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[quote name='blue' timestamp='1460464770' post='3025918'] So why don't you just stay away from bands? Blue [/quote] I do, and have done for many years. See post #18, where I quite clearly state "[color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]I stopped gigging years ago & I'll never be in another band".[/font][/color]

[quote name='cheddatom' timestamp='1460447363' post='3025699'] Obviously I read a lot of this stuff on here, so I know it's true, but I've been in about 8 bands so far and only one had a fall out, and that was very civil. I'm currently in 4 bands and we all get on really well. The only childishness is some of the humour. Sorry you've been so unlucky! [/quote] I'm more than happy to accept that a lot of it is down to the way I am. I've never been comfortable with people in general, and working as part of a team, even if doing something I really enjoy, is incredibly stressful for me. Being diagnosed as being on the autistic spectrum last year at the age of 50 has finally helped to explain to me why this is. It's unfortunate, but as much as I enjoy playing music doing it with other people is a nightmare for me.

All the most petty, childish behaviour I've encountered in my adult life has been while I've been in bands, which is yet another reason why I stopped gigging years ago & I'll never be in another band.

[quote name='Rich' timestamp='1460394058' post='3025354'] I've been using Schaller straplocks since 1986. I have never, ever had one loosen itself in all that time. [/quote] Same here. I do tighten them up with a spanner though. I do know of people who have them come loose, but they are invariably the same people that only finger tighten them.

[quote name='ivansc' timestamp='1460318972' post='3024672'] The instrument is a tool. [/quote] And quite a lot of the people who play them are too....

I had my brand new custom ordered Jaydee detach itself from the strap & go crashing headstock first into the floor a few days after I'd bought it. All I was doing was standing up playing at home, not even gigging. From that day on I started to use straplocks.

Looks all above board to me.....

Don't worry though, I'm still planning on hanging around here & giving everyone the benefit of my 37 years experience, whether you want it or not.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1460369059' post='3024955'] Maybe buy an acoustic bass for home noodling, or something..? I know how it is though, sometimes I feel like jacking it all in and becoming a goat farmer in Venezuela. [/quote] I've still got my guitars if the mood takes me. I realise many people on here will view this as heresy.

.....that I've not owned any bass gear whatsoever. Just waved goodbye to my CIJ Precision on its way to its new life in High Wycombe. Even though I hardly ever play these days it still feels a bit strange.

I don't know but it's got a banjo headstock.

[quote name='Lardy' timestamp='1460223289' post='3023861'] can anyone suggest a really simple way of getting through Crossroads by Cream?! [/quote] I believe Eric, Jack & Ginger used to rely on copious quantities of heroin to get through a performance. Might be worth a try.

[quote name='PaulGibsonBass' timestamp='1460119154' post='3022767'] No slouch as a bass player too; he played on Boys Keep Swinging when he and George Murray swapped instruments. [/quote] Really? I did not know that.

I just don't think that too many people have got that sort of money to spend these days.

Dennis Davis, Bowies drummer in the period from "Young Americans" to "Scary Monsters" has died from cancer. Dennis Davis & George Murray were one of my favourite rhythm sections ever, absolutely brilliant.

I owned a Jack Casady model & it was an excellent bass. I'd recommend them to anyone in the market for a semi. There's one for sale on here at the moment with the hard case for a good price too.

[quote name='ahpook' timestamp='1460043004' post='3022047'] Maybe it's a TE thing - I used a Trace Elliot 150W head for years, never had a volume problem even through various not-top-end cabs. [/quote] Same here.

If the neck has a forward bow then that will move the strings closer to the frets at the top end of the neck. Straightening the neck might solve the problem, or it might need a fret job or some other set-up work doing to it. Impossible to say really without seeing it. If they say the truss rod works then you have two options - trust what the seller says or walk away.

When I was gigging a lot back in the late 80s/early 90s I played gigs of all sizes, up to pretty large stages at open air festivals, & I never once used more than 150 watts, and I never pushed that to it's limit. We were a loud Hawkwind style Space Rock band too.

I grew up listening to Merle Haggard, my dad loved him. It's funny, my musical taste has become more & more similar to my dads over the years.

I've finally begun to realise, after 37 years of playing, that if I'm looking for fulfilment I'm not going to get it from music.

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1459933370' post='3020900'] In truth, you don't actually need an American accent to do these videos. [/quote] American accent?

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1459894748' post='3020727'] Yeah, I think your pubs are zoned in residential districts. Our bars are zoned in business districts, there are no residents to disturb. Blue [/quote] Pubs are all over the place here (well, the ones that are still open anyway) and there is less differentiation between residential & business districts. The other problem we've had in recent years is a spate of new residential buildings being built close to music venues.

The market seems to be very slow at the moment. However, I think the problem you're having selling your bass might be something to do with the weight being over 9lbs. Lots of people on here seem to regard anything over 9lbs as too heavy, which baffles me personally but there you go....

That Rob Chapman guy is a total f***ing bellend.