Hobbayne

I sing harmonies on most of our set, We do 'When You Walk In The Room, and I sing the same lyrics as the lead singer just a third above. This is great for him as he always forgets the words. This is not always a good thing though, as I sing lead on a few numbers too, and last week I sang 'Brown Eyed Girl' the whole song a third above! Try as I might, I couldnt get my voice back on key! force of habit!!

My first proper bass amp was a Vox Escort 50 watt combo I got off me mums Littlewoods catalogue

[quote name='Cosmo Valdemar' timestamp='1322574698' post='1452852'] To everyone who suggested the Gallery, the OP did insist on a 'customer-friendly' shop... [/quote] Are you referring to the security buzzer and general fort knox appearance?

Whatever you do, steer clear of Denmark Street unless you want to be ripped off!!

Good luck with that! I,m in a similar situation, rehearsing with two guitars and a drummer and coming along quite well. We havent had much luck with a singer though, it may be that we will sing ourselves and sod the singer. We can all sing a bit, but not well enough to be a good front man.

Cant see it too well, looks like it could be a mustang shortscale bass.

[quote]Buckley began playing guitar at the age of five after discovering an acoustic guitar in his grandmother's closet[/quote] Rubbish! everybody knows that it was in his uncles loft!!

[quote name='Low End Bee' timestamp='1322226782' post='1448215'] What have I inherited from my old man? Well I never worry if I lock myself out. We'll leave it at that. [/quote] A tent?

My mother played the guitar (acoustic) and my grandmother played the piano, but if music is hereditry, then I,m the only one one who has inherited it! All my siblings and Hobbayne juinior have no musical ability, although they enjoy listening to music.

[quote name='Blademan_98' timestamp='1322164910' post='1447532'] Yes, to answer your OP, you should change it to this: [attachment=93792:MoonBaseAlpha.jpg] [/quote] I used to have the hots for dr helena russell when i was 14

Join My Band is good and free. Some others like Bandmix you have to pay for.

I take it this ebay seller is a bit of a crook then?

[quote name='Twigman' timestamp='1321973785' post='1444974'] I use a car not the tube. [/quote] I dont know anyone who goes gigging by tube .....Apart from Flea of course! http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/bizarre/3931481/Fleas-going-Underground.html

I had a thread on this somewhere! ............Ah! here it is http://basschat.co.uk/topic/159954-oh-no-not-a-bass-solo/page__hl__bass%20solo

love the way the bass player looks down and fumbles with the strings, pretending not to notice

[quote name='flyfisher' timestamp='1321879368' post='1443930'] 909 is on our covers set list and that's nothing like the original bass line - which is not necessarily a bad thing of course, but I'm just saying. [/quote] I cant listen to that Beatles version, the bass is so out of tune its embarrassing!

Bought some cheapo rounds once, the sound was alright but i didnt like the feel of them, they were rough and unpleasant to play,

You could always replace it with a pic of moonbase alpha! - Didnt Frank Zappa name one of his kids that!

Theres a little high bass riff on Freebird which I have trouble with, its right up there on the 20th fret and I always end up running out of fretboard and ending up with a 'clonk!'

Check out Glenn Tibrook on bass, he doesnt do a bad job considering he's not really a bass player [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSZGYYdaWDM&feature=related[/media]

I,ve been playing with a pick since day one of bass playing, some tunes require fingerstyle, but i,m happier with a pick - (Tortex 1mm)

[quote]built specifically for a lady player[/quote] Well thats me buggered then!

[quote name='4 Strings' timestamp='1321396360' post='1438767'] Was he having a joke? This was an April fool trick by the old Radio Luxembourg when they asked all their listeners to shout into their radio speakers and they'd record the signal at their end. If the speaker thing actually gives a signal worth amplifying I'm not sure it would be worth listening to when you think how much it differs from even a poor quality microphone. Of course I could be wrong but... [/quote] Yes it is true, Its in this book of Beatle factoids http://www.amazon.co.uk/Complete-Beatles-Recording-Sessions-1962-1970/dp/0600612074