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Oh dearie me, sides are splitting, tears are rolling!

[quote name='MusicLover20015' timestamp='1326310402' post='1495357'] They were in desperate need of a bassist so i just appeared. [/quote] They willed you into existence? Wow!

Lined, unlined, who cares? Jaco played lined, did he not? I like lined, it confuses the audience:-)

[quote name='mike257' timestamp='1325591085' post='1484701'] Don't know how different the Warwick's are to the Stagg - the Stagg will take acoustic instruments, but they'll take up two spaces. You just lift out one of the foam dividers from the bottom of the stand and a wider bodied instrument will sit right in there. [/quote] That's what I thought might be case... best to go for the 7-er. And if there's any space left over, there's always [url="http://basschat.co.uk/forum/19-for-sale-basses/"]http://basschat.co.uk/forum/19-for-sale-basses/[/url]

[quote name='LiamPodmore' timestamp='1325540034' post='1484252'] They say they're designed to hold both, stagg, warwick and fender have all said this for their stands. Liam [/quote] Thanks Liam - I'm eyeing up the Warwick 5-er but thought I might have to go for the 7-er to get the extra space :-O

A question for the Warwick multi-stand owners: are they designed for solid-bodied instruments, or will they hold acoustic instruments? I'd like something to hold my home noodling arsenal which includes a classical and an acoustic g**t*r. Thanks!

Someone puts on a Joni Mitchell CD. - Have you heard the ones with Jaco Pastorius? - No, who's he? - A pioneering fretless bass player. - Who else has he played with? - He's probably best known for playing with Weather Report. . . . . . - Are they the ones who did "It's Raining Men?"

[quote name='Rasta' timestamp='1324842068' post='1478071'] Yeah Lost trident sessions is a favourite...but for hangovers 'Visions of the Emerald Beyond' it is...great stuff! I've even got a Mahavishnu t-shirt. Shakti anyone? [/quote] Oh yes, I have and love "Natural Elements". Plus the stuff with Miles Davis, the "Electric Guitarist" pot-pourri, and the "Trio of Doom" (Hm...). But I'm still a Mahavishnu virgin.

[quote name='Conan' timestamp='1324634995' post='1476418'] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwyuB8QKzBI[/media] [/quote] And although I can't yet play my new LPs, I can at least watch this - which had my 8-yr-old daughter in hysterics. Thank you

What's brown and sounds like a bell? [quote name='Monckyman' timestamp='1324659571' post='1476829'] Dung [/quote]

[quote name='ZMech' timestamp='1324655297' post='1476750'] You forgot to say which is your favourite beatle Welcome to the site. [/quote] Pete was best

I adore the wooden pickup housing!

Hi Emily, good game you've started! I'm afraid I can't think of anyone from my home town of Plymouth, but grew up on Teesside - Chris Rea and Amelia Lily - and now as a resident of Bromley I can big up Siouxsie, Billy Idol et al! I also have a Cobra in the rehearsal room.

Thanks guys... got Birds of Fire, [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Visions of the Emerald Beyond and Apocalypse, plus Love, Devotion, Surrender for good measure![/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]£2 each and all for charidee... now I need to unpack my turntable which is still in the "spare" room after last year's move :-O[/font][/color]

I've found a stash of Mahavishnu LPs at a fair - which ones do you recommend?

If it's improvised, then it is indeed as you suggest experience and fretboard knowledge. I guess most of can make up a tune in our heads - a singer can "just sing it", and the experienced, studied and practised instrumentalist can "just play it".

[quote name='MusicLover20015' timestamp='1324576605' post='1475889'] By the way i just wanted to know .... is it 'bad' to pre-make (couldn't find another word LOl) a solo ? It should be spontaneous and what your feeling inside at that right momment shouldn't it ? I was reading something about this the other day and someone had said that Jaco Pre-made all his solo's so it kind of changed my mind. Now im just sitting here confused. [/quote] There are no "should"s! (That's perhaps a separate discussion, vaguely related to the "musical snobs" thread - who cares for the opinions of people hung up on what you "should" or "should not" be playing?) I'd rather listen to a good pre-composed solo than a bad improvised one. A show-off solo is fine by me if it's in a show-off context - we gasp at acrobats at the circus, so why not? But a show-off solo in the middle of a "regular" song - no thanks! Here's a nice example of a non-acrobatic solo, at around 2'10": short, sweet, and fits the song: [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dPf9GQEdes"][media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dPf9GQEdes[/media][/url]

[quote name='Monckyman' timestamp='1324377062' post='1473482'] Would this part be played pizzacato? >Coat pre-worn for speed. [/quote] Sounds a bit cheesy to me.

[quote name='paul_5' timestamp='1324478755' post='1474753'] I DO however, regret not buying a fretless Wal for £700 roughy ten years ago; I was but a poor student at the time... [/quote] Spooky - one of my biggest regrets is selling a fretless Wal for ~£700 around ten years ago!

Mine has a shiny spot where I've rubbed it.

I can twist the tip of mine one way while twisting the base in the opposite direction.

[quote name='leftyhook' timestamp='1324403895' post='1473916'] Well, I've just paid fora left-handed s/h Squier Standard P Bass Special (jazz neck and additional jazz pu, well I didn't know!) having been convinced by all of your posts on this topic Will let you know what it's like and if I see anyone pointing and laughing from the back of the room...... [/quote] Loving my Squier P/J! And only this weekend my 8-year-old daughter declared it the coolest of my basses :-)

Our guitarist keeps fiddling with his and pulling funny faces.