TRadford

Cool, glad to see its better regarded than I was expecting. The buzzing is definetley electrical, so I give it all a good clean up. Mine is gloss black with horrible black plastic knobs. That white one looks a lot smarter with the chrome hardware. Not bad for a freebie then!

Bought a Crate amp, he delivered by hand and even into the kitchen cos of my bad back! Cracking guy. Wouldnt hesitate to buy from again!

I've just been given one of these for free. Its a bit knocked about and has new machine heads, but seems nice enough. Easy to play, easier than the Dean 5 string I have. There is a bad crackle coming from somewhere though, Im guessing the pickups? Anyone had one/got one. Im guessing it was an entry level guitar from the early 90s? Looks identical to the cheap Encore my brother bought in the mid 90's, probably made in the same factory!

Heh, Im a sucker for a bit of ass kissing... So go ahead.. Only bought a few things so far, but I've only been on the forum 2 weeks! I can see my credit card jumping for joy, shaking all its cobwebs off.. Shhh, just dont tell the misses, she'll never notice another bass in the corner!! Bought: Crate BT-100 amp from Jmsjabb Dean Rhapsody bass from Nugget OLP Tony Levin bas from Rayman Boss ME-50B from Greeneking Squier VM jazz bass from TrevSwansea Ibanez EDB500 from Kingforaday Sold: Crate BT-100 amp to Silentbob OLP Tony Levin to 4Candles Mountain bike to DanOwens

Thats been on ebay recently, reached about £180 the first time and was back up again the other day. Seems to have gone now though.

[quote name='Les' post='601203' date='Sep 17 2009, 12:16 PM']Glad thats settled. It's the bloody drummer, isn't it ?[/quote] Hmm, Im not the best drummer in the world, but I really cant see why that intro would be hard. All you are doing is missing a snare beat for the first few bars before the song kicks in and replacing it with an accented hihat. Haven't got time now as off to a wedding, but Im gonna try playing it later on me drums, as Im doing it spot on "air drumming" on the first listen. Will try the bass too if I can find the tab. (Yes I know I need to learn to read music)

[quote name='OldGit' post='600788' date='Sep 16 2009, 09:57 PM']Oh sorry, TRadford. My post obviously came over as a bit snide. That wasn't the intention What I was meaning to do was to direct this one to that one to consolidate the two as the same ground was being covered simultaneously. I realise that the same topics get covered on a regular basis, and sometimes by the same people (guilty!) but in this case I was concerned that your thread would not get any contributions as lots of people had already written their bit this week on the other one. Best Wishes OG[/quote] No worries! As for the drummer/rythmn thing. At the moment I guess it to early to tell. When I was trying to play a song earlier I was struggling with the rythmn. It was a sort of triplet feel. Despite knowing the song by heart on drums, and knowing the rythmn. I have never had formal drum lessons, I learnt by ear and by playing along with my brother on guitar, so I was never really tuned into a bass line, I followed a rythmn guitar all the time. This means I have tuned my ears to hear the rythmn guitar rather than bass, which most of the time is ok as it usually follows the bassline anyway, but sometimes it can throw you a little bit. Its early days yet, and Im really enjoying learning these songs, simple as they are. I was getting a bit fed up with my drumming, I was stuck in a rut, and picking up a bass has not only given me a challenge to pass the time while Im off work, but I have noticed I am also enjoying playing the drums more for the short amount of time I can actually put up with the pain! Oh and how long does it take for your fingers to get used to strings!! They are really sore!

Never mind eh? Sorry for showing an interest.. As a well established member on a drum forum for over 5 years with over 2500 posts, its something that happens. I dont look at every single post in all the forums just in case something similar has been posted. You will always get the same sort of posts over and over.. If you didnt, this and every other forum would have died a long time ago.

I got my first bass last week and have just started learning, and I wondered how some of you got started. Why, and what was the first thing you learnt. Was it with the intention of joining a band? or just for fun? Did you get a teacher straight away or just figure things out yourself in the bedroom? This week, I have so far from tab learnt the bass lines to some of my favourite songs and some of those which I thought would be easy to learn. I can now play.... Roots Bloody Roots by Sepultura. All the small things by Blink-182 Adams Song by Blink-182 The first half of Greener Pastures by No Doubt, just started this one today, so still need time to get the rest of it learnt. I still need a quick glance at the tabs every now and then, but I think I have most of them down now. Not hard songs I know, but considering I hadnt ever properly played a bass before, I dont think thats to shabby!

[quote name='Zombywoof' post='600397' date='Sep 16 2009, 04:13 PM']No mate, probably another Zappa fan with fantastic taste in screen names!! [/quote] Yeah must have been! Well good, cos he was a trolling cock!

[quote name='Zombywoof' post='600227' date='Sep 16 2009, 02:11 PM']Alright babs![/quote] Did you used to post on the Mike Dolbear drum forum by any chance? You have a strangely familar name!

[quote name='gerryc' post='600300' date='Sep 16 2009, 03:07 PM']A thicket, no sorry that's drummers.[/quote] I resent that!

For a group of 10 or less, I would suggest A Finger. As for a collective, hmm not sure

[quote name='Adrenochrome' post='599138' date='Sep 15 2009, 12:37 PM']Steal your brother's from the garage![/quote] If I could lift it up I would!! Im also a bit worried about it blowing my house up, what with being out there for 10+years. Its not the driest, cleanest garage in the world!

Thanks man, I missed out on it anyway, so no loss. All hail the new flesh!

Need a small practice amp just to doodle in the house with whilst im learning. Saw this at a good price and would like some feedback (not from the amp hopefully) Seems to be well spec'd and you can add a cab to it if needs be. My brother used to use a laney bass amp and it always seemed quite nice. I think its still in my parents garage somewere, probably not too healthy after being there for over 10 years mind. Any comments??

[quote name='NickH' post='596909' date='Sep 12 2009, 11:02 PM']If it's your first bass, awesomely good idea to start on a 5. Moving from 4 to 5 once I'd been playing a while was a pain in the balls. Ultimately totally worth it, of course, but starting on a 5 will save you a bit of re-learning time Although of course one could say the same about starting on a 6 in case you want to play a 6 one day. Aaaargh![/quote] Exacty my thinking, and its already come in usefull. So far all of the songs I have looked at tab to play have been played on 5 strings, so I can now play one of my favorite ever songs, as it should be played on 5 strings!

Cracking chap, delivered a bass to my house with an hours notice. Great bass in great condition as described.

Just had my first bass hand delivered to my door by Nugget (Dave). Its a stunner, has more strings than I know what to do with, but in time hopefully! Its a Dean Rhaposdy 5 stringer, black quilt maple. Mmm nice.. Thanks very much Dave, you are a star, wasnt expecting to get a bass so quick!