Paul S

I do it all the time and often get odd looks. I 'become a bass player' mentally a few years before I bought my first bass as I started to listen to music differently - from the rhythm point of view. No idea why, as I had previously played guitar and always listened to melody, but I guess that change is why I started playing bass. Also I am aware of humming or singing the bass line while playing it - not a conscious thing - anyone else do that? maybe I'll start another thread on that to save hijacking this one.

[quote name='TheButler' post='610408' date='Sep 27 2009, 10:32 PM']Saucer full of Coffee in them. Leave it for like a couple of days and all odour will be gone It works for odours in cars and fridges and stuff too. I saw it on how clean is your house... and it honestly works well.[/quote] This is going to sound facetious but isn't - - what kind of coffee? liquid or solid? And from instant granules or ground beans? (ok - lets get this out of the way - high altitude east African beans, medium roast and coarse ground, or would Lidl's instant do the trick?) Or doesn't it matter?

Not sure if it was overdubbed but Humble Pie's 'Performance - Rockin' the Filmore' sounds very live. You can hear beer bottles being clanked during quiet bits.

It would help their cause if they answered PMs - I sent one over a week ago. Even 'you must be kidding' would have been more polite than silence. Edit - now in touch. Sadly I don't think I can match the work load as they are aiming for two gigs a week.

Just swapped basses with Dave - easy guy to do business with and would recommend him to anyone. Thanks Dave!

Either headphones or, like bythesea, via the amp. Sounds better through phones but I hate all those dangly wires everywhere.

I heard a couple of great stories being told by Nile on a program about Disco one night. First one was the Diana Ross record 'I'm Coming Out' - she was, at the time (maybe still is, I don't know) something of an icon within the lesbian community and they did this mainly as a joke to get her to burst on stage singing 'I'm Coming Out'. The mischievous little imps. Then one time during an interview Nile said Bernard was asked what strings he used to get his distinctive sound. He said something like 'I don't know, man - Nile, what strings were on the bass when I got it?' He always comes across as a really nice bloke - pretty humble about his success and talent which he generally lays at the feet of Bernard Edwards.

I was looking at some Black Sabbath on You Tube last night, as it happens, and was surised to see Geezer uses both fingers and a pick - a pick for the Dio years mainly. But there is a great clip of Children of the Grave from the reunion concert where he apparently uses both - clever chap - or is it just some weird editing from two gigs? I think I've also seen John Paul Jones using both, variously, through the years.

+1 for Hold your head up. The long version has brilliant organ playing on it. Anyone remember Tragedy (not the Bee Gees)?

I thought the same from their early stuff but saw them live during their 'Songs from the big chair' tour. Amazing. 'Everybody wants to Rule The World' won the Ivor Novello award that year, I believe. That and 'Head Over Heels' are stonking tunes. Great drummer. IMHO they went a bit up their backsides after then, mind you.

Has anyone ever lived with the 1818 cab? It sounds huge but I wonder if it is too heavy to be practical - be nice to hear from anyone who had/has one.

Not to worry! Be nice just to see one being played. I have a mid-long term plan to learn to play DB so will most likely be picking your brains for a while if you don't mind.

Just a thought - is there anyone coming along who has a double bass and could a quick demo on slap bass?

One more - managed to rearrange what I am doing but probably have to leave early. UPDATED LIST: 01. Silverfoxnik: Roscoe Beck V, Wal Pro2e, BC Rich Eagle, Fender Jazz V Deluxe, plus my recently acquired Eden Metro Rig 02. Merton: Status Retroactive, Mikey's Singlecut Fanned-Fret Prototype, LH500 and Barefaced Vintage 03. OBBM: StRay5, MB F1, UL212, something else. 04. Hamster: BFM Omni15 tallboy, Barefaced Compact, Fender P with Thumper & Villex PTB 05. Alex Claber: '87 Warwick Streamer, RIM Custom 5 with 36" scale and Q-Tuners, Avalon U5/QSC PLX3002, GB Shuttle 6.0, Barefaced Compact, Big One, Midget, Midget T, maybe Big Baby. 06. Johnnylager: Spector Euro 4LX, KSD Jazz, LH-1000, Barefaced Big Juan, DHA Custom Shop VT2-Twin-EQ-Bass with Tech Tube valves & whatever other effects I have at the time. 07. Happy Jack: Lightwave Sabre VL, Hofner 500/1 (1964), Hofner 500/5 (1959), PJB Bass Buddy + headphones. 08. MacDaddy. Custom Shuker (hopefully!) and possibly Hamer Blitz or Iceni Zoot. 09. Stingrayfan: G&L Tribute L2000, Yamaha BB614, Westone Thunder 1A, Hartke LH500, Warwick 4x10 10. Chris B 11. Cetera: Pre-Kramer Spector NS-2, Wal Mk1 Fretless, Fender/AllParts 70's Jazz, Tech21 Landmark600, GenzBenzNEOX212T 12. Andyonbass. ACG Recurve, ACG J-Type, Pair of BFM Omni 10.5's 13. Waynepunkdude Fender Jazz, SX P Bass, DHA-DI-EQ & Ampeg SVT 5 Pro 14. Jakesbass Alembic MK5 Deluxe, German Blockless Wonder 1880 Double Bass (and the '78 Jazz if anyone wanted a go) 15. 51m0n (& Plux if he's not gigging): Bergantino AE410, MarkBass sa450, Focusrite Compounder, Roscoe Century Std V, (If Plux isnt gigging) Berg HT210, HT115, Hartke LH500 16. Floyd Pepper - Markbass LMK, Bergantino HT112 & EX112, Stingray '91 2eq, Lakland DJ4, Stagg EDB, Epiphone Jack Casady and a Fender '54 RI Precision 17. davidmpires - Markbass F1, Barefaced Compact, Spector Euro LX 5, T-Bass by Status 18. peted - Warwick Thumb BO 4, Hartke HA3500, BFM Omni 10, Aphex Bass Xciter, Shuker Singlecut 6 fanned fret (if it's ready by then, but I'm not holding my breath) 19. Platypus - Alleva Coppolo Jazz 5, Celinder Jazz 4 fretless, Tecamp Puma 1000 + a cab of some sort. 20. Prosebass - Current Builds at the time, Hofner S7B, Laptop , sequencing software , + amp and cab 21. Monz - Stingray 5 (la bella flats) Matamp GT200, Simms-Watt PA 100, Matamp 8x10 + Whatever else I have bought buy then 22. Alien - Schecter Stiletto 4, Peavey Grind 6, Hartke HA7000, Alien Audio 2x10 + other toys. 23. EssentialTension: Lakland Skyline Decade, Fender Tony Franklin Fretless Precision (and who knows what else) 24. silddx - Warwick Corvette $$ 4, Warwick Corvette Standard Ash active fretless 4, POD X3 Live, (I am praying I won't have it by then, but I will bring the Kopo Lina fretless 4 if I do!) 25. Phil_the_bassist: MMSR5 w/JE preamp, Sandberg Cali JM, Steinberger synapse5 w/ extra pup, various fuzz pedals and envelope filters, whatever amp I happen to own by then. 26. Stingray5 - My StingRay5, StingRay fretless and Tune TWB-6 plus any other basses in my signature pic if people let me know. I also have an Aria AMB-50B acoustic bass if anyone fancies a go? Could also bring my GT6-B. Plus ('cos it's small) a BLX-80 combo. And some cans...? 27. Urb - 1 x Sei 5 String Single Cut - 1 x Sei 4 string Jazz bass - EBS and Boss pedals 28. dave.c - Spector Rebop 4DLX EX, Spector NS2000-4, Gibson SGZ,Hartke LH500, Hartke Hydrive 410 29. WalMan - Wal Pro1/Custom conversion, G&L L2500 US, MarkBass CMD121H, Epifani 1x12 (not the neo one but I can't remember the initials just at the mo), Bass Pod xT Pro, Marshall SuperBass 100 head 30. Bottle - Ibanez ATK-305NT, Gallien-Krueger MB2-500, EBS Pro-line 4x10 31. Nancy Johnson (Paul) - Waterstone TP-12 Tom Petersson 12-String bass. Tech 21 Landmark 300/Ashdown MAG 4x10/Ashdown MAG 1x15 32. Beedster: Fender, Fender, Fender, Fender, Fender, Fender..and Markbass! 33. Moos3h 34. pete.young: Burman Pro 4000 and a Dean Bromberg B2, which has an unusual Piezo bridge pickup 35. coasterbass: Mesa 1x15 RR, Mesa 4x10, Ampeg SVP and Eden WP100 preamps 36. sixshooter: 55P bass Sonic Blue Relic, 59P bass original Sunburst, 59P bass Custom Shop relic Mary Kaye, 79P bass original but upgraded Black, Modulus 6 Oteil Burbridger 37. Jean Luc Pickguard: couple of Ashborys, an NS-design CR5M & danelectro longhorn 38. Deaver: El Maya or the Prosebass Humbucker Fretless 39. Jack London: GK1001RBII and Simnett 40. ped: Vigier S2 fretted/S3 fretless, Roland Vbass, SWR 4x8/1x15, noname 1u poweramp if it doesn't explode beforehand, phone, keys, wallet 41. bythesea: Overwater Perception 5 42. Walbassist: Wal Mk III (spalted maple) fretted 5, Rick Turner Renaissance Bass fretted 5, Veillette Archtop Bass fretless 5, Brook Otter fretted 5 ABG 43. dannybuoy: Peavey T-40 & pedalboard 44. bassace: double bass 45. barneyG42: Status Series1, and possibly me Hartke 3500 46. Johngh: Fender MIJ Jazz 75 reissue. Shuker Headless 6er and Status S2 Classic 6er headless. 47. Clarky: Shuker JJ Burnel and Mesa Walkabout 48. Stylon Pilson: £10, a Hartke LH500 and a Barefaced Compact. And probably a fretless Aria Sinsonido 49. Xzantes: Conklin Groove tools 7 string fretless 50. sdgrsr400: Lākland Skyline 55-02 Deluxe, Glockenklang Soul II, Acme B2-ii 51.woolz: ABM ashdown evoIII 575w head, peavey cab. ibanez sr20th, few pedals. 52. Paul S: Fender Jaguar, Hohner B2A; Trace Elliot AH300-12, 1153, 2103H

I used to have the 210 MAG combo and bought an ABM 210 extension cab. When I first got it I fiddled about so the amp was playing just through the ABM cab, then the MAG cab in the combo, then both - just to test that very thing. And, yes, the ABM sounded noticeably better.

I have a second hand Peavey TKO80 which gives a lovely warm sound. You can pick them up for peanuts - this was £50.

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k85FgA1Bptk"]Rio de Janeiro Blue[/url] doesn't seem to get mentioned much but I think is a lovely latin tune, especially this version by Richard Torrence (the guy who wrote it!) rather than the Randy Crawford version. Doesn't look like he has done too well on it. I keep trying to talk out lot into doing it but I guess it doesn't fit in.

Played my first gig last year at 50 so join the club, young man! My one and only regret in life is not doing this 30 years ago. As mid-life crises go playing bass can work out a bit cheaper than sports cars or mistresses. As long as you keep away from the 'For Sale' section, anyway. Some unsolicited advice from another relative newie - don't be in a rush to get your gear. Listen to and play as much as you can before buying anything expensive. I was in a huge hurry, ignored what people said on here and ended up replacing stuff I bought initially.

That is very good. The harmonic vibrato - I've seen Mark King do something similar and he puts pressure on the string between the machine head and the nut.

Hayman - second cousin to Shergold - made basses in the mid-to-late 70s. Also currently [url="http://www.legraguitars.co.uk/basses.htm"]Le Gra guitars - Bob Johnson.[/url]

I'm 51 and lug heavy stuff about regularly. It's more about how, not what, you carry IMO. I have injured my back several times - but never by trying to move heavy things. If you prepare yourself to move a heavy object - get those core muscles tight to start with - and then carry it properly the heavy stuff is easy. It's those silly bending-over-the-boot-of-the-car moments that do the damage.

I actually think Zoe got her new mate Norman (as evidenced by recent pics of two together) to record that and she is now passing it off as her own... ... I'm impressed. I tried this and gave up, to be revisited in a few years when I have better technique. Question (and with no intention of hijacking the thread) for the panel - I play with a pick and can get the right speed using a pick (even if the notes are kind of muddled). But no way can I play that fast using my fingers. Is it just practice that is required?