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Bassfinger

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  1. We do weddings - if they're willing to pay our rates, we're not poncing about for a poxy grand between the five of us - and our typical set list is a mix of old stuff and new material from the last 15 or 20 years. 

     

    I Predict a Riot, Mr Brightside and Somebody Told Me are not my favourites by any means but the crowd universally respond positively when the hear the opening notes.

     

    That said, our heavy rock versions of Video Kills the Radio Star and Country Roads seems to be our biggest fan favourites at weddings. We do a rocked up version of All Of Me that breaks to Enter Sandman in the middle and that gets the youngsters bopping and the older customers breaking out their air guitars every time.

     

    A good manager - Mrs Bassfinger is our manager, so I have to say she is excellent - will ask if there are any special requests how many guests, their age mix, and will show up at a fair proportion of gigs themselves to gauge the reaction and provide feedback.

     

     

     

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  2. Practice, practice, practice, time, time,time, repetition and persistence will eventually retire your brain and form those neural pathways.

     

    I recall that I got it figured out in two or three days - and then a year to perfect- which is unusual for me as I have the natural coordination of a one legged cat burying a turd on a frozen pond.

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  3. 22 hours ago, MacDaddy said:

     

    What about finger style and really low?

     

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    That's a good picture. Dangle it too low and it becomes difficult to rotate the fretting hand far enought forward to reach E.

     

    To compensate many players hold the bass more upright hat the norm, a la Bill Wyman, well illustrated here.

  4. 5 hours ago, tauzero said:

     

    It's not their definition of "affordable", it's the government's - something like half a million for a London house. Plus a developer can get exemption from supplying the appropriate number of semi-affordable houses by doing a bit of fiddling - https://neweconomics.org/2022/02/how-private-developers-get-out-of-building-affordable-housing

     

    I have cause to be in central/North London recently.  My companion pointed out the fairly mediocre inter-war semis we were driving past and casually told me how they were now selling for more than a million.  I've got a 5/6 bed farmhouse with outbuildings and 11 acres and woukd have significant change from a million were I having to buy it today. The thought of a normal Joe trying to buy one of these Lomdon on a normal wage is frightening, and just unimaginable for a struggling artiste.

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  5. Always used Tortex Trangle in 1.0 flavour on the bass.  I've got big hands, so that and the need to get those big strings moving make them ideal for me.  Our rhythm guitarist is a big lad and I gave a couple to him and now he's switched to them as well, although he uses the lighter weight ones in Yellow.

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  6. 5 hours ago, TimR said:

    There's a reason most players have their bass at a common height.

     

     

    I don't think I've ever seen two in the same room that wear them at a common height.

     

     

  7. 1 minute ago, FinnDave said:

    I was married to a Finn, and lived and worked there for 16 years. Heavy Metal was definitely popular, but so was traditional folk music, blues, etc. But it's safe to say that the most popular form of music in Finland has to be Finnish polka.

     

    Ah! Might that explain the user name?  

     

     

  8. Me round my friends house, posing with my then new bike, trying hard not to look out of breath and sweaty after the 3 mile uphill ride.

     

     

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    I do have a couple of me playing but can't seem to find them on this device, so this'll have to be a placeholder.

     

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    Found them. Me with the band posing for a FB photo...

     

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    Me in the studio laying down my tracks. The Eagle eyed will note how I chose to go DI.

     

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  9. I've worked in Finland and Iceland, and went out with a Finnish lass for a while (she's now a government minister, so my influence must have been a good one ;) ) and its true to say they do like their heavy metal. And not just run of the mil, metal, but often quite extreme forms of the genre.

     

    On the plus side, the UK has more boy bands and Britons Garotte Takent wannabes than it ihas people.

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  10. On 29/12/2023 at 13:46, WishIcouldplay said:

    Has anyone here purchase bass equipment from Gear4Music?

    Yes. Both personally, and on behalf of the band.

     

    Their customer service is, in my experience, first class. On the occasions we've had issues and had to do returns etc it's been painless and refunds swift.

  11. On 10/12/2023 at 13:00, Thor said:

    I’ve been asked to dep for a covers band and at first glance of their set list I thought to myself I know 90% of what they're doing, but among the songs was She's Not There by The Zombies - I've never played it before but found it really trick to learn.

     

    I've now learnt it but what a tricky bass line I've found it to finger.

     

    That got me to wondering if you guys find certain songs awkward to play and if so, and you don't mind sharing, what are they?🙂

    Im glad im not the only one! It took me a good while to learn that one as well. A great song to do live, IMHO one of the best pop songs of all time.

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  12. Plain titanium wedding band on my fretting hand, causes me no issues whatsoever.

     

    I wear a medic alart bracelet on my other hand, and bought a paracord one to wear when gigging so as not to scratch any basses, but otherwise don't ever notice that either.

     

    My Prince Albert, on the other hand...

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