bumnote

We asked our lady singer to go recently, and it is just as difficult on the other side of the fence. Everyone probably wants to be as pleasant about it as possible so it wont necessarily be easy to find out the real reason.

The best thing to do is to be professional and dignified about it. You may find in 6 months time that one or more of these guys will be in another band who you may be interested in.

You will know if and where from a musical perspective you did or didnt fit, and if you feel there was nothing wrong with your playing, it may just be that they wanted to get someone else in because they are mates.

I have had it happen to me and I have done it to others. Best thing to do is be pleasant about it, learn lessons if they need to be learnt, and look towards finding or starting a band yourself.

My experience is that within reason,it is personalities that generally make band life difficult as much as ability. I would rather play with people I get on with than people I cant stand who are good musicians.

For the last 10 years I have the benefit of playing with 2 very good musicians who I like and respect. [most of the time]

Lets hope you find the same

I have to admit most of my buying is on the net these days, if you buy new, there are all sorts of regulations that protect you if you buy a lemon, andd I dont think its an issue.
As has been indicated in many posts, many local stores do not have either the stock, or you end up with a huge warehouse store like sound control where there is no local competition, or the standard of staff is less than adequate.

OTOH, there are some fine shops out there, the gallery is loved by many, but there are more out there. As a bricks and mortar store, they will probably be more expensive because their costs are more. The more the shops loose trade to the internet, the more likely shops will close.

Many people, myself included will go and demo something, and then go and try to get the best deal. You cant do that if all the stores are shut. Similalrly, what do you do if your lead/string/amp is broken and you need to buy a new one today, for the gig tonight. Where do you go for advice if you are starting out?

I think as time goes on, more and more product will be bought from the internet at the expense of local shop, or you will end up with Tesco/Asda etc as a one stop shop.

Remember when you went to the supermarked for petrol because it was the cheapest? They have taken a good proportionof the petrol trade and garages are shutting. Booze is cheap in the supermarket and pubs are shutting faster than they ever have been.

Change is inevitable, but if you have a good local shop, support them.

Anyone in the south whos interested is welcome to come and try mine.

It really is a cracking bass, and for a 2 pick up active bass, at that price its a steal.

Lakland quality is really good

[quote name='bigthumb' post='551890' date='Jul 26 2009, 04:55 PM']The gold on black looks great, works a treat!

Its a give away price for what is a good precision bass.[/quote]

Thanks

Yes Im going to build one if I can find the neck size i want. Ive never been a fan of black basses but with all the gold bling on i think they look quite sharp.

Sold subject to the usual

Thanks Geoff and Bump for price drop

I emailed the seller yesterday about the 'deluxe' bass and I just got an e mail from e bay warning me to be carefull of any e mails from this seller but no details

I think the warmoth stuff looks pretty good. I hear somewhere that thats who makes the lakland bodies and necks but thats probably just an interned rumour.

I was really impressed with delbert hots 51 bass which was all warmoth parts.

I wouldnt mind at some stage if i had the cash doing a warmoth precision with something like a birdseye maple nck and a really fancy body.

[quote name='cheddatom' post='549891' date='Jul 24 2009, 10:42 AM']Nice one! free bass!![/quote]


I will give you a tenner for it

[quote name='bentdice' post='549765' date='Jul 24 2009, 09:31 AM']I think the key thing about keeping the goods is whether the seller is willing to negotiate. eBay prefer it if you try to sort it out between yourselves and I've found that most people are willing to come to an agreement provided the buyer covers return carriage.[/quote]

I think this business of the buyer paying for return carriage is unreasonable.
I have bought an item of e bay that is not as described, doesnt work, and is uneconomic to repair. Im happy to return it to the seller but why should I be out of pocket for an item i bought in good faith as in good working order?

[quote name='BurritoBass' post='549656' date='Jul 24 2009, 01:20 AM']Sadly I share Warwickhunts doubts as to how simple this will be to go away. I'll phone EBay in the morning as the free bass & money option didn't seem right. Watch this space as I'm sure I'll be posting again on this thread.[/quote]


It would be a great lesson for the scammers though
Try it on and loose your money and your goods

Im looking to put together a p bass from parts. I can find advertised or on e bay necks at various prices from various suppliers

Mighty Mite
Dr Parts,
All parts
Stu mac
Warmoth
There seem to be some new ones from ch guitars which appear to come from the same place as sx basses
Guitar parts world wide.

The mighty mite, DR Bass, and ch guitars necks are all similar price, and all seem easily available in the UK. I know the warmoth neck is very good quality but they are a lot more expensive , does anyone have any experience/feedback for any of these?

Thanks

[quote name='ironside1966' post='546946' date='Jul 21 2009, 07:57 PM']A lot of the free midi files are hit and miss so I would consider paying for them.

good luck[/quote]

Yes I have quite a big collection which I downloaded free from the net that I use for practise/mucking abouy but virtually all the ones we use live i bought. The quality is generally much better.

Comtracks and midi files now are both generally pretty good

Yes thats pretty much what we do.
Its all down to trial and error and what works for you. Its fun sometims to go out as a three piece and then have a stonking great horn section coming out of nowhere.
Try to get your clicks to be heard only by the band, not out the front as the song starts, people do notice and comment. If you change Key, horns especially need fiddling with to get them to sound good. Do you go up or down, sometimes I double and get a track an octive above, and another below.
Try to find a way of easily controlling the volume, its almost impossible to get the balance right on different songs.
Good Luck have fun
We have been known to play time is tight and have people wondering who is playing the hammond

Weve done this for years to get keys/strings etc

I use a propriatry midi file because I can take out the parts I dont want, and change the key. I use cakewalk on my pc to do this but there are other programs you can use.

I record a click track, usually just 4 beats to the bar, or whatever and send it to the drummer who wears either a small in ear or full headphones. It is good discipline bcause you HAVE to follow the drummer. Its pretty easy once you get used to it, but we still have the odd mishap if we dont count properly.

You can use one stereo channel on a minidisc, and send the music backing to the other channel up the front. I have seen people using i pods and computers to do the same thing. Otherwise, you would have to get some sort of midi playing software and a midi sound module. It used to be the alesis data disc and a roland sound canvas some years ago but I expect there are other ways.

You do have to strike a balance between being a karioke and a band, and I dont think it works to use it on every song.

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Do you own or work for this company?

Yes its still for Sale,

I dont know if its a silver series, I read somewhere they they were not all marked. But I dont want to sell it as anything that it is not so all I can tell you its made in japan, and according to the serial number dater it makes it 90s production.

There is part of me that thinks maybe I should keep it because it is a nice bass, but otoh I dont play my jo osbourne as much as it deserves because I just prefer the feel of a precision neck.

bump

[quote name='karlfer' post='544325' date='Jul 18 2009, 09:12 PM']hello, there.
1. Is all the bass for sale.
2. Is it allready sold?
cheers,
Karl.[/quote]

Sorry Carl yes the bass is still for sale.

I have a pair of black speaker poles 35 mm x .8m [3ft]used for to connecting top to subs. New, well used once, still in boxes, I bought the wrong length

£10 posted or offers

I think you need to be selective with rechargeables
as a previous poster said, rechargeable loose their charge over time. I never use re chargeables in active basses, or anything else where a conventional battery lasts for months. In my stomp box, vol pedal and various switches I use the high capacity ultralife lithium, in my basses duracell or similar
I use rechargeables in my transmitter receiver, cameras etc, radios etc. where the drain wil be sufficient to drain a significant amount after one use, and then charge them

If you buy rechargables, check the capacity before you buy
There have been a lot of advances in batteries recently and they do vary a lot. Most AA batteries now are 2500 mAh or above and pp3 above 250 but its not that long ago they were much less.
Check the ones that you use you might find its worth getting some new ones

[quote name='jmstone' post='541098' date='Jul 15 2009, 10:59 AM']Good points. Thanks

The looking at the crowd part is going to be a toughie! Any advice on how to do that? Looking at individual people? Smiling at everyone?? Do you have suggestions on bands I could watch to try to emulate?

We actually have a new guitarist now, who I think should be a lot more theatrical than our last one, so that just leaves me...

James[/quote]

For how to interact with an audience watch status quo, doesnt matter if you like them or not, wartch rossi parfitt and rhino edwards, they make you feel special cos they look at you, smile at you, thumbs up.

[quote name='OldGit' post='540804' date='Jul 14 2009, 10:25 PM']Well he probably re-wound them and sold then to the next punter for £20 so he's probably kicking himself too:)[/quote]

What a ridiculous business this has become.

My best friend moved to a place near Doncaster in the 80s. We used to go and look around the music ground shop and think how ridiculous the prices were then.

Oh if only we had spend more on guitars and less on beer. A point I remind my wife when I bring another bass into the house.

In the late 80s early 90s I sent a pair of p bass pickups from my 64 to Kent armstrong for rewind because one of the cables had come off.
He said I would be better off with a new pair of genuine fenders which he would let me have at cost and he would keep mine for spares.
Oh how gullible I was