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Another approach is to string a breezeblock from the [i]rear[/i] strap button. Hey presto - dive abolished! Or you could just incorporate it into your technique:

Antarctica - that's pretty cool. Looking fwd to hearing your ideas - hope you enjoy the forum

I'd be delighted to try your kit. This is very decent of you - I assume all this is free of charge as you don't mention any cost for the kit or the bespoke adaptations and fitting service.

Started out on guitar - then heard a certain bass intro riff and that was me gone. I also did it to get laid (15 yrs old) which still hasn't worked (51 yrs old). Happy where I am, still picking up new tricks. I'm still not a 'decent' bassist after 36 years of picking the bass or a guitar up every day for at least an hour and usually longer. Your main question - how long does it take to become a decent bassist - kind of poses another question; well, what are [i]your[/i] deepest, most heartfelt ambitions? Do you want to be a virtuoso pro bass player (never too late), a semi-pro with a day job and an encyclopedic knowledge of covers, a gifted amateur artist or - like me - a happy plodder who gigs when he can? (clearly, these are not [i]all [/i]the possibilities - just some examples) Y'see 'decent' is a subjective self-measurement against a set of criteria that doesn't just involve study and practice to a set level - it includes the relative abilities of those you'll be playing with, the demands the material makes on you, the expectations of your audience and the life / career goals that you set yourself. There are plenty of people on here who quite legitimately consider themselves decent players. But by the standards of others, they might be considered hopelessly incompetent. There are others who might suffer from the 'Hendrix Complex'. They're stellar talents, but consider themselves to be at a level far below their desired competence. So, for you, the act of posing the question is a bit akin to the paradox - 'If you ask yourself whether you're mad, then you're probably sane'. If you're self-aware enough to ask when you're going to be a decent player, you're self-aware enough to realise that you'll probably never be satisfied. And that's all that matters (in a good way, mind). As you yourself put it, very wisely: [quote]I'm not really sure where I am heading, but I intend to enjoy the ride.[/quote]

Hi TheDavisch and Welcome Good to hear you're all fired up and brimful of enthusiasm - but beware - this forum is [i]strangely addictive[/i] - you can wind up spending more reading and posting on BC than actually playing your bass. Hope that you enjoy yourself here and that the covers band is strutting its stuff soonest!

[quote name='YouMa' post='598807' date='Sep 14 2009, 10:57 PM']I think he was actually selling packs of the cards on his website at one point,i wish someone would do a decent documentary on him hes a clever bloke.[/quote] That's Eno, not me. Actually, I'd love to see Eno at a Jam Night. With his mates from The Portsmouth Sinfonia. Changed my sig in tribute.

[quote name='YouMa' post='598795' date='Sep 14 2009, 10:40 PM']Ah so your a fan to mr devlar. [/quote] More the early pop stuff - The Seven Deadly Finns, Dead Finks Don't Talk - that sort of thing ... but he has purveyed a nice line in swoony tunes. Possibly rather Obscure material for the Dog & Dick Jam night...

[quote name='YouMa' post='598739' date='Sep 14 2009, 09:40 PM']it would be nice to have oblique strategy cards at jam nights where the next band can for instance only play reggae,the next funk,folk,etc.[/quote] Or maybe even some Brian Eno

Passed on a couple of skip monsters I've restored - Encore Strat, Bitsa Jazz - and some pedals and stuff. When I croak, I'd like my guitars, basses, pedals and amps to go to my mates - trouble is, most of them will probably be too old to use them

More like 'Heaven's Waiting Room' if I joined your band. Nevertheless, there are loads of talented, spanky young bass players on here who'll do the gig just fine. Good luck with your search.

[quote name='SteveO' post='597330' date='Sep 13 2009, 01:45 PM']Maybe rename General Bass Discussion to General Discussion. (or something with a snappier title )[/quote] That's a good idea and a good compromise. It's not as if general music discussion is currently being inhibited by the sub-forum title. Might also push some of the gear and technique related stuff into the appropriate dedicated sub-forums. OT could then be re-specified as being for non-musical discussion. Might tidy up some of the cross-over stuff that slides into OT, e.g. band problems. My, we're all fizzing with ideas today!

Just to be difficult, can I reg a vote to keep things as they are. I quite enjoy the diversity of general bass discussion. We've got dedicated forums for basses, effects, amps, technique, gigging and recording. If we take general music [i]out[/i] of Gen Bass Disc, there won't be much left to go in there...

Hi Higgins666 and welcome That's a monster old pedal chain you've got there - check out the effects for sale sub-forum - there's quite a lot of OD's, fuzzes and stuff floating around at the mo. Once you start sticking all that through a valve head, you'll be getting complaints from Dundee. Sooner the better. Oh, and keep an eye open for Pete Academy's posts - he's from Stoke and runs the bass dept at the Academy of Sound. Enjoy the forum

Put it like this - there's a helluva lot of really awful rigs you could have bought for that money. As a first amp and buying new, you could have done a whole lot worse. Enjoy!

If you can't afford a teacher at the moment, maybe see if there's anyone here on BC who's local to you and who'd be prepared sit down with you for a little jam or two. I've picked up some stuff from people this way, and it's a useful compromise. But it's not a long-term substitute for proper tuition. Once you get the opportunity, just give the tuition approach a try and see how it works for you. If you benefit from it, great. If not - well, there's still the self-teaching approach. No biggie.

There's a view held by some that Marshall are crap. Others think they're perfectly acceptable and quite good value for money. Either way, these are just opinions and if you're happy with your Marshall that's fine. Frankly, when you're talking about cheerful 30w blasters there's really not much difference between the various manufacturers, so don't let anyone badge-snob you. If you move on to getting a more powerful amp for gigging (and you will need a bigger amp eventually, if that's the route you decide to go) you can try out some different models / manufacturers and make up your own mind as to what fits your needs and tastes. Enjoy your MBB - you never forget your first amp.

Hi Moonstomper and welcome Noobie questions? Worry not - many apparently 'simple queries' open up the most interesting discussions (it's a very debate-y place, this) - and most of us here are learning something new every day as a result. Hope you enjoy the forum.

MY EYES!!!! - It burns, it burns... Thanks, Fritz (or whatever your name is) for yet another quality axe.

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[quote name='Tait' post='596205' date='Sep 12 2009, 12:31 AM']i think what he said was- [i]Stuff[/i] i might have read it all wrong of course, but thats what i thought he said.[/quote] Thanks, Tait. Righty-ho! Crystal clear now. Totally understand. With the programme. So in answer to the OP... No I don't. I'm just getting in the way here, so I'll leave you building-shakers to it.

Although I may be wildly mistaken, it seems to me that many general interest guitar forums are wildly uninformative and full of crazed illiterates flaming each other about their musical tastes (kinda like BC Off-Topic after the pubs chuck out). TDPRI is truly excellent for Teles. I have also derived inordinate satisfaction from other brand-centric forums such [url="http://gretschpages.com"]http://gretschpages.com[/url] and [url="http://www.fenderforum.com"]http://www.fenderforum.com[/url]. There's also quite a cheery little SG forum out there - [url="http://www.everythingsg.com"]http://www.everythingsg.com[/url] As with many such forums, the membership tends to be more USA-based - and the depth of knowledge is outstanding.

I'm sorry - all that went [i]straight[/i] over my head. I'm just an EADG numptie

The drummers I abhor most are those who: * Busy up their hi-hats in a kind of tickety-tickety 60's Merseybeat way, then lob the same pattern to that funny cymbal with the rivets for 'Variation' * Throw a fill in [i]every[/i] 4 bars of a 12-bar blues, with a full bar of fill in the 12th. Can they not just play the groove [i]through[/i] the changes? * Throw frantic rolls round their toms and come out half a tick ahead * Play like crazed Octopii on speed, but sit there like a gawping garden gnome when you ask them for a count-in

[quote name='bubinga5' post='595080' date='Sep 10 2009, 08:28 PM']What is your method for finding the Key of a song you are covering?..im havng a bit of a mental block..[/quote] I sit there and plonk randomly around on my bass until something fits. [quote name='bubinga5' post='595080' date='Sep 10 2009, 08:28 PM']What key do you think this tune is in..i think its in G flat...[/quote] It's in the key of 'second fret in from the nut on the thickest string' (4 string) or two frets in and one up from the thickest string (5 String). No need to thank me.