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you are mostly likely correct and my inexperience is why i dont value it as much, but in my mind the standard of students that complete a degree in music performance could be higher if it wasn't for the educational system. Having said all this, assignments are only 50%, and the other 50% is fantastic

obviously yes learning contacts through these kinds of places is invaluable and i've been playing with some great players which is a lot of fun. My thing is, if the assignments wern't there students would devote more time on socializing, gigging, and gaining the skills that would be used in the industry. From what iv learnt, writing 5000 words on crap isn't going to get me a gig as a performing musician

I've been on a degree course at ACM for 6 months now having completed the HnD last year. And iv got to say the Degree is not what i was expecting. It seems that 50% of my time is having to be devoted to writing assignments. I know it has to be part of the course to validate it as a degree but i would rather spend my time getting good on my instrument and learning about music rather than writing an essay on how i go about transcribing a song. Surely theres no right or wrong way to transcribe as long as you get the right end result anyway? But the thing is if i spent all this time just playing bass i would be twice as good as i am now. I just completed all my Coursework and handed it in 6 weeks ago, it took about 4 weeks to complete. Now i have been given the briefs for the next batch of assignments which are supposed to be in soon. The worst part is i know people at ICMP and Birmingham Conservatoire and their going through the same thing. So anybody thinking of taking up a Music Degree think hard about it because i am starting to see why people like Janek Gwizdala left theirs before they completed it.

Iv heard a few good things about Pearl pedals but has anyone ever owned the compressor?

IN Warwick Thumb 5 Tokai Jazz Overwater Jazz 5 Hartke HX112 Various pedals Double bass OUT Fender US DELUXE Jazz 5 MusicMan Stingray Ashdown ABM Hartke HX410 Various pedals nearly even, but iv definately spent more than i should have. Damn You Basschat

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Theres a few on the Kilburn high street north london. There was a delicious Fender FMT V string on ebay from a cash convertors and someone on here bought it dead cheap, like £1500 off its new value

I would like to see more clips of him playing fingerstyle. As i can't do the double thumb tihng yet it'd be nice to relate with what he's doing. Also when he does it sounds fantastic

It says he is an innovative player on his website? I think he will find that when i was 10 and handed a guitar i too was making lots of twangy sounds and playing nothing that makes musical sense. So innovative he is not...... now show me the drummer jokes thread, iv got some great ones

[quote name='ezbass' post='1090445' date='Jan 15 2011, 02:20 PM']"don't pick your nose after scratching your bum"[/quote] Nothing like learning from mistakes

There are many fakes around, my dad worked in a shop where they had a fake epiphone, the only give away was that the "h" was in the wrong place on the headstock. Still apparently Gibson were very helpful in dealing with the issue and sent plenty of photo's of what to look out for on the fake models

[quote name='bubinga5' post='1082562' date='Jan 8 2011, 08:50 PM']Not a Fender expert but generally BG are over priced... i may have been wrong, and have got used to BC's prices.. but £1200 for a mid 90's SR5...? £1200 for a Fender RI 62... ? you can them new for £1400 tops... wish i was a retailer when i sold my basses... i get it from here....Bass Direct are selling a 2007 SR5 for a grand... yeah generally they are overpriced...[/quote] bass direct arn't in camden, quite simply their overheads can't be the same. I would say £1k for a 2007 SR5 is still very overpriced. Also if you think BG is bad for overpricing then check out New kings Road Vintage pricing, their basses go over 10k!!!! Back to the whole vintage thing, i wouldn't pay £8k for a bass but i would really like a bass that made me feel like James Jameson or Duck Dunn. I think thats why some people do it, and if i had that amount going spare i definately would

[quote name='bubinga5' post='1082524' date='Jan 8 2011, 08:12 PM']yeah i love it...bet sounds awsome... but for near 8K i would be looking elsewhere... Devon, a custom built Pensa/Suhr... not worth it IMO IMO BG are way overpriced..[/quote] Overpriced? where have you been comparing it to? Ok sure its not as cheep as basschat, but not even ebay is as cheep as basschat

saw this yesterday and instantly had to close it before i sold all my basses

[quote name='MikanHannille' post='1081891' date='Jan 8 2011, 10:54 AM'] [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXMQ3wSqSA0"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXMQ3wSqSA0[/url] What do you think of his playing? I saw this vid and heard a lot of reactions (negative and positive) about his playing. Personally I'd say he's playing good, but sometimes a bit too much. Less is more. How about you guys?[/quote] I dislike his playing but even more so i hate that hat!

You can raise either side of a pickup. They usually use foam or sponge underneath and you can loosen or tighten the screws. If you wanted more volume from the lower strings then you can raise the left side of the pickup by loosening the screws. A problem with Mexican fenders is they seem to have poor pickups compared to the american market so that there is a difference. I found this out when i had lessons with a guy using an american deluxenp and when i played it i got lots of low end compared to my mexican P. Easy answer i swapped the pickups on my P to some Lindy Fralins. For a first time Jazz i would avoid both of these models. The Active deluxe edition doesn't give a very realistic jazz tone and i think the pre amps very cheap. The S-1's always sounded very flat to me and definately didn't seem to be worth the new value. My first jazz was an American Deluxe i picked off ebay for £580. I now have a Tokai Jazz which is my favourite bass i have played and that was just £360 off here. Another good few jazz's are the Fender Classic 70's reissue which is about £500 new and definately worth it, or the Squier Classic Vive which has great reviews on here.

[quote name='J.R.Bass' post='1070812' date='Dec 28 2010, 10:50 AM']Yeah but Ian Durys vocals aren't the part that make the song. Its the bassline that does.[/quote] How boring would it be if everyone played the same bloody bassline 10000000 times....... I like it when i see bass players playing variations, it gives you a chance to use some of the ideas and put it into your own versions

Another plus for Wunjo, i went in there and they had two p basses, a '63 and a '67. I explained i ahd no intention on buyin there and then as i didnt have 3K but i asked if i could try them both and they allowed me to. I spent 2 hours in that shop. 5 minutes on the '63 and the rest on the '67 But they were consistently polite for the whole time, and iv continued to go there first when im in london ever since. As for shops in Denmark street, theres a new one on the far right hand side. They have a decent bass stock, when i went in there last month they had a '78 jazz and a gorgeous '64 p bass. V&R's stock was very thin on the ground though

[quote name='Bilbo' post='1068596' date='Dec 24 2010, 10:44 AM']I have to admit that I have heard some very interesting snippets of Louis Armstrong over the years and firmly acknowledge his contribution to the world of jazz and to the role of the soloist. Nevertheless, I don't own a single Armstrong recording and won't be buying one anytime soon. Like I say about many of the 'great' bass players, they may be great players but I just don't really like the music they play. Like Sinatra, I acknowledge the artistry but don't really like the product.[/quote] Unfortunately i feel the same about Jaco Pastorius. I find his music very dull and distracting on the ears although i do really like the Jaco Pastorius Big Band Word of Mouth album

[quote name='foal30' post='1068496' date='Dec 24 2010, 08:36 AM']that's a good place to start, a really great record that one. I often recco Mingus - Blues and Roots Miles Davis - Kind of Blue and some anthology or collection of Ellington, Armstrong, Coltrane , Parker. lately I am listening to some Chris Potter, because I quite like the drummer[/quote] With Louis Armstrong im trying to sort through the ballads, which on spotify seesm to be 70% of his catalogue. I really like Basin Blues though and how unique Louis voice is. I will have to also look more into those listed above, especially Mingus.