SpondonBassed

[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1460164259' post='3023274'] [url="http://aerodrums.com/aerodrums-product-page/"]Aerodrums...[/url] [/quote] [Spooky music] Virtual drums? Cor! At last a means for Theremin players to branch out into more rhythmic styles. [/Spooky music] OP - I have a Roland TR606 for mucking about with. It's okay but it isn't a kit, it isn't digital nor is it particularly intuitive to use. You can't save patterns other than by leaving batteries in it and so forth. If I'd been thinking of recording the better choice would have been a TR808. [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoiDs41Pr_0"]https://www.youtube....h?v=aoiDs41Pr_0[/url] I'm not sure if they are prohibitively expensive these days but I know people refurbish them and retrofit them with blue LEDs and such. Roland do a current version of it, the TR8. I know nothing about it however. I suppose it depends on whether you want to have the traditional feel of sitting at a kit or whether you are happier pushing buttons. If I had the room and was making the choice again I'd have a kit.

[quote name='Moos3h' timestamp='1459935182' post='3020938'] Any other places I should be advertising? [/quote] Funnily enough the classified ads in our local paper (Derby Telegraph) came through for me recently when I answered a "Musicians Wanted" ad. Turns out we're all well on the road to becoming old f4rts however. Take what you want from this.

[quote name='4stringslow' timestamp='1460017798' post='3021735'] I guess it's that cheap violin bass that has limited Macca's playing career [/quote] Oh man, think what it would've been like to hear him on a uBass with George on his uke too.

[quote name='TimR' timestamp='1459968133' post='3021405'] ...All is good as long as the guy with his diamond encrusted unicorn hair bass doesn't get upset when a punter spills beer down it. [/quote] It's so funny when the bassist throws a hissy fit. I'm sure that's the only reason they put horns in bass cabs, so's the punters can have a good larf.

Welcome LD

I was intimidated by the Hash Pipe music vid. Far too much wobbling.

How many high performance motorcycles do you see where the tyres show no sign of being used in corners? When I think what we take for granted these days as being available, let alone affordable. I'm not sure it's fully appreciated just how well off we all are.

Very helpful. Ta.

[quote name='yorks5stringer' timestamp='1459884819' post='3020635'] When I go to Folk Open Mics, turning up with it and a Bass Ukele causes less friction with Cecil and Cecelia Sharp than my MB TTE 500 and the RJ 15" cab...! [/quote] Good one. I always think folk sounds thin unless there is some bottom in it. Would love to do an Open Mic rendition of Queen's '39 on my fretless one day but my uke playing mate isn't up to speed with it. That I haven't done it yet is probably a good thing.

I've never tasted electric meat but I think I might call my next band by that name. I have found some firms that will cut foam blocks using a CNC milling machine. I still want to keep the "furry" finish though. There is a metallic sheen off it and foam is just, well, foam. Maybe there is enough lining to reuse but I am out of my depth if it came to a DIY job.

Much as I like the furry blue lining as is, I am thinking it may well be impossible to get that sort of finish nowadays. The colour topped foam inserts in your link look cool 'nuff though. Will look for local cutters at some point. Thank you.

Thanks Truckstop. I'll bear that in mind if nowt comes of mentioning it here.

An alternative alternative:- http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Birchwood-Casey-BRASS-BLACK-Metal-Finish-Copper-Bronze-/360191792211 ...black goes with everything.

Have you considered a highly polished and lacquered brass finish to the control plate? I think it might look good if you are keeping the wood grain and if mixing with chrome finishes elsewhere is not an issue.

[quote name='JapanAxe' timestamp='1459705211' post='3018780'] How the hell does it sound so loud and bassy? [/quote] What he said. HTH?

I stand corrected, thank you. Still and all, I would have a go but for the fact that I seldom finish such endeavours and would likely have an even more knackered hard case as a result. [s]Now, if only I knew how to edit this topic's title.[/s] Done.

Welcome Nate!

Welcome Tarcher

Welcome Lightlyseared.

Welcome Will, Another lurker turns... heeheehee

Hi Zbd and welcome to some new lows in your life. (joking)

Cheers Len! I should warn you however that I am a mere "blow-in". I've only been here for 26 years.

I have no one favourite. When I think "bass doesn't get any better than this" and track down yooboob examples of a performance I tend to find other performers distract me. Too many good players for me to have just one fave. At the moment, I am quite fond of Abe Laboriel sr. Maybe I am just a lickle fickle.

[quote name='Tony p' timestamp='1459677826' post='3018503'] ...and it sounded like a bag of spanners, [/quote] I've been out with a few girls who looked like your bass sounded. I think you had an unlucky match between guitar and amp. "Not every penny fits the slot".

Dad was a "closet" piano player. He was taught classically and would lock himself away with the piano when he needed escape from the family (just Mum and myself). I never worked out why for him, music was a selfish interest in that he never played to or for anyone. My half brothers and sisters (from his previous marriage) learned music to varying levels. One of them was a working guitarist playing in bands and studio sessions on and off. My first "go" at the bass was half-ars3d to say the least. I had no inclination to learn properly but instead knocked around with a family of brothers who were all multi-instrumentalists. The older ones were living off it nicely. I got by as a stand in when the talented ones were creating and I never had to learn to play a known piece. It was all [s]derivative[/s], er, original - ahem. When I did what the OP did and tried to jam with dad, we could not find any common ground whatsoever and both quietly resolved never to try again. I stopped playing for many years after that. When I got over myself years and years after, my new approach was to aim to get people moving rather than gratify myself with how I sound in my own head. I am still working on that. My partner's grandchildren often hang out when I practice and I've seen them shaking it when they think no-one's looking. That has to be the best feedback for me. It encourages me to keep at it.