PaulWarning

whenever I've done an audition, which hasn't been very often, a list of 2 or 3 songs is agreed on so everybody is prepared, this also sorts out the time wasters, the comment "I've not had time to look at them, I'll just wing it" is not a sign of someone who is going to be committed

Elixir nanowebs, they cost more but last ages, in fact the last time I changed a set, after about a year, I could hardly tell any difference, be careful when fitting them though, it's easy to damage the coating so they start shedding their 'skin' quickly, although it doesn't seem to alter the sound, just looks a mess

I had a Squire P once, it was crap, that's the price you pay for being cack handed, it's hard to try before you buy

I'm 60, could hear 12 khz but not 14, interestingly the ear I get a bit of tinitus in was slightly better than my 'good ear', no wonder I have trouble making out what people are saying in the pub, and that's not just "It's you round" either

IMO the ease at which music is available on the internet has completely devalued music and taken a lot of the passion out of it, a classic case of more is less

depends on whether you all enjoy playing them or it's just a load of compromises cause you've all got different musical tastes, which is not a good thing, I always say, 'if the band doesn't look like they're enjoying it, how can you expect the crowd too?'

there's been loads of threads on this subject, here's 2 [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/149609-jean-jacques-burnel-bass/page__p__1337619__fromsearch__1#entry1337619"]http://basschat.co.u..._1#entry1337619[/url] [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/123050-early-stranglersjj-burnel-bass-sound-on-an-ampeg/"]http://basschat.co.u...nd-on-an-ampeg/[/url] once JJ had broken his green P in half even he couldn't quiet get that sound again, it really is unique

The second quote is normally '..black shirts and red ties'... which is exactly what we and countless other function bands wear. So imaginative! think I'm going to change my avatar

got to agree with most of the post's on here, I've had a 4210 for about 2 years did have a fault when new but it's been no trouble at all since, would advise getting a 1 x 15 ext cab when you can afford it, it does make quiet a big difference

[quote name='Lozz196' timestamp='1325417196' post='1482856'] Think my fave fun tracks are: Gangsters - The Specials A Message to you Rudi - The Specials Monkey Man - dunno who did the original Nightboat to Cairo - Madness There`s just something about ska that is, well such fun. [/quote] Monkey Man might be fun but I wouldn't say it's easy

[quote name='thepurpleblob' timestamp='1261687242' post='693163'] Well.. it's a bit of a silly question in the first place. Everything is easy when you can play it and difficult when you can't. Please excuse the kitchen sink philosophy [/quote] yes and no, I still have trouble with Monkey Man and Babylons Burning. Glad you resurected this thread, made me read it again, London Calling keeps getting mentioned a lot, I wouldn't have said that was stupidly easy to play, not properly anyway, or like I said before maybe I'm a crap bass player

trouble is a lot of the tv stuff is miming, what made the Bowie clip special was that they were actually playing, with no backing tape, anybody know what were the years that totp did this for

[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1324560097' post='1475582'] Saw it,,,what I want to know is...how come it is acceptable for the camera man to have his own copies stashed at home... and he says he has others..!! Homework...??? [/quote] That's probably why it's took so long to surface, who knows how much vintage stuff is stored away which has got there by dubious means, but with the TV companies wiping tapes clean it's just as well, offer an amnesty to everybody that's got dodgy recordings stashed away, who knows what gems will be revealed

anybody watch top of the pops last night? rare David Bowie footage playing the Gene Genie live, absolutely brilliant mix,full of life, you can hear what the bass players doing, why can't studio recordings sound like that insteadof having all the life processed out of them?

if you're cack handed there's a lot less choice

our singer woke up one morning nearly deaf after being at a gig, not one of ours, he goes to loads, got into a right old panic, bought some ear plugs, anyway after a few days his hearing came back, and guess what? he still doesn't wear the earplugs he bought, who said it was drummers that were thick? Oh btw I use ER 20's, they do the job nicely

funnily enough the band I play with is learning Barb Wire Love, who the hell mixed that, it's completely gutless, trying to figure out what the bass players doing is a bit tricky when you can't hear him, I think he's just running up and down some of the major scale notes, no wonder there's no tab for it

[quote name='Highfox' timestamp='1322078193' post='1446327'] (smart ass answer is) Get some flats and you'll never have to worry/bother with all that [/quote] or Elixir nanowebs, cost more but last ages and ages

yeah, you have to take them off your bass before you boil them there's several topics about this, I've tried it but it's a lot of hassle and the strings go off again PDQ, oh, and use a pan with a lid, it's not very pleasant getting whipped across the face with a red hot bass string, believe me

[quote name='Vibrating G String' timestamp='1321360462' post='1438144'] I'm glad I'm not alone. I think I'll try a different email and see if that helps. [/quote] Didn't help me, still no notifications, this is also covered in another thread [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/69373-e-mail-notifications-not-working/"]http://basschat.co.uk/topic/69373-e-mail-notifications-not-working/[/url]

just bought 2 par 64 LED's from Thomanns, about £95 for the 2, used them this weekend, just set them on sound to light and away you go, we didn't opt for the T bar with 4 lights because of the space problem in small pub gigs, we can mount these on top of the PA speakers if we want or put them on the floor. We might get 2 more now we've tried them out

saw them at this years Brearded Theory festival, best band of the weekend, should have headlined, it all went a bit flat when the Waterboys came on

[quote name='PaulWarning' timestamp='1320932975' post='1433367'] not at all, which thread? [/quote] It's ok, just found it, thanks for the credit BTW, our drummer told it me, he would wouldn't he?

mind you come to think of it I do a bass solo in the Hives Hate to Say I Told You So, but I just do what I do in the rest of the song but on my own, does that count? or even make sense?

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1320885284' post='1432896'] The electric bass is not a solo instrument, IMHO (puts on crash helmet and gets in cupboard under stairs). [/quote] +1, and neither is a drum kit