patch006

Read the manual Karl!!!!! tis easy!

Thanks for all the info guys, I have been playing for 15 years and am going to be a bass student again I am booked in for fortnightly lessons, and have jumped straight to grade 3 of the rock school bass stuff. Scott Devine really seems to know his stuff so will be a regular on his site. I have a new bass ordered that will be arriving in march of next year, I really want my playing to do it justice hence this little kick up the arse! Deepbass room 4 is the place to be......... one day maybe!! Thanks again all !

Right guys/girls This topic has probably been here a million times. I have been playing for about 15 years on and off and play by ear. I have endeavoured to learn theory a couple of times and seem to stop for some reason. Right what i need is the best sites , books, useful info to rapidly learn ( fast ) in the best and easiest way. Is there a online course where i can be spoon fed? and work through the grades? All info would be gratefully recieved! Cheers Patch

Nice !

I have had back pain for a number of years , I had tried multiple therapies spending hundreds and hundreds of pounds to no avail. I was at the end of my tether so paid for a private mri scan to see what was going on. Results? Bulging disc, two degenerated discs and worn facet joints I am only 33! Right I am no doctor but I am a personal trainer and this is from my own personal experience, I use to train a lot before my back pain. The pain put me out of training for over two years. I researched the back pain condition for a few months, reading many many peoples different views on it. This is my conclusion ! I look at it in a very simple mechanical way, chiro's work on bones right but what hold the bones in position? muscles! There is no point visiting the chiro if the important muscles that support your lower back are shortened tight weak and unconditioned WHY? because the muscles will just pull the bones back out again. Obviously chiros do great things to bodies/ conditions and help many people just not for me. Tight hamstrings and psoas muscles can pull the pelvis out which leads to a lot of stress on the lower back and often shortens one leg ( Lie on the floor and get some one to see if your ankle bones are aligned when your leg are out straight ) if you suffer alot I bet a minimum of 70% of you will see a difference in length. What i did and am doing! Inversion ( hang up side down ) decompresses the spine. Strengthen Abductors and Abductors , glutes ect ( build a good foundation for lumber spine ) Stretch lengthen and condition hamstrings Stretch lengthen and condition psoas muscle Using a massage ball, massage the glutes ( arse ) and also the multifidus muscles which run up both sides of the spine. ( releases tension on the facet joints ) minimum twice a day. I now train and am the strongest and fittest I think i have ever been, so there is hope! Basically you need to find what works for you!

Great people and amazing basses = pretty darn good day ! I would like to say thanks to all that came along yesterday, to get so many of you lefties together was quite a task. Many thanks to Andy Kerr and lovely long suffering wife for all their hard work. Thanks to Dave ( deezer )and his amazing portion of his bass collection. Some great pics there, could anyone that had taken pics email me them please? [email protected] Not so much thanks to Andy ( dread ) for letting me play his 7 string ACG. I was on the ACG web site for far too long last night contemplating getting one commissioned!!!!!!! You may well see some of my basses for sale soon to pay for it! bloody GAS!