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[quote name='deepbass5' timestamp='1316943473' post='1384511'] I think Dlloyd, covered it quite well. Having come from Trombone and played in Brass Bands and Orchestras for the first 10 years of my musical life. I got used to living in a Mono world. Just playing notes and not having to understand why this or that note, I have played for years without any need to understand Chords and where I fitted into the whole picture. When I took up the bass my musical world suddenly became three dimensional, Music changed from Black and white to colour. There are of course exceptions to this rule, but even now blowers i.e. Trumpet and trombone players are less likely to improvise as Sax players who are naturally drawn to Jazz in the first place. And yes they are usually lazy in that they turn up just in time for them; helping set up n pack away etc. is not on their radar. They will be first in line for food n drink and seem to have a very narrow view on the subtleties of dealing with the clients. So I would add selfish in as well as lazy [/quote] Do you think they choose Bb instruments because they are selfish and lazy or is it that playing Bb instruments makes them selfish and lazy?

[quote name='Johnston' timestamp='1316891315' post='1384199'] £4/£5 for a set of bass strings!!! Who is your dealer [/quote] I meant to say that but I forgot.

[quote name='Johnston' timestamp='1316889741' post='1384174'] Does Pete know someone is covering his act??? [/quote] .. and they are really good at it too.

[quote name='fender73' timestamp='1316889773' post='1384175'] Agree, but it depends how long the gear has been in stock - if it's been in for 6 months, been tried lots of times and not sold - is it not reasonable to spend £4/£5 on a set of strings that may last another 6 months to help sell the bass? Maybe i expect too much? [/quote] I accept that a shop may need sometimes to consider restringing a bass sometimes in order to help to sell it but for myself I'd rather try it with the old strings anyway. I never use roundwounds so I virtually never get to try a bass with the kind of strings I want on it (the last time that did happen it was a custom shop Pino Palladino Precision and I couldn't afford it) and for me six months is just about right for the strings to be starting to be broken in a little.

If we're expecting shops to always have fresh strings on basses (or guitars) then even more of them are going to close down because they can't make a profit. It's more reasonable to hope for the bass to be set up but even then one person's good set-up is another person's not good set up. I've never bought a bass without needing to restring it to my liking and set it up to my liking.

[quote name='mentalextra' timestamp='1316371017' post='1377094'] Will I have to stop using my beloved roundwound strings too! [/quote] Some flatwounds are substantially brighter than others - D'Addario Chromes and Roto Jazz, for example - and La Bella Black Nylons are roundwounds with a top layer of flat black nylon. Alo worth trying Thomastik Jazz Flats.

[quote name='Len_derby' timestamp='1316869663' post='1383863'] ... My guitarist is quite happy to play in Eb. He just downtunes a semi... [/quote] That's not quite what I meant.

[quote name='hillbilly deluxe' timestamp='1316868768' post='1383844'] Yup. [/quote] Definitely.

[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1316868416' post='1383842'] Yep..it is not like a gtr to want to change into horn keys.... [/quote] I love playing with guitarists who don't flinch at the mention of Eb.

[quote name='merello' timestamp='1316858873' post='1383715'] Bit 51P, bit J bass? [/quote] Isn't it just a Precision bass with most of the pickguard missing?

Looks great Wes, another brilliant success.

[quote name='bfirsh' timestamp='1316823757' post='1383517'] All old "about me" sections have been restored. Hooray! [/quote] Well done.

I've got five: one fretted, one fretless, one acoustic, one EUB, and a spare fretted. They all get gigged except the acoustic which is my around the house bass. The spare fretted gets used least.

[quote name='JimBobTTD' timestamp='1316665395' post='1381111'] My problem is similar enough not to warrant its own thread: In the picture above, there is a star next to "New Basschat Features". Clicking this star will get the viewer to the first new post on the thread, I believe. I have now lost all these stars/dots and wotnot. It's especially annoying with huge threads like the Bad Jokes thread. Is there a way to get this back? Is it me? The option was there last time I looked, but not this morning and I haven't been into my control panel at all. [/quote] I too have lost that feature this morning.

There often isn't enough appreciation of what is being done to keep this site operating. So well done Ped and the rest of the team.

[quote name='Linus27' timestamp='1316555176' post='1379745'] Ok, so now I know my post count. As for ranking I would be No.1 in being the No.1 Keira Knightely, Natalie Imbruglia and Yvonna Strahovski fan on basschat. Thats about as far as I go in terms of rankngs I'm afraid [/quote] [size=4]Give your interest in Keira, Natalie and Yvonna, are you sure you meant 'ranking'[/size]?

Number of posts showing under the avatar is new isn't it? Or have I just failed to notice it before?

[quote name='daz' timestamp='1316469106' post='1378586'] This is no problem, im just wondering why on my avatar is says below it 805 posts (seems to have stuck on this all night) and on my profile the number is 1,332 posts ? [/quote] I'm betting the difference is Off Topic posts.

[quote name='dlloyd' timestamp='1316435861' post='1377930'] So there is a difference other than the length? [/quote] With the extra longs you might find the silk runs out before the string is finished winding on the tuner. Not usually good with flats.

I'm not going to be able to make it after all due to some unforeseen family commitments. So, have a great time everyone.

[quote name='bassman7755' timestamp='1315949772' post='1372639'] Fretless basses for men dont have markers [/quote] That does it for Jaco then.

[quote name='gothpugs' timestamp='1315926831' post='1372050'] ...and from what I've read you play a fretless bass ON the fret markers as apposed to inbetween in the area you would play on a fretted... [/quote] Even on a fretted bass it is better to get your fingertip as close to the fret as possible. There's no reason a beginner can't learn on a fretless - double bassists, cellists, violists and violinists do it all the time.

[quote name='Ross' post='1375425' date='Sep 16 2011, 12:54 PM']But I mean, who brings a torch to set up with?[/quote] I do.

Gig Skinz every time.