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Don't use a laptop while playing bass. I use guitar pro and youtube while i'm playing to work on things or to play along, and I just electrocuted myself slightly. I had one hand on the strings and the other on my laptop. Has anyone ever died through being electrocuted by a bass/guitar? I don't necessarily mean a laptop, maybe a mic would do the same if it wasn't earthed properly...

[quote name='Crazykiwi' post='78008' date='Oct 23 2007, 07:29 AM']You're very welcome to use the search engine - top right corner?[/quote] Aha! Sorry buddy, didn't see that. I'll be sure to make use of it in the future! Also: "If it's in a guitar shop, I normally can't remember a single one!" Why does this always happen!?

I'm sure there's already a thread on this somewhere but i don't know where and i'll be damned if i'm trawling 35 pages of posts to check! So yeah, when you try out a bass for the first time, or pick one up to play with, do you have any songs you always play? Usually I play Aeroplane (yes I know, cliche, but it's a fun line), and Jamiroquai's Cosmic Girl for fingerstyle, with some Opeth stuff (usually Bleak) just to try out the heavier side of things.. How about you guys? Any songs you always play? I suppose the reason i'm asking this is to kinda broaden my knowledge so I can look up some of the songs you guys love to play and try them out myself!

Nice... How much did it set you back, if you don't mind me asking?

Beautiful, especially the red one!

Update: Went and had a look at it this weekend. It sounds awesome! It's pretty big and it weighs a ton but it's not bad at all for the price i got it for. Managed to get down to £120 in the end, so can't complain. I'm still getting to grips with all the bells and whistles, it's much different to my last amp.. Speaking of which, I had a look for any versions of my old amp on the net. It's an "Ohm", no discernable model number or anything, just your basic amp with vol, bass, treble and mids. It's served me reasonably well, despite annoying crackles whenever I turn any of the knobs... I'll try and get a picture up sometime to see if anyone can help me identify it..

Electric bass for 3 years (I know I know i've a long way to go!!) Shakuhachi for 6 months, started when I was in Japan. Bodhran for about a week....it's a fun instrument to play and the first time i've played percussion so it helps me to understand bass more!

Good stuff! Welcome buddy.

Balls, I just realised I read the wrong ad. The price is the same, but the model is different: Laney DP 150 bass amplifier 4x10 combo. This looks a little better than the RBW... It looks like quite a decent combo for the price, no?

[quote name='Alien' date='Oct 1 2007, 09:46 PM' post='68400'] Whoever's selling it doesn't know what they're on about for starters. Brilliant, thanks buddy. You reckon it's worth going for or waiting for a better one to pop up?

I'm looking into buying this combo: 3 year old Laney RBW300 for sale. 300 volts. £140. Is this a good deal? Are they any good, and has anyone had any experience with them? Hope to hear from you guys soon, i'm planning on going to have a look this weekend. Cheers!

I love the old metallica stuff but I just don't have the time, patience or skill to do master of puppets or battery. Yes Yes I know someone out there is saying "what, you suck, they're easy" but yeah..

Evening!

Yeah I actually ended up buying myself a Japanese Fender while I was out there for more than half the price it is here. Madness. Still I was pretty pleased with myself!

Yeah man Harcourt's a sh*thole and I was glad to see the back of it. Geography huh? I always remember that being like "colour in the map" and "the water cycle" repeatedly through secondary. Does it get much harder at uni? Yeah my degree's Japanese and German and I just came back from a year in Japan. What Brookes has done is taken one of the halls at Morrells and made it into a shared house for the people who've just come back from Japan, and some Japanese natives who've just arrived in England, who we got to know when we were out there...It's actually pretty fun! Is your PGCE in teaching? I did a taster course, hilariously known as the "SAS", or Student Associate Scheme, which sent us out to various schools and had us helping out in classes, and it was really interesting. I reckon i'd like to be a teacher one day but I don't know if i'd have the patience to deal with secondary school kids. I get on better with the younger ones, they're hilarious!

Headington Hill campus. Just come back from my year abroad so am in Japan House in Morrells..I lived at Harcourt for my first year and it was a bloody nightmare getting to anywhere. I know where Witney is too, my family live in Kidlington. I'm living away from home this year because I wanted the proper student experience, you know? What were you studying? Musics?

Maybe I will! Whereabouts in Oxford are you? I'm at Brookes..

Ah you can't be that bad?

See now, I have the funk, and I want to be able to play better, but i'm not quite funky enough yet! I don't think Ped has the time to teach me either. Don't worry. I'll find someone! And dude, if that's you playing Pow, thank you so much. I think that's the best version i've seen on youtube for learning the song, and you've done other parts as opposed to just the main riff, which is great.. I'm glad I found this site!

Wooten's a madman... Still for some reason I prefer Larry Graham's stuff....

Cool, I'll look it up! I've added some pics of myself in the "add pics of yourself" thread if anyone's interested in what I look like. I wouldn't recommend looking though, unless you have some bleach handy to burn your eyes out with.. Anything in particular by Wooten and/or Miller you'd recommend? I mean I know of them and I've heard a little of their stuff but i've never really looked into playing any...

Well, no-one here knows what I look like, but I suppose it's one way for you all to get to know me.. I'm James by the way. One is a shameless posing one,[attachment=2459:Capture_00005.JPG] and the other my brother took while I was noodling... [attachment=2460:james_bass.JPG] (I don't actually windmill when I play, it's a bit distracting!) And here's one of me so you can see my ugly mug properly:[attachment=2461:DSCF3853.JPG] (Note, off my face at new years..) Be nice!

Seems i'm not the only person up at this time in the morning! Can you recommend any stuff for slap?

Hey there, I'm James. I've been playing bass for about 3 years and I play a variety of stuff really. I was brought up on Motown stuff so I've always had an interest in that groovy soul stuff, despite some of Jamerson's stuff being an absolute nightmare to play (I'm really not that good!). Apart from that, I like my rock and funk, Chilis, Incubus, you know the score, and I also love to slap (despite not being very good at it) , so I like Larry Graham, Primus, some Miller and Wooten stuff. I guess i'm somewhat of a bass cliche.. I play a Japanese Fender Aerodyne Jazz bass (the pretty one without the pickguard). I got it as a memento of my time in Japan. One of my bastard housemates put a bloody great scratch on the back which still haunts my dreams to this day. Apart from that I have a Hohner Arbor MX2 (anyone else have one? I can't find any info on them..) which has flatwounds on it and a bit of sponge at the bridge for extra smooth sounding groovy action. So yeah. Hi! Looking forward to getting involved on here.. Here are some annoying questions while i'm here.. 1) Can anyone recommend any good stuff for me to play judging by what I've said above? I'm just getting into Rush...(Yes yes i know i'm about 20 years too late.) 2) Does anyone know any good Bass teachers in Oxford? Cheers guys!