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It does look like a painful position on my Avatar, but I normally don't play in that sort of position. My bass is usually directly in front of me & the strap holds it in the same position whether standing or sitting. I usually have the neck tilted up slightly to keep my wrist fairly straight. The majority of songs I'm ok, it's just holding chords or playing octaves via string skipping that gives me jip.

If he's really an ok sort of guy then diplomacy is a good thing & see if he'll let you pay over a period of time (a year or something), or if all adds up ok with you then pay it all in one or two instalments. I would arrange some sort of agreement tho as you are preventing dampness setting into HIS building, which is something HE should be doing, not you!

From the sound of it, I might just keep my bass if it's worth very little. The sentimental value is higher than £250. It is a Jap model & the serial starts with F & then 6 #s. I got offered £600 for this bass about 10 years ago & was tempted to sell as I wasn't playing much, but was glad I didn't not long after (joined another band for a brief spell). I'm gonna have a look at some cheapish Warwicks as I tried a Corvette last year & liked it. I do plan on getting a bass built but I think that'll be at least a year away. I've seen a couple of things that might be of interest but I need to wait until next month to see what my work bonus is like.

I noticed a lack of luthiers up my way & had spotted these chaps earlier if you want it to add to your list... [url="http://www.baileyguitars.co.uk/"]http://www.baileyguitars.co.uk/[/url] They're based in Maybole in Fife but I know nowt about them. Have been considering building a bass with them tho. Anybody on here used them before (or even heard of em)?

Unfortunately I do get the same pain sitting down playing my bass & I have it hung so it sits pretty much the same either sitting or standing. I have for the past few months tried loads of different positions (with my bass that is), adjusting the strap length & the angle I play it at & tend to normally have the neck up a little so the headstock is roughly in line with my shoulder, but I still get the left wrist pain after holding chord positions etc for more than 10 mins. All is fine if I'm just playing single notes and most scales are painless & I've recently lowered the action of the strings to see if it helps but to no avail.

I had a look at the W&T website, Very nice basses indeed. Is that a W&T in your avatar? Look forward to hearing your clips.

It's the SR1000E from 1990, with IBZ C2 pups.

I think you're gonna have trouble playing it! Your avatar shows you as a lefty, that nice shinny new bass looks like a right winger to me. Very nice bass tho, I like the body shape.

I've had my ibby SR1000 for about 20 years & as of this past couple of years it's been giving me a sore wrist when trying to play chords or octaves (I posted something about this in the general forum). I've checked with the doc & there's nothing there, so I went to my local (music shop) & tried a few different basses just to hold my fretting hand on & spent about 45 mins in the shop doing this with Fender & Cort basses (all he really has in) and I never got any pain in my wrist at all. That leads me to conclude that the very shallow neck is the culprit. So now I'm thinking about getting rid of my bass (which I don't wanna do ) and replacing it with something else with a thicker neck (about 90% of other basses I recon!). Problem is, I've no idea what it's worth to sell & what sort of money I'd be needing to spend to get a bass of similar quality. The bass has quite a few chips in it but plays like the day I bought it & has been ultra reliable, I've never had the need for a backup bass. Any help on pricing what I should sell this for (if I do) & ideas on manufacturers to replace it with would be very much appreciated. Cheers, G

Hopefully if there's no contract you'll not be legally tied to paying either!

Two originals bands. 4 piece rock band called Frigorifico. I use the term rock very loosely there as we play reggae, punk & D n' B as well as any thing else. 3 piece (and guest musicians) alt dot band called BigRoom. No idea what you could class the music as, some folk, country, jazz, blues & fusion all put into a pot & stirred up.

Just had a wee listen & I think it fits pretty well, there's one or two notes I would change maybe but they're insignificant. Having a lazyish bass line sits nice with busy guitar & I do like the changes from low to high, although if I had one criticism, it would be one section that the guitar plays as some of it sounds a bit funny, just my thought on it tho. But yeah, I like it. Nice one. Quick edit. The guitar could probably stop being so fiddly when you're playing the top end & then evolve the same thing with the fiddly bits as you head down again.

Just Give up... .......... Relying on other people, they'll let you down. I have a guitard friend who I was relying on to start a band with & every time I got something together, he backed out. I spent ages playing about on my own & then all of a sudden met more musicians looking for a bassist than I had in the past 20 years!

Is the dehumidifier yours? Why are you paying for the dampness if it's not your building? You should charge him for keeping the dampness under control & if you pay a rate as well as lekky then you & your band are being taken for a ride!

The LMII is a cracking wee head & I dare say you'll probably be happy with the Aguilar cabs too. I have heard good things about Alex's cabs too(Barefacedbass). GuitarGuitar on St Johns Road has Aggi stuff & can get Markbass stuff in too. I don't know anywhere up here that has MB stuff already in stock tho. If you're after an easy lift a combo like mine might be the answer, but then again, I suppose the LMII will fit in a gigbag or similar.

[quote]Maybe a 2x10 is better in this instance than a 1x15 - but what weighs more - a Durex filled with 16 x 1 oz. lead weights or a Durex filled with 16 ozs of feathers?[/quote] Personally, I'd go with the Durex filled with 16x1 oz of lead, more compact & easier to swing at guitarists making stuff up on the spot. Whatever you decide, I'd probably go with neo speakers to keep the weight down.

[quote]Buy Ashdown it is the only way... or worse... Behringer...[/quote] There's still a few other non corp companies left, just not many

There's a lot of good advice already there for you & as most say, sit with a drummer or drum pattern & play a groove with it. Start off with just one or two notes bumping them in time with the kick & then try putting a different note in there that doesn't land on a kick. Then drop one or two of those kick notes you was playing & you should have a groove. Listen to what you're playing & play along to some CDs on your own. "Working in a coalmine" by Lee Dorsey is a brilliant easy bassline to play that has little in the way of drums to back it up. I've been playing bass for 20+ years and a few times have went to give it up but I'm glad I didn't. I was gonna get some tutoring but never did(still thinking about it tho). Playing things that you enjoy get easier as you gain knowledge of how the bass works. Like I've said to a few folk, Bass might be easier to learn quickly than guitar, but it's harder to get good at (I play both & I find guitar a doddle to play but there's probably 100 guitards for every bassist). At the end of the day tho, if bass is boring you then you may not have the "groove" needed to enjoy playing it & maybe keys or sax would be a better option, but only you know the answer to that. I would put into practice some of the guys here have given you (AM1 & all the other lovely ladies are included as I class either sex as "one of the guys") and see how you feel afterwards. Most importantly, enjoy what you're doing. Even if it is something ridiculously easy like "the Void" by the Beatles.

[quote name='Clockworkwar' post='429596' date='Mar 9 2009, 05:59 PM']tone mice.[/quote] Nope, it would be the mice off of the mouse organ from bagpuss. Sorry, I'll be going now.......

I was with you all the way there until you mentioned "Tesco's Value chocolate sponge roll." That killed a good thing. I'm off for a donut.

It looks like you flip a few fasteners, pull a couple of sides & it turns into a 9x8 cab!

Cheers, I'm going down to the docs this morning to register (new doc) so I'll get it checked out when I'm getting my health check. My avatar is different from my normal position as I usually have the bass directly in front of me & the neck lower down so the headstock usually sits on the same line as my shoulder (just checked this from looking at a few bits of video from my band playing).

I've been playing on the same bass for about 20 years but this past coule of years I've started to get an uncomfortable wrist on my fret hand if I'm holding a chord or octave for more than a few minutes. Does anyone else get this? Is it just getting old? I was wondering if it's the fact that my ibby has a rather thin neck & was thinking if changing to a wider necked bass might be the answer. Does any of you guys have any experience in this sort of thing? Should I be changing basses (suppose that's never a bad thing) or should I be looking at slinging my bass in a different position (I've tried a couple of different poses but still the same)? I usually have my bass hanging roughly about the same height as if I was sitting down (always have done). I don't get this uncomfortable pain any other time.

Fascination Street by the Cure is a cracking & easy bassline

Just tried it again & it played fine. Quality stuff First time I clicked it it came back saying video removed.