bass_dinger

On 23/04/2025 at 07:38, losting said:

If it's bass, will I improve quickly if I watch more videos..

No. 

On 23/04/2025 at 07:38, losting said:

and practice?

Yes.

I watch educational videos with good intentions, but find myself distracted by those same videos. 

Get a teacher, if you can - a good teacher is better than a video, I would say.

I would suggest a ukulele. 

It looks like a guitar, but has fewer strings to worry about.

They are taught at school too, I am told.

Quality of the cheaper instruments vary, so, try before you buy.

16 hours ago, BassTractor said:

I guess Lego are fully aware of how these things work, BUT since they could be bothered to post it, maybe they are indeed willing to put it out - provided most parts are standard and don't require new molds to be made. Maybe every part must be standard; I don't know how expensive molds are these days.
If they do, then I gather only massive sales will see another model later - - though I think the model pool is very tiny indeed.

As to the "homage", I didn't understand your post.
Did you mean the Behringer Model D or a possible future homage that is more its own thing?

 

Apologies, I wasn't clear.  Or, more likely, a bout of sickness has made my waffle even harder to read!

From seeing previous Lego projects, I know that even 10,000 votes does not guarantee that the item will go into production.  And even if it does, Lego designers may refine the model, whether to change the ease of build, or to reduce the piece-count.

My guess is that they probably won't produce new molds for new pieces, but they may reintroduce retired pieces or make existing pieces in new colours.  

I thought that the choice of an analogue synthesiser was a little "out there" and didn't match anything else they had produced (until I remembered the Lego typewriter  - wonderful!)

As for my "homage" quip, that was simply me making a silly joke - "don't buy the Lego version, wait until the inevitable Behringer copy of the same synthesiser".  However, I didn't realise that Behringer had already released a copy - the Behringer Model D (and thus, spoiled my punchline!).

Again, apologies for the lack of clarity.

37 minutes ago, Richard R said:

 

Try again 🙂

 

The motto of all Gear Abstinence members, every year...

On 09/02/2024 at 12:07, Cato said:

It's quite a quirky little place because their USP is not selling the common stuff.

I am looking for an Eastman Mandolin, and Richard's Guitars seems to be the only UK shop with the full range of instruments in stock.  

Four hours on the train, but nevertheless on my "must visit" list.

4 hours ago, Franticsmurf said:

I notice that @King Tut got the 'nice 5 string' and @Geek99 and I were left with the ordinary ones. 😂

In the language of basschat, that means "Buy another five string, but make sure it's a better one next time."

Lego will have a shock when they put it into production, only to find out that all the votes came from poor musicians who are saving up for the real thing, or were bassists, or are waiting for Behringer to create a homage to the original instrument. 

52 minutes ago, Richard R said:

it was an unsolicited gift from a good friend who will sadly never gig this again

Reading between the lines, that sounds like a sad story, even though you were able to benefit from the gift.

Be sure to use it, even in a rehearsal, so that you can send your benefactor a YouTube link, so that you can show your friend that you are using it, and that it sounds wonderful. 

I say to the drummer (always the same guy) "you're slowing down" (or speeding up).

An undeniably pretty instrument - thank you for sharing that. 

How did the event go?  Any videos or photos to share?

@SamIAm - a sad loss. 

She had enough character to leap off of the pages of this forum, and become a real personality - honest, warm, engaging, funny. 

And not embarrassed to be in a ukulele band. 

2 hours ago, BabyBlueSound said:

 

 

Jusging by this thread, it's much harder than it looks! 😁 

Judging by your post, it's much harder than it looks!!

Any photos of your new kit?

On 30/12/2024 at 22:47, Richard R said:

Allowances in both tiers:
 < snip >.
- Genuinely unsolicited presents, which you had no involvement in choosing.  (So going out with your partner to play a bunch of bases, choosing one, and then them buying it for you would be a fail. But we would all applaud and cheer you and your partner and want to know what you got and why!)

10 hours ago, msb said:

An old friend in California now wants to gift me a Chinese replica. I immediately said I would pay for the shipping.

The bass is a gift.  The Shipping fee is not in the signal chain...

Still in, I would say.

4 hours ago, Mickeyboro said:

For those who can’t be arsed?

That'll be me, right enough.

"Gear Up Music.  Because the Post Office is closer than the charity shop...."

5 hours ago, AndyTravis said:

Sell Us Your Guitar are reputable - an ex colleague of mine runs it.

 

Its in Manchester, but they offer a fair enough price…

 

Don't know if that helps 

I shall have a look at this, too.

6 hours ago, Woodwind said:

 

I would take that Covent Garden address with a pinch of salt

Yes - a quick tour of the area with Google Maps showed an anonymous office, rather than a vibrant guitar shop. 

9 hours ago, Mykesbass said:

Not so much just three reviews but they all look like they have been written by a daytime TV funeral insurance advertising copywriter.

Yes, and even the 100 "proper" Google reviews are suspiciously well-written. Capital letters, full stops, sentences.  

I guess the question is "is basschat willing to risk my bass guitars on the company?"

Hmmm. I might contact them tomorrow. 

Has anyone used or had dealings with Gear Up Music?

They are based in London's Covent Garden, and seem to offer an easy way of selling instruments.  

Email, valuation,  post the item to them,  get the money via bank transfer.  I am tempted to try them.  

However, before I do, has anyone tried them?

https://gearupmusic.co.uk/

20 hours ago, Stub Mandrel said:

I bought personalised plectrums for my band as promo items. I'm slowly giving them away. As I don't play with them, do they count?

Personalised band plectrums? Perhaps if they were reclassified from "plectrum", to "triangular plastic business cards", then you would be exempt from failure. 

On 09/04/2025 at 07:00, zbd1960 said:

I have a new music project underway, which I started on nearly a year ago. I'm not going to go into any detail yet - there will be a 'big reveal' in a few weeks' time. The project has involved some electronics and sound equipment, I will say that much.    

I think that you plan to install an effects pedal and speakers into your cello.

Or, more likely, it is a home cinema/ surround sound hifi. You will play Deutsche Gramophon CDs of orchestral masterpieces, and sit in the middle, playing along with your  cello 

@EddieG last visited basschat in the back end of January.  

I am confident that he will respond in good time, and when he has something to report. 

@BassTool My daughter reached Grade 8 on violin, and grade 5 in Theory. I asked her if she recognised the book, but she didn't.  It may simply be that she followed a different syllabus (ABRSM, rather than the AB of your book).

I entered a Rubbish Car giveaway on Facebook, for a Morris Marina.

Luckily, I didn't win it...

6 minutes ago, Owen said:

Yep and yep

I am impressed that you know what note I am playing! 

I should have written "One reads a middle C on the clef but one actually plays a note one octave below that. Is this the case?"

Even with better grammar, the answer is still yep, of course. 

On 25/03/2025 at 18:13, chris_b said:

If I won  the lotto I'd keep most of my gear.

 

Top of the list would be an Aston Martin DB12 Volante.

You wouldn't fit much gear in one of those!

1 hour ago, Burns-bass said:

Where music notation trumps tab is that you can provide details of expression and it's able to convey much more complex rhythm patterns.

And also, music notation can be played on multiple instruments, without having to be re-encoded. 

If I have notation for a bass guitar, it can instead be played by the left hand of a pianist (and, indeed, often is!); a double bassist; an organist... 

I am told that the bass guitar is a transposing instrument.  I read a middle C on the clef but I actually play a note one octave below that. Is this the case?

Band in a Box was popular (and perhaps still is), if anyone needs something more adaptable. https://www.pgmusic.com/

Hardware solutions might include the Yamaha QY series  - I had a Yamaha QY700.