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[quote name='wateroftyne' post='1214978' date='Apr 29 2011, 02:59 PM']Why is it wrong? TNIT had a valid point (albeit harshly put), and Golchen had an open platform to come back.[/quote] I agree with you entirely. And in fewer words than I was going to use

Has the early summer effected people's sense of proportion on here? I was going to write something at length, but I just can't be bothered. Personally I'm finding BC incredibly dull lately. The slightest whiff of a heated debate and people start getting offended. Be offended. I'm probably one of the least knowledgeable and/or experienced bass players on here but how many times can you find talking about the same pick-ups, strings blah blah blah blah interesting? If that thread alone is the reason TNiT has been banned from Off Topic then I find lots of what is posted on OT offensive. Can I get the 'writers' banned?

My Hercules Mini Stand. It folds down soooooooo small My guitarist has 3 Hercules grab stand things, always looks like he's going camping the amount of metal he carries around. I'm easily pleased.

I've just been reading a thread on another bass site about Fender 7150 strings. It was quite interesting to read about the fact that some found them quieter and had a high tension. When I've bought strings before I've always just looked for recommendations but never really gone much deeper than that. I've never really considered whether a string is louder etc. Have you? On forums you get a lot of "these strings are good" but it seems not to go much further than that.

[quote name='Lozz196' post='1213083' date='Apr 27 2011, 08:15 PM']I like Rotosounds, which aren`t too expensive. Have also heard a few people praising Fender strings, as they are fairly cheap - have to say I`m not overkeen though.[/quote] Someone told me that D'Addario make the Fender strings, or at least some of them. Personally I've got D'Addario XL's. They're about £16-£19 depending on where you get them.

[quote name='SteveK' post='1209894' date='Apr 24 2011, 11:19 AM']I know there are many X Factor detractors here (myself included). To those, a question: If asked to do the winners tour, would you?[/quote] Probably not, I don't like Butlins.

[quote name='essexbasscat' post='1207999' date='Apr 22 2011, 10:04 AM']Do you have the keys doing the stabs ? (or is that you stabbing the guitarist ?)[/quote] No keys, just me and the guitarist I downloaded a piano transcript, [url="http://www.sheetmusicdirect.com/se/ID_No/47217/Product.aspx"]here[/url] (proper notation, no tab , topical) and basically took the bass part of the keys to play. The guitarist has worked it out by ear. However, there are parts, specifically the end of the verses and the bridge in particular where we 'part company'. The line I use works against the original recording, but the guitarist swears blind that he's playing the right thing. I did email him my copy of the transcript that has the guitar chords on it but he seems to have put them to one side in preference to the ones he worked out by ear Just wondered how others 'attacked' it. really. I may just have to pop around his place and we work on it together.

We're trying this one out at rehearsal. However, myself and the guitarist seem to be playing different things. Anyone got the chords for this one? Please Thanks.

I'll stop using it, as simple as that. I'm certainly not paying £4.99 a month. I don't spend £60 on music in a year anyway, so I'm certainly not paying for a service that, at the moment, I rarely use. It would seem that another potential 'model' for the music industry has disappeared. What next?

[quote name='skankdelvar' post='1199624' date='Apr 14 2011, 05:09 PM']I suppose it's only fair that Mr Higginbotham protect his investment, however he may have erred on this occasion. For example, here's a tune supposedly penned by that notorous magpie Mr Noel Gallagher. I wonder whence he drew inspiration?[/quote] I hope you're not showing disrespect to Mr Gallagher. He is well thought of and a leading member of the Musical Green Movement and in this capacity done his best for recycling.

[quote name='Pete Academy' post='1198554' date='Apr 13 2011, 07:04 PM']I love BSSM. Flea is an awesome player.[/quote] He's not as good as Mark King though Oowwwww! Who threw that?

Absolutely cracking Clarky. Really pleased for you mate. All the best.

Wear the right shoes? Perhaps the Picturehouse has gone very upmarket.

[quote name='stevie' post='1190426' date='Apr 6 2011, 12:57 PM']Pull yourself together man! [/quote] Just have a heart. This is a distressing time.

[quote name='Dave Vader' post='1174309' date='Mar 24 2011, 10:58 AM']Excellent, balaclava bass, I should try that, better than "Shiny Suit and Tie and big 80s slappy thumb" bass, which I am heartily sick of. Oh, and Northam, saturday night, in the Kingsley if you're interested Rich.[/quote] Nuts, I missed your post. Too late now, obviously All the best in Exeter with the new project.

Personally I've always thought this thread should be pinned, simply for post 37

We need silddx, he's the authority on gloves 'round 'ere.

14 years earlier I could have stayed with my brother when he was at Redcatch Rd, a hop skip and a jump across Victoria Park and would have virtually been there. Back then he used to like to take breakfast at the Mud Dock Cycleworks. Have a good'n', work gets in the way again unfortunately. Cheers

I like many are a faker, a big faker. I've little theory knowledge and as for reading it would take me ages to decipher a single page. I use tabs (mainly guitar pro transcripts) and fit them to the song I'm been tasked to learn. I've not the time to train my ear or learn more theory or read music. But then my aims are to simply gig around locally for fun and I'm currently having fun getting ready for those gigs. I regard my playing as very weak, there is a lot I can't do. Probably only really been playing properly for 12months however at the last practice my guitarist, a guy who's been in bands of one form or another for 30+years turned and said he really did like the way I played Ordinary World (rather ironic as I don't like Duran Duran ). There are simply masses of fakers out there all doing the same thing. Going back to basics may work. However, when I was not in a band I found it very difficult to motivate myself to learn for example more theory. The irony being that now I could do with it I've not got the time For me I suppose it's all about having something to aim for that has meaning and relevance to where I am.

[quote name='Bill Fitzmaurice' post='1185508' date='Apr 2 2011, 03:44 AM']Before considering an 8x10 consider how you'll get it to the gig. 300 watts is plenty, and a pair of 2x10 cabs makes for an easy to transport scalable rig.[/quote] Having spent hours myself researching heads and cabs I'd go with what Bill says, he does afterall make his living out of this area. If I remember correctly Bill would suggest stacking the 2x10's on top each other rather than side by side to give better dispersion. As an aside, has the suggested min head gone up on BC recently? When I first joined the forum, and as Bill has suggested an adequate amp was 300w. It now seems to be 500w. Is there a reason for this?

[quote name='icastle' post='1181286' date='Mar 29 2011, 08:04 PM']Beware of the trapdoor... [/quote] Under the stage, even better

I'll tell the OP after we've done a gig