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If your drummer has no respect for the way he treats your equipment he has no respect for you. Sure accidents happen, but as Lozz said it's the drummers attitude. I would be considering my position in the band.

[quote name='Rich' timestamp='1453104125' post='2956277'] The original version of this thread was loads better. [/quote] Nah, the posts were older and not up to their original standard, seemed to be just going through the motions. At least this thread is younger and the posts seem to mean it more.

DigiTech BP355

I'm back in a band playing bass again (metal \m/ ) and our first gig is on the 31st January. I haven't settled on a bass string brand yet, I've been using the ones I tend to win in raffles at Bassbashes. I've been a bassist for many years and would be delighted to provide feedback on your strings. BTW I'm old school and play 4 string basses.

I bought a Guild B301 because that's what Marc Angel used, and Mark Mendoza had been a Guild endorsee. Does that count?

Bought an amp from Will. Excellent price, he got it to me quick and securely. Great comms, more than happy to to business with him again, can heartily recommend :-)

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1452778322' post='2953378'] In my main covers band we play half a dozen songs in B. I don't HAVE to play a low B in any of them. But it's nice when I do. [/quote] Its when you have to play B but don't, what causes the problems ;-)

Tru dat!

[quote name='dannybuoy' timestamp='1452599604' post='2951424'] If you happen to have an iPad or iPhone, you can get great apps and interfaces for those too that can totally replace a multi fx and always be upgradable! [/quote] Or this for the iPad http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ipl0RATqBs

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1452596514' post='2951387'] You could easily practice/rehearse with this bass unplugged while a child slept in the next bedroom. [/quote] Is this compulsory? I like the bass but having to borrow a child just so I could practice unplugged seems to be a bit of a pain.

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1452596604' post='2951390'] Well I get paid for playing the Dog & Duck, but it would never occur to me to describe myself as a 'Pro'. [/quote] Or even a good pro [size=4] [/size]

[quote name='Number6' timestamp='1452595922' post='2951378'] I'd imagine there are "Pros" that couldn't be Pro and "Amateurs" that could be Pro. If you know what i'm saying. [/quote] Yup being a pro just means getting paid. Being a [i]good[/i] pro, probably means you get paid more, and more often

DigiTech BP355. I cannot recommend this highly enough. Has bass and guitar amp sims, all kinds of fx, a looper, plus drums to play along to. Great sounds achievable for under £100. I have one and use mine for both guitar and bass. You're right about the product info not being too clear, but this has 20 amp sims, 9 of which are for guitar. http://digitech.com/en/products/bp355

8 years ago to the day, I posted this [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/11122-best-bass-players-of-new-romantic-era/page__st__30__p__117827#entry117827"]http://basschat.co.u...827#entry117827[/url] The thread itself garnered some interest on a Duran Duran fansite [url="http://duranduranboard.proboards.com/thread/16009/worth-browse"]http://duranduranboa...09/worth-browse[/url]

[quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1452255531' post='2948087'] I haven't changed my point at all. My post that you quoted was in response to a post saying that age had something to do with it and about being 'stuck in the 70s' ... To which I replied ... 'I'm 64. I like Thundercat. It's got nothing to do with age. It's about being open-minded.' You responded ... Well, 'You like him because he suits your tastes' seems to be tautological. It sounds that perhaps you mean that 'liking someone' is no different from 'suiting one's tastes' and vice versa. In which case 'suiting one's tastes' cannot be an explanation for 'liking someone'. We would need to understand why and how it had come to suit one's tastes' for it to be any kind of explanation. Anyway, I still maintain that being open-minded makes you more likely to develop new tastes. In fact 'more likely to develop new tastes' might well be what we would mean by 'being open-minded' and so it's a definition or even another tautology. I then gave some further explanation of my position ... So, I stick to my original claim that 'age is only a limiting factor on taste if one allows it to be'. Better to be open-minded, whatever age you are, and listen out for new and old stuff. Even stuff you once didn't like, maybe you'll see it in a new light. And stuff you used to like, you can come to think 'it's not as great as I thought'. The post I responded to admitted to being 'stuck in the 70s'. But, anyway, your 'very strange argument' is actually not an argument that I made. I said ... my point was not whether someone or anyone, even you, ought to like Thundercat. The point was that being a certain age ought not to be a counter to liking or disliking him or anything else new (or old). I stand by what I said. [/quote] Oh no! People are disagreeing on the internet [size=4] [/size]

[quote name='Rikki_Sixx' timestamp='1452158588' post='2947000'] Ey up! Welcome to the forum! Always good to see another of the Yorkshire lot in here! It's pretty awesome that you've launched your own range, was it tough to get going? (For anyone struggling, I found the website: [url="http://www.jowbass.com/en-gb"]http://www.jowbass.com/en-gb[/url] ). Probably worth putting up a post in the main forums to get feedback. [/quote] http://basschat.co.uk/topic/275493-why-short-scale/page__fromsearch__1

Ah good old Wakey! Left 21 years ago myself, but there are a few Basschatters still living there. Will check out your bass...

[quote name='BigBassBob' timestamp='1452162282' post='2947058'] That's a really good demo! Thank you for sharing. [/quote] +1 [size=4] [/size]

3. Custom Shuker. Main live bass. Hamer Blitz. Main recording bass. Custom Iceni Zoot. Main back up for both as its active\passive.

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1452033444' post='2945839'] Many of us have been saying this for a long time. In The States when disco music hit big in the late 70s, overnight it was no longer cool to go to concerts and see live bands. Blue [/quote] Except in the Tri-state area where Twisted Sister were continuously breaking attendance records for an unsigned band.

[quote name='mcnach' timestamp='1452001059' post='2945343'] I always seem town have trouble with Spanish bassists in my bands... [/quote] Mi novia española tambien tiene problemas con su novio escoces.

Can you remember the phrase 'BEA do good cheap flights'? That's the order of flats for your key signature's BEADGCF. To find out what key you are in, cover the first flat, and the next is the key. Just remember that one flat ( b ) is the key of F. If you can remember it backwards FCGDAEB, that's the order of sharps for your key signatures. To find out the key look at the last sharp, this is the leading note, or one fret below the key note (or tonic). So for eg. One sharp F# is one fret below G. So its G Major. Can you remember Major = - 3; minor = + 3? Then you can find the relative minor key. Each Major key has a minor key which shares the same key signature. So for C [size=4]Major (easy because it has no sharps or flats) count back 3 - CBA - and the minor key = A minor. [/size] [size=4]To[/size][size=4] find the relative Major, count forwards for 3, so from A minor - ABC - and its C Major. [/size] [size=4]There's a bit more to it, but you're almost halfway there. Unless you want to get serous with theory qualifications, in which case you need to know things such as when Beethoven last washed his socks. [/size]

Me! Well I'll give it a go if my band become successful I even do bass solo,'s https://youtube.com/#/watch?v=VjOIB12mzQc