SpondonBassed

[quote name='oldbass' timestamp='1509711347' post='3401083'] ...Those soaring octave runs are mighty impressive even all these years later. [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KsK1ybDZ44"]https://www.youtube....h?v=2KsK1ybDZ44[/url] [/quote] Especially as he's using a bow! (Yes, I know it was mimed)

I had an acoustic guitar bought for £4 in the seventies because Dad insisted that I start on acoustic. He had already refused to buy the Woolworths electric guitar that I had coveted for ages that cost £20. I had almost convinced him to open his wallet in Woolies' but when I mentioned that an amplifier was required the wallet disappeared instantly. It wasn't the fact that the amp would be extra, it was the notion of listening to a complete noob practising but [i]amplified[/i]. Wise decision Dad, I forgive you. The acoustic was painful to play. It was built for nylon strings but was sold to us with a set of steel cheesewires, or so they felt. I also had a Bert Weedon [i]Play in a Day[/i] book. The book was a buzz-kill from the off. The tunes used for practice were alien and old and fusty. Because I had no way of knowing what the tunes were meant to sound like, it got ignored. I jammed with it in company but I didn't like it for its flat fretboard. I defretted it, sanded a curve onto the fretboard and refretted it. Naturally it never played well after. I passed it on to the younger brother of a friend when I left home. I later got pressed into playing a left-handed bass right-handed for a mate who lent me his brother's bass. I hacked along until I reckoned I might stick with this bass lark and bought a right-handed one for myself. Then I had to relearn all of the songs we'd worked on... I have no regrets. I think I got more enjoyment out of making do than I get from the instant gratification that is expected these days.

I received my copy on disc a couple of weeks ago. Like Hiram, the lyric [i]I've got the keys to your horse[/i] is lodged in my mind. I liked it overall. It's not as exciting as I thought it might have been but these aren't young guns any more. It is age appropriate. Instead of explosive delivery it has a slow consistent burn that sits well with my fifty-something constitution. It has stamina. I will happily listen to this during supper and during the washing-up after.

[quote name='musicbassman' timestamp='1509522693' post='3399548'] Hard? Call that hard? We used to rehearse in t'paper bag in middle of road..................... [/quote] ...AND... that bag would be one of Ringo's [i]hand-me-downs[/i] after he had farted in it.

I enjoyed the first post... thanks for that at least.

Sorry, I can't answer your question. I just found the topic title intriguing and wandered in by mistake.

[quote name='DJpullchord' timestamp='1509519678' post='3399530'] Cheers chaps. When I play a hormonic, the left hand comes off on a quick controlled kinda way. Surely replacing a finger kills off riiiiiiiiiiiiiiing? Fairly dead? [/quote] No. As long as you put your finger tip precisely on the sweet spot for that harmonic, the note will continue to ring. You are damping the other frequencies by touching the string thereby isolating the harmonic note for that position. This will also give you an indication of how well the intonation of your bass has been set. If you are killing the harmonic at the fret I'd look at a saddle position adjustment to pull it into line.

[quote name='bluejay' timestamp='1509438865' post='3398821'] Agree with Yorks in principle. In practice, you have no idea how effing boring, rather than purely offensive, menstruation jokes/puns are to women, no matter who they are told by (and that includes other women). [/quote] In fairness S, they're quite boring for a lot of men too. Schoolboys however regard them as sophisticated humour. I want to know why the shop known as PMT seems to be popular. What's the draw?

Welcome Iain. May the GAS be with you.

Wow! What a plucker! Thanks.

Welcome Damir. It is interesting to hear about and see the bass tambura. I wasn't aware of it before but it sounds interesting. Although I play fretless electric bass sometimes I find double bass hard to intonate. Maybe the bass tambura would help in training to play uprights where it is needed most, up to the 12th fret. What does a three inch plectrum look like and how do you hold it?

Welcome James. Have you seen our build forum yet? Among the new builds there are projects that may be of interest to you. [url="http://basschat.co.uk/forum/15-build-diaries/"]http://basschat.co.u...-build-diaries/[/url]

Watched. Enjoyed. Good work.

Best: The raffle ticket that I bought at East Mids BB4. It won me a set of five semi-flat D'Addario strings that I had, as yet, no bass for. Runner-up: The Pitbull kit that I bought with the strings in mind. Lots of pleasure from both building it and playing it. I haven't really got a worst, sorry. I'll try harder next year.

[quote name='Osiris' timestamp='1509382831' post='3398489'] ...[color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]bags of heft...[/font][/color] [/quote] [b]SPLUTTER![/b] [Wipes tea splattered screen with a snotty sleeve] It can't be true because bags are not hefty enough to contain heft without risk of rupture. Now... if you'd said [i]skip-loads of heft[/i], I'd have believed you without question.

Aw. I heard when news of Sean Hughes' (RIP) death was on that he had been in a music vid for the Terrortones. I was all set to look into the band to see if it was yours. Two bits of bad news then. Good luck with the new venture, I have the vid on my short-list to watch later.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1509364756' post='3398297'] Looks too good to be true. I wonder how far in you have to go before some kind of fee becomes payable..? [/quote] My first thought also.

OT. I got bored with the clip halfway through. I had my eyes shut as I listened and it made no difference. Not really my bag.

Oooops. I just sued myself by accident.

[quote name='skankdelvar' timestamp='1509386264' post='3398533'] This is a thread which begs for a Hamster intervention. [/quote] Careful now. I got a call from the PC brigade on another thread because I had not made the distinction between hamsters and gerbils. I got my shoulder felt for being insensitive to the rights of all rodents to be individuals. The harassment case is due to be heard in February of next year.

[quote name='skankdelvar' timestamp='1509385254' post='3398522'] <Yadda yadda yakity yak> ...In other words, they're all as bad as each other afaic. Apart from Douglas, of course. [/quote] I'll give you five minutes to get your hand off my knee.

[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1509306268' post='3397962'] Looks like a similar technique to the Chapman stick; maybe she plays that, too..? [/quote] At this time of year I [i]always[/i] carry a chap-stick in my handbag.

[quote name='gjones' timestamp='1509232251' post='3397506'] Would you have [i]put it up[/i], if it was Johnny Vegas playing this tune in his underpants? [/quote] Would you mind rephrasing that please? Mr Vegas is concerned about his role in this scenario.

[quote name='dyerseve' timestamp='1509226281' post='3397478'] I'm in love! [Media]http://youtu.be/kHG2T3OAJ8w[/media] [/quote] I'm sure she's lovely and all that but I've already had enough of relationships where there are too many strings attached.

Welcome Mark. Did some work for Triumph Motorcycles' R&D in their first factory in Hinckley in the nineties. I believe it has since burned down.