SpondonBassed

It's a bit like wanting to know if a used car has been a private hire car I suppose.

Best of luck with it Aidan. I know how satisfying it is to work with one's hands.

[quote name='chickencole' timestamp='1469870724' post='3101578'] It would be fair to say he is loving it at the moment! [/quote] That's very good to hear. I hope you get some good pointers off the forum, there are a good few double bassists here I believe.

[quote name='tauzero' timestamp='1469796673' post='3101106'] A pedant writes: You're both wrong. The word (not words) is "heyday". [url="http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/heyday"]http://www.oxforddic.../english/heyday[/url] [/quote] I stand corrected. Sorry Blue. Thank you for that. Pedantry aside, I am amazed at how easy it is to go through life with a notion that is fixed in my head and then find that I've had it wrong all the time. I've seen this in others too but this time it was me! Whoops.

Welcome Chickencole. A couple of years ago there was news that double bass players were a diminishing commodity and that some orchestra directors were seriously concerned for the future. The size of the instrument was apparently the reason it was no longer being taken up by significant numbers of students. I'm very glad to hear that your child is having a go. Electric Upright Bass (search for "EUB" in this forum) may be a solution. I have looked longingly at some of the skeleton uprights but I have yet to try the DB. I think that's something I'll leave for my dotage. Is it too early to ask if he's liking it?

[quote name='Kevin Dean' timestamp='1469404976' post='3098074'] I was looking at buying a certain bass until I checked out the sellers demo video , & to be honest the sound quality was so bad It's put me off . People need to put a bit more effort than sticking some unsuitable mic in the corner of a room . [/quote] A demo video that has been recorded by an amateur (non-professional camera operator) is just that. I'd use it as one of the deciding factors as to what the instrument looks like in its current condition. It would not be the deciding factor however if I was in the market for the sort of instrument being offered. Instead the vid is merely a means to making a shortlist of sellers to consider seriously. You wouldn't expect to do a sound check via Skype would you?

[quote name='interpol52' timestamp='1468614487' post='3092220'] Anyway, if you haven't seen it I hope you enjoy. [/quote] I hadn't and I did so thank you. I agree, Carol has a lot of musical achievement to her credit. I am only getting to hear about it now even though I've listened to her basslines embedded in a LOT of the music that influenced me in my formative years.

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1469749420' post='3100888'] Wasn't the "hey day" of Motown over when they moved to the West Coast? Blue [/quote] Sorry Blue but didn't you mean "hay"? As in hay days are those that come once a year and you have to make the most of them. Sorry but being of a family that had to gather in the hay by hand I have to pick you up on it. But HEY what do I know. Heeheehee. I take your point however about Motown. I am prepared to believe it too.

[quote name='toneknob' timestamp='1469704812' post='3100451'] I think one of the main reasons for trading up to the Trace was handles. That one strap on top was a killer, compared to the comfy spring loaded side handles on the Trace. [/quote] Yeah. I had the same problem with my Ashdown but I put some side handles on myself with Ashdown's guidance. I have a thread about that in the forum somewhere. Even though combos are seen to be "small" or compact, the one carrying handle does not give you good control of it like you get using both hands.

Sony... Now that's a WHOLE thread all on its own.

[quote name='skankdelvar' timestamp='1469578796' post='3099561'] Anyway, why is a cover song called a 'cover'? When one covers* something one is physically placing something over something else [/quote] And while we're at it, why do chefs count "covers" instead of bookings???

[quote name='Roger2611' timestamp='1469558046' post='3099381'] I still have a box full of cassettes under the stairs, not played any of them in twenty years, I think I still have a really nice Marantz twin cassette deck wrapped and boxed in the loft, I know I have a few songs I really ought to transfer to computer but I can't be bothered to dig it all out and see if it still works. My mate still has the first imported Tascam 8 track cassette recorder, I doubt it has ever had more than 5 hours use since he brought it, from memory you had to use top range chrome c90 cassettes and it ran at 4 times the speed of a normal cassette player so you didn't get many songs on an expensive (at the time) tape [/quote] I still have my Fostex x15 four track recording mixer. Standard speed, standard cassettes, dead reliable even today. Anyone remember Elcassettes? More importantly, did anyone actually buy into this flash-in-the-pan format.

[quote name='charic' timestamp='1469698472' post='3100356'] Just wondered you folks manage to find your stage clothing? [/quote] Skips R Us mainly

Welcome Kieron, It's good to have you on board, so to speak. I can't comment on the "misty eyes" as a LOT of that goes on in here but the enthusiasm of youth is particularly welcome.

I still love the sound of a massive bit of curtain fabric flapping in front of gargantuan drivers. [color=#000080][P155 take][/color] Combos? Pah! They're only good for tickling. [color=#000080][/P155 take][/color]

I just happened upon this thread and guess what I was listening to? A Pre-Recorded four track cassette of Pink Floyd's Final Cut. Very pleasing despite tape noise.

[quote name='ivansc' timestamp='1469174661' post='3096269'] Doesnt seem to have occurred to them that an easier solution might be to suggest that the member of staff with the hearing problem figure out their own strategy for reducing the problems caused? I know we are supposed to be all-inclusive, but I am hearing impaired and often struggle to hear un-amplified public speakers even with my hearing aids. Maybe I SHOULD stand up and shout "SPEAK UP! we cant hear you!" [/quote] I strongly agree. I am hearing impaired at times. Adults who have hearing problems have to cope. Let the kids learn at their earliest opportunity to form coping strategies that are not counter intuitive. However I think the topic article was more about loud noises scaring some of the little ones thereby causing puddles and introducing the risk of skidding on a slippery floor. Just popping out to walk the dinosaur...

Life was harder then. You had to wait for a musician to come along before your newest song could be played and if you were a singist you had to be polite to song writers. Ahhhhhh the establishment.

On topic. I have never felt comfortable sat with a bass. If makes me feel like I am expected to play like a classical guitarist. Noooooooooooooo way. I gots to move with my groove.

[quote name='Highfox' timestamp='1469449721' post='3098343'] A lot of Level 42 and Mark King is like that for me. Even Jaco, I get the bass and musicianship but not personally moved by a lot of it. I know I'll be lynched [/quote] I have to agree about Jaco, I respect his style and the work and all but a lot of it goes right over my head if I'm honest. Then as with most volumes of work of that quantity, there are bits I can groove to. Mark King made me notice bass in the eighties with The Chinese Way. I picked up my first bass guitar just after that, well, actually a left handed mate's to be precise. When I did get a righty of my own, I had to relearn everything. Ahhh youth.

[quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1469433845' post='3098142'] If and when you can be arsed here's the live events programme form ... [url="https://www.prsformusic.com/SiteCollectionDocuments/PPS%20Tariffs/Programme%20Form%20Popular.pdf"]https://www.prsformu...m%20Popular.pdf[/url] [/quote] Many thanks.

[quote name='4stringslow' timestamp='1469398221' post='3098039'] Does this help? [url="http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=cover%20band"]http://www.urbandict...rm=cover%20band[/url] [/quote] Thank you, yes. Heeheehee. [i][size=2]I LOVE the Urban Dictionary![/size][/i]

Love both Abes... Sr and Jr

Some folk like to feel loyal to an artist more than others I suppose. Others are loyal to the tune no matter who plays it. Remind anyone of politics?

[quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1469359167' post='3097630'] If you are completing a PRS form for the promoter then you ought to tell the truth - but the PRS form is not the audience. The PRS form isn't interested in whether it's a so-called cover or so-called original - they just want to know the composers/authors/arrangers. [/quote] Thanks. I have it on my list to visit the PRS site and study the rules but for now I really can't be arsed.