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Oo, I get to start one! Matthew bought my EHX Bass big Muff Pi, paid immediately, siwft comms throughout and nice and speedy on the confirmation of safe arrival too! Top bloke, thanks Matthew!

I know this kind of thing occasionally happens on a local scale but... Krispn recently offered me the loan of the Wren & Cuff Pickle Pie B as he'd seen me espressing an interest in it but knew it wouldn't normally be possible for me to try it out without buying it from the States first... Not only that but he lives in Edinburgh and I live in Sheffield so he offered to post it to me, gave me a timeframe for the loan and the duly sent it! I made sure he'd got several phone numbers for me (work, home, mobile etc) and he did likewise. The pedal arrived as promised I tried it out, was really impressed by it and will probably buy one as soon as I find a US dealer who'll look after me... The short version is... This was really helpful for me to be able to AB my then current pedal (now sold) with my prospective pedal and enabled me to make a properly informed decision! Wouldn't this be a spectacular idea to encourage? Is it worthy of it's own sub-forum? 'Gear I'd like to try' or something? Is it possible to restrict posting in a sub-forum to 'no longer a newbie' or 'fully fledged members' as a regular user's privilege? Pedals are easily and cheaply posted so national loans shouldn't be a problem? Guitars and amps would work best locally so it would really help if everyone stated their location in their profile information... Whaddaya think?

Gavin just posted me his Wren & Cuff Pickle Pie b to Sheffield on a loan so I could try it out! Simply amazing!! thanks matey!!!

[quote name='uncle psychosis' timestamp='1318239020' post='1399447'] Looks great but its a lot more than I was wanting to spend...£150 is about my limit. [/quote] You can get them s/h for about that...there have been a few on here for that and I've been umming and ahing about selling mine as I need the cash but it's really really useful for learning songs so am trying really hard to keep it!

Phil Jones Bass Buddy? Nice sounding preamp with DI, also has mp3 in so you can mix it into your headphones for learning new songs, I love mine!

Just bought john's g&l, great comms, v helpful, condition as described, all in all perfect! Thanks matey!

S'fair enough matey

what about a G&L L1505?

[quote name='skej21' timestamp='1317893084' post='1395773'] It does become instinctive, but instinctive is not always a good thing. One of the biggest parts of instinct is drawing on the things you already know, i.e shapes or note theory that you've previously encountered. This can become a major hindrance when trying to push the boundaries of what we expect to hear, as you often fall into the trap of playing something predictable through instinct. Whilst this is good if you need to busk through a ii-v-i or a i-iv-v, as you have plenty of prior knowledge/experience to draw on for an 'instinctive' bass line, it often leads down the path of playing stylistically stereotypical bass lines. In order to step outside of this, IMO, you need a solid understanding of all elements of music theory, so you can carefully consider/plan how you will use those tools to actively go against the grain. [/quote] Yep, that's more like it!

[quote name='bassist_lewis' timestamp='1317854290' post='1395580'] yeah that makes sense. But OTOH its good to have a few different angles to look at one thing from. I suppose the tones and semitones method is easier if your starting from the same note each time. in any case as long your learning it doesn't make a difference what route you take. kind of on the same subject, I've spent the last 4 years at university studying music, and though I think learning theory (note theory, Victor Wooten calls it) is very important for knowing the fretboard and getting shapes into your muscle memory, I'm finding as i play more and mature as a musician I don't really think about notes anymore, I just think sounds. Or sometimes I don't think at all, I just do it. Anyone else found this? [/quote] You learn the tools (note theory) and then over time those tools seep into your playing and become instinctive...?