Dan_Q

absolutely superb- rawplug intersets it is now wheres me paint brush, must finish that decorating................ thanks people

ah.......... right OK. I mainly play indie stuff- REM to blur to joy division to the stone roses type things, but I also like a bit of classic and modern rock (i'm learning a couple of rage against the machine lines at the mo) and eventually I'd like to try other styles too. Please note that I play for my own pleasure- i don't plan to be in a band or anything like that. I assume "roots" is like single note chord following? and as for what a fifth is i've no idea :blush: but yeah what I play is really simple, root notes with a melody (if thats teh right word) inbetween. I think i'll carry on playing as I am for now, and adapt it later if what I'm trying to play demands it. Many thanks for your input

Has anyone actually fixed a hangar to plasterboard and had any problems? The reason I ask is I've had a chat with an experienced DIYer about this- and he reakons plasterboard will easily take the weight of an instrument- the guitar he held was my gibbo les paul, which is heavier than my bass. I have some hercules hangars to use once I've finished decorating, and he has a look at those and reccomended that I upgrade the screws and plugs to longer and heavier duty ones and they should be fine. He said he's hung shelves which are heavier, and have more weight on them than my LP, and they are screwed into plasterboard and he's never had a problem, but always used heavy duty plugs just to make sure- theres all sorts of different types as he showed me in the screwfix catalogue, some which anchor themselves in and stuff. Please dont go and sue me if you do try it and something goes breasts north, just passing on info i've been told- feel free to disregard by all means and just to make sure I'm thinking of getting a small bed to put under them just incase. My house is built that badly, if they do fall off they will end up in my kitchen. Actually, the more I think about this the more I think I should play safe and invest in a stud finder. The ex did, it worked wonders for her. Twice

Brilliant stuff, many thanks for the replys guys I played some stuff this morning, and watched exactly what my left hand was doing without trying to think about it too much. It seems that when i play along the E string i do infact drop my thumb partly down the back or the neck, but on the other strings i resort to thumb on top of the neck type guitar technique (varing degrees depending on whereabouts I am on the fretboard and which string i'm playing). So yes, like others on this thread it seems I do both, depending what i am playing. I find this the most comfortable, and it doesnt strain me at all so i can live with it no problem- it seems i strain more when I try and keep my thumb on the back of the neck. I think i'll stick with whats comfortable Zach> maybe my bass has a thinner neck, or I have longer fingers? or maybe a combination of both? Thanks again for the replys people, its put my mind at rest somewhat.

Hi All, A total newbie question this if ever I've heard one. I've done a search but couldn't find much on this- apologies if its been covered before. I've been playing bass regularly for a couple of months, but its just occurred to me that I may be holding the neck wrong. I grip the neck of my bass like I do my guitar, full round grip of the neck. From some of the theory I've read, I should be placing my thumb on the middle of the back of the neck- is this correct? I don't normally worry about things like this as on guitar I'm self taught so always done whats most comfortable for me, but if this will restrict my future progress on bass then i'd like to nip it in the bud ASAP. I have tried playing with the thumb on the back of the neck and its not so bad, as thats how I play barre chords on guitar so it is vauguely familiar, but I have found that as my mind wanders (common thing with me ) I end up back the old way. Any thoughts would be appreciated on this, Thanks in advance

That looks really well, good work sir

Ha ha great stuff- glad to see the effort was worth it

Thats a bargain! well done that man Its an october 92 according to this: [url="http://www.rickenbacker.com/service_serials.asp"]http://www.rickenbacker.com/service_serials.asp[/url] HTH

cheers folks, makes me feel much better PS Bass rules. I've no idea why it has took me so long to get into it this much.

large apologies for that one sir. I've no idea how I managed that! sounds like you got a a bargain there matey- and i don't blame you for not wanting to sell, lovely basses

you'd need strange bread for those toasters too......... mitre-cut crustless should do it

Just spotted this bit of ric[u][b][color="#FF0000"]K[/color][/b][/u]enbuggery and thought of you chaps: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VINTAGE-KAY-BASS-RICKENBACKER-STYLE-SHORT-SCALE-PROJECT_W0QQitemZ280249540544QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item280249540544&_trksid=p3286.m14.l1318"]clicky clicky ten dollar[/url]

a £500 ric? WOW! I've seen trussrod covers go for nearly that! What sort of ric was it? Welcome (i'm new too and shy, but had to ask about this ric!)

Some nice kit on here folks! heres my beast :blush:

this thread has me GASing for one of these now!

Great stuff, i'll pick some of those up I think cheers For the time being I just gave them a wipe with a cloth. PS just fitted the flats, I really like them so far although I did have grey fingers afterwards!

Lovely, thanks for the advice When you say string cleaner, is there such a dedicated product? I have WD40 and a rag, but if there is something better I can use then i'd rather do that. Cheers

Looks great I was considering a blue flower myself, really like them! kudos to you sir

Hi All, Just wanted to thank everyone who has contributed to this thread- I've learnt an awful lot [quote name='bass_ferret' post='95703' date='Nov 28 2007, 06:12 PM']There is an informative thread on flats [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=6496&st=0"]here[/url][/quote] Excellent info in that ^^ thread too, great stuff. [quote name='johnnylager' post='142285' date='Feb 18 2008, 09:50 AM']This gadgey does cheap strings... [url="http://stores.ebay.co.uk/Guitar-Strings-n-Things"]http://stores.ebay.co.uk/Guitar-Strings-n-Things[/url][/quote] I used to use an old Pbass copy which i never changed the strings on, so I assume they were dull and dead. My replacement bass has brand new roto roundwounds on it, and I'm struggling with all the buzzing, clanking and finger noise- so I've ordered some D'addario chrome flats off the guy in the link above. Great service by the way, priced better than the few websites I checked, and they arrived nice and quick. Just a quick question- when I do fit the flats to my bass, can the old roto's be put back on at some point if I want to? I never used to bother doing that with guitar strings as they are much cheaper, but as bass ones are quite expensive, and the roto's were fitted not long before I bought my bass (IE nearly new), it seems a shame to just bin them. Thanks in advance

Morning All, I just thought I'd pop on and say hello I've "had a go" on basses for years, but I recently decided to give it a try properly, a change in personal circumstances has egged me on to do it. I bought my first bass and a little amp about 3-4 years ago but never really used it much. Now I've decided to have a proper try, I have bought a new bass which is also egging me on to get better, but when I play it on its own (no backing track) all I can hear is clanks and bad fretting I suppose I'll get there with practice. My old bass was of mongolian marine ply construction, it had a custard-bucker pickup and very very worn strings, so i suppose my mistakes were'nt picked up quite so well. The response from my new bass makes the sounds I create through it embarassing. I live in Lancashire, and I played rhythm guitar in a band many years ago- even performed in 1 gig! but thats as far as my experience goes. Been out of touch with playing anything for about 10 years really. My main type of music is old school indie, IE the roses, charlatans, smiths etc but I like all types of music, very varied. I've never had a music lesson in my life, I'm self taught (badly) at 6 string too, so expect some really dumbass questions about playing bass on here in the near future Great website you have here, I'm proud to be part of it. Peace Dan.