'] well thats the thing isnt it, as long as you put IMHO it makes everything ok eh. so imho that was having a pop at a guy who held up his hand and said sorry. but it doesnt really matter, i only stick my head in here every now and then but i normally find your posts to be winding people up. maybe thats not the case but i pop in for a bit of light entertainment and thats the impression you give. i really dont see how your first post here could be seen any different. to me it seems like your trying to bait the op. i diddnt read the beatles thread and wont either if is just another row, but to me if a guy says sorry he gets a pat on the back not another row. btw if you thought your post was anything but the above then why did you assume i was talking about you ? did you also assume when the op said " a small gorup of idiots" he meant you also, just wondering. beatles "love is all you need" live and let live and all that. the op said sorry and your first responce was great,no need to bring up the rest eh peace D [/quote] OK, there's a lot here to delve into. First, I never said anything about the IMHO thing, and I do not think like that. Furthermore, I react negatively to the notion that you would assume I did, and would start critisising me on the basis of that straw man. It seems that you and I have different views about how to treat people who say "sorry". But I said to him what I wanted to say to him, and am not participating in a downslide with you now. We're very close, as I hope you'll agree. But FWIW, I did [b]not[/b] try to wind him up, I [b]never[/b] try to wind people up, I [b]never[/b] bait willingly. I really hate that stuff with a vengeance. I'm sorry you got a completely wrong idea about what I represent, and will take this with me. I will be trying to be even more clear than I already think I am. Just like in the post of mine that you responded to, I like to try to be simple, transparent, honest and direct, without any hidden agendas. FWIW2: To be quite open about it, I was concerned about his health and/or state of mind. As mentioned, I felt I'd seen a change in his postings. But one doesn't easily say that on a forum, and to a person one doesn't know anything about. It can be very confrontational, be interpreted as a weapon, and can easily be taken the wrong way (in many ways at the same time), and thus result in a type of war that I certainly didn't want to cause. But I thought that my words might hold up a little mirror in front of his face, and he could after that respond in any way that he'd choose. I hoped he'd realise that I had a point, and would decide to be more careful, or of course that he would disagree and tell me. For reasons unknown to me, he has not responded AFAIK. If you can't see how my first post can be seen any differently, I don't think I can assist. I think you're wrong about that, and you're surely wrong about my intentions, but I have no idea about what I could do to change that. It be so. Why I assumed you meant me? Well, statistics kinda clearly showed that people by large exclusively patted him on the back, whilst my post was not like that. I remembered my post. As to the group of idiots, yes, I did ask myself whether I had been an idiot and belonged to that group. No, I did not believe that he meant me as a member of that group. Your phrase "just wondering" is strictly speaking not true. You have specific reasons for asking exactly that. I'm not going into that area though. Peace? Hm. Now I am wondering. But yes, I do wish peace upon you. best, bert

[quote name='bengreen49' timestamp='1360699265' post='1975045'] I've got a pre AS (Armitage Shanks) era Bongo if you are interested in a trade. [/quote] Thanks for allowing me to hi-jack this sales thread. No, he doesn't want it. I, however, will pay double price for one that AS haven't had their [s]filthy[/s] clean hands on. Is it like this? [IMG]http://i1170.photobucket.com/albums/r525/basstractor1/MMBongoprototype510_zpsbb1c95fa.jpg[/IMG] PM'ed best, bert

[quote name='swanbrook' timestamp='1360746982' post='1975612'] I don't get it, a guy has the guts to say sorry and still a numpty still tries to have a pop at him. [/quote] I suppose you mean me. I wasn't trying to have a go at him. Please reread my text thoroughly. best, bert

[quote name='JellyKnees' timestamp='1360684795' post='1974624'] Ours is an anagram of mine and the singer's surnames [/quote] Hey Job, Sorry to see you didn't use your christian name as well! Coat: check PS Yup, i know best, bert

[quote name='skankdelvar' timestamp='1360722739' post='1975518'] I'm pretty sure there's someone here on the forum who can remember VE Day. [/quote] Not me. I was still hiding in a safe cabin hidden in the swamps down in Brabant. No papers either, you know. But they did tell me when I came out some decades later to try and derail another train. Yup, a hero I am.

[quote name='flyfisher' timestamp='1360697764' post='1974993'] I certainly wouldn't want to suggest I have any special musical knowledge and am more than happy to be pointed towards a methodology for quantitatively analysing music in order to measure its artistic merit. [/quote] Oh, but then we're on a ledger here. I did not write, or intent to indicate, that music alltogether is a quantitative science. What I do want to write though, is that music is far more quantitative than often believed by those without formal education. The fun fact[s]oid[/s]lett here is that they themselves will use formal, semi-formal or attempted formal arguments to put down music they dislike, and will try to use similar to stand up for music they do like. "That stupid, repetitive two chord sh*t! My daughter wrote more advanced stuff when she was five!" "Oh, man! Listen to those chord changes. So inventive with these polyrhythms! This is deep, man!" [quote name='flyfisher' timestamp='1360697764' post='1974993'] I can imagine there has been loads of work on the psychology of music, but psychology itself isn't the most quantitative science. [/quote] Agreed, and see above. [quote name='flyfisher' timestamp='1360697764' post='1974993'] I've no doubt musical composition can be analysed in all sorts of ways but if the essence of a 'good' song that would be enjoyed by millions of people really could be measured then there would be a computer programme somewhere churning out hit after hit and making a fortune for the record companies. [/quote] Hm. I don't see this is necessarily so. A game of GO (Chinese board game that's easily learnt but very hard to master, often compared to Chess) can easily be analysed, but the very best GO computer software today is still lousy at playing, effectively playing at mediocre to reasonable club player level. Similarly, it's far easier to analyse an existing song and include some of the "magic" in the analysis, than to set up some formal rules and have a computer churn out "good" stuff. The computer program lacks the evaluation capability that humans have, and does not have a composition process consisting of listening back and changing over time either. More importantly, the essence of a "good" pop song has both quantifiable and non-quantifiable (for now) parts, even though analysable afterwards, but I would also put forward the idea that EVERY pop artist that has ever been hugely popular in all kinds of circles, has some formal bits very much in order. Or, to put it a little differently: formal qualities are a necessity to become hugely popular across markets. The Beatles are one of those bands. I think Queen are as well (I have zero Queen albums, mind, so not talking as fanboy). [quote name='Lord Sausage' timestamp='1360697794' post='1974994'] You ain't a native speaker, bloody hell! Your post are some of the best on here! [/quote] Thank you. That was very nice to read, indeed, and a great support. Must be doing something right then. Trying to explain what I mean: When I write, apart from often making mistakes, I can choose how much time I use on looking things up, and I can form sentences that only use the words and ways of expressing that I feel comfortable enough with. When I read, however, part of this freedom is removed, and often stuff does go over my head. In sum, I'll often look more able than I really am. OK, this has cost a lot of time and energy, and I'm tired and not capable of rereading and judging what I wrote. Will come back later and change where necessary, rather than not posting now. best, bert

Hey Liam, Firstly: congrats on finding a non-taken name like that. You's a bit of genius, yeah? Secondly: welcome! I'm sure we have the space for a drummer/guitarist/bassist/keyboardist - just come alone, without any weapons. (Coincidentally, I'm a keyboardist gone future bassist who tries to also learn the guitar and the drums. Life's great, eh?) Anyway, I hope you'll thrive on our little planet. Don't let our harsh jokes about drummers get the better of you. Just remember they're all deserved. Enjoy! best, bert

[quote name='tedmanzie' timestamp='1360692634' post='1974856'] You can stick your [i]sharp diminished 7"[/i] where the sun don't shine!! [/quote] Hey! You've been talking to my ex!! Stop that!!! best, bert

[quote name='tedmanzie' timestamp='1360690935' post='1974814'] Interesting and well put. Debating whether the songs are art or not is a red herring in my opinion. For me The Beatles work celebrates the simple joy of music. That's why it was and is still so popular and will more than likely remain that way for hundreds, maybe thousands of years to come . . . . . . (post ends with E major chord from Day In Th Life) . . . .. [/quote] Thanks. The red herring in case was not intended as a red herring, but I can see how it can function like that. Great remark about celebrating the joy of music. I will indeed enjoy my Beatles for thousands of years to come, and will continue to be moved to tears. E Major?! Demn you! I hate E Major! You only wrote that to provoke me! Clown! best, bert