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[quote name='Rooster' post='32293' date='Jul 15 2007, 11:29 PM']Anyone care to recommend me a bloke to fix my bass. It's giving me some real problems, i'm not sure what it is but it's either giving a low output, no output or a slightly audible e estring and barely audible everything else. No one can seem to find the problem (music shops, electricians, fellow bassists/ guitarists) anyone care to recommend me someone?[/quote] If you consider traveling as far as Bristol then why not get off the M4 sooner and [url="http://www.guitarclinic.co.uk/"]use this guy[/url]. I have had him repair several basses with differing problems and he is fantastic.

I played a 6 string Sei when buying a cab of an old BWer a while back. Up until that point I'd only seen photos and, well, 'if that floats your boat' ... I used to think. My God what a superb instrument, I envy you guys getting your bass built and one day, when my ship comes in I shall be there too. Awesome, truly awesome instruments.

[quote name='guitarnbass' post='31923' date='Jul 14 2007, 10:16 PM']this is the face --- [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c46fr2EZOhQ"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c46fr2EZOhQ[/url][/quote] I'd pull a face if I tried that! No I'd probably rupture myself actually.

[quote name='3V17C' post='31244' date='Jul 13 2007, 01:24 PM'][url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNV--9G_2tE"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNV--9G_2tE[/url] check out his facial expressions! haha...what a tool. peace c[/quote] I went to the guy's band's myspace site he plays some wonderful stuff on the vid clip there and no tics.

[quote name='The Burpster' post='31881' date='Jul 14 2007, 07:16 PM']Oh dear, I've just had a very embarassing but not entirely unpleasent misshap in my undergarments!!! Do they play as good as they look...? And 32" scale model as well? that just Oooooozes MoJo!! :wub:[/quote] Over here with the Kleenex Burpster! Wowie Zowie that's a beauty. Don't like the 'contact us for prices' bit mind...

[quote name='The Burpster' post='31749' date='Jul 14 2007, 01:38 PM']I say, thats a bit harsh.... Dean, it seems are catering pretty much solely to the Metal end of the spectrum. Maybe thats why this seems as your quote. I'm not saying that a (for instance) Frank Belo sig P bass cannot be use for any stylee of music, but its certainly gonna be more at home with one genre as are most Deans. Interesting arrangment tho'[/quote] I think I expressed myself badly. There was a range of tone there and a playability that was good. I meant, once you'd heard the tone the extra strings brought to the party and gone 'Hmm that's nice' then that was pretty much it. As far as genres go the guy in the shop felt it suited jazz best! It had been tuned to a drop D so maybe there had been a bit of metal interest. For me it suited a bluesy sort of sound. Each to their own.

Just been into a music shop and tried a Dean 12string. Basically 4 normal strings with two little thin strings, both an octave up, alongside each. To be honest it sounded fine, played well but didn't do much a decent octave pedal couldn't and at £800 I thought it was pricey and a one trick pony.

Cheers guys!

I have a semi acoustic bass which is too high and wide for a standard bass case. Can anyone recommend a supplier of big fat hard cases for me? ta!

[quote name='owen' post='27652' date='Jul 5 2007, 10:37 PM']<sigh> I have now persuaded myself that I really fancy a trashed sunburst Jazz, but with 5 strings and a 35" (or even 35 and a half") scale length. Who is going to build me one of those then?[/quote] I would if I could .. but I'd probably keep it!

[quote name='Buzz' post='26754' date='Jul 3 2007, 10:31 PM']Note to TB owners: Apparnetly if you move the strap button/lock from the upper edge to the little square bit under the neck on the neck pocket area, the balance problems go away. I wish I'd have known that, as I wouldn't have sold mine last year otherwise.[/quote] Just to add a +1 - this works and the bonus is no extra holes in your instrument.

I first used flats last year and was, at first, seriously underwhelmed. Guess what? After a month or so I went back to a bass with my old standard rounds on and woah! could not stand the ott zingy brightness. As other have said give 'em a bit of time you may grow to love them and they will alter subtly. Mine are Rotosound, BTW. Never found a string to match them for reliability.

[quote name='endorka' post='26819' date='Jul 4 2007, 01:26 AM']"Interesting" is not really the priority in walking in my opinion, as interest and excitement will often be provided by other musicians - drummer, soloist, singer, whomever. As others have hinted in this thread, the priority when walking is to swing. Even if you are playing pretty "boring" notes, if you swing, if you have good time, rhythm and energy, people will love it. As long as you are more or less laying out the harmony and not making total howlers, you'll be ok. The general belief is that a bass player who can make simple quarter notes really swing will almost always be hired in preference to the guy who is making more advanced note choices, but doesn't swing as well. In other words, walking is mostly about feel. Simple is often better. Initially at least, you have to believe, really believe, that you are the foundation, the heartbeat of the band, and that other people will take care of the interesting stuff. Once your walk is swinging, you can start thinking about making it interesting :-) Also, don't be seduced by those who tell you that you must do more "digadidums", skips, triplets, or whatever you want to call them. Swinging the quarter notes well is far more important. Jennifer [url="http://www.jen.clark.btinternet.co.uk"]http://www.jen.clark.btinternet.co.uk[/url][/quote] Yep - I'd say that pretty well sums it up. Oh and please can I use 'digadidums' in conversation? I love it!

[quote name='Brandonh' post='25852' date='Jul 2 2007, 05:53 AM']My bass teacher was telling me that walking bass is really simple and not much too it. Now that I look at it I think he was wrong. Any one else here think walking the bass is one of the most knowledge demanding style there is?[/quote] I'm often accused of walking bass myself. It's whatever's approproate to the song. The only difficult thing in a good walk for me is to smoothly link the whole into one stroll. It's all too easy to walk up or down through the first chord then[i] clunk[/i] as the chord changes and you walk through that one and on and on. It's finding the right path to lead to the right passing note so that the line progresses seamlessly. I love a good walking bass line but only to the right music and, yep, it does have to have that certain swing.

[quote name='douggy' post='25909' date='Jul 2 2007, 11:05 AM']how much does he charge on avarage , anyone know? d[/quote] His site says around £1200

[quote name='Breakfast' post='23307' date='Jun 25 2007, 11:52 PM']I really like a lot of music that has been influenced by dub in various directions but it occurs to me that I know very little about it as a genre. Can anyone suggest what records would make a good introduction or are truly essential, either from a bass playing or a general point of view?[/quote] I have the trojan dub box set mentioned earlier if you want a listen pm me your address and I'll post you an MP3 disc.

[quote name='owen' post='25154' date='Jun 29 2007, 10:14 PM']www.bravewoodguitars.co.uk Just fabulous![/quote] I didn't know about it either - thanks for the link, really fascinating. I'm just not sure I could 'distress' such a beautiful instrument - what a shame it looked great before!

[quote name='Hamster' post='24848' date='Jun 29 2007, 12:42 PM']I'm watching the 'For Sale' section like a hawk for this one ! Found this on the web for you [url="http://www.urineoff.co.uk/urineoff.html"]http://www.urineoff.co.uk/urineoff.html[/url] I suppose www.pi$$off.co.uk was taken Hamster edit: just found another [url="http://www.petfresh.co.uk/petfresh.html"]http://www.petfresh.co.uk/petfresh.html[/url][/quote] Cheers for the links. I'm not overly concerned about the smell it doesn't seem too bad, but will it damage the cones? Time will, of course, tell. The cab won't be for sale any time soon, smell or no smell, it is a wonderful piece of kit.

Came home from holiday to find a neighbour's cat had been in through an (stupid i know) open window and pissed, twice, up against my lovely new Epifani cab. Now, does anyone know if the cones will have been irrepairably damaged? is there anything I could or should do? Most of it appears to be on the grill but stands to reason that some will have penetrated.

Thanks for the heads up mate, I played bass for years in The More Specials, which, yep you've guessed it was a Specials tribute, so this is of particular interest to me.

[quote name='rodl2005' post='20006' date='Jun 19 2007, 02:13 AM']try it flat out for a little while & see what happpens. Then tell us here. Please BTW I put my FEnder 300pro at 1/2 volume thru my SVT410HLF & the cab nearly farted it's arse out! But that amp is renown for being VERY LOUD. Still the cab was 500wRMS. Now I've tried the same volume(not more) thru my Berg NV610 & IS all clean as a whistle! Am too scared to turn up more-it's SO loud that way anyway-have to be in a stadium(or outside) to try it![/quote] Don't think I'll be running anything 'flat out' any time soon, but i have faithfully promised that should anything go wrong with any of my kit, the behringer or non behringer parts i'll be happy to tell everyone. So far, sorry, it still stubbornly refuses to blow up.

[quote name='alexclaber' post='19640' date='Jun 18 2007, 02:38 PM']But that doesn't mean you're actually putting 650W through the speakers. Alex[/quote] Correct as it's a 4ohm cab it isn't the full 650 but someone else mentioned it couldn't handle a 500watt head, my experience is at variance with some others is all.

[quote name='Waldo' post='19494' date='Jun 18 2007, 10:21 AM']See, I knew those ratings were bullsh*t![/quote] I put my 650 watt head through my 4X10 and it A) Sounds great, really great, and Doesn't blow up in any way. Just posting for balance here.

Hi mark, I'm a recent convert to Macca's bass too, must confess I love it. One small tip is think about why you're doing what you're doing. By that I mean don't just learn stuff in a robotic fashion, find out what the chords are that the bass goes over, spot where particular bassists like certain patterns for certain changes or chords, and you'll be building up a repetoire of ideas for when you do the most important thing (to my mind) which is writing your own basslines.

[quote name='Brandonh' post='18967' date='Jun 16 2007, 10:55 PM']Well I have been trying to develop my ear (I have only been playing for 7 months) and I am working on the texas flood cd by SRV (Stevie Ray Vaughan). When I get stuck at a part of the tune I will check out the tab I would like to be able to get all songs strictly by ear someday but I am just starting out. Do you guys think its all right to look at the tab when I get stuck at a part in the song?[/quote] More and more as i learn songs I'm getting it by ear, but sometimes we all need a helping hand, no problem with tab at all in that respect. I've only recently started learning other peoples basslines having played for donkey's years and it's like all other skills, the more you do it the easier it gets!