BigBeefChief

I just can't live with idea of putting batteries into a musical instrument. Stupid I know. Plus, every time I pick up an active bass I try and make it sound passive. I'm a big fan of a dull thud. I don't want to be a guitarist.

Nah, paint.

Welcome Maine. Good intro.

[quote name='OutToPlayJazz' post='173432' date='Apr 9 2008, 08:46 PM']I'm with the BigBeefChief on this one...[/quote] Dolly Parton? Glad I'm not the only one who would shag her!

I do. The ladies love it.

I told you I didn't want to hurt you, I just wanted to neaten up your bikini line.

Well I'm a serial killer and face myself down every morning whilst shaving. So who else here can claim to have faced down a razorblade weilding serial killer?

Welcome. Happy New Year.

Ahh, but that depends who your parents are and what era they were born. I should have said invented to upset TODAY's parents. Apologies. For a young pup like me, Black Sabbath and Sex pistols are a no more offensive name to my parents than The Starlight Vocal Band. I'm talking about bands with names such as Anal Puke, Nunnery Rape Orgy and Satans Hairy C*nt.

Goody would get it.

GnR are amazing, and Dolly Parton - what a songwriter. I'd still giver her one, even now.

I can see your predicament and I sympathise. I appreciate that on this forum many (most?) members look to me for guidance. Just for you Cantdosleepy here is a list of approved artists that you can listen to without fear of upsetting me. There are more, but these should see you through a few cold and lonely nights: The Who The Jam Oasis The Clash AC/DC The Stone Roses Guns 'n' Roses Dolly Parton The Kinks Black Sabbath Marvin Gaye Led Zeppelin Neil Young Sex Pistols David Bowie (early) Most Motown The Beatles (some) Rod Stewart Jimmy Buffett Elvis (some) The Rolling Stones And here are some things that you definitley can't listen to: Jazz (ANY) Jamiroquai Radiohead Keane Metallica Blink182 Offspring Dream Theatre Muse Bowling for Soup Alien Ant Farm The Smashing Pumpkins Manic Street Preachers SlipKnot Rage Against the Machines Marilyn Manson Fun Lovin Criminals Mark King King Crimson Cream Anything that could be considered "Nu Rave" Any band with a name invented to upset parents. I've kept the second list short to prove I'm not a negative person.

He's one of these guys who tries to act as quirky and uncommunicative as possible during interviews so that people think he's "interesting" and "intellectual". What he does say is usually preaching about fairtrade coffee or howling into a microphone whilst playing one of his terrible songs on stage. He's the sort of bloke that stands in front of the mirror trying to look and act as weird as possible before going out because he somehow thinks it makes him look cool. Well Mr Yorke, I can see through your act. The whole mock-autism thing is offensive to those who actually have to live with autism, and if you care so much for the environment, stop touring, stop making records and stop living.

Sorry, its not like me to hijack a thread and turn it into a "I Hate" rant.

I have them inflicted on me by others. Sadistic b*stards. But even before listening to their music, I knew I would hate Radiohead. A pretentious tosser like Yorke could never make music that I enjoy.

Thom Yorke needs a slap. Pretentious, wonky eyed git. Try writing some music that people actually like listening to for a change.

The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses. also, The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses Mani claimed to be the best bass player in the world at the time of recording. It's very difficult to define "best", but I probably agree with him.

I can even come in and insult everyone in your class if it helps??

MIA's are strung through body, MIM's aren't. Also, prior to the pointless Fender updates, the MIA's had the S1 switching. Never seen this on a MIM (I could be wrong). The pickups make a big difference if you A/B them though. I would advise going for the MIA as personally I can justify the difference in cost. This has nothing to do with where they are made or the stigma attached, I just think the MIA sounds better and is more versatile. It also probably works out cheaper thyan modding a MIM. If I didn't have one already, I'd be looking out for an pre-facelift MIA going cheap first hand.

Similar to my style.

Keeping to topic, I usually just play a few instantly recognisable lines and then put the bass back down. People who don't play bass don't want to hear something technically great that they've never heard before. They want to hear The Chain, Money, that White Stripes song (yes I know its not a bass, but non-players swear it is), Peaches etc. I may occasionaly fool around and do some Beat It, You Can't Touch This and I Want You Back but thats about it. Thats usually enough to satisfy people who struggle to believe you actually play the things. In music shops, I just play the stuff I like playing, not really bothered if I sound crap (to others). I know how bad I am, I never claimed to be good. And, as for the above - I think I'd rather listen to a drum solo than a bass solo, even with a looper. Never understood loopers. Why not get a band?

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kotK9FNEYU"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kotK9FNEYU[/url] Was just playing along to this, and noticed that I'm dragging slightly. Seems my reading is getting a bit rusty unfortunately.

What tracks did you cover?

Well, I'm really upset about all of this.

Yeah, good work. I'm surprised by the amount of this I actually know. Reassuring that I have actually learnt something! Its good to see it written like this to fill in some gaps though, and also put some order to the ideas I have picked up. Cheers.