Phil W Posted August 29, 2007 Share Posted August 29, 2007 I missed the first episode of the second series of The IT Crowd on Friday. But luckily, the whole episode is on youtube (at least till it gets pulled!) Very funny, enjoy! Quote http://philwbass.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil W Posted August 31, 2007 Share Posted August 31, 2007 The new extended family: http://usera.imagecave.com/feilik/bass006.jpg Well, the new ABG on the left was bought for me by the singer to do a project he's working on so it's borrowed; as is the Peavey fretted borrowed from my drumming friend. The acoustic guitar I bought in a charity shop today for £22. It needs a little work but it's not too bad and it'll be good for my son to learn on. http://usera.imagecave.com/feilik/bass001.jpg http://usera.imagecave.com/feilik/bass005.jpg Quote http://philwbass.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil W Posted August 31, 2007 Share Posted August 31, 2007 Enjoying playing the ABG though it's a relative cheapy £279 it has a beautiful upright-like acoustic tone. http://www.crafterguitars.com/gallery_acoustic/gallery_images/ba_400eq_n_large.jpg I think the fingerboard would benefit from flatwounds though. "BODY STYLE Acoustic Bass TOP Spruce BACK Ashwood SIDES Ashwood BRACING Bass Brace NECK Mahogany WIDTH AT NUT 43mm FRET BOARD Indian Rosewood SCALE LENGTH 812.8mm NO. OF FRETS 22 MACHINE HEADS Bass Chrome diecast tuners BRIDGE Indian Rosewood HARDWARE Chrome ELECTRONICS New LR-T Pro(Tuner) Preamp with L.R.Baggs Element Pick-up COLORS Natural FINISH Satin UNIQUE FEATURES Dovetail Neck Joint Dot position marks Bass Bridge Pin STRINGS Korean 4 strings Gauges: .040,.055,.075,.095" Quote http://philwbass.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil W Posted August 31, 2007 Share Posted August 31, 2007 Although, would it be quieter with flatwounds? Quote http://philwbass.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brocko777 Posted September 8, 2007 Share Posted September 8, 2007 First things first... Phil nice AB, I've got a Wasburn AB-20, had it for a few years and love it. I think the flats will definately give you a little loss in sound unfortunately. I've found as soon as you get a g****r or someone talking you are gonna need a lttle amplification to get heard... NOW... to my off topic... Gigged last night, wore my HALF Zaftig TEE which took ALL the ATTENTION away from my playing, thank you very much. But at this point I must regress..... I own. operate, struggle along, with my own business. I work at home, in my studio, on my computer, on the road.. i.e. everywhere. Earlier this week I was in the basement working on the computer and my business cell phone rings. I've got the tunes jamming working away, by no means being quiet. I look and it is my girlfriend calling who was earlier sleeping (upstairs). She is asking what I am doing and we talk. As this is happening I walk upstairs to greet her. Again, I am not being quiet or sneaking. I walk into the bedroom to continue the conversation and the horror of world comes over her face, screams like I am Micheal Meyers er something (OT I saw the new Rob Zombie "Halloween". I thought it was great!). She calms down.. I am laughing... she is mad at me! Okay, Told you that story so I could tell you this; I get home from the gig last night. Long, not a big crowd, kinda blah. As I pull in Boston's "Smokin'" is on the radio.. I love that song.. Listen to the solo section and get out. Meanwhile I see a little spider on my windshield. Amazed at tiny creatures I look from my birds eye view through the windshield at the spiders determind plan of whatever it is. Get out, thinking how much I "LOVE" loadout and transferin the gear into the house... I walk around the front of the van and there it is... on the ground in front of me. A 4-5 ft snake.. what kind? I have no clue.. big head the size of my fist. Mouth open looking at me. Well, I jump across the hood of the van. I am sure it looked more like a convuoltion (sp) more than anything. Sprank my ankle a little and wondering why I am not in this things mouth for his/her late evening snack. SOOOOOO, after I shove my heart back in my chest, I look to see a nice little Halloween prop sitting perfectly in the path of my travel to the house. Normally I would have seen it, said "How cute" and continued on with my doings. Perfect situation and timing, my mind was somewhere else, other than up my arse. I calmly entered the house and proceeded to attack my girlfriend laying in bed snickering under the covers.... oh, how I LOVE her!! "it is on.... it is SOOO on!" Have great weekend people, anyone scare or get the poo scared out of them lately? Brocko Quote Don't have a job you don't enjoy. If you're happy in what you're doing, you'll like yourself, you'll have inner peace. ~ Johnny Carson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil W Posted September 8, 2007 Share Posted September 8, 2007 :grin: Quote http://philwbass.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Geoff Posted September 9, 2007 Share Posted September 9, 2007 My broadband modem is plugged into the mains just behind the piano. Philly went to bed early last night. I didn't put the light on in case I disturbed her. I bent down to turn off the modem in the dark and totally BRAINED myself on the edge of the piano!! Cut & bleeding!! Wakened Philly up any with the bang, curses and the need for a BandAid!! Pah!!!!! G. Quote "When the power of love overcomes the love of power the World will know Peace": Jimi Hendrix http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=738517&content=music The Geoff - blame Caevan!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil W Posted September 9, 2007 Share Posted September 9, 2007 Ouch! Quote http://philwbass.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kramer Ferrington III. Posted September 11, 2007 Share Posted September 11, 2007 Have great weekend people, anyone scare or get the poo scared out of them lately? Not lately, but my wife and I have a habit of hiding in various places and leaping out at each other. Quote Band MySpace My snazzy t-shirt empire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brocko777 Posted September 11, 2007 Share Posted September 11, 2007 Have great weekend people, anyone scare or get the poo scared out of them lately? Not lately, but my wife and I have a habit of hiding in various places and leaping out at each other. We call that foreplay And G.- that's gonna leave a mark! Quote Don't have a job you don't enjoy. If you're happy in what you're doing, you'll like yourself, you'll have inner peace. ~ Johnny Carson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flemtone Posted September 11, 2007 Share Posted September 11, 2007 Why, oh why... My Lovely Wife and I went to Myrtle Beach, SC this past August for two weeks, paid premium rates for a nice condo unit in a beautiful building right on the water, top-floor accomodations. We love sitting on the balcony in the evenings listening to the sounds of the surf and totally relaxing. We were doing so when it began... Karaoke. By the pool. Directly underneath the balconies. With an open poolside bar. And a PA turned up to 11. My God. The horror. This went on every evening for the next four days, from 7 till 11 pm and happened every week. We asked the hotel management to scale the volume back a little. No go. We asked the DJ to tone it down a little. No go. Four nights out of seven, there were inebriated wanna-be's screeching their way thru songs that occasionally require some sort of vocal control. Ain't gonna happen. And they thought it was just soooo cute when they got their little kids (a group no older than 8 or 9) to sing the same song a couple of times every night. Something with a chorus of 'Sooo-i-cide...Soooo-i-cide'. A real Sesame Street Moment. Mr. Rogers would run screaming. Captain Kangaroo would stuff his ears with Mr. Greenjean's socks, then bash his head against Grandfather Clock. Next year, I think we'll go to our basement and put on an 'environments' record instead. Aside from that sonic nightmare, it was sure sweet to spend some chill-time with my honey-bun. Quote Play. Just play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
butcherNburn Posted September 11, 2007 Share Posted September 11, 2007 Revenge would be mine. Oh, I'd ask nicely to rectify the situation at first then I'd let the full forces of gravity to my advantage. I'd probably enlist the help of some seagulls too. Quote If you think my playing is bad, you should hear me sing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil W Posted September 11, 2007 Share Posted September 11, 2007 Flemtone, that sounds like a complete nightmare. Quote http://philwbass.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brocko777 Posted September 11, 2007 Share Posted September 11, 2007 yeah, that is scary. Quote Don't have a job you don't enjoy. If you're happy in what you're doing, you'll like yourself, you'll have inner peace. ~ Johnny Carson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flemtone Posted September 11, 2007 Share Posted September 11, 2007 Revenge would be mine. Oh, I'd ask nicely to rectify the situation at first then I'd let the full forces of gravity to my advantage. I'd probably enlist the help of some seagulls too. You're my hero. Quote Play. Just play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil W Posted September 12, 2007 Share Posted September 12, 2007 Oh! Just remembered that England are playing Russia at football in an important match. I've been bust working on spreadsheets for school all night and checking in on here. Turned the TV on and England already 2-0 up - 82 minutes gone, great - wow - now 3-0! Nice one! Great to see England playing with this much confidence! Quote http://philwbass.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil W Posted September 12, 2007 Share Posted September 12, 2007 And France 0 Scotland 1 right now!!!!! Come on Scots, hold on! Quote http://philwbass.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil W Posted September 12, 2007 Share Posted September 12, 2007 Oh yes! Final Score - France 0 Scotland 1 - stunning! :grin: Quote http://philwbass.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Geoff Posted September 12, 2007 Share Posted September 12, 2007 Yup, great result!!! Who'd have thought? Good performance by England too!! G. Quote "When the power of love overcomes the love of power the World will know Peace": Jimi Hendrix http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=738517&content=music The Geoff - blame Caevan!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlrush Posted September 13, 2007 Share Posted September 13, 2007 Revenge would be mine. Oh, I'd ask nicely to rectify the situation at first then I'd let the full forces of gravity to my advantage. I'd probably enlist the help of some seagulls too. You're my hero. I have never understood karaoke. Even if I was drunk I wouldn't want to do it. Quote Visit my band's new web site. www.themojoroots.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MongoN1 Posted September 13, 2007 Share Posted September 13, 2007 PaulHave you tried training small forrest creatures to do he chores for you?Watch snow white, apparently if you sing well enough they will do all maner of menial chores and you can practice playing bass while singing.Just call me the idea guru. Quote Mongo Play Bass - It have more than 1 Strings www.thick-n-thin.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mondoray Posted September 13, 2007 Share Posted September 13, 2007 Maybe you could get a refund from hotel,or go back bringing mice and cockroaces with you Quote 1977fender telecaster bass . Washburn status, ch guitar 8 string , schecter elite diamond series 5 string. Steinberger xm2 custom.the list goes on.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MongoN1 Posted September 13, 2007 Share Posted September 13, 2007 I just had an idea.Jam-aoke , just pull together a rythm section and some fake books. and you can make lots of cash backing up bad singers.Record mp3s of the mayhem and sell it back to the singers online.Watch out American Idol cause here comes the Jamerican Idle.Why? Cause drunk people are fun to watch. Quote Mongo Play Bass - It have more than 1 Strings www.thick-n-thin.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil W Posted September 13, 2007 Share Posted September 13, 2007 I did that once. For charity. The singers had to donate. Quote http://philwbass.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flemtone Posted September 14, 2007 Share Posted September 14, 2007 I used to run an Open Mic, and backed up a bunch of the "singers". Considered joining a monastery that required taking a vow of silence, considered poking icepicks thru my eardrums. All these thoughts came back this summer. Mondoray, we thought about buying a boombox and a bunch of John Tesh disks to overdrive the karaoke, but realized that'd be too cruel. Then we considered a boombox with a 'Sounds of the Ocean' Environments CD but, knowing us, we would accidentally pick up "Automobile Crash Hi-Jinx" or "Great Railroad Disasters". We just couldn't take the chance. Instead, we just waited until after 11, then listened to the sounds of the surf. Before 11, we just did a "MST3K" on the singers. Quote Play. Just play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeronyne Posted September 14, 2007 Share Posted September 14, 2007 000000000000000_000000000000000 00000000000000___00000000000000 0000000000000_____0000000000000 000000000000_______000000000000 00000000000_________00000000000 0_____________________________00 000_____________ _________ 0000 00000 ___________________ 00000 0000000_________________0000000 000000_________0_________000000 00000_______0000000_______00000 0000_____0000000000000_____0000 000___0000000000000000000___000 00_0000000000000000000000000_00 8888888888888888888888888888888 8888___88888888888888888___8888 888_____888888888888888_____888 888_____888888888888888_____888 888_____888888888888888_____888 888_____888888888888888_____888 888_____888888888888888_____888 888_____888888888888888_____888 888_____88____888____88_____888 888_____8______8______8_____888 888_____8______8______8_____888 888_____8______8______8_____888 888_____8______8______8_____888 888_____8____888888888888888888 888_____8___88_____________8888 888_____8__88_______________888 888______888_________________88 888________88_________________8 888__________88_______________8 888____________88_____________8 888_____________88___ Quote "For instance" is not proof. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flemtone Posted September 15, 2007 Share Posted September 15, 2007 wait, shouldn't that be... 000000000000000_000000000000000 00000000000000___00000000000000 0000000000000_____0000000000000 000000000000_______000000000000 00000000000_________00000000000 0____________________________00 000_____________ _________ 0000 00000 ___________________ 00000 0000000_________________0000000 000000_________0_________000000 00000_______0000000_______00000 0000_____0000000000000_____0000 000___0000000000000000000___000 00_0000000000000000000000000_00 9999999999999999999999999999999 9999___99999999999999999___9999 999_____999999999999999_____999 999_____999999999999999_____999 999_____999999999999999_____999 999_____999999999999999_____999 999_____999999999999999_____999 999_____999999999999999_____999 999_____99____999____99_____999 999_____9______9______9_____999 999_____9______9______9_____999 999_____9______9______9_____999 999_____9______9______9_____999 999_____9____999999999999999999 999_____9___99_____________9999 999_____9__99_______________999 999______999_________________99 999________99_________________9 999__________99_______________9 999____________99_____________9 999_____________99___ Hmmmm? Quote Play. Just play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul K Posted September 15, 2007 Share Posted September 15, 2007 Flemtone: Took me a minute to figure it out; I'm not too smart. Very witty! Quote Things are just the way they are, and they're only going to get worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil W Posted September 17, 2007 Share Posted September 17, 2007 Derby 1 Newcastle 0! Yeah!!!!!!!!!!! Quote http://philwbass.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil W Posted September 26, 2007 Share Posted September 26, 2007 Yay! I have a gig on Saturday after what feels like months but is probably weeks . . . a party in Twickenham playing covers. Quote http://philwbass.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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