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[quote name='lettsguitars' post='1097297' date='Jan 21 2011, 11:43 AM']calm down. just seemed a little deceptive 'sall. and yes i'm a massive cynic. and bitter as a quince.[/quote] yoove got a right attitude you, incha?

[quote name='lettsguitars' post='1097278' date='Jan 21 2011, 11:31 AM']sounds like a shamelessly badly disguised ad to me.[/quote] Oooh Cynical! [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=65270&hl"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=65270&hl[/url]

I reckon some people go through life thinking they can have a RELATIONSHIP with their bass, and if they find the ONE bass they can have a relationship with, then that will improve the relationship they have with music. They imagine the ONE bass will make them practice, and play more often and better, they imagine they will not be able to put this bass down. They will make magic on this bass. The bass will have a perfectly compatible PERSONALITY with the person playing it. They will cherish the ONE bass and they will be rewarded with musical excitement. The bass and it's player will be a unique combination. They will be SPECIAL together. For some people it's an old Fender, for others it is a custom built instrument. They will spend many delicious months hunting in the unknown forests and fields of pawn shops, auctions and forums to find that mojoed old Jazz bass with the unknown history that they can have a true relationship with. Or likewise for the custom built ONE bass. Poring over technicalities, specifications, colours, hardware, woods, electronics .. they can FEEL this bass in their hands. They KNOW what it's going to be like opening the case for the first time, the smell, the weight, the patient but desperate excitement waiting for the SVT to warm up - the anticipation that the first note they play on it will summon forth God! They know this will happen because to convince their wife, they first had to convince themselves. This bass will be so well matched to the player that those tricky 16th note arpeggios will now be easier, and finally they will be able to fully express themselves. The first note did not summon God. It reminded him a bit of the Squier Jazz, the one with the dodgy tuning peg. Maybe the mids were better defined and it certainly feels better to play, really, it does. Look at my 16th note arpeggios now! Well, a bit more practice perhaps, but I'll want to do that with this bass because it's made for me. And look at that wood pattern, lovely isn't it! The luthier said that's his best bit of burl ives that he's been keeping for a build like this. Really pretty isn't it! I'm sure that's Jesus's face just by the mid sweep pot! Shame the neck profile doesn't quite feel like my Squier Jazz, maybe I could get him to shave it down slightly, but that would mean a refinish on the neck. Don't worry, I'll get used to it, thicker necks are more ergonomic aren't they, better for the hands, and I really should play properly and stop putting my thumb over the top. The pickup screws seem to get in the way of my thumb too, that feels a bit weird, but I always said, didn't I, that I should learn to play like Geddy, the floating thumb is a much more efficient way of damping, Andrew McKinney said that once I think. Pity about the slight neck dive, but if I shorten my strap abit my forearm will keep it in place. No, it will be great for me, this bass, just what I need! Shame I sold that Squier though, maybe I could see if JustOneMoreTry1963 willl sell it back to me? Just so I have my first bass back, don't know why I sold it really, I love the neck on it, even though it's a Squier. Three weeks later .. [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=119512"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=119512[/url]

Thanks Adam

Versatile OR Dogmatic

A few from our [url="http://www.facebook.com/womatrust?v=wall#!/womatrust"]WOMA[/url] tribute gig to our former bandleader, Doreen Thobekile, at the Roundhouse in London a couple of weeks ago. It was a truly wonderful and emotional night. The singer is Doreen's daughter, Ingrid, who sang with Soul II Soul in the '90s and with her mum. The rest of the band are me on bass and members of Transglobal Underground (who Doreen sang with for a while) we were Doreen's band for her solo work. Doreen sadly died in June last year from cancer. We miss her.

[quote name='lowdown' post='1096435' date='Jan 20 2011, 03:09 PM']Yer....that one done me. The TB thread has some corking stuff from last night. This.... Garry[/quote] Good one! Interesting.

[quote name='matski' post='1096431' date='Jan 20 2011, 03:08 PM']He may be a Jaxsn, but he sure isn't Samuel L. ....[/quote] Thinks he is though.

[quote name='LeoFender' post='1096288' date='Jan 20 2011, 01:22 PM']Well tell him not us. I, nor anyone else will benefit from your peer based assessment of his performance[/quote] And who are you to judge who will benefit or otherwise? You seem to be all sweetness and light one minute, and abrasive and all-knowing the next. You also seem to like telling people what to do and what not to do based on your personal perception of what's right and wrong. How many personalities do you actually have?

[quote name='Doddy' post='1096263' date='Jan 20 2011, 12:58 PM']Right ok....I was unaware of the sandwich concept.[/quote] It is very useful in conveying negatives while giving encouragement. Most teachers should use this concept when giving feedback to students. However, in this case I was being Cheers Paul

[quote name='Doddy' post='1096245' date='Jan 20 2011, 12:45 PM']Alright then..... Rhythmically he is all over the place.Whenever he goes for anything even remotely complex his time seriously drifts and he ends up doing those big slides while he gets himself back together. Harmonically,everything is very simple and based around the minor pentatonic,with his slap playing being limited to E and occasionally A minor pentatonic. Technically,he gets a lot of fret buzz and he often trips himself up because he is trying to execute ideas that he can't pull off. He has a lot of confidence in what he is doing,which because he is unable to back it up with his playing,manifests itself as ego. He could be a much better player if he spent some more time in the woodshed rather than producing ego boosting videos of himself. [b]Constructive enough?[/b][/quote] No. You have not utilised the constructive feedback sandwich. Positive / Negative / Positive You could, for example, have mentioned that his slapped double stop slides did in fact remain diatonic. And that he demonstrated some awareness of the concept of the ONE.

[quote name='270degrees' post='1096218' date='Jan 20 2011, 12:19 PM']Firstly, let me say that the action on my keyboard is a little high, so I may make a few typos. The bloke is comedy gold. It's not so much his playing, which is infinitely better than mine, but his belief that he is much, much better than he is. If he gets paid to do what he does, fair play to him. I think, however, that the videos at the bottom reveal just what sort of a person he is, especially the one on the bottom left: does he actually contribute anything? [url="http://www.jaxsn.com/"]http://www.jaxsn.com/[/url] And let's not forget his acting: [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4t-qTxAyx0s&feature=player_embedded#"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4t-qTxAyx0s...layer_embedded#[/url]! Now, I'm just a R&5ths plodder, and not a particularly good one at that, but even I know that timing is a fundamental part of a players repertoire; does this bloke know it exists? So, there ya go, my criticism. My constructiveness: (re)visit the basics. Oh, and thanks for the laugh. 270dgrz.cm[/quote] I like the bit where he says his "fans" have requested he demonstrate some funk and slap improvisation

[quote name='lemmywinks' post='1096222' date='Jan 20 2011, 12:27 PM']See the mistake you've made here is confusing confience with delusion. If he had confidence in his actual ability then there would be no thread about him, however the guy has confidence in abilities he just does not possess - that's delusion. IMO he should be told about it, not in the way some TBers have done (nobody deserves that, it's just plain rude) but he's already making an ass of himself on the www and if he doesn't take the blinkers off then it's only gonna get worse. If it were me i'd appreciate it. He should stop giving lessons and start getting some himself - that's what i'd do. Tbh some of the replies he's given on TB are so arrogant and so self appreciative that it's hard to like the guy, no matter what his playing is like. Even if he was a great player i'd struggle to put up with all his yapping about religion, desire and swords. The fact that he hasn't got anything like the skills to back it up just confounds the problem. As i've already said, the threads are really about what an ignoramus the guy is, not his awful playing.[/quote] I think you're right. I also think that some of the reaction on BC is down to us Brits being deeply inhibited (why do you think we drink so bloody much?) and reacting badly to people who display no humility or realistic appreciation of their own skills and ability while bragging their arses off.

[quote name='LeoFender' post='1096154' date='Jan 20 2011, 11:00 AM']Right, Im off to play my bass and enjoy the music I create [/quote] Would you mind posting some clips on youtube mate?

[quote name='LeoFender' post='1096152' date='Jan 20 2011, 10:59 AM']If the cap fits?[/quote] Mmm, maybe you should brush up your headwear knowledge a little

[quote name='LeoFender' post='1096127' date='Jan 20 2011, 10:47 AM']No I object to your attitude, I have taken exception to the way he has been treated I have not criticised the way you have delivered your criticisms, quite the opposite in fact, I find the way people have ridiculed his ability as a musician and his performance of high merit. In fact nobody could deride the fellow musician with a greater expertise. Seems to happen a lot round here.[/quote] Why me in particular?

[quote name='LeoFender' post='1096123' date='Jan 20 2011, 10:41 AM']If people didn't laugh at his playing there wouldn't any thread. Just seems very ironic that this thread was born out of contempt for the very attitude on display throughout most of these posts.[/quote] No it wasn't. It was born out of Bubinga5's soliciting opinion on what was happening on the tb thread.

[quote name='LeoFender' post='1096109' date='Jan 20 2011, 10:34 AM']Yes That is down to his peers. I would not be so arrogant as to assume this position. Love and Cuddles x[/quote] Nevertheless, you have assumed that position on here with constructive criticsm of some of our attitudes to jaxsn.

[quote name='LeoFender' post='1096103' date='Jan 20 2011, 10:30 AM']You wouldn't get a professional art critic writing in his column [b]"Yeah had a look at it and its sh*t"[/b] Im sure their deconstruction of the work would have some educated analysis not just dismissive and full of ridicule.[/quote] Brian Sewell does sometimes.

[quote name='cd_david' post='1096085' date='Jan 20 2011, 10:20 AM']Commenting and constructive criticism is a world apart from ridicule. I'm not saying that is what you have done Michael as I have not read the thread in its entirety but you have to admit there has been a certain amount of sneering and sniggering in some of the posts.[/quote] So what constructive criticism would you give jaxsn then? And one must take care with constructive criticism as it can come over as rather patronising.

[quote name='LeoFender' post='1096079' date='Jan 20 2011, 10:16 AM']Delusion or desire to continue playing the bass? Kicking the SH1T out of some ones confidence, misplaced or other is going to do nothing for him as a player, or us as a community of musicians.[/quote] Are you really this warm and cuddly in real life?

[quote name='StevieD_FenderP2009' post='1095909' date='Jan 20 2011, 03:14 AM']This is why I'm sticking to my Fender P Basses, 1 volume and 1 tone. Nothing complicated about that and I can get a big range of tones from my P's from flat to really bright. This new "Gamechanger" thing from Ernie Ball seems far to complicated and a waste of time. [b]If you don't like your guitars tone, get new pick ups/pre amp (if you're that way inclined) or change your EQ or get a new amp or throw in some pedals. Simple![/b][/quote] Whereas if you don't like the tone on your GC MM guitar just flick a switch, even simpler.