cheddatom

Basically, if you need a hard case, you must have erectile dysfunction.

Heh, I wouldn't go that far! If I could afford hard cases, i'd get them as I drive to my gigs/practices and have a large car. I'm just pointing out that using gig bags doesn't mean you have to treat your bass like a baby or it will get damaged.

Heh, most amusing. Even without the tuning pegs, I still think that'd be too painful. But seriously, when I take my bass to gigs, I store it in a safe, dry place in it's soft case where it won't get hurt. I take it out of the bag to play, put it back in after, put it in the car with either a load of heavy amps (so it looks a little squashed) , or with nothing (so it rattles around a bit). I'm not saying I treat it badly, i'm just saying that I think you lot would think I treat it badly. I would have no problem selling my bass, as it's in absolutely perfect condition, regardless of what it's been through. You're probably restricting yourself from getting some bargains if you don't even look at a bass 'cos it's in a gig bag and not a hard case.

You'd want to inspect the condition of the thing, obviously, but it's not as though my I could do any damage that wouldn't be obvious enough to see. Either way, if you like my 1980 JAYDEE supernatural (no idea what this is) when you play it, you had better buy it and stop worrying about how it's been treated in the past. I could have used it as a masturbation receptical for all you know, but at least I cleaned it off before trying to sell it. It still plays the same.

[quote name='teen t-shirt' post='91526' date='Nov 20 2007, 03:12 PM']muscle memory[/quote] I don't want to take this off topic, but I think you have the wrong idea about muscle memory. I had a discussion about it on another message board, and it turns out there's a very informative Wiki about it somewhere.

[quote name='Jase' post='91515' date='Nov 20 2007, 02:50 PM'] Squashed between amps and stuff get thrown around quite a bit I bet your bass has some serious mojo [/quote] No, that's what i'm saying, it's in it's soft case (warwick rockbag) and it doesn't have a scratch!

basses aren't really that fragile though. Maybe if you're in a horrific car crash your bass with be knackered, but, you've just come out of a near death experience, probably not that bothered about your bass. Even if it was in a hard case it might not have been saved. I've never been able to afford a hardcase for my bass, as i've always had more pressing things to buy. I've never had any problems with my basses, they get thrown around quite a bit in my car, get squashed between amps and stuff. I know this is going to sound horrific to some of you, but there's no damage. Don't be so protective or your bass will never have any balls!

[quote name='Jam' post='91479' date='Nov 20 2007, 02:01 PM']I don't think he stayed long enough to find out![/quote] I thought you were joking when you said he dropped it! That's a pretty nasty thing to do, even if the staff were snooty.

[quote name='Jam' post='91442' date='Nov 20 2007, 01:15 PM']So he just dropped it and walked out.[/quote] Was it dented?

I can't talk and play at all, but I know people who can. I can talk and play drums though! Weird.

I have to learn some new bvs and it's so hard to do whilst playing in a weird timing!

If you want a double tracked sound, try a chorus or a short delay time.

[quote name='ped' post='91360' date='Nov 20 2007, 11:49 AM']....slightly soiled[/quote] I was going to make a similarly disgusting retort, but then I remembered I was on basschat and I should mind my manners! You should start some self-moderation :-p

Where can I get a Mark King sleeping bag?!??

I haven't watched the solo, but i've seen plenty of live footage. You think he'd get a bad back from walking around like that! I don't think he looks unprofessional, I think that would be very hard to do in Metallica!

[quote name='Buzz' post='90971' date='Nov 19 2007, 05:46 PM']You're not the only one, my friends and I do the same.[/quote] Are we racist?

Maybe we should have an 'erb forum instead?

What's the point? You think they'd just do a backing track.

I've tried that kind of bi-amping before, and, it was good, but not as good as running my FX straight into the bi-amp rig. Weird?

Thanks! That does make sense. It's very hard for me to think of a way around that though, as obviously I know the riff very well, and it inhibits my sonic imagination!

We've finished the CD now, it's 3 tracks. We're not making them all available at the moment, as we're considering our options, but, on www.myspace.com/nologorock, you can listen to one of the new songs called "fake smiles in the photograph". Please let me know what you think of the recording/mix/master.

Everyone I know refers to this man as "the monkey", because of his facial expressions. I don't know many people though :-(

I haven't read every single post, so, sorry if I say something stupid! I've read quite a few comments saying "you can't use an ERB in a band context" "people only use them for tapping/showing off" "you don't see an ERB at your local open mic night" etc. Well, I play a 6 string, (I don't know if that's counted as an ERB or not) and I take it to open mic nights with my guitarist. I like to play a lot of chords, which often involve the high C, and I like to play a lot of low groovey bass lines, which often involve the low B. The band i'm in is a 3 peice, and I use lots of effects, a bi-amp rig, and my extended range, to help fill out the sound. I didn't get a 6 string so that i'd have to use my left hand less either. Quite often i'm on the High C at the 24th fret. I still think i'm a bassist though. If anyone's interested, there's a new song (fake smiles in the photograph)on my band's myspace (myspace.com/nologorock) where i'm playing 5 string bar chords in the chorus (not impressive, but effective use of ERB).

[quote name='EskimoBassist' post='89565' date='Nov 16 2007, 07:01 PM']Wolstenholme used to use a Boss ODB-3 quite extensively actually. Check "Hyper Music" for a demonstration of this. I quite like the pedal, but theres so many haters!![/quote] Where did you get that info? I'm not into them much these days, but i'm always on the muse gear msg board and no-one has ever said that.