RhysP

You really want a 12ver for that classic Kings X sound....

[quote name='mcarp555' timestamp='1397665965' post='2426265'] All I want is parity with my right-handed brethren. You can argue, you can naysay, but when the time comes, it will happen. And the first step is to raise awareness. Maybe someone will read this crazy exchange and agree with me. I'm not giving up on the idea just because some people don't think change will happen, and maybe don't want it. [/quote] [URL=http://s86.photobucket.com/user/RhysP/media/images_zps2373d0a5.jpeg.html][IMG]http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k120/RhysP/images_zps2373d0a5.jpeg[/IMG][/URL]

[quote name='skankdelvar' timestamp='1397518979' post='2424841'] [size=3][b]Hall The Merciless[/b]: I feel like raining some gloat down on the fools at BassChat. Prepare my dirigible for immediate departure.[/size] [/quote] Cheers Skank, I now have to pick bits of muesli out of my keyboard.

[quote name='Bassassin' timestamp='1397499563' post='2424547'] I've always had GAS for an early 70s checked bound/full-width inlays/toaster/wavy Grovers 4001 in naturally darkened Fireglo .... [/quote] I had one exactly the same as that in the early 80's - it was a total pile of sh*t.

Lyle Lovett - "Pontiac"

[quote name='Thunderbird' timestamp='1397390320' post='2423398'] Thinking about it that is true I could not agree with you more on both points you have made [/quote] I am the voice of reason.

[quote name='eBassSix' timestamp='1397337627' post='2423047'] [b]Rhysp: [/b]Bore da! Noticed you're a Taffy. Thanks for the welcome... and no worries, I never get bored by "middle aged bloke-iness". I enjoy people and wit/humour... and I see plenty of that here! Your avatar cracked me up the moment I saw it, since I've been in the UK enough to "get it". Is that actually a real sign? Don't tell me there's a place with that name?![/quote] Believe it or not "Bell End" is a village in Worcester!

[quote name='leschirons' timestamp='1397360466' post='2423167'] My apologies, I missed out the winking emoticon after the suggested name for the thread. [/quote] Sorry, impossible to tell if it was a joke or not as it's exactly the sort of dumb-ass thing that's likely to be suggested.

[quote name='leschirons' timestamp='1397343817' post='2423112'] I'm not a Rickenbacker fan in any way, shape, or form however, here's a suggestion. You could start a thread entitled the Chatter's Ric Appreciation Post, all list your instruments and personal e-mail addresses and then simply send out a mass e-mail if you have an instrument to sell or are looking to buy one. That way it does not involve BC in any way but still affords you the security and comfort of dealing with trusted buyers and sellers who share a common interest. [/quote] Of course it would involve BC - you'd still be using the forum to facilitate it.

[quote name='eBassSix' timestamp='1397268515' post='2422418'] [/quote] Nice Bass! If I was still really into my bass playing an F Bass would be high on my list of wants - superb instruments.

[quote name='Thunderbird' timestamp='1397331188' post='2422961'] Why not just start a thread something like Ricky sales where people can say bass for sale PM me if interested or something along those kind of lines where nothing is said in public so to speak? [/quote] Because that would undoubtably lead to a lot of sales fee dodging by dishonest cheapskates. I cannot believe that this particular well decomposed horse has been dug up for yet another flogging.

Alex has just bought my Spector Euro 5LX. A pleasure to deal with, no hassle at all. Enjoy the bass!

Of course you're welcome, always good to have another female member on the forum, there's not nearly enough of them as they tend to get bored by the "middle aged bloke-iness" of it all after a while & move on. What part of South Wales is your dad from?

If you went for a cheaper option then it could well be being sent surface mail rather than air mail - 6 to 8 weeks isn't unusual for surface mail.

No, I haven't got the first idea about key signatures.

It probably is - can't be too many of them knocking around the UK in that colour.

[quote name='ambient' timestamp='1396869834' post='2418104'] Waltz 3/4 you would count 1, 2, 3, there are 3 beats per bar, what you're counting is a compound 12/8 where the subdivision of each beat is felt as a 3. The guy is counting the off beat, useful I guess if it's a slow tempo. [/quote] I meant just the [size=5]1[/size]23 bit, the fact that I put it in a group of three was just coincidental, it was to illustrate where the emphasis is, hence the larger 1.

[quote name='Annoying Twit' timestamp='1396864812' post='2418004'] For Ed: A simple time signature is one where the beats are divided into two. E.g. 4/4 = 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and 3/4 = 1 and 2 and 3 and 7/4 = 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and 5 and 6 and 7 and .[/quote] I know f*** all about theory but, as far as I know, these are wrong. they certainly don't feel right counting them off the way you've written them. You don't count a waltz as "1 and 2 and 3 and", you count it [size=5]1[/size]23 [size=5]1[/size]23 [size=5]1[/size]23 etc. The same goes for the others you've put unnecessary "ands" in. I'm sure somebody will tell me otherwise.

Diana Jones - "Museum of Appalachia Recordings"

[quote name='warwickhunt' timestamp='1396725111' post='2416847'] Having owned multiples of both manufacturers, I feel the exact opposite... we can't both be right! Oh I forgot of course we can as it is only 'opinion'! [/quote] I'm more than happy for you to be right - I don't really care to be honest, they're only poxy bits of wood at the end of the day.

[quote name='RhysP' timestamp='1396714528' post='2416712'] One of the most disappointing basses I ever played was Musicman Sabre - weighed a ton, totally unresponsive & had none of that classic Musicman tone that people want. This was in 1988 at the bass centre in Wapping - it was £300 less than the bass I bought but even if they'd offered it to me for nothing I wouldn't t have taken it. [/quote] One of the most disappointing basses I ever played was Musicman Sabre - weighed a ton, totally unresponsive & had none of that classic Musicman tone that people want. This was in 1988 at the bass centre in Wapping - it was £300 less than the bass I bought but even if they'd offered it to me for nothing I wouldn't have taken it.

Never played a Warwick I liked, Never played a Spector I did't like.

[quote name='neepheid' timestamp='1396612697' post='2415674'] Whoa, slow down there chief. Not all bands are the same. I have had the great fortune to be in bands with people I genuinely count as friends, and remain friends with most of the people I've to be in bands with - in fact, there's only one person I used to be in a band with that I'd rather have nothing to do with. That's in 6 years. No faux-camaraderie here, and I wouldn't stick around in a band where I felt that was going on. [/quote] I was speaking purely from my own perspective & experience. The whole "blokey, let's be in a gang" thing seems to be a very big part of why people like being in bands but I absolutely f***ing hate that side of it & it's that more than anything else that makes being in a band/gigging a really miserable experience for me.

[quote name='RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE' timestamp='1396532594' post='2414746'] A bit like Raymond burr without the wheelchair .. [/quote] Or the dignity.....

I've been playing for 35+ years & I still haven't got a clue about scales.