Rich

[quote name='foal30' post='182645' date='Apr 22 2008, 11:18 AM']you got to be able to tune your instrument by ear.[/quote] Why? It's a good thing to be able to do, but why should it be essential?

'Stuck On You', 'A-bra-cada-bra', etc etc... Or for a classical interlude, how about 'Her On A G String'

[quote name='molan' post='181302' date='Apr 20 2008, 08:20 PM']Isn't he over playing the Jazz Cafe soon?[/quote] Y'know, when I first glanced at that I was sure it said "Isn't he [i]overplaying at[/i] the Jazz Cafe soon?" :lol:

Mine... it's bloody marvellous, does low Bs and high Cs easily, in fact it does all the sharps and flats, everything. It even does that weird Buzz [s]Lightyear[/s] Feiten thing. I never leave home without it.

+1 for the MIDI Mouse.

Don't worry Jase, my son's just turned 16 and he's only just this month finally decided to have a bash at it. I've got him a wee Behringer combo (with headphone socket, so it doesn't p1ss his mum off ) and given him my old Squier Jazz to have a go with. If he shows promise and wants to carry on, I'll get him something decent of his own.

Now [i]that[/i]'s what I call 'making a joyful noise'... what an impeccable groove. Just fabulous. If the Church of England was a bit more like that and a bit less thou-thee-thine and pious, I reckon they'd get a lot more people through their doors on a Sunday

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[i]"I do not compromise with bullies and I would rather spend fifty thousand dollars on defense than give you a dollar of unmerited settlement funds."[/i] Oh, wonderful stuff. I would love to have seen the faces on the Monster legal team when they read that lot.

[quote name='nick' post='177460' date='Apr 15 2008, 11:08 PM']George of ASDA, when I'm pushing the the boat out![/quote] Oh yes. Short sleeve shirts, 3 quid a pop -- perfect for the office. Buggered if I'm going to spend real money on something I only ever wear to the treadmill. +1 for charity shops.

This isn't much of a contribution, but it makes a handy soundbite... I just thought I'd share a gem of a quote I read once, from The Hamsters' frontman: [i]"The trouble with the music industry these days is that it's become the music INDUSTRY and not the MUSIC industry."[/i]

[quote name='Bernmeister' post='174685' date='Apr 11 2008, 04:56 PM']Its a bass from the Zon range, although i'm not sure which model. I remember seeing It Bites back then, they were great. Its good to have them back, i'm looking forward to hearing the new material[/quote]He used a Zon Legacy, one of the all-graphite ones (quite an early one, I believe?). On the last It Bites album/tour he was also using a Thumb 6 for that low B rumble, and a fretless Yam BB in 'The Ice Melts Into Water'. Fabulous band, criminally underrated. I just wish Frank was still involved.

There's no way on earth I'd pay 700 notes for a Jazz while there's an [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=16935"]Overwater on fleaBay with a BIN at 200 less[/url]... PS it's NOT my Overwater, but if I had a spare 500 sovs it bloody well would be

Buyer's gonna be gutted when he finds there's no kettle lead with it either

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=330226476021&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:GB:1123"]Looks like a bargain to me[/url]. Somebody buy it, quick.

[url="http://www.rapidonline.com/Electrical-Power/Fuses-Circuit-Breakers"]Rapid[/url] do a big range of fuses too, as well as tons of other gear. Much of it is absurdly cheap. I've just bought a whole load of stuff from them. As far as fuses are concerned, I highly recommend checking all your kit and buying at least 2 of each different type of fuse to keep as spares.

Yes, 5.2 apparently

If you get a bow, you've gotta learn the Elephant from Saint-Saëns' Carnival Of The Animals

[quote name='bassace' post='171756' date='Apr 7 2008, 09:04 PM']I know it says 'Upton' but I can't remember what else..............................doh![/quote] 'Upton Top Ranking' perhaps? [size=1]I'll get me coat.[/size]

A Status Kingbass 5 with the silly 'bendwell' is 32", I've not heard good or bad about them though. Anybody?

Anything as long as it's not Les "look at me, I'm being wacky!" Claypool...

I shall be round to yours for a play the moment it arrives

Watched it on Friday, have only just got round to commenting here: Estelle -- music not my cuppa tea, but jaHEEzus was that band tight or what? Cracking performance. Adele -- yeah she can sing (apart from that Winehouse/Allen/Kate f***ing Nash it's-like-me-accent-innit voice that drives me up the wall), but did anybody else find her habit of gazing at two bits of ceiling and looking really bored INCREDIBLY annoying? Black Kids -- speechless. I was aching to tune the "singer"s Tele properly, and then twat him with it. The Only Ones -- oh my god, Perrett looked genuinely frightening. Instead of telling kids to 'just say no', all we need to do is show them a picture of him. James Taylor -- loved it, especially Copperline. Lovely, moving song. Best thing on the entire show IMHO. 'Jazz' trio whose name I can't even remember -- diabolical. I've heard better jazz from crusties in the subway.

[quote name='bnt' post='170156' date='Apr 5 2008, 10:45 AM']Well, are that many people anti-ERB?[/quote]If you remember some of the other ERB threads we've had here in the past, you'll know that the answer is a resounding 'yes'.

To be honest, the only answer we need to the OP question "Why play a 6 string, or a 7?" is:[quote name='metaltime' post='169648' date='Apr 4 2008, 09:56 AM']why the hell not[/quote] Some people love 'em, others don't. Nobody should have to justify playing one if they want to play one. I simply fail to understand why so many people seem to be quite so anti-ERB (or for that matter, anti-4string). At the end of the day, surely we all play music because we love doing so, not because we think it's clever? Can't we all just get along? [size=1]If anyone wants me, I'll be in the corner playing a George Harrison album and going "om".[/size]