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If only spending 10,000 hours reading through basschat threads was transferable! I'd be flippin' off Wooten (et al) right now

[quote name='waynepunkdude' post='1247559' date='May 27 2011, 08:39 PM']That's OCD [/quote] I prefer 'consistent'

Surely the TRUE holy trinity would be like Muzz's. All three basses having the same colour scheme, but with the added bonus that they are all 'year of birth' basses too?

I had an idea and asked the D & T technician at school. He hooked me up and it is now sorted

Yeah, I had a feeling it would be 1.5mm! I think I will buy a set, but if I can narrow it down, I can get a smaller set but make sure it has the right one. Thanks for the help once again guys

Bought some Hipshot Tuning pegs (Hipshot HB6C) and need to reverse one of them. To do this, you need to unscrew the peg, but on mine there is a screw that requires an allen key, not a phillips/flathead - the screw has "YFS" written on if that helps. The issue I have is that 2 of my allen keys are missing from my set (of 30!)... one of them fits that screw! Could someone with the same tuning pegs please tell me which size allen key I need so I can source a new one, please?! Thanks in advance

[quote name='dc2009' post='1243530' date='May 24 2011, 09:48 PM']I meant numerically per string, as tab does now? :s[/quote] I think the point is that if you know what an "F" is on a treble/bass clef, then you just need to find where the notes are on a new instrument. Reading the rhythms/notes/music will be the same process. However, your idea of tab would mean that you had to not only learn a new tab for a new instrument, but also learn where the numbers were. For example, piano tab would be completely different to violin tab which would be completely different to clarinet tab etc etc etc. That's all before you have to work out the rhythms, because tabs don't usually tell you that either.

Bassmerchant (amongst others - such as Bassgear in the post below) don't tend to come up on google shopping, so you should try shopping around yourself Also, I agree that US prices are stupidly good. Just ordered some tuners and have to pick them up from th delivery office tomorrow. Hoping they don't have a nice customs charge waiting too

[quote name='leezo666' post='1242354' date='May 23 2011, 10:07 PM']I personally find Fenders (guitar and bass) really boring. They are fantastic sounding instruments don't get me wrong [u][b]but I find that there isn't any individuality to them [/b][/u]unless you mod the living daylights out of them but then there isn't much fender left to them.[/quote] Says the guy playing a Nikki Sixx signature Epiphone... Back to the OP, personally I pick up a bass and play it. If it sounds good I buy it, if it sounds cr@p I put it back. I would never judge an entire brand based on the fact that I'd picked up a couple of them and they were/weren't great. That just silly.

[quote name='dood' post='1241528' date='May 23 2011, 01:11 PM']When I started writing the piece I notched up a good 3000 words, needless to say, not all of my content could be used ha ha![/quote] For those who bought the magazine and were clearly short-changed with an edited edition of your piece, do you reckon you could give us Basschatters the director's cut to read?

[quote name='Doddy' post='1240920' date='May 22 2011, 10:06 PM']You do if it's a unison passage.[/quote] Or if you're providing a specific groove, or playing a signature/recognised bass line (such as lines in 'We Will Rock You') or providing a specific dynamic included to support actors/film/other parts or because the lines are in unusual time changes (such as alternating sub-divisions or time-change-per-bar) or one of the other [i][insert number][/i] reasons why you have to play what's written and can't just blag it.

[quote name='J.R.Bass' post='1239529' date='May 21 2011, 05:59 PM']+1 to this. Also, its now currently owned by Bradford University, so your degree certificate will be from them, not LCM.[/quote] This is another issue with LCM. They have had numerous issues with finding a university to verify their degrees. They've had a number in the recent past that included: Leeds Uni, Leeds Met Uni, Wakefield College, Leeds Trinity, Open University. All have decided that they do not want to be associated with the quality of education at LCM, and last year when a friend of mine graduated at LCM, there were some serious doubts about whether they would get their degrees accredited by a university as they were having issues with whoever was supposed to do it... Hence why they got Bradford on board this year.

[quote name='silddx' post='1237197' date='May 19 2011, 06:13 PM']Black is not a colour, it is the absence of colour.[/quote] I thought it was more that black just absorbs light instead of reflecting it, meaning it doesn't reflect the lightwaves needed to produce each of the specific colours. It's also in the CMYK colour model, so it must be officially a colour And on that note, we return to the OP... talk**** nonsense

Personally, I think people should be wary with Leeds College of Music as they are currently undergoing a number of major staff changes and it's probably not the same as when others studied here. I'm not putting anyone off going, just do your research as they have decided not to renew contracts with key members of staff. In my opinion, it does not send out the right messages when an institute decides to not continue it's associations with good quality instrumentalists and lecturers.

[quote name='Chest Rockwell' post='1237100' date='May 19 2011, 04:56 PM']Show me a better bass player at the AGE OF 24, and I'll show you someone who hasn't written anything I'll listen to for the rest of my life.[/quote] Here's a better bass player (based purely on fact, and not outlandish opinion) In 1966 at the ripe age of 24, Sir Paul McCartney (and The Beatles) played their third and final live tour across the US, having recorded the following; Please Please Me (1963), With The Beatles (1963), A Hard Day's Night (1964), Beatles for Sale (1964), Help! (1965), Rubber Soul (1965) and began work on Revolver (1966). He had also achieved 11 Number Ones by that point and was the nucleus of The Beatles' success.

[quote name='Evil Undead' post='1233927' date='May 17 2011, 08:28 AM']The guy was just brilliant, musically and technically. Sure, his playing was a little on the sloppy side but that just added character![/quote] How can he be technically brilliant and sloppy? If this is possible, I know loads of sloppy bass players who will now have a selling point to help them get some gigs!

[quote name='Michael Currie' post='1234834' date='May 17 2011, 08:23 PM']I've got my Lower Sixth practical tomorrow for my A Level grade, and bricking it! I'm playing Chromatic Fantasy, a Bach violin Sonata, and a piece from the Rockschool grade 8 syllabus (boke). I don't know, I just weird kinda inadequate doing auditions etc alongside pianists etc, anyone else feel the same? *runs away to practice* [/quote] If it makes you feel any better, I'm on the other side of the fence at the moment. I'm marking my A-level student's AS and A2 practical exams and I'm sure you'll be fine! Just remember to be confident and (unlike an graded exam [ABRSM/Rockshool etc]) your tutors are not there to be judgemental, they are there to try and give you the best marks they can based on your performance and want you to do well too, so relax and enjoy it!

What's a Fender?

That thread is nearly as pointless and stoopid as a thread that discusses a pointless and stoopid thread!

This is the same Kay that I was enquiring about recently! Interesting stuff...

[quote name='Linus27' post='1233074' date='May 16 2011, 02:18 PM']Sure have :) Not going to say full details but a deal was struck that I was happy with.[/quote] Darren is a nice chap. I rang him to discuss prices when I bought my Overwater Aspiration Contemporary J 5 and he did me a great deal! Fantastic shop and brilliant service. Enjoy your Fender

[quote name='markstuk' post='1230782' date='May 14 2011, 10:39 AM']Always amuses me when they want to sell something for close to a grand at least, but can't be bothered to take proper photos.... :-)[/quote] There's a reason for that... If proper photos were taken, buyers would realise straight away that he's a total bullsh!tter!

[quote name='squire5' post='1230587' date='May 14 2011, 12:08 AM']On Sky Arts 1 now.Pino rockin' out with John Mayer.[/quote] Class. I'm not watching it now, but I remember Pino's chops on 'Ain't no sunshine' are fantastic... as always!