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[quote name='chriswilliams666' post='826918' date='May 3 2010, 10:39 PM']Ive done gigs before when we've done that. Its a good idea for saving stage space or when you forget the stand.[/quote] Yeah but at least hang it over a speaker

[quote name='MIJ-VI' post='827217' date='May 4 2010, 10:58 AM'][url="http://archive.basssessions.com/oct07/Randall.html"]http://archive.basssessions.com/oct07/Randall.html[/url][/quote] "It takes a minimum 3 to 5 years or 100 gigs to form a relationship with an instrument " Oh that is so true

[quote name='wesfinn' post='827157' date='May 4 2010, 09:56 AM']The country band I play with is small venues/just for fun kind of gigs so the PA is never amazing but its been fine so far. I could get away with it with any venue with my session stuff as we use in ear monitoring, though they do insist that I use an amp.[/quote] IEM's? ah OK.

[quote name='lemmywinks' post='827254' date='May 4 2010, 11:28 AM']Good work, glad to hear you got something out of them I find it quite worrying that they managed to crack a flightcase though, i've only ever seen one get badly damaged and that was run over by our old van (mental note - don't let the singer load your basses in)[/quote] PF have lots of old Red vans and lorries .... Sorry to groan on but if the bass had been damaged you'd have had no claim for it (beyond £100). Of course the case is not a musical instrument and so[b] is [/b]insured. And the [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?s=&showtopic=36625&view=findpost&p=58430"]thread on couriers is here[/url]

[quote name='silddx' post='827201' date='May 4 2010, 10:44 AM']I sent a Fender Precision in a moulded hardshell case to another BC member, Baboom, via ParcelFarce a few months ago. The mint hardshell case was damaged when received, badly cracked in two places. I was advised to take insurance when I posted it so I completed a claim form and sent it off, replete with packaging despription and photos taken by Baboom. Needless to say the claim was rejected with the usual tripe of "insufficient packaging", a very common stock response from ParcelFarce apparently. Anyway, I challenged this with my letter (below) and received a cheque for £55 which is what I asked for, and which I have just sent to Baboom. So, if you have an insurance claim rejection from ParcelTwat and need a stock letter of you own, this may be useful. Change the details to you own, obviously [b]Your NAME Your ADDRESS DATE[/b] RE: Parcel Number HMXXXX Claims Number 00-XXXXXX Dear Appeals Manager, In response to your disappointing decision to reject my insurance claim for the damage parcelforce have done to my hard case, and your assertion that I had not packed the item sufficiently. 1. The gentleman who served me at the Post Office in Ealing, London W5 told me that it was packed sufficiently but advised me to take insurance anyway just in case of any damage or if it goes missing. 2. The item damaged was a guitar flightcase built to withstand high impact. The fact it arrived damaged despite cardboard and bubble wrap suggests it has been mistreated or has suffered an incident, both of which should be covered by the insurance I was advised to take out. I would like you to reconsider your decision. You stated in your letter such occurrences are very rare. I have since researched this online with other musicians who have used ParcelForce for sending instruments and refuse to use your services again due to damage and loss. Many claim your insurance offering, which you advise senders to purchase, is not at all effective and I was not offered any insurance terms and conditions, verbally or physically, at any time. It is clear from my research that there is a common problem with Parcelforce not paying out on insurance claims with the common answer that it was not packed sufficiently. If you do not reverse your decision, I shall pursue this matter through your Managing Director, the FSA regarding your insurance offering, and Postcomm. Yours faithfully, [b]Your NAME[/b][/quote] Must have caught the claim person on a good day as I had a year doing exactly this, making all of the same points - counter staff selling useless insurance through ignorance, non published packing guidelines, etc, and getting as far as the managing director's office before they paid out. Postcomm are worse than useless. People, just don't use parcelforce. Well done Silddx for getting something back.

Is this a large PA with monitors? How do your hear yourself?

[quote name='daz' post='821976' date='Apr 28 2010, 02:51 PM']Top Peavey combo Mk III,[/quote] That's rather like my Combo 300 BW but with a less knobby eq section. What's the output?

[quote name='budget bassist' post='823597' date='Apr 30 2010, 12:21 AM'] With regards to that last picture, we played last, so we were all fairly drunk! [/quote] PA man must have been too That mic's mic'ing a piece of wood.....

[quote name='budget bassist' post='823606' date='Apr 30 2010, 12:35 AM']Cor, you do look a bit miserable there! Unfortunately the miserable git position is taken by oldgit (or is he an oldgit and not a miserablegit?) [/quote] Cheeky! I'm very happy mostly, unless discussing pay to play

[quote name='RhysP' post='826300' date='May 3 2010, 11:15 AM']I'm nowhere near as good at it as I used to be but I'm enjoying doing it again, though in moderation this time. [/quote] Lots of life is like that as you get older ....

Exit Basschat

[quote name='Pete Academy' post='826167' date='May 3 2010, 08:11 AM']That lad should have been put in the stocks and pelted with Mark King's old strings. Unforgiveable![/quote] Yep. The [b]lad[/b] is the keyboard man. The bass player is a stunningly brilliant and inspiring nylon-string acoustic guitarist meddling in bass to pay the rent He's 45...

[quote name='Protium' post='825859' date='May 2 2010, 08:28 PM']The guys in the band love it for some reason, apparently anything that is slapped is "funk"... I can't stand it and wish I could unlearn it [/quote] I can do a little bit and I pop pops in when apropriate. I'll get a lesson or two sometime. ( However, I depped for a band a couple of times a few months ago. They sent me the set list - all Free, Bad co, Santana, 2 sets full of dad rock. No problem. Then they sent me a CD of the band playing it. The bass player was slapping on everything; Yup, everything. Samba pa ti with slap, Cocaine with slap, Sex on fire with slap, All Right Now with slap ... I had to listen through again to check but, yup, he slapped something of every single track. The lad who runs the band (18) thought he was the best bass player in the whole wide world and didn't understand why I didn't also slap all the way through everything as well .... Says a lot I think.

[quote name='Higgie' post='825813' date='May 2 2010, 07:33 PM']I know it sounds strange, but I could instantly do it from day 1. My dad is a bass player and I grew up watching him practice. He's not a slap player at all though, he just used to try and do the odd bit, but as soon as I picked up the bass I had the right motion, and was pretty accurate. The only thing I've had to work on was speed and groove. The actual technique just always came naturally! It took me longer to learn pick and fingers than it did slapping![/quote] I think that may be true for a lot of young players. I see them quite often where they can do a mighty fine bit of slap (in E, usually) but can't play a fairly simple blues bass line using fingers or pick... I always thought it was because slap is very spectacular for audiences and thus they are encouraged by the response and concentrate on that first. Not many standing ovations for nice solid 8's over changes...

[quote name='Pete Academy' post='825769' date='May 2 2010, 07:00 PM']The recent thread on how to learn slap bass made me think about how I managed it. Without the requisite tutor DVD/books etc it was really [b][size=4]hit-and-miss [/size][/b]in those days. How did you manage to master it? Was it hard work?[/quote] Hit and miss? Yup that sums up my slappin', mostly.

Naming by PM to interested parties would be far better. This is a public forum. A Google search for the venue name would turn up this thread and probably cause more trouble for the band than this spat warrants.

[quote name='daz' post='825553' date='May 2 2010, 03:02 PM']Whos the guy at the top ?[/quote] IndeedI The guy at the top [i]is[/i] Who, Dr Who

Ever wandered why Wilko's stage persona seems other worldly?

There are rock fake books too. Have a google around.

Take a big breath, say "Stercus accidit" and walk away with your heads high. If you want to play there again have a laugh about this with the person who books the bands and get another date. If it isn't the manager they are probably deeply embarrassed by this damage to their reputation. A little understanding may build a better relationship with the booking person. Just say "Are you sure it will happen this time? Ha ha ha" (+ wry smile) If you don't want to play there again just walk away and play elsewhere. Running a venue is difficult, things like this are not all done willingly. If the boss told the booker to put his mate's band in instead of your's then what was he supposed to do?

[quote name='cetera' post='825193' date='May 1 2010, 10:02 PM']Excellent stuff! We prebooked for later this year (December?) so good to know it'll go ahead! [/quote] WooT! Date please

[quote name='richrips' post='824842' date='May 1 2010, 02:07 PM']BassFlash? I'm feeling the cold dark grip of ignorance again.... Is this: A: A special media player that filters out images/sound of other lesser instruments from digital video (e.g. G££££r)? B: Playing bass in public, naked? C: When several people apparently randomly congregating in public suddenly open their trenchcoats to reveal bass guitars and portable amps before launching in to a synchronised dance in the style of Graham Central Station's POW? [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1IuD6F3R5I"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1IuD6F3R5I[/url][/quote] All of the above

[quote name='Rasta' post='824704' date='May 1 2010, 11:45 AM']ah thats good to know, our reggae covers band, Tru Steppaz, are scheduled to play there soon, 15th May in fact,....looking forward to it too [/quote] Hey crackin!

[quote name='Rich' post='824506' date='May 1 2010, 12:22 AM']Brilliant news! Our gig there earlier this year didn't happen due to all the legal nonsense... hopefully we can reschedule it now![/quote] That will be good .. Maybe we can basschatflash that one

[quote name='richrips' post='824248' date='Apr 30 2010, 05:37 PM']Not such a benefit to me, i'm at least 6 minutes away![/quote] I feel a Cardiff BassFlash coming on