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[quote name='roceci' timestamp='1478876306' post='3172325']


I've had a look (don't you just love Friday afternoons in 'work'...) & can't see any ads matching the clues so far. I take it it's definitely not this one tho https://www.gumtree.com/p/other-musicians-wanted/bassist-needed-for-queer-cabaret-pop-band/1196055562
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Ha - looks an interesting gig! Probably a bit flamboyant for the likes of me though....

I got an email today from them. Apparently there were two bassists called George who responded to the ad and they assumed we were the same guy. The other George called off on them, hence the cancellation! They were really very apologetic and sound genuine. I'm tempted to give them a bash... I'll mull it over!

[quote name='roceci' timestamp='1478869573' post='3172243']
They're after a bassist, we're all bass players...chuck us a link to the ad so we can string em along a bit
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I really shouldn't! But the ad is from about 2 weeks ago in the Glasgow area...

[quote name='HengistPod' timestamp='1478791627' post='3171683']
My fave Floyd-related moment is "Amused To Death". It is utterly fantastic.
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Agree 100% - very good album - and the political points are just as relevant today.

Good point regarding the silver lining! Hadn't thought of it that way.

Just a wee rant from me today! I really can't understand how people think sometimes!

All of my bands are inactive just now for various reasons, so I was looking on Gumtree for something new. I responded to an appropriate looking ad for a start-up band. Guys aged 40+ doing classic rock - seemed like fun, and at 35 I was almost the right age!

We exchanged a few emails and arranged to meet at a rehearsal room last night. There for four songs I was asked to learn - one was fairly proggy and not exactly straight forward - but I got there! I work about a mile from the rehearsal room in a city centre - so just took my gear on the train to work with me, hung about the office an extra hour and walked down. I also normally need to take care of the kids in a Thursday, but arranged a babysitter. So, a fair amount of effort on my part. I arrive at the rehearsal room, to be informed by the staff that the booking had been cancelled!

The guy from Gumtree is now totally unresponsive. (I was polite!)

I can't fathom out how anyone could think this was remotely acceptable. A quick email or text would have saved me a lot of hassle!

Really appreciate all your suggestions - few things to try here!

I'm especially interested in trying a pick rather than fingers. I almost always use fingers, though sometimes a pick for when only 'that' sound will do! I'm definitely not as comfortable with a pick - but going to give it a bash,.

Cheers guys! I guessed practice was the key... Always the way I suppose. My hopes for a lazy solution dashed!

Wonder if any of you have any advice...

My covers band has recently lost our drummer - who did all our backing vocals. The replacement drummer can't sing at all!

I can actually do most of the harmonies well enough, until I try playing bass at the same time! If I'm playing something really simple (Gimme All Your Loving for example), or if the vocal is the same rhythm as the bass - then I'm fine.

Anything else - I'm rubbish! Either my bass rhythm starts following the vocal or I just stop singing!

Can anyone else's brain only deal with one rhythm at a time? Has anyone got over it?

Have a listen to the Christian McBride Trio - do an awesome version of Carwash!

JapanAxe - Thank you very much! I [i]much[/i] prefer notation to tab (tab nearly always has crap fingering - I prefer to decide myself), so this is exactly what I'm looking for!

That would be truly awesome!

Hi guys,

I'm looking for a decent transcription for The Seahorses Love is the Law for a 90's project I'm working on.

I'm fine jamming round the chords for the main song, but can't quite get the little breakdown with just bass and vocals, and I'm struggling to find any structure in the outright guitar guitar solo.

Thanks!

I think the S1 switch on basses was basically a series/parallel switch. I remember a salesman telling me that it made J sound a bit like a P and vice versa.

For someone with a low gear budget such as myself, I'd normally say Behringer is a great choice. I gigged one of their Ultrabass amps for years and it gave me no problems - not to mention it sounded great. Had few of their pedals too, which were always fine (except the EQ's lack of centre detent which I found annoying!).

[i]However (!)[/i] - my band were playing at a small festival yesterday, and my guitarist's tuner pedal (a few week old, second time out the house) suddenly died on stage.

I quite fancy them for my Lakland 5501 - reckon they'll be okay for the 35" scale? (Obviously just through the bridge, not through the body for flats!)

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That has to be the same guy who contacted me, and I wasn't even looking for a covers band!
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Ahh... I've just realised you're fairly local to me! I'm guessing there's not two Sting-less Police tributes in Central Scotland! Was definitely the funniest response I've had to a Gumtree ad. I included a couple of video links, so he must known I'm no Sting look-a-like!

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Yet in recent months I've seen a Police tribute looking for a Sting
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I put out a 'bassist available' ad a while back, looking for a working covers band. I received a response asking if I could sing and would I be interested in joining a Police tribute!

Welcome from Airdrie! (Glasgow suburb for all the non-locals!)
Local scene seems a bit stagnant to me, though perhaps the young-team are having better fun!

I used to post on it now and then, though lurked regularly - maybe 10-15 years ago. Geodabass!

The Pat McManus Band (remember Mama's Boys?) had their van broken into and everything stolen this week. This is nothing to do with me personally, but I've not seen it discussed here, so thought best to share it in the hope that a band can be reunited with it's gear.

I got chatting their bassist Marty when we supported them last year, top bloke all round. This is his Facebook post, text below incase you can't access it.

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=781281005338163&id=100003688122222

Ok. So, as many of you know. We've had our van broken into, and a shitload of gear stolen. Here's what we know ...
We played a gig in the Duck and Drake in Leeds last night, and afterwards, stayed in Bradford. The van was broken into in the wee hours, and everything that was taken was on stage. For some reason, the drums were left untouched. The only possible conclusion was this ..
The crime was planned at the gig, and we were followed from there to the hotel. Once a reasonable amount of time had passed, the thieves struck. They only targeted what was used on stage, so they knew exactly what they wanted. A list of what was stolen follows. We would ask you all to keep an eye in cash converters, pawn shops, Ebay, music gear sites and magazines, classifieds, and also on any jam sessions, open mics, and venues in the area for bands appearing with a change of gear.
Here's the list ...

Squier Classic Vibe P bass. Fiesta red
Vintage V4 P-bass white. RW Fingerboard
Vintage Icon V74 "Jaco" fretless
Xvive tuner
Xvive chorus
Xvive overdrive
Boss OC2
Xvive pedal board
Alto mixer
Shure SM58
Fischer IEM pack
LD IEM pack uhf
Marshall headphone practice amp

Fender Deville combo. 4x10. Black
PRS custom 22. Red flame top
Black Gibson Les Paul Supreme. Sunburst. Very distinctive back
Vintage V6 HMRSB "strat" sunburst
Martin 00015 acoustic guitar
Redbox DI/Cab simulator
Pedal board 1 (Diego board)
Blackstar Dual Overdrive
Boss RC3 Looper
Boss DD3 digital delay
Boss pitch shifter
Boss harmoniser
Bad Horsie wah wah
Dwyane '69 booster pedal

Pedal board 2 (silver flight case)
Analogue man overdrive
Biyang delay
Bad Horsie wah wah
White electric violin
Antonius Cremona violin

Pearl Throne Shaker, with modified connections
Various cases and cables.

This is the thread you are looking for:

[url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/271502-ocean-colour-scene-the-riverboat-song/"]http://basschat.co.uk/topic/271502-ocean-colour-scene-the-riverboat-song/[/url]

[quote name='Lloyd P' timestamp='1452532694' post='2950901']
Don't know if this will help!
[url="http://www.bigbasstabs.com/new_order_bass_tabs/regret.html"]http://www.bigbassta...abs/regret.html[/url]
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Cheers!

[quote name='ahpook' timestamp='1452534546' post='2950921']
With no keys I'd say the best arrangement would have you on the low notes and one of the guitarists playing Peter Hook's parts.
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Yeah, that's kind of what I'm thinking, reckon would sound pretty empty otherwise.

I'm sure that Pino is the bassist whenever the band is billed as the John Mayer Trio, with Steve Jordan on drums to complete the lineup.

I've recently joined a 90's indie cover band, and the above is on the setlist. I thought I'd figured out the bass part, quite simple roots mostly. However, YouTube evidence would prove me wrong! For the main riff, played at the intro and chorus it looks like Hook is playing what I thought was a guitar part, up at the dusty end of the fretboard. On the record there is definitely a low root note there too though.

So - if any of you guys cover this, what do you play exactly? Our lineup is 2 guitars, bass and drums - no keyboard.

Cheers

George