leschirons

Great to hear some nice positive news. Best wishes.

[quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1322351000' post='1449928'] Yes, the thread title put me right off it too. [/quote] Bugger, just got in from a gig and thought I'd played some real music tonight!! The rest of the guys will be really dissapointed when I tell them it wasn't

[quote name='ShergoldSnickers' timestamp='1321792691' post='1443022'] There is a question that needs asking. Apart from 'How do I transfer funds to your bank account Snicks?' What is the reputation system for? What's its purpose? You can follow that up with... Will the way the function is instigated achieve that purpose? At present, the system encourages me to be slightly lazy and click the arrow rather than responding with words, something already pointed out. It also confuses the voting for post or voting for person issue - again something already pointed out. I've just looked and I see I have a score way beyond what looks like any sensible totting up of my 'reputation'. Which begs the question: What are we really measuring? What is reputation? Whose measure of reputation? Stuffed if I know. It just all seems a bit arbitrary to me. However, it's not meant to be taken seriously is it? So it doesn't matter really. And I've just wasted 5 minutes valuable snacking time. Rectifying as a I type... nom... nom... nom Wanders off muttering....What is food? Why am I eating now? What is its real purpose? Why does bread mould taste so awful?.... [/quote] You start with, "There is a question that needs asking" and then, you asked eleven questions. I liked that, and will now push the appropriate button to make it known.

[quote name='icastle' timestamp='1321749405' post='1442792'] LMAO - Why am I reading that with an Inspector Clouseau voice thing going on in my head? [/quote] Damn you, I'm now trying to do that, but it keeps coming out like the Gestapo officer in Allo allo!!

[quote name='Jean-Luc Pickguard' timestamp='1321760293' post='1442828'] BC members should be allowed to like their own posts as long as they click using their left hand after making it numb by sitting on it. [/quote] If I made my left hand numb, I'm not going to waste it on voting.

[quote name='icastle' timestamp='1321742278' post='1442727'] Yeah, but there's always the chance that I'm not joking which'd make it a triple bluff, but having just admitted that, it might be a quadruple bluff... or not. [/quote] So, the old quintuple bluff trick eh?

[quote name='Soliloquy' timestamp='1321739327' post='1442697'] Can someone explain what this is actually about, 'cos I haven't the slightest idea . Likes and dislikes what ? [/quote] Beef & Onion Pukka Pies, keep up!!

[quote name='icastle' timestamp='1321738722' post='1442692'] Just as an experiment to see how many dislikes one person can get in the space of 24 hours... ...I'd like to make it clear that I would like to use my bass to create a new disease that eradicates fluffy kittens... [/quote] Everyone's going to "like" you now just to wind you up. So, the old double bluff trick eh?

I have just voted to deactivate the system. Personally I can't see the point in anyone needing the opinions of members as to whether they like or dislike another member. That's surely just a personal view. If you dissagree with a post or someone's views, just say so! But that should make no difference to how you feel toward someone, especially if you've never met them. However, if this facility should remain in place, I'd just like to make it clear that I really like fluffy kittens and would like to use my bass playing to put an end to world conflict and all known diseases.

[quote name='apa' timestamp='1321697195' post='1441999'] Erm well once one got one (Blondie) it just seemed right. Didnt want any of them to feel left out. You know how it is. Ive got problems havent I? (Curls up in a corner and rocks slowly back and forth muttering with a thousand yard stare ) A PS the GF calls them 'My Bitches' [/quote] Okay, that's cool, just as long as you're not propping them up in chairs and asking "what shall we talk about tonight?"

For some reason, if I see My girl on a setlist, I will always start to play Stand by me. Done it for years. It just happens (and the other way round)

[quote name='apa' timestamp='1321635033' post='1441526'] Oh this is such a good thread and the humour is as it should be . Slap and fingers are as valid as each other its just how and when you use them. You speak through your instrument. Your communicating, expressing etc etc. Its your voice. How hard it is depends on what level you want to achieve. To my ears that ratio should be 99.9% for fingers to 0.1% slap. Oh and now I suppose the fashion is for a small sig is it? Grrrrr suppose Ill have to start selling some basses. [color=#ff0000][size=6]WOMEN FOR SALE. GET YOUR WOMEN HERE WHILE THEIR HOT[/size][/color].................. A [/quote] You gave ALL your basses names ?

At one point, I was in 5 bands at the same time here. Funnily enough, the one that I wanted to be in the most, was the one that never really gigged and is currently falling to bits due to loss of keyboard player and everyone being too fussy about what we played and how we played it as we'd all been searching for "the" band that was going to satisfy us all in every department. As I've got older, I've decided to not just say yes all the time. I know I'm lucky to have all these opportunities to play as I would only pitch myself at average ability but it still has to be fun, musically satisfying and, whilst playing with people who's company I enjoy. Seems the hardest thing to do is to marry up all these requirements. Obviously a fair few of you manage to achieve this but I don't seem to. Best I can muster is that I do enjoy the company of those I do play with. The other points seem to be missing.

[quote name='ead' timestamp='1321563140' post='1440789'] Ideally £200-250 tops unless there's something unmissable for a little more! [/quote] Although not the lightest stuff, the old Peavey 75-80 watt TK combos are great value for money. Usually about £100 (or less) Tough as old boots and reliable with quite a nice pallet of tones

[quote name='thunderbird13' timestamp='1321443677' post='1439106'] Actually I should have said - its not the B string that gives me the problem - its A, D and G !! [/quote] Oh, them three/, just cut them off. Proper answer, stick with the 5.

According to all the photographic evidence, when I'm playing a root and octave, my middle finger sticks right up straight and it looks like I'm deliberately giving everyone the "finger"

Well, it can, and does happen. I found this in John Entwistle's loft. Anybody interested at £4,000?

Just bought an Ampeg BA15 from Russ. Very easy to deal with. Nice guy.

[quote name='Yoda' timestamp='1320184536' post='1423612'] A question... I went to see Alice Cooper in London last weekend. Never seen him before & only remember a few of his oldies such as 'Schools Out'. So, with that tune in mind & the bass line pretty much committed to memory (if not yet being able to master it)...I have to say that I was a little surprised to feel trouser-flapping bass about 2 octaves lower than what I was expecting. I was trying to watch the bass player intently initially to see if I could get a few tips as to what he was doing, but the few glimpses I got made me wonder if he was in fact playing the instrument at all. His playing didn't appear to produce [i]any[/i] of the notes I was expecting! So...what actually does happen at these gigs. What was the bassist doing...what's the magic? It's been some years since I last went to a concert, and things appear to have moved on a bit... TIA [/quote]Just a quick follow on from this thread. My mate (a bass player) just got back from seeing Alice Cooper here in France and has just mailed me to say that 2 Precisions were used (possibly tuned differently) but as far as he could tell, all the bass was live with fingers seemingly in the right places for what was happening.

Bloody hell. There's a Battle of the bands each year in this region and a guitarist suggested we make up a little fun trio to enter for a laugh. Expected to be home and tucked up by 11.pm. Decided to play some fun crap (Jumping Jack Flash, Highway to Hell and Rock & Roll) ended up in the final 2 song play off (expenses paid at this point so a bonus) Thought Pretty vacant would lose it for us as it was mainly a middle aged audience and we could all get home in time for cocoa. We won and had to play out the end of the night. Now have this trophy and 1st prize dosh!!

[quote name='Benplaysbass' timestamp='1320488140' post='1427400'] John with the Tele is one of the younger ones at 67, but its a bloody good laugh playing with them. [/quote] Bugger, he just looks 40 years younger then. Looks like you had a great time.

[quote name='steve-bbb' timestamp='1320486144' post='1427375'] nice bass! i hope you managed to shoehorn in the phrase 'when you do your widdly bit in the solo' [/quote] Being French, I don't think he'd get the underlying sarcasm of "widdly"

Me at the guitar festival last Saturday trying to convince the guitarist in the trio that as we're surrounded by hundreds of other good guitarists, it'll sound a bit better if we drag a few up to guest. My tactfull way of saying it sounds thin when he's soloing on certain numbers