andydye

How can there be a new bass if there are no pics of it...don't understand hope you get your app's untwisted soon matey!

Question...has anyone compared these EAD cool looking beasties to the other BassChat favourite...Barefaced? Thoughts? Comparison reviews?

[quote name='daz' timestamp='1349616949' post='1828304'] The debate about the UK's only current bass guitar magazine (and Bass Player from the USA) and its various plus or minus points, has long raged on this forum. In this debate came up the name of Bassist magazine. An old sadly now defunct UK bass magazine, which I had never heard of. So i took it upon myself to get hold of a few copies and was blown away by the quality and number of interesting things to read and study in that magazine. As i dont have a scanner anymore ~I will have to put the contents page up here for all to see. This is from the September 1998 issue (£2.95) [u]Faces[/u] JahWobble -Interview Girls girls girls - Article on female bass players with profiles Steve Harris from Iron MaIDEN - Interview [u]Gear[/u] Godin BG IV Mesa Boogie wedge combo J -Retro 01 active - passive preamp Korg AX300B multi fx pedal [u]Features[/u] Elvis Costello - Everyday I write the book (bruce thomas) including notation/tabs Death Metal article begining bass - regular section My bass is.... regular section Classic bass - Vox phantom IV Workshop -How to change a pick-up [u]Techniques[/u] Reading made easy (including The Temptations Papa was a rolling stone, and Get Ready notation/tabs) Soul Man: Fontella Bass - Rescue me take me in your arms notation / tab Harmony and theory: Majors n Minors triads Advanced rock techniques: Colin Hodgkinson, the man who taught Stanley clarke how to slap! [u]Regulars[/u] Editorial News pages Readers Ads Readers letters _____________________________________________________________________________________ I dearly wish this was still going, as the 3 copies that i have will be pawed over for a long time I'm sure. ps: anyone wants to get rid of any I will gladly pay postage (cheeky quip) . [/quote] I remember that issue, I enjoyed learning the elvis costello lines, it really helped me in a formative development time in my playing! Cracking magazine, shame it's gone

[quote name='TheGreek' timestamp='1349600840' post='1828032'] I'd be hard pushed to find anything from '62 that I'd actually want...no Fenders, Ricks or Gibsons for me I'm afraid... [/quote] Hofner? Gretsch?

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1349599317' post='1828007'] [IMG]http://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m496/h4ppyjack/Basses%20CURRENT/Fender%20Precision%201957%20CURRENT/IMG_8202H.jpg[/IMG] I was born on Saturday 29th December 1956, so all the basses made in my "year of birth" had already been made by the time I was born. So I bought an April 1957 Precision as being the closest I could get. As a bonus, as near as I can make out this bass came from the same batch as Bill Black's ... [/quote] That's a thing of great beauty, wow!

I should have plenty of choice from '77 but what to aim for? P, J, Ray, Rick? Probably a P or a J...

Col very kindly bought my triple.fi 10 to help me clear my drawer out. Very easy transaction, hope they serve you well mate!

Paging McGraham!

Wilkommen dude!

I'd be in too, I reckon my drummer would also be up for a natter

[quote name='Roland Rock' timestamp='1349510274' post='1827124'] The Bass Doc will sort you out http://basschat.co.uk/user/4905-the-bass-doc/ [/quote] Yep, he's good!

gopher it!

[quote name='lowdowner' timestamp='1349468073' post='1826862'] I'm getting mixed messages on this thread - this is *excellent*, it means I can choose to take whichever advice suits... [/quote] I think the message to take would be that it depends on the person, I took to it with relative ease, others find it hard to pick up, you won't know until you try matey! Have a good old noodle on a drum-friend's kit first and see if you can knock out a straight 4, it will feel a bit weird at first when you have to do stuff with your feet at specific times but you'll know if it feels like something worth pursuing

[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1349467674' post='1826856'] Sure, you can tap out a few simple things, but to get to any decent standard, I'd say the process is very long. [/quote] I learned from scratch in a weekend (including basic 2 stroke roll) and to a level where I could convey a varied set of songs and keep the rest of the band going with some energy... If you gotta do it it's surprising what you can achieve