stef030

thankyou for the reply,
john giblin and omar hakim
gets you all moist at the thought
what a superb band,
gig of the year methinks

kate bush backing band
does anyone know the lineup for the forthcoming shows please

well well well
this looks like my old bass'
was a great bass for the price
glwts

funny that I picked my one up this afternoon played along to some john martyn stuff
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well thanks guys,
never heard of john cleary but well thats me sold
just my kind of stuff

lovely

so for a while my practice regime has been pretty poor,
but since the beginning of the year I have been putting 30 minutes minimum at day
but more often than not a hour plus,playing been coming on a storm,
been relearning old school as well as new
have really been getting lots more fired up about playing
so here is the dilema,the old kitchen viper and I are away on holiday for a couple of weeks,
dont think there are a lot off bass shops in sharm,and I am really going to miss this
oh well we will see how I get on,

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today I have been doing some old school stuff that I used to play years ago
great fun to learn again
streetwalkers
me and me horse and me rum
toenail draggin
run for cover
crazy charade all from the live album
and some roachford

all good stuff

and today it was run through the previous ones a couple of times
then today a bit of prog
once around the world by it bites, nice

a very good day

tori amos cornflake girl,the live version
japan rhodesia
brian culbertson funkin like my father


a really good playing day,most enjoyable
I seem to be getting really fired again,all good I think

cheers
stef

[b]oooohhhh[/b]

[b]very nice,now that I would like,but the[/b]
[b]old kitchen viper she say no unless I out one that I have[/b]
[b]still have a bump on me[/b]

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XL t shirts on the Bass Gear stand weren't being sold by Basschat. But if you want to place an order, drop Ped a line.
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it was the actual show t/shirt I was [size=4]after thanks[/size]

well just got back after attending my first show,
why do most people think they need to slap the hell out off a bass
at every given moment at silly volumes,some good ,some bad,even saw a young guy with his thumb taped
ala mr king,felt a bit sorry for bernie goodfellow being where he was,I wanted to have a word but felt a little bit
with all of what was going on,managed to stop myself from buying another overwater
lee sklar masterclass what can you say well just superb,
some lovely boutique kit,also some lovely oldies but as been said before not enough bread and butter,
meeting basschat folks
will I go again for sure
had a really good day,met two of my heroes,saw some nice playing,
the guys on the elixiar strings stand,
they were just so good,
player with a red fiver he was proper,nothing too flash just really nice playing
the other guys in the band were equally as good
all in all a very good day worth the trip from hastings,
see you all next year

ps
there were no xl tshirts left
I really wanted one,so if anyone has a spare size xl thar is surplus let me know

cheers
stef

crappy video,
but man thats just so good

my answer was
I have been playing a lined fretless for a while,
and now I will put a unlined kneck on as soon as I can
find one

cheers
stef

I remember going to clouds disco in edinburgh in the 70s to see all on the same bill
xray specs
the jam
souxie and the banshees
dammed
as a non punk it was to say the least interesting,
the jam were really good
midge ure at the time played in a covers band called salvation,
they were very good,that band went on to become slick,for him the rest is history
went to see a band called mott the hoople they were supported by queen
who had just released seven seas of rye both were fantastic,
went to my first festival at loch lomond bear park
awb,gillan ,stranglers ect ect
and all the naughty things that happen at these events,
for me the 70s were wonderfull
the 80s were better
cheers
stef

sounds of the seventies on sky537
brings back great memories





cheers
stef

great basses
had one of these in the eighties,
if it wasnt just after the festive season I would love to have this
memory lane lovely

2013 a quiet year



in
overwater 5
vm jazz fretless



out
mim precision
squier jazz
status groove


next years gas
sell gk 2x10 combo and cab
and buy
micro amp
a pair of bergantino 1x12
oh and a band,

have started noticing a few things with my fiver
so having a thought about getting my bass looked at;
looking at a setup,fretdress ect,
is there a suitable person within east sussex other than
the local shop as have tried them a few years ago
was not impressed then



thanks in advance for any info
cheers
stef

very sad
another talent lost

rip

sad news
hope the treatment goes well
all the very best

now that made me smile

fab song'
good video
most enjoyable

well once again the collective knowledge and advice on basschat come through,'
after reading the comments the advice and generally having a look at myself everyone is right
oh and so am I
yes playing is not only a hobby but part of who I,WE are,
playing live is just epic,
I should not be so hard on myself and also so defeatist,
the amount of times over the years people have said you are so lucky to be able to
play a instrument,but we say thanks not really nowing how it feels not to play because we have always done it
so in a way take it for granted,when there are so many people would love to be able to butcant or dont
so in answer to all the comments made
no I will not stop
no I will not sell up
yes I will look for something new,and keep looking
give myself a good talking to lol

so thanks for all the comments made
it made a silly old git realise a few things


cheers
stef

ps
will keep posted on progress

after playing in bands for a long time,everything from american rock,blues,originals,covers
and almost everything inbetween,
I took a long sabatical about ten or so years,didnt pickup oe touch a bass in all that time,
although never losing my love of all types of music
a couple of years ago I got my mojo back,started practicing ,playing ect
got new gear,gk ect,got rid of all the old basses except the 69 jazz,got a overwater ect,went to a couple of auditions,jams ect,got on well,
started playing with a covers band,that fell apart,and the same thing happened again,they was just not into practice ect,
so maybe its me,or maybe I am just a rubbish judge of character,but I just sort of feel that why should I bother,
I have always let my playing get me through,but its not enjoyable anymore,too many people just seem to be full of it
or maybe its just me feeling sorry for myself,


oh well onwards ect,
what does one do when they feel like this,sell up again and take up knitting,or persevere


cheers
stef