Silvia Bluejay

I tried to buy an Acer netbook in Italy a couple of years ago. Pronouncing it correctly. No luck... And there was the time when I had to practically spell "Alice Cooper" in order to buy his record, since the correct pronunciation of the name - the only pronunciation I know, incidentally - drew an absolute blank from the guys at the record shop (yes, at the time such things still existed). Spain used to be even worse... PS - edited for bad spelling - that'll teach me

No harder than learning how to pronounce "Leicester", "Worcester" etc. correctly. The only thing you need to do is be willing to find out.

He's a boy, BottomE, not a girl... *gets her Grammar Geek anorak and walks out the door again*

I don't know about you guys, but I don't look at BG v DB as a competition. They are two equally important/fun sides of the same coin. I tend to play songs that require 5 strings on my BG and songs that are happy on 4 strings, with the occasional transposition, on the upright. It's a way of keeping practice fresh, and of using my muscles in different ways.

I'm planning to - eventually - buy an NS NXT 5 as well (LH version, currently just under a grand from Thomann), for exactly the same reasons. The RH version is just under £900, again from Thomann. As for its size (or lack of it), my experience with my present cheap upright is that you do need to use the bracket or whatever "thingy" they supply, as it helps you keep the correct distance and angle and avoid hurting your arms and wrists. Other than that, the EUB should be fine, although not easily comparable to a DB, simply because it's got that B string and, presumably, electronics that are optimised for capturing and delivering the frequencies it outputs. Oooo I'm in lust

OI!!! We're not sinister, right?

Welcome Andy - plenty of lefties here, including those not-out-of-the-closet who play a righty! Hope to see you around somewhere in London sooner or later.

[quote name='Lfalex v1.1' timestamp='1332153835' post='1583887'] Aren't Sabbath [i]supposed[/i] to be monolithic? I thought that was the idea (if not the attraction!) I think they did descend into self-parody later on, though "Headless Cross" was ok, and "Dehumanizer" was bloody excellent - with the late great RJD back on vocals. [/quote] Exactly.

Thank you Mark! I love hugging my upright

And now Tony has cancer. Sigh.

[quote name='gub' timestamp='1332093755' post='1583132'] I feel like the odd man out so many times in our rehersals as the rest of the guys are all into led zeppelin and sabbath and well ...i am not ! am i just being paranoid ? i really dont know , i feel like the black dog of the band ! [/quote] Sit! Not a huge fan of Zep, and not a huge fan of Ozzy's Sabbath (I love Dio's Sabbath though), but both bands are hugely influential and, in Sabbath's case, created a whole new music genre. It's a bit like the Beatles, can't stand them, no matter how hard I try, but nobody can escape their influence.

Hi Andy, and welcome. You've come to the right place. This forum is addictive, even before taking GAS into account! Stick around - you'll love it.

[quote name='fretlessguy' timestamp='1331952409' post='1581448'] One thing for sure: They make you use your ears much much more. Playing in tune requires much more attention. [/quote] I agree. And I'll go even further: playing a fretless - or even an upright - seems to make it slightly easier for me to pick the basslines I set out to find by ear, than when I'm working them out using a fretted. I don't know why that happens. Perhaps having to make sure that I fret the correct pitch - as well as making sure it's the same pitch I'm hearing in the song - makes my brain engage my musical ear to the max, and makes me more receptive than when I'm using the "lazy" fretted.

Welcome, Convair! Like you, I kept being directed to threads on this site when I googled bass-related questions, so in the end I said, what the hell, and jumped in!

I think Bassace is making a pun on your way of spelling the present continuous form of verbs. I'll get me Grammar Geek anorak and leave now PS Sorry but I can't help you with your actual question. I hope someone more experienced will take the time to reply to you.

Welcome, John, and watch out for more and more GAS

Welcome, Inti! Great videos, thanks for sharing.

Mine are located exactly where the fret would be, so, for instance, you press the string at the second dot and you get a low D, or a G etc. Edit; yes, my fretless is unlined.

Oh, and also DiMarzio (Deemartsio)!

LOL! You're right but D'Addario was originally simply a surname, not a brand name.

I've always pronounced Aria and D'Addario the Italian way ("arry-er" and "daddario") and been perfectly understood...

All the best, A - you'll be fine. Remind your drummer he's not in a Motley Crue tribute band for this gig Let us know your impressions of the new baby - in fact, the new babies!

LOL @Bassace! Awesome vids, even for a resolute non-slapper (insert your favourite puns here). And the guy is a lefty!

[quote name='apa' timestamp='1331372615' post='1571943'] Call me nieve but couldnt you just turn the bridge 180deg or is the front contour asymetric too? A [/quote] I did that on my upright, but had to file the inside of the grooves a tiny little bit, because they were sloping in what was now the wrong direction. I only felt bold enough to do that because the bass is cheap, and I wanted to experiment - I would get a pro to do everything properly if I bought an expensive non-lefty intrument. However, I'm happy to see that Thomann do sell left-handed double basses.

LOL some of us may even be failed right-handed guitarists! (no, We. Are. NOT!) Welcome LGM!