Bassfinger

Is it that we're hard wired, or is is that 4/4 time is so universal in music so that is what are brains are conditioned to hear? Or is 4/4 so universal in music because that what we're hard wired for? It's a genuinely interesting conundrum.

That's a good looking bass.

We had some equipment delivered at work, a monitor for a piece of machinery, and there was a set of cricket stumps painted on the side. Clearly the lads in the courier warehouse had a little game in their lunch break. Fortunately the gear was undamaged, but it shows how lovingly your valuables get treated while in transit.

Time to learn to pick play. Thats what ive had to do after breaking my elbow and injuring the ulnar nerve, and losing the feeling in 2 fingers as a result. It didn't take long to adapt, and is a damn sight better than not playing at all. Heck, after 18 months or so ive developed my technique to the point where I cant tell on my own recordings whether I was playing pick or fingerstyle. The only downside is I really struggle to play slap style...so it's not all bad! So don't be crestfallen. Even if the worst happens it's probably not over for your playing.

According to Mrs Bassfinger, who is an ex copper, most of these social media companies are American based and don't always cooperate with the dibble except for serious cases, high risk cases, or cases with child victims - they're under no obligation to do so, and can't be forced to do so. Even if they do, anyone who is half sharp would simply use an untegistered PAYG SIM in their phone when placing their adds. Never say never, but I'm being told it's not as straightforward as most armchair detectives seem to think.

Christ, switch the amp on after youve plugged it in.

Commercial insurers can be arsey twunts and will wriggle and squirm to get get out of paying for anything. For example, if 20 instruments were stolen they may well treat it as 20 separate thefts under their terms and demand the shop pays 20 lots of excess charges. What small business can afford to make a claim under those sort of conditions? I've seen it all with insurers where equipment is stolen from fields and platforms, and that is but one wheeze they will pull. Even worse, in my experience British insurers are some of the worst in the world for pulling such tricks. Those in Greece, Brazil, Norway, and Bolivia are relatively honest and hassle free to deal with in comparison the the shysters of British insurance. For a small business it can be every bit as painful and upsetting as it would be for a musician. Hell, the owner probably is a musician.

They're songs I already know. I sweated them the hard way by reading the music, with a little bit of ear learning thrown in, and then practiced until I could play them blindfolded. There are about 400 songs.on my playlist that I can play at least competently. I'm not intuitive enough to simply listen to it once and than bang out a bassline. I need to sweat it the hard way, but that's like pilots - the ones that work at it, do their learning and practice diligently are usually better pilots than those with a natural talent for stick and rudder. That's not an iron clad rule, but generally speaking those who who have to do it the hard way are usually more competent at the end of the process. I love music but I'm not a natural, intuitive musician, so I have to work at everything I do. As a result I'm doubtless better than it I'd just picked it up and instantly figured it out, because I wouldn't have had the need to develop myself. Or maybe I'm talking bollards? Who knows?

Im pretty chilled with my approach to practice. The only rigid, inviolable rule is that I must do an hour a day. Today I chucked my playlist on random and played along for 60 minutes. Yesterday I was sweating reading music trying to learn a new choon for half an hour, then just played for another half an hour. A few days before that I did 20 minutes of scales, and then played for 40 mins. I try and make sure that all aspects get a roughly even rotation, but nothing is set in stone. I do it for fun and id be worried that if I got too regimented over it then itd lose some of its shine,

Im sure this has been asked before, but can anyone recommend flats that work well on an acoustic?

Its a lovely old thing.

I now have a cheap Bryce acoustic bass. Needed a bit of a fret job, but is otherwise a pleasant instrument. I like to just be abke to grab it for immediate, opportunistic practice, such as when theres an ad break on tv. I don't use it for any serious purpose, butni ammwithout doubt a better electeic bass player for having had some time playing it.

Jethro Tull, mid to late 70's - Anderson, Barre, Barlow, Glascock and John Evan. As tight live as they were in the studio. Following the sad death of Glascock the band endured a bit of personnel instability, but came close to those levels of team proficiency with the addition of Dave Pegg and Doane Perry.

So it's not like Spinal Tap, but it's just like Spunal Tap. Hhmm.

My olders daughter was at school with the daughter of one of their kids. I think its the one whos now bald (the dad, not the kid), but frankly never botherered to ask his name because I couldnt care less. To be fair, he would often give a cheery "good morning/afternoon" at the school gates and didn't seem up himself.

Are there that many Buggles fans with that kind of cash? Youd have to really want it, cos its not like any other f***er is liable to know who Trevor Horn is when you show it off at dinner parties.

I think May is a bit optimistic, personally. Bear in mind that while the vaccines give most recipients protection from the disease, ie, stops them developing symptoms and falling ill, it doesn't stop them transmitting the disease to other people. That being the case a very large proportuon of the population will require the vaccine before the Swing-O-Meter starts tilting back towards normal. Even then, I think it will be a few years before things are truly approaching where they were prior to the virus. In summary, Id dearly love to be gigging in May and enjoying having young groupies throw their knockers at me on stage, but I'm not terribly optimistic that I, or many others, will be doing so.

He thumped out some good beats on that kit. He reached a peak at that time on 2112, a veritable V8 engine of drumming power that really gelled with the style of the songs and drove the whole album forward. Much like Grohl on Songs for the Deaf.

Go see a Doc Grangur. As helpful and encouraging as I'd like to be im a rock hound on the verge of retirement, not a doc or a pshrink. If it's not too sensitive for you as time goes by, please let us kmow how you get on,

Im dyslexic and suffer sleep apnoea and have most of the symptoms on the list. Self diagnosis is rarely either accurate or helpful. But going back to ADHD, its increasingly looking like mamy people supposedly with the "condition" (debate still rages as to whether its medical or behavioural) are actually victims of ACES, and it is that which is the cause of their behavioural abnormalities.

The neck on my black MB4 is slightly shallower than the neck on my 68 Precision reissue. I've some verniers somewhere, will measure exactly where it's at. Either way, it's between Jazz and earlier Precision, but closer to the latter.

One mans chunky is another mans excellent - im 6'5" with hands the size of dinner plates, so provided its shaped nicely a chunky neck is nirvana to my mitts.

I fear to inform you that it means Anal Insemination. If its all the same to you ill stick to playing bass the old fashioned way.

I'm pretty sure Dylan was only in it for the moeny right from the beginning.