Damonjames

This reminds me of the joke.. How many country bass players does it take to change a light bulb? Five, one, five, one, five, one...... :-)

There is no shame, country CAN be awesome!!! My faves are Big and Rich, Tim McGraw, Keith Urban (especially his stuff with Ranch), and Alan Jackson. Adam Brand is cool for an Aussie country artist, and the chicks dig it by Chris Cagle is a belting tune. The Dixie Chicks never cease to amaze me.... I was fortunate enough to tour with them as a stage lighting tech is early 2000's on their australian tour and was blown away every night. It was on this tour, sat side of stage, watching Jerry Flowers ( bass player and ex Ranch member) rock out night after night that inspired me to start playing music again, and most importantly pick up a bass! Country music is unlike any other genre, there is usually a lot of collaborative work between artist/songwriters which provides amazingly written music arrangements and heart felt lyrics. It is the white man's blues (not being racist guys! :-) ) and if you can get past the fashion and the drawl (neither bother me) it can be great fun. Now where is my Big and Rich cd....

In my band, smells like Seattle, we do the whole grunge tribute so we have a few different tunings. I jus leave one in concert pitch, one in drop D and the other in Eb. Then we group songs together in tunings so me minimise the time between songs mucking a out retuning. In an ideal world, my jazz works better tha my PJ for some songs, so I wod use it for the appropriate song if tuning was no issue. Nothing wrong with swapping mid set as long is it not EVERY song

No, I've played a corvette though. I've watched several youtube reviews and they do sound great. They sound stingrayish, but seem to have a little more variety, of which I'm not entirely sure how much I would use!! They do look nice though... To be honest if I could afford a streamer stage 2, I'd probably go that way, but the corvettes are mile cheaper, and the $$ seems to be the most popular variant of the vette

Pretty straight forward really, would like to hear everyone's thoughts on which you would prefer. I currently have a MM SUB 5 which I love, but quite look the look of the corvette $$. Is the extra tonal variety worth it? Would you trade one for the other or is it justifiable to have both?

Just jump in. I procrastinated for ages before recently getting my first fiver, and I'm not going to say its a nothing transition, it just takes a little planning and thought. I have 2 4 strings, and I find that if I play on one for a while and then swap to the other to play the Same songs, it feels a little awkward and takes a little while to settle back in. It's the same with the 5, if i spend all my time on it I'm fine, if I jump back on a 4, ill hit the A instead of the E just silly stuff. I now have songs for certain basses, so when I run through my bands set list I swap out throug my practice so I know what to expect. Playing a 6 should be no different, unless you build it up to be something huge in your own head. Just do it and get on enjoying it!!!

As an aside, a highway one might be a good mid point if you want something a little better than mex, but not full blown USA price

I have a mex jazz, and love it... Now! The pickups were awefull, so replaced them with dimarzio dp123's and also put on a gotoh 201 bridge. Aside from that, the fit, finish and feel is great, and picked it up second hand for £275 so who can argue with that,

This topic comes up a bit, whether it be playing bass, academia or sport. While I firmly believe that some people a blessed with a distinct advantage and ability to do something, without hard work and dedication, they will NEVER reach greatness. The David Beckham's and Jaco's of this world have had to put in hours and hours of dedicated practice to achieve the levels they did. There is no substitute for repetition. You could argue, and probably win, that not everyone can achieve the same level with the same amount of practice without having a natural tendency towards something, but at the end of the day they will still be vastly improved on where they started. I aim for greatness with my playing, and may die before achieving it. The fact is with hard work I will be better than I was yesterday, and that's enough to keep me going. I think back to where I was 2 years ago, and I am a completely different player now, but still pushing on. All that aside, ENJOY playing your bass, and welcome to the elite group of REAL musicians ;-)

Just picked up an ehx bassballs from 2x18, great transaction cheers mate!

I bought a chord oc-50 off Jon, quick pOstage and item just as described. Top bloke, buy with confidence.

I once new a man from Nantucket... Sorry couldn't resist 😀

[quote name='bassist_lewis' timestamp='1389563168' post='2335623'] Just want to be clear, I'm not judging people that decided against it, as RussFM pointed out you can buy better gear more easily with a consistent salaried job - as well as pay for a car, ironically without which it's very difficult to make a living from music! I just see myself being a much happier making a living entirely or predominantly from music [/quote] Being happy NOW does not always make for being happy later! Not sure of your exact situation, but paying a mortgage, running a car or two, buying food/formula/nappies/clothing for kids (should you go down that path) may not be easy. Having said that, there is no amount of money to offset being desperately unhappy in your job! If music really is what you want, maybe look at a music degree at uni. Your Playing and knowledge will only benefit and that could open up some other "career" jobs to you. Teaching comes to mind immediately

Haha, me too! Ironically, my payment cleared about two hours ago!

It's such a shame, I have been buying/selling for years on eBay, and put thousands, if not tens of thousands of dollars/pounds through their hands, and this is the way it's panned out. Gumtree I find tedious, and there is nowhere near the level of stuff on there. The email system is a downright joke, it's been taking a full day just to get the email to say that my question has been sent. Thanks to the mods for the edit, it was probably a touch inappropriate, I was livid this afternoon when I posted!

I have 100% positive feedback!

I have just found out that PayPal are withholding my funds from an eBay sale of an item for what I can only gather, is I have 1-3 day handling time and a 1-3 day delivery time (2nd class recorded). I would hardly describe this as unfair, unrealistic or excessive times. I AM NOT AN EBAY BUSINESS! They are quick enough to TAKE your money, and through talking with the purchaser, the funds have left his account! This is just obscene money grabbing, I have NO negative feedback in the 7 plus years I have been buying/selling on eBay and now they spring this crap. Sorry for the vitriol, me think this will be the last time I use either service. Mods, feel free to edit as appropriate, just had to vent!

Awesome stuff mate, enjoy a pint of bitter for me next week! that's a dangerous place to have a rehearsal.... Think I'd end up in the bar instead!