leschirons

The look of love. Beautiful song, beautifully sung.

This is an easy one to answer.

1st. Simply, how I use and where I put my right hand fingers.

2nd.  The spending of approximately £6,500,000 over the last 40 years on basses, amps and cabs, whilst totally convinced that this is the one😂

For the last 11 or 12 years, it's been a set of strings from my daughter. Trouble is, they're not £15 any more. Great when I was using Elites on a 4 string but now, my fave strings are La Bella white nylons, on a 5 string.  A set is anything up to £70 these days so I think it'll be back to the  good old standby  £20 Amazon voucher from the kids from now on.

None really.  Played probably a thousand gigs over 55 years, played with some great players, made some great friends and quite a few quid without having the pressure of relying on it to keep a roof over my head or put food on the table.

However, selling the Roscoe Beck was a big mistake.😂

45 minutes ago, Happy Jack said:

Chickenshack were (arguably) the second best blues band in the UK. On piano they had Christine Perfect, who later married John McVie and we all know how that turned out ...

 

Think Stan the man is still gigging.👍

On 08/11/2023 at 22:43, Jean-Luc Pickguard said:

Listening back to the recording of Saturday's gig, I came to the realisation that I am finally happy with my bass gear — at least for now.

 

 

 

Isn't there a tad of irony in your first paragraph given the title of the thread? Especially the last four words😉

That translates to "It'll do for now but I'm sure there's something better out there"😂

The greatest guitarist for me personally,

Is the one that DOESN'T, constantly widdle in between numbers, or play far too loud at rehearsals or demand that everything gets done in keys that avoid an Eb chord.

Got in with a local covers band recently and noticed  "It's my life" on their set list

(Talk Talk, not BJ)  great bass on this, so,  learnt it about three weeks ago and the song's been stuck in my head ever since.

Mind you, there's worse stuff to have as an earworm😂

I thought I was better than I actually was.

I'm basically lazy and these days tend to learn stuff at the last minute. I think I'm an asset to a band but not particularly to the art of bass playing. Back in France, I was in a hugely popular band (departmentally speaking) where other bands even struggled to get gigs if up against us. I played with some great musicians there and was quite in demand however, there's always a possibility of

" big fish in a small pond" syndrome which I think, led me to believe I was better than I actually was.  I get the impression now, that my popularity was more down to stage confidence due to a huge amount of gig experience which rubs off on others and makes the show more successful, an ability to busk a lot of stuff, and a vocal ability, be it lead or BVs. I'm now recently back in a covers band here in in Norfolk and can probably name a dozen other local bassists who are far better than me despite my 40 odd years of playing bass.😂

8 hours ago, fretmeister said:

Necrothread bump.

 

I've just been diagnosed with this - both sides. Also going for bloodtests to look for arthritis inflammation markers.

I have exercises to do.... and of course advised to lose weight.

Sorry to hear this. It's a real bummer. Hope yours gets sorted soon. I have arthritis in both thumb joints too as well as the tendonitis.

Donna Summer with McArthur Park. 

I know a lot of people don't like the original either but it was a masterpiece of composition and production.

Just for old times sake, went to see Wishbone Ash last night.

Didn't know what to expect as it was only Andy Powell left out of the original lineup.

Really pleasantly surprised. He's surrounded himself with three excellent players who've really done their homework. Great mix,  lovely venue (the Apex in Bury St Edmonds) and they gave the audience exactly what they wanted.

The other guitarist had what I'd call the best ever sound possible from one P90 pickup. All numbers played to the original version.  £30 well spent.

On 19/08/2023 at 09:19, basexperience said:

Hey people! New joiner to the club - after I got this absolute stunner last month.

 

 

BTW heads up to @Quent - a gent!

 

Love this bass. The look is amazing. It's weighty, and I like that. Hardware seems pretty good - the tuners are a little stiff, I'm guessing they could use a little lubrication.

 

One question though - anyone on here play a 5-string Marus with low action and .135s? I'm having some trouble getting an action I like with a straight neck (straight neck is easy, but I'm getting a lot of buzz unless I crank the action way up). I like a really low action, normally play pretty gently but love to dig in sometimes and the "choke" of the dig is part of it - I've got a couple of other 5s set up this way. I'm stringing everything with the same 135 gauge D'addario XL nickels.

 

Wondered if anyone else likes the same.

 

Ta in advance!

 

AndyW

 

First off, lovely looking bass.

I play an Elwood 5a with La Bellas with a 135 B string.

Action is Rizla low with no buzz anywhere so, you should have no problem achieving what you need.

38 minutes ago, Newfoundfreedom said:

I'm the exact opposite. I wouldn't even consider going to a gig unless it was seated. 

Yup, we're off to see some old  prog rockers in September and that was the first question I asked.😂

This wouldn't happen at a Wishbone Ash gig, that's for sure. 

45 minutes ago, MacDaddy said:

 

Beyonce personally, or promoters/ticket seller?

One can only assume she's aware of it even if not actually her decision. Unfortunately, there will be fans who still think it's value for money.

8 hours ago, Supernaut said:

Didn't realise you were into Beyonce, @leschirons

It was read out to me by our daughter, who's also not into Beyoncé.

Seems that Beyoncé wants $155 for tickets to hear, but not see her perform.

The seats have no view as they're behind the stage but you'd be able to hear her so... that'll be $155 please. Cheapest seat with some sort of view, albeit probably on a screen...$300.

Can't help thinking that we're just so lucky to have people like this to entertain us.

On 20/07/2023 at 08:23, knirirr said:

It wasn't me; I don't post on Twitter any more.
There was some scat at last night's jam session.

Oh, you didn't tread in it did you?

Sold John some wall hangers and messed up the P+P and despite it being down to me (obviously)  he was kind enough to add the extra postage. 

Top guy.

The best Jazz I ever owned was a Roscoe Beck.

However, it didn't have Jazz pickups, it had toggle switches, it had graphite rods, it had a hi mass bridge so in reality, it wasn't a Fender Jazz. I've no idea why I said that. You know, hmm, dirty knees, jumpers for goalposts, " is tea ready mummy?"

On 01/07/2023 at 18:51, Mickeyboro said:

I have booked a practice session with our drummer to try to develop our playing relationship. Has anyone done this, did it work and have you any hints please?

Who's idea was it?

In my experience, whenever someone says "maybe you and I can get together and work on that a bit"  it usually means that one person, isn't happy with what one other person is doing. 

You'll either end up addressing, but not necessarily sorting the problem, (possibly risky) or spend three hours delicately sidestepping it. Good luck though, in principle, a good idea.

Bought an effects pedal from Patrick as a present for a family member. Good deal. Nice guy.

Bought a bridge from Loz, great to deal with, great price and great packing.

Genuinely nice chap.

Norm bought some books from me.

Nice and easy to deal with, prompt payment