waynepunkdude

[quote name='Johnston' post='1056589' date='Dec 12 2010, 09:24 PM']How easy is it to get printed stuff for bass nevermind getting it in bigger print?[/quote] I guess you could blow it up with a photocopier, pain in the arse but it could help.

[quote name='Johnston' post='1056577' date='Dec 12 2010, 09:17 PM']I'd agree with that . One problem I have with reading music and I guess other people would have the same is whilst I am looking at it the notes seem to float about, it's hard to pick out whether it's on the line between them , blink and it looks like it's jumped up or down the stave. It's hard to explain and I will admit I mentioned it to the optician and it's not as bad with my new glasses but it's still there. But it would really put a beginner off if there wasn't an alternative. I'm persevering but then my playing has gone to pot for other reasons and it's a way to extend my skill set without having to rely on harder lines. A beginner wouldn't necessarly think like that .[/quote] Bigger print?

[quote name='Doddy' post='1056530' date='Dec 12 2010, 08:53 PM']Outside of certain specialised guitar and bass books Tab doesn't exist. You will never see a chart written in tablature for any instrument. I'm not talking about using it to learn songs in your bedroom,that can be done easily by ear.I'm talking about working as a musician. In the case of this particular topic,I don't believe that Tab conveys enough information to be useful in a book about chord tones-as I said earlier.[/quote] Depends how it's done and to be fair most musicians on here only work with guitar/bass.

[quote name='Doddy' post='1056513' date='Dec 12 2010, 08:44 PM']According to many biographies,Segovia taught himself to read early on and used to transcribe Bach pieces. You know full well that that's wrong,and just trying to be awkward about things.[/quote] I was playing devils advocate, I think there is great skill but it doesn't mean other ways of reading are any less valid.

Devils advocate: Surely it goes By ear = talented and devoted to getting it right by yourself Tab = Not got an ear for tone so need hints on key etc Music = Lazy and have everything written out for you. / Devils advocate

[quote name='Musky' post='1055571' date='Dec 12 2010, 12:18 AM']Waynepunkdude must deserve an award for gigging with a band the same day it formed![/quote] Haha cheers, although I think my best moment was 4 gigs in 4 days with 4 bands 3 of them I'd never played with before. That didn't make me sound conseated at all...

[quote name='skej21' post='1056293' date='Dec 12 2010, 06:26 PM']+1 (ish) I agree that using tab to learn a song in advance of a rehearsal or as a way to remember what you have done is an[b] acceptable practice[/b]. .[/quote] No such thing as acceptable or unacceptable if you can you can play the song as intended, however you do it is irrelevant and boarders on snobbery. The OP is asiking about a book that people will use at home not a score that will be used in a production so it makes sense to make it as accessible to as many people as possible.

Tab is just as acceptable a way of reading music as reading music, I can't see an argument against it.

I did the cover thing to my VMJ.

I went from Ain't Talking bout Dub - Apollo 440 to Ain't Talking Bout Love - Van Halen then Lake Tahoe - A (because of the Dave Le Roth line)

I find these are the best for bass. They are flexable but harden up the closer the to the tip you grip it, they are textured so they don't slip.

[quote name='BigRedX' post='1053873' date='Dec 10 2010, 11:23 AM']So what do you think looks better?[/quote]

[quote name='Peds' post='1050275' date='Dec 7 2010, 10:20 AM']I was working in the jungles of Central America for six months delivering medical supplies on foot. As you can imagine there we didn't have much to keep us occupied so we had a moustache growing competition lol. So someone called me 'Pedro the Spaniard' after the biggest, droopiest 'tash you can imagine was on my face! That got shortened to Peds eventually, now everyone calls me it. How did you get it? (I'm going to look really silly if it's your Christian name!) Peds[/quote] That is awesome.

I bet there will be a thread about the bass this ends up on in the next few weeks.

[quote name='BigRedX' post='1053825' date='Dec 10 2010, 10:46 AM']I wouldn't say no to this kind of publicity for any of my musical ventures![/quote] Dick Venom does Cliff album out next Xmas?

[quote name='bubinga5' post='1053600' date='Dec 10 2010, 12:47 AM']Does anyone have an email address for wizard pickups... my Mac isnt set up for sending emails from the site... thanks..[/quote] [email protected]

[quote name='Sheldon Dingwall' post='1050081' date='Dec 7 2010, 12:01 AM']I appreciate the comments - good and bad. OK not so much the bad ones LOL[/quote] I put one of the bad comments but also a good one. The bass doesn't suit my taste aesthetically (I'm sure you won't lose any sleep) but I think the advert was spot on, who played the bassline in the video? It's awsome.

[quote name='skankdelvar' post='1052666' date='Dec 9 2010, 01:02 PM']Edited for skim readers. Nice work, Sir.[/quote] Cheers, Skank

I point you to Scroobius Pip "Thou shalt not take the names of Johnny Cash, Joe Strummer, Johnny Hartman, Desmond Decker, Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix or Syd Barret in vain. Thou shalt not think that any male over the age of 30 that plays with a child that is not their own is a peadophile... Some people are just nice. Thou shalt not read NME. [b]Thou shalt not stop liking a band just because they've become popular.[/b] Thou shalt not question Stephen Fry."

Got a review " I know what you're thinking - that bloke in the picture doesn't look much like either of The Plan's vocalists, Tom Crabb or Andrew Keech. That's because neither of them were actually present, for some reason or another. So rather than bail altogether, bassist Wayne Tully and drummer Ben Gower hastily recruited Captain Bastard and the Scallywags' resident mandolin player Jordan Harris (pictured) as makeshift frontman, renamed themselves Mexican Wave (6.5/10), and proceeded to belt out a set of various Nirvana and Green Day covers with varying degrees of success. Of course, mistakes and technical sloppiness in these circumstances are about as inevitable as the sun rising in the morning and politicians lying to save face, so we wound up hearing the same verse to 'Longview' repeated 3 times (in fact, most bands have a problem with that song - Dr Goon brutally buttf***ed it, and even The Submission struggled with the lyrics), and 'When I Come Around' clunked badly at times, but all things considered, the group actually did pretty well. Wayne's slick bass playing and Ben's driving beats formed a strong backbone when they fire together, just as they do on a regular basis with The Plan, while Harris brought an energetic delivery and barked vocals to the party. The Nirvana covers in particular went down very well, and as they ended on another Green Day cover, the criminally underrated 'Burnout', there was a sense that the trio might have stumbled on a combination that has potential to work if it's actually formed into a proper band. It'll be interesting to see if they decide to progress with the idea."

[quote name='MythSte' post='1051338' date='Dec 8 2010, 09:05 AM']Fair cop but Wayne doesn't do any of those things [/quote] To be fair I marched round to Ste's place today and proved that....... well he is right I can't do any of those things

[quote name='MoonBassAlpha' post='1050446' date='Dec 7 2010, 12:50 PM']How about a Jap Flag? My mate plays drums in Scam69 and has a drum kit in this design and it totally suits the punk thing. [url="http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.livebandphotos.co.uk/scam69/Scam%252069%2520%2520at%2520The%2520Purple%2520Emperor%2520Harlow.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.livebandphotos.co.uk/scam69/&usg=__yqP_0jrgcVYHgtNORmE2sCLfFJU=&h=508&w=640&sz=66&hl=en&start=0&zoom=1&tbnid=XjCEVv1OUvF02M:&tbnh=160&tbnw=191&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dscam%2B69%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26biw%3D1125%26bih%3D819%26gbv%3D2%26tbs%3Disch:1&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=314&vpy=85&dur=94&hovh=200&hovw=252&tx=133&ty=148&ei=tSz-TLXPMI2zhAe0-ITLCQ&oei=tSz-TLXPMI2zhAe0-ITLCQ&esq=1&page=1&ndsp=18&ved=1t:429,r:1,s:0"]http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http...=1t:429,r:1,s:0[/url][/quote] haha already done that mate. [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=89547&hl=westone"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=...&hl=westone[/url]

[quote name='HeavyJay' post='1050297' date='Dec 7 2010, 10:37 AM']Checkerboard Fretboard?[/quote] I'm going for 60's style on this one.

[quote name='markinson' post='1050183' date='Dec 7 2010, 08:47 AM']SX bass guitars are also mounting that kind of bridge. In your bass guitar, frets are also quite narrow (as New Fender Precision 60s RI MIM), standart Fenders are mounting wider ones. If the bass is able to be properly adjusted, so who cares if it is Fender or not? Congratulations!!![/quote] I have a few non-Fenders with the same style of bridge I think it's quite a common way of making them.