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louisthebass

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  1. Hi all,

    I want to close down an old band Facebook page, but when I go to do it, it looks like it will close down my own personal page as well.

     

    Is it me misunderstanding the instructions, or does it actually close your own page as well?

     

    Mods feel free to move this if not relevant to the discussion page, and thanks to anyone who can help?

  2. On 26/03/2023 at 17:06, IanA said:

    Bought new and sold second hand through Bass Direct by me a number of years ago…

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    Was wondering where it ended up??

     

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    You could always contact Mark at Bass Direct, and see if he can tell you?

  3. 1 hour ago, TKenrick said:

    I've had similarly disappointing experiences at the Bass Gallery, and at Charlie Chandler's too (pickups wired in the wrong way round and the bass came back covered in sweaty finger marks after the teen behind the counter told me that it 'played really nicely'...).

     

    I use Andrew at Richmond Guitar Workshop; he's done cavity shielding, pickup and preamp installs and setups on various basses and the work has always been top notch (he used to work at Charlie Chandler's in Kew before it closed).

    +1 For Richmond Guitar Workshop - they installed an East J-Tone in my Overwater Jazz in 2019 and did a great job. 

  4. Hi all,

    I've recently moved from Surrey to Totton and have had to vacate the bass player role in my band "Sidewinder", who are based in North East Surrey. The band has been in existence for 20 years, and have gigged quite a bit over that time.  The band rehearses in Leatherhead a couple of times a month (line up is vocals, keys, guitar, bass, and drums) and genres covered are Blues / R&B, Rock & Pop.

     

    They're a great bunch of guys and pretty solid musicians in their late 50's and 60's, so if you're in that age group and based in the SM, KT, GU, RH postcode areas, this may be the band for you. The band have a Lemonrock page with some demos and a typical set list (have tried to put a link on but it doesn't work). Recent gigs (pre and post) pandemic have been in Dorking, Farncombe, Redhill, Sunbury, and Reigate.

     

    If anyone's interested, email me at Louis dot lefrancois at live dot co dot uk and I'll pass your details on 🙂

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  5. I remember when the Dingwalls came out a good few years ago, and thought it was very weird indeed and not for me. However...

     

    Having seen Lee Sklar in action on his (on YouTube), and the sound and tone he gets out of his Dingwall's, I wouldn't mind giving one a try. They've definitely grown on me, and the only thing I've seen about them being difficult to play is adjusting your picking technique to even the tone the fanned frets produce at certain points? (playing to the angle of the pickups).

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  6. Was quite handy having a "Bass Specific" shop not too far away from where I lived at the time - only visited a few times, but bought my TH500 and my Mono gig bag from there (both still in use).

     

    Vic was a really nice guy, passed way too early ☹️

  7. My first ever 5 string - a Yamaha BBN5 bought from the Bass Centre when they were still in Wapping. Chris installed an EMG BTC circuit & new pots, and it was my mainstay until I bought a TRB II 5 string in early 2000. I later sold this to @Owenin about 2009 or 10 (I think). A good starter 5 string that served me well on many gigs.

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  8. I think the terms "lightweight" and "5 string bass" rarely go together! 😄

     

    In all seriousness though, I had a similar problem; I've got a great Overwater 5 string Jazz which sounds great, but it's a heavy one - I bought it when I was 40 and now that I'm not too far away from 60, I should have taken into consideration that I was going to get old when I commissioned it in 2003. I eventually bought a Swamp Ash Xotic Jazz 5 a few years ago, which is a lighter axe to use on a gig, and my back doesn't ache so much after a couple of sets. Swamp Ash is a lighter wood than most, and might be worth considering when you're looking for a lighter 5 string?

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  9. On 10/02/2022 at 21:33, Matthew Canty said:

    Thanks for sharing this. Over the next few months/years as I dig through everything I will make sure to keep a hold of Making Music pieces. I'll publish them again online, hopefully no one will mind all these years on! He actually has an even new version of the book, but I am working on how that should progress.

    I might be wrong on this (maybe some BC'ers who are in the legal profession could confirm), but I would've thought it would be ok to publish your dad's "Making Music" columns as his work would be his own copyright?

  10. Your dad's book was the first bass book I ever bought; a lot of the content was way beyond me at the time, but I learned the very basics of technique from it. I gave it away to somebody a few years later, but "re-bought" the updated version back in the late 90's (I think). I also remember reading your dad's column in "Making Music" magazine back in the day, and always found it very well written and informative.

     

    Sorry to hear that he's in poor health, but your dad's books have helped me along the way with my playing over the years. Best wishes to you both.

     

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  11. On 18/01/2022 at 11:26, hippydude said:

    I have been working  on the Hal Leonard  complete Edition book  it has  all the 3 books in one and backing tracks online to play along with ,  my question is should i just stick to finishing the book before starting to learn any other songs from outside the book,   i  would also be  interesting to know if after completing this book  at what level of bass playing would my skill be at >?

    That's a great book, wish it had been around when I first started playing a long time ago. If you've done all the dot reading and absorbed the information well, I'd say it would put you in at least an intermediate standard. The reading aspect alone will open up a lot of music in other bass books.

  12. On 14/10/2021 at 16:17, Merton said:

    You know your rehearsal rooms! It's a great place isn't it :)

    It is - those guys do a great job with that place. The gear is well looked after, and it's always clean & tidy 🙂

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  13. On 03/09/2021 at 14:10, DaytonaRik said:

    After what seems like an eternity we're back in the rehearsal room next week but this time it's to audition a new drummer after our long-serving tub-thumper has decided to reduce the number of bands that he plays in.

     

    Who else has gone through the same painful process of realising just how out of practice they are after the enforced lay-off?

     

    I had the same thing with one of the two bands I play in; the drummer lost interest, so I called in a mate who was more than capable of doing the job and although the complete band only has 4/5 rehearsals under its belt, we're definitely on the way.

     

    In terms of "match fitness; I played quite a bit on my own through Lockdown 1.0 as I wasn't working but had to scale things back when I eventually went back to work. Nice to have three gigs in the space of 5 weeks between the start of October and the start of November 🙂

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