Tandro

[quote name='wal4string' timestamp='1321561734' post='1440764'] Cheers Tandro, been trying to work this out. Problem solved! [/quote] hehehe...a friend showed me this video and it was hilarious when I saw it (my friend by the way has perfect pitch, darn it). I still have'nt transcribed a song end to end but people have time (and ears) to transcribe this...man...

OK, this is just for a bit of fun and there are no ground breaking techniques to be discussed. You may have seen this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Og97jAm8DsU I'm having trouble transcribing a 'song', let alone something like this.

It really sucks, but I was coming and I'm unable to make it anymore I hope it goes well, or maybe there'll be some video from the show on Janek's site or something.

[quote name='Mog' timestamp='1316694454' post='1381542'] Yep, its a buyers market at the mo. Having said that it wasn't in great condition, but its nothing a few months wont sort out. Edit: To add to the point, JCM 800's are selling for about 250-300 euro in places, those are like gold dust 'round here. [/quote] What the...!? An SS1 for about £430. I need to get out of London...

Well guys, I thought about it all today and I won't go for my dream bass in 5 strings. Not that I don't want to or that I have anything against 5 (actually, I'm a bit more interested now to try it), but for more practical reasons. I could scrape together the money, but I would indeed be scraping it together and it just won't be the responsible thing to do, especially with recent events. As ppl have been wondering, the 5er I am SERIOUSLY GAS'ing for is the the Stage II in the for sale section. I know, I know, Warwicks are'nt for everybody...but I want a stage II so bad!!! If its one bass I need to own at some time, its that.Truth be said, three different 4 string versions did come up this year and they were about the price of this 5 or about £100 more I think (one was a definite no go though). But those were non UK sellers and maybe I just thought it would be more hassle(?)...no offence to the non UK sellers, plus I did not have the money This same 5 stringer has all the case candy etc. and has come up 3 times this year alone also! (Fate maybe for me to buy it? I wish). If I sell my current basses I could afford one, but I just really don't want to sell what I have, heh. I'll just stop watching the for sale section untill I _know_ I can comfortably buy what I want instead of freaking agonising over it every single time. Thanks for the comments guys. When I get that Stage II (4 or 5 string) everybody will know

Thanks guys for the replies. Don't get me wrong, I do eventually want a 5 string...but I had nothing carded to get it now. My sole motivation 'at this point in time' to even think about getting this _particular_ 5 string is because...well...I can't seem to get it in 4 string cheaper! The 4 string version of this was/is my dream bass. Really speaking, if there was a 4 string version of this bass right now at a price I could afford I would snap it up. Maybe that answers my own question. If I had a choice between the 4 or 5 of _this_ bass, I would buy the 4. Now mind you, if I could afford the 4 AND 5 in it I'd be happier than a pig in mud (I would naturally want to play the 4 normally and have the 5 there for when I needed it ) Having a 5 in the arsenal is a good thing. But having the overriding motivation to get the 5 'because I can't get it in 4 affordably' irks me somehow, like I'm just coping out. Like I feel I should bide my time and wait for the money and right bass to be there before spending. Or has been suggested, just get the 5 for that really long thumb rest

You guys are gonna laugh at me for this, but I've been wanting a particular bass for some time now. I had the money once, but don't anymore, Anyways, I've seen a couple times the 5 string version come up at a 'reasonable' price and been disappointed. But then I started actually thinking, I could buy the 5 string instead! Do I want to try 5 strings, sure. Did I really want to buy a 5 string anytime soon or have this great need to play them, no. I've never even tried a 5 string. I mean, I'd get a low B that must come in handy some time So really, I should not even consider spending a whole load of money to buy it, even if it is my dream bass. I must be ridiculous to even consider buying for this reason, right?

As that guy on Apprentice had said, 'Let me just step in and diffuse the situation'...(loved that line!). It is inevitable that some people might find it useful, and others not. Nothing wrong with that IMO. I am a newbie and looked at it earlier, and it does have a purpose (for me anyways). I'm trying to learn my maj7 arpegios and really commit them to memory. I play it ascdening as you do when you start, and I might write it out for 1 bar, but I also am trying to sight read. I thought it would be nice if I could easily see how chord tones look on the staff not only in sequence and ascending. This does it. I used it for sight reading earlier with a chord I have been running in my head for days and still got stuff wrong trying to play it from the permutations. It forces me to think about where the note is, especially if I need to shift position. I hear the chord tones in different sequences. So it helps me get the notes under my fingers. I hear from lots of people that sight reading is recognising patterns. I think this could help me learn how the notes of a chord look in different situations to recognise chords/patterns. Its just one tool that may assist me for what I am working on right now.

OK, I ain't got any funny quips or hubcap humour...but was just youtube'ing (is that a word?) this band and I really want to hear them live now. I see a few UK dates, just wish something smack in the middle of London.

[quote name='tarcher' post='1193900' date='Apr 9 2011, 05:01 PM']The journeys are not too bad reallybut bloody hell cars do make life so much easier.[/quote] Cars? You talking 'bout them there newfangled doohickies with the black circular doodads on 'em....if so, then yeah, they would make life easier But I might end up wanting to spend any spare cash on a bass...no no no, I won't do that, cause I am putting my pennies into lessons! (must remember)

[quote name='tarcher' post='1193733' date='Apr 9 2011, 12:57 PM']I can reccomend the guy that teaches me in Carpenders Park in between Harrow and Watford. Where abouts are you.[/quote] Thanks for all the replies guys. I am soon to be moving to Cowley and I'll have to be using public transport, so accessibility by bus/tube will have to be the way. Chiswick could be good, pretty much Picadilly line straight from Uxbridge. tarcher, if I can make my way to your teacher could be an option too, let me know. @Platypus - I'll look up stickman too, thanks!

Hi, Just inquiring as to any teachers in and around West London, or anybody recommended in that area? Will have to put up with (what I consider) a beginner. Looking for proper guidance and a real grounding in the basics of bass playing and music and taking it from there upwards. Thanks all...

Bought a DVD off Dave, arrived in great time and was in great condition...thanks Dave, really enjoying it.

I bought some dvds from Joe. I paid in the afternoon and they were sent same day, so much so that they arrived the next day. Thanks Joe for an easy transaction...