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Bilbo allowed me the excellent opportunity of reading chapter 1 (that's before the amendments) and I recommend we all buy a copy. Fascinating. Good luck with the amendments Rob.

Congratulations. If that's the one they've had in for a while then I've had a go on it. Very nice.

What do we think of this? [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=330583547310&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...e=STRK:MEWAX:IT[/url]

[quote name='chris_b' post='1288686' date='Jul 1 2011, 10:04 AM']....It's Peake's bass line you hear on the Jackson Five's I Want You Back and ABC.... Is it?[/quote] Definitely Wilton Felder on I Want You Back.

[QUOTE] (Kyron @ Jun 30 2011, 07:23 PM) Dave sold me his Son's Korg EMX Synth/Sequencer Excellent Communication and when it arrived (Well-Packaged of Course!), all Minor faults were exactly as described; I was made fully aware ,before buying, in perfect Detail I'm yet to meet a Better BC'er to deal with! Kyron [/quote] Too generous Kyron, thanks very much.

I seem to remember Basschatter wesfinn did this. I don't suppose he is the only one.

I sold Kyron an Electribe EMX. Excellent communication, speedy payment, and very straightforward to deal with. I recommend you deal with Kyron at your earliest opportunity.

I used to be in a band which styled its music POPROKADELICA

I have one exactly like this. Very nice bass but I think in the present climate £1000 is steep. Especially as the tugbar has been moved and two new screw holes added. Also, pickup only from Bristol doesn't help and the pics are very poor.

Don't burst and surgical spirit. Definitely.

In my experience Parcelforce are no worse than anyone else. In fact, on average, I'd say they are better than most of the others. My worst experiences are all with City Link who are particularly awful. I won't bore you with the details

[quote name='BigBeatNut' post='814469' date='Apr 21 2010, 11:23 PM']I guess I'll have to order a set of Detroit Flats and hope for the best.[/quote] And did you, and were they the correct ones?

[quote name='UNITY GAIN' post='1280477' date='Jun 24 2011, 07:23 AM']Just for the record (I know this is an old thread) they could possibly be LaBella 'Jamersons'. The blue of the silk looks to be the same colour and ball is also the same a s pic'd... brassy looking. However, the Jamersons have VERY high tension so that is a dead give-away. If they are not high tension they are not Jamersons.[/quote] Just for the record, the string we were looking at didnt have any silk.

[quote name='Delberthot' post='1280200' date='Jun 23 2011, 09:31 PM']I knew it was one or the other [/quote] So did I.

In parallel it will be 2ohms, in series 8ohms

Glyn bought a TASCAM MP3-BT from me. Straightforward deal. Recommended.

[quote name='Beedster' post='1279971' date='Jun 23 2011, 06:41 PM']Just give it time, it'll come. If you need dots on the side of the neck, just do what I used to do and use Typex or chalk[/quote] ... and make that flourescent Tippex.

[quote name='BottomE' post='1280077' date='Jun 23 2011, 08:07 PM']Thanks chaps. It has dots on top of the neck in the usual places but i never realised i was so reliant on the fret markers on the fingerboard If "someone" wanted to put temporary fret markers on the fingerboard how would they do it?[/quote] I'd say learn to use the side dots, even if it's fretted.

I bought a set of strings from Phil at a very good price. He bothered to post them to me even though I'm only the other side of town. Thanks Phil.

[quote name='jakesbass' post='1278763' date='Jun 22 2011, 05:09 PM']It's just a sound I hear a lot, and when deciding what would sit well in a track I sometimes think 'hmmm a P would fill this one's ass very well' [/quote] Jake, will your forthcoming P have flats on it?

[quote name='silddx' post='1278644' date='Jun 22 2011, 03:47 PM']I think, quite often, an instrument can delight in isolation, only to find it doesn't work for you in an ensemble situation.[/quote] But not in the case of a Precision. Jake, just try a few until you find the one you like. You don't have to spend a lot and you can hardly go wrong.

I recently played a D at the 19th fret. I didn't really like it. I probably won't go back there.

[quote name='Delberthot' post='1277921' date='Jun 21 2011, 11:18 PM']really? I invented the banana Interesting story actually.[/quote] ... and I invented interesting stories ...

[quote name='BigBeatNut' post='1177328' date='Mar 26 2011, 04:29 PM']How do you get those (labella tapes) in the UK now ? Stringbusters and strings direct don't seem to stock them. Andy[/quote] Andy, sorry to be so slow responding I only just noticed the post. They have them at Thomann: [url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/la_bella_black_nylon_760n.htm"]http://www.thomann.de/gb/la_bella_black_nylon_760n.htm[/url] and at Lord of the Strings: [url="http://www.lordofthestrings.com/lots/RAPRD/La-Bella-760-N/11001420.html"]http://www.lordofthestrings.com/lots/RAPRD...N/11001420.html[/url] and maybe Stringstar: [url="http://www.stringstar.com/la-bella-deep-talkin-black-nylon-tape-wound-1773-p.asp"]http://www.stringstar.com/la-bella-deep-ta...ound-1773-p.asp[/url]

[quote name='blackmn90' post='1276415' date='Jun 20 2011, 09:41 PM']haha no if you supervised them i would have offered you some basses to sooth the deal into giving me A*s ;-)[/quote] Fortunately they are double marked internally and then checked by the exam board externally . [quote name='blackmn90' post='1276415' date='Jun 20 2011, 09:41 PM']I just find it very restrictive on the imagination when you have to write something just to get marks (to the brief) rather than writing something that would be genuinely interesting.[/quote] Actually what we're looking for is imagination and something genuinly interesting rather than just another copied from somewhere else description with no thought given to it. [quote name='blackmn90' post='1276415' date='Jun 20 2011, 09:41 PM']Something like How has Bass developed in the funk genre would be very useful and exciting for any young bass player to research.[/quote] I agree, but better still would be to go further than merely describing the development and to say something imaginative about it's importance - otherwise why bother even describing it? [quote name='blackmnit 90' post='1276415' date='Jun 20 2011, 09:41 PM']When it becomes you must analyse something of your choice but make sure you do an introduction, SWOT analysis, conclusion, and bibliography, referencing and everything like that people choose what will get them good marks and be quick and easy to do.[/quote] I've no idea what SWOT analysis is so I can't comment on that but my students certainly don't 'choose what will get them good marks and be quick and easy to do' because if it was quick and easy to do it would be unlikely to get good marks. [quote name='blackmn90' post='1276415' date='Jun 20 2011, 09:41 PM']Maybe something like how does todays pop basslines compare to the pop basslines in the 60's and 70's would be ok but im sure how does green apples compare to red apples would get you more marks. [/quote] The comparison of pop basslines today versus '60s could work well but you'd need to clarify the purpose of the comparison, for example, 'After five decades, is the influence of James Jamerson still important in contemporary popular music?'. I'm sure that the apple comparison, as it stands, would get very few marks although it too might be developed into something slightly more interesting and imaginative: Red apple or green apple - which is to be preferred as one of your five-a-day?