Count Bassy

There's a lot of solo bass playing that does nothing for me. These are NOT they. I love this stuff, especially the sing part of the San Francisco one. Sadly way beyond my abilities.

Thing is if you get a new member of a band then they will want to have an input into the set list, and a singer probably more than most. This seems pretty reasonable to me. What you could do is sit down and go through the two lists together and come up with a compromise. I was in a band for a while (playing bass) and basically they just wanted someone who would just play the exact bass line they were used to, without any creative input. Any suggestions I made were just ignored, any changes I made to the bass line were jumped upon, with the result that I never felt like a full part of the band. Its not as if they were a covers band that slavishly copied the originals. They did their own thing, but that option was not extended to me. Anyway I was on the point of leaving when they sacked me anyway (I think my discontentment was beginning to show), which was actually quite a relief - having the decision made for me.

[quote name='WHUFC BASS' timestamp='1359139562' post='1950699'] [size=4]4) Lesson are very expensive for someone hoping to take up the drums in London - at least £20 an hour.[/size] [size=4][/quote][/size] [size=4]In my experience £20/hour is cheap for decent music lessons, even out here in the relative countryside.[/size]

You know, if it was in the UK I'd be tempted, though the lack bridge adjustment would worry me a bit.

wtf is a "control surface player"?

[quote name='Blademan_98' timestamp='1358710974' post='1943878'] Edit: I wear ear plugs but no one else in the band does. Perhaps they should [/quote] Or you could play more quietly?

[quote name='thisnameistaken' timestamp='1358711007' post='1943881'] I'm not going to disagree with you but if so it's a good argument for nobody ever to play a solo on bass guitar. [/quote] +1 I'm afraid. Possibly very talented, but also very dull.

[quote name='rogerstodge' timestamp='1358186777' post='1934531'] Its worth a lot more than anyone will pay for it at the moment cos of the economy, most of us old boys are using markbass and the like, we've all got bad backs caused by carting ampeg 8x10s about for 20 yrs. [/quote] I would argue that it is only worth what someone will pay for it, so at the moment it's possibly not worth as much as you'd think/like. However someone may be prepared to pay more, and hence it be worth more, once the economic situation improves.

What's with the moving bit of foam in the background?

[quote name='seashell' timestamp='1357679413' post='1926740'] I also have an Ibanez SRX500. I was quite thrilled with it when I got it, but I keep going back to the Fender now. The Ibanez just sounds too twangy. That could be the strings of course. I really should try changing them, [/quote]\ I had this with a SR505 - changed the strings to Status Hotwire ground wound and it transformed it.

Do you enjoy what you're doing? Do others enjoy it? If so, who cares what you call yourself?

[quote name='Panamonte' timestamp='1357246430' post='1919915'] If that had four strings I'd be all over it [/quote] But with 3 strings it's got to be easier than 4, right?

[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1356691329' post='1912386'] See, what makes a superband..?? I wouldn't call them a super band as they were unknown before... ditto U2 That is not to say they aren't worthwhile etc etc ... but they aren't a super band by definition.. IMO Superbands, to me, is a band made up of already well respected players. Cream..?? Derek and the Dominos..?? CSNY. In that regard, I'd say Stuff... Gordon Edwards wasn't in the same league as the rest, altho I thought he did ok. [/quote] That's the difference between a "super band" and "super-band/superband", or indeed a "supergroup" as the used to be called, in which case I'd agree with your definition. "Blind faith" & CSNY being ones that spring to mind.

[quote name='mart' timestamp='1356647276' post='1912106'] And about 10 minutes in someone will start questioning whether U2 are actually a "super" band or not. As you were ... [/quote] Sprang to my mind instantly, except in my mind there is no question. (just to clarify, I do not think they are a super band)

Going on the thread Title only I was going to say.. .. Sounds like a fair swap!

Personally I find that, for pub type gigs, the practicality and portability of LED systems makes them far preferable to traditional lamps. [list] [*]Light weight -for transport and erection, and allows light weight stands to be used [*]Compact - for transport and stage space [*]Low power consumption - everything can be run off one socket [*]Robust - LEDs practically never fail, no cooling time required [*]Run cool - keeps the stage and your head cool. [/list] and some of the newer ones give really good output.

[quote name='Leonard Smalls' timestamp='1356264744' post='1908488'] Sondek's fine 2nd hand - though decks at £600+ will give it a serious run for its money... New it's a rip-off I'm afraid! As for weapons of mass destruction, check out the Clearaudio Statement at 350kgs. [/quote] Actually quite physically attractive,in a Heath Robinson sort of way, but totally pointless.

[quote name='NancyJohnson' timestamp='1338735712' post='1678610'] My Gibson has the jack at the side. That said, when it arrived (Ishibashi), the previous owner had wired it with two volume controls and used the tone hole for the input jack! P [/quote] Output Jack !!!!!!!

[quote name='KingBollock' timestamp='1356021689' post='1905892'] Then it all goes in circles. [/quote] Well yes, hopefully we can all agree that both Vinyl and CDs go round in circles! Waiting for someone to contradict that now.....

[quote name='MoonBassAlpha' timestamp='1355921520' post='1904471'] Why not? It's what Hitler would have done (probably ) [/quote] Ah, but he would have considered it a compliment! Also, not read the whole thread, but while some buyers make very low offers, some sellers try it on by knowingly asking ridiculously high prices (perhaps not on BC, but in the wider world).

[color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][size=3][b] chaypup, on 18 December 2012 - 01:10 PM, said:[/b][/size][/font][/color][color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][size=3] +1 I'm afraid. Also, [b] Quote[/b] "Jimmy Page was 21 when he wrote 'Stairway to Heaven', I could play it when I was 18 - I think that says a lot..."Is lifted from somewhere- possibly Spinal Tap [/size][/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]The Comic Strip's wonderful 'Bad News' actually.[/font][/color] You may well be right, but I first heard it from Neil in "The Young Ones", (around 1982/3)

[quote name='Fionn' timestamp='1336728970' post='1649995'] Thanks for those links, gents. It's definately the split shaft that I'm after though. The old SB knob wont fit otherwise. I'll contact Mr East. Thanks for the suggestion. Bests [/quote] Solid shaft and a hack saw = Split shaft!

Any sort of contact adhesive - Evostick, Thixofix etc. Personally I would avoid PVA for this. Not really what it's designed for. Obviously others have used it successfully.

[quote name='ezbass' timestamp='1355006692' post='1892993'] I've used Dunlop and Schallers but prefer the Grolsch solution above all. [/quote] But rubber washers are so fiddly. You have to put the strap on, then find the washer in your case, and put that on as well. Proper straplocks are so much easier. I like the Dunlop ones. Never actually tried the Schaller variety, but the Dunlop ones somehow look neater, and have never failed me. If putting them in a case is a problem then Dunlop do ones that actually fit flush into the body of the guitar. However - needs a big holes making in the guitar (which I'd be reluctant to do), and it means that you can no longer use standard (non straplock) straps.

[quote name='51m0n' timestamp='1355830019' post='1903196'] You missed out tapping, which is definitely another way to play. Not done well by many IMO, but you can certainly get sequencer like arpeggios out with it, and done right it can even be rather funky too... Plus there is Bootsy's octave slapping, whereby you hold octaves with the left hand (muting the middle string) and slap all three strings with the curved fingers of the left hand (slapping as in like you might slap a pert bottom, i.e not with a thumb ). That can sound immense if you do it right, which is to say far gentler than you may think you need to. [/quote] So what does he do with his right hand?