steve-bbb

how about just using 3 5 7 9 (after all you know 12 is same as 0) and 2 4 6 8 are just the sharp or flat of the one below or above wouldnt bother with 10 and 11 tho nobody goes up there much

these are quite expensive (about 100-120) but worth trying out if you have back problems persoanlly i find them very comfortable

[quote name='xilddx' timestamp='1370546351' post='2102574'] Is the music INDUSTRY still thinking that to get another Beatles on their disgusting leeching books, they have to find a band that sounds like them in modern guise? Have the Beatles unwittingly created a set of boundaries that the industry is incapable of transcending in its quest for massive pop hits? Have they misjudged the young so much that they think they cant accept real innovation in mainstream pop music? [/quote] Nigel old chap I get your point but cant help thinking your logic is slightly flawed there will never be 'another beatles' in the same way there has never been another mozart or bach - there will be many who achieve similar or equal critical acclaim and popularity, but never 'another' if im reading your OP correctly then im reading that your not blaming the beatles for being so good, but more the music industry execs for trying to exploit anything/everything that even remotely copmpares? after all to blame the beatles for causing our current malaise of mediocrity would be like blaming tim berners-lee for the pernicious targetted advertising tactics of google [quote name='xilddx' timestamp='1370546351' post='2102574'] Have they misjudged the young so much that they think they cant accept real innovation in mainstream pop music?[/quote] On the contrary they seem to be judging them very well and very cynically with force feeding them the sort of pap that will continue to help line their pockets - unfortunately for the 'record machine' the increasingly rapid changes of format have proved to be a tiny bit irksome for their rather one-sided marketing models and as times change ever more rapidly so their tactics will become ever more desperate and shoddy to keep apace i fear but as Alanis would say, isnt it ironic that vinyl is becoming soo fashionableagain and i bet theyre absolutley seeting about it as the resurgance in interest seems to be driven more by the music buying public supporting independent music shops (we have one here in medway which is thriving while neighbouring hmv struggle!) than anything promoted or driven by the industry edit- i think skank and risingson points about moral fibre and mediocrity can be influenced by geography too - if youre unfortunate that you live in an area with hardly any local creative arts scene then the wealth and diversity of new and young bands who shun the Simon Cowell marketing model will not be readily available for your entertainment and if you dont have the means to be able to easily travel to the next 'big town' then you can find yourself unfortunately at the mercy of whatever the tv/radio/internet is trying to force feed you this week - to demonstrate a simple point ive not even checked and im not going to even bother thinking about checking, but i am very confident in predicting that the recent tulisa/coke slow-mo car crash being dragged out in the media will only increase the poor unfortunate trollop's sales/download figures (back to skanks lack of moral fibre again) further edit (just for Nige) - FZ summed this up quite nicely many years ago in the lyrics of 'I'm The Slime' (as did Hiphoprisy with their one hit wonder!)

if my back is playing up i will often sit for a while but that usually depends on the venue and space/seating available - our drummer has a spare drum stool with the added small back support which is very comfortable - i have in past experience of big band / stage band stuff and that was always seated

never mind you soon have the L series gas

mr mickster i hope you didnt buy that nikon rubbish did you? should have gone for canon mate

Saturday 8 June, The [b][url="https://www.facebook.com/kickbacks13"]Kick Backs[/url][/b] at [b][url="http://www.oldplantation.co.uk/"]The Old Plantation[/url][/b] in Bearsted (Kent) come laugh and point at my coffee table bass

[quote name='ubassman' timestamp='1370529470' post='2102264'] See [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/209456-the-contrabass-shop/"]http://basschat.co.u...ontrabass-shop/[/url] ... well worth a punt and making the suggestion to any music shop that doesn't currently do that . [/quote] i must admit that ive never come across that but now im puzzled how thta differs from actually buying it and asking for a refund/return get the yamaha - you wont regret it

[quote name='ubassman' timestamp='1370459539' post='2101349'] perhaps the shop will let you borrow one for a couple of days and then the other - most shops are pretty good that way if you are going to buy one or t'other for definite [/quote] i dont know of any shops that do this and i reckon any shopkeeper who did would seriously need their business acumen tested (unless of course it is to some well known pro) im sure though that a good local shop would allow you to spend a considerable amount of time in the shop testing and comparing the two or save time and just get the Yamaha

plus another one for abbey road

[quote name='thisnameistaken' timestamp='1370411807' post='2100365'] The Ibanez might feel more comfortable just because it's familiar. I've never had an Ibanez bass and to me their necks feel weird and too thin. In six months you might be perfectly happy with the Yamaha neck. [/quote] this - you will grow used to the size of the BB in no time

[quote name='BetaFunk' timestamp='1370428215' post='2100593'] Of course the Zappa back catalogue is enormous but the official albums up to his death totalled around 45. I have over 35 of these and have listened to most of the others. Listening to 45 LPs over a period of 27 years isn't difficult. Most peoples opinions are based on these 40+ LPs and not the numerous posthumous releases so that whittles it down the essential albums. The Beatles mention is interesting though as i suppose we are all familiar with most of the Fab Four's recorded work so everyone can comment on it but if you've listened to a lot of Zappa LPs you obviously liked it in the first place. You wouldn't have heard much (if any) of Zappa's music on the radio like you would have The Beatles so you would had to make an effort to seek FZ's music out. [/quote] id be inclined to disagree slightly on the first bit only because tastes change and you ten to drift a bit and spend lots of time listening to new stuff although if id had my blinkers on then i probably would have the entire catalogue on special collectors editions etc etc but yes indeed - only remember hearing the occasional tune on radio caroline in the late 70s but nothing on mainstream commercial radio at all - whereas the beatles i remember extremley well from the age of four from all the incessant daily airplay!!

[quote name='Dingus' timestamp='1370127095' post='2096860'] About five years ago you could buy these basses new for £200 , so the seller might not be losing that much in the scheme of things . [/quote] this - i got my TRB1004 on evilbay a couple of years ago 380 compared to RRP of 800 - similar sort of percentage without bothering to get the calculator out by the looks of it oh and it was essex too - maybe its an essex bargain thing

there is an obvious paradox here that makes this whole argument almost inevitably subjective there are very very few artists with such a massive and diverse catalogue of music anybody's comments will be subjective in as much as they will only relate to the FZ material they are familiar with anybody on here (or anywhere) claiming they were sufficiently familiar with his entire catalogue to make musicologically sound and objective opinions is probably some sort of musical crazy cat lady - ive been listening to FZ for the last 37 years and I would say i know about 25% of it very well - i would estimate about 50% of the catalogue i have never listened to oh and he's such a beatles rip-off isnt he? look what he did with the sgt pepper/only in it for the money album covers

did they do ...... walk on by ?

congrats for getting out of new cross with all your gear and wallet still intact

I was out there for the 'big company' for a time at izdihar - looks like its a hotel or soemthing now lol

sounds liek a bit too [quote name='Confuzzled' timestamp='1369951255' post='2094986'] Right, long-time poster going all mysterious to protect the innocent imagine these words being spoken by an actor with a face shrouded in darkness... Without giving too much away, I'm in an originals band, going quite well (some decent supports, internet radio play in the right places etc etc). However, I find myself getting quite pissed off at a few things, and wanted (mainly) to vent and find out what experiences others have had in similar situations. 1/ The band is something of a money pit, and I'm bearing the brunt of it. Being the only single one (although also the only one with a child to support :s) in the past six months I've sprung for band banner, posters, exhaust for the van (which I own, £300), self-done plug change and service for the same (still fifty quid or so) and lost the deposit I put down on a room when the gig didn't pull enough punters in (as well as paying for the website hosting every month). We're selling enough merchandise to keep fuel in the vehicle, but in the next few months we're looking at video shoot, buying in more merch, paying for a radio plugger AND spending a good chunk on keeping the van on the road (which I fear is AGAIN going to fall solely on me, as it's my name on the V5). In short, zero social life to pay for band stuff. 2/ Wouldn't mind that too much, if it weren't for the fact that (as actually pointed out to me by a very good friend of mine a while ago) I'm totally the whipping boy of this band because I'm quite laid-back. Whilst the guys will talk each other up in company and onstage, as I'm 'just the bassist' I'm generally belittled. It's not serious (well, with two of the guys I can be pretty sure it's not serious), but it still leads to me feeling a good way below valued a good chunk of the time. 3/ To take things to the next level, we DO need to refine our live presentation (amongst other things). However, the way that this has been approached is essentially for another band member to watch back a video of a couple of performances and come out with a written list (a f***ing WRITTEN LIST!) of, essentially, stuff that I shouldn't be doing. Now, a reasonable suggestion was made to do a few rehearsals as if in front of a crowd and look at how we present ourselves, but the way it's been handled makes me feel like we're in 1 Direction or something, where every last move onstage is choreographed and any spontaneity is drilled out. Goes against every fibre of my being, but apparently this is what's got to be done... Right, rant over, and well done to anyone who got through it - thoughts? [/quote] sounds to me like the major emphasis of this bands existence is some sort of PR and Marketing sausage machine exercise perhaps - lots of emphasis on 'look at us' not so much emphasis on 'listen to us' - fine if youre glam or theatrical i guess but superfluous if you are shoegazers ? if you really want to get so involved with PR and marketing then get somebody outside the musical element of the band to handle it - they can then tell the band (as a whole) exactly what all the costs and implications are too much assumption is being placed on your van ownership - on a plus note they are contributing petrol but is there any other acknowledgmnet regarding running costs - this can be affected also by many other factors - we cant assume that all band members have similar disposable incomes or domestic circumstances and all these thigngs will significantly vary each band members personal input at face value singling you out for critical treatment by video analysis does seem a touch overbearing but then again we dont know why they have done this - is it some way of alerting you to an irritating habit that they are too embarrassed to tell you directly to your face? too much speculaltion to be able to go into specifics but as others above have suggested the only way to clarify things is to talk with them

+1 for squier - i have an affinity J and its the nuts and i gig it equally alonside a TRB - i recently checked out the exact same iaffinity J's in a couple of shops in west end and the 2102/13 squier affinitys are imho not quite as well finished as earlier ones - from serial number mine is 2009 - if you see one up on the boards 2009 and earlier is well worht the punt - newer ones id reiterate mr tractors comment and make sure you try before you buy

+1 for deap vally

[quote name='steve-bbb' timestamp='1369901990' post='2094036'] it changes over time - in 1978 when i was still in sixth form at school i went to see be bop deluxe at hammy odeon - i went out the following week and splashed all my hard earned shelf stacking job wages on 5 of their vinyl albums (in 1976 that wasnt extravagant that was decadent!) ive prettry much ditched 98% of my large CD collection and dont really buy CD anymore but i still have my vinyl and will probably start buying more vinyl now as we have a good shop in town here so these days i dont equate fan-dom to merchandise in the same way anymore i guess these days for me a benchmark of how fanatical i was about an artist or band would be how much i would be prepared to fork out to go see them live but having said that i would admit to be a rolling stones fan but i certainly would not pay 300+ to grace them with my presence! [/quote]