Richard R

Ladies and gentlemen, the venue and promotors apologise for the sightly late start. This was due to the band ensuring their support act had a proper sound check.

"Mustang Sally! Let it happen bass player!"

Springsteen at Villa Park on Saturday 17th. A friend of mine had spare tickets at face value. 🥳

Thanks for booking us at Billy's 10th birthday party! We're going to finish up with a couple of covers by our favourite artists. First it's "Tie me kangaroo down, sport", then "Do you want to be in my gang?" Get Dancing!

Tickets £2.50! I've just paid £98 to see Clapton from the cheap seats at Resorts World. Last time I saw him was nearly 40 years ago, when the venue was called the NEC Arena and I think the tickets were about £15. He blew the roof off then, but I'm expecting a more sedate gig this time.

You need another bass with a yellow-red fade and no pickguard. Then you could have Slack Cassidy and The Sunburst Kid

Welcome aboard! I started exclusively with headphones for at least 6 months, possibly longer now I think about it. I had a zoom H4n handy recorder and plugged the bass into the mic socket with the gain right down. Playing through headphones you will hear EVERY buzz, squeak, etc and it can be a bit depressing. So an amp instantly makes you sound better! Lots of decent amps with a headphone socket, probably some on here in the marketplace. I bought an EBS session 60 for about £80 from here, perfect.

Welcome aboard! In my opinion the only people who should use picks are navvies. Plectrums however, perfectly acceptable. 😁 See also: sidewalk, faucet, quarter-note, pronouncing Z to rhyme with T, etc etc... <grumbles off to find glasses, hearing aid and a pint of warm ale>

Welcome aboard! Squire Jazz - good bass. Cheap amp - all you need.* Stay away from the marketplace 😅 * other than love, and practice. And the latter is optional.

Thanks everyone. That Vbass forum is really helpful, @NoirBass. I'll read up there before I make a decision. And probably miss out on a good deal while doing so knowing my luck. I'll report back when/if there's any progress.

Given that I'm a complete newbie to this, rather than go straight in with a build getting my head round the synth part seems the best place to start. Does this represent good value? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/304798339655?mkevt=1&mkcid=1&mkrid=710-53481-19255-0&campid=5338365712&toolid=20006&customid=EB129124807&

As always, very impressive!

I can plug a USB hard drive into the TV, so it can locally record whatever is shown. The HDD encryption means it can't be played except on that TV.

Ah yes, sorry! I can just about remember names, but having to remember names and BC names is way beyond my capacity!

Not that I can remember. Are you 6'7"?

You absolutely must get a matching short scale bass...

Thanks for that. I'll have to catch up later in the week.

Is this why some bassists refer to their collection as "The Herd"? Also does it mean that you selectively breed your basses, selecting for low end rumble, big upper horns, or milk yield?

I unashamedly admit that I find that tacky and hilarious in equal measure and I would wholeheartedly approve. Life is to short to be sensible.

We were discussing electric cars at home. If I did buy a Mustang it would absolutley require a poncey number plate ending 54LLY. This is a point against the car. The bass is nicknamed "Queen Elizabeth' as it weighs as much as the aircraft carrier and the fretboard is wide enough to land an F35 on.

Various exercises, arpeggios and broken scales. I have a problem (which is almost resolved) in that I tend to leave my thumb still and stretch for notes. No problem for my little finger, but when I go back towards the headstock I mis-fret with the index. So I am practicing a lot of arpeggios etc and trying to move my hand more while being fluid. And I am not consistent on quick fills either, the timing is out. It is repetitive, but not boring as I can see the (slow) improvement. The goal is to be able to smoothly play and improvise whatever comes into my head given a chord chart, and for me at this stage- that is all down to having good enough technique.

Very nice, as are all Jabba basses. Did you collect this one at the bash in Nottingham?

Today was fun. I was on FOH sound, for a band comprising 4 vox, keys, acoustic rhythm guitar, violin and drums. At the practice on Friday the WL asked if I could play bass on Oceans, as it needed depth (his pun!). Two options, play from the back, or set up on stage and take the iPad to do the mix from there. Our services are now quite free-flowing, so I opted to stay at the desk where I could see and hear everything. Come the song, the first line was just the vocals then I came in on the second line with the low B, C#, D. Which sounded great, but confused at least some of the congregation who wondered where the bass was coming from. 😁 Happy Pentecost Sunday everyone!