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I've got a hartke hydrive, which is quite pretty with its shiny aluminium cones and grille and blue lights. I keep it in the house just to annoy my teenage stepson whose stereo cant compete for bass. Also my two year old daughter loves plugging in my Jazz and twanging away. Couldnt really do either with a plugin tool like IRig

Ok - talk about it after Xmas when th dust has settled a little

Its a Prose Bass custom - Paul Rose attended the 2009 bass bash. I never thought I would own one.

I have a fanned fret 5 string shortie that you can try (but only after Xmas as its embargoed until then)

[quote name='RhysP' timestamp='1323780694' post='1466887'] There are none, unless you want to look at a small & uninspiring array of Fenders & Stingrays, a few Ibanez and a load of cheap copies. [/quote] Better than nothing as far as I'm concerned

hi In cardiff this weekend, with my "gar" and drums-mad daughter, any recommendations for decent shops ? (Preferably those that are at least tolerant of [i]supervised[/i] small children and view them as future customers) - staying in Premier Inn in the city thanks

Can anyone tell me if there's a way to jump to the end of a long multi page topic when using an iPhone ? Don't want to "next" all the way through each time I read Thanks

I'm still learning and so I'm drawing a distinction between " riffs that I figured out the notes for" and things that I can actually play in time properly and so the last thing I learned properly is the chain, basic I know but you have to start somewhere

thanks to all, particularly Cytania. I disagree with Mog, some people, like my mother, can pick out a tune on a broken guitar with no strings, I'm not one of them, is what I meant. I've recorded a drum track to mp3 as discussed earlier - I just keep getting "upload failed" - any ideas? Error 413 (I think), tried both basic and advanced loaders

It's not exactly intuitive but if you read the manual it's all there

My little daughter loved your shop, she always walks in shouting "gars!" at the top of her voice

Ok following on from what Yorick and the lovely chlo say, I'm going to set my alesis sr16 to bass drum on beats 1 and 3 and 3+ and snare on 2 and 4 and 4+ but I'm also going to leave every alternate bar as just bass drum on 1 so I can check if I'm back on the 1 at the start of the next bar** And record it ** toddler permitting

Yes and no - I can read rhythms but I'm still working on reading pitches

thanks - i do record myself using a Line 6 backtrack.

I have lessons and I'm struggling with timing. My teacher thinks I'm trying to do too much at once. He plays bass and drums. I'm not a natural but I am determined to be as good as I can be. Using a metronome I can pretty much hit the right spots to place the notes (down to eighth notes, not tried sixteenth notes yet), but with a drum track I get totally lost and its vague at best. My sense of time is okay - we tried just marking beat one and counting the others and I was coming in on the one each time. advice ? (btw Please dont tell me to work with the metronome set to beat two or anything uber-advanced like that - its just plain confusing at the moment)

if its a genuine 62, get expert in-person help

i have the tele bass one - its worth a read as its set up its quite details - nowhere near as detailed as the car ones obiouvsly

My better half has bought me one bass and encourages me to look in shops. She encourages me to have lessons. Our daughter is instrument-mad and loves drums.

[quote name='bubinga5' timestamp='1318867298' post='1407124'] MIJ and CIJ dont have this hole, or any other routing under the pickguard (apart from the pup of course) [/quote] yup, mine is also without the CNC hole and the large route between cavities.

i have those kinds of fingers and a short scale five works for me.

Does anyone have the bass tab for this kylie track ?

[quote name='Paul S' timestamp='1317744277' post='1394035'] Not been to Bass Direct but Bass Merchant were exceptionally helpful when I was choosing a new amp. Nothing was too much trouble. Easy to get to, loads of parking, no issues with volume. [/quote] Theres a nice cafe (weekdays) almost next door to the bass merchant. The BM do have lots in stock. I've never been to Bass Direct, I must admit