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[quote name='CamdenRob' timestamp='1456473029' post='2989295'] I regard the electric bass as a portable, easily amplified alternative to the double bass. [/quote] So strictly speaking, surely [i]this[/i] is an 'electric bass'..?

Non linear dynamical academic gossip is all very well and good, but what's that got to do with racist moths?

[quote name='TrevorR' timestamp='1456262136' post='2987272'] Wal Pro II E... bought it in 2001 or 2002 for £550. [/quote] WHAAT??? Five hundred quid??

A real bumper crop having a lot of difficulty choosing between 3 or 4 definite outstanders. They're all good though, well done to all concerned!

[quote name='Sammers' timestamp='1456139978' post='2985711'] An immense talent for sure and still very young!(although she's 18 now I think) [/quote] She's 18? Playing like that at [i]18?[/i] Oh man, I hate her**. **not really, but you know what I mean.

[quote name='kevvo66' timestamp='1456172211' post='2986292'] If you want to be a fret board w***er , take up guitar and leave the bass alone ,your missing the point love Don't take offence take the gate it's easier I thank you�� [/quote] Lid, worms, can.

[quote name='neilp' timestamp='1456169234' post='2986229'] If you told an orchestral musician you played bass, he or she would know EXACTLY what you meant. It's a bass. I'm a bass player. [/quote] Yes you're right. Said orchestral player would probably know (or at least [i]think[/i]) you meant this.

Happy birdy old chap..! For me, it would either be a YOB '65 Jazz in CAR with matching headstock, or a Wal fretted 5 string. Hard to choose.

[quote name='EliasMooseblaster' timestamp='1456147889' post='2985843'] (I have even been known to refer to "the guitars" when loading up the van, referring to our guitarist's and to my bass guitars...heresy, I know.) [/quote] I do this a lot too. [quote name='Skol303' timestamp='1456158499' post='2986048'] 'Bass guitarist' = a guitarist who also plays bass IMHO [/quote] Well I'm a dreadful guitarist, so it doesn't say much for my bass-playing...

Another groundhog argument My 2p is: Leo called it a bass 'guitar' on his patent application. I see no reason to argue with the man who developed our modern instrument. Added to which, 'bass' is its voice. If you told an orchestral musician that you played 'bass', he'd say "Bass [i]what[/i]? Clarinet? Saxophone?" The term 'electric bass' doesn't work because I also have an acoustic bass (a guitar as opposed to a bass viol) So personally, I am a bass guitarist. As stated, this is just my 2p and YMMV.

7/8 of 34" is 29.75".

First bass outfit = 1964 Höfner Artist blagged off my metalwork teacher for 20 quid + bizarre 30w solid state amp built by me and my physics teacher (mostly my physics teacher ) + 1x15 cab homemade by persons unknown from the heaviest chipboard in the world. I hereby apply to join the Humble Beginnings Club.

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1453343138' post='2958647'] No offense but playing for free does not seem like a benefit to me. So your band gives away all of time and effort you've invested in learning a craft, travel expense, and providing sound and lights, tear down and set up? If yes,if I ever need a band I'm calling you. Blue [/quote] It's called "doing it purely for the fun of it, not for a living". When it's just a hobby, freebie/matesrates gigs aren't such an issue. And just to head the inevitable off at the pass: no, I'm NOT suggesting that doing it for a living can't be fun too.

[quote name='JapanAxe' timestamp='1455909364' post='2983617'] Lino dots? Yep, when I look along my fretboard I see a [b]line o' dots [/b] [/quote] *holds out coat, points at door*

[quote name='barneyg42' timestamp='1455973959' post='2984111'] We had a band on before us at a charity gig where the bassist was doing a twelve bar shuffle during Rocking All Over the World by the Quo! I had to walk away and wondered how the rest of the band let him get away with it. To me it was the equivalent of someone slapping over a Beatles classic!! [/quote]Never mind the Beatles classic, it sounds like someone should have slapped HIM.

All my basses do very different jobs, i.e. individual sounds or tasks. I have a contemporary hi-fi sounding bass (Shuker), a Jazz (Sire), a P bass (bitsa), a 'Ray (OLP), fretless (Yamaha), 6-string (Ibanez), and acoustic (Tanglewood). I also have my first ever bass (Höfner) and my beloved Wal. Dr Dave once complimented my collection as "workmanlike" and I think he was bang on the money.

Ok blue we get it, you do it for a living. Good on you. Most of us don't and it's a bit different for us. When one does this as a hobby, i.e. for the fun of it, one is rather less inclined to just put up and shut up as long as there are plenty of gigs in the calendar.

[quote name='charic' timestamp='1455801934' post='2982552'] Pun intended? [/quote] Jimmy Carr was on the telly the other night, I don't like him but I watched him tell 10 jokes to see if any of them would make me laugh. Unfortunately, no pun in ten did.

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1455740068' post='2982046'] I was not hired to critique or correct other members playing ability. As long as our calender is filled with good gigs I keep quiet. [/quote] I would not be remotely interested in being in a band where I felt I had to keep my gob shut, especially if a bandmate's playing/behaviour was causing discord.

[quote name='colgraff' timestamp='1455571820' post='2980410'] far too many members adopt a patronising attitude towards young members in a way that would not be tolerated by the moderators were the recipients of the comments, for example, female. [/quote] Works both ways. There have been numerous comments of a "you couldn't possibly understand, you're old" nature lately too.

Show him the door. If the rest of the band won't fire him, walk. Seriously, it'll drive you bonkers otherwise.

[quote name='Geek99' timestamp='1455721190' post='2981812'] I used the grey foam stuff from b and q that you use for insulating 22mm copper pipes [/quote] Likewise. It's hardwearing and hasn't reacted with anything yet.

[quote name='RandomBass' timestamp='1455575792' post='2980463'] There's not a lot in it to my ears, apart from the SMX which I always felt sounded restricted somehow compared to earlier models. The series 6 came as either 7 or 12 band, mine is the latter. The SM is 7 band, with the brilliant eq balance control, and two preshapes if that's your bag. Sound wise my Series 6 is harmonically richer than my SM. It just has that edge for me. I'm generally rubbish at explaining these things, I'm afraid. [/quote] The SMX didn't feel restricted to me, but having said that it's the only Trace I ever owned so I've got no AH or S6 experience to compare it to. What I did really like about the SMX was its flexibility, with the two preshape errm shapes and the superb dual band compressor with eq balance. I loved it. A lightweight amp with an SMX front end would go straight to #1 on my GAS list, in fact I'd buy one without hesitation.

[quote name='operative451' timestamp='1455657290' post='2981291'] To be fair, the only things in Plymouth that aren't called 'The Drake [something]' are called 'The armada [something]'. Except for the things that are called 'The mayflower [something]'. And i come from Thetford in norfolk originally, where everything is called 'The Thomas Payne [something]'... And only people from thetford, or the USA, remember who he was... [/quote] Likewise, Bristol is crammed full of Brunel this and Cabot that. I suppose it's natural to want to celebrate a local hero if there is one. Or four.

[quote name='LayDownThaFunk' timestamp='1455648535' post='2981146'] How many white, working/middle class men listen to Kanye or any hip hop? Don't come out with 'I heard College Dropout X years ago'. Of course you don't get it. Therefore, you don't listen to it. How can you diss something you've never heard before? Morons. [/quote] I would respectfully suggest that you don't have a clue what I or anyone else here listens to, and that you are leaping to some fairly massive conclusions. I would also suggest that you don't start calling people morons.