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[quote name='julietgreen' timestamp='1427822478' post='2734713'] My band is adding to our repertoire again and although I'm slightly peevish - why does it always seem that what I want to play isn't 'quite right' or 'a bit lame' or... well yeah. I'm not that attached, though, so I'm happy to have a go at whatever numbers they want to play, but lately they seem to be picking numbers that are really beyond my playing ability - just too damned fast etc. I'm doing my best, but bass is a late discovery for me. Anyone else had that? Do I suggest they get a better bassist? [/quote] There's stretching youself & there's having the piss taken out of you. I'd go with a more aggressive approach & ask them what their f***ing problem is. Why are they doing this? Do they want to get rid of you but just don't have the balls to do it? I'd want answers to these questions.

There is an "Items Wanted" section in the forum marketplace: http://basschat.co.uk/forum/22-items-wanted/

[quote name='Coilte' timestamp='1427810177' post='2734497'] Your surgeon...not us bass players....is best suited to know what effect a physical strain like standing (even sitting) for a two hour gig, is going to have on your over all recovery. I understand your dilemma, but as has been said already....what price your health ? [/quote] Absloutely this. If I was in your position I wouldn't even be considering playing. I certainly wouldn't be soliciting advice off a bunch of people who probably see it as some kind of macho badge of honour to say they did a gig just after having surgery. Bottom line (IMO) - health is far more important than any bloody gig.

[quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1427737194' post='2733671'] No, but I'd love to see it. My pal is playing violin and he's bloody amazing. Him and me: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hL81A7f2MWo[/media] Him & Sting: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzMLmS9cNxg[/media] [/quote] Is he any relation to Kathryn?

[quote name='walbassist' timestamp='1427619053' post='2732272'] What's the difference between fuzz, distortion and overdrive? [/quote] Overdrive will be the sort of sound you're looking for, I'd describe distortion as a higher gain version of overdrive & fuzz to me just sounds like a sh*tty broken cheap tranny amp - ghastly sound IMO but plenty of people love it.

It's always worth looking at what's available secondhand.

Sounds like a pretty great bass for the money.

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1427551075' post='2731655'] Am I being precious.....? [/quote] Yes.

[quote name='ras52' timestamp='1427405055' post='2730107'] ...and they're both wrong, as it's Fireball all the way [/quote] Fireball is my favourite album of theirs though it rarely gets mentioned for some strange reason, it's always "In Rock" & "Machinehead" that get all the glory.

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1427390363' post='2729839'] Sorry mate, but I have to disagree. I'm a [i][b]Machine Head [/b][/i]purist, and the [i][b]Made In Japan[/b][/i] version remains a complete abomination. [/quote] I've always thought this as well.

[quote name='bubinga5' timestamp='1427396157' post='2729955'] i would rather play on stage naked, than play on stage with that. and i don't look good naked. [/quote] Just think how bad you'd look naked AND playing that.....!

I've seen loads of people play like that over the years, just feels really strange to me though.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1427382750' post='2729699'] I actually thought it was less than that. Sorry, 'fewer'. [/quote] It probably is if you count the recent flouncer off-ers.... I'm looking forward to the day when it's just you & me.....

Thirty years ago I would have really wanted that.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1427372951' post='2729461'] I recognised twelve. [/quote] That's about the correct number of regular contributors isn't it?

[quote name='FuNkShUi' timestamp='1427205297' post='2727101'] Im not a supervisor, in a cnc workshop... [/quote] What an astonishing coincidence, I'm not a supervisor in a CNC workshop either!!

[quote name='White Cloud' timestamp='1427222696' post='2727544'] You said it not me [/quote] I was going to say Jaydee too because I had a custom built one that had the most unstable neck of any bass I've ever played.

[quote name='warwickhunt' timestamp='1427230249' post='2727722'] This thread was locked earlier today... IBTL! [/quote] I didn't imagine it then.

[quote name='White Cloud' timestamp='1427223388' post='2727557'] When I die I would like Rickenbacker to manufacture my coffin. [/quote] Well, at least you could be sure it would biodegrade rapidly. I'd be surprised if it made it through the funeral service.....

The answer to the question is of course "None". You don't [i]need[/i] any basses; as far as I'm aware playing bass isn't mandatory....

[quote name='Marc S' timestamp='1427214599' post='2727340'] I particularly dislike it when the word "like" is thrown into a sentence far too often [/quote] That's very unfortunate if you're from Cardiff.

[quote name='icastle' timestamp='1427213840' post='2727317'] You mean apart from backwards or sideways? [/quote] Don't be forgetting our friend Mr. Diagonally.....

[quote name='pfretrock' timestamp='1427214122' post='2727322'] Holes drilled too big? Screws too thin? Screws too short? [/quote] Faulty brick that I had no way of knowing about.