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not really, the law here is pretty strict. If you had bought the book, even secondhand, I'd be comfortable with the technical infringement - I see that as "fair use", I dont think photocopies are in the right ball-park, sorry but someone else may be able to help you.

as long as someone /bought/ the book (so the author was paid), I dont have a big problem with it. Faithless, have you bought the book, or been given it by someone who did? If you're working off photocopies, I cant assist you in this. The CDs arent much help without the book.

you want Mp3 format? I'll try and email it to you if you PM me an address but beware that your inbox may only accept a certain size of file

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[quote name='The Funk' post='267138' date='Aug 21 2008, 03:35 PM']If you're waiting to hear the beep or click before you start trying to play the note on your bass, then you'll never be in time. If you hear four beeps or clicks and then know when the beats are going to beep or click, then you'll be able to play in time.[/quote] I think I can do the clicks, thanks, its the drum sounds that are muddying the water, but I am interested in Jase's idea of an ad - I hadnt considered that.

[quote name='Lfalex v1.1' post='267126' date='Aug 21 2008, 03:22 PM']Try watching your drummer play. Keep an eye on the exact moment that his/her sticks strike the drums' skins. Try to co-ordinate with that as well as the sound. It can help you to "read" what drummer's doing and predict what they may do next. Works for me. Don't become too reliant on it live, as you'll end up looking at the drummer all the time and not facing the audience!! With the Zoom, does the display change in any way as it goes along? Flashing or some other visual means of marking time? If so, try co-ordinating with that...[/quote] I dont have a drummer, that was my point (I would just ask him if I did). The Zoom does flash an LED on each beat, but I'm never quite sure which is beat 1, which prompted my question. I figure I cant be the only person to wonder this.

i have that book, it would take some time to turn the tracks into mp3 as I'm pretty busy. Can you wait a bit (like after the weekend) ?

hi, can I have your thoughts on this? I did start this topic on the "effects" page but I dont think I expressed the question very well and wanted more people's input/ I usually use a metronome (on my Zoom B2.1u) and I can get on with it farly well, I'm rarely more than half a beat off. I've tried the drum machine on my Zoom (I dont play in a band yet) as I'm aware that things called "Drummers" exist and that most bands have them, but its not proving easy to keep my place in the pattern. Does anyone have any tips for what to listen for and actually keeping tight? Taking the "rock" pattern on the zoom as an example nothing seems to mark out beat one particularly. thanks

I [b]really[/b] do like the look of that jazz in the first post. I clicked yes, but I actually prefer a light sunburst on nice wood, to a natural finsih, but prefer both to an opaque painted finish.

[quote name='bubinga5' post='262757' date='Aug 14 2008, 09:57 PM']He he...well she is a bass player and the thread is erm...great bass player photos.. [/quote] She appears not to be plugged in though, and I dont think wireless was invented back then?

thanks, I tried the metronome too (cant post here until lunchtime) and it does seem to be so. I tend to have the Zoom on reasonably quiet, maybe thats why I'm not hearing the (lower) drum sounds very well - I can hear the hi hat easily. I was looking out for drum sounds (like bass drum on beat s 1 & 3 and snare on 2 & 4) as described in Bass for Dummies and failing.

hi, I'm struggling a little with the drum machine. This is partly because I dont play in a band, and also because the manual isnt that great on this topic (Its quite good on the others). I know you can set the speed using the tap button/light, but when its just playing a pattern say "Rock" at 100bpm, am I right in thinking that the tap light shows each beat? Or is it each beat one? I've been trying to place the drum sounds against the beat/this light and failing - it doesnt seem to mark out beat one in any obvious way. Any ideas what I'm missing? thanks

yes, you are correct about "roots" - the "fifth" is the note that is two strings across and two frets down, or alternatively seven frets down the same string from your starting point. There is more to it in melodic terms than that though thats the simple version.

they're very easy to find on ebay -bone, plastic, brass etc.

well, unfortunately I dont have long arms either which might offset the short fingers problem. There are comparatively few music stores round our way and thtey tend to stick to the budget end of the market, hence my question about rickenbackers - I've never seen one in the flesh to try. Interesting to hear that BigRedX had no trouble with a 36 though

I'm really hankering for a jazz bass (probably a Squier VMJ) - I dont have the longest fingers in the world though. I've read that Rickenbackers have a shorter scale, does anyone know if that extra inch makes them that much easier to play? I want to know if the extra money is worth it for the comfort! thanks

tapping your foot does come in time (pardon the pun) - my foot always seemed welded to my fingers, slowing down or speeding up as the notes varied in length and offering no guide whatsoever to the beat, However in the last few days, with hard practice , its got better. I just sat there playing resolutely and slowly in time to the metronome with my fingers and tapping my feet. Recommend Bass Guitar for Dummies, also recommend "Stuff Good BAss PLayers should know" by Glen Letsch and also "100 tips for bass guitar" by Stuart Clayton (which utterly changed my thinking about all this)

I didn't get one.

I have a few subjects that I work on in rotation, I have to split them as I have little time so have to find time to practise when I can. 1. metronome - practising playing along with it, and subdividing beats. 2. left hand dexterity - getting those smaller fingers to move independently. 3. keys - I play though all the major scales in circle of fifths rotation, and all over the neck. I start as low as I can (even if I go out of mode) and then go up and across all the strings getting to the highest note in that key on the fretboard. Blues scales and minor scales are coming shortly. This is to fix the scales, and fretboard map in my head rather than learn a box. 4. some pages, usually one, from my current book (bass styles by stuart clayton) 5. Jamming to drum machine pattern for a few minutes (so I listen to drum sounds, not just clicks) I do any two of these each time I practise. Little and often works best, I find. Edit - I fully endorse NJE's book recommendation - its that book which made me play a given scales all the way up and across the nexk rather than just in a box -also recommend Bass Guitar for Dummies.

He wears glasses, and he isnt my boss. I was clocked-off at the time so I'm okay on that one. Apparently their last two bass players left due to other commitments. they've done a few gigs, I'm still learning and havent done any! I think it may all be a bit "root-and-fifth" to start with.

I've just started a new job, in my first week now. I was just reading basschat, and had read down about as far as the login box when one of my new colleagues swooped from about 15 feet away and asked if I play bass and want to try out for their band. Wierd feeling!

i find the Zoom b2.1u does everything I want, to be honest, plus it has a drum machine, metronome and tuner. I wouldnt go back to individual effects now.

Rutger Gunnarson was pretty good on Summer Night City, although Abba really isnt my thing. I'd like to add Kirsty Newton who plays bass for Mitch Benn, and of course second/third/etc John Taylor, if I end sounding a quarter as good as him, I'd be happy.

does anyone have a link for SX - I do like their 70s look jazz. Do they actually sound like the real thing?

[quote name='Crazykiwi' post='238422' date='Jul 13 2008, 11:39 AM']That story is truly the stuff of urban myths! Hope they get a bundle for it. Be interesting to know what the legal position on it is though, is it theirs to sell?[/quote] I have a degree in Law, although I'm not too hot on conveyancing specifically. I [i]think[/i] the position is that when he bought the house, he also bought any remaining contents also that the owner didnt take with them. Its probably "been abandoned" given the length of time. Given the high value, the original owner (if he could absolutely prove that it was his; bill of sale, photos of him playing it in the garden etc) could make a case for its recovery and restitution to him, but since he chose to leave it there/forgot about it/was too wasted to notice then or since he'd probably have to compensate the current owner of the house to a fair extent. EDIT: I looked it up in my notes, I was right in my initial thoughts