timmo

I can`t stand the singer out of Rush. I hate his voice

[quote name='neepheid' timestamp='1429872696' post='2755780'] I forgot to reiterate that I don't advertise stuff for stupidly more than it's worth. I do my research. That is why people lowballing [i]me[/i] is irritating. [/quote]Lots of people research and come up with different conclusions. You get people saying that the item is worth such and so as there is some on ebay. When you go to listings, the actual price that people have been getting for them is a lot less than their buy it now price. Not saying you would do that, but some people do. I was bidding this morning for a head and cab on Ebay. I bid £230 for the item, and lost to someone bidding £231.93p. Just the head is on sale here for £200, and 1 for £350. The new ones retail at £299. Personally, i wouldn`t pay more than £200 for the head including delivery. I guess that is why the classifieds and ebay are full of unsold stuff.

If i was selling something, i would rather have several low offers than none. At least the market is telling me my price is too high. I look at lots of the classifieds in the for sale topic, and was surprised to see someone asking a higher price second hand, than you can buy for new. I know some things like basses have a premium for age, but an amp that has only been on the market for 2 years is hardly going to fetch a premium. I don`t get why anyone should be outraged by a low offer, as it takes seconds to say no thanks

If it is blues rock type thing, then i don`t think you can get much better than Ten Years After. I like Gary Moore, Joe Bonamassa, but neither in my opinion are a match for Alvin Lee. Just watching Leo Lyons on the bass is enough to make you tired.If it is real blues, then there are hundreds of great exponents. Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker amongst the better known. Alexis Korner and Lightnin Hopkins. So many to mention

[quote name='Bassassin' timestamp='1429743186' post='2754609'] We could club together and buy it, then burn it. That might stop it coming back. Maybe... Jon. [/quote]If that happened, it would appear there is actually a market for this. That could mean there will be more people putting such monstrosities up for sale. I don`t think that would be a good idea

It wouls appear someone gave him an offer he couldn`t refuse, but the buyer reneged on the offer. Anything over £100 offer has got to be a prank offer hasn`t it?

[quote name='chaypup' timestamp='1429598041' post='2752902'] Bit of an urban legend that one. [/quote]It must be totally true. I saw it on QI

It seems Jonny Marr isn`t happy with record store day either. http://www.nme.com/news/johnny-marr/84768

[quote name='lowdowner' timestamp='1429563077' post='2752722'] Picture the scene... you've walked into your favourite bass shop and you've asked to try out a tasty little number you've had your beadies on for a while now. The shop keeper, a scruffy and overly cool looking dude who in your imagination is probably an ex bassist of an 80's supergroup and possibly too cool to be in a bass shop, hands it to you and plugs you into a big, and very loud, rig. Probably under a spot light. He looks at you expectantly. The rest of the shop is stuffed full with loads of obvious expert shredders, just lounging around looking for the next axe for their upcoming sell-out world tour. They now too turn towards you, again all expectantly... What top three riffs have you chosen to help you 'try out' the beautiful bass that is clearly too good for your measly efforts? OK, this is a bit extreme, but it's usually how *I* feel, that's for sure. So do you have common songs, riffs, or snippets of stuff you like to noodle away at when trying out a new bass in a shop. Or do you just 'jam' in a confident sort of way? Just wonderin' [/quote]You must have travelled if you had been in a shop that had basses that you would want to try out

[quote name='SpaceChick' timestamp='1429360002' post='2750776'] Thanks!! We shall be friends. He's referred to as Crapton in my house [/quote]Do you hate Clapton`s solo stuff, or everything including John Mayall, Yardbirds,Cream, and Blind Faith ? I don`t like much of his solo stuff except a few like Bad love, and his cover of Cocaine.

[quote name='BILL POSTERS' timestamp='1429521301' post='2752123'] I thought music charts in the UK started in 1952. I do remember in the 60s, the charts on Radio Luxembourg on Sunday nights often being different to the BBC one a few hours earlier, which were different again to the music papers. Hard to believe that went on till 1977 when it was finally realised that record companies had been hyping the charts all along. [/quote]Yes, it did start around then by NME, and loads of other publications, by phoning shops asking for the 10 best sellers. Every chart was different. But then the British Marketing Research Bereau was formed .They started compiling the charts, and had 250 postal returns from record shop sales, which were randomly selected from 6000 (would there be 6000 record shops today?) Obviously it is all computerised today. Apparently, all the data was put onto punch cards and fed into a computer to sort out the data back then. So 1969 is the start of the official charts as we know today.

[quote name='BILL POSTERS' timestamp='1429400555' post='2751152'] Gallows pole was a hit - when ? Greensleeves was written by Henry VIII, so early 16th Century, well known song. But I dont know of a hit version. [/quote] Anyway, the reason i asked if Henry VIII wrote it was because i looked it up. Although it seems there is a slight chance he did, it seems to be discredited. When someone comes out with things like that, i have to look it up, and find it very interesting. Who wouldv`e thought basschat could be so educational As for Gallows Pole, by Leadbelly, i also learned something else. It could have been a contempory hit in America, as it was released in 1939, and the hit parade in America started in 1936. So yes, i was wrong about that as well. Charts before that were based on sheet music sales.It seems that the beginning was very genre specific, and only tracked Rythm and Blues, Pop, and Country and Western, by the Billboard Magazine.The jukebox was responsible for the start of record charts. The proper charts as we know it today started in 1961 in America, and 1969 in UK. Before 1969, it seems that NME used to phone 15 shops to find out how many sales were made, and based the charts on this. I found it interesting anyway

[quote name='BILL POSTERS' timestamp='1429480153' post='2751871'] And the first sentence in post #1 is ? If it hasnt been a contemporary hit, it doesnt count - does it ? To me that means it has to have charted. Which Gallows pole hasn't as far as I know. Although Zep 2 or whichever it was on presumably did. So far the oldest one thats been mentioned, which has actually been a 'hit' as far as I know, has been Gaudete. In the UK anyway. [i]Edited. to correct a typo and prevent the pedantic people on here offending me by pointing it out.[/i] [/quote]Ok, i have been admonished, and will refrain from posting in this topic again

[quote name='BILL POSTERS' timestamp='1429400555' post='2751152'] Greensleeves was written by Henry VIII, so early 16th Century, well known song. But I dont know of a hit version. [/quote] Are you sure Henry VIII wrote it?

[quote name='BILL POSTERS' timestamp='1429400555' post='2751152'] Gallows pole was a hit - when ? Greensleeves was written by Henry VIII, so early 16th Century, well known song. But I dont know of a hit version. [/quote] It wasn`t if you had read the first bit of the sentence, as there were no charts in those days. Just an example of loads of old records that were before charts

Groovy man !!!! I enjoyed that. Wish i could play that well

Not my cup of tea music wise, but it sounds clean and good enough to my ears

[quote name='BILL POSTERS' timestamp='1429386418' post='2751052'] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][size=3][size=4][i][b]Most [/b][/i][/size]of the ones mentioned so far were not actually hits.[/size][/font][/color] [/quote]What is a hit though? If you took Leadbelly- Gallows Pole, that would have been way before any chart . Who knows what could have been a hit back then. That song goes back to the 17th century

This topic reminds me of gloomy Sunday by Billie holiday. Ot got banned from several countries as hundreds of people were commuting suicide. Quite an interesting but sad story behind it

There are lots of songs i hate with a passion, but i always think this is the worst ever as he is such a talented songwriter, and serious musician. virtually all rap and hip hop is awful to my ears.My worst ever has to be You Can call Me Al by Paul simon. I don`t like Mick Hucknell`s stuff either. Simply Red were terrible. Basically any music of the era when they had to include the words "one time" and other spoken words that seemed fashionable to include in a song. Oh yeah, nearly forgot to include the Fugees

I have no idea on any wood, and it`s tone, but i have always hankered after a custom made bass with a purpleheart fingerboard

[quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1429183456' post='2748817'] Timmo - Have you tried Transcribe! software (seventhstring.com)? It lets you slow music down by up to 75% (without changing pitch) so you can isolate notes and figure things out. It's not overly expensive and massively useful for study. [/quote]Yes i have transcribe, and find it is useful. I went for a lesson telling the teacher i just can`t pick out the notes, which i had tried transcribe. After we went through Call Me When You Get This, by Corinne Bailey Rae, through his monitor speakers, i could clearly hear the bass. I came back home, tried it on my hifi, and couldn`t descern any thing clearly. I do think it is my hifi, as there is no way you can turn up bass, only by selecting EQ settings, which consist of pop, rock, classical. One thing i did find, if i stand in the kitchen, i can hear the bass a lot more clearly. Bit of a bind when i have to rewind quite a lot though. The worst case scenario, is i get new speakers, which will tidy up my desk because i have no need for the 15 year old hifi on my desk, and get better sound. The best case is i can clearly hear the bass.

I have just ordered these, so should be here Friday. Probably not the best, but it will do for now. [b] M-Audio Studiophile AV 40[/b]

Yes a focusrite 2i2 . Ok thank you

If i buy a pair of monitor speakers, and run it through the 212 unit, connected to a PC,will i still be able to listen to youtube, or will i need an amplifier for that? I am trying to pick out notes to play by ear, and finding it difficult through my old hifi. I can`t really adjust bass, just through a poor set eq.