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He's coming round tomorrow to plaster our bedroom and ensuite ceiling (we have an artex eradication programme going on) so I'll haev a longer chat with him and see how it goes.

I have a hartke hydride 2 x 10 combo . Thinking of suggesting gnr patience (he uploaded a cover to YouTube) and I have a bass tab to learn from, and also acoustic 'midnight hour' because I can play it now. Practicetime is going to be a challenge due to my family commitments, but luckily my partner and his wife get on and kids are similar ages. I don't know if I have a singing voice - I suspect not.

I thnk, to be honest, that I am trying to talk myself out of it. I've played with other people once before, many years ago, and it was a disaster zone. I know I will feel [b]very[/b] exposed - I'm at that "can hear riffs that I cant quite play yet" stage and I feel very awkward about it. I do rewite basslines in my head when I hear songs, and I do mentally put something over drums that I hear about the place, or in my head so I know I can do better than I can do now. Plasterer guy wants to "get back into gigging". I did manage to do a creditable version on bass of "stand by me" in a lesson with a teacher playing the guitar line, but I had no idea where my timing was, or rather, the notes were in the right-ish places musically but I had no idea where the beat was.

I have an offer to form an acoustic duo. My plasterer writes his own material and is a much, much better player than me. He's played in bands for years and I'm very much a learner who gets little to no time to practise. There is, as observed on another thread , nowhere to hide in a duo I dont want to play acoustic bass but maybe I can use a quiet jazz bass

I swap between reverse tuners on my jazz and normal tuners on my ibanex and also my ray copy without any difficulty. I dont think you'll find it that much of a problem.

Damn, I missed this.

[quote name='spinynorman' timestamp='1334965801' post='1624303'] I remember a lot of pain and effort, at the end of which I could strum along to "She'll be coming round the mountain when she comes". You tell kids today that, they won't believe you. [/quote] Luxury!

just lower the neck pickup a bit, or raise teh bridge if you can. Its quite normal.

[quote name='neepheid' timestamp='1332846985' post='1593803'] [/quote] I'm with him - they're cheap and cheerful and work well. Last for ages too.

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[quote name='WHUFC BASS' timestamp='1334221706' post='1612615'] http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/17673948 Be interesting to see how U.S. and U.K. copyright laws work in this instance. I think that the damages being sought by the yanks are optimistic to say the least. [/quote] They always are, it's just a shot across the bows to encourage negotiation and early settlement rather than actual court time

Sadly not - I am in Nottinghamshire near sutton in Ashfield I don't think I can devote the time to running one at moment (listening to icastle and others) as I have a disabled partner and toddler with sleep issues. Will have to see if I can find one locally

Does anyone have any advice on getting one off the ground ? Talked to a guitard plasterer I know who suggested starting one

Started on classical and then got a cheapie strat I heard New Years Day and finally found out it was bass I was hearing, I bought a no name white/white/maple p bass copy and should have spent more time at it. I went back to square 1 about a year ago

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Questions : who would normally pay the PayPal fees ? The buyer or the seller? Is it expected that the despatching seller pays the carriage insurance ? I assume if it's damaged in transit the seller should refund the buyer and then claim off the carrier for repair or replacement ?

Pm me details ? Thanks