SpondonBassed

[quote name='OliverBlackman' timestamp='1473495071' post='3130638'] I recently made an offer for a fretless Warwick on gumtree and the guy asked when I'd be able to collect it, and we agreed a day. Anyway he couldn't do it anymore and finally after 3 weeks of him coming up with excuses he's told me he's holding out for a better offer. Is this common? It's the first time I've had it and it's so frustrating! [/quote] Okay, you agreed a day but you haven't mentioned whether you agreed on a price. What you say suggests otherwise.

Yeah man. What's an "ism" anyway?

Have you considered velcroing a dog to your cab to keep cats away?

Welcome Guildb30179.

[quote name='4stringslow' timestamp='1473335447' post='3129208'] Never mind the lights, I waiting to hear what Blue thinks about The Rutles [/quote] This deserves its own thread.

We were just saying the other day what a nice bloke he seems to be. His solo style polarises opinion somewhat in here though. If you have a rummage around you'll see.

[quote name='Jaykingfunk' timestamp='1473278490' post='3128698'] Evening all, I've been playing for 17 years and my favourite stuff to play is funk, soul/Motown, jazz stuff or anything that's got groove... My gear: 2001 MIM Fender Jazz Deluxe 5 string G&L L2500 5 string Ernie Ball Music Man S.U.B. US made, 4 string 3/4 Double Bass Romanian made Mark Bass CMD120 combo Gallien Krueger 115RBH cab Sans Amp I'm a head of music in a large secondary school in South Yorkshire and currently play in soul/funk/pop function band. Some of my favourite bass players are Victor Wooten, Marcus Miller, James Jamerson, Charles Mingus, Ray Brown, Stuart Zender, Flea and Tim Commerford. Currently looking to get more gigging/dep work with other bands and looking forward to getting involved with some of the discussions on here! Jay. [/quote] Welcome Jay. Is that The Woot in your avatar?

Trust me to be the only upside down rightie. Cuh! Never mind. Mind you, I saw one other player playing from the RH position with a bass strung the other way. I often wondered if a technical advantage could be had from playing with the strings reversed. Do you ever study your hand technique in a mirror? Wow, that [i]would[/i] be freaky.

Welcome JazzB.

[quote name='owen' timestamp='1473152318' post='3127332'] The event is in The Risely Park. I imagine it has been booked by BassAce in his own name as a private function so they would look confused if you mentioned a Double Bass Bash. I hope that clarifies [/quote] Yes. Many thanks.

I know what it's like. I first started with my left handed friend's bass. I'd play it as a right hander. I turned things around when I finally decided to buy one for myself and found it okay after a bit of self-adjustment. Now I can dress on either side with relative ease. Heeheehee.

Despite dropping hints, leaving little clues and outright begging... I NEVER got the orgy I wanted for my fiftieth. Bah! Just wait 'till my seventieth, then he'll see.

I have just taken delivery of a used Trace Elliot cab from Chris. I am very happy with how the deal went. Chris is a nice chap. We had a little negotiation over the details and arrived at an easy transaction. I'd recommend Chris highly if you are considering dealings with him. The cab is great too. Can't wait to give it a thorough rattling later on.

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1473091300' post='3126826'] See post #4. [/quote] Thanks Jack. I had read that before. Posts #3 and #5 of yours prompted me to visit the venue for myself. We saw the Risley Park but as you said, no mention of a Hotel on the signage. The place next door, the Risley Hall Hotel is a health spa and to paraphrase from J J Cale's song it looked like "Momma don't allow no bass in this place". Yet the Risley Park function room has a private booking (possibly the one we're on about) for Oct 2nd but it does not say it is for the Double Bass Bash. Just a little more clarity might help for those who don't come from this region.

[quote name='solo4652' timestamp='1473090167' post='3126797'] The last two rehearsal rooms we've used, we've been given the keys and asked to switch off all lights, make sure the goods lift doors are properly in place, check that nobody else is in the building and lock everything up when we leave. Now, I personally think it's the owners' responsibility to secure their own premises at lock-up time, not ours. I said this to the owner of our current rooms and he got a bit defensive, saying he couldn't see any problem. Any thoughts? [/quote] Is the owner looking for a gull for when he fires the building for the insurance claim maybe? It is not your responsibility.

All I can say is that you'd need to be a pretty good player to be preoccupied with this and not with trying to underpin the song all the way through.

[quote name='FinnDave' timestamp='1473082940' post='3126687'] Yeah, but they're [i]drummers.[/i] Drummers can lose anything, and probably will. Bass players are superior beings who always know exactly where everything is, including their towels. [/quote] ..and they almost never have to quote from Douglas Adams' H2GT2G unless provoked by drummers.

[quote name='bluejay' timestamp='1473087926' post='3126761'][/quote] 12. SpondonBassed. A Vantage fretless electric bass guitar and Ashdown combo. Thanks Bluejay. Barring misfortune I will be there and will pay on the day unless you message me otherwise. I have tweaked line 12 of your post. Can you clarify which of the two places with Risley in the name the venue is please? We went down the other day and neither the Risley Park nor the Risley Hall Hotel recognised the booking. I suspect it is the Risley Park. As stated above somewhere, it does not have the word "hotel" in its name.

Welcome Ricky.

[quote name='Stuart Clayton' timestamp='1472770908' post='3124212'] Not at the moment I'm afraid. I have considered approaching the band regarding a transcription book however. I guess there might be an appetite for it...? Stuart [/quote] It sounds good. Would you be discounting for BC members? I'd be interested in a tab book.

Er, can I change my answer...? Heeheehee. Good luck. I haven't hooked up with a local drummer yet.

[quote name='Chewie' timestamp='1472893807' post='3125087'] Good morning fellow bassists, I'm a newbie and absolutely loving this place. I use some isolated drum tracks from youtube, an app called drumgenius and the odd backing track to jam along to. Oh, and I've just tried the drum part of Garageband on the girlfriends iPad. Does anybody have any wisdom to better my arsenal on this. Please share any pearls. I'd like to buy a drum machine that didn't require an A level to program or just something I could hit for funk, rock, blues, that kind of thing. Incidentally, drumgenius, which was tipped to me by notreble.com is really worth a look, especially if you're a jazzy kind of cat. Any ideas would be well received in the Falcon. Warp speed........ Chewie [/quote] Welcome Chewie. The only backing tracks I've ever used come from "play along" tab books that have a disc with two versions of each song. One with bass and one without. More often I'll just play over a yooboob clip that I like. I have a Roland TR606 but it doesn't save and even left powered up has not got a reliable memory. I do like that it is there though, just in case.

[quote name='NancyJohnson' timestamp='1472887428' post='3124998'] I want to suggest he works with a click/metronome so it's at least in time. [/quote] I'd say you've answered your own question. That has to be a reasonable option to at least try. I mean, if he gets something out of it too, everyone wins. He'd have to be pretty ignorant to think he wont benefit from improving himself. Don't we all need to think like that?

Welcome Garth. Good luck with the gig.