DrBike

After years of "digging in" I found it much better to turn the amp up more and just play lighter on the strings with my plucking hand ... Let the amp do the work. Something else I've done is take a tub of vaseline and just rub a little on the ends of my plucking fingers. It helps avoid blisters when you do have to dig in.

I've just got the 4 strings, that's enough for me.

We play in Eb just to help the singer (and me when i sing), it's amazing how a semi-tone can make a lot of difference. For other songs that she or I struggle with due to the pitch, we just learn it in a different key. TBH, nobody notices and in some cases it sounds better than the original. For covers most punters wouldn't have a clue that you've changed the key. As long as you're all playing and signing in the same key then nobody really cares.

I'm selliing a Portaflex PF500 and matching HLE-115 cab. Not sure where you are but if you're in the West Country you're welcome to try it out.

You can do kanban boards with post-it notes, but this way it stops other people wandering past and rearranging all your hard work. Regds Andy (aka Dr Bike) fully fledged graduate of the Kanban University

At last! Something truly useful found on Basschat! (Just kidding of course but for me this could be a Godsend)

I've heard that quite a few newly married couples have requested Run To You as their first dance, despite the fact that the song is about infidelity

Mmmmm, me like spreadsheet

I've seen a few mammoths in the supermarket here, but there's no way I'm gonna chase them down

After a few bouts of bass and amp GAS over the past year or so I've come to the conclusion that I have my bass and amplification requirements fulfilled, but after being "volunteered" to sort out lights for our band I find myself hunting for DMX bargains now.

I had an Aria Pro II CSB-300 back in the 90s. I bought it as I was travelling a lot and I wanted a spare bass to take with me so I could practice. It wasn't at all heavy, but then again I think it was definitely at the budget end of their range. I don't have a photo of it and I traded it after a couple of years (px for a Gibosn EB3) I have to admit that after reading this thread I'm GAS'ing over the old SB700s

This is also my nemesis, both the "signature" riff and the verse part, it doesn't flow for me. Either playing with fingers or with a pick. I learnt it some years ago but the band decided not to go with it, now I've joined another band and it's on the prospective set list.

I've gotta say that I really like this design, if I had that kind of money going spare I'd really consider it.

This is exactly what I wanted to hear! Thanks for the reply.

I already have a vinyl Hotcovers cover for one amp and it's really good. Looking to get another cover for my new cab but can't decide whether to go for vinyl or canvas. Does anyone have a canvas Hotcovers cover and can comment on it, even better if someone has experienced both and can comment on them?

I was considering this one from Hotcovers

I was anticipating to get the K212 but when I saw this deal I ordered one straight away rang them the next day to check that the price wasn't a website error!

Was considering a new cab and saw this Andertons bargain brand new for £299, couldn't resist. Goes quite nicely with my TH 500

I'm sure it'll buff out

None of the above cos we tune to E flat! But I use a chromatic tuner and start high to low and then back to high again. I tend to start with the G (or in my case F#) as it's the string that's most likely to go out of tune when being put in and out of the case/gig bag.

Saw the advert at the weekend prior to watching The House With A Clock In It's Walls

I "self taught" myself that bass line a few years ago but I always had to fudge it when playing as I was also singing the lead vocal and it wasn't easy!

Did a wedding reception yesterday. On Friday the guitarist sent a link to the venue, a barn in the hills, hmmmm methinks. Drummer and guitarist get there before me and the singer and send a message that there's a sound limiter that triggered at the slightest sound. On arrival I can see daylight shining through holes in the walls! To cut a long story short we just turned everything down as much as we could and blagged a table cloth that we stuffed inside the bass drum which did the trick. I sincerely hope that we never have to play there again. At least it was a nice warm day for us.

Getting back on track - if you look at the credits on most albums/songs the normal manner for describing this is "vocals", for what we do it's "bass" and another instrument would be "guitar". Following on from this we have guitarist, bassist and ipso facto vocalist rather than singer. Of course, just to be awkward there are exceptions cos "drums" are performed by the drummer and I guess that those who play keyboards prefer to be keyboard players rather than keyboardists.