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Just to say Pete's a Diamond, mailed me the dots, have run them and a great job. cheers mate. He's now charging just £10 per copy and waiting your Pm's

I'll be in touch Paul.

When you can't jump up and down and look cool anymore you have to try to get the notes right, its the only edge you have left. I'll probably end up winging it as well

That must be really annoying you set up the jig you rout your bass only to find the whole thing has moved

Yaah. great The Tab i'm looking at every verse and chorus is different and there are pre choruses as well, and then there is a different part over the solo. hense I'd rather just read it. Youv'e been playing it wrong all these years Truckstop

Thanks Pete, Dots would be great if you have them, but also if you have Tab you can swear by i'll go for that. PM me and i'll send you my mail address. cheers

Thanks guys, I have been sat writting it out from Tab on the web, but just hate the whole tab thing, I'll knuckle down and stop moaning.

Lee Skla made fame and fortune with his pups arse about face, I have always wanted to commission a p bass with dual reverse P's to get articulation in the bottom two and a mellower top end, as i find i move my plucking hand down on the lower two and find i move it up for the higher strings. But i can see where Leo was coming from with just a passive roll off. making the bass bassier and the highs zingier.

Do any of you have the Dots to Bonjovi. living on a prayer It would make my life alot easier, I played it about 15 years ago and its all seeped away- old age. cheers All sorted thanks guys

I was influenced early on before I touched the bass, liked the early hits, and acknowledge him as a fine musician and bass player even when not using the thumb. But level 42 became all about synth and the bass parts faded in the mix and I feel mark became the rhythm guitarist in his own band. Non musicians still name him as thE bass player, in conversation, I'm sure we all get that when you mention you play bass.

Good find 51 you could take a bag of plaster to the gig and patch the holes made by the pogoing guitarist

Why don't you guys go straight for one of these. Hearing loss is a bummer aint it, I blame them drummers [attachment=127305:liev-schreiber-and-kelty-kids-tc-21-transit-child-carrier-backpack-gallery.jpg]

This is all about playing too loud in a practice room. You need to train your ear to identify frequencies. ring the room out just like setting up a PA, bring up the volume until the first peak frequency booms or howls, notch that frequency down 3< 6 dB then start over, You do not need expensive things to put your cab on just learn how to set up to minimise problems, mic stand and monitor placement, back line placement etc. Apologies to Bill for my earlier comment but he is right you do need a parametric to get the best results without affecting frequencies either side you need to retain. A graphic will do it but anything less than 31 band 1/3rd of an octave per slider will affect your sound. a good parametric gives you an adjustable Q which is the width of frequency band affected. A notch filter is ideal

[size=3]Lots of points to take on Board here[/size][list] [*][size=3]Price per man what will cover your time suggest £100 min prob = £10 hour[/size] [*][size=3]Repertoire are you set up to give people what they want, not what you want to give them, this involves an extensive pad.[/size] [*][size=3]Gear, insurance, PAT testing, clothes, advertising, web, agents, Tax, transport costs, rehearsal cost. maintenance[/size] [*][size=3]How busy do you want to be? one /year at £1500 or 12 gigs at £500 or 52 gigs at £200 or 365 gigs for nothing[/size] [*][size=3]How good are you what do the best bands in your area charge[/size] [/list] [size=3] [/size] [size=3]This is like comparing a moped to a Jag[/size]

Fish n chips. An old tooth brush, may be a mild dilute detergent if it really is Rank, dry thoroughly then lemon oil. Just lemon oil after the initial clean each time you change the strings should keep it in good nick.

OK I'll bake a cake. better invite chris-b to bring his Rob Allen. I'll PM you

Tend to agree Kenny, Those heads with a good size graphic are largly missing from todays current choice. When you need to notch a troublesome frequency, you do not have the weapons to deal with it. I can understand why Mark King got Ashdown to produce one. We love these light weight amps with fat shelving EQs but there's a lot to be said for an old Peavey valve preamp and a 31 band graphic in a rack.