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Bought Chris' EMG-HZ MM pickup. Lovely condition, looks and sounds great in the JayRay. Easy transaction and friendly comms, an absolutely thoroughly bloody nice bloke
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I was entirely self taught. As a consequence, 36 years down the line I still have all my self-taught faults. (And yes, my thumb positioning sucks. I'm a baseball bat player, and I have to work to stop myself doing it.) I should have spent more time learning scales and modes and less time learning to slap. Slap was more fun though
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Humble instruments that 'make the song'
Rich replied to Barking Spiders's topic in General Discussion
How about the humble whistle? Not an instrument per se, but then not a vocal either. Very prominent on the Scorpions' Wind Of Change, Roxy's Jealous Guy and The Seekers' wonderful Georgy Girl. Second best. The actual best bit is where the needle lifts off the record at the end. -
What better way? Beer AND fretless
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Showing your age there, old chap
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Definitely more than an element of this, I reckon. The only way they're going to banish the nerves is to just do it. Definitely time for a cards-on-the-table talk with them. Tell them how it felt before and after YOUR first gig, the relief and elation. Tell them you're booking a gig because that's the whole bloody point, that you aren't going to be made to feel guilty over any imagined pressurisation, and that a band that farts around practicing but never gigs is not what you signed up for. Only maybe say it a bit nicer than that
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I like it too. I don't necessarily have a thing about weird basses, but I like the shape. The fragility of that top horn would be a concern. And yes it'd be ideal headless, and that's deffo what I'd have done if I'd been the buyer.
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Eww. No thanks, I'll take Ronny Jordan's version any day.
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They'd say "Pork Pie Hat? Goodbye!"
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Oh believe me, I did listen to it. Several times. Tried to not to hate it. Failed.
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This is the approach I adopted many years ago when the singer in a band I was in announced that we were going to do Dance The Night Away by the Mavericks. He was adamant, but so was I. It became quite a frank exchange of views in the end, especially when I told him that if he insisted on doing it at a gig, I would put down my bass and head to the bar for the duration of the song.
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The best bass I've ever played was this Shuker singlecut 5-string. If I'd had the money, I'd have walked out of his workshop with it. I know SCs are a bit marmite and they're not my first choice shape-wise, but the way it played and ohhhh lordy the sound... A stunning instrument.
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Goatist. Although yeah, you've got a point. https://youtu.be/nlYlNF30bVg
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Much the same for Mark King. Obvs he's best known for his slap, but what seems to get overlooked is that his fingerstyle playing is quite breathtaking.
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All You Need Is Cash, indeed
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"Nicks was angry that Buckingham smirked while she delivered a speech...". Children. They are like bloody children. Although TBH I wouldn't mind if they never played another smegging note. I've always detested their music. My idea of hell is being stuck on a desert island where the only available music is Fleetwood Mac and the Stones.
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*** SOLD*** Status stealth 2 5 string with front and side LEDs
Rich replied to doc40hz's topic in Basses For Sale
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SOLD -- EMG hz MM pickup
Rich replied to doc40hz's topic in Accessories & Other Musically Related Items For Sale
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This ^. I would also recommend ‘100° And Rising’ from the same band.
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I want an ounce of whatever Wish is smoking.
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And so, after 10 years as a covers-only unit, we're reinventing ourselves as an originals band. God help us.
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I play in several bands, from tributes, to covers, to originals. There is always room for both, but perhaps less room for the original stuff, sadly.....
Though in fairness, I've played quite a few venues where they either like, want or tolerate original material - and those venues and crowds ARE out there. Trick is, finding them, together with appealing to the masses who want covers..... and winning them over.
A few covers, to get people singing & humming along, and tapping their feet or dancing, is no bad thing and handy to have in your repertoire.
Perhaps what you're really tired of, is the same covers or the same genres of covers? Seek out interesting / different covers and try a few
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Indeed. Here is a piece of particularly expensive plywood.
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My neighbour drives a Daihatsu Squarnch TDi. It'll do 120mph if you push it off a cliff.
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Amps are easily replaced and are too big for paperweights, so lose them if you're definitely going to have a hiatus. But keep at least one bass, and if any of your basses are sound investments, keep hold of them whether they're going to be sat around unused or not. My Wal sees no playing action at all, but it's not going anywhere (mainly for sentimental reasons admittedly) because it's one of my very few appreciating assets. Every few months I look around online to get an idea of value and find it's gone up. OldGit, bless him, turned his pension into vintage basses for precisely this reason. And definitely do not leave BC.
