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Strangely enough, a decent strap. If my shoulder's in burning pain, it's hard to hide it from the audience all the time. Oh, and a reliable car (boring, but true). Other stuff is preferential, but it must be reliable Then of course, there's all the supporting hardware, like spare stings, batteries, pain meds, ear plugs,etc, all of which contributes to being a reliable journeyman musician. Thinking further about that, if your complete kit contributes to building a good reputation (which in turn gets you work), is not your complete kit essential ? I dare say not everyone will agree with me, it's only my 2p's worth. Not a boring thread at all Marvin T

Like Skanky, my first guitar(s) WERE plastic ! but then again, I was only 4 - 5 years old and kept breaking them. Took years of badgering to get Dad to buy me a real wooden one. It came from Woolworths and was the 'Audition' one pickup model. Swapped it 6 months later for a short scale Vox bass, which I still own, bless it

And yet more good stuff for Rick, who sold me a Line 6 Pod, which arrived in great condition at a very nice price ! Recommended folks ! Cheers Rick Tom

[quote name='skankdelvar' post='1107971' date='Jan 30 2011, 11:45 AM']Wikipedia is your friend:[/quote] I like this explaination better ! I wonder what Mozart would have said if someone had said the same thing to him ? T

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I dare say that someone out there knows the correct answer to this, but it's not me. That said, could it be the trick that The Beatles and Paul Simon have used of running the tape backwards ?

Just caught up with this (out yodelling last night) Best wishes for a low - stress move Ped T

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Thanks everyone, all comments appreciated I had a chat with the owner of the white faced EA while collecting a bass the other day. He believed the white faced EA was one of the early model i amps and the construction was more typical of a class B amp, in contrast to the later class D black faced model. The buillt - in tuner did seem to work really well, a handy addition to an amp methinks. Also, the EQ section was adjustable for amplitude and frequency for low, low mid, high mid and high, which allowed for some flexible tone shaping. Seemed a shame your one wasn't reliable Guyl, the chap I met the other day commented how his had been trouble free from the beginning. He also mentioned that the early models had been imported in parts from the USA and assembled by Ashdown in the UK (confirms your thoughts Bassbod). If there's one of those early white faced models out there, I'd could be interested when the time is right. As time goes by, I'm coming to realise that the ultra - modern high clarity sounds offered by the modern amps are not quite my thing. Some of the amps from 10 - 15 years ago were extremely good quality and make the sounds I'm really after. THanks again all. T

Do you mean Doctor doctor, as in Bad case of Loving you ? or another Doctor doctor ? who performed it ?

Now that is one helluva nice combination you have there. Can I ask you - what's it like swapping between parallel and sloping frets ? T

Hi all Can anyone help with some info about Euphonic Audio white faced i amps ? I came across one today that sounded quite nice, a clean, but warm sounding amp. The owner said the white faced model was around in the late 80's - early 90's and was superceded by the black faced i amp. I did a BC search, but didn't turn up much detail. Does anyone know any background about the i amp series ? Thanks for reading and any replies folks T

That is one stonking looking bass !

A huge +1000 for these people. They have been helping performing artists of all kinds for years, with a specialist knowledge pool of the specific issues that performing artists face as a result of their craft. I read an article about a fluatist that played regularly with one of the national orchestras. The player's own GP had given up on the performer altogether. The performer went to BAPM - the rehab process took months, but the results were fantastic. . Highly recommended for anyone that values their artistic careers

I've also read elsewhere that low output pickups tend (as a trend, not saying this is an absolute) to have a wider tonal range available compared to high output pickups. Don't know how much support there is for this however T

[quote name='Clarky' post='1090447' date='Jan 15 2011, 02:22 PM']Don't forget your strap and lead[/quote] Or your bass....

What a great idea. THanks for posting that

Watch out for Escrow as well. A friend of mine looked into this. I can't remember the details, but the terms horrified me at the time.

[quote name='Spoombung' post='1087865' date='Jan 13 2011, 12:41 PM']It shares the gallery in common with the case of an installation featuring sound. I've seen a lot of music/art crossover things. The defining factor always seems to be context (the gallery). And that's the answer to your question![/quote] Thanks for that Spoombung. Yes, of course, music and other forms of art do crossover all the time, as with films for instance. However, I wonder if that addresses the topic of shared Philosophy ?

Do painters and musicians use the same parts of the brain for the creative process ? I'd like to see some MRI evidence to help decide about that one. The creative area of the brain is processing visual information for painting and auditory information for music. While both are potentially creative, the painter can take as much time as he likes to carefully construct his piece, while the musician is often working to an unforgiving time signiture in a live situation. If composing music, then of course, the composer can take as much time as they like, as with the painter. It's the differences of sensory medium that make this an interesting subject for me. A good friend of mine (now out of the country) is a hobbyist painter. While many similar things inspire painters and musicians, they often respond in very different ways. How much of that is down to differences of craft or personal differences is, I suppose, open to much discussion. But the handling of the creative process has fascinated me for ages. I do wonder if my songwriting would improve if I understood the creative process to a greater depth. Just a thought. T

[quote name='Doddy' post='1086868' date='Jan 12 2011, 04:21 PM']The thing to remember is that the third is the defining note as to whether the chord is major or minor,so in a simple walking line like that it is essential to outline the changes-especially if their is no other chordal instrument playing,such as under a solo. This is where understanding arpeggios and chord tones is important rather than learning a pattern that may work over a bunch of different changes.[/quote] A nice explanation

[quote name='Bassassin' post='1086504' date='Jan 12 2011, 11:02 AM']So, if one finds oneself unable to accept the possibility of the existence of storybook skyfaries, by definition one cannot be an artist? J.[/quote] Close, but not quite. There is the Golden, or divine ratio that is 1. 61803, known as Phi, pronounced Fai or Fi. The ratios of lengths of sections of the human body conform to this ratio, as do many features of nature. For this reason, it's known as the divine ratio. It's also found in ancient architecture. Music is also contructed of mathematical ratios as Pythagorus discovered. If Time signitures are considered as mathematical ratios, you can have lots of fun wandering off in a different time signiture to everyone else and arrive back in perfect time at a future point in a musical piece i.e if everyone else is doing three bars of four you can do four bars of threes to arrive back at the same count of 12. Tech - that post of Charles Limb's presentation was fascinating, a real thank you for that one. Keith Jarrett's piano playing is awe inspiring, I've got to see more of that artist. I wonder if different creative areas of the brain are activated when painting as compared to the areas activated when creating Jazz ? Lots of food for thought there. Essential tension, thank you for taking the time to outline those description / definitions of Art. Looking at your post and CrazyWiki's, it's clear that this topic has been explored extensively for a very long time. Is this subject as sub - section of formal Art academic studies such as those found with Art degrees for instance ? Mykesbass, interesting contribution. Thanks for all your answers folks There are obviously some very knowledgable people around here T

Getting the sense of a very large iceberg here.....

[quote name='Crazykiwi' post='1086299' date='Jan 12 2011, 12:34 AM']I could go on at length about what art is, drawing on university lectures in Art Theory. However I can't be arsed, its not that important. Its all subjective and you can each make your own minds up about what art is. For me, music shares many aspects with visual art, but its a relatively constrained, linear experience. You can't choose which bits to listen to without affecting the quality of the experience...of course, having said that its perfectly possible for someone to create a musical experience which allowed you to choose how to listen...just like you choose which parts of a visual piece of art to look at in more detail...[/quote] Could you possibly shed any light on similarities of the creative processes of painting, sculpting, music etc ? Could we discuss the creative process in general ? Or possibly recommend any resources for further exploration ? thanks T

There must be a book on this topic out there somewhere ......