Mikey D

Better of trying a double bass shop who hires than a typical bass hire company as it appears they normally only have rubbish. Your friend can try [url="http://www.thwaites.com/index.php?id=23"]Thwaites[/url] Out of interest, who is it?

If you are playing ok I wouldn't get too worked up about it, there are many great players with a 'unique' left hand (even someone like hadrian feraud has a 'bad' habit of lifting all his fingers off at times with his left hand and he does alright!), but to be honest if you spent a bit more time on your left hand technique, you will notice an improved in a few areas of your playing. The one finger per fret is a standard thing, but when you practice it (usually by going 1-2-3-4 on E, 1-2-3-4 on A, 1-2-3-4 on D, 1-2-3-4 on G then 4-3-2-1 on G, 4-3-2-1 on D and so on up the fretboard) you have to be concious of what all the fingers are doing. The common problem is moving fingers away from the fretboard when you are playing a not with one of the fingers the others tend to raise. Slowly practice the above exercise and conciously hold the other fingers near the string when you play each note. The hardest to keep down tends to be your little finger when you are playing with your middle or ring finger because the nature of how the tendons in the had are. You will also find if you can keep this shape with your fretting hand you can access a wider range of notes more easily and your lines will be more fluid. I had exactly the same problem when I started. I thought I was great could play relatively fast, then one year on I looked at my technique after seeing a Patitucci video and thought "time to start all over again'. So I went back to basics and did everything slowly trying to sort out my technique on both hands. It's still not perfect, but it is at a point where I am happy and it doesn't stop me executing things I want to. Well, the majority of the time!

I was goign to post about these. I think they are really nice and as I have been looking for a fretted version of my GWB35, this is as near as I think I can get! Would prefer the 5 in teh amber, but if my finances get sorted and I can sell my TRB6, I'll be getting the 5 and chucking a ramp on it. Nice. But isn't there only a few hundred being made and only for the US market? But with exchange rate as it is, thats not a bad bass for £650 as soon as you have imported it.

Fodera Matt Garrison 33" Buckeye 5 string Imperial for fretted. Fretless=GWB1 Ibanez, the GWB35 is alright, but the 1 just had that little better sound. So I'm sort of halfway there already.

[quote name='alexclaber' post='54761' date='Sep 3 2007, 02:59 PM']Citron AE5 Steve Swallow Alex[/quote] Steve Swallow is coming over to play Mike Gibb's 70th Birthday tour! Do not miss him!

[quote name='metalmaniac' post='54475' date='Sep 2 2007, 10:43 PM']Well Ive been playin 6 string for a while.. now moved onto 7 string... Wonderin if anyone could point me onto any good songs/albums/artists with 7 strings. Dood should be able to help me here at least. Im already playing Nuclear Rabbit/Jean Baudin.. finally nailed Vanishing the whole way through. im playin a bit of bach here and there too Cheers[/quote] Obviously Bill 'The Buddha' Dickens. I know they are guitarists, but I recommend you check out Lenny Breau and George Van Eps.

I have been tempted on many occasions. Especially now with the exchange rate as it is...check out over on talkbass to see what people there think.

[quote name='JD1' post='54200' date='Sep 2 2007, 02:48 PM']I think it was Marcus[/quote] I'm gonna go have a listen, haven't heard it in years! My source may have been feeding me dodgy info!

I just found out that one of my heroes played on this track! JOHN PATITUCCI! I know he played on a lot of things, but 'Walk the Dinosaur'!? What other tracks have a bassist that you would never expect in a millions years?

[quote name='charic' post='53543' date='Aug 31 2007, 06:52 PM']Go secondhand, thats the only advice i can give. Im after either a trb1006 or failing that a yamaha jm2 (although ive not found one of those to try )[/quote] I've got an original made in Japan TRB6 for sale. It is in the basses for sale section on this site.

[quote name='BB2000' post='53598' date='Aug 31 2007, 08:48 PM']The suitcase seems to come in for a lot of criticism,[/quote] I really don't know why. The tone is excellent, it is nice and compact. Two seperate inputs with seperate eq. Well built, well designed. Peronsally I think it looks good....You know, the more I think about it the more I should keep mine!?

[quote name='kjb' post='53580' date='Aug 31 2007, 08:13 PM']I have ordered a Clifton mini EUB, which should be ready sometime in November, in the meantime I'm planning on having a few lessons so I know what I'm doing when it's ready Mikey I am going to have a few upright lessons from you, I'll give you a ring when I get chance and know that I'm available.[/quote] No problems, I got your PM and replied. Whenever you're ready.

Ah this is yours, I saw this on the site and thought it was lovely and well proportioned. If you don't mind me asking, How much was it with all the nice wood options? Or is that part of the standard price?

Already sent a message to the blighter. Can' wait to hear his excuse about no collection on cash transfer!

£26 FOR A 75 JAZZ? Slingerland that cheap!? I know it's gonna go up, but only 10 hours left, you could still get a bargain. But why is collection and cash not offered?? Dodgy. I'd be tempted to bid and just say you will come and give him cash.

[quote name='guyl' post='52751' date='Aug 30 2007, 01:04 PM']Ignore the purists. Take your time and get something cheap. Take a punt on an ebay bass for £250 - £400. If it's rubbish you'll get your money back when you put it back on ebay! As long as it's solid, get someone to set it up nicely (esp the bridge and soundpost), buy new strings (Bob Gollihurs website) and a decent pickup and you'll be well within £800 budget. The pickup will make up for your lousy technique,[/quote] I have to say, personally, I don't agree with this. If you have the money about £800, it is a waiting game as merchant said above. Something will eventually come up. Don't waste your money on a cheap upright, if you want to see if you get on with it, use a little of the money for a couple of lessons. A pickup can make a good player sound bad, but it can't make a bad player sound good. If you are making a lousy sound with your bass, a pickup with just amplify that. Oh, and I think KJB has already bought an EUB now anyway.

I've always been a bassist since my 14th birthday. I have previously taught myself keyboard for a few years. However in February I got my 8 string guitar-so technically it is 5/8s guitar and 3/8s bass, but that's as near to guitar as I get! My hope was to make it one of my main instruments, but being a bass major at uni means I don't have too much time to dedicate to it. So it is just a hobby instrument still.

[quote name='Lulu' post='53009' date='Aug 30 2007, 09:53 PM']Squier VMJB with Audere J3Z [/quote] How much difference was there when you dropped in the Audere? ALso there is something about these basses. I really like them, but they look like they need a good kicking to get 'that look'!

Mine is Black as well. Ibanez GWB35. No photos of my one yet, but it looks exactly like all the others.