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never chase women or busses, again, another pearl of wisdom

measure twice, cut once! this can be applied to a whole lot more than just cutting wood

Hi Alex, Thanks for taking the time to post and for breaking cover. Yes, when I first came into the shop I said I was looking around, but the truth is I was looking for the Wal, and I like to keep my business to myself until I need to show my hand, so to speak. I waited for you to be free from dealing with all other people before I approached you, and actually waited for you to finish your calculating. I'm quite shy in these type of situations, a little like the post Clarky added. I have no idea who the Bass belongs too, but it's not an unreasonable assumption to believe it belongs to the Bass Gallery, and that you want to sell it. But, your opening gambit was very negative and made me feel like I was some kind of fraud. I'm sorry that you have people who come into your shop who waste your time, but I cannot be held accountable for the actions of others, and I feel like the cat who got kicked. But what surprised me was after you told me how expensive it was etc etc, you disappeared! I sat for a couple of minutes, stood for a little while, and then left. Had I offended you in any way, because I'm at a loss to understand? What I would have liked you to have done was to stay around and point out all the bits and bobs that I might not know myself. I thought at least you might have stayed around just to make sure I didn't scratch it of something. I'm just the same as anybody else, Alex, we all want to feel special in our buying experiences. There is a clear reason you have put a pic of yourself sitting on a Speed Triple on your site, because you look and feel great on it. Believe me, I know bikes, and know that feeling. I just wanted to feel the same way when you handed me that Wal. Anyway, no bones broken and water under the bridge. By the way, I hung the Wal back up very carefully, I hope this was evident when you returned Best Wishes wicked response mate, you have to ask 2 questions.... Whats the hourly rate of pay to work in a music shop? and How many gigs do you miss out on because you have to work in a shop friday, saturday and sunday?

Just playin about with the title but hopefully got the attention! Heres the real question- Anyone brought a decent bass on the ebay for a good price? only to pay for it, wait 6-8 days for delivery, and on the 8th day receive an email saying "sorry but my house has been broken into whilst on holiday, and the bass has now gone" happened to me recently, got all excited and then got let down. Ive managed to get a refund after waiting for many days but thats not the point. Has this happened to you? PS should I use a pick? or my fingers? regards Mark

8 yrs out! sincerest appologies my good man. how about hangliding? regards Mark

its a fact German footballers are better than English footballers! (sorry too say) its also a fact that English footballers are much better than Scottish footballers does this apply to bass playing? are German bass players better than the English? are English players better than the scottish? too take it too the next level, Anyone know a good indian bass player? I dont know of a good indian footballer, so perhaps they are worse at bass than the scotish? up for a good debait. well, I thought it was a better post than "should I buy a P or a J ?" "what colour should i paint my bass" "what strings shud I buy" etc Regards Mark

you have to ask yorself why you need to read as you aproach the 70 yr old mark! The only reason you need to read is to open some more doors as a musician and make yourself available to many more gigs as a working musician. (unless you have apoint or grudge too prove to someone) If you feel the need to reed then best of luck to you. Me personally at your age would enjoy some golf or fishing out in the glorious sunshine. regards Mark

super quick delivery from one country to another (scotland to england!!) as described, packaged well, great comms and follow up. A pleasure- Cheers Chris

[quote name='51m0n' post='1287348' date='Jun 30 2011, 09:37 AM']Clapping and Counting the 'right' way. So for 16th notes (semi quavers) count:- 1-e-an-a 2-e-an-a 3-e-an-a 4-e-an-a | 1-e-an-a 2-e-an-a 3-e-an-a 4-e-an-a | Really really slowly (metronome on about 40bpm). Now clap the 1(2,3,4) and the an, whilst counting. Now try just the an Now the 1(2,3,4) and the a Now just the a Now the 1(2,3,4) and the e Now just the e Now the e and the an Now the an and a Now clap the e and the a (that is the killer-diller right there) OK, do each of these for a couple of minutes, you do not want your bass in your hands for this at all, you need to be trying to get the sound of the qroove (such as it is) into your head. Now try joining two of the subdivisions together, so 1-e you would clap once for. It can help to vocalise these rather than clap them because you are starting to give the notes a duration, rather than just subdividing the beat. So 1-e becomes 'da-ah' as you join them together, whilst the an-a is 'diddy' That gives you:- da-ah diddy, say it intime to the beat, and clap on the d's A bar is:- da-ah diddy, da-ah diddy, da-ah diddy, da-ah diddy | Swap them around:- diddy da-ah, diddy da-ah, diddy da-ah, diddy da-ah | Now join the middle to semiquavers together:- da diddy da, da diddy da, da diddy da, da diddy da | Right out the above rhythms in standard notation (it is not difficult!), this will really help make that link between reading and playing rhythms. Take the tempo up over a few days to a medium-fast tempo, as you do this it will all click into place. Right, now comes the really fun bit. Every single time you sit down and listen to music whatever style it is, break up the beats into the subdivisions, clapping or singing them through the whooe song, intentionally swap between them. Finally write out on a single page every single variation changing from one to another. Now clap, sing, fart your way through that regularly. Now pick up your bass. And do it all on that [/quote] A Perfect and easy to understand description my friend.... you could make money from this! Regards Mark

sitting at the P.C with my 6yr old girl just watchin you tube. she says "can we watch justin bieber" (with some young tart miming aparently live in new york 2010, very sick!!) 40 million viewers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! if you input jamiroquai live at abbey road, multi platinum seling artists, and a damn fine example of how to actually play instruments well, and be popular only 1 million viewers!!! I think the world has gone mad but a aprt of Me thinks me is getting old! god help my daughter! if this is the future of music Regards Mark

Everybody said that Mohammed Ali was "the greatest" they were wrong Stuart is!! God Bless Regards Mark