Norris

Any time ELO pops up on shuffle

Could you post up some pictures? Preferably leave the bass sweat-stained from when you last played it & didn't wipe it down. For the best effect, lay it down on your unmade bed for the photos. Piles of washing in the background are always a good selling point too.

NBD: Bass has arrived at home. I'm stuck at work for the rest of the afternoon - and can hardly spend all evening playing with it as it's St Valentine's day... I'll be re-reading this thread when I come to do any mods though

I can vouch for the seller, he's a top bloke. I've backed out of buying several of his basses.

[quote name='Earbrass' timestamp='1267109295' post='757133'] I think this is part of why I have an inverted snobbery when it comes to my gear - my aim on the whole is to use the cheapest stuff that will get the job done. I'd far rather someone see my cheapo "beginner's" bass, expect me to be pretty useless and then be surprised by my prowess than raise expectations with flashy gear only to disappoint them when I start to play. In reality, of course, the vast majority of people won't notice or care in the slightest what I use anyway. [/quote] +1 - Squier bass, dinky little peavey combo, monster sound Having said that, there are quite a few 'musos' out there that have ALL the gear and none of the talent. Gearstalking - C'mon, everybody looks don't they?!

I directly blame this thread for me just having bought one! For £299.99 from [url="http://www.normans.co.uk"]http://www.normans.co.uk[/url] how can you not?! Free delivery & 5 year warranty too

[quote name='darkandrew' timestamp='1360013043' post='1963652'] Snap! I love my SB1000 but it hardly ever gets played, don't know why to be honest. [/quote] I don't play mine because the batteries seem to last all of 5 minutes - got fed up constantly changing them and haven't ever owned another active bass

Aria Pro II SB-1000 Last played it around 1992, spent 10 years in the loft (which were not kind), currently being restored. Probably won't gig it, but keeping for sentimental reasons Fender US Standard Jazz Last played it around 2010, currently sitting on top of the bookcases. May find its way to the For Sale section one of these days.

[quote name='Martin Gordon' timestamp='1359722232' post='1959322'] I have never heard of this person, who is he? [/quote] Welcome to BassChat!

Playing anywhere near Leicester any time soon?

I'll try to remember to keep this thread up to date with our public gigs. However we do tend to have large gaps in our diary whenever MTWA are touring - the guitarist's "day job" . Firstly by way of introduction, the band members and other bands they have played for - as we've all been round the block a few times, and you may have seen us before. Lead vocals & Guitar - Danny Willson Previous/current bands: Brooklyn, Kipper, The Billy Walsh Showband, The Chase, Showaddywaddy (not original member), Martin Turner's Wishbone Ash (not original member, current band) Drums & vocals - Gordy Taylor Previous bands: Brooklyn, Kipper, The Ann Duggan Band (and probably a load of other bands - I'll have to ask him ) Bass & vocals - Norris Previous bands: The Billy Walsh Showband, The Chase, GMT I post all of gigs to our Facebook page, which may be a bit more up-to-date than this page [url="http://www.facebook.com/CheezeBand/"]http://www.facebook.com/CheezeBand/[/url] ...and then our gigs for February 2013 Sat 2nd - Black Horse, Hinckley Sat 9th - The Willow, Thurmaston Sun 24th - White Hart, Ashby-de-la-Zouch Hope to see you sometime - do come and introduce yourselves

[quote name='icastle' timestamp='1359632439' post='1957811'] I do look at the gig page (which is always useful as I'm the Mod for it ) but most of the gigs are too far away from my humble abode to get to or are often at weekends when I'm generally out playing as well! [/quote] I'll have to start posting ours up

Indonesian Squier P-Bass Special, cost me £150 from this very site, plays great & sounds massive - and all completely stock. ... if it can be called cheeky when it cost over £100

If in doubt, pull it out - Me ...tuning a trumpet by deliberately going flat and bringing it back up into tune, but could work in so many other contexts

[quote name='Dave Vader' timestamp='1358848493' post='1945848'] P.S. Inventor of post-womble here. You can do it with anything. [/quote]

I read the wikipedia entry, and now I'm wondering what post-hardcore and math-rock sound like I must get out more...

I like to have different sounds depending on the song I'm playing, or the bass I've taken along that night (I play in a covers trio). I don't have "a sound" either. I get a nice sound and then that's "my sound" for the night Edit: I did once have a session setting up the 7-band graphic on my amp, got it sounding nice and jotted down the settings. That's my "sound" (or rather "A NICE SOUND") and has been for several years now. Funnily enough it sounds good in pretty much any room. The "setting up" of the graphic involved getting everything flat, then starting at the deep end trying every slider between min & max and deciding how much I liked that frequency range. It actually ended up as a mid-scoop, but avoiding deliberately setting a "smiley face" pattern i.e. set up by ear, not eye

I was thinking of putting up a feeler thread for my US Jazz, but there are so many nice basses up at the moment it would get swamped. Plus, I'd never get what I wanted for it at the moment

The Comfort Strapp is not leather, but ticks all of your other boxes. The main part of the strap is a thick slab of neoprene, which is non-slip and has some 'give' without being springy. I have several and wouldn't use anything else for gigging as they are so comfortable and robust. You may want to aim for the large/extra-large size - the short & medium are way too short for me. I use a large for my Jazz & extra-large for my T-bird - and they are not exactly strung low.

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1358098191' post='1933088'] In fact......http://musescore.org/ [/quote] +1 Had great fun over the weekend with this Edit: In fact I was going to start a thread just to tell everyone how good Muse Score is.

Martin Worger - Leicester

I always used to be content with my kit. Since joining I've bought two basses and two multi-effects pedals (sold one, still have other). However I have otherwise resisted the GAS. My theory & reading was pretty good before I took up bass guitar (a couple of decades ago!), but I have concentrated on technique & tone since reading a few interesting threads on here. I mostly visit for the chat - and it's now part of my daily lunchtime browsing session It's also very handy to know there are a bunch of experts around (plus a load of other people ), and whatever questions I have someone has probably asked them before and the answers are there behind the Search button.

I have a Boss GT-10B that I got for a project & hung onto. I mainly use it for valve emulation with various levels of pre-amp drive and occasionally a bit of chorus.

It also seems that the money is about the same as we were paid 5-10 years ago. Not much inflation

Yes, yes, no, no, no, yes, yes