Teebs

33 minutes ago, Newfoundfreedom said:

Nope. 

 

I refuse to let it lie. 

More, more, more!

3 hours ago, jimmyb625 said:

Just to further ruin the joke, you wouldn't need lead to shield alpha and beta rays, aluminium would do the job just as well.

Et tu, @jimmyb625

'Aluminium guitarist' don't work as well.

17 minutes ago, Hellzero said:

South of it on the North side of the railway going West near the far East Borgo's pass in the middle of somewhere.

2 sugars, please.

👍🏼

Merci beaucoup.

3 minutes ago, Hellzero said:

I guess some of you have seen my for sale ads : they are more than complete.

 

And I always get questions about things that are in the ad.

 

No matter what or how you do it, people are too lazy to read, especially a long text or ad or anything obvious.

Got as far as "I guess some" but was too lazy to read any more.

Are you in Blaenau Ffestiniog?

7 hours ago, Hellzero said:

Eventually not such a good idea as lead would protect them against radiations. 

Thanks @Hellzero

Just thanks.

That was the joke!

Lead (pb) being too dense to allow α and β radiation through, therefore providing useful shielding in nuclear power stations and the like.

The joke was based on the pun 'lead guitarist' (as opposed to rhythm), vs 'lead' (the element pb) guitarist.

But no, you had to go and explain it!

Sometimes you're so dense, light bends around you!

9 minutes ago, BreadBin said:

It's one of my favourites! 

I've gained a number of badges and awards simply by congratulations posts on this thread. I thought I would keep it going 🤭

Good work fella!

3 minutes ago, Ricky 4000 said:

Or toss-monkey?

Youze already have that title.

1 minute ago, BreadBin said:

Congratulations! 

🤭

Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit @BreadBin.

Except maybe peewit, f*ckwit, and dips*it.

13 minutes ago, SpondonBassed said:

 

...his modest protuberance?

Pervert.

21 minutes ago, Ricky 4000 said:

Plus, I once got torn to pieces on here for suggesting Psycho Killer should be played using the open strings as Tina W does, so I'm not going there again.

Is that because you possess massive & unwieldy thumbs?

I've got no idea what any of this badges shîte is, but I've just been informed that I'm now a 'Mentor'.

Please note, BassChat HR dept. - I've met me, and being nominated a 'Mentor' is just plain stupid. I am far too irresponsible to be a 'Mentor', so respectfully request a more appropriate rank - I would accept 'Grand Vizier', 'First Admiral of BassChat', or at a pinch 'His Emminence'.

Thanks in advance.

1 minute ago, TimR said:

 

What do they change?

- The key - this I can accept, as it's usually (not always though) to suit the singer;

- Often the structure;

- The intonation - I learn the song from the recording, play it in rehearsal as per the original, but it doesn't fit due to drummer excessive fills / wrong accents, guitar strumming patterns etc.

The real reason is that they don't listen to the original songs, and we don't practice enough to do our own versions of the songs competently.

1 minute ago, Reggaebass said:

Why don’t they play them the same teebs 🙂

Because they're awkward båstards.

Talentless, awkward båstards.

I suggested to my covers band that we might try playing the songs the same as the original versions.

No success.

They should've sent lead guitarists to do the research.

What, you can change strings?!?!

Who knew!

(Before you criticise, remember Bernard Edwards)

3 minutes ago, Silvia Bluejay said:

It wasn't too bad for us, when we used it for the first time a few weeks ago. However, it has a rather steep learning curve. Quite apart from the weird terminology, which doesn't match any of my experience as a self-employed person, there are some unexpected steps.

To start with, it's not the Client who gives you a Purchase Order; the onus is on you, as the Supplier, to put a Request in the system, mentioning the agreed job and fee, BEFORE the job is carried out.

The Client then approves your Request - possibly several times (twice in our case, by two different people).

Then you do the job, play the gig. Then the onus is again on you to put the same amount you previously 'requested' in the system again, but this time in the form of an Expense to which you attach an invoice. You should do that just after playing the gig.

Then, in the following few days, several people at the Client and at SAP Concur approve your Expense.

Then you wait. And wait. And wait.

Then you get paid, eventually, into the bank account you entered when setting up your Concur account.

 

With us, it wasn't too bad, we were paid about 10 days after the day of the gig. I hear that Event UK normally takes 3 weeks. Mustn't grumble... 🙄

What could be more straightforward!

2 minutes ago, dmccombe7 said:

Awwww Nawwww not again. Another tern in this thread.

Dave

🎶 To everything - tern, tern, tern

There is a season - tern, tern, tern

And a time to every purpose under heaven 🎶

4 minutes ago, Osiris said:

 

But I don't know what a tern looks like. 

↪️

20 minutes ago, TimR said:

But it's not tab is it? It's just pictures of a fretboard. 

 

Tab is bars with the strings on. The Cage Song is 120 bars odd of rests. Depending on what tempo you play it at. 

3 minutes ago, Frank Blank said:

I learnt that one, it took 327 listens but 320 of those were out of contrary spite, 5 I didn’t really hear because I was having an epileptic episode. I could have played it after 2 listens but I don’t like to brag.

I don't know what you're talking about, but I can play it without knowing what it is, having never heard it before, and with no chord sheet or instruction of any kind.

But then, I'm speshul.

At his age, as well!

3 minutes ago, Bridgehouse said:

He wasn’t even with his covers band… he was with his daughter!

 

Shocker.

Terrible parenting!

6 minutes ago, lozkerr said:

 I think he's just trying to weed out unsuitable forum posters...

Naah!

He's still kaylied from the fleshpots of the miglands last night.

3 minutes ago, Bridgehouse said:

Creep.

Harsh!