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  1. [quote name='leftybassman392' timestamp='1448896540' post='2918948']
    Meh! Knock yourselves out. Think of it as a theme and variations.
    [/quote]
    I salute your magnanimity,Sir.

    Here's a bit more bending of the rules:

    Having been cast away, what a delight to discover two discs in one case - so it just so happens I have Pink Floyd - Wish You were Here to listen to, too!
    And what’s this in my pocket? Why it’s my copy of M John Harrison’s The Centauri Device – stroke of luck there!!

  2. With apologies to leftybassman392 who started a proper eight single tracks thread in May this is more DESSERT island discs because I want to have my cake and eat it!

    Rather than individual tracks here are eight albums I could happily be cast away with.

    This is a current selection and is quite likely to change with the wind

    In no particular order but all with personal significance:

    Renaissance - A Song For All Seasons
    Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
    Rush - Farewell To Kings
    Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden
    Rainbow - Rising
    Weather Report - Heavy Weather
    Deep Purple - Made In Japan
    Pendulum - Live At Brixton Academy


    As I’m well and truly bending the rules here my book of choice would be M John Harrison’s Kefahuchi Tract Trilogy (Light, Nova Swing and Empty Space) bound as a single volume.

    My final cheat is, as a luxury item, to be able to include a portable music device loaded with all the classical stuff I like.

  3. Yngwie Malmteen a few years ago at the O2 Academy in Brum.

    Sound was terrible – we stood behind the desk expecting to hear the best sound but it was awful.

    Mr Engineer spent the entire evening tweaking and modging and switch flicking trying to improve the sound – to no avail.

  4. Pendulum, believe it or not.

    Me, Mrs Ag, the Agdaughter & her mate went along to the O2 Academy in Brum a few years back, it was a very hot May evening.
    Serious moshing (yes the family Ag moshed too) had already started with the support act (Sub Focus) so when Pendulum came on the place just erupted.
    It was so hot and humid that the venue was dishing out drinks of water to any one and everyone.
    Despite chanting and clapping for what seemed like ages the band didn’t return to play any encores – the lights came up to plenty of boo-ing and we all grudgingly left, soaking wet, emerging into cool fresh air.

    We found out the following day that the humidity was so great that various bits of equipment started failing during the set so the band were muddling through hoping to at least finish the set before performing became impossible.

    So “technical problems” was the reason but we weren’t told this at the time – hence the disappointment.

    That aside it was a cracking night and full marks for completing the set without any of us having a clue things were getting desperate.

  5. Is it just me?
    Often when I have a cover to learn I give it a good old ear’ole and end up doubting my self in what I hear.
    I then turn to tab (usually the one with rhythm too) only to find some of the bass line confirmed and other parts where I’m thinking that’s definitely NOT what I’m hearing (or think I’m hearing?) and go back to the good old ears.

  6. I have four basses that have been acquired out of both necessity and curiosity over the last 30 years or so.

    Number 1 is an American Precision bought from new around 1981/82.

    Back then I was quite happy to gig without a back up bass until one day, horror of horrors my bottom E string gave out 1[sup]st[/sup] song into the set. (The ONLY time I ever had a string go)

    Managed to get through the song using the remaining strings and perform a lightening string change and tune up whist vowing to get a back up bass to avoid future embarrassment.

    Enter Bass Number 2 Squier Precision also from new.

    These days it’s kept with a dropped D for a couple of songs plus it wouldn’t take long to up it to E if Bass one had an incident.

    About five years ago I bought a defretted Hohner Precision copy off eBay for about 30 quid so that I could see how I’d get on playing fretless……..let’s just say I wouldn’t play fretless in pubic!

    Last year I bought a Cort Curbow 4.1 because I liked the feel of the (Thinner than a P Bass) neck and the two octave fretboard.

    The Cort is my favorite to play because it’s so quick and easy to get round the fretboard (It’s not just new toy syndrome) BUT…. The Precision still sounds the best with that incredible grunt – so it’s still my number one gigging bass.

    I also have (and play) a nylon strung Spanish/Classical guitar.

  7. [color=#141823][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]
    An eminent violinist had a pupil who was due to perform in a concert.
    Someone was needed to play the piano accompaniment so the eminent violinist offered to play the piano for his pupil.
    During the course of the piece someone was needed to turn the pages for the piano accompaniment, so the eminent violinist asked his friend, an eminent pianist, if he wouldn't mind turning the pages for him.
    The eminent piano player was happy to oblige and so, the performance took place.
    The following day this review appeared in the paper:[/font][/color][color=#141823][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]

    The man who was playing the piano should've been playing the violin, the man who was turning the pages should've been playing the piano and the man who was playing the violin should've been turning the pages![/font][/color]

  8. Throughout my daughter’s time in secondary school (she’s 19 now) the local authority (bless ‘em) had a very forward looking performing arts initiative.
    The music branch had an “Endangered Species List” of musical instruments that seemed to be in decline.
    This list included Oboe and Bassoon as I recall but not Double Bass.
    To encourage take up any child having lessons on one of these endangered instruments via the initiative was supplied with an instrument free of charge.
    Unfortunately over the last three or four years cuts in funding have left this initiative a shadow of it’s former self.
    I’m sure they would now have Double Bass on their list if funding permits

  9. [quote name='Woodinblack' timestamp='1436469080' post='2818457']
    Correction. The Hipshot XTenders (which is what we are talking about) generally detune to d (if put on an E - although it could detune to anything really). They do a double detuner option which lets you tune to either D or C, ie, it has two stops and you can pick either.

    Strangely I can't see that product on their page any more.
    [/quote]


    That makes sense – without revisiting the hipshot blurb to double check - my brain, subjected to years of low frequency at high volume, sort of but not exactly remembered something like that!! :)

  10. I’ve been playing four stringers since some bloke called Noah was commanded to build a big boat. A friend of mine opted for a five string and I’ve played it briefly two or three times but that extra string and the smaller spacing really throws me – although I think I could get used to it if I spent plenty of time with it.
    Having said that, I’m not convinced enough to splash out on a five stringer.
    Perhaps I should suggest a swap for a month or two.

  11. Had something similar last year (about this time actually), went deaf in my left ear -. Saw my GP (a few days wait luckily), it turned out to be loads of wax so she suggested olive oil & hydrogen peroxide. She said it would get worse before it got better as the olive oil makes the wax expand a bit as it softens it – ain’t that the truth – you could yell directly into my left ear and I wouldn’t hear a thing (of course at that volume my right ear would pick it up!)
    Then, after two or three syringing sessions with the nurse it got better.
    Best to see some kind of medical professional before you go shoving stuff in your ear though – just to be on the safe side

  12. [size=5][font=comic sans ms,cursive]Thanks for the welcome(s)[/font][/size]

    [size=5][font=comic sans ms,cursive]Just wandering if it’s possible Rushbo, Mojo & me could’ve been responsible for the Dudley earthquake we had a few years back?[/font][/size]
    :unsure:

  13. [size=5][font=comic sans ms,cursive]Been perusing Basschat for a while now so I thought I’d better introduce myself:[/font][/size]

    [size=5][font=comic sans ms,cursive]Hi all, Agwin here (Ag for short) – it’s what my daughter calls me (don’t ask) – and it stuck - hailing from sunny Dudley in the West Midlands.[/font][/size]

    [size=5][font=comic sans ms,cursive]This is my first time on any kind of forum so if I manage to contravene any protocols please accept my apologies in advance.[/font][/size]

    [size=5][font=comic sans ms,cursive]Been playing bass since the mid seventies although there was a twenty year period from 86 when it was mostly in the loft.[/font][/size]
    [size=5][font=comic sans ms,cursive]Interestingly when my precision came down from the loft it played fine straight out of it’s case !![/font][/size]
    [size=5][font=comic sans ms,cursive]I couldn’t have been more surprised.[/font][/size]

    [size=5][font=comic sans ms,cursive]Not sure I can impart any wisdom but I’ve benefited from the wisdom of others here already.[/font][/size]

    [size=5][font=comic sans ms,cursive]Bass 1 Precision – From new in 1980[/font][/size]
    [size=5][font=comic sans ms,cursive]Bass 2 Squier Precision - From new 1983ish I think[/font][/size]
    [size=5][font=comic sans ms,cursive]Bass 3 Defretted Hohner Precision copy - £40 off ebay[/font][/size]
    [size=5][font=comic sans ms,cursive]Bass 4 (and current favorite) Cort Curbow 4.1 - second hand last year[/font][/size]

    [size=5][font=comic sans ms,cursive]Ashdown EVO 111 575 watt head[/font][/size]
    [size=5][font=comic sans ms,cursive]Ashdown EVO 2x10 & 1x15[/font][/size]

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