Marvin

You can't get rid of any of your basses, you've given them names. That makes them almost family. It would be like casting out your own kin. Have you considered one of those multi fx modelling pedals? As Mr Silddx says you can make any bass sound like a cat with bowel problems if you're so inclined. I've got one - please note zoom b1 in sig, not a cat with bowel problems - and you can create some very different sounds and feel to your bass.

[quote name='Linus27' post='747246' date='Feb 16 2010, 02:08 PM']As I posted in the best and worse music shop thread. I hate Music Ground in Doncaster with a vengence. Totally ripped me off back around 1999. I had some inheritance money so wanted to buy a couple of basses. Decided on a 77 MIA Fender Precision but could not decide on a Ricky or a Telecaster bass. The guy there, probably the manager said hey, don't worry, we do a 30 day return so if not happy, bring it back and we will refund you. Cool I thought. So bought the Ricky and took it home back to Surrey with the Precision. After a week, decided the Ricky was not for me so phoned up and they said yeah bring it back no worries. So drove all the way up from Surrey to Doncaster to be told that they don't do returns or refunds but we can exchange for something else. I was furious and ended up letting rip but he just said it was my fault. Plus I should had phoned before leaving which I informed him I did which he then denied ever having a phone call. Ended up swapping it for a Fender Telecaster bass but I was furious. Maybe a little niave on my part but they still lied to me and treated me like sh*t. I promised myself that if I ever drive past that shop, it will be very hard to not throw a brick through the window. Sounds like its gone now anyway.[/quote] I don't think you were being naive at all. You had a verbal agreement and as such I would have expected them to stick by it. I always stick by ' if you say you're going to do it, do it. If not, keep your mouth shut.' I've got plenty of bricks, if you want some

Blimey that's a problem, you've got 3 basses that are great and you obviously would like to keep. Have tried the Status in your new band? Just a thought. It's that or just belt the singer round the back of the head with the Stingray so he gets tinnitus, so he'll be so distracted by the ringing in his ears he won't mention your ray again. EDIT: Beaten to the Status suggestion, darn

Welcome to the forum. There is masses of advice and help on here, it's a very generous place. I've learnt so much over the 6 months, since I joined.

[quote name='Rosh' post='747642' date='Feb 16 2010, 07:13 PM']You are the first to say so! So thank you very much! Good job I believe everything I see on the internetz! Marvin, how could you be in such a cruddy remake?![/quote] Awful wasn't it, the only remotely decent character in it was me. Brain the size of a planet and what've they got me doing? Propping up a dismal excuse for a film.

[quote name='Jerry_B' post='747479' date='Feb 16 2010, 05:17 PM']Nah - first it was a serialised comic in 'Warrior'. Then it was a colourised graphic novel. [i]Then[/i] it was one of the worst films ever made I'll get me anorak...[/quote] I quite enjoyed the film, but I've got notoriously bad taste

[quote name='bilbo230763' post='747416' date='Feb 16 2010, 04:31 PM']The thing that I practice most is the one thing that eludes me the most. When you make noise on a bass, it requires two fingers to act in unison; the finger that determines pitch and the [size=6]finget[/size] that determines volume, dynamics etc. Once that note has been played, other fingers do other things but, at the point of creation, your two hands are working together to create a single sound. If you are playing minims on the first beat of every bar, its not too hard to get your hands working together. When you are playing something complex, however, you are required to make your two hands operate as one in a unified way, in a way that makes each note as long or as short and as loud or as quiet as it needs to be. If I don't practice, even for a couple of days, THAT is what I lose first. The longer I go between gigs, the less sharp this becomes and the harder I have to work to get it back to form. On top of this, however, comes the brain; getting the mind to think clearly enough and quickly enough to formulate ideas in real time then getting that brain to make choices and to tell you hands to do the things required to execute the idea that is forming in your head; that is the thing. So, if I do a gig that requires the execution of complex ideas, I need to be mentally sharp and physically sharp. As an improvising musician, I don't practice what I am playing, I practice playing things that are hard so that when I need it, my hands and my head are working together as one. The scales and exercises are about muscle memory and getting used to and internalising note sequences, intervals, sounds that I can use in my playing. To be honest, its not the technique that matters as much as it is the ability to bring the idea to life. The more you practice, the less you have to rely on cliched patterns and the more you can let your head and your ears guide you. But regurgitating the practice regime on stage is uninspiring and uninspired. Its then that you are seeking to go beyond yourself. Virtuosity, in my mind, is being able to do what you want to do when you want to do it. How fast you play in doing it is completely irrelevant.[/quote] Crickey you're gonna have to practice a lot if you've only got finget's, are they that small? Seriously, understand and agree with that.

[quote name='mgibson' post='747248' date='Feb 16 2010, 02:10 PM']Genrally if electronic things don't work, i shout at them for a while and if that dosen't do anything i phone someone who knws what they're doing and get them to sort it out....[/quote] That's fiendishly cunning, I like your style.

[quote name='Jerry_B' post='747319' date='Feb 16 2010, 03:14 PM']Math pop and math rock has been around for quite a while now, so those of you feeling old aren't prey to not knowing some 'new' thing HollyDTVGE - have you heard of a math-rock band called [b]V For Vendetta[/b]...? Might be your cup of tea.[/quote] That's a film!

Welcome. And if you're wandering silddx does look like his avatar in real life, and yes I am a small round robot

[quote name='The Funk' post='746680' date='Feb 15 2010, 11:18 PM']You have to take that interview with a pinch of salt. Herbie Hancock IS a virtuoso! And I don't think he's saying that Chick Corea, as a virtuoso, doesn't know what music is all about. [b]I think what he's getting at is that you can't practice creating art, and that when are creating art, you can't be an automaton who simply reproduces his practice regime.[/b][/quote] That would make particular sense.

I bought one in the middle of last year. It was either the SR300 or a Squire VMJ and for me I feel I made the right choice. The VMJ gets a very good write up, however for me personally the SR300 suits me and my playing better. For the money it's feels like a lot of instrument. The whole bass is thin to the point of anorexia and as another thread here points out the body is potentially a modern classic. Tone and stuff, you can make it sound fat, modern and bright or growl like a grizzly. It is very versatile. And thats without changing the EQ on the bass but leaving them flat and leaving the work to your fingers and the amp. The only thing I'd sell it for is an SR500 or a second hand Warwick Corvette. Generally I'm a happy bunny.

You're all on drugs, disgraceful.

[quote name='silddx' post='746520' date='Feb 15 2010, 09:03 PM']Clever aren't they! Dealt with diplomatically and routinely. Think I would have wanted to [b]get all Malcolm Tucker [/b]on his ass.[/quote] Is that rhyming slang?

[quote name='EssentialTension' post='746456' date='Feb 15 2010, 08:23 PM']It was at a gig that I learned that I should have practised. [/quote] I'm nominating that as quote of the thread.

Welcome [quote name='deaver' post='745310' date='Feb 14 2010, 09:34 PM']Allo, Mike Welcome, three basses already, will have you up to six this time next year[/quote] Apparently 3 basses is the min requirement if you are married or attached in any way i.e a ratio of 3:1. Must be true Beedster told me, and reprimanded me for only having the one bass. The shame of it. So come on there is work to be done.

[quote name='skankdelvar' post='746362' date='Feb 15 2010, 07:38 PM']"Amazing work, Inspector Hamster! How did you solve the mystery?" cried Captain Bexhill. Hamster lit his pipe and settled back in the high-winged leather armchair. A quiet smile crossed his face. "My dear Bexhill, it was obvious to the very meanest intelligence from the start of this sordid affair. I immediately knew it was one person masquerading as two separate individuals from the clues sprinkled liberally in my path". Hamster leaned forward, jabbing his pipe at Bexhill to emphasise each point "First - [i]no-one ever saw them both in the room at the same time[/i]. Secondly - [i]both Jimmy and Maddude were left-handed [/i]- I call your attention to the incident with the butter dish. Yet the postings were obviously the work of [i]a right handed man[/i]. It confirmed that both personas - jimmy [i]and[/i] maddude - were false. It was clearly the work of a third party". Hamster paused to savour his Battenberg cake. Brushing the crumbs from his moustache, he resumed his exposition. "Finally we come to the acrostic concealed in Maddude's RIP post. That was the clincher. Why not read it for yourself." Bexhill furrowed his brow in concentration, his lips moving as he deciphered the simple code. Reaching the end, he sat back in his chair, a look of horror in his eyes. "But! But!" he sputtered. "Exactly so" rejoindered Hamster, ringing the bell for tea. [i]And this is what Captain Bexhill read:[/i] *[/quote] I've said it before, he's a bloody genius. [quote name='Doddy' post='746374' date='Feb 15 2010, 07:43 PM']I only have one word to say Dick. Good job to the mods for sorting it out sharpish.[/quote] I'm offended when people use the 'modified' version of my real name as a slur on others Richard. (just kidding)

[quote name='Linus27' post='746329' date='Feb 15 2010, 07:17 PM']Yep, also feel a bit of a mug but hay ho, we are all helpful souls here and never thought something like this could happen here, especially as something as sick and low as claiming a suicide. I really wonder what was going through his head to make him want to pull such a sick stunt. Baffles me. Congrats to the mods, admin team and anyone else involved. Sterling job and yes, this forum really is the best I know thanks to you guys.[/quote] +1. Although a little sad that all the intrigue is now over That said, he's either a conniving git or needs help, who knows.

That's not fair

[quote name='Bass-ic' post='746201' date='Feb 15 2010, 06:12 PM']Hmm, has anyone [b]established any facts[/b] at all yet. there has been talk ofmocking PM's. Are the Mods able to access Pm's to see if this was true. I think whoever was doing the mocking should probably be asked to speak up. why etc. Am curious to the outcome of this.[/quote] Come come now this is the age of the modern media, let us not allow facts to get in the way of a good story. Whatever next The Daily Mail would go out of business if it just stuck to facts!

If it's not worth practising I may as well sell up now, as I will always be sh1t!

[quote name='MythSte' post='746119' date='Feb 15 2010, 05:06 PM']You can sit on my shoulders? [i](tries to muster a joke about two mindless heads between your legs)[/i][/quote] Ta!

Could I possibly reserve a seat at the front? I do so much hate it when I always get stuck behind the tall bloke and can't see what's going on.

And in true rolling news style, we shall ask our correspondent if there is anything new to report despite the fact we all know that there is nothing new to report. Just make sure he gets a cup of tea. And if anything does 'pop up' make sure you cover it up quickly.

Do you do long distance visits Jake? To say the remote south west. Could do with some inspiration myself.