Skinnyman

Don’t suppose you have a tab for it? 😁

Ooh, hadn’t considered that. All I know is my sister primed her on a Skype call with “ask uncle Skinny if he can play it”. But she didn’t say what version!

Thanks Ped. If I was just gigging it then I’d be happy to work something out for myself but Young Anna will know instantly if I deviate from the recorded version so I need to be as close as possible!

I’m referring, of course, to “Everbody Walk The Dinosaur” by Was (not Was). My young niece is obsessed with this song and I’m desperate to find the bass part so I can do a FB video for her. I’ve only had chance for a brief search of the usual places but I can’t find a tab or the music for this track. I know I’m being lazy and will keep on looking but if anyone has it or could point me to it, I’d be very grateful. Thanks in anticipation 😁

That is very, very nice. And looks very cool I hope you have many hours of enjoyment playing it.

PS straight or angled doesn’t really matter too much. If the socket is on the front of the bass then angled looks neater - if it’s at the side then straight but, unless the socket is recessed heavily into a long groove then either will do. 😁

Pretty much any instrument cable “will do” for now. Once you start gigging and rehearsing regularly and you’re heading for the main stage at Glastonbury then you need something heavy duty but for home practice, cheap and cheerful is fine so don’t overthink it. But.... The others posters are right in that there is often not much difference price wise between a really good quality cable and a run of the mill one. If you can, look for Van Damme and Neutrik components and all of the brands mentioned here - but don’t stress too much over it at this stage. Think as well about where you’ll be practising and where your amp will be. How long a cable do you need? If you’re sitting next to the amp then 3m will be fine - if you’re going to stand then maybe 5m would be better. Once you know how long you need it then just order something that will turn up before the bass does so that you’re ready to go when it arrives 😁

And can I say thank you to you for providing us old guys with a sense of purpose during these difficult days? Enjoy the bass!

Welcome to BassChat! Just be grateful that there are no cheese puns......oh no! What have I done?

Welcome to Basschat! Six pages in and we’ve covered Precision vs Jazz, skirted around the flats vs rounds discussion and ended up at “ @Teebs is weird”. Nice work! Of the basses you’ve mentioned I don’t think there’s a “wrong” answer - the Squier, Sire and even the ‘ray are all great instruments that will serve you well and hold a decent amount of their value when you come to sell. Its the same with the amps you mentioned - we truly are spoilt these days in that there’s very little gear out there that is truly “bad” and loads of well made, affordable stuff to choose from. Under normal circumstances I’d say not to worry about the P vs J thing - whichever one you get now, you’ll buy the other in a year or so when the big has bitten hard! That said, it sounds like you’re a multi-instrumentalist so my guess is that bass won’t be your only instrument - in which case you may end up with just one bass and, whilst either will do you well, the Sire is likely to give you more tonal flexibility. But ultimately, it’ll probably come down to which is in stock 😁 Whichever you choose to get, enjoy it! Please let us know what you get in the end.....

This. I’m also not a fan of the modern “coffee table” basses. Which, of course, reduces the demand for them (by, er, one), helping to keep the price down for those who do. It’s almost a public service.

Hi Dawn and welcome. There aren’t many positives about the current situation but having some extra time to practice is one of them. Except that you’ve just blown that by joining this site! Time that you could have spent practising will now be spent browsing the For Sale section. Well, that’s what happened to me, anyway.... 😁

Welcome!

Which happens to be exactly what I have. Although I am thinking of swapping them round. But that’s only because I’ll get bored stuck in the house.

Of course. That’s the way I (try to) play it. Perfectly in rehearsal. Badly at gigs. It’s even worse when I know there’s another bass player watching me.

Lol! In all fairness it was that band plus the one before. So I think I played my part in screwing it up. But yeah, maybe I had some help 😁

D’Addario NYXL for me. I use flats on most of my basses but NYXL’s on one of the Ricks. NYXLs seem less “zingy” than a lot of others so I like them as rounds that are a bit closer to flats. Have you tried half-rounds? (reading this thread, I’m tempted to try the Warwicks)

I used to have the same issue with All Bloody Right Bloody Now by Bloody Free. The part under the solo. Nailed it every time in rehearsal ( and properly too) but either fluffed yet it completely or ended up bottling it and playing the simplified version at gigs. Problem is that there’s nowhere to hide so if you get it wrong at the start everyone in the place knows. I seem to have got past it now but for years it was my bete noir.

They must have a lot of customers in Norfolk.

Er.....fixed

I was there too. Devo were the recipients of a lot of urine-filled bottles.

I think that was one of his early films wasn’t it? I think I have it on VHS somewhere.

Interesting wording along with the picture of Eric - “so good that even Eric Clapton owned several”. They’re not - in a very legal sense - actually saying that EC owned this one. But there is a clear implication that he might just have and the one in the picture might actually be this one (or probably not). Are old basses now becoming what so many vintage cars have become? Overpriced old tat? 😁

Not quite 😁 Peak power is at 2.67. You get more power for each 8ohm cab you add so 150w for one cab, 300w for two and 450w for three (2.67 ohm). Add a fourth and drop the impedance to 2ohm and the wattage drops back to 300w so I’m guessing they handle the low impedance by throttling the power back. The 800 amp is a lot simpler - 400w at 8ohms and the full 800w at 4, 2.67 and 2. But this is exactly why I chose the 500. The power climbs as I add cabinets so I can take one to rehearsal, use two if I need it for regular gigs and have the option of adding a third if I need it for bigger venues. The 2 ohm capability is nice and allows me to safely mix 110 and 210 cabs as I need to.

Ooh, harsh. True, sadly - but still harsh. (*sniff* fort you was my friend an’ then you come out wiv somefink hurtful like that.....*sniff*)