Rich

True, they don't, and thank god for that (could somebody tell Mark King please?) However, the original was slapped and it was a killer. Just cos this guy didn't slap it, that doesn't automatically make it better, surely?

[quote name='foal30' post='183425' date='Apr 23 2008, 01:37 AM']not on stage... yeah sort of looks like my second line, you think? If you all use the same tuner the variations (if any) of the individual tuners is eliminated. how can it not be imperative to [b]be able to tune your instrument[/b]? really, it should be self-evident that we have the faculty to know our instrument is tunable to a performance level by ourselves. people forget sh*t, tuners, spare strings and 9v's must be at the top of the list! It, to me, is a tenant of respect to the audience, employers, bandmates, whoever that you actually can hear the tuning "vaguenesses" of your instrument. Ear Training in the age of TAB is a dying art and this will be bad news. The most basic place to start is the ritual / function of tuning your instrument. maybe.[/quote]Being able to tune your instrument is one thing, being able to tune it [i]completely by ear [/i]is another. Sure, we can all do the 5th fret/open string thing of the 7th fret/5th fret harmonics thing, as rough as they might be, but -- and here's the clincher -- where do you get your first reference note from? Do you go by ear, "yeah I think that's roughly an E"..? do you ask your keys man for a note..? or do you go to your friendly little tuner? I fail to see why it should be an absolute must to have what amounts to perfect pitch.

[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.