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[quote name='Mickeyboro' post='600875' date='Sep 16 2009, 11:06 PM']Sorry mate - but then we don't need any more P basses between us do we!? PS Got the ashtray today - donation to follow, many thanks.[/quote] Ha ha I'll be down to just one Fender 4 and the Shuker 5 in the P department in a few weeks Glad the post got through, I hope it fits.

[quote name='vegas_hooker' post='600869' date='Sep 16 2009, 11:00 PM']Ill head over and bring the Sunn 300T & Fender 135 with a lot of pedals. Im afraid I'm a pretty piss poor player when it comes to rubbing shoulders with fellow players. I'm 'very' out of practice and dont really play much music anymore.....more just sound and drones/loops so ill apologise in advance.[/quote] hha yeah Get your excuses in early Don't worry. No one will be judging the playing on my shift (I'm glad to say!)

[quote name='Josh' post='600801' date='Sep 16 2009, 10:08 PM']Consider it done Si.[/quote] You'd be passing Rich if you come up from Zummerzet, unless you take the direct route

Wow for a second I thought that was a £500 Fender jobbie but it's the £180 quid (new) Squier version so that's a fair price ... And "Pick up only!" (in very big letters) from Manchester

[quote name='Jobiebass' post='600724' date='Sep 16 2009, 09:01 PM']Make it a mars bar and your on! I still have your address in my satnav I think too. Not from when I bought that cab off your dad.. I just like to pop over and stair through your windows at night sometimes. lolz[/quote] Goodness you do need to get into a band.. The view from the stage is often a lot better than through Tait's windows at night from that parking space across the ... oh, hang on.. I mean, not that I know or anything ....

Just stick with it .. I had to check out the tracks you listed (not my era ) they are not your normal boring starter tracks o I'd say that's pretty good for a few weeks playing. Having played in a band you'll have the band playing skills that a lot of starters don't have, the listening and interplay stuff. I'd suggest lining up a tutor as soon as you can and having a block of, say 10 lessons to start with just to make sure you start off along teh right roads. get your technique appraised and modified if needed, make some contacts as a bass player rather than as a drummer etc ... Oh and, if you can, start learning the dots as well as tabs... How long til you fingers are Ok with playing? Well I''ve not had a blister since last Friday week ..... but that was playing my upright bass jst keep going and your fingers and skin will get used to it.

[quote name='Josh' post='600792' date='Sep 16 2009, 10:02 PM']Seems like I might be actually able to make this . So hopefully Ill be bringing: Warwick Streamer Jazzman 5 String GB Spitfire Prototype 4 String GK 1001RBII GK Neo 2 x 12 I'll bring my Auralex pad if anyone's interested.[/quote] Cheers .. If you bring your Grandma, er, GRAMMA then I don't have to bring mine

And welcome. It's interesting how many drummers also play bass. Do you find the rhythmic aspects come easily or is it totally different?

[quote name='TRadford' post='600780' date='Sep 16 2009, 09:52 PM']Never mind eh? Sorry for showing an interest.. As a well established member on a drum forum for over 5 years with over 2500 posts, its something that happens. I dont look at every single post in all the forums just in case something similar has been posted. You will always get the same sort of posts over and over.. If you didnt, this and every other forum would have died a long time ago.[/quote] Oh sorry, TRadford. My post obviously came over as a bit snide. That wasn't the intention What I was meaning to do was to direct this one to that one to consolidate the two as the same ground was being covered simultaneously. I realise that the same topics get covered on a regular basis, and sometimes by the same people (guilty!) but in this case I was concerned that your thread would not get any contributions as lots of people had already written their bit this week on the other one. Best Wishes OG

You wait months for a "how did you start" thread to show up and then ..... [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=60678"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=60678[/url]

Sennheiser G2 for me on stage for my band where I leap about, deliver jelly babies to the audience, do the band balance bit of the sound check from th dance floor and stroll about a lot. If I ever play gigs with my band using a cable I have to be very careful not to leap about and pull my stack over Other gigs I use a Vox curly but mostly cos it looks great. The Sennheiser is the third wireless system I've had, never had a problem with it. Really full sound and good range. It works inside my rack without the exorbitant rack adapter kit too. It also has legal and illegal frequencies in the box so you can be a pirate if you want to, or if, as in our band, there are occasionally other users of wireless using up the 4 practical legal frequencies.

[quote name='Jobiebass' post='600689' date='Sep 16 2009, 08:31 PM']Thats the Purple fretless franken P I made.[/quote] Oh yeah Sorry. I do try to keep up, honest....

[quote name='Les' post='600648' date='Sep 16 2009, 07:55 PM'][b]You need to gig. [/b] If you want to be in an original band and you can't write basslines then that's the way the mop flops. It's not going to happen for you. Don't think it would happen for me to be honest. If you end up in a covers band and you can learn the bassline and play in time to the track, then you've played the bassline as well as the guy on the track, it's just that he had the imagination/ability/flair to actually write it. Doesn't mean your a sh*t bassplayer. Didn't know the Rush track so googled it and watched it. Not being able to play that yet is not really cause to beat yourself up. My theory is non existent, I don't really listen to much music, I've gigged for a long time, never been sacked so I would hope I'm competent at what I do, but that's for others to say really. There are huge gaps in my musical ability, mostly timing, not that I play out of time all the time but sometimes I find things tricky that other people don't. I have to actually count one section of a Foo Fighters song we do and to watch me and the drummer trying to come in on "sex on fire" is pure comedy showband, we land in a heap but manage to get up at the same time so just about get away with it. Doesn't make the band rubbish though. Find a band, not a bunch of mates and a smartarse guitarist. It will open up a new world to you. I haven't been here long so I hope to god I'm not going to offend anybody but I really don't understand this bedroom bass playing lark. I've played for a long time but if I'd done 5 years just playing bass in my bedroom I'd be weighing all my gear in for another motorbike. Jeez, that was a long post for me. I'd better go and lie down in a darkened room for a bit. Best of luck, what ever you decide to do. Oh, and £80 and fifty pence for the shuker. Don't want to get bid crazy just yet as I've been out of it so long I don't acyually know what it is. [/quote] +1 his Shuker is that blue sparkly thing in his avatar

[quote name='Jobiebass' post='600638' date='Sep 16 2009, 07:46 PM']I know basic theory. major/minor triads, diminished triad, dominant 7th etc and I know a few different type of scales too but I still suck at improv.[/quote] OK Keep all that in your mind filed under "theory" and learn some tunes by ear... Bass tunes and melody tunes... Try learning the melodies of, say, Summertime, In the summertime, Summertime blues, Chasing Cars, I predict a riot, Bach: Cantata, BWV 147, Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (it falls under the finger, honest), River deep, mountain high, you really got me, twinkle twinkle little star..... The try learning the bassline tunes to Something, Steely Dan's Josie, the solo in the live version of Free's Mr Big, Schools Out, The Who's live version of Summertime blues. Now these are not easy but if you have them you will have some vocabulary for improvising because improvising is about stringing together notes and rhythms and most of us start out by using bits of stuff we've heard before.

[quote name='v8bass' post='600406' date='Sep 16 2009, 04:25 PM']v8 and possibly shuker owner sometime soon ... [/quote] Ha ha Wait til you try mine and Rich's at the bash The best thing you can do, by far, is to get in a working band. Be brave and get around the websites, music shops and rehearsal studios and apply for all the bass jobs you see advertised. Gum tree, Join my band, etc etc.. Or there may be a jam session near you. Or an evening class for jazz or whatever Or advertise in those places .... Be honest and stress your strengths - maturity, transport, great gear, keenness. Be clear about your availability and how often you want to gig.. Local once a week or European tours? Your age will be important and your influences.. Then wait and see what happens.. £75 for your Shuker ...

[quote name='EdwardMarlowe' post='594810' date='Sep 10 2009, 03:34 PM']have to admit, I'd bed tempted if they do a lefty.[/quote] Be careful what you wish for [url="http://www.rondomusic.com/BassLeft.html"]Rondo Basses Left Handed page [/url] Did you screen the cavity? Worth the effort.

[quote name='v8bass' post='600385' date='Sep 16 2009, 04:04 PM']If it would make me look that good id be in making Jay an offer he couldnt refuse ! Havent seen it yet but just to satisfy curiosity ill pop down and have a look , maybe even harangue him on a price too lol Nice place to hang out for a bit too and usually some nice oddities to fumble around on , although lacking in coffee Gary v8[/quote] Yeah Always nice .. maybe we should buy them a coffee machine for Christmas ..

[quote name='Pete Academy' post='600389' date='Sep 16 2009, 04:06 PM']A slap?[/quote] See above

[quote name='beerdragon' post='600372' date='Sep 16 2009, 03:53 PM']Old git sent me a Jazz Pup cover for nowt. a grand chap. a donation was made to BC. Thanks again. my Mrs wanted to know who Mr B Dragon was. [/quote] Just hypnotise her with the shiny thing

No contest... A pocketful Unless they are young and have yet to play in public then it's "a Slap"

[quote name='Dr.Dave' post='600307' date='Sep 16 2009, 03:11 PM']Ha! I've always liked that too and the 8 bars in the middle. Top example of taking the melody then running with it.[/quote] I love the squeaks when he clips the pickup

[quote name='Kev' post='600045' date='Sep 16 2009, 11:50 AM']Might be able to make this, can't commit mind, theres a chance i might not be in Bristol come november. If so, il bring my Vintage P and a couple of pedals.[/quote] hey if you bring your Combo 300 I'll not have to bring mine

[quote name='Tech' post='600038' date='Sep 16 2009, 11:44 AM']well bollucks to you guys! have been playing bass in south wales for 6 years now... i suddenly move to london and what's this! a south wales bass bash! have a good one lads [/quote] Bring your washing home to mum?

[quote name='Jobiebass' post='600257' date='Sep 16 2009, 02:40 PM']Ive never played in a band tbh, I play with some mates every now and then but no singer. Pisses me off when the guitarist says make something up and it always sounds like since you've been gone by rainbow in a difrent key. lol. Think its a lot to do with him why im so pissed off with it. I slated myself in practice once and now he thinks its ok to join in. He is right tho. Id be at home in a crap covers band but thats about as good as it would get. I dont have fun playing with other people anymore and I pick faults with myself constantly when I play at home so usually only play for 10 mins before I get pissed off and put it down.[/quote] Sounds like you need Therapy?