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[quote name='mrtcat' post='1167665' date='Mar 18 2011, 09:23 PM']As someone who has both bought and sold here I must say I've only ever dealt with nice folk and that's encouraging. I also now recognise a lot of contributors and would have more confidence dealing with them over names I don't recognise and that tips the balance back in favour of people who contribute to the site in general.[/quote] + 1 Always found this forum really friendly and buying and selling has always been quick, easy and hassle-free. However, to the OP, I suppose this is a forum designed to offer bassists the chance to take advantage of the opportunity to talk about our instrument, get advice and buy/sell instruments. If you're really concerned about people doing this kind of thing as you don't agree with it on principle, it's up to you as the individual to check out any buyer/seller and decide how you proceed with any transaction on a case-to-case basis.

Apologies, I will explain myself properly this time, instead of rambling like an idiot. I want to take the pickups out of one bass body and put them into a second (empty) bass body.

I need pointing in the right direction please! I've spent the last two nights looking through different parts of "repairs and technical issues" looking for information about removing pickups from one bass and putting them into another bass, but can't find it. Also, some advice about what to look out for (or not to do it at all?!) would be nice, having never done this thanks to an enormous reliance on a friend who was very good with electronic stuff (who I've now moved away from!). Thanks in advance!

[quote name='BigRedX' post='1161788' date='Mar 14 2011, 02:15 PM']Can someone please explain how the Grolsch bottle seal holds your strap on?[/quote] You take the seal off the bottle and it's a just a round red '0' shape. You put the strap onto the bass strap button as normal, and then repeat the process with the seal, placing it onto the strap button over the top of the strap on both strap buttons and it holds the strap on. EDIT: They are identical to these [url="http://www.straplock.co.uk/catalog3.html"]straplock[/url] but are red instead, and you get the beer!

[quote name='Gust0o' post='1161770' date='Mar 14 2011, 02:01 PM']Minor and likely pointless mental meandering here, but thinking back over the last few gigs I've been to, both guitar and bass players seemed utterly obsessed with gaffa tape as a means of securing their straps. One managed to break, causing a brief moment of panic for the player concerned. I used to do this when I was a teenager and had just started out. I had some awful bulletbelt strap, which needed some adjusting for the "round the knees" playing fashion which I remember being cool. Is it still cool in some rock-and-roll-chic fashion? Or have people just not heard of straplocks? Seems odd to see so many relatively expensive basses bound up in tape![/quote] + 1 I hate gaffa all over basses! However, I never used straplocks personally, because I found that the little red rubber seal from grolsch swing bottles does the job just as well (and gives me an excuse to have a beer!). They are also cheap (because I'm happy to pay for the beer ) and not messy like gaffa.

[quote name='dood' post='1161483' date='Mar 14 2011, 10:25 AM']Seems to be a lazy excuse for talent, when it is done badly.[/quote] Totally agree. The percussive nature of slap bass just lends itself perfectly to lazy players. I'm not saying every player who uses slap is lazy, before the pack attacks... What I mean is that because of the percentage of slap that is made up of mutes and percussive sounds, it's really easy for lazy/average players to cover up the fact that they have very little knowledge of harmony, melody and notes on the neck. Mainly because you don't have to think about implied harmony or supporting the melody in fills/bass lines, you just replicate a machine gun going off for two minutes and hope that there's at least one other bass player in the room who might appreciate it for a couple of seconds before they get bored or think "my slap playing is better"....

[quote name='Soloshchenko' post='1161047' date='Mar 13 2011, 09:10 PM']For me, Flea's non slap playing far outshines any of his manic slap stuff. I loved a lot of the intelligent rock playing on Californication.[/quote] I couldn't agree more. That is always my main problem with Flea. If he played like that more often he'd be really great but as he doesn't he's too hit or miss for me to enjoy a full album because he inevitably ruins it. The other thing with Flea is that (IMO) he is really overrated by beginners, but really underrated by more advanced players. I think 'Under the Bridge' and 'Scar Tissue' are really great bass lines but the amount of guff slap stuff means they are just tiny glimpses of greatness.

[quote name='Doddy' post='1160368' date='Mar 13 2011, 12:13 PM']*Shakes head. Walks away*[/quote] Hahaha. In the OP's defence Doddy, we are a bass forum and we do know loads of good ones... they just all happen to be tabbed out in standard notation

[quote name='icastle' post='1154485' date='Mar 8 2011, 08:59 PM']You're gonna hit a few snags trying to locate a resource like that. Traditional English folk music was written to match the instruments available to musicians at the time - bass was never a part of that. American folk music, being somewhat 'newer' tends to have at least some resource available, albeit with a feel that doesn't really match English folk. Bands like Fairport and Steeleye Span bought traditional tunes up to date from an instrumentation perspective and had to write suitable bass parts, generally around a rock format. It really depends on the sort of material that the band are playing but 'latter day exponents' that may be relevant would be Pentangle, Seth Lakeman, Jim Moray and perhaps Miranda Sykes/Show of Hands - all have a traditional feel and some interesting UB parts. Perhaps take a look/have a listen to their playing styles and see of they match your projects needs and use that as a basis for developing your own style? Sorry it's such a vague answer but 'folk' can cover an enormous area and has very few hard and fast rules - bass parts in this genre either work or they suck! Great fun though! [/quote] + 1 The other difficulty you'll find is that "folk music" resources usually only have the lyrical content of the songs, as the whole idea of 'folk' is to take a song (i.e. lyrics) and create your own music for it in order to accommodate the instruments you have available. The idea of aural tradition also creates a lot of problems, because the songs etc are often passed down aurally, without any written resources.

Just make sure you know the difference between a slip jig, a jig, a reel and a polka (particularly the polka rhythm) so you understand the lingo. After that, it's likely to be the stereotypical 'Folk' music, meaning it will be modal (usually Dorian or Mixolydian) and a lot of bVII-I chord progressions.

[quote name='Low End Bee' post='1151023' date='Mar 5 2011, 10:59 PM'][/quote] This picture (the shadow on the wall in particular) looks like its been shot in 3D lol... Can someone with 3D glasses look at this picture and check

Great band, fantastic tune...

I don't know Doncaster very well, but this may be worth a shot; [url="http://www.musicground.com"]Music ground[/url] The address is on the contact page if you're interested

[quote name='Bilbo' post='1152888' date='Mar 7 2011, 07:58 PM']The drummer's an animal!!![/quote] Unfortunately, I can talk to the animals... *tumbleweed* Still need to become fluent in 'Guitard' though.

[quote name='Doddy' post='1152705' date='Mar 7 2011, 05:28 PM']The Rockschool grades are OK,and I've taught them,but I don't think I'd use them as a basis for lessons unless someone specifically wanted to do them. 'Multiple styles at a good level while putting heavy emphasis on groove'.... I get that,but how will you approach it? Will you be showing licks and playing songs,or will you be explaining how to create music? Will you be explaining the basics of scales and arpeggios and then expanding on them and using them musically? Will you be showing the student at least the basics of reading or will it all be ear and tablature? The main reason I'm asking,is because in your opening post you mention right at the beginning and right at the end that it's about the money as your finances are bad. I can understand why you'd think that you could earn a bit from teaching,but I wonder if you are actually thinking of teaching for the right reasons.[/quote] + 1 There's also a huge diffence between you WANTING to teach for a bit of money, and actually being able to/knowing how to teach. Being able to adapt to the student and changing your approach so that it maximises their learning is crucial. As is making sure that the pupil feels like they are progressing and that you facilitate progression so that they can move forward in every lesson (even if that means small steps) and so they know they are getting quality tuition for the money they have paid. The second that the student realises you're just using them as a cash machine and don't care about how they are progressing and aren't helping them to move forward as a player/musician, they will just stop the lessons. End of.

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[quote name='derrenleepoole' post='1152646' date='Mar 7 2011, 04:23 PM']Another vote for [url="http://www.soundcloud.com/fourfingerfunk"]Soundcloud[/url]. There's also an iPod app support for the site as well, which works really well and is another good way to get your music out to other listeners if you choose to use it.[/quote] + 10000000000 for soundcloud. Great idea and the dropbox element is VERY useful for remote recording

[quote name='chilievans' post='1151251' date='Mar 6 2011, 10:44 AM']I was lucky enough to receive a Shuker Jazz for my wife for christmas which I love.[/quote] You got a bass for your wife? That's the kind of 'For Trade' thread I need to find!!

I like Will Lee too, but I can't resist a good bun fight! *THROWS BUN*

[quote name='dmccombe7' post='1151236' date='Mar 6 2011, 10:31 AM']Matt Checked out your website and that's a really nice sound you have too. Nice style and technique on the samples. Liked it. Cheers Dave [/quote] Cheers Dave *whispers due to hi-jacking a Jazz bass thread* Those recordings were done on a P bass though!

[quote name='BurritoBass' post='1150800' date='Mar 5 2011, 06:26 PM']The first chip is gutting, the second is annoying and the third is instant mojo. I still have my late 80s MIJ P-bass and I love every dink now [/quote] + 1 If it makes you feel any better, I spent 30 minutes reading through Jerzy Droyd's "Ultimate Bass Set-Up Guide" and an additional hour laying out all of the tools (tuner, capo, cup of tea and a biscuit, rule, measuring templates), in the hope that the first set-up I've done on any bass since Droyd's PDF/book came out would be the best and most accurate one I've done ever and perfectly timed as my new jazz needed a bit of tweaking in time for (it's debut!) gig tomorrow. I then found that the Allen (Hex) key I needed to adjust the truss rod (slightly) was missing, the only one missing from a set of 30! Needless to say, I was GUTTED. FML.

PM'd with some (hopefully useful) info

Mate, that sounds really nice. I particularly like the way the harmonics match the full sound, there's a lot of presence!

A big + 1 for Flightcase Warehouse. Top quality cases and would probably just rip up the road if the same thing happened again.