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[quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1350674571' post='1842271'] If lessons can stifle creativity and inhibit originality then there can't have been much creativity or originality in the first place. On the other hand, most creativity and originality is total cr*p anyway and would be better stifled. [/quote] Very funny. Very true. best, bert

[quote name='RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE' timestamp='1350726911' post='1842673'] They also did not do " all around my hat' ,) [/quote] Biggest flaw in my book, apart from that I don't really like SD despite all the obvious qualities. I _think_ they are very good at what they do, but I'm not _moved_ by it. Give me the Sex Pistols or Flux of Pink Indians any day. best, bert

Great! Enjoy it. Looking forward to something like that myself. best, bert

Hey Phil, Welcome to BC! I'm sure we're eager to sit on your lips. When you say double bass, you mean twin neck bass guitar, right? R I G H T ? ? Enjoy! best, bert

Hi Dave, Welcome! Seems you already know what BC has to offer, and my advice on what to sell is not part of that. Don't even know what those things are. But I hope you'll have a good time here, and find it worth your while. best, bert

Hi Stephen, It will not be deadly to your bank at all. Banks know how to survive even when you buy some gear off BC. Just relax and indulge in your GAS. Welcome to BC. Enjoy the banter and join the vibes. best, bert

Yes, I'd survive with that in my living room. Real well. Great find.

Yeah, I recognise this, Lozz, and sympathise. I'm going a slightly different route though: selling all kinds of stuff and all keyboards and studio gear, some kayaks, some art ... er ... lots! However, my basses are holy, and will not be sold unless I'm physically starving. I'm already leading a very simple life, and making that life slimmer for every year, so the money I get from selling stuff is partly for buying bass gear, and partly for paying down the house. At 56, I need to have payed down the house in 11 years, coz my pension after that will be minimal. The Ashdown combo is going though. My back is not made for it. Lightweight for me, or separates. Best of luck with keeping or selling the Ps! Sad it's buyer's market now. best, bert

[quote name='4 Strings' timestamp='1350591771' post='1841093'] if I ever do listen to them its always pretending I'm someone else to see what their reaction would be[/quote] Do you find that you're able to? Do you mean you pretend to be specific people whose reactions you can foresee? I'm almost totally lost in that respect. But I do have one trick in one case that has to do with how other people perceive stuff. There's a recording of Bach's christmas oratorio with three harpsichordists on it in different parts: me, my well-known teacher and friend and his world-famous teacher and friend. Now if I'm to play this for some people, and tell them what arias I play on, they will undoubtedly either give faint praise and be done with it [b]or[/b] find perceived flaws in my performance that the more well-known ones perceivedly have not. So what I learned to do was play the damn thing, and just ask what they think about the harpsichord. You already know what happens next. best, bert

[quote name='TheGreek' timestamp='1350587151' post='1840992'] You all missed his tag....[/quote] Brilliant! I still BC!

[quote name='RhysP' timestamp='1350564800' post='1840555'] It's not just a problem with flats[/quote] I concur. It's the same problem with rounds. Me, I just play the little amp when there's people around. It's standing on top of the big one, and in such a position that standing waves are less of a problem. Lotsa noise, and I don't feel the need for the full 410. Also, I think overdrives, fuzzes and compression should make it nicer to play at lower volume, as the impression is that it's louder with those. Correct me if I'm wrong though. best, bert

Yeah, the same here. Now, I almost never listen to my own recordings, but when I do, then it's a great kick. Though I do buy the insecurity argument in itself (as it indeed is a driving force for a lot), in this I don't see it necessarily being a part of the equation. In my case it sure is not. See, unlike you, I enjoy the sh*t just as much as the good stuff. I know what I thought back then, and why I thought it. I remember the processes that went on in my mind while the recording took place. This makes for fond memories. (I have a memory dysfunction now, and haven't heard my stuff since getting that dysfunction, so the above describes how it was for me before. Dunno how it would be now.) best, bert

[quote name='waynepunkdude' timestamp='1350571297' post='1840687'] Go get balls deep in hookers in Vegas[/quote] Wayne, you're losing the foreign contingent of your audience with this complicated English. Please explain in very clear terms and in great detail what you mean by this. Thanks for an inspiring answer - should it come. best, bert

Same here: Chris Squire started everything for me, from me realising basses [b]could[/b] in fact be played as if they were instruments, through my buying lots of bassists' albums, to finally leaving keyboards altogether and taking up bass last year. Without him, I'd now be a world famous organist and composer of new classical music. Thank You, Chris! best, bert

FWIW, shipping to Europe is 48 quid. Not that I'm interested.

Hey Kerms, Welcome to BC. It may be new today, but just wait: it'll be a quarreling family before you know it. Evidence: What an awful piece of sh*te! And the same goes for the bass! Just kidding, of course! Nice bass, nice bloke. Enjoy your stay. Be family. best, bert

Ah! Great, that. So chances are they won't throw you out yet, then? Good luck with the following rehearsals. best, bert

Hey Rob, Welcome into the light. We did see your aluminium ladder in the moonlight, but couldn't see if anyone with binoculars was on it. Glad you made that clear. Keep on enjoying, and take part in the banter should you feel like it. best, bert

Got[b] G[/b][b]usGAS!!![/b]

Hi Gaz, Welcome to the surface. Feels good, or? best, bert

Most of the drummers I've known, have been a drummer 24/7 - bashing on something or other most of the day. The practising happened in their heads and on their trousers and on the sides and armrests of the comfy chair. No problem. best, bert

Love it. Thanks big time. In fact, the cheering up the last 24 hours has been some of the best cheering up yet. That, or I couldn't sleep and read even more on BC than normally. Anyway, thanko mucho everybody. Twas needed. best, bert

[quote name='robholloway' timestamp='1350473672' post='1839273'] I have a slightly obscure gear related question, not sure if this is the right place for it but nonetheless...[/quote] Well, without trying to sound sarcastic, you did state it's a gear related question, so ... best, bert

Good plan. Have a free bump.

[quote name='Evil Undead' timestamp='1350324546' post='1837355'] do you happen to have a version I can save to my hard drive for future reference?[/quote] That version [b]can[/b] be saved. If you have trouble saving it, you could try another computer or another pdf reader. best, bert