SpondonBassed

Bless you Pete. Just don't tell any guitarists in case they get the union rep out to me over demarcation issues.

Thanks for that (I think). Heeheehee.

Pedantic response: A line segment is one dimensional. There is no width only length. You've missed my point. Friendly response; go pick holes in someone else's metaphor, mine's leaky enough ta. Heeheehee. Don't feel you have to take TimR's place in these sorts of discussions my friend. Speaking of... does anyone know where he's gone? I trust he's well wherever he is.

It might have looked like I was trying to discredit your earlier reference to this book. I am sorry if it appeared so. That was not my intent. I am now thinking laterally about it. If you try to draw a shape (call it a chord for this example) using only two straight line segments (notes, if you will) you will not have enough lines to make a two dimensional drawing of a shape. You can imply some of the dimensions of the intended final shape but until three or more lines are present, you wont know whether you are looking at two sides of a triangle or a quadrangle or a pentagon.

That's definitely better in portrait. It renders well on screen at full zoom. Did I hear you say 'BC discount'? Will there be follow-up posters too?

I'm just not that interested in playing them. I'm not sure why, I'm probably just weird. At the moment, I like to find my place in the rhythm of a piece before I supplement the chords that are already there. Sometimes a baseline will dictate the final form of an overall chord but I'm not tuned into that so much. I'm really only starting to understand the effect of double stops at this stage. It might help if I explain that I am a late developer in bass playing terms and very much a hobby player anyway. I've decided that the time I allocate to practice is best spent on tightening my sense of rhythm. When I've achieved a decent standard of consistency I will spent more time exploring the subtleties of harmony.

'Chinese'* smiles all 'round then. *This is a cultural reference from the story of London's notorious Kray twins. Just so's you know like before you get the PC brigade involved.

I had that softening and expanding effect on the kit build recently. I built up a wipe on, wipe off finish in multiple passes with 24 hours between. With little or no flattening other than to dress out specks the layered coat was thick enough to stand up noticeably after the fifth pass. I think the solvent in the newest coat caused the previous layers to expand and make wrinkles in places. I stopped immediately before it became really noticeable. To be honest, I wondered if maybe I had left too long an interval between coats. I made a note to try 12 hours intervals if I did that treatment again. That was Teak Oil. Orange peel in your case however suggests that there is something else wrong.

Good point, well made. Heeheehee

There is always the option of printing on the back or a separate page. I agree it is best uncluttered with text since the subject speaks for itself. I haven't anything like the exposure to brands that the others have however. I'd enjoy sleuthing it down though in the absence of pertinent information. I'd love to have the A2 version in either case if the print is as detailed as I imagine it ought to be.

Swot! Heeheehee

I only asked so that I could know whether I am yet capable of playing chords or whether it is bedroom player's bravado on my part to claim that double stops are in fact chords. After reading the responses here I understand that some players consider them to be. Pendant's corner is on BBC 6music on Wednesday mornings I believe, with the Shaun Keaveny Breakfast Show; http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09mhw72

Taking liberties is often a euphemism for taking the wee wee. Just saying.

I'd suggest you don't attach the shim. If you make it with enough accuracy the through-holes for the bridge mount screws will provide location for it. The shim thing is often misunderstood. Shims should always be loose when the parts are disassembled.

Welcome Spikey.

Yup. I had a quote for seven hundred and fifty shopping trolley tokens from a 'friendly' accountant to sort out my mum's and my tax returns after they went pear shaped with the online service. As I was facing fines of more than a K from HMRC, it was almost an attractive proposition. I thought it was a lot of money for very little really as all he was going to do was make me fill out more forms than HMRC do! He had the barefaced cheek to tell me that he would use software to generate my return. My affairs are nowhere near complicated enough to need software to sort them out. I resented the notion of paying for his software licence fees so I told him I'd get back to him. I was not going to do all the filing then watch him sit back, hit 'Enter', then charge me hundreds of pounds for less than an hour's work on his part. When it came to, HMRC were very helpful and surprisingly understanding. I was able to have a face to face interview during which all the late returns were sorted and the fines refunded. I don't like their website though. Complicated and full of Beta pages every time I used it. I no longer do online returns. That bloke who used to claim on telly that 'Tax needn't be taxing' was a proper berk for saying so. I haven't earned enough to owe tax for over ten years now and it taxes the stuffing out of me just to tell HMRC that!

That's grand! I agree with not labelling them individually but I reckon you could put a panel somewhere out of the way that identifies each bass for educational purposes. I'd consider buying one then. Maybe a panel with a flip up fly-sheet so that you can do a bass quiz with your mates to see who's the geekiest? It's great as it is though. Thanks for sharing.

A wafty nasty pasty perhaps? TAXI!

I have no idea what a gimp looks like. I've never felt the urge to pull his gas mask and rubber hoody off to have a look!

'Tod' is the local (Derbyshire) pronunciation for t u r d. The word 'bird', similarly, comes out as 'bod'. This leave you looking like a true native of Derbyshire. It is also tending towards tautism to use 'shyte' and 'tod' together. Pleased to make your acquaintance duck.

But that makes it sound like you are trying to impersonate Big Ben at one o'clock.

There was already a thread for that. I think it is fine. I liked the 'pink torpedo' substitution for the phallus because it reminded me of Spinal Tap's ode to the girlfriend's big botty bits. It's fun to play with the filter whilst removing the vulgarity of swearing from the public parts of the forum.

I suppose no-one had an opinion about it before 1983...

That's where I was puzzled before I asked the question. I do a fair number of play-alongs where by making note choices I can modify the overall chord that is made between my bass and the accompanying track. Sometimes the results are subtle but there are instances when a semitone here or there can change the mood and direction of a piece dramatically. For an example; when doing repetitive endings to verses, I notice many good players vary their lines slightly and it helps identify which verse is ending It is especially effective if the mood variation suits the lyric, if you get me. In any case it makes a song more interesting to play. While I could adopt the term power chord for some of my double stops, I wouldn't call them chords because until they are played with accompaniment, the overall chord is not complete. I might be talking out of my botty but that's how it looks to me for the most part.

Good idea. No sooner said than done...