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pictures as requested, almost an albino!

[quote name='Mornats' timestamp='1332360433' post='1587362'] I'm from Northumberland and now (spookily) also live in Bristol [/quote] That is spooky

[quote name='SteveO' timestamp='1332344603' post='1586998'] [b]Nationalities that have said "Oh, you mean you play Bass" (rhymes with Grass)[/b] Germany France Norway Turkey Sweden Denmark Spain Lithuania Peru Poland Belgum [/quote] You missed Northumberland!

[quote name='daz' timestamp='1332352957' post='1587215'] Maybe its just people who are from Tyne-side and are [i]of a certain age[/i]. (IE: people who might know what I'm on about if I said [i]"I'd dow anythin for a canny bag o Tudor, man" for instance ?[/i]) [/quote] Thats me, well Northumberland, which has changed totally since they widened the road! Sooo does that mean that this forum is called Barsechart?

[quote name='steve' timestamp='1332346982' post='1587058'] Scone [/quote] Its scon! calling it anything else is a southern cone

[quote name='thunderbird13' timestamp='1332341570' post='1586944'] probably belongs to the other pronounciation thread but in the olden days before the internet I rang up directory enquiries to get the number for the bass centre. I asked for bass ( as in lace ) which is the only pronouncation and the operator insisted on calling it bass ( as in grass ) , she even told me that my pronounciation was wrong [/quote] Thats her, she is my best friend!

[quote name='seashell' timestamp='1332341186' post='1586934'] Don't worry, what counts is how you play it - not how you say it! [/quote] Only just! I'm putting some stuff on SoundCloud soon so you will be able to comment on my bass slapping technique!

[quote name='Johnston' timestamp='1332338310' post='1586865'] I was in looking at fishing rods once. Made the mistake of talking about Base instead of Bass . Wasn't until I noticed the guy who owned the place giving those strange looks and polite nodding I twigged on and had to explain I had just come from the guitar shop down the road. [/quote] I bet they said "are you after rockfish or rock lobsters?"

haahaa well I may have lost the argument but these posts are cracking me up, made my day! I guess I'll have to change my ways or pretend to cough each time I say it

Nooo that can't be right look at the spelling, anyway I can't say it like that without choking, you will be calling scons scones next! Where will it all end?

So being from the north I have a bass guitar, pronounced like "crass" guitar but I'm finding that others down here in the south have bass guitars they call base guitars. This is causing marital problems so I need a definitive answer as to which is right. Only one way to find out which is right, c.mon fight,which is it?

Yep the string set up on this one was to low for me to live with. All the notes were clear but I could hear a slight rattle all the way up the neck on the lower 3 strings. I like it fine now! I'm home recording so it matters.

[quote name='Icarus_147' timestamp='1332278471' post='1586119'] Nothing like a freshly polished knob, eh? [/quote] and people want pictures?????

I got my 2nd bass guitar today. I'm on a budget having already spent a lot on lead guitars and amps in the last 3 months but I needed a decent bass. I snagged a bargain natural Schecter Diamond 4 Stiletto with EMG hz's on ebay "BIN" last week. It arrived today. I unpacked it and sure enough it looked like it had been bought cheap BIN. I tried it out and I was kind of disappointed. It sounded good with a wider and clearer range of tones than my Peavey Zephyr but it also looked really dull, everything was dirty, strings had spots of rust and it had some loose bits. I don't think it had been played for ages because the jack failed to work on the first attempt so I shoved it in and out a couple of times and it now seems fine. Anyway I couldn't enjoy playing it like that so I unplugged it and tightened up a loose pot and tuner nob, got the lemon oil on the fret board and got some polish on the body. What a difference it makes. The cleaning did wondered as some of the marks on the body that the seller had photographed simply polished off and the black fittings and diamond inlays on the fret board came to life. I'm off to get some new strings at lunch time and can't wait to get down to playing tonight. Much happier now!

Brilliant! It's such an obvious thing once you know but I spent days trying to figure that out. Soundcloud is now on the horzon. Thanks!

Thanks, much appreciated. I'll give that a try when I get home.

Hi, I'm doing my first original recording on Garage band. Everything I do is part of the learning process. What I do is to transferr a drum track from my looper, for say 6 minuites and then put the rest of the instruments on. The problem is that when I am finished and cut the tracks to the length of the recording I want, I'm left with a couple of minuites of blank space at the end that I can't get rid of. According to the vids I see on youtube I should be able to highlight the unnused block of space with the curser while pressing "control" and then delete (backspace?) the whole lot. I just can't get it to work. The result is that I end up with a 4 minuite recording that rolls on for another 2 mins of silance. I should add that this is an old version of Garageband as the mac was made around 2005/6. Any advice would be much appreciated as Soundcloud becons!

I hate any guitar or bass that is overcomplicated. There is nothing worse than fiddling around looking for a good setting.

Am I right in thinking that provided that for recording that its important that the bass gives a good clear sound but it isn't as important to have wide tone variations. My thinking being that if you have a good "raw" sound track you can mess around with it afterwards?

As someone who has recently bought his first bass its interesting that the ones that people miss are right across the price range.

[quote name='Norris' timestamp='1331557428' post='1574668'] It's a basschat rule that within six months of joining you must own three basses, have already sold at least two more on to other members and be seriously looking to replace your rig. You'd better get a move on! Edit: To get rid of the accidental subscript that made the writing miniscule [/quote] If its the rule I must comply, I just snagged a Schecter off ebay. It's an early birthday prezzie as It's my birthday on Wednesday. I trust Schecter build quality, it's a mid-ranger with decent EMG-HZ pick-ups and it was cheap. Bought unplayed, my thinking is that if I don't like it I can sell it again. It will keep me occupied until I get a decent amount of dosh together. Fingers crossed! [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140720400125&ssPageName=ADME:X:RTQ:GB:1123#ht_500wt_950"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140720400125&ssPageName=ADME:X:RTQ:GB:1123#ht_500wt_950[/url] I'd be interested to know from anyone who has one or if anyone thinks I made a mistake!

Thanks for the advice and please ignore my bodywood question. I just read the whole pinned thread titled Tonewoods and its obviously a can of worms.

G&L sound good. I tried some of their lead guitars a while back and the sound was 2nd to none. I'll maybe make do for a while until I find "the one". It is worth it I think as I can only play one at a time

Well Ispent about 1hr 30 mins in PMT in Bristol, They were great and let me try a few basses. I decided that I preferred 4 to 5 strings and out of their stock tried some of the cheaper Fenders, squires, Yamaha BB's and RBX's and an ibanez. I have to admit that the Fenders and Yamahas felt and sounded what I was after. The BB's were great but I found the bodies heavy and the necks very slim and they didn't fit me as well as the RBX. Unfortunately there weren't any higher spec RBX's and the one I had (RBX27?) felt so light in comparison to the £800 BB that it felt like it was made out of cardboard. It sounded good but it didn't quite have the tone of the more expensive guitar. So after my first visit its looking like an RBX yamaha or fender of some sort. I guess I now need to sort out the difference between jazz and precisions and find a higher spec RBX to play. Thanks for the good advice. One more thing-body wood. I imagine that mahogany gives deeper tones than maple as it is heavy but what about the other woods like ash, alder and bass wood?