odysseus

I see where you are coming from and I agree up to a point, but I find that playing with 'just for fun' guys can minimise the potential for some idiot disappearing up their own fundament trying to be a 'star', and sundry other diva-esque behaviours. Bit of a double-edger that one

Right on the money! A couple of times I've been lured into bands with the promise of much jamming and egalitarian creativity, only to realise some weeks later that the general form from the guitarist is, "I wrote a song... learn it." Other reasons have included people not learning songs, not turning up to rehearsal, being more interested in talking about being in a band than actually doing it, and on one occasion a drummer being dumped by his gf and making the whole band suffer too for weeks, getting a hissy fit if he fluffed a fill and kicking his kit around the room before storming off to sulk in his bedroom.

You don't see wordsmiths of this calibre very often nowadays. I doff my cap to you, Mr. Delvar.

Wendron Cricket Club in darkest Cornwall, in 1989 when I was 19 years old. We were called Cut Loose. Played a metallic pink Charvel bass which I thought was great until I played a bog standard 2nd hand Ibanez Roadster that knocked spots off it and prompted a swift trade-in. Songs included Bon Jovi's Runaway, All Right Now (of course), You Really Got Me (yeah, I know..), Waiting For an Alibi, Closer To The Heart (brave effort!), More Than A Feeling.... can't remember much else. It was OK,... no disgrace...

"I wish he'd tune that bloody guitar...."

A metallic pink Charvel which one of my friends (a drummer) assured me was a great purchase. I thought so too until I played another bass. Pinky got traded in for an Ibanez Roadster shortly afterwards.

Yes it's great when that happens. My current band have been together for 18 months now. Writing our own stuff, playing a few festivals, nobody wants to be a star or is concerned about getting paid for playing, as we all work jobs. Going to do some recording, make a couple of vids for a giggle, write more stuff, rinse and repeat. It's a nice, and rare, place to be!

I think Scott's lessons are excellent. They work very well for me, and I've been a lifer for a couple of years now. Money well spent IMO but, like anything else, it won't suit everyone.

Welcome dude. Fellow Cornwall inhabitant here. Enjoy the bass and the forum

Just bought a Marusczyck fretless off Ed. Everything was as described, he provided every single detail necessary for me to organise a courier effectively, his communication was top notch, and the bass is great and arrived very well packaged. Top man, smooth transaction, and a pleasure to do business with. Thanks Ed!!

Amen to that, sir. Never again.

Doug puts his own personality into his playing. I like what he does, but that doesn't mean anyone else should. Take it or leave it. Same with Claypool.... Dynamite playing, but not what many would consider 'bass'. But then... who gets to decide what is or is not 'bass'?

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1507886445' post='3388519'] That's too bad, as you indicate "around here"[/quote] Yeah, I live at the ass end of nowhere, where originality is treated with suspicion! Despite that, it's worth it for the surfing. :-)

It all depends on what the people in the band are aiming for. I've been in gigging bands, I've been in studio-only bands. If you want plenty of gigs around here, then you're going to have to play the same type of tired old covers that everyone else is playing (unless you are in your teens and got a college following). That can be fun, but the 'fun' element wears off real quick when you're a bit older. I've been in plenty of writing/studio only bands, and that's more fun because the band can follow their own direction without having to accomodate the level of populism required to get a gig schedule. To be honest, some of the stuff myself and my friends have written would have very little appeal to the average pub crowd, and we're all too old to be considered hip, but we enjoy the whole creative process (and the social) immensely. I guess it boils down to whether everyone in the band is getting what they want out of it. And yes... fun!! :-)

Optimistic pricing for a turkey... but then... it is Christmas...

I ordered a Zoom Q2N video recorder on 13th December. Still hasn't turned up due to supply issues. I was hoping to record our NYE gig, but it looks like it won't happen....

I'm covering bass duties over xmas for the rockabilly band I used to be in, as their bassist quit a few weeks ago. Played Newlyn British Legion on xmas eve. That wasn't bad - nice sound there, unlike the previous evening where we were playing in a little 'box' in a corner of the Royal Inn in Par. NYE we're down at the Lugger Hotel in Penzance. Never played a New Years Eve gig in all the years I've been playing. The place got slated in TripAdvisor for poor service and shoddy housekeeping, so this could go either way - it'll either be empty because of the crap service, or busy because the food is quite good, so I read. Apparently there is a £35 price tag for the meal and 'entertainment', so we'll see what happens!

He's a pretty boy who fell off the boy-band conveyor belt. Without his support team, he'd be nothing. If he looked like me, he'd be nothing. But he can hold a tune and the girlies love him, and that sells. Good luck to him. He's not fit to be held in the same esteem as Elton John and David Bowie though.

Go to Scottsbasslessons and do the Blues Deep Dive course.

[quote name='Heathy' timestamp='1472240880' post='3119803'] Likewise. Although I had just turned seventeen when I heard Yankee Rose on the Casey Kasem American Top 40 radio show, so I left this off my earlier post! At that time my first band was at a low ebb and I was thinking that bass playing may just have been a flash in the pan. Hearing that song changed everything for me. [/quote] Yes indeed. I was in the process of losing my way with guitar at this point, still 3 years away from picking up a bass. But listening to Steve Harris then Billy Sheehan, I got to thinking......