alyctes

Do you need anything below D? if not, then depending on your string tension you might find you can get away with retuning DGCF.

Hm... I have too many basses. But my aunt lives near Llangollen. What to do?...

Okay, that sale might still fall through...

[quote name='PawelG' timestamp='1496355721' post='3310861'] "Double bass" - title "Good condition double bass with 2 drawers" - description 4 pictures of double bed :-) [/quote] Ahhh... light dawns. Thank you

Didn't see it. What was it?

[quote name='kodiakblair' timestamp='1495817006' post='3306866'] Jazzhacker scales & modes fur 6 string bass was bought last night. £3.12 wie £2 credit back fae Amazon. It'd been wrong no tae buy it [/quote] Indeed. But I doubt the tuning would work for me - that seems to use guitar tuning. I'd rather stick with the fixed interval. (One of my guitarists has a Yamaha 6er, tuned in Guitarish. Can't do a thing with it. ) Edit: Okay, my mistake... It looks like he's borrowed the format from his Guitar ebook, and forgotten to change the sentence about "standard tuning". The actual charts are against BEADGC tuning.

[quote name='kodiakblair' timestamp='1495837632' post='3307055'] Until the Dorset contingent arrive it's looking that way [/quote] Late for the train, as usual

I should know better than to click on links like that ...

It certainly looks nice. Sounds like a result

Hofner, possibly, with that wide control-panel horn?

[quote name='Painy' timestamp='1491054668' post='3270200'] Mrs Painy is a pharmacy dispenser which means standing for prolonged periods on a hard floor which can often lead to these kinds of problems. In the pharmacy they provide pressure mats (like small rubber gym mats) to stand on which help prevent it. Bananas may help as a source of potassium. Your doctor may also be able to prescribe quinine if needed but all the above is generally good advice. [/quote] Quinine is bad for you; I'd avoid it unless you've been prescribed it. The FDA (in the USA) has posted advice saying it shouldn't be taken unless prescribed, and not for leg cramps. [url="https://www.fda.gov/Drugs/DrugSafety/PostmarketDrugSafetyInformationforPatientsandProviders/ucm218202.htm"]https://www.fda.gov/...s/ucm218202.htm[/url] Edit: UK medical/pharma people (including Mrs Painy) may disagree; I don't know. But if the official US government medicines agency says it's not a good thing to take, it's probably worth avoiding.

I keep wanting to defret one

[quote name='alyctes' timestamp='1495579755' post='3305111'] Just as well. Horrible. [/quote] I should clarify, having actually read the description. Technically it's really interesting. Fibreglass body and magnesium-alloy neck... that would be interesting to play. And I hadn't realised they were so rare. Still a capital-B Bad look though.

[quote name='TheGreek' timestamp='1495560236' post='3304853'] You don't see these for sale very often. [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mid-80s-Staccato-MG-Bass-Guitar-Original-Hard-Case-Pearl-White-/132196649956?hash=item1ec788cbe4:g:oHUAAOSwurZZHdWh"]http://www.ebay.co.u...HUAAOSwurZZHdWh[/url] [/quote] Just as well. Horrible.

Too loud, man.

A Peter Hammill fan, I see