paul_c2

I did a gig once and a bass player in the audience came up to me and asked why I used 2 basses, since they were both Precisions. They were both Fender JAZZ basses, one was a lined fretless and the other a fretted. He said he couldn’t tell the difference, so I said I’m not sure if that’s a compliment or not!!

I'd say that's fair enough (the Eurovision party). Partying at the weekend is reasonable; and 3am is reasonable for a decent party. Any pics? Did you dress up for the party? Or stay at home, being miserable???

[quote].........The band, from Dundee, is also due to.....[/quote] Nuff said.

Agree..... Its a bit weird, its a music teacher that's complained?

You've oversimplified it. They don't HAVE to serve a notice, merely on the word of a complaining neighbour. They need to themselves be satisfied it is a "statuatory nuisance". Here is the actual text from your link: Councils must look into complaints about noise that could be a ‘statutory nuisance’ (covered by the Environmental Protection Act 1990). For the noise to count as a statutory nuisance it must do one of the following: unreasonably and substantially interfere with the use or enjoyment of a home or other premises injure health or be likely to injure health If they agree that a statutory nuisance is happening or will happen in the future, councils must serve an abatement notice.

No they don't.

Just use Google Maps and time it so you can do a quick sprint then hop on a bus............oh hang on, I can see a flaw.......

**** it, I've changed my mind. I'll buy the cheapest bass in the shop which meets the criteria: Do the gig, then at the end smash it into the (not mine) amp they've supplied, and/or the drum kit, AND DEFINITELY the guitarist's kit too (will try to get the pedals in a golf club sweeping motion also). Because its less than half the £300 allocated, upon the howls of derision and "that could have made a perfectly good bass for a child to learn and enjoy music on", I STILL HAVE £190.01 to buy them a bass AND A CHEAP AMP! Win-win all round. Except for the guitarist. And maybe the drummer.

"Squier Classic Vibe" would be the obvious choice, except I can't find one under about £329 NEW. Sure, secondhand is no bother, nor is getting an Affinity model. If anyone can find a Classic Vibe under £300 they're doing well. I'd probably just try whatever the shop had in 4 string basses from Yamaha, Ibanez or Squier (Affinity) and go for the one which felt the best to play. I've never played a Yamaha and only once an Ibanez so I really don't know what they're like.

Could it be a subplot of a wider scam where they are fishing for info, and use the information to confirm/match up name, address, phone number and possibly email address of targets?

In days gone by, I would have jumped at this and had a pre-prepared list. As I've gotten older, money (and by extension, personal possessions) mean less and less; its more about finding a balance of contentedness with other people, relationships, animals, location, environment etc. If you gave £1000 to a dog, it wouldn't make it happy. Maybe the best things in life are free?

You're not doing it right if you can see the fist.

"Lovingly displayed on a wall hanger, never been played" - it only fell off once, maybe twice. "Lovingly stored in its case, never been played" - tried a wall hanger but it fell off 17 times, the final straw being when it fell into the fish tank. "Lovingly displayed on a stand" - we used to have a dog, its only fallen over 317 times. The dog died recently. The bass might/might not have been involved in its death. "Great for metal" - this bass belongs on a metal grate, of a solid fuel stove, once its been cut up into small pieces.

Firstly, let's get the elephant in the room out the way (Another One Bites The Dust, Queen): Then, if you'll allow me to indulge in TWO by the wonderful Tina Weymouth (Psycho Killer and Genius of Love):

How about the Fender _______________? This was after Halfords successfully made a claim on the words "caster", after a successful lawsuit where they thought about prominently promoting the feature that their larger toolboxes were on casters, to allow them to be moved around a workshop. Halfords were all ready to change the name of their premium line of toolboxes, but at the 11th hour decided not to go ahead, so never actually used it in public. It had been copyrighted though. Of course, with the historical "NoCaster" in the line up, Fender were then obligated to alter historical records and called it the "No No", but they were sued AGAIN by Dawn Penn, who of course sang "You Don't Love Me, No No No". The irony being, this was actually a cover they did.

.................err, headstock logo?

I think I'd get confused with too many different instruments in different tunings. I keep it simple for gigs - either normal tuning, or drop D. And if the tune uses drop D (it was always reading sheet music) I'd write clearly on it to tune to D. Then on the NEXT tune, write a note to retune!

If you're going to learn tunes by ear off of a record...........make sure its the SAME record! And if there's any changes in key, make sure everyone in the band knows this. Or..........why limit your band to playing in 2 different keys, why not 4?

Apologies, I couldn’t see the picture properly in a small phone screen.

Capo should reduce the pressure on the fingers because instead of holding 6 strings down (with a bar chord) you’re holding 2 or 3 or maybe 4. Also you have the benefit of “open” capo’d strings ringing out a bit more. That’s why acoustic guitarists use them. Your fingers just look like you don’t practise that much?

The Bb brass would play in F to sound Eb

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Aaaaaah but was it A=432Hz?

This is where having two guitars actually becomes useful (almost all other times, it is not). One is detuned, for that song. Top tip: don't muddle up which one is and isn't detuned.

The guitarist hasn't changed the key of the guitar part; but the key in concert pitch is different, because a guitar which is detuned a semitone, transposes a different amount than a guitar which is regularly tuned. Think of it like this: If a tenor sax player simply played something (with regular sax fingering) in (let's make it simple - the key of C) on their Bb instrument, it would be in (and sound in) Bb. But if they put down the tenor sax and picked up an Eb alto sax and played the same fingerings etc, it would then be in (and sound in) Eb. BUT if they were told, this music is in the concert pitch of C, they would use different fingerings on the Bb instrument so it sounded in C, and if they put down the tenor and picked up the alto, they would use different fingerings again to ensure it sounds in C. And if a guitarist was asked to play an Ab chord, they could play an E shape bar chord with the bar at the 4th fret to sound Ab. Or they could pick up a detuned guitar and play an open chord (A shape) to sound Ab too. Its blindingly obvious the answer to the original question is YES. If they think they haven't, then they are too stupid to play with other musicians in co-ordinated manner!!