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So lets have a poll .......who has hugged their bass (Guitar or Upright) I have ......on both counts

I have been playing with an old Zoom 506 & plugging that in to my Boss 20B, I have now added a big muff & can make some lovely fuzzy loveliness that added now with my Stagg upright I can make some very pretty warm "Woom" noises......it makes my lady giggle I cant knock the 506 for the cash good toy for the money

[quote name='bremen' timestamp='1342532322' post='1736667'] It's very natural to cuddle an upright bass! [/quote] Yes.......i'm glad it is lol

I love my Stagg so much I sometimes cuddle mine ......is that strange ?

THe EUB section is great check out the "no pain no gain" thread. people are always ready to answer question in the special section for the double & EUB section. great corner of the forum

Awww i so want to go to the Secret garden party.....maybe going next year . hope you have a hoot mate

I've been looking for a cheap camp fire acoustic for years but never found one that actually knocks out enough noise to sit & play with others......the pickings are slim in Leeds shops so I am yet to find one that is worth the money. Although I did try the Ibanez semi that made me GAS for a while.......but i'm yet to drop lucky on a cheapy for camping !!! I also just want to add that a mate of mine landed on one for £40 in a local junk shop last week....grrrrr why is it never me ?

The steering wheel is on the wrong side

OOOO a new 'Nez.....i have a thing for Ibanez Bass'. congrats on the new slab lass......hope you are as happy with yours as i am with mine.

Daft Punk-the Tron legacy film score.....awsome peice of work !!!!

I'm no expert mate unfortunately but my love for this bass is going to be my primary reason to follow this story. I have often thought about the day I may look at an upgrade but to be honest I'd rather do this & mod my bass than change to something else . Good luck with this mate I am happy to see someone do what I've often considered myself in the past.

I've just read this entire thread with my mouth wide open. beautiful workmanship & it's clearly a instrument that once finished will be loved. I am in awe of this & it looks so amazing it hurts lol I cant wait to see this finished. I wish i knew where to even start on something like building a bass never mind a 4005

That is lovely.......well done that man, that really is a pretty thing to behold !

arrghhhhhh I have that bass & I winced when I saw it in bits...... .................make it a real monster bass !!! These basses are so over looked it's criminal I love mine with a passion. i will be watching this with great interest. what are your plans ?

no worries guys i'm glad my learning is helping others. maybe a sticky for this kind of stuff could be a way forward in another sub forum ? as I say I have a excel work book with all these in & as I go on I will add more pages. But I'm loving the learning process of music now.....so expect more things like this to follow & maybe the odd stupid question to help my little tiny mind understand the obvious lol

Am i really sad that i know all the names of the line ups of RHPC I'm going to sulk now.......but in my defence i actually do like the other members & think they are talented too

lol cheers Dad3353. I'm not looking to become a theory oracle, just a basic understanding of what I'm playing is what I'm aiming for, if I knew it was like this though I'd had done this ages ago. As soon as I used to hear "Theory" I used to instantly start working out my shopping list in my head until the person changed the subject because it was something I never thought would go into this dusty dried up cow pat i call my brain. [attachment=112908:minor.JPG] hope this one is of use to someone. Alternatively i have all these charts now on one Excel workbook so you can play around with them if you want. just pm me your e-mail address & i will send you the workbook & can always send you updates

[quote name='SpaceChick' timestamp='1342018307' post='1728179'] Add the minor scales to this too and I've got another for the laminator [/quote] Will do mate just give me a bit a time & i will post it !

[attachment=112859:notes.JPG] I did this one as well

[quote name='mingsta' timestamp='1342011777' post='1727990'] I hear ya OP I'm the same age as you and for too long I've been a bass karaoke'ist And in that I mean I can play the songs I learn with a decent groove and feel, but I know nothing about music or basic chord structures and would fail miserably to make my own lines on the fly in a jamming situation. Deep down I know I've got it in me, but I need to start opening up that side of my brain and learn some fundamentals. Looking to start taking lessons as soon as I get my wedding out fo the way in Sept. Good luck on your journey, hopefully I won't be far behind ya! Ming [/quote] Yes mate the best way I'm finding is to start from the start, the funny thing I'm getting is that my hands & technique is above what i'm learning but now because i'm understanding what i am learning, the information is instantly useful. Have a go mate, i'm really enjoying my journey so far !

[quote name='sarah thomas' timestamp='1342012782' post='1728029'] Crikey Fumps, you've leapt right over my head! Brilliant. [/quote] HI Sarah not really lass I have just used this to isolate the info I needed [url="http://www.musicopedia.com/scales/4-bass.php"]http://www.musicoped...ales/4-bass.php[/url] I then put all the info I needed into a chart that makes sense to my tiny little mind (Although I found that other chart & someone is obviously thinking the same as me) I struggle when I have to disseminate lots of info, the way I do it is that I break it down it all into small pieces & then link it together with other parts it may be a longer way in the long run but otherwise i just get lost & lose interest.

[quote name='charic' timestamp='1342008827' post='1727891'] At first glances it looks like you got it right then [/quote] I did that all by myself ....... I'm a chuffed puppy !!! [quote name='SpaceChick' timestamp='1342009618' post='1727916'] If it does indeed prove to be right, I am going to print and laminate it!! Thanks Fumps - you are one top dude! [/quote] That's the first clean thing i've put on the internet that someone has said that about......ahem. It works out, I have compared the two & I'm correct. Sometimes all I need is to understand why & the rest seems to fall into place for me......I was a little nervous I'd got that wrong but as it turns out .....it matches with someone else's chart so unless they have made the same mistakes I have....i dud a gud un ! Space chick if you want this chart, please send me your email & i will send you it as an attachment.

oooo oooo ooooo I just found this........yey

So if i made this chart this will give me all the answers i need ? [attachment=112823:key chord chart.JPG] I just made this on excel ......I think it's right but I need someone to check it

[quote name='charic' timestamp='1342005790' post='1727793'] Think if it this way... [u]Case A[/u] Your explaining an idea of a song to someone. You tell them the chord sequence and everything is great. But then the singer can't sing in that key so you need to change it (you can't change the singer because of he's your mate...), so you shift the song down a bit. You then need to tell everyone the new chord sequences for throughout the WHOLE SONG. [u]Case B[/u] Your explaining an idea of a song to someone. You tell them the intervals in the key and everyone knowing their theory (rare in most bands to be fair) everything is great. But then the singer can't sing in that key so you need to change it, so you shift the whole song down a bit. You then tell everyone what the new key is and they can work out the new chords throughout because they know the intervals. [/quote] Aaaaaaah now i understand the reasoning behind it.....now i just need to understand it ......which is the hard bit lol