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I have a pair of Yamaha HS80's that are (I think), really nice.

It just doesn't like you

Isn't there an alembic fan club forum ? Have a look on their website, I'm sure they'll be able to help you.

I don't think double basses, cellos or violins have truss rods either .

I think that it's a little unwise to dismiss something as being rubbish or badly made, until you've actually held it in your hands and played it . Personally I like art, I also like music and musical instruments, and when you have an instrument that looks like a piece of art, then I think that's brilliant. I particularly like the organic looks of the basses.

Maybe consider getting an old MacBook ? My brother just bought my niece an old white plastic bodied one for £100, she kept on coming around and using mine all yet time, usually when I needed it myself . It's got GarageBand on it, and could easily run an older version of logic.

I have a set of D'daddario half wounds that have had maybe an hours use. Nice strings, and expensive too, but I didn't like them so much. They're a 6 string set, they're advertised in the sales section.

Maybe approach local brass tutors in your area, ask if they know of any good students looking for gigs.

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1384776002' post='2280486'] "We do the songs exactly as the record like we said in the email with the set list, well we do them in different keys and tempos, and that song you know the one where we make a medley from 8 other songs we do that with a reggae feel". [/quote] Had that too !

I had the one where I'm given a set list 2 weeks before the gig, I turn up to find I've been given the wrong set list . They have 2 bands, a small one and a large one, with 2 different set lists. I knew about half the songs and had to busk the rest.

Are you sure you get to use your bass ? My audition we couldn't use an instrument, we were just given a root note as a reference and had to use our knowledge of intervals etc. Start with the rhythm and then go onto the melody, you usually get marks for both so if the pitch is wrong, you'll still get something for the correct rhythm. Try this site here [url="http://www.teoria.com/exercises/"]http://www.teoria.com/exercises/[/url]

Not personally, I think you just need to check the requirements of whatever software you're planning on using.

I've always thought they looked cool, never actually played one though. The necks always looked very slim to me, so I probably wouldn't like one anyway. Are they likely to produce a more modern variant sometime in the near future, and maybe add a string or 2 ?

[quote name='BetaFunk' timestamp='1384730039' post='2280163'] Not derogatory at all but then again i think of Macca as just being a songwriter of a few decent tunes. [/quote] Kind of like saying that Christopher Columbus did a bit of sailing in his time . And how many famous songs have you written ?

Leave or sack him Sounds like he's one of those that uses the rehearsal to learn he song, rather than to erm......rehearse it.

I'm 36 and currently in year 2 of my music degree course. I've been playing for about 20 years and pretty good technique and harmonic knowledge etc. My musical tastes are hugely diverse, everything from Miles Davis and John Coltrane to Puccini and Tchaikovsky. My rock and metal tastes include Dream theater, rush, Pink Floyd, Anekdoten, Seventh wonder, Exivious and Porcupine tree. I'm based in Birmingham but at uni in London. I'm also really into music production/composition and also play keyboards.

Where are you based ? Have you thought about advertising at your local music college ? I occasionally play in band that has an amazing horn section. The trombone and trumpet player met at Birmingham conservatoire, I met them through a guitar player friend.

Anything with the name Auralex is overpriced. Make you own for a fraction of the price using materials available from eBay or any number of other places. I bought some foam pads for my studio monitors from digital village for a lot less than the Auralex ones, and I've compared them to a genuine pair and there is no difference.

I've had 2 like that start following me this week, the one's talking about marriage already, but I've told her it's early days yet

Probably a sign of the times I guess, things don't sell as fast as they used to. It's slightly annoying though, when you get a trade offer, only to discover with a bit of research that the bass you've been offered is worth nowhere near the value of the bass you're selling. I had a bass offered to me last week, it did look interesting. When I looked into though, the particular bass had been sold on here at least 5 times, the last time it sold it went abroad, and was a fretless, it's now back and has been re-fretted. The most it sold for before was £800, the bass I'm selling Is priced at £1250. Today I was offered a bass that has been sold on here previously, the last time for £700.