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Does this Gibson count as a bass? Edit: Found [url="http://www.harpguitars.net/history/month_hg/month-hg-3-07.htm"]here[/url]

You'll need to practise your bass parts until you can play them without thinking too much. You need to engage most of your brain for the singing - this is the bit the audience will notice. Keep at it though, as it feels great when you can start to drag the timing of the singing around a bit while keeping a rock-steady bassline going. (Pat-rub, pat-rub )

True to an extent, but I'm still waiting to see a sub-£1000 RIC in playable condition anywhere. There are some terrific basses out there for very little money these days

Oh my goodness - can somebody arrange the funeral for this [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Aria-Pro2-The-Cat-rough-looking-road-worn-relic-new-strings-full-overhaul-/190711034420?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item2c67437234"]road-worn relic[/url]? Edited to add this classic quote: [font="Arial"]The jack socket sits in a copper coated plate at the tail end of the scratchplate; it catches the light and could be used as a dazzle the crowd thing next time you play at the Wembley Arena![/font]

We finished playing at a pub last weekend and a drunken punter asked why I looked so fed up all the time. I was perfectly happy. So it seems my bass face is ... fecking miserable

[quote name='LiamPodmore' timestamp='1344411495' post='1763936'] Ernie Ball, been using them on everything for a few years now. Mostly Slinkies, but i need a set of flats too. Liam [/quote] Ditto. I've been using nothing but regular slinkys for the last 25 years or so. They last for ages & hold their tone - unlike most other strings I've tried. Plus most shops that actually stock bass strings will usually have Ernies.

If you were making a youtube video, wouldn't you put the washing away instead of having it strewn all over the sofa?

[url="http://comfortstrapp.com/products.htm"]http://comfortstrapp.com/products.htm[/url] That's all I need to say

As I walk to work, I usually put it on my iPod & spend a week listening to it first. Then try and work it out by ear. Any tricky bits, or difficult-to-hear bits I run through an editor program - pitch-shifting it up an octave can make the bass line a lot more prominent.

Any XTC album

[quote name='silddx' timestamp='1341943266' post='1726763'] Thanks Nigel, that's very useful and interesting. An indispensable guide. Cheers. [/quote] You ARE appreciated - thanks

Mine leans away a bit - it's just something you get used to, and is a consequence of the 'modern' placing of the strap button to avoid neck dive. I'm surprised you would get any neck dive as that mainly affects older basses that don't have the button on the neck heel. You'll just have to learn to play without looking at the fretboard Don't hang the bass too low. I did that the other day with my new extra-long Comfort Strapp (recommended!). It felt great when playing, but I had a touch of tendonitis for a couple of hours afterwards. I'll hitch it back up a notch for my next gig I'd also recommend lock straps, although you'll probably have fun with the thin, short screws that come with Schallers. It's a 2 minute job to glue a matchstick into the old holes, which then give you something decent to screw into. Solid

Thunderbird = full monty, top-hanging [url="http://www.amazon.co.uk/HERCULES-STANDS-GS412B-Hercules-Gs412B/dp/B000ARHGSC/ref=sr_1_4?s=musical-instruments&ie=UTF8&qid=1341922622&sr=1-4"]Hercules stand[/url] ALWAYS.

An RCD adapter is like a condom - a no brainer if you want to protect yourself. We were playing in a marquee the other week, running off a generator. The RCD plug wouldn't reset, so we tried the 3 neon tester like those linked above - which showed earth & live crossed. Going further upstream in the chain of extension leads it showed a different fault - earth and neutral crossed. It turned out that the generator circuit was faulty, so in the end we had to time-share another circuit with the caterers. I hate to think what might have happened if we'd plugged any gear into the mains without the RCD - whether to the band or the equipment.

I've found a very effective cure for klepto-ric tendancies - mortgage, wife, kids, dog, etc. And, yes I would if I had the cash...

[quote name='KevB' timestamp='1341497565' post='1720064'] Don't wish to hijack the thread but if anyone's interested in a P bass special I have one up for grabs at the moment; [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/180678-squier-precision-special-l150-collected-or-short-delivery/page__hl__squier__fromsearch__1"]http://basschat.co.u...__fromsearch__1[/url] [/quote] That looks nice - and nice price too. I have an Indonesian 'gunmetal' silver one, lovely bass and all original Squier except the Schaller strap locks.

"Fit into the band drawing image"? Edit: Just read further: "We vary by using fusions from eastern ragas..." <sings>Well since my baby left me...</sings>

Done

[quote name='Josh' timestamp='1341068927' post='1713469'] So I've just downloaded Stuart Clayton's The Bass Players Guide to Scales & Modes on iBooks... [/quote] Why did I just read that as Adam Clayton? lol

A bass I bought some time ago arrived in a battered old "Original Gig Bag Company" case - it's great. Decent padding, lots of pockets, grab handles and shoulder straps. I think they still make them.

I have a Korean Squier P-bass Special. It's my current go-to bass and I love it. Quality is good, sound is excellent - and all completely stock. Edit: Correction - it's Indonesian

As I said to Chris Squire when I was teaching him to tune his bass, "I'm not one to name-drop"

Whichever fingers are free at the time, either hand