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Strangely enough, I got into Jazz through literature. When I was about 15 I was a huge Kerouac/[i]On the Road[/i]/Beat generation fan and ended up stumbling across [i]Blues and Haikus[/i] which featured Al Cohn and Zoot Sims. If you haven't heard it, really worth a listen. Fell in love with the whole idea of Beat culture and as a result, Jazz. One thing led to another, and now I'd consider myself a fan of Jazz before anything Beat related. Got the bug.

[quote name='Chris2112' post='1191900' date='Apr 7 2011, 04:23 PM']They have a couple of these in the Windows store in the Metro Centre. The jazz shapes looks alright but they do look a tad cheap. One of them also appeared to have incredibly high action, but the shop staff were dicking about on an electric piano and complaining about customers that call electric pianos 'keyboards', so I just elft them to it.[/quote] Ah, Metro Centre Music shops. I remember back when it was Williams, then Dolphin(?) and now it's a JG Windows? Awful shop as I recall, and not much bass stuff either. I remember asking for flats in there once and got a reponse of "Erm... Flatwound strings? (Me - Taperwound strings[?]) Erm, sorry mate... we only have EB Super Slinky. Will they do?" I will not be venturing in there, even if they have an Elite 5 lol.

Hmm, they are plastic corners, not metal ones. Thanks for the help though! If it helps, you can see them here - [url="http://www.aguilaramp.com/products_cabinets_gs112.htm"]http://www.aguilaramp.com/products_cabinets_gs112.htm[/url]

Just priced up the same custom flightcase with flightcase warehouse and hi-spec cases. Due to issues with Flightcase warehouse not including VAT in their quote, I've done some calculations and (in this case), Hi-Spec Cases win by saving me £62.40. Order placed Thanks for the tip-off BurritoBass!

Trying to find replacements plastic corners for my Aggy GS112 as they are slowly being destroyed (and being a perfectionist) I would like them to be 'as new' so that I can preserve it in a good condition when it's new flightcase arrives. However, I can't seem to find them anywhere. Can anyone help? Thanks in advance (and if this is in the wrong place, I apologise!)

Money burning hole in my pocket... Where can I find an Elite 5?!

[quote name='Blademan_98' post='1191000' date='Apr 6 2011, 08:37 PM']I play acoustic guitar in a duo. Started to play bass because some of the songs called for it really.[/quote] Flight of the Conchords? Jermaine?

Another positive here too. Bought a 3U Flightcase for my Korg DTR1000 and LMIII and never had any problems. Solid and tough as anything.

[quote name='Matt P' post='1189838' date='Apr 5 2011, 10:39 PM']thought i'd post here, mainly as a note to those in the north east, core music in hexham has 4 tanglewaters in stock, went in to play the blackburst deluxe 5 (£700) and had a quick go on the natural elite 4 (£750), they also had an artist in red (£600)and a contemporary j (£580) as well, the basses were all wonderful but i'm not a great fan of the blackburst so i'm going to wait for the next batch (anyone know what other colours are being offered for the deluxe? and when the elite will be appearing in 5?)[/quote] + 1000000000000 and more I want (no, NEED) to know when the Elite 5 will be out, and where. So much GAS for one!

[quote name='MB1' post='1189742' date='Apr 5 2011, 09:36 PM']MB1. You wont catch Jason Newstead wearing gloves! apparently he sweats that much he had his Sadowsky basses Waterproofed![/quote] He's so sweaty that he slipped in a puddle of his own sweat at this gig(?)...

I must say, I was very excited by your thread title as the first thing I thought was that someone was making some moonshine to share with us all Joking aside, another great story for all to read and the reason why we all stick around here. Also helps newbies to realise that this is a forum full of really fantastic, knowledgeable and helpful people Long live Basschat!

There's some interesting stuff coming up in this thread, particularly Scott's reasoning. My pupil today was not wearing all black, but I have a feeling she may have been wearing them for fashion-related reasons. MB1, so seem very eager to find out about gloves making you better in bed

Was teaching a private lesson this afternoon and one of my pupils turned up wearing fingerless gloves. It was cold outside, but surely full gloves to keep your hands warm and then take them off when you begin playing would be the 'norm'? However, she didn't take them off at the start of the lesson and I asked her why she was wearing them, to which she answered with a *shrug* I've seen quite a few players who either play with fingerless gloves or full gloves and even sometimes wrist-supports. I understand wrist-support, but as for the variety of gloves, I fell like I've missed something. Does playing with gloves protect your bass? Does it make you play faster, etc? Does it feel more comfortable? Is it just some new fashion, like sweatbands? I'd love to know what people think, or if anyone has experiences to share

Here's mine - Mark Bass LMIII and Aguilar GS112

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' post='1186987' date='Apr 3 2011, 07:24 PM']I guess he will just say Im free to come and look at it anyway. Anyone live near enough to have a look?[/quote] If he's playing the "sneaky descriptions" game I might ask him if I can go and try it, as I'm desperate to see how it sounds when you try a hammer-on it

Yup. Tell him you're a collector and really interested but suspect something fishy is going on and see how he attempts to resolve it?

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' post='1186957' date='Apr 3 2011, 06:54 PM']Just got this back, "To my knŵledge it has not been reliced the body has not been rounded and it is one of the first ones made" What do we think?[/quote] He's clearly talking rubbish. "To my knowledge" is the most obvious way of knowing your talking crap but covering your own backside. If he wasn't talking rubbish, he'd be expressing some concern that you would question it's authenticity and attempt to prove it was authentic in order to get the sale.

[quote name='icastle' post='1185509' date='Apr 2 2011, 03:52 AM']Nope, you're kinda stuck with it. Only advantage is that it'll not blister so easily next time.[/quote] Yup, had the same problem when I first started to practice the technique. You'll get a callous soon enough

I do it. It's really useful for getting ideas in your head onto your fingers quickly. I also sing most scales/modes and notation when I practice. I would advise anyone to give it a try

Good work. I'm looking forward to the response Maybe he could join the 'fakers club' mentioned in the 'back to basics' thread

To the OP, I just want to say that you should probably be careful not to fall into the "reading solves all" trap. I know a LOT of very good musicians who learnt to read from the start and as a result, they can play anything that's put in front of them but their ear is dreadful, because they don't need to rely on it too much. I think reading is useful for LOADS of reasons, and the OP should definitely learn, but just make sure that you don't neglect the ear training bit or expect that your ear will develop through reading without any extra work.