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That will keep you from watching the T.V. !

[quote name='phil.i.stein' post='698632' date='Jan 2 2010, 11:51 AM']flatulent ?[/quote] Blown another speaker cone

Very interesting and potentially useful topic Not sure if one word in itself can describe some bass sounds adequately, as different frequencies ranges can have their own characteristics, especially with some of the active E.Q. systems available today. i.e. to use some examples from the list ' A warm bottom end with a cool top end twang' Would be curious to see where this goes. T

Once again, in your debt A very big THANK YOU MAJOR Happy new year to you

welcome to BC you certainly chose the right place

+ 1 much appreciated Major

welcome Richard You'll find a generally warm bunch here

ok moderators so where's that stuff s'posed to go? cheers T

Hi folks why not have a soul library ? wanted to post a vote for 'midnight train to Georgia' as one beautiful grooove, but couldn't see where it would fit in the current 'Boxes' what you say ????

[url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=71195&hl="]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=71195&hl=[/url] Hi and welcome have a look at this thread and get in touch with the originator. If local, he sounds like a guy to visit if not local, he may be able to point you to a reliable someone to be with while you get started good luck T

also a good listen, TOP 'keep your monster on a leash'

easy, but nice - no more I love you's (for a fretless) annie lennox - almost any beatles so long as I'm doing vocals as well - eagles for the same reason

welcome to the place- locals are generally a friendly bunch

cor, what a lovely pair !

I've no reason to get another bass and yet.... oh, that's nice

sorry dude, didn't mean to rub salt in it ! I just read the list instead of researching your profile as would have been best look forward to your review with interest

[quote name='pantherairsoft' post='680538' date='Dec 10 2009, 07:09 PM']Dammit I want my Spitfire.... oh the wait! :-)[/quote] Hi pantherairsoft, how's you doing ? interesting stuff you have there. how does your GB sound through the markbass 450 ? really, really curious about this one having read the markbass thread around here. on paper, the options for tone from that particular combination could be spectacular. cheers !

have a peek at the GB porn thread. look great. sounds unbeleivable, plays like you would expect for the class really - do have a look

Thank you MacDaddy Do you know which instrument was the forerunner of well - tempered tuning ? I really did think the piano was involved in it somewhere, as I remember a seires of programmes about the history of music and the claim that the piano solved a number of problems around this issue. (doh -don't beleive what you see on t.v.) or is it alzheimer's creeping up on me again ?

Cor !

good 'un Al Heeley ! the piano was the successor to the harpsichord I think (if that's wrong - please someone say so) around the 1700's or so. The harpsichord wasn't tuned in 'even' intervals, which made it sound out of tune when played in certain keys ( the same way that if you tune a guitar to sound really nice in one key, it may sound not quite right in others). The answer to this awkwardness with changing keys was to invent an instrument tuned in 'even' intervals - the piano. Can't remember the answer about the Bb trumpet tuning, Eb and Bb saxophone tuning also. S'pose I should really, as I began playing music on the trumpet and still use it and a sax too. My heart and soul are with the Bass though. this line is intriguing

hi BassJase. ever done the standard walthamstow ? there's loads about but that one seems the most obvious. and yes, this is certainly one handy place. a home for bassheads at last cheers

oh yes, like this one. would like to hear from the major too. As for a question being silly, I may not speak for everyone, but to me, if it aids understanding, any question is a good one that 'C' in the middle of the piano is predictably called 'middle C'. the sharp / flat line of reasoning works for me. probably goes back to the question of learning about the rudiments of music from the least complicated beginnings, which might be; - start off learning where notes are positioned on the stave to the point that you can recognise them at a glance, or without stopping. no sharps. no flats. which puts you straight away in the key of c major - learn how the 'C' major scale is contructed on the piano keyboard i.e. all the white notes. then learn how the 'A' minor scale is constructed, again, all white notes. introduce the concept of sharps / flats. progress to constructing keys in other scales i.e. here's the black notes this may start off another session, but it is one possible answer of many, I'm sure look forward to hearing more

Hi sharkfinger and thanks. Good 'ere innit I live on the Essex / London borders, so chances are we've gigged in each others back yards. I also have a touch of the Victor Meldrews on occasion ! (especially when I'm trying to get through London traffic - aaaarrrrggghhhhh!!!)