Steve Woodcock

[quote name='joe_bass' post='397567' date='Feb 2 2009, 09:44 AM']Wanted to put DR's on the bass when I got it but it doesn't seem they do tapered.[/quote] They do - have a long for the 'Long Necks'.

[quote name='Born 2B Mild' post='395402' date='Jan 30 2009, 01:57 PM']I have noticed an ergonomic thing happening to me when I stand and play, and I wonder if I'm alone on this or if others identify with me and have solved it in someway [...] Since playing five and six string bass, I have found myself hunching over the neck to see the finger board better.[/quote] Out of interest do your strings follow the camber of your neck? I've never had a problem seeing the fingerboard on my basses but I played a student's one recently and his action was set so that his strings were in a straight line - this meant that when looking down at the board his view of all the other strings was obscured by the B string. [quote name='Happy Jack' post='395446' date='Jan 30 2009, 03:03 PM']I still find it FAR too easy to just watch my fingers when practising at home [...] Whether I'm standing up or sitting down, I now choose something in the room to focus on and I look at that to ensure that I don't start watching my fingers again.[/quote] I wouldn't really advocate this approach - remember that practicing and playing are two different scenarios. Practicing at home gives us the opportunity to study everything we do under a microscope, to fine tune our motor skills and spot any bad habits creeping in and to do this we need to look at what we are doing - try practicing in front of a mirror, you won't feel like your eyes are glued to your fretboard then but you'll still be able to focus on what your hands are doing and from a perspective that often highlights inefficiencies of technique previously unnoticed.

Hi Bilbo, any reason you need to go as far back as GCSE? I studied A-Level Music and Grades 7 & 8 Music Theory at college years ago without ever having done the GSCE - all they required was that I sat a Grade 5 crash-course when I started.

Yep, I've got it and agree with the above comments.

Ditto to all the positive comments above; my sale of a rack case to Rowbee was very straightforward - friendly emails and prompt payment (he was even keen to leave a deposit though none was required).

Another 10-stringer here.

Free to anyone that wants it (collection from west London preferred): Sony TC-K511S 3-head hifi stereo cassette deck with Dolby S (same as the one in the top of the pic [url="http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/1408/sonytck511s01df9.jpg"]here[/url]). It's sat in a box for years, just got it out to archive some old rehearsal tapes. Heads might need adjusting though as it's been a bit temperamental with my 15 year old TDKs!