Judo Chop

[quote name='waynepunkdude' timestamp='1330465619' post='1558049'] To be fair though isn't your left testicle playing in the West End ATM? [/quote] That conjures up some strange images

[quote name='silddx' timestamp='1330460164' post='1557940'] Until he says Alain Caron is better than Guiggsy of course [/quote] My left testicle is better than Guigsy

I'm Mani!

[quote name='xgsjx' timestamp='1330452066' post='1557780'] I'm on here too, but not many know who I am. [/quote] I know who you are.

Haha, cool. He's the reason I started playing

[quote name='Clarky' timestamp='1330449449' post='1557723'] If you read his three posts certainly sounds like the man himself [/quote] Got a link? My phone doesn't let me see people's posts from their profile Never mind, got it!

Is it really Mani though? I hope so, that'd be ace.

It's a great feeling just before you start playing, then once the drummer counts you in it's like an out of body experience for a few seconds where you're just watching yourself play. Wish I could do it again, good luck!

The lack of tabs for certain bands was more annoying to me when I first started playing, you'd swear there's only two Stone Roses songs if you went off the number of bass tabs available. If the accuracy bugs you, you could always have a go yourself, it gets really easy to figure them out by ear after a while if you stick at it.

GHS Half Rounds, a nice middle ground between rounds and flats.

We had five of us crammed into a corner because the landlord wouldn't move an empty table into the other room. I was stood between the hi hats and a wall, one guitarist was sat on my amp which trapped me into the corner next to the radiator, the other guitarist and singer were stood a foot in front of the drums, and my brother had to tie his stool to his bass drum to stop it sliding into them when he played. We still enjoyed it though.

[quote name='Mog' timestamp='1329915059' post='1549554'] Aye fine examples. But, its not like they were commonplace on the majority of the tunes and despite being well thought out basslines they really aint remarkable. Shes so high is a great example. Well structured etc. However, everytime I hear it I just think Stone Roses, ie. classic Brit Pop. [/quote] The Stone Roses weren't really Brit Pop though were they?

So it's like a sonic jigsaw? Trying to fit into your space without treading on everyone elses turf

Dawsons forgot to send me an amp I bought off them, so when I phoned up to ask where it was they apologised and had it delivered the next day with two packs of Ernie Ball strings and a new lead hidden inside the box. I thought that was jolly decent of them

[quote name='Blademan_98' timestamp='1330028561' post='1551792'] I wouldn't go that far, just for the bass playing community [/quote] Are you implying that we are not human, sir?

There's hope for the human race yet

All the theory knowledge in the world won't help you when the Chinese take over.

Grow really long arms like me? Or more realistically, try the short scale Squier Jaguar bass

http://basschat.co.uk/topic/162748-your-first-gig/ Here's a few more

I taught myself some basic chords and a few bar chords on my brother's acoustic which just gathers dust in his room (he's a drummer). I found it surprisingly easy to memorise the chords, it only took me a day and I was quite pleased with myself, it's changing between them smoothly that gives me trouble so watch out for that if you're gonna give it a go. It can't hurt to broaden your musical horizons.

Jamie Oliver probably drooled all over them with his massive tongue.

Mine's sat under my bed, gutted with a broken neck. It's a Benson P-bass copy I got off eBay for £80 with an amp the size of a child's shoebox. It looked like a child had built it too, the neck was bolted so far down on the body that the twelfth fret was where the seventeenth usually is. It sounded pretty good though despite the shoddy build quality.

G, C, AND D? I wish that was me.

All By Myself - The La's Take Me Away - Oasis There's No Such Man as Crasp - Biffy Clyro (Give that a listen, it's all acapella) The second part of Standing Here - The Stone Roses, and Vincent by Don McLean

Tell us the figure when you find out