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Another painless transaction from a sleep deprived Beedster. Nice PJ set from Chris. Cheers, John

It must have been a sh*te (or very long) solo for everyone to cheer when the bass disintegrated....there's an almost tangible sense of relief......the drummer looks ecstatic and stands up to applaud, the singer holds the bass body up in victory "behold the end of this noodling nonsense" they cry!

Local councils make up their own laws/rules as they go along. I've seen buskers in south somerset playing electric guitars through amps. The only way of getting your own way with these people is to go to the committee meetings with one trouser leg rolled up and give the chairman a "special" handshake.

Innovation have chosen a good man in Daf, look forward to seeing how things develop. John

That sucks Nige. I've been using black beauties for a while since changing from fat beams, never had a bad set. I get mine from Paul comford, uk eBay seller. Probably makes no difference where you get them from, I've either been lucky, or have very knackered ears. But, as someone said, uk dealer could mean better communications? My own experience of elixirs has been poor (bass and 6 string acoustic). New strings braking in sound checks and "dulling" very quickly. Could have had a bad couple of sets. John

There's a jam night that is organised by a local guy in Blandford Dorset. He gets in some pretty decent players who come from Poole, West Bay and more locally. There was an excellent fiddle player and drummer last night and the blokey who plays guitar and sings. The music is varied, from Jazz standards, to rockabilly, skiffle, country, Celtic & old pop standards. I think he's trying to get a variety of different instruments each time, with a core of drums/bass and him. I can't commit to it as I've got enough on my plate as it is. If you want to know more, PM me. Thanks John

Bought a very nice P bass special off rob, very well packed and good comms throughout. Cheers, John Ps thanks too to Oli for sorting out postage.

Mike sold me a jazz bass varitone unit, super fast delivery, cheers. Top man, John

[quote name='gusto' post='1305037' date='Jul 15 2011, 07:29 PM']I also have been searching for an unused, mint condition Secret bar, but am having similar problems finding one of those too.[/quote] they're not called that for nothin'

[quote name='silddx' post='1304854' date='Jul 15 2011, 04:31 PM']No mate. I am 47 [/quote] Know what you mean, get out of breath too quickly at our age Nige....

[quote name='silddx' post='1304212' date='Jul 14 2011, 11:46 PM']I'm still 6.25 inches.[/quote] Can you blow your own horn though?

[quote name='Doddy' post='1303781' date='Jul 14 2011, 05:10 PM']I thought I was awesome at 20 too .....I suppose it also depends on what you think of as 'the best'. JACO BERLIN of course. On a more general note,a big part of practicing is not the pure number of hours but the material that you study. Playing along to your favourite Chili Peppers for a couple of hours is great fun but it's not practicing. The idea is to practice something that you have never played or can't already do....that is how you improve. An hour studying an 8 bar exercise out of 'Chord Studies' will see a bigger improvement than 3 hours jamming to 'Californication' for the 6th time. Don't get me wrong,playing to your favourite albums is fun and important but after a short while it stops becoming practice and you need to look elsewhere for improvement.[/quote] Wise words Mr. D

[quote name='Ross' post='1303670' date='Jul 14 2011, 04:02 PM'](not to blow my own horn)[/quote] that's quite a talent mate

[quote name='flyfisher' post='1303648' date='Jul 14 2011, 03:42 PM']Only about 14 years if you practice for 2 hours every single day . . . .[/quote] I can easily waste 2 hours a day doing nothing in particular, I am by nature a lazy git. Be interesting to log how much time is spent ogling gear, for sale sections, eBay, discussions about bass players and their dubious taches, etc. Watching utter drivel on tv......all adds up. Anyway I've got to go iron my sofa.

There is the old story of Robert Johnson, who legend has it that he was so brilliant because he sold his soul to the devil on exchange for talent. One of his peers was asked whether this was true, and the guy said "I don't know about that, but this I do know....he practices a lot". Hendrix, had his guitar with him all the time from a kid, his father wasn't that encouraging, but he practiced all the time. And before it all starts, I don't care what anyone thinks of Hendrix, it's just a point I'm making. Some people have the talent for practicing........it's an undervalued talent, but the most important in my opinion.