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[quote name='Geek99' timestamp='1463988393' post='3055468']...and small children... [/quote] Looks like you already have all the equipment needed for relicing..! ... (Don't ask me how I know this. )

[quote name='Cosmo Valdemar' timestamp='1464003293' post='3055639'] How do you do that? [/quote] http://youtu.be/mwjIdD0gbQ4

[quote name='Zenitram' timestamp='1463996803' post='3055570'] I thought you meant the nice sound you get when laying the stick on the skin and tapping the beat on the rim. Used in quieter passages usually. Is that also a rimshot? I'm a drummer so I should know these things, but I don't. I don't think I've ever hit a rimshot as described in the original post. [/quote] You're thinking of 'cross-sticking' (although other terms are sometimes used, including, wrongly, 'rim-shot'...). Both techniques are effective; all the more so for their rarity. As usual, it's a question of dynamics. 'Variety is the spice of life' and all that, what..?

Sad, isn't it..? Some 'bassists' slap, too. It stems from the same glands, I reckon.

No bad, or poor, drummer becomes good overnight. It's in the nature of the instrument, maybe more than some others. It's a long, arduous and for quite a while, unrewarding path. The sooner one treads it, the sooner one progresses, but the road is long. Some pick it up sooner than others, of course, but the number of 'natural' drummers is homeopathically low.

[quote name='Geek99' timestamp='1463923691' post='3054981']... He reckons a month or so [/quote] That seems about right; burying it simply [i]overnight [/i]in the garden is not long enough.

Mine's a Hofner.

[i]I [/i]can play a solo flawlessly; by definition, there's no-one around to keep time with. Keeping a solo in time is not that easy. An exercise, to illustrate..? Listen to the original 'Take Five', with Joe Morello on drums. Count, mentally, the 5/4 before he starts the solo, and keep the count going as he plays. You'll find that, throughout, he's spot on, and comes back in exactly 'on the beat'. Impressive stuff.

[quote name='cameltoe' timestamp='1463867924' post='3054693']... (Hopefully the BOOM TACK makes sense! ) [/quote] So he's a [i]jazz [/i]drummer, then..?

Humble apologies, [i]mea culpa[/i]. I'd put it down to old age, but I've always been scatterbrained, so...

It's a shame, but HJ is right ^ . A drummer (or any other musician, really...) trying to play above their level of competence cannot be reigned in on the spot. They have to go back to their rudiments and get them down 'pat' first, and gradually hone their skills. You put up and shut up, or walk, unfortunately. If these really are buddies, recording the session and performing a 'post mortem' is a good way forward, at least to get the problem recognised as such. There is no rapid cure, though, so the repertoire that they're bashing out with such enthusiasm will take a hit. Will they support playing 4/4 to a metronome for a few weeks..? Maybe, maybe not. Are there no drum teachers in the vicinity..?

[quote name='Thestonekid' timestamp='1463861592' post='3054652'] It's a GK Backline 600 head going thru a BLX 410 and a BLX 210. I've been told that it's possibly a ground loop issue. I do believe that I need a technician to come and check it out as one of the speaker inputs at the back of the head is temperamental at the best of times... requiring some wriggling of cables to get it to work!! Apart from that, it's a lovely amp. [/quote] If the amp, on its own, with only the cabs plugged in, is making a buzzing sound, it's not a ground loop. Don't heed the sirens a'calling; take it to an amp tech and get it fixed, or at least estimated. He'll be able to fix the faulty speaker output at the same time.

[quote name='Thestonekid' timestamp='1463860624' post='3054644'] Hello.. Anyone know what the deal is with eliminating that f@@king amp buzz? I know there's always gonna be some but this is pretty severe. I've unplugged the bass. I've checked the cables. I've had my head melted by watching people explaining it on YouTube. Went to Maplin today and was sold some ferrite cable clips. Still got buzz... Please help!!! [/quote] If there's an appreciable sound from an amp that's got no cable plugged into the input, there's a very strong chance that's there's a fault inside. A decent technician will be able to diagnose the cause, in all likelihood, and suggest a remedy, with an estimate of cost. Tell us a bit more about yourself (what make / model of amp, where abouts are you, is this at home or on stage etc ..?) and you'll doubtless get some good advice as to the way forward. Over to you ...

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Ah..! A really nice one..! I enjoyed that; cheers. Seriously good musicians having fun.

[quote name='TorVic' timestamp='1463841983' post='3054515']...am worried about the tone while sliding on the fingerboard. Am guessing the tone might change when the string over the wood vs. over the block inlay. [/quote] Not that human ears can perceive. Bassists' ears, possibly (but doubtful for most...); human ears, definitely not.

[quote name='Grangur' timestamp='1463837122' post='3054466']... [url="https://youtu.be/MyCdFDXxMNQ"]http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=blimey[/url]... [/quote] Link error, I think..? This ^ points to the OP's video... This is what was intended, I believe ... [url="http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=blimey"]Urban Dictionary; 'Blimey' ...[/url] Just sayin'.