Hobbayne

I dont believe it!! I,ve just checked the tracking number and they say that I have refused delivery! apparently they tried to deliver it last wednesday morning at 8am and I refused it!! No card through the letter box nothing!!! Bloody Parcelfarce!! I,ll have to go and pick it up now from their sodding depot!!

What are their delivery times like? I know they are based in Germany. I ordered a gig bag last monday and got an email on tuesday saying it had been dispatched and would estimate 3 or 4 days delivery. Just wondering when to expect it.

[quote name='jezzaboy' post='1135802' date='Feb 21 2011, 05:13 PM']Ah well, that will be another profesional bass player who is a member of basschat who will not bother us again. Really, is there any need for this level of abuse? Jez[/quote] I wish I hadnt started this thread now

Guy Pratts 1960 Jazz Bass

I sing about a dozen numbers in my band and seem to get by reasonably well, although I have to cut back on the basslines a bit. A simple root fifth or root third fith can get me by if the band is really tight. I used to try and play the original bassline but that was impossible. I have a DVD by The Eagles where Timothy B Scmidt sings some of his numbers and plays a nice simple line, so I suppose I,m in good company.

Looks like its been beaten with an ugly stick! and then some!!

Thing is, if you dont play it then someone is bound to request it anyway! happens most weeks with me. Unfortunately, we are entertainers and we are in the entertainment business. Nuff said.

What are they chinese or something else?

[quote name='gareth' post='1127305' date='Feb 14 2011, 05:06 PM']Get back[/quote] Yes I agree with that, Lord Macca was a never a root note plodder, still, I suppose it fits the song. Check out the B side Dont Let Me Down for some Macca bass vertuosity!

Proud Mary Dum De Dum De Dum De Dum De Dum De Dum ZZzzz !

I actually lied that I played the bass to get in to a band! I had no musical ability whatsoever! In fact, the only bassline that I knew was the intro to Pretty Green by The Jam, and even then had no clue as to what key it was in!! Still, it turned out the other guys were clueless 16 year olds too!!

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' post='1126159' date='Feb 13 2011, 05:31 PM']Looks cool, Where did you get a proper peg from in the end? It may be giving me Rosewood fingerboard Stingray gas.....[/quote] Cheers Pete! The Ernie Ball MusicMan importers [url="http://www.stringsandthings.co.uk"]Strings And Things[/url] managed to locate a tuning peg for me. Played it for the first time last night, absolutely amazing sound! Midrange punch really cuts through! I can see this old Precision player has been converted!!

[quote name='Doddy' post='1126075' date='Feb 13 2011, 04:12 PM']Nope-see my earlier post. [/quote] That'll teach me to skim through threads without reading the replies properly!!

If he takes a blowtorch to it, he could sell it as a 1975 relic

Hmm! I had a go trying to play DITS like you suggested and it sounded a bit stilted. I can play it with the index and second finger quite well, but not as cleanly as I can with a pick. Maybe you,ve discovered a new technique

[quote name='topo morto' post='1125479' date='Feb 12 2011, 09:48 PM']Ok, so... When you pluck a string, the pitch decreases as the note decays. Having just got a korg pitchblack+, I can actually see it happening... the note starts sharp, comes into tune and then goes flat.... So I should choose - should I have the start, middle, or end of the note in tune? I guess just after the start (because most notes last, say, 1/4 of a second). Whadd'ya reckon?[/quote] Er I,ve got a tuner app on my iphone

I like that Precision, what is it a 1977??

Have you tried here?? [url="http://www.musicmanbass.org/default.htm"]http://www.musicmanbass.org/default.htm[/url]

Just thought I'd report back on the good doctors [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=120115&hl=stingray+bass""]MusicMan Stingray[/url] My guitar tech Had to adjust the truss rod as the neck was in serious need of attention, and gave the fretboard a good coating of lemon oil as it had dried out quiet a bit. The frets didnt need stoning as I thought they might do at first. With the neck now sorted he fitted a new set of Elites nickels 45-105 and lowered the action as low as it would go without buzzing, and finally replaced battery and the big G tuning peg with an original peg. I.ll gig it tomorrow night and see how it sounds

Gary Tibbs left Roxy Music to join Adam & The Ants. I cant think of two more different musical projects Its a bit like JJ burnel leaving the Stranglers to join Bucks Fizz!!

I,ve been using Rotosound Swing Bass 66 since god were a lad, but recently began to be unhappy due to brand new strings straight out the packet snapping when fitting them! As soon as they tighten, the string (usually the A string) just snaps at the ball end. I,ve now been using [url="http://www.stringsdirect.co.uk/products/577-elites_4_string_player_nickel_plated_bass_guitar_strings"]Elites Nickel[/url] for a while now and am quite happy with them.

Theres also Rock Goes To College featuring The Specials from 1979!

[url="http://bettylou.zzruss.com/"]Betty Lou's site[/url] has umpteen songs and guitar chords, some of which are wrong, but its helped me out a few times!

Bad Case Of Lovin' You - Robert Palmer Need Your Love So Bad - Peter Greens Fleetwood Mac Yer Blues - The Beatles (Prbly a better choice than Help) Still Got The Blues For You - The late great Gary Moore.