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Dive straight in - worth buying a book / dvd so you get most out of it imho

i really liked Making Music, I guess it folded a long time ago. Is this the online BGM? I've never seen it on shelves. I'd rather buy a UK mag than one of the US ones

I liked Abe Laboriel's DVD "funk bass"

Like golchen I'm still near base 1. I'm working on fixing my timing (ie placing notes correctly over each beat) I don't seem to have a problem with pitch, I can find notes with my eyes shut , just rhythm. Too much concentrating on what point the notes occur at and too little on whether the metronome has gone past that point already.. Reading is a different matter, I'm reading ed friedlands's Bass Grooves - I can read around stuff and learn it intellectually till the cows come home but thatisnt likely to help me here

[quote name='RussFM' post='443557' date='Mar 24 2009, 11:10 AM']I use what sounds good and looks good - for me, the Fender Jazz is the best looking bass out there, but I don't have to buy US for it to sound good.[/quote] Agree totally - at the notts bass bash I saw an instrument that prosebass made and may well call him when I need new one

About same distance as brum really, about j17 off M1

[quote name='ped' post='423511' date='Mar 2 2009, 06:39 PM']Hey guys, just a note to say how grateful I am for everyone involved in setting up this event and to all those who attended. You make Basschat proud! Hopefully we can have a national bash soon. Cheers ped[/quote] without wishing to start too elongated a debate, where would that be, do you think?

[quote name='phsycoandy' post='424410' date='Mar 3 2009, 07:09 PM']by the look of your signature, youve got enough already! The "Free Strings" thing was my attempt at getting a set for the original post and associated good vibes, never came to anything tho......I buy my elixirs off him like everyone else[/quote] I'd love to go there as I used to live very near Colchester, but now get down south about once a year. Severalls Ind Est rings a bell, though. I bought my first bass in Colchester, at a music shop near the Castle.

I have the est95 active and its nice to play - probably better out there for the money tho

[quote name='Hamster' post='422583' date='Mar 1 2009, 07:39 PM']They haven't kept their side of the verbal contract. Ask for a full refund of your deposit and take your business to a shop with better service.[/quote] I'm quite sure they couldnt force MusicMan20 to take the scratched one as it clearly doesnt meet section 14 of the Sale of Goods Act. However since its a mass produced item its also fairly certain that a flawless one [b]would[/b] meet his needs so the contract isnt frustrated. I think his position regarding his deposit is questionable legally; although I dont doubt that the shop are honour and goodwill bound to return his deposit if his faith in them is shaken, I dont think that they are yet proved to be incapable of supplying what he wants at the agreed price and within a reasonable timescale, as the manager's actions suggest. Obviously they should also make some kind of concession for the hassle he's been caused, and to retain his future business. I do think the saleman sounds like a muppet though.

well done to BB for organising it all, i was really interested to try so many instruments I've not tried before such as the upright Stagg DB and also the black Rick (Kev's? thanks anyway), and Prosebass's custom bass which was amazingly comfortable. We should do it again, and I might bring an amp with me this time. Good choice of venue

I think its actually in the strings -I got a jazz that had 40-95s, and it slapped much better than my ray with 40-105s. Then I replaced the strings on the Ray and made them the same as the jazz to make life easier for myself and foudn that the Ray it slapped just as well.

[quote name='budget bassist' post='418546' date='Feb 24 2009, 04:58 PM']I'll see what i can do, though i don't want to get too much and have nobody eat it...[/quote] Can the venue do it for you? They're generally good at doing stuff to price or numbers

An adam clayton sig bass would just be a standard maple jazz as far as I can see; that's all I have seen him play recently. I think jpj just played a standard 62 3sb r/w jazz as far as I can recall; I think I read somewhere that he still has it

yes, should have said where I was at least! Doh. I'm in nottingham area, not too fussed about style but rock/funk/blues would be in the ballpark

I'm just learning still, I'm wondering if anyone knows a learning guitarist, or learning drummer that I can practice with? Probably a question I should ask at the bass bash actually, but its in my head now. thanks

yes, learn to read the notes too. Tabs are useful for confidence, but they can be wrong, or show you a fingering which is not the true one used in the recording, or even the most efficient. I learned notation; it isnt that hard. nice looking bass though, good choice.

pasta salad? cheap and filling. Some bread perhaps.

I'm happy with £4, especially if there are some nibbles too.

[quote name='Jarhead' post='415487' date='Feb 20 2009, 04:03 PM']OK, I'll bring my jazz, but be warned, its beaten up quite badly for a relatively new bass. Zach[/quote] well, as OldGit of this this parish will tell you, my Jazz has some cosmetic flaws too. Not visible from front though. We will have to wear name badges or somesuch as I, for one, wont know who anyone actually is.

My partner bought one of my 3, she likes me to have a hobby. I have one acoustic bass, a cij jazz and a vintage ray copy. Its enough.