Roger2611

The keyboard player would probably stab you if you turned up with one of those

I have now owned and sold 3 stingrays, I still love the look of the bass I just don't get on with them....maybe if I found the right one...... noooooo see I still want one

I've been playing 30 years, I still need to practice and still can't play half the basslines of some of my mentors, stop telling yourself what you can't do and start being impressed with what you can do...a bit of self belief will make you a better player

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Millennium-Falcon-Bass-Guitar-REBEL-BASS-Star-Wars-/261378496664?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item3cdb5f5898

[quote name='ead' timestamp='1390157873' post='2342118'] ...and of course his work in Dali's Car with that singer chappy from Bauhaus. [/quote] Pete Murphy

There is always going to be artistes from your chosen genre that you just don't connect with, I love most things old school punk but could never connect with Siouxsie and the Banshees, don't know why it just has never happened. I wouldn't worry about it

Signed, now at 67000+

His feedback looks decent and he has shifted some high end guitars, maybe some kind of dealer but I did a quick search for CT Guitars in Plymouth and nothing came up. Selling for a friend could be pucker, I guess you have to ask yourself "do I want it bad enough" if the answer is yes, go for it

[quote name='skej21' timestamp='1389638248' post='2336432'] I don't understand the weight thing at all. I've never weighed any of my basses. I have a nice leather strap that seems to make anything I pick up comfortable so have never worried. Is there a reason why people prefer light basses other than having shoulder pain from a heavy instrument? [/quote] I have just shelled out a lot more than I wanted to on a 9.5 lbs. 79 Precision to replace my 11.5 lbs. 79 Precision, they are pretty much identical in everyway other than I can walk now the day after a gig, 2 lbs. doesn't sound like much but even with a comfort strap it makes a huge difference to what I can do for a few days after a gig. Interestingly the heavier bass does sound slightly meatier on the low E string than the lighter bass but not so much that you would worry about it

At some point in my life I won't need the day job to pay the mortgage at that point music will be my main career.....therefore at some point I will be a full time musician (that may only involve a couple of teaching sessions a week and a weekend gig) but full time none the less...hopefully

EBay do seem to be trying to make it as poor as experience as possible for sellers these days, I would be extremely unhappy if I sold a guitar and had to wait for the seller to leave feedback before I got paid, doesn't this just put all the eggs in the buyers basket? Buy an item, receive it, use it, abuse it and all the time the seller is having to wait until you can be bothered to leave feedback.

I assume you have taken the scratch plate off? I was taking some pictures of a 79 Precision I plan to shift before long and that had the serial number on the back of the scratch plate and in the neck pocket

Without question my favourite female vocalist, but for me her biggest talent was in the arrangements of the songs she sang, the guitar parts in "Over The Rainbow" are sublime in how they compliment the vocals

[quote name='peteb' timestamp='1389289729' post='2332469'] Beware that he is a man with very definite views, which may not be the same as yours! That is not to say that your way of doing things is wrong, but be prepared to be challenged a bit - he never read the memo about the customer always being right!! However, he does know his stuff and he may give you a new perspective on certain types of gear, etc... [/quote] Definitely agree with that, I found some comments rather ill considered in fact damn right rude (I brought a comfort strap and apparently put it on the wrong way round! his comment to someone down the phone " he doesn't even know which way round a comfort strap should go") err actually no and I still put it on which ever way feels best but he does know his stuff and he wants you to buy the right gear for you, enjoy your visit and wear a thick skin in advance

[i]Some interesting points in the above melee! I still firmly believe that if I wrote the next "Every Breathe You Take" I would still make serious cash from it as honest sources will still pay to buy and use such a song. As to the earlier point about who writes what....What made The Smiths the great band they were Morrisey's exquisite lyrics or Johnny Marr's fabulous guitar work or I guess the Axle Rose V Slash scenario, difficult one to answer. In the originals band I play in the Guitarist rights the initial tune and lyric his view is that without my counter melodies on the bass the songs are nothing....my view, without his ideas I have nothing to put a counter melody to....we get on well...would that continue if we managed to turn out the next "Every Breathe You Take" I wonder. Ooh me writings gone all slanty, I like it when that happens I just wish I knew why it happened![/i]

I still think you should do it.....you are never too old........but if you do, you can spare us the pictures, we will believe you

I imagine this is how Ben Stiller or Will Ferrell would act the part of a bass player

I know of a covers band that puts all of their song titles in a hat and members of the crowd pull them out and that's what they play, it seems to work well for them and might save the OP's sanity and desire to brain guitarist / vocalist

[quote name='Dingus' timestamp='1388943336' post='2327913'] I know from past experience that these threads about age can be very sensitive , to say the least, so I will try to tread carefully. Rock music is a middle-aged art form anyway- it goes hand- in- hand with watching Top Gear and wearing jeans like Jeremy Clarkson- so I wouldn't waste a minute of time worrying about whether you are too old to play that style of music, but when older folks have delusions that they could still be "cutting edge" and in-tune with what young people really like nowadays then things can get a bit awkward. Age is just a number, as people seem to like to say , but it's a number that lets people know how old you are, and, crucially, it doesn't really matter how older people see themselves in relation to younger people, the important thing is how the young see older people. And middle -aged people are just as irrelevant to the lives of young people now as they were when we were young. [/quote]There is nothing wrong with playing rock music - or indeed any kind of music- if you are of advancing years, but if anyone thinks that they are going to become commercially successful playing original material over the age of forty if they not already a musician with an established career then they are kidding themselves. It just doesn't happen . That is one aspect to consider. Well that about wee's on my bonfire then what's to say the world isn't going to change and older people will start buying more music....after all a lot of the kids these days have absolutely no interest in music at all. I honestly think what you say is true but I am not going to accept it because I am old and cantankerous....so there

If Les Paul was still gigging at the age of 93? I still have a few years left in me....anyway the originals band I am playing in currently is certain to be the next big thing....this time I am certain of it

Where to start! Welcome to the world of live sound A small PA in a big hall can't stop sounds bouncing off the back wall which will contribute to what ends up as a dreadful noise with the initial sound just bouncing back into mikes and feeding round again. If the Pa ain't big enough there is not a massive amount you can do about it other than give it as much room as you can, there is a formula out there somewhere that will indicate what sized pa you need for a certain sized venue and it is bigger than you would imagine! Get your amps raised high enough that you can hear them rather than aiming them at your knees (which don't have ears!) then you won't have to be so loud, then your vocalist won't demand monitors are so loud as to just add to the cacophony of sound you are creating. Unless your drummer is exceptionally loud he isn't going to drown out reasonable quality amps, he may sound loud where you are but probably isn't going to over power a large venue (again by getting your amps up higher you will hear them closer to you and maintain more control) I have worked with a good number of big live acts is some fantastic small venues and some awful big venues and stage control is everything, control your volume and monitor needs on stage and any sound man worth his salts will deliver a good sound out front and at least a half decent sound back to the stage. That said some rooms are just pigging awful I hope it helps

Another vote for the Superchamp XD, fantastic little amp

a lot of so called budget makers turn out some high end stuff as well, I guess they employ decent luthiers to oversee the standard production stuff and then let them loose to build a few special instruments. I have a high end Crafter acoustic which is simply fantastic, every time I pick it up and play a chord it puts a smile on my face, it sat in a comparable price range with low end Taylor guitars and some lower end Martin guitars, I preferred the sound and feel of the Crafter to either of the others. I am under no illusions that its future value will be a fraction of that of the Taylor or Martin but when I sell it the lucky buyer will get one heck of a guitar

Paging he who must not be named.......he who must not be named to casualty please

[quote name='Rustyhornpipe' timestamp='1388576260' post='2323490'] Be careful dude. Don't drop anything until you know the funk band is strong enough to take things forward I.e if you can't get a decent singer etc and you are left with just drums and bass. You will soon regret sacking a tight band that regularly gigs and has an established name to get more gigs easily. Starting from scratch is difficult and things can burn out before really getting going. I would try and run both and then drop out of rock band if the funk is working. [/quote] I totally agree with the above, I play in a good covers band, it keeps me gig ready and on my toes and I love doing it, I am also working on an original band which over the last year has produced some really exciting songs, but a year down the line we have gigged only once and are now only just about at the stage of having a full original set that is strong enough to take out. We have had promoters chasing us to play off the strength of rehearsal recordings but we have held off until we feel ready to push it further which we will do this year, but it will still be a gradual build (unless we turn out to be the next U2!) I know exactly where my heart lies but had I walked away from the covers band a year ago I would have gone stir crazy by now. Stay with the rock band and develop the funk band until such time you are happy the funk band needs your full commitment. Happy new year