chris_b

If I could turn back time I would do more and do it all a lot better. I'd have bought my Precision when I did. It was the first time I had the cash so I couldn't have bought it any earlier. Musical things I'd change. . . . . . I was "good enough" with little effort and I rested on my laurels too much. Basically lazy! If I had a second time around I'd push myself, everyday, to become a better player. I wish I'd switched to 5 string basses at least 10 years earlier. I never took up double bass, that has always been a big mistake and I should have made the effort to get my vocals together. I sang in my band at school, but stopped when I started playing with much better players. Sadly we can't turn the clock back. All we can do is make the right changes in our own lives now and tell others about what we have learned, so they can build on the experience of others.

Word of mouth and recommendation.

The guy who says most with least. . . Larry Graham Thank You ~ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOa5UOHdwnc Sing A Simple Song ~ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51837yh4hec Also, I Want To Take You Higher, Stand, Dance To The Music, Family Affair. . . the list goes on.

I don't see the need for different amps for different bands. Looking at your current rig, I'd keep the amp, sell the 212 and replace it with a TC 112, which can be used on its own or with the 210. I used to split my gigs between a duo with an acoustic guitarist and bands culminating in a flat out monumentally loud rock blues band. I used the same 500 watt Thunderfunk amp for all bands and just varied the cabs. In the duo I used a Bergantino 112 , 3 Berg 112's for the loud band and 2 Berg 112's for any other band.

Do they? I seem to remember the brewery, Shepherd and Neame, paying Invapay.

. . . . recorded during the same session as Mr Big Stuff. Great song. Vernie Robbins on bass.

Aaron Neville - Use Me ~ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTsEwCsGdi8 Aaron Neville - Rainy Night In Georgia ~ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmGusbWceEY Sting - It's probably Me ~ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUYI7kIR0S4 Terry Callier - What About Me ~ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8jJXJUy3I Keb Mo - Henry ~ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0G42xlGXIN4 King Curtis - Memphis Soul Stew ~ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Sm9n-6hy6M Jean Knight - Mr Big Stuff ~ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooYExfw9lLY

We had to use Invapay several years ago. It's a pain to walk out of a gig with no cash in your pocket, but we got our money, albeit a little later than usual. You have to start invoicing each other so there is a payment "paper" trail but it's not as big a deal as I was expecting. We thought the pub was trying to provide info to HMRC, but they were using this system to crack down on rogue landlords, who were putting in claims to the brewery for non-existent gigs and pocketing the cash.

It's a bit extreme, isn't it. Most of this video seems to be played with a very light touch, the strings hardly move when he plucks them. Years ago, he was playing the Ken Smith with a longer strap. The current technique doesn't seem to include "digging in". But what a good technique. Anyone after a video of how to play a bass with little effort just watch AG. No stretching and if the bass line moves outside the 2 fret "box" he moves his hand to the new position. Never mind the floating thumb, a floating left hand is the secret.

That's the point when you roll your sleeves up and improve your playing.

The last 2 years have been two steps forward and one step back for me, but no, never once thought about quitting.

Give your Squier a new lease of life, get a Sadowsky preamp pedal.

A 15 year old girl is not a child and at that age will be pretty close to reaching full adult height. If you had a problem with your swing, the least sensible thing you could do would be to buy a new set of golf clubs. You would go to the Pro's shop and book some lessons to sort out your swing, and while he was at it, anything else he could find that was wrong with your game.

So who's talking about force? If someone is using the wrong technique then correcting that is the best, cheapest and quickest solution. Not sure why you can't see that, but never mind. Improving your ability to play any instrument is never a "terrible" idea.

I'd agree with this. Do you buy a short scale bass to fit her technique or improve her technique to fit all basses? I'd suggest if she is struggling it's time to spend that new bass money on some lessons.

A brilliant bass player. He can overplay as much as he wants! Some AG with Gladys Knight. . . . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YxlOy2JOyg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sp4BPNDYjGg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDl0OjTpNK0

A few molecules thick sheet of Graphene under the fretboard and the neck will never move again. Necks could be made thinner, graphite rods, even the truss rods could be dispensed with and neck dive will be a thing of the past.

Roasting improves the stability of the neck. I've seen many older basses with twisted and bowed necks so there can be problems with instruments of a certain age. If roasting prevents neck movement in the future it will be worthwhile. As I say, the price will come down with the advent of new industrial processes. Roasting itself can twist the neck blanks so for every one that is thrown away the price of the others goes up. Roasting is just another development and certainly isn't hype.

Looking good.

Roasting woods is just another in a long line of innovations which improve basses, like graphite rods, quarter sawn necks, etc. Maybe roasting will remain a custom offering but if they discover a process that can do this on industrial levels we might see all basses with roasted necks with non roasted being the boutique option.

There have been a few! During the time Wal's were out of fashion I could have picked up so many! While I was browsing, one guy came into the Bass Centre and was trying to offload a mk1 Wal for £300. They didn't want it!! I should have jumped on that one. Martin Kemp's JG leather scratch plate mk1 was for sale in the Bass Cellar Denmark Street. That was the best sounding bass I've ever heard. They wanted £1000, which I thought that was too much. I'm still kicking myself. Various pre CBS Fenders have passed me by.

I like them all, but I've probably played Come Together more times than McCartney has!! We used to do the Joe Cocker version of She came In Through The Bathroom Window. That was always fun.

No band I've been in for the last 26 years has rehearsed unless there was a specific problem that couldn't be talked over. That's been about 6 rehearsals since the early 90's.

As far as I understand, roasted woods are more stable than non-roasted. I guess that's an advantage with necks. It's not a fad or obsession, after years of inaction basses, amps and cabs are being designed to higher specs. It's a great time to be a bass player.

I got a Boss TU-12 soon after I saw an early one in a shop, and I worked out what they were. Easy, accurate and soundless tuning, what a brilliant idea.