Marvin

[quote name='silddx' post='795170' date='Apr 3 2010, 06:19 PM']Ha ha! Thanks mate.[/quote] Hope that's not a bad Ha ha!

[quote name='Craigmartini' post='795141' date='Apr 3 2010, 05:20 PM']Hey, lots of cool stuff on this thread so far! I have added your myspace pages to my page @: [url="http://www.myspace.com/craigmartinibass"]www.myspace.com/craigmartinibass[/url] Also, here is one of my bands "The Alter Boys": [url="http://www.myspace.com/alterboys216"]www.myspace.com/alterboys216[/url] Craig[/quote] Yeah, it's my bass twin. This guy is sheer brilliance personified. I hadn't listened to the Alter Boys material before Craig, it's got to be the most diverse stuff I've ever listened to. Might see if I can grab a copy. Cheers Rich

[quote name='JimBobTTD' post='795040' date='Apr 3 2010, 01:33 PM']It has been quite a while since I posted here. I still pretty much look the same, but nonetheless...here is a photo of my Ibanez bass in all her beauty on stage, 6th March 2010, being played and held by me. I'm having a bit of a bad hair day, but my playing was on top form that night so I'm happy.[/quote] That is a gorgeous looking bass. Just that.

[quote name='silddx' post='795152' date='Apr 3 2010, 05:44 PM']Here's a go at Tempus Fugit by Yes. A few mistakes here and there. I recorded it yesterday while waiting for mrs silddx to get ready before going to the Fat Duck with some friends, more of which later .. [/quote] Dammed fine playing. I don't know the Tempus Fugit, so if there are mistakes I wouldn't notice them anyway. Nice to see a vid where someone's getting into what they're playing, and appropriately attired as well. One thing that did stand out was the lovely core tone of that Corvette.

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If it's a brand new instrument then I would expect it to be mint, as with anything else I buy brand new. No scratches, no dings no nothing. I will however like to try before I buy. Second hand you have to expect wear and tear and would hope the price reflected that. As for relic'd basses, I probably wouldn't buy one, it's a bit like buy those jeans that have had holes put in them, it just strikes me as a little bizarre.

I will sit in the corner with the dunces hat if someone would please tell me what this thread is about. Yes I am thick. Just pleeeeeaaaaaassssse tell me.

Talk to Uncle Marvin Bilbo, what seems to be your problem with this piece?? Like I'd know.

[quote name='BigRedX' post='793533' date='Apr 1 2010, 05:38 PM']Am I the only one who's a bit disappointed that off topic isn't being deleted?[/quote] Probably

[quote name='Bilbo' post='793623' date='Apr 1 2010, 07:07 PM']Oops - wrong pdf. Will try again[/quote] I retract my previous post then

Bilbo you do realise that you are not supposed to play after midday.

[quote name='cheddatom' post='793465' date='Apr 1 2010, 04:38 PM']Sorry, where's the story about this being an April Fools?[/quote] I do apologise that would have been me, I didn't read the time the OP was posted. I now see it was yesterday and so is evidently not an April Fool but a bona fide account. OR Refer to silddx's post

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Ha ha. Very good, that's why I left it until after noon to post on this one. April fools jokes get worse every year.

[quote name='Rich' post='793180' date='Apr 1 2010, 12:19 PM']Now that's one hell of a fancy-dress outfit.[/quote] I think pictures are needed

I like Bilbo have no loyalty to any retailer. I took my bass into where I bought about a month ago because the clip on the battery compartment had broken - not my fault. Anyway took them ages to get a new part. When I took it in I got the usual, "oh the bloke dealing with that is off today". The owner turned to his minion and said well you can sort that one, to which he said "well if I've got time". It was a Tuesday morning, and I know they never ever get anyone in there on a Tuesday morning. I had other business in town and said it was fine I can come back at the end of the day despite the fact I was told it would be repaired while I waited. Basically their attitude was awful, the guy I was dealing with at the beginning was very good, but these two just sucked. The upshot is I won't be going back to purchase any major bits of equipment unless it's dirt cheap. Which it won't be. With regards to kids being more disrespectful, from a personal point I think it's across the board. The rudest and most thoughtless people I encounter day to day are elderly, but on the flip side there are people of the same age who are the funniest, wittiest, kindest and warm hearted people I've met. It's just people. One older customer of mine really gets up my nose, rude, arrogant and generally objectionable.

[quote name='Musicman69' post='792959' date='Apr 1 2010, 09:21 AM']Anyone for tennis? [/quote] I was thinking exactly the same

[quote name='Daquifsta' post='792575' date='Mar 31 2010, 10:18 PM']I think I'd rest my thumb just behind the knobs, kind of on the corner of the box- y bit. I think it would feel just like it's normal home on the top of the bridge pickup on my bitza Jazz :-)[/quote] Well that's certainly better than some of the possible suggestions of where I could stick my thumb

I couldn't play that there's nowhere to rest my thumb.

[quote name='waynepunkdude' post='792548' date='Mar 31 2010, 10:00 PM']I'm a hit man and the missus is still alive.[/quote] I knew you'd let slip about what you did one day.

[quote name='Jean-Luc Pickguard' post='792493' date='Mar 31 2010, 09:14 PM']I think you just have to give those twiddy things on the headstock a bit of a twist. Mine was in tune when I bought it though so I'm not 100% sure. [/quote] May I also suggest a tuner, one of those electronic jobs or something similar. Tuning forks are so yesterday.

[quote name='Mog' post='792429' date='Mar 31 2010, 08:35 PM']I'll play anything except pub trad. Ya know that [size=3][b]"ooohh ahhh up the ra sh*te"[/b][/size]. I try to ply with as many musicians as possible. There is always something to learn.[/quote] Have you got the TAB for that?

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