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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'

Hi can you clarify for the christmas hungover folk

- the sale is for the amp and one 2 x 10 cab ?

many thanks

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!!!)

Hi from another old timer. nice pics!

If you give some outline of the technical problem i.e electrical, construction etc it may help others to give you the most helpful response.

I'm sure you will get the right help one way or the other, as everyone seems to be friendly around here

welcome !

[quote name='al embic' post='674893' date='Dec 5 2009, 12:55 PM']i picked my bass up from the croydon workshop,had an overnight drive down from the north west,stayed at some god forsaken guest house and met up with bernie early doors.....realy glad i did it though.. 10 years on i still love the guitar..[/quote]

I still love mine too. let me count the ways;

- because it's perpetually still in tune when I take it out of the case

- because I never think of it as too heavy

- because it's always worth taking that moment to look at it for just a while longer after you've just cleaned it

- because it's [u]mine[/u]

if you listen carefully, can you hear 'Tracks of my tears' in there by Smokey Robinson ? sounds like James has just spent the whole afternoon listening to it !

So real though. nice one !

throwoff - interested in your rig. Do you mind if I ask you a few things ?

Just noticed the equiliser - can you offer any insights into it's effects with the markbass setup please ? i.e. what it sounds like before /after the equiliser is used, your opinions on it's usefullness ?

Did you arrive at this current setup by evolution, or was it a purposeful move to get a sound the markbass couldn't offer by itself ?

just curious. really curious.

thanks

welcome to the site Exeter !

along with out to play jazz. a nice rig. Partial to the precisions myself, bless 'em

there's only one thing wrong with that bass. it's not mine.

oh well, dream on (for now)

welcome Tickenham

just joined myself

cheers

sorry xverminate. tried to edit the last entry and crashed it. I was trying to add that I also had a Hohner Jack when they came out. Stunning pair of pickups when active, none too shabby passively either. Also nice and light.

cheers