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6 hours ago, MacDaddy said:

* sits back and waits for the puns *

 

🍿

You know they're coming

1 hour ago, miles'tone said:

Surely George Peppard was a 4 wheel man,

As in the count of alloys on The A-Team van,

There could be 12 on an aeroplane,

where B.A. Baracus would have to be restrained. 

(pass the milk)

A dozen wheels on the Sci-Fi truck

When Georgie P tested his luck

As we saw him bravely sally

Into the Damnation Alley

13 minutes ago, Baloney Balderdash said:

Great!

 

Not sure I approve on having fun with a gun though.

 

Also his name was John, not Jacob, though known as Jaco.

 

It's just a typo

Just a slip

The thrust remains

Within the frame

Jacob used four strings,

John Wayne had a six-gun

Use what comes to hand - you'll still have your fun.

Ben-Hur rode two wheels,

George Peppard had twelve

Don't worry about the others, you just do yourself.

Blimey, that's a generous slice of lovely.

31 minutes ago, paul_5 said:

Is it any good for metal?

 

Is it any good for S.L.A.P. ?

35 minutes ago, BigJHW said:

Thanks

now to just get one of my 5'ers sold off and fund a new 4 string

Pics, of course !

33 minutes ago, BigJHW said:

There was no malicious intent when i made the post - honestly just after thoughts

I think folks understand that, you've nothing to be worried about.

You keep asking the questions you need answers to - you didn't deserve the chaos this thread turned into.

9 minutes ago, Boodang said:

The fact that 3 string basses have been totally ignored in all of this is a tragedy. All 3 string bassists should be mortally offended.

Agreed  ! And what about the bassists who play three string basses with two strings ? This incessant marginalisation of the intersectionality of fretboard/string count determinism cannot go on !

Shadowy Cabals ! Vested Interests !

And again the air crackles with unresolved sexual tension

Tell the bandleader(s) you're not happy with the last minute cancellations, and if it happens again within (insert patience-length appropriate time period here), you'll be off, then stick to your word.

I wouldn't leave without telling them why - bands fall apart and reform, and by letting them know its the logistics that's putting you off, an incarnation with better organisation might be calling you up. 

Good luck 

Double post

I haven't. I've a few odd pictures of playing live, but no concerted effort to keep anything else.

Mind you, a drummer in possibly the best band I played in did graphic design for Warp Records and I've kept the odd poster he designed.

Phenomenal drummer as well

Naaah, you're reading it wrong.

It's 110001110, 00011010

Can you see it now ? Think 'Close Encounters'

33 minutes ago, steantval said:

Four strings for all of my bass playing career, never had the need for a fiver in any of the bands I have played in.

Me neither. Nothing against 5-strings, just never needed to.

1 hour ago, Delberthot said:

Could this be what Shane MacGowan is singing about?

 

 

Dirty AC Town

Not at all how I play, I think it would  slow me down as my right hand pretty much just floats apart from some muting with my curled in fingers.

But there's no criticism implied if it works for you !

Aaaah, I see, thanks.

May I ask why you anchor ? Again, straight question, just curious about the different approach.

How are you anchoring when you play with a plectrum ?

Straight question BTW- just having trouble visualising it, which I assume makes me a non-anchorer

Hey, remember the OP ? You know, the person who asked a perfectly reasonable question, just to watch their thread turn into a argument ?

I wonder how they're getting on ? Probrably on Reddit, getting a reasonable answer. 🤣

2 hours ago, Al Krow said:

 

Is your current band covers or originals and, before your drummer left, were you regularly gigging and, if so, were they decently paid gigs? 

 

Just trying to figure out what might be behind the drummer drought you're facing - as you say in London it shouldn't be too hard to find someone, but an originals outfit still in its start-up phase is usually going to be a harder sell than a regularly gigging covers band doing decently paid gigs.

Yes, we're just starting out, and it's originals and we need a good drummer as the material's quite challenging, so I appreciate it's not like an established cover band.

I think it's just my enthusiasm has completely dried up after 35 years of being in bands with slowly diminishing returns.

I've not picked up a bass in about three weeks - I wonder whether it's worthwhile just quitting playing for (insert period of time here) not thinking about it and seeing if I come back with more interest.

20 minutes ago, Waddo Soqable said:

One band I was in had a drummer that was a proper pain and often "couldn't make it", our solution was my girlfriend of the time became a drum machine operator, so when old silly bollocks wasn't available we did it the other way, which worked fine, in fact it worked better without him! 

There's often a think outside the box option.

Obviously if you're into a very traditional "rock band" type line up then having a drummer is a big thing, but there's a lot of folk out there in the world doing great stuff without one. 

 

We've talked about this as a band and it's not something we like the idea of, aware of the fact that we _could_  but....well, don't want to.

But, you indeed have a valid point 👍

I've decided to give up on trying to join a band, as over the last maybe 5-10 years I've found it nigh on impossible to get together with people who I want to make music with.

My current 'band' has been without a drummer for 6 months, we've not got together for a couple of months, so I feel it's just come to a halt.

It all feels a lot of effort for no payoff, over and over again

Rather depressingly, I feel this is almost certainly going to lead me to quitting playing altogether as I've no desire to play bass without doing it with a band.

I've no idea why it's turned out this way, or why it's so damn hard to find a band. In London FFS ! Shouldn't it be easier with this many people ? Oddly all my musical friends elsewhere in the country are all in bands.

Maybe it's me ? I'll not rule out this possibility

Anyhow, sorry, kinda jumped on the thread to moan a bit.

Too much Hatchie at the moment

Huzzah for the Shoegaze revival !

I don't ever think I did, apart from some groundless dreaming in my late teens.

I've only ever wanted to be in a band with nice people, making good music and having fun doing it.

And that's when I've been happiest.