Recent content by Jamestrouton

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    DIY Headphones

    So today I put on a pair of noise-cancelling 'ear defenders' (http://www.diy.com/nav/fix/handtools-storage-workwear/protective-clothing-safety-equipment/ear-protection/B-and-Q-Standard-Ear-Defenders-Red-Black-12389453) in my school workshop, and looked through the window to see a friend of mine...
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    How old are you and when did you start playing bass?

    I'm 16, started learning, against my will at 13. To my shame I actually wanted to learn the 6 thin stringed thing...
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    My First Gig Trilogy: Music; Stage presence; and Finger Cramp.

    I'm not the most active poster on here but I needed to tell/ask someone who understands, and you lot are a knowledgeable bunch after all. FIRST INSTALLMENT Just yesterday (Friday) I played out for the first time ever! :hyper: In school there is a charity group called 'Lifeline' and they...
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    Dumb Craig's List Ads pt 3, now with brighter whiter dumb!

    Genuinely just read an ad that was titled "Sing us a Song, you b***ard." (without the asteri/asterix'/asterix's) It went something like this... "Sing us a Song, you b***ard. I'm stepping aside from vocals and concentrating on making face melting licks. But in order to that that we need a...
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    Bassists who like their guitarists?

    Only ever been in one band, but both guitarists would have been considered my best friends during my time with the band. Both were great musicians, and the lead guitarist in particular was ABSOLUTELY UNBELIEVABLEY GOOD in basically any genre he turned his hand to. I already knew the lead...
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    Show your Ramps!

    Excuse me for being behind... But what exactly is a ramp, and is there a particular reason, or than aesthetics, to installing one?
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    Bass Destruction, Then Restoration Project.

    If you want a dent of some sort to deal with, throw the body from a high place. You could also take a chisel and hammer to the pickup routes and deform it.
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    How often should strings be changed?

    This has probably been asked loads of times on here, but it is what it is. How do you know when the strings need changed? Roughly how often? Ps, Roundwounds or flatwounds for modern folk like Mumford & sons? And roundwounds or flatwounds for foo fighters, greenday, etc...?
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    Bass Destruction, Then Restoration Project.

    The bullet hole, duct tape and chain beating ideas's must, I repeat MUST, be carried out.
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    Stereotype the user above you part XXXVI: Thread names invited!!!

    ^ dinner = 1 lettuce leaf and a stick of asparagus
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    Ignorance at its best...

    Hats off to the other guys extended vocabulary ;)
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    The Next Queen?

    +1 If she was born in she would become Queen Regant.
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    Getting the younger generation into classic music

    I was thought the rock covers idea was brilliant, so i did some youtube searching and found these two for Beethovens 5th: YouTube - Electric Guitar-Beethoven's 5th Symphony [Rock Ver.] YouTube - Beethoven 5th by Steve Vai Fur Elise: YouTube - Fur Elise O Fortuna: YouTube - O...