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just me so far then, I actually quit a band once because they insisted on doing a half hour jam at the end of every practice instead of going to the pub, annoyed the hell out of me

I just don't get jamming, doing some turnaround bass line over and over while some guitarist thinks he's Eric Clapton, it must be even worse for anybody that actually has to listen to it. Mind you I come from the school of thought that says "if you can't say what you want to say in 3 minutes, you're saying too much"

not being cajoled into joining a tedious Jam session, using someone else's bass

bass frequencies change depending how full the room is too, sound check in an empty room, set everything, then when the crowd (hopefully) comes in in it all changes, especially bass, it can become boomy. I had the drummer and the guitarist accusing me of turning up at the halfway stage at a gig recently, they were complaining all they could hear was bass after the interval, I hadn't touched a thing and left everything the same, when we came off everybody said it sounded fine all gig, go figure

full volume and tone, set the volume according to the drums, I have a 10 metre lead so I stand as far away from the band as possible, it does make a big difference, of course if there's a full PA you are in the hands of the sound engineer, A lot of bands are far too loud, why bands mic up the drums for a pub gig is beyond me, and not invading other peoples frequency space is the key. At a gig recently a guy came up to us after the gig and said "That was great you could hear everything that everybody's playing, can you give my son's band some advice his band just sound a mess?" unfortunately he asked the singer who hasn't got a clue how we set up

[quote name='timmo' timestamp='1397229408' post='2422048'] My first bass was a right hand Warwick Fortress. I am naturally right handed, but because of my little finger being bent out of shape through arthiritis, i changed to left. Took me a while to learn to play left. My worst problem was putting my fingers on the top of the fret, instead of putting it on the bottom. It took my a while to get out of that. The only other thiung i do left handed, and always have done, is to shoot a rifle.(it`s ok, i am not a nut job, i was in the army cadets as a kid). Maybe that is why it wasn1t a massive job to learn to play left. [/quote] as has been said before most people are ambidextrous to some extent, I play golf right handed and only just realised I unsrew bottle tops with my right hand WTF is that all about?

[quote name='wal4string' timestamp='1397220306' post='2421924'] Sorry if I offended you. It was meant as a joke. [/quote] oh right, no problem, I wasn't offended, you're probably right

[quote name='wal4string' timestamp='1397178749' post='2421582'] It could also be you are tone deaf. [/quote] maybe so, but so are the rest of the band and most of the crowd fortunately, it's sad fact of life that most people hardly hear the bass except when it's not there, and certainly don't notice if the odd note is not quite right

my first bass was a right handed Hondo professional II, which fortunately was very symmetrical I got fed up up with catching the volume and tone knobs with my arm and bypassed them then took them off altogether in the end, I've still got it as back up to my cack handed MIA P, I've never needed it yet but it's always there

[quote name='Highfox' timestamp='1397124430' post='2420842'] Think you might be right Paul with that part starting on the B ... funny I have been playing it wrong all these years .. you can teach an old dog new tricks [/quote] I've been playing it a lot wrong for years, when I played it right for the rest of the band they couldn't tell any difference, nobody else notices when it's not quite right but we know

[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1397122361' post='2420805'] Would expect that...and I think you'd get that effect if you added another 210 [/quote] maybe so, I've not tried it as I'm happy with what I've got, and 1 x 15 is cheaper than 2 x 10, generally anyway

I know some people on here will disagree, saying modern bass speakers don't have to be big, but all I know is when I add a 1 x 15 extension cab to my 2 x 10 combo I get loads more bottom end

[quote name='ubit' timestamp='1397076040' post='2420498'] It's incredible, it slows down music as much as you want without changing the pitch. It's free for the trial version, then only about 30 quid for the full version. It's quite simply the best tool for working out complicated pieces of music! Google it on Yahoo, Just type in " the amazing slow downer " Brill [/quote] cheers for the heads up, it's better than audacity

[quote name='ubit' timestamp='1397075240' post='2420484'] Never tried it but have you tried the amazing slow downer? Simply the best tool for working out sh*t, if you don't want to have to use tabs [/quote] no not tried that, is it better than Audacity? Just checked loads of tabs on the net, they're all wrong

[quote name='Highfox' timestamp='1397074775' post='2420480'] yes i used to watch him as well thrashing it down around his knees..Good days indeed [/quote] yeah, just watched the smart arses on you tube doing the 10 7 10 bit on the intro, they're all sitting down with the bass under their chins, like to see them try it standing up with the bass as low as Paul has it. I see what you mean now about the open E before the triplet, still think it's BAB though

[quote name='Highfox' timestamp='1397068319' post='2420382'] you mean something like? Edit, nearly the same different position G |------------------------------------------------------ D |---------------------------------------------------- A |--7-7-----------8-8--------------- E |----------0575--------0575---33----0575----33------------------------- [/quote] having seen a film of Paul playing it I think that's probably the position he plays it in though I'm not sure about the open E and I think the triplet is BAB not ABA, and again 1F and 1G till the guitar solo, and in the slide up from B to E (which you don't show) he doesn't play another E till the solo, just the way I'm hearing it obviously

[quote name='HowieBass' timestamp='1397067892' post='2420379'] Pretty certain it stays high after the slide up. This is supposed to be the isolated track: [media]http://youtu.be/VQHLYKATFyc[/media] and here's Paul with what you might call a roadworn bass: [media]http://youtu.be/1cZzYSgFAlY[/media] A friend of mine owns one of his paintings EDIT: Ahhh you mean the verse not the intro. Yep it's the way you're saying. [/quote] don't think that's the actual isolated track I'm pretty sure he doesn't play 2F's and 2G's till the guitar solo.

[quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1397059042' post='2420257'] I'd imagined it as: G |------------------------------------------------------ D |--------------------10-------------------------------- A |--2-7--10-7-10------2-7--10-7-10--------------- E |-----------------------------------------8------------- [/quote] that's the intro/outro the verse is different, the bit that starts "London Calling to the faraway towns"

been playing London Calling for ages now, but I never thought I'd quite nailed it, just had a good listen to the verse using audacity to move it up an octave and slow it down and I reckon it's G |------------------------------------------------------ D |-------------------3----------------------------------- A |--2slide7--202---- 202-------------------- E |-----------------------------3-------------------------- none of the tabs I've seen have it like this, anybody else play it like this?

[quote name='karlfer' timestamp='1396963620' post='2419152'] Difficult, I've just had a look on their Facebook page and the Troyen thing is gathering momentum. They appear to have had their first rehearsal at the weekend, funny we had no gig weekend gone. God, I'm turning into an old woman. Right, work to do. [/quote] Most of the stuff on FB is lies and exaggeration, pinch of salt required, I went on FB after the 'other' band in my case had a gig and they'd posted 'that's the (name of pub) well and truly rocked' there were 8 people there, and that included the band members partners and friends

[quote name='karlfer' timestamp='1396962241' post='2419130'] No prob Mr james sir. Although the current pub covers band is only weekend warrior stuff, I've just checked our NWB site and we currently have 28 confirmed gigs on the books for the rest of this year. Probably a few more than the originals band will end up getting. So, if a break is taken, that's a good number of cancelled gigs and once you start doing that up here, it can be hard to get back on the circuit. I am starting to feel very guilty about possibly dropping them in it. But I'm still narked [/quote] It's good idea to get an agreement between all band members that if one of you decides to leave you honour all the gigs you've agreed too, that way you don't let anybody down and sour future relations with venues. Make sure you're leaving because that's what you want and it's not just to spite the others, as I said earlier I've been in a very similar situation, and felt how you do, but I stuck it out and I'm glad I did, but trust and genuine friendship has gone forever I'm afraid, but we have some great gigs together

[quote name='TimR' timestamp='1396955163' post='2419018'] I think Karlifer's posts and the replies show exactly how people can seem hypocritical. We all view things from different perspectives. What is obvious to you isn't always obvious to anyone else. We all lead busy lives. Sometimes I can reply to an email straightaway on the iPhone, other times it needs a carefully considered reply or I need to get more information. Then I can easily forget to reply. It's not necesarily the lack of communication it's the way that the communication is carried out and followed up. Send out an email wait two or three days then either follow it up with another email if non urgent or phone call. Too much communication is also a bad thing because people then just start ignoring stuff or missing stuff. [/quote] It's hypocritical when people don't treat you how they expect you to treat them

there's seems a common thread here, communication, I always try and reply to emails unless it's obvious one is not needed,after all it doesn't cost anything, our guitarist is terrible at replying, but if he occasionally sends one out and nobody replies straight away we get 'is my email not worthy of a reply then?' I just don't understand how people can be so hypocritical.

[quote name='Mr.T' timestamp='1396827932' post='2417816'] What are we calling 'Low' .....? I run my Basses at 2mm on the G to 2.5mm on the E (at the 17th). [/quote] well fender recommend 2.4mm for a standard precision at the 17th fret so that's about average, I always think there's far to much male posturing about string height, "my action is lower than yours nah nahnahnah nah" bit like measuring dick sizes among 12 year olds,