Marvin

[quote name='flyfisher' timestamp='1380222179' post='2222591'] Somebody else is making a profit everytime you buy a bass or an amp or a cab or pretty much anything really. Same as somebody else makes a profit if you buy a camera but I've never heard amateur photographers saying they won't take a picture unless someone pays them for it. There seems to be something about music that many people believe they must be paid or they won't play. It's a point of view, I suppose, but I'm interested in why music should be so unique in this respect? [/quote] The companies I buy equipment from make a profit at the point of sale. They make no further profit if I play live or leave the stuff in a cupboard. I can't say what amateur photographers views are. However, if I was displaying my work in public and somebody else was making money out of it, I'd either want to be paid or I'd stop displaying my work.

[quote name='flyfisher' timestamp='1380217296' post='2222492'] Doesn't anyone here just enjoy playing for the enjoyment of it? mercenary lot! [/quote] Not when/if someone else is making a profit out of it. The singer and I, in my current band, have taken the view that, given our current experience, we're not going to do any freebies from now on.

It gets better... now we're down to 10 mins to set up, whilst the other act is coming off that is.

...we're not getting paid either. The organisers are elated that the local cafes and some traders will open on the sunday (they usually don't)...so once again musicians giving up their time for nothing and someone else making a profit out of it. This is the last time I do any of these, more grief than it's worth.

I started this thread as a bit of a joke, however, in all seriousness the organisation of the event is a bit meh! at best. We're doing 30mins for a 'community event'. Up until yesterday we weren't even assured a single monitor. We've no idea what the staging area is like, how big it is or whether it's covered. It's only when I kicked up a stink did 2 monitors miraculously appear. AND...we're expected to get all our gear, including a full drum kit, on the stage, set it all up, mic the kit and do a sound check in less than 15mins whilst the act before get their stuff off the stage. Perhaps it's doable, I don't know. We've been told to have the kit semi set up by the side of the stage...I've yet to get a reply as to if there's any cover at the side of the stage.

[quote name='Mr Fretbuzz' timestamp='1380051943' post='2220228'] Got GAS for a white Fender Jazz :-) [/quote] It'll pass

[quote name='Musky' timestamp='1380050996' post='2220198'] The new one and take a towel. [/quote] Like your style [quote name='flyfisher' timestamp='1380051061' post='2220199'] What's the problem - you're not actually going to play IN the rain are you? That would raise more important questions for me than which bass might get wet. [/quote] It is Britain, of course we'll playing in the rain

...what bass does one use? The old one that might not work that well and can be a little uncomfortable to play at times. The trusty one, that you still don't getting wet or damaged. Or the new one that you're desperate to play live but just don't want any water to get within a country mile of it. What to do?

[quote name='Pinball' timestamp='1379834830' post='2217101'] Very useful I think thanks Very good machines for the price. I tried one in PMT and came away thinking that there wasn't anything in that price bracket that compared with it. It has raised the bar I think. Other companies better watch out. [/quote] Pretty much anything with an F on it, unless of course the buyer needs a certain 'look'. Also as you can pick these up for about £100 less than an SR500 then maybe Ibanez should be worried

[quote name='SpaceChick' timestamp='1379961494' post='2218831'] +1 I tend to join the music party very late. I'm not old, just retro [/quote] I'm old, not retro

Heard one track from the Dream Theater album the other day...very meh!

I have satisfied my bass GAS...for now. Just have to work on the amp GAS

I stood next to an ESP bass when I was playing a gig once. It belonged to the bass player in the headline band...other than that that's my only experience of them.

Not bought a 2013 album yet

Friend of mine lent me a couple of Crue albums back in the wot not...they were returned very quickly

I have both passive, active and passive/active. Plug them in and...they all sound like me playing. The only difference being, at the moment, is that my passive bass has flat wounds on it which is the biggest tonal difference between any of them.

The TRBX has, like a Jazz neck, a 38mm nut. It's also what I would call quite 'shallow' ie. it's not very thick from back to front. I'd say it's quite similar to the Ibanez SR neck, known for it's skinnyness. My Squier Precision is quite chunky and the Yamaha it's definitely nothing like that. Overall, like I've said previously, I find the TRBX incredibly comfortable to play. It's light, sits well, access to the upper frets is very good...basically I've spent quite a lot of time playing it since I've got and find it difficult to put it down, to the point the Mrs thinks I'm ignoring her :\

Yamaha TRBX504. Thin with a 38mm nut. Still not quite as thin as the Ibanez SR though

It arrived this morning! Out of the box, first impressions - I checked it over thoroughly, the quality of finish is very good. Everything is tight and well finished. The neck relief is spot on, I might just take the action down a fraction, however, it's very playable out of the box. It's light and very comfortable, it's sits just about perfectly. I've played a Rockbass Corvette before and that sat in a way where the neck felt incredibly long and faaarrrrrr away. This Yamaha is quite the opposite. The neck is slim, quite similar to that of an Ibanez SR. I've been noodling around with it now for nearly 3 hours. How does one describe the tones and sounds you get out of this bass? There's so many... It's got a great passive tone, very p bass in the neck pup position. A nice tight bridge pup tone. The active tones, again, just great. For the price tag this should give the mid range and some more expensive basses some hefty competition. It's a great bass

[quote name='lurksalot' timestamp='1379245006' post='2210162'] It might seem a daft question , but if you were there ,why did you not go and talk to the guy ? [/quote] That's not very British is it now...randomly going up to a stranger and talking to them? Just not the done thing

It's the weight of the things and, there's one in a music shop near me, they look quite awkward to lift and move around. They're wide and deep. They sound ok, I got plugged into one to test out a bass a few months ago, but...well. Saying that, my 410 weighs about as much as a small planet

That was my band... actually, no it wasn't.

It's a Jamiroquoi song??? Yeesh. Easy then...move on to something else

[quote name='Evil Undead' timestamp='1379179664' post='2209586'] [b][i]Is there a special technique?[/i][/b] Something I'm doing wrong? Particular fingering that should be used? [/quote] Just keep practicing it over and over. There's a song I play with a band (originals) that's got a similar pattern to that and has a fast fill at the end. I've been playing it for a while now and it's a sod not to either get sympathetic ringing from the open strings or accidentally hit a string on the 'way back up' as it were.