BigAlonBass

Another one who writes "can" when he means "can't". I really despair for the next generation, if they can't even differentiate between the two. Bring back Corporal Punishment-Didn't do me any harm-Wibble-snore.......

Whooooooosh!!! The wink mustn't have helped, Michael.

Woo-Hoo! Another addition to the Geordie contingent on here. Welcome, mate.

Well, I'd like to know what the hell they're playing at with me, then! Every time I've paid a Gift by Paypal, I've been told how much the fee is BEFORE I've been allowed to send it! It's straight from my Bank Account as well, so the 'Credit Card' argument doen't work.

Not eBay, but might be of interest to some. [url="http://www.gumtree.com/p/for-sale/paul-mccartney-beatles-bass-guitars/88307896"]http://www.gumtree.com/p/for-sale/paul-mccartney-beatles-bass-guitars/88307896[/url]

Doesn't augur well for being a well played and looked after Bass. Have you seen the way he's routed the D string?

Prat by name.................

[quote name='allighatt0r' post='1338457' date='Aug 13 2011, 09:28 AM']I do the bit in Born to be Wild, at the end of the intro going into the first verse. Hard to explain, but if you know the song you should know the bit I mean, and I've done it since day one of playing the song. About 2 years ago, we went to a studio and recorded songs. Bearing in mind I had already been playing in the band about 2 years by that point, the rhythm guitarist had never noticed that I played that bit (or just about anything more complicated than straight eighth/sixteenth notes). He decided he liked it, but only managed to figure out about half of the run I do, and finishes loudly on a note which he bends and wallops the whammy bar on.... So now... every gig we do, he half-arsedly plays the same thing I'm doing over the top of me, loudly with his solo channel, and it ends up sounding like I'm just following him.... grrrr. [/quote] The correct procedure would be to say "Errr-You do know that the Bass plays that bit on the record, and you're f*cking it up by playing over it, spoiling the whole sound of the piece?" To which he would reply "....but I like the whammy bar bit that I do" followed by "mmpff, mmpff, mmmpppfffff!" as he tries to get your Bass from between his teeth.

[quote name='Mikeg' post='1338109' date='Aug 12 2011, 07:48 PM']Here yah go [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Jazz-bass-Neck-block-inlays-Maple-neck-F-brd-20-Fret-/140576627223?pt=UK_Guitar_Accessories&hash=item20bb051a17"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Jazz-bass-Neck-b...=item20bb051a17[/url][/quote] Keep your eyes on this seller. He's just opened a new shop/warehouse in our home town, and his reputation is second to none. Every time I've dealt with him in the past, he's bent over backwards to be helpful.

Never had the amp, but those folded horn bins were deadly. You could hardly hear them on stage, but the projection was such that they nearly blew the audience through the back wall!

[quote name='Maverick' post='1307274' date='Jul 17 2011, 11:28 PM']Nope, always made strings feel far too slick for my liking. A decent wipe down with an ordinary cloth does the job better for my liking. Also, as someone mentioned lemon oil, there's a job I hate doing as well. No matter how careful I am I somehow always end up with it irritating my fingers. Glad it doesn't need doing very often.[/quote] Steal your Mother's/Girlfriend's/Wife's Marigolds while their backs are turned, but never admit to it on here! or:- Nip to your nearest 'Pound Shop' and buy the pretend Doctor's gloves that Mechanics use these days. Money well spent, if you have sensitive skin.

[quote name='Ou7shined' post='1277547' date='Jun 21 2011, 07:29 PM']How so? There's a bunch of potterers who hang out in this thread in particular who might be able to help this guy out with a nice old Jap pup.... the reason why I recommended him do it in the first place. [/quote] Bloody printed word! I was trying to be helpful, but looking back at my post, I should have added "as well" instead of the wink smiley.

[quote name='Bilbo' post='1277199' date='Jun 21 2011, 03:42 PM']1) There's a lot of it..... I bet he plays to bigger audiences than most on here . And I bet more people go to see [i]him[/i] play than most.[/quote] So by that reasoning, I should rush out an buy Justin Beiber tickets? [quote]2) Your bad.[/quote] So the Wife tells me! [quote]3) Jackson never slaps. He uses his thumb as a quasi-pick to pluck lines whilst partly deadening the strings with his left hand. A seriously musical approach that many here will know of.[/quote] Oooooh! I don't 'know of' a certain person's technique, therefore I'm not as 'seriously musical' as most. Back to the 'Divide' then.

[quote name='chris_b' post='1277187' date='Jun 21 2011, 03:33 PM']Your silly prejudices have robbed you of the opportunity to see one of the truly great bass players. Your loss.[/quote] Nothing silly about having an opinion - [i]not[/i] a prejudice. I've been to see some of the 'truly great bass players' and became bored at the self-indulgence rather quickly. I don't intend wasting any more of my money to pander to the slightly elitist attitude you show in your post. If you simply attack another person's views as silly, without trying to understand their preferences, how are you going to convert them to your point of view. Your loss.

[quote name='4StringFortress' post='1276889' date='Jun 21 2011, 11:56 AM']Im looking for a P style pickup for a bass im doing up and I was advised to post here so if anyone could help if they have any spares let me know. Thanks.[/quote] You'd probably get a better response if you posted this in the 'Items Wanted' Section.

[quote name='Bilbo' post='1276743' date='Jun 21 2011, 10:10 AM'][/quote] Everyone seems to want to 'pigeonhole' everyone else these days, so here's my two penn'orth. I don't get out too often, so when I go to see a Band or other Musical entertainment, I want to enjoy myself. The above picture gives me three separate reasons to walk out of the Gig before the Band even strikes a note. 1) He's [i]staring[/i] at the neck. This, to me, equates to self-indulgence, and to heck with the audience. 2) He's playing a single-cut Bass. Nobody has [i]ever[/i] played any music that appeals to me, whilst wielding an SC. 3) He's hitching a lift. As soon as I see the 'slapper's thumb' come out - I'm long gone. Naturally, this is only my opinion, but I find most SC players tend towards the 'highbrow' end of the Musical Spectrum, and that kind of stuff just doesn't appeal to me. I'm not alone in this though, having heard comments on the lines of "Single-Cut Bass? That f*cker's really up himself!" and on one occasion "He came to the audition, pulled a Single-Cut Bass out of it's case, and we told him to p*ss off before he even plugged in!". Pigeonholed maybe, but I can't see anyone in a Punk or Rock Band wanting to use an SC, so the 'divide' becomes really evident. Perhaps there's a hint of "I'm better than you, because I use one of these" in there somewhere? (Quick aside to cytania's comment -"Accept you're playing Bass" Most people who buy these seem not to want to accept this. They get them to 'widdle' on.) Once again-My opinion and conception of the usual owners of these clumsy-looking things.

[quote name='warwickhunt' post='1273464' date='Jun 18 2011, 09:06 AM']So is it just me that thinks the G string is inbound from the edge of the fingerboard in relation to the E string? [/quote] No. [quote]It could be the camera angle but I'm fairly certain it is an imbalance in neck/string alignment.[/quote] Yup.