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[quote name='Conan' timestamp='1339750169' post='1693605'] No offence, but if you sold a bass in the £750 range and only donated a tenner that would be rather taking advantage of the "free" access to the for sale threads! [/quote] Hi conan, i didn't actually mean i would donate only £10 if i sold a bass for £750 it was purly a bump for bass chat to get people to appreciate it. hold on,, £10...mmmm... that 4 pints of beer for gods sake

[quote][color=#666666]"On Tuesday 10 July 2012, the maximum final value fee for private sellers will increase from £40 to £75. This new final value fee cap will only impact listings with a sale price above £400. This change applies to private sellers and will only affect items which are listed from 10 July 2012 onwards. Fees for business sellers are unchanged. [/color]"[/quote] This means that if you sell your bass for anything over 750 which i think is about the middle ground for a number of bass's you are going to be charged another £35 on top of the £40 you would normally pay. then there is your paypall fees, ebay having the nerve to just almost double it at will i feel is just GREED. SO..... what do you think this will do ????? I think it will push prices up again as sellers still want what there item is worth and the extra costs pushed on to the buyer with higher starting prices, is it worth it ??? the reason some people put their basses on ebay is the hope they get more for it than its worth, it does happen, you may as well take advantage of the likes of loot, gumtree, ETC. As a last resort to sell something that cant be sold anywhere else then i suppose its handy. BC's market place i have always found VERY handy and from now on i would rather gladly give them £10 ( or what ever) on the sale of my bass. Also thanks to BC for keeping this free.

Thought it would be an informative topic on the subject of copywriting. Can we have GOOD advice please from you all on how we can protect our music, i think the days are gone of sending ourselves a copy on a cd/tape and not opening it using the post stamp as a date is a bit vague an not very watertight. Here is a great example of how you can be ripped off, i have lifted this from my post in the "funk thred" as its worth comment in two parts. 1 iconic track you might not have heard of (but you have about 1000 times befor) by "the winstons" which changed and shaped modern dub/dance hiphop acid jazz/funk FOREVER. please first watch the first youtube clip about it to the end, it really is an eye opener of how corporate greed can take your talent and you would never have enough money to fight for it back. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SaFTm2bcac&feature=player_embedded[/media] the song... [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxZuq57_bYM&feature=player_embedded#[/media]!

Just, got some jazz pickups off Rich, all good no problems nice and easy well packed thanks Rich. Her phone number is on its way ! just put some music on and watch !! ( shes got better timing than me !)

Always amazes me the way some players just look so comfortable and almost disassociated from what they are doing even tho what thay are doing is in its self so good. i always had a problem playing and singing at the same time, i worked so hard at it, and i still cant ahh well... enjoy.... [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwItDf1wxDQ&feature=relmfu[/media]

I replyed to this, he/she said they would send the bass from his works via parcel force and collect the cash once inspected. too good to be true.! then i got an email stating i should go to a paypoint and pay to a givin ad number then he will send the bass !!! even sending me a bogus parcel force receipt saying it had been cleared ready for collection, ! I told gumtree right away this was a scam and its still there, they are so annoyingly SLOW There was another on there for a 70s black fender jazz for 500 with a mobile number, i have never talked to a more horrid rude guy ever the address given to collect once i said i could collect with cash, was not his, he just cut me off once i asked about having a land line to contact him on or a work number. Alot of the cons pick a remote part of the uk usually on a coast so then most of the uk would want it posting and so you loose you cash through paypall or even paypoint, remember the wal scam in the Shetland islands !! MORAL.. unless they give you AT LEAST a land line you can get them on and/or a valid HOME email ad to link to an address (not a google or other on line address), dont bother ! Genuine people would not mind also google the mobile number and address given, i have done this and found a few guys just con men trying to get my dax cobra i have for sale, BUGGERS

I was just reading the very funny onstage cockups thred, and thought of this. one of mine is when i was playing at a party about 25years ago in a rock covers band, befor we all went back on for the 2nd set i went on and did a bass solo, i was trying to look cool and had on a pair of sunglasses, about half way through as i looked up one of the lenses fell out, the whole pub creased up, even i gave up and fell laughing. all through the 2nd set the band took turns wearing the now sunglass and could not stop laughing ! BUT i did get a free beer out of it when a guy got me one saying he felt sorry for me and was the funniest thing he had seen. AAAHHH the days

We use to open both sets with instrumentals. both easy and sound great 1) The bottom theme tune by the bum notes... 2) All wrapped up by the New jersey kings ( james taylor) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxcnH4bVE30 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oC_x6YY86fE

@'Roland Rock ,,,, good find, i have a huge funk, acid jazz and rare groove collection and never heard of the mighty imperials ! It reminds me alot of the Meters with that very open raw groove, this thred really is valuable and should be a sticky as a great funk archive. In fact it should be a site, i would join...... Pete Academy ? its your baby. Ok Histoy lesson, no fartng at the back please,.. Im going to throw in 1. in two parts. 1 iconic track you might not have heard of (but you have about 1000 times befor) by "the winstons" which changed and shaped modern dub/dance hiphop acid jazz/funk FOREVER. please first watch the first youtube clip about it to the end, it really is an eye opener of how corporate greed can take your talent and you would never have enough money to fight for it back. worth a topic all by its self. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SaFTm2bcac[/media] the song... [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxZuq57_bYM[/media]

Hi, iv had this problem a few times on some of my wals and some of my students wals, this came from pete, see att, check these two caps with a meter or just replace them as they are only cheap, they dry up over time and the legs rott ( go green !) sometimes its distorting sometimes its lack of tight bottom end. anyway worth a look... (pic is from the net could not be bothered opening mine ) [attachment=107357:wal_electpp.JPG]

[quote name='Doctor J' timestamp='1336386195' post='1644680'] That's a Wave, not a Mockingbird It does sound lovely though [/quote] AHH so it is, thats the one i want .....GIMMI GIMMI GIMMI RIGHT NOW

Im a big fan of nils Landgren half my old funk band set was Nils ! here he is with Magnum Coltrane Price who is just a star in his own right check out the funky abba stuff he did, cd version of summer night city i cant get on youtube but worth checking out. and "all you need is the funk" and any of the early funk unit stuff live instockholm is a great cd with loads of great ideas, most you should know if you dont then shame on you order here [url="http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=sr_adv_m_pop?__mk_en_GB=%C5M%C5Z%D5%D1&search-alias=popular&unfiltered=1&field-keywords=&field-artist=nils&field-title=live+in+stockholm&field-label=&field-ean=&field-browse=&field-price=&field-binding_browse-bin=&emi=&sort=price&Adv-Srch-Music-Album-Submit.x=46&Adv-Srch-Music-Album-Submit.y=4"]http://www.amazon.co...lbum-Submit.y=4[/url] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnuzdBlRg1Y&feature=related[/media] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGsKeY1Yr2g&feature=related[/media]

[quote name='AttitudeCastle' timestamp='1334431363' post='1616235'] I really want a 6 string fretless neck through, shame they don't have them anymore as they company switched factories so they are limited! [/quote] Attitude lucky you, a 7 fretless has just popped up on ebay starting at 200 !!!! [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HK-7-string-bass-Amazing-bass-amazing-price-/320899579250?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item4ab71afd72"]http://www.ebay.co.u...=item4ab71afd72[/url] if your not going to have a pop at it i will !

[quote name='Gust0o' timestamp='1336259518' post='1643342'] I would snap someone's hand off for one - [/quote] gusto by the time you go to bite the hand off you will notice his other has already been bitten off, by me oooohhh the sound, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JawQn7gKdJo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABLwmYI09Lw&feature=related

that clip was one of my faves on youtube as a long time Bireli fan after getting his album 15 learnt so much from [i]Jan[/i] Jankeje, from that album in fact i still use that version of Autumn Leaves today, if asked. Anyway i cant belive New Morning Vision has had it removed ( money grabbing gits) surly it cant be removed for copyright reasons if it is live ?? so to the point has anyone done a youtube MP3 convert of this ? i could have ? please pm me. never thought to get it done. BUGGER

Iv Just found this thred, funny enough i spotted this and sent a question, "where it was made and did he have a Sr number"..... Guess what ??? No reply !

off two great deodato albums, still prefer this to the JTQ version. enjoy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5Rn7S2zLWE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boXD-tsBuOA&feature=related

[quote name='paul_5' timestamp='1335478122' post='1632094'] here are my twins - Jazz all the way. [/quote] is the fretless ebony ? iv been after an ebony fretless jazz for ages if anyone has for sale ? or just a neck