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I've never ever been told my bass doesn't fit. I did loads of gigs a few years ago with a Free tribute band, my bass at the time was a 6 string Zon. They were more concerned with my technical ability than what bass I was playing.

[quote name='FinnDave' timestamp='1487753068' post='3242350'] In my case, I had arranged the courier, but won't be doing it again. I went up to Leicester last Sunday to meet a Basschatter from Leeds who bought a synth from me, and am going to Birmingham next Saturday to meet someone from Chester who I have just bought a bass from. Bit of a hassle but better then stuff getting damaged. No experience with rip offs, no one has ever tried anything like that with me. [/quote] That's what I always do. I've been all over the place over the years, but have never had a problem. I've bought and sold basses in no end of railway station car parks, tube stations and coffee shops . You'd be amazed at the savings you can get by booking the train a week or so in advance. I always use national rail enquiries for the tickets.

Focusrite Scarlett is pretty good and easy to use.

[quote name='lowdown' timestamp='1487713882' post='3242160'] Anthony Jackson. It don't get any better musically wise. [/quote] For normal playing then AJ is my definite favourite. I was extremely fortunate a few years ago to see him with Mike Stern at a masterclass at my old uni. Absolutely fantastic. Steve Lawson for non-normal playing .

Steve Lawson or Michael Manring,

Lots of people see a band rehearsal as being the time to learn the song. I know a lot of people see it as a social event too. The most recent band I played for that rehearsed was for a NYE gig at a racetrack. We were all given our individual parts weeks in advance. We were expected to learn them at home, the practice was just basically to make sure that everything worked, which is what a rehearsal in my mind is for.

[quote name='Phil Starr' timestamp='1487639068' post='3241479'] IMO to perform without rehearsal shows contempt for the audience, or at least a lack of care about what you do. Bands who busk it or who talk about playing it their own way without rehearsal and thought are rarely as good as they think they are. I saw an interview with Keith Richards where he said the Stones rehearsed for three months before their last tour, how often must they have played those songs? [/quote] I disagree, it totally depends what you're playing and I guess how good you are. Neither of my two bands rehearse. The one is part of a collective, so who you go out with depends on who's available. Everything is written out, we just read it. A mix of notation and lead sheets. The Stones would rehearse not necessarily the playing of the songs, there's an awful lot of technical stuff that goes on in shows that they have to get right. Cues and ends, lighting and projection etc.

If your gigs are anything like any that I've ever done, then I doubt there will be room in the performance space for several basses. My one residency I have to sit on my combo cos there's not room else.

A total anathema to a lot on here I know . Recorded live at a gig in Bath last night. [url="https://soundcloud.com/an-ending-ascend/sssw-performance-19th-february-2017"]https://soundcloud.com/an-ending-ascend/sssw-performance-19th-february-2017[/url]

[quote name='dyerseve' timestamp='1487590739' post='3240918'] is there nothing we can do to help this guy Mateusz thats just been scammed? Surely that's more important than telling off fellow BCers for inappropriate comments? [/quote] And others making really stupid jokes.

So as per my post, why not make the wanted ads part invisible to members until they've made a certain number of posts and established themselves ? It'd stop people joining one day and sending out maybe 20 or so messages to people.

Is it not possible to make the items wanted section invisible until after a member has made a certain number of postings ? Disappointing to see people making stupid jokes when someone is trying to scam people, and has succeeded at least once by the looks of it.

Most of my stuff uses an ebow. This is one sch piece. [url="https://soundcloud.com/an-ending-ascend/160a"]https://soundcloud.com/an-ending-ascend/160a[/url]

Done on my phone, and messed about with in iMovie. Filmed at my local park. The soundtrack/soundscape was a live improvisation along to the video. All just bass. Maybe a little quiet, so use headphones. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOzCb1xnR4o"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOzCb1xnR4o[/url]