uncle psychosis

Eating crisps and bananas is all well and good but if your posture and technique is wrong then good circulation won't stop you damaging yourself. I used to get sore hands after playing, but a few lessons from a good teacher to focus on left hand technique helped loads.

I enjoy playing at home. I enjoy playing with bands much, much more.

I could easily and quite happily own just 1 bass. Be warned, though, that now is a terrible time to be selling things. A USA Jazz went for less than £500 on here the other day.

Is there a Yamaha BB with that spec in your price range? They're great things.

[quote name='Dr M' timestamp='1363276770' post='2010915'] I'm already using a 2.5" leather strap, so not a great deal more I can do on that front. [/quote] You might be surprised. I recently changed from a wide suede leather strap to a "Neotech Mega Bass Strap" (other neoprene straps are available) and I find the difference in comfort and perceived weight to be really good. Maybe worth trying one out?

No one?

[quote name='SteveK' timestamp='1363277859' post='2010946'] Tesco Cola is easily distinguishable from Coca Cola. The identity of the product (ie the can/bottle) is what people recognise. If I were in the soft drinks business and put out a cola drink in a red can with 'Steve's Cola' in a swirly silver (or is it white?) font (Coca Cola stylee), then I would fully expect a missive from Coca Cola's legal dept. [/quote] You're explaining the legal reason why its ok for supermarkets to make own brand cola, not the ethical one. People don't buy Cola to look at the bottle.They buy supermarket Cola because they want something that looks a bit like Coca Cola (its brown, wet, and fizzy) and tastes a bit like Coca Cola, but at a fraction of the price. Similarly, people buy Rickenbacker copies because they want a bass that looks and sounds a bit like a Rickenbacker, but at a fraction of the price. As far as the consumer is concerned its the same ethical situation.

[quote name='SteveK' timestamp='1363273992' post='2010851'] That's the problem with threads such as this, examples are brought in to the discussion that bear no similarity to what is being discussed. [/quote] In what way is it not relevant? I fail to see any ethical difference between buying a cheap bottle of Cola that says "Tesco" on the label and tastes a lot like Coca Cola and buying a cheap bass that says "Rockinbetter" on the headstock and looks a lot like a Rickenbacker.

[quote name='SteveK' timestamp='1363258752' post='2010507'] Gonna go against the flow here. I can't really see what the problem is with Rickenbacker's stance on this. They see instruments such as those in the op's photo as being counterfeit and take the appropriate measures. I'm sure Rickenbacker have, in the past, spent a lot of time, money, blood, sweat and tears designing and manufacturing a quality product. Doesn't seem quite right to me that someone can come along and say, " Ooooh, what a fantastic looking bass, I can make one that looks identical and sell it for a fraction of the price"... As I say, doesn't seem right to me. If you want something that looks like a Rickenbacker - buy a Rickenbacker! [/quote] [quote name='The Dark Lord' timestamp='1363265755' post='2010653'] I'm sorry, but I fully support the "Rickenbacker Police". It is a blatant copy making money off the back of someone else's design and reputation. Bass makers of the world ........ make your own designs !!!!!!! [/quote] I hope neither of you have ever bought own brand Cola, Cereals, generic aspirin, etc etc etc?

She's really, really good. Being young and good looking as well as super-talented will not harm her career either... ...would prefer it if she covered some songs I like though

Hey guys I'm having a weird issue with the desktop version of the site and google chrome. I can't see any embedded photos from photobucket---there's a (small) gap where the photo should be, but I can't see the photo itself. I can see photos embedded from photobucket on other sites using chrome (so I don't think its a problem with my browser) and if I log into basschat using Firefox I can see things as normal. Here's a post containing a photobucket image that I can't see on Chrome. [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/197560-whats-your-cheeky-bass/page__view__findpost__p__1947508"]http://basschat.co.u...ost__p__1947508[/url] Edit: Really weirdly, if I hit "quote" on that first post by Mooseh then I can see the photos in the quote in the post editor, but I can't see them again once I actually make my post. Any ideas? This seems very strange.

British Sea Power brought this out a few years ago, it was pretty tasty (tasty enough that I bought a case...) [IMG]http://i978.photobucket.com/albums/ae269/uncle_psychosis/2012-06-11192120_zps669047c3.jpg[/IMG]

[quote name='ped' timestamp='1363087865' post='2008103'] Talkbass had the same discussions when they introduced their payment scheme, albeit with no 'one off' or 'free' options. It's worked very well, and seems to be working here, too. We're keeping an eye on it, and can change the prices/options in the future if we need to. We may find, as TB did, that it actually enhances the community and makes the site safer and a better selling environment. [/quote] Good stuff If you're aware of it and keeping an eye on things then there's not much else you can do Hope it all works out. Now someone buy my freakin' memory man...

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1363080722' post='2007906'] If the consequence is that a small number of people who only ever wanted to use Basschat as a cheap alternative to eBay decide to stick with eBay, that's their problem. [/quote] Yes. But a lot of people came for the marketplace and stayed for everything else (the epic thread discussing all these changes was littered with people saying that they'd signed up to sell something and stuck around). I'm not sure that simply dismissing the potential loss of new members as "not our problem" is the wisest move.

[quote name='sblueplanet' timestamp='1363024617' post='2007169'] I think a yearly subscription is fine if it means becoming a full member with all access etc. I do think however, that to place an individual ad at £7 is steep, especially if it fails to sell and also remember that ebay have free listing weekends every month, with no sale, no fee. Im sure many will start using the ebay option for smaller item sales. In fact, many items often end up there as it is the biggest online marketplace. [/quote] I tend to agree, unfortunately. [quote name='skankdelvar' timestamp='1363027500' post='2007248'] I agree that some members might switch to ebay, but in so doing they would simply be enhancing the profits of a global multinational rather than supporting a community from which every member (and a lot of 'guests') benefit. They might save a few bob, but at what cost to an otherwise free repository of knowledge and goodwill. [/quote] But only 4% of us have donated after selling (full disclosure: I have donated to the site but not directly after selling stuff) so I'm not sure that supporting the community is very high on people's radars I hope I'm wrong, tbh. I love Basschat, its a great resource and the amount of effort that goes into running it must be huge. But I bet there are a *lot* of regulars who only joined in the first place because they wanted to sell something, then stuck around once they saw how good it was. I can see new people looking at the fees, comparing them to eBay, and deciding not to take a punt on the forum. It'll be a real shame if that happens. I'm sure that the marketplace will continue to be a good resource for many of us. But I do suspect that lots of the smaller, more generic items like common pedals (especially if they appeal to people other than bassists) may disappear whilst the more specialist/obscure stuff remains. PS if anyone wants to buy my Deluxe Memory Man (listed a few weeks back now) I'll happily make another donation

[quote name='Clarky' timestamp='1362700197' post='2003737'] As someone who has never knowingly heard a song by the Deftones which album would you recommend I check out? [/quote] around the fur. One of the all time best metal albums.

[quote name='Wil' timestamp='1362693318' post='2003600'] I might give it a spin soon. I liked Adrenaline and Around the Fur, White Pony really didnt grab me though.... [/quote] +1 Diamond Eyes is also absolutely cracking. I haven't heard the new one yet but I've heard nothing but good things.

I acquired a BB414 recently. Astoundingly good for the money. My *only* complaint is that I need somewhere to put my thumb and the pickups are the wrong shape for me to comfortably use them as a thumb rest. I'm quite tempted to add a thumbrest (or just get a 415... )

[quote name='Rumple' timestamp='1362583126' post='2001678'] After several e-mail conversations I went along on Monday night to meet a guy to discuss playing for his band, I was under the assumption it was a covers band but it turns out he's writing his own material anyway I thought that would be the end of it but after listening to the CD of tunes he gave me I liked the material and have offered to go along for an audition. So my question is, what's the etiquette, should I slave away listening to the CD and work out the songs or as I have limited time available for practising is it acceptable to ask for chord charts to work to? I've exclusively played covers for the last 20 odd years and that has just been a case of deciding what recorded version to do and searching for the dots or TAB. [/quote] I would ask for the chord charts. The worst that happens is that he says no. I would also ascertain: 1. Whether he wants you to just learn whats on the cd or whether he wants you to come up with some original lines 2. If the latter, find out from him whether he has something specific in mind---they are his songs after all (if he says no you get brownie points for asking) 3. Probably worth finding out at this stage whether the band is "some guys playing his songs the way he wants them" or whether the band is "a collaborative effort with input from all of us". Being up front about this now will save friction and perhaps disappointment later. I play in two originals bands---in one of them I get a bit more creative freedom than the other, but I don't mind at all because everything was made clear up front (and I like the songs / band members) As to how many songs you should learn, it depends on how tricky they are. I would probably just ask him outright how many he expects you to learn before the audition. I'd personally say that more than 40% of the audition process is on how you interact with the other guys, making a few enquiries about what they want both shows a willingness to cooperate as well as giving you a bit of an opportunity to scope them out (if their replies are nonsense do you want to get involved?).

Whenever I see footage of early RHCP gigs I always wonder "how did a band who looked so stupid ever make it so big?"

Go with the LS-2. Life is too short to obsess over the (mostly) snake-oil that is true bypass.

I've been listening to Eels a lot recently and its giving me serious gas for a short scale Danelectro.

The absolute safest way that I can think of would be to do it via eBay, but you'd have to be prepared to pay fees to do so. You'd both set up an auction and allow "offers". You both then offer the other an identical amount of cash, equal to the value of the basses. You do it through offers so no-one else can bid and screw up the trade! Both of you then pay the other, and post the basses. Technically, you've both bought a bass, so you get all the usual paypal/ebay protection. However, this isn't full proof, and it'll cost you real money (fees). I'd personally be very, very wary of trading high value items overseas. You'd really want to do your homework on the other guy. The other way to do it would involve both of you shipping to a third party that you both trust 100%. Once they receive both basses and all is well they forward them on to you. Again though, costs effort and money.