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  1. nobodysprefect
    back for sale-bump
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    [quote name='thisnameistaken' timestamp='1338014526' post='1668582'] I really need to get some decent practise material going on. I've spent the last couple of years learning to play the DB and haphazardly expanding my theory knowledge but it's been slow going learning 'by chance' as it were. [/quote] Get a teacher! Seriously. the upright needs to be learnt from a good teacher. You live in a bigger town than I by far, so you shouldn't have any trouble finding a teacher. Did I mention you should find a teacher yet?
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    Well, at least you folk aren't trying to do the Finnish thing! Which is, try to rack up an income of about 1000 quid per month from gigging and not pay a cent in taxes... Because 'hey, if it's all in cash, we can't get caught!' or 'we'll just create an association, since their operations are exempt from tax!' to 'HEEYYY, if I do the billing myself, I don't have to pay the mandatory social security costs!' All of which are wrong, but hope springs eternal, and there's nothing an expert can do to make the laypeople believe that they, indeed, have to pay taxes for their income like other self-employed folks.
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    [quote name='JakeBrownBass' timestamp='1337989133' post='1668521'] There's a fair old difference in proper practice & playing along to songs on youtube. &--#60;snip&--#62; A lot of people can't get an hour of solid time for practice and i picked up a great technique from a drummer i saw at a masterclass. [/quote] Fantastic. Incidentally, this is the [i]very same[/i][i] thing[/i] Carol Kaye spoke of when I was getting started on bass almost twenty years ago. I probably should have kept up with it! But you know, when you learn the first four frets on E and A strings, you have so much work you don't need to improve any more, right? The pie diagram makes it much easier to keep tabs on how much time you actually use on everything. Back to the point, whatever everybody thinks of Carol is not relevant (back then, nobody knew a thing about Carol, nowadays people who couldn't lay down a techno bass line track in first take slag off her... the nerve of some people) but you have to admit that her students have gone on to great things. Jaco used to study her stuff iirc. And her advice to me was to make the most of my practice time by practising everything for 15 minutes a day, then change the subject. I seem to remember that she said reading, ear training, arpeggios and, finally, improvisation were the sh*t to do. Since, at least the way I see it, at some point scales, cadences and arpeggios become one and the same, you get theory, scales and chord arpeggios all in one. Say, you take the good old | IIm9 | V9 | (who plays 7th chords anyway? It's at least 9s here all the time) and if you practise that up and down, you've 1) practised the minor and the major 9th chord in a couple of inversions 2) practised walking IIm-V 3) practised the I major scale 4) trained yourself to notice the major scale in IIm-V cadences all in one! I don't know if that's what you should begin playing the bass with, but it worked [i]for me.[/i]
  5. nobodysprefect
    bump
  6. nobodysprefect
    bump. Lots of interest, no definite offers yet. I added a bit to the OP to show how much a new one would cost bought directly from the US. Keep in mind this is in MINT, as new, condition.
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    Bought the fab Smith Black Tiger from Harry earlier this spring - he was a gent and v quick with his emails. He's got my recommendation.
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    The knobs are ,AFAIK, original. Not a common feature of Smith basses, that one. Good catch!
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    aaaand a bump for da photos!
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    Could be sold as new! I got this in February and while this is an excellent bass, the MTD I just got is IT for me. I need more MTDs, so I'm making some space. And just how many basses do I need anyways? Brubakers have some of the best ergonomics around. No neck dive with a nice strap, something I'm particular about. Great tone, esp. for slap, soloing, chording and, in humbucker mode, reggae of all things! It's kind of what you'd have if Roscoe came in single coil 70's jazz bass variety. 34 5/8" scale, 18,3 mm spacing, flat C neck shape. Maple body, maple neck, maple board. Lots of fundamental, grind and attack, attack, attack! Despite the fast attack, the note doesn't decay too much after the quick transient - the envelope is kind of sort of like Roscoe has, in fact. Well, I have the 'F' bug. So, asking 2700 pounds, or would trade up to a Fodera or ash-walnut-ash-maple fretted MTD 635. Trade down into something more mass market is always an option. Here's Steve Jenkins playing his KXB, his tone is one that this KXB does quite well. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSEhZLpOOD8[/media] And then there's Malcolm Hall: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUH0OuSCzFM[/media]
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    Could be sold as new. edited to add: it's a BSR6EG, not a plain BSR6... Very, very nice Smith. I've had a couple of these, and it's a matter of taste whether the old stack-knob Smith or Kiwi's old Smith I had briefly sounded better or not, but this has the best slap response. The old stack-knob preamp had a different sound that some people prefer. This one has the famous Smith tone in spades, plus nice attack from the ebony board. Bought this from Harry and it's great, but I find my first MTD, which I bought later on, is more my cup of tea - they are sonically quite different! MTDs are all about the grind and grizzle, which suits me well, because my touch is perhaps even too soft! This Smith would work fantastically for someone who wants stupid low action with medium touch. Those who remember Harry's FS thread will recall this bass. More pics at [url="http://s626.photobucket.com/albums/tt342/prkl0405/Smith/BSR6EG/"]http://s626.photobuc...5/Smith/BSR6EG/[/url] Melvin Davis delivering that Smith tone. He plays better than I, whodathunkit! This bass does deliver a tone remarkably similar to his. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWP7CrvuUmE[/media] To re-iterate, it's in like new condition, and the wooden knobs are original. Comes with the Smith hard case, which is also in like new condition. The bass is in and has been customs dutied in Europe. I think 3400 quid is a reasonable price to ask, no? edit: Ok, let's have a look at what a new similar bass would cost? Bass Central lists a new BSR6EG without matching knobs at USD5900 excl shipping. That's 3760 pounds, right? Add only 50 quid for shipping (good luck with that) and then VAT and customs duties, which end up at about 25 % unless you get lucky and they ship with something that duties it for you, adding their own costs on top. 3810 x 1,25 = 4762,5 That's over 1300 pounds more than I'm asking. Proportionally, that's 28,5 % off. I'll even throw in 3 packs of Smith different strings so the buyer can experiment.
  12. nobodysprefect
    New price, adjusted for the currency developments. Get a rare killer bass for pittance!
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    [quote name='musophilr' timestamp='1336645088' post='1648764'] I paid good money for my gear and [b]couldn't afford to replace it [/b]so I take good care of it. <snip> [/quote] When I take the upright, electric and the Read rig out to a gig, the gear inside my middle-aged volvo costs nearly the same as the car when I bought it. I don't have that kind of money on the bank account very often. Do I want to rely on other people being careful enough around esp. the upright? No way.
  14. nobodysprefect
    I've been a fan of J-pop for years. The bastards certainly know how to arrange!
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    This bass in particular has an excellent tone - my current Roscoe is such a close replacement it doesn't make sense to buy this one too. I also have and MTD, Spector USA NS model, a fantastic Smith and a Brubaker, and this bass has better B-string than any of those. [b]Only the Dingwalls could take the Roscoe B-string.[/b] It also does a fantastic old school++ tone. I mean, it doesn't sound exactly like a p-bass. It sounds like so much more, AND it has that ugly (in a good way!) grunty tone if you want it. Absolutely TONS of attack! You can play softer and at a lower volume and still push through. Oh, and the neck is the easiest playing 6-string neck you'll ever play.
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    [quote name='Torben Hedstrøm' timestamp='1334664352' post='1619309'] Heh, guess neither of us really know what we are getting in to ... The 17 mm. thing - I am mainly concerned about slap/pop techniques. Never actually tried 17 mm. spacing before AFAIK, but seems a tad tight in my mind... [/quote] As one of the certified RoscoeHeads on this forum... The only electronics package that I'd recommend for slapping on a Roscoe is Nordstran/Aguilar or perhaps Audere. OTOH, some people slap a P bass, so what do I know...
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    I rate this at the same level as my current CSVI and the walnut one I sold to njoha - though that bass should really be upgraded with the Demeter preamp, the Glockenklang is too papery for my tastes. The really unique one I sold to Shep has a wider neck and isn't as comfortable to play, but tonally it was a wonderful mix of these three.
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    Yeah it's one of the better Roscoes I've had.
  19. nobodysprefect
    I'm seriously thinking of buying this bass back.
  20. nobodysprefect
    Back at home -bump I've had lots and lots of interest in a piece of property I'm selling and when it sells, I will have more, [i]much more[/i], space to store my basses in.
  21. nobodysprefect
    Thanks! Gone-for-three-days-bump
  22. nobodysprefect
    bump
  23. nobodysprefect
    Ok, this is back for sale / trade as the Brubaker came in today... And it blew my socks off. I'm considering letting the Roscoe go.
  24. nobodysprefect
    Thanks for the fantastic suggestions! I'm off the the woodshed now. [quote name='charic' timestamp='1330122462' post='1553213'] Nice one putting it on general discussion :-P Now available for the whole world to see Good luck! [/quote] I think this thread may be of use to the general bassist population. Jove knows we could use more feminine attention! Privacy, what's that?
  25. nobodysprefect
    [quote name='Jerry_B' timestamp='1330112267' post='1553039'] Although you may be a bit knackered after that one... [/quote] Shagged out?
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