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Have you ever broken a string ? Has your amp ever stopped working ? Has one of your pickups ever broken ? I own one bass, one amp, one ebow etc, etc. Don't worry, just enjoy what you do.

So as you play away from left to right, the pitch increases I guess, similar to on a piano, and other classical instruments like cello and violin. It just seems logical to me.

I'm looking for a projector to project images avc short films for my live events. Anyone have any recommendations ? It must be small and light to carry, and cheap ! Thanks 😊.

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1480115633' post='3181875'] Because Alex moved from an interested DIYer to a manufacturing company. No companies publicise their prototype work. [/quote] No, I mean why would you want to take a speaker cab that's been designed to be a speaker cab, and mess with it ? It just seems odd, I don't see how you'd gain anything.

Why ?

I love his 7 string Smith bass.

I teach in Birmingham, check my thread in the tutors section or PM me for details.

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1480001728' post='3180928'] I've always called them ghost notes. [/quote] I've heard others call them that too. Basically a note with no real defined pitch, percussive essentially.

[quote name='ROConnell' timestamp='1479998604' post='3180900'] Slightly off-topic but within context of the song. Am i right in thinking this is a ghost note? Cheers.[attachment=232660:Screenshot (8).png] [/quote] That's a dead note, that's played but doesn't have a pitch as such, so muted.

My sister in law was a long term eBay user, with hundreds of perfect sales. She got scammed by a buyer. He complained there was something wrong with whatever she sold. She refunded him and asked for her item back, he sent her an empty box, and left negative feedback. eBay couldn't care less. It's all in favour of the buyer.

Will this turn into yet another thread critical of Adam Clayton's bass playing ? They always amuse me, baring in mind they're currently celebrating their 40th anniversary. How many records have they sold ? How many sell out tours, playing the worlds biggest venues. How many of us can claim the same ? He does what he needs to for the song.

Don't take PayPal if you're dropping it off ! PayPal needs a tracked and signed for delivery method. Bank transfer is fine, but only before you leave the bass,

Personally, the only person I'd be dropping it at would be the buyer. Not a third party, and I'd want cash there and then.

Don't use Paypal. My sister in law was scammed by a buyer on eBay a couple of years ago. I won't sell anything expensive unless the buyer collects and pays either by cash or bank transfer. A bank transfer is immediate, so there's nothing stopping someone coming to collect, then paying you when they're happy with whatever you're sellling.

Check out the tutors available section here.

I'm in London today. I have a lecture until 4, I'm free then until 7 when I catch my train home. No problem meeting up for a bit, I'll run you through changing your strings and using your tuner. PM if you want, and I'll give you my number.

[quote name='lowdown' timestamp='1479756513' post='3179052'] Renaud Garcia-Fons has solo albums under his belt. He is an absolutely wonderful player. Lovely feel and tone with terrific vibrato control. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjosyL8X460[/media] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1zE2ArcXWo[/media] [/quote] Beautiful !

Depends on your taste. Flats sound different to round wounds. Nickel sounds different to stainless steel. The thread keeps the windings together. The colour is down to the manufacturer. Maybe buy a clip on tuner or something ? Less than £10 off Amazon.

Hasn't this always the norm ? You 'buy' yourself on to the tour.

It's a slippery slope to nothingness when art and music is relegated to something looked upon as a hobby. With the emphasis being placed on so called proper subjects. First af all we need to look at just how much money is brought into the country by arts and entertainment industry. I hate looking at it as an industry but that's exactly what it is, and it earns the UK billions every year. The phrase, that I hated, but was used a lot in the days after the referendum, was Britain is open for business. It's an obsession with money that I hate. I doubt it's the case, but maybe this awful government have finally realised that post-brexit, we'll need the arts even more.

[quote name='Rexel Matador' timestamp='1479604245' post='3177835'] Damn, and I lived in Birmingham up until a few months ago! Not much use to you now, I suppose, but consider it moral support from afar. Love the track, it's just so... gentle is the word that comes to mind, which I don't think I've ever used in relation to music before. [/quote] Thanks for taking the time to listen, it's appreciated .

I've had the same experience with Stingrays. They never sound right for me, always sound great for others. I've always suspected that it's because I tend to play very lightly.

I have a solo gig this coming friday lunchtime, at St Martin's in the Bull Ring, Birmingham city centre. [attachment=232354:14333665_561514040723528_8487985158765190957_n.jpg] This is the kind of thing you can expect to hear. [url="https://soundcloud.com/an-ending-ascend/21301111a/comment-315630693"]https://soundcloud.com/an-ending-ascend/21301111a/comment-315630693[/url]

[quote name='Rexel Matador' timestamp='1479592648' post='3177787'] Just the kind of thing I like to have in my ears when I go for a walk so familiar places suddenly look strange and scary. Love it! [/quote] Thanks .

[quote name='rushbo' timestamp='1479590750' post='3177770'] My experience is the mirror image of this...I couldn't engage with music at school. Our teachers had an incredibly low opinion of almost any 20th Century music - even Satie was treated with suspicion. When I finally picked up an instrument later in life it was much harder for me because I didn't have a decent grounding in the fundamentals of theory. The curriculum today is nicely balanced between "classical" music and "pop" music - students learn about both, but they get to focus on one for their more practical pieces. One of my roles is to record their compositions and prepared pieces. Some are a little wonky, but many of them are superb - to hear students coaxing fantastic, original music out of car boot sale instruments is humbling. [/quote] It was all classical music for me too. I'm a bit odd as a bassist, well I'm a bit odd anyway tbh , but I came from playing violin at school, then later classical guitar. So I was taught to read music, and basic theory. When I started playing bass, I learned the notes on the bass clef, it didn't occur to me that you could play without being able to read music. There's little better than passing my knowledge on to students.