4 Strings

Feel sorry for the band 2, had two gigs and now none. Reminds of a story of a dog with some sausages and a bridge over a stream. You'll enjoy tomorrow now!

[quote name='Johngh' timestamp='1359670844' post='1958723'] Yes it is being monitored. I've found other for sale items from this member and unapproved the topics so the OP can't access them and members can't see them. I can understand everyones concern, but i am dealing with the problem and keeping the other mods informed.....just give us a bit of time eh [/quote] ..and not panic into judgement and harsh sanctions. Thanks to our Mods.

Very kind, stingrayPete1977, pmed.

So, did you call him? (I wonder if he's read this thread yet?)

Tricky, I can't be taking myself as seriously as this and have been in a band with someone who does. It was unpleasant and he ended up getting through 5 bass players - I was no. 2 and by far the longest enduring - and various other musicians over a four year period before jacking it all in. He was pretty talented and the band sounded pretty good, but fun? No. Attractive for an audience? No, far too earnest. He wants some serious work rather than just a musical jolly, which is fair enough, I feel the same, but if it isn't enjoyable it's lost its way, hasn't it?

Sia, Kirk Whalum, Diana Ross, Who's Who, Wilko Johnson, Donald Fagen, Booker T Jones, The Fellowship. Bit of a an odd mixture I suppose, but also different reasons for wanting to pay with them. To be honest, though, I'm happy to be playing in my current, main band, ECHO, just more and better gigs - enough for us to be comfortably full time. Yeah, Snarky Puppy would be great, that would be about as intimidating at Donald Fagan I suppose!

"Loads of guitarists interested but no musicians." Haha! You KNOW a comment like that is going to go down well here! You'll find the right people, just a compromise on how right and how much travelling is involved. Don't give up!

[quote name='4 Strings' timestamp='1358375958' post='1938315'] Fixed it for now. Asked the wife who mentioned the sticky foam things that I put under the chair legs on the laminate floor. Perfect! Quite hard and very sticky, simply cut to shape. I'll post a pic. [/quote] Didn't quite work, the pads aren't thick enough to reach the strings! Trying to locate a mouse-mat.

I've already been converted

[quote name='ShergoldSnickers' timestamp='1359485513' post='1955523'] Had a Jazz style pick-up fitted near the bridge in the 80s, replaced a few of years ago with a Wizard. It sounds like this: [url="http://www.ianhalstead.com/bc/Fretless-Marathon.mp3"]Fretless Marathon, bridge pickup.[/url] It looks like this: Not much resale value though, too heavily modified. I'll be hanging on to it though. [/quote] Could be Jaco himself!

Frustratingly for me, I can't get on with a Jazz I find them the opposite of forgiving. I love the way they look, the way they sound but always in someone else's hands, I can't get them to do what I want at all. Tried with two so far, not a success, won't try again and it is my rather sad loss. Give me a Stingray and it all falls into place.

If I'd made this decision after spending all that dough on gear, I'd feel the need to tell someone.

Go for it, you'll have great fun and if they are not full of admiration for simply agreeing to give it a go then they have something wrong. I'd be expecting a couple of pints from them at the end!

[quote name='Jimryan' timestamp='1359489035' post='1955616'] I've just learned that for me band and its whilst practicing it (mainly the little fills in the later chorus') that I realised it. By taking a more relaxed and "slower" approach, that it comes through clearest and easiest. [/quote] I wondered if it was! I also find it helps to be familiar with it to start with, sounds a bit daft, but if you know well where it's going to go it helps. I've been paying this over and over on car journeys. Ok, I'll get to it and we can post videos of our success (or otherwise)!

Maybe we should have Basschat Projects. Like, let's all learn Sir Duke together, discuss the hard bits and give tips, try the slowing down (at the same tempo!) thing, learning the end first etc. (I need to learn Sir Duke and so will try both these techniques.) Just to add the the slowing tempo idea I have done this before using Audacity, allows you to change tempo without changing key (and vice versa) to play along at will.

[quote name='Dingus' timestamp='1358864837' post='1946222'] Fenders are great sounding and well- designed basses . There's far more right with them than there is wrong with them . Get a good one and you have got everything you need to play bass guitar in most musical situations . You can't fool all the people all the time , and Fender basses are ubiquitous for good reason . [/quote] But that's the point, their design is further developed in the MM and G&Ls and everyone who owns one of those seems to agree they are better made and better sounding, but are outsold 10:1 by Fenders, hence the original question. (Don't have a G&L but my MM gets used way, way more often than my Fenders)

[quote name='Moos3h' timestamp='1359388293' post='1953970'] I'm more suspicious about user 'http://myworld.ebay.co.uk/pelevincat' - seems to have bought rather a lot? Perhaps it's just another happy customer! [/quote] See previous posts here on pelevincat. Thing is, if he's not actually selling them, where are they going and why keep putting more up for sale? I think the Scheckter is not the same one that was for sale for £161, or whatever, that seems to have been sold to a different person, I hero's one seems like it was one knob short of an eq. Not the only one!

[quote name='thunderider' timestamp='1359297589' post='1952621'] like many have said,this really pisses me off,birmingham is awash with "promotors" who seem to have a handshake on certain venues in brum.if i was gonna bring 20+ people to a venue id put my own gigs for my band on,most do little or no promoting we promote there gigs,or they wont put u on how the hell are u sposed to get ur music out there if ur new or like us niche,the support is just that...if they got a "big" local band that should pull punters not the other four supporting them,ok they pull there own people,like my band we should be put on say second thro merit of of our music not how many people,i did a midweek for a "promoter",he never put it in any press,put a couple of posters up in the venue he never even spoke to any of the bands just got a pint then sat in the corner the bands ended up sorting the running order ect out,we ended up as main act..playing to the band before us and the bar staff....then i approached him for some support slots as hes in at the 02 birmingham,his answer was yes but u need to sell 15-20 tickets....my veiw....PROMOTERS PROMOTE.....BANDS TURN UP TO PLAY THEIR MUSIC TO GET IT OUT THERE TO NEW POTENTIAL FANS!! if i wanted to promote other peoples gigs ID BE THE PROMOTOR.....also they seem to dissapear just before the end of the gig with the cash box!! [/quote] How would you promote an unknown band? They know that no-on will come, so if you want to play there you'll need to make it worth his while, unless he has a passing trade because there's unknown band(s) on.

[quote name='thebrig' timestamp='1359055293' post='1949212'] I can't see anywhere in their ad, where they actually say they are going to promote you. If [b][i]yours[/i][/b], and [b][i]four[/i][/b] other bands turn up, and [b][i]you[/i][/b] and [b][i]them[/i][/b] only play to [i][b]yours[/b][/i], and [b][i]their[/i][/b] mates, what are they actually doing for you, other than get you to play for nothing, for a maximum of 20 minutes? One thing is certain though, if all five bands get twenty mates to pay £6 to get in, they are £600 richer, and the bar takings will go through the roof. Mind you, they might put you forward to [b][i]play for nothing[/i][/b] at all their other venues like these! [b][i][color=#000000][font=arial][size=3]Barfly Camden [/size][/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=arial][size=3]Proud Camden [/size][/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=arial][size=3]The Underbelly [/size][/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=arial][size=3]Camden Rock [/size][/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=arial][size=3]The Enterprise [/size][/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=arial][size=3]The Road Trip & The Workshop (Old Street) [/size][/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=arial][size=3]Rattlesnake (Angel) [/size][/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=arial][size=3]Acklam Village Market [/size][/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=arial][size=3]Surya (Kings Cross) [/size][/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=arial][size=3]Heroes (Camden Town) [/size][/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=arial][size=3]The Luxe (Spitalfields) [/size][/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=arial][size=3]Babalou (Brixton) [/size][/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=arial][size=3]Nambucca (Holloway) [/size][/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=arial][size=3]The Horatia (Shoreditch) [/size][/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=arial][size=3]Mass Club (Brixton) [/size][/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=arial][size=3]The Bridge House II [/size][/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=arial][size=3]The Hideaway (Archway) [/size][/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=arial][size=3]Annies Bar (Kentish Town)[/size][/font][/color][/i][/b] [/quote] Why would they do that?

I think he's playing hard to get.