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Mari

04-29-2009, 05:46 PM

04-29-2009, 05:57 PM

I play guitar, saxophone, bass, and half-assed drums...

Would love to learn the banjo, you know, to further my racist, redneck profile...;)

Mari

04-29-2009, 06:05 PM

I play guitar, saxophone, bass

Wow impressive and I have to admit my drumming is half assed aswell considering I don't have a kit just now. But one can always dream http://www.gretschdrums.com/Gretsch2008_Post_eBook/index.html#/24/

Mari

04-29-2009, 06:10 PM

Would love to learn the banjo, you know, to further my racist, redneck profile...;)

And I didn't understand that when you replied, but I've caught up now :o.

RobinHoodDaffy

04-29-2009, 06:11 PM

Would love to learn the banjo, you know, to further my racist, redneck profile...;)

Are you calling HIM a redneck?

http://www.news.com.au/common/imagedata/0,,5613248,00.jpg

After all he plays banjo and is from Mississippi.

04-29-2009, 06:38 PM

Are you calling HIM a redneck?

http://www.news.com.au/common/imagedata/0,,5613248,00.jpg

After all he plays banjo and is from Mississippi.

He is a chubby chaser. 'Bout all I can say 'bout that...

Alexsad

04-29-2009, 06:50 PM

I play the Baritone (Not to well).
I used to play drums and guitar.
And I know how to play basic piano songs.

JasterIsFett

04-29-2009, 07:45 PM

I play guitar and bass. I attempt to play drums on occasion and am currently learning el piano.

Erasmus Cunk

04-29-2009, 08:07 PM

Bass guitar, baby.

http://images.miretail.com/products/optionLarge/Fender/574684jpg.jpg

^^^

I don't have one of these but I want one, oh lordy I want one.

RobinHoodDaffy

04-29-2009, 09:01 PM

http://www.learnbassguitar.info/wp-content/uploads/7768a3dd81f049e.jpg

And this ladies and gentlemen, is what my bass looks like, only there is chrome under the knobs.

...of course, that's what she said.

By-tor

04-29-2009, 11:07 PM

There can be only One...
http://www.pixelaxel.de/uploads/images/3D/gallery/gallery_Rickenbacker_4001_3D_04.jpg

Well, maybe two...
http://www.3dentourage.com/425/Rimg1080.jpg

RobinHoodDaffy

04-29-2009, 11:27 PM

I like the Ric sound, but I have always played P's.

Cuclean

04-30-2009, 12:01 AM

There can be only One...
http://www.pixelaxel.de/uploads/images/3D/gallery/gallery_Rickenbacker_4001_3D_04.jpg

Well, maybe two...
http://www.3dentourage.com/425/Rimg1080.jpg

And which motherfucker is forever embedded on your arm?

Firestone2489

04-30-2009, 12:19 AM

I own the shittiest bass ever but can't play it. This is exactly what I have.
http://www.americanmusical.com/ProductImages/Large/p26012.jpg

RobinHoodDaffy

04-30-2009, 12:20 AM

I own the shittiest bass ever but can't play it.

I wondered what happened after I pawned it.

Firestone2489

04-30-2009, 12:23 AM

Nah, I bought that bad boy brand new... it's now sitting in the stand collecting dust without strings.

RobinHoodDaffy

04-30-2009, 12:30 AM

I was given a hella shitty bass after I started playing. It was from a family member. I tried to point out that I had a Fender, but they wouldn't listen.

Lotism

04-30-2009, 12:44 AM

Erm, I played the Clarinet for about 4 years. Honestly I'd love to learn how to play the guitar. And If I could have anyone teach me, it would be Slash from Guns n' Roses.

By-tor

05-01-2009, 12:51 PM

And which motherfucker is forever embedded on your arm?Guess. ;)
http://c3.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/81/l_2b279045d3094aa927d96a5deeeb0db2.jpg (http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.editAlbumPhoto&albumID=635918&imageID=823042)

Aaron

05-01-2009, 01:33 PM

Ive been contemplating trying to play bass recently.
I had fun fake playing it in By-tor's garage

By-tor

05-01-2009, 01:37 PM

Ive been contemplating trying to play bass recently.
I had fun fake playing it in By-tor's garageWhen you get back to my place after DragonCon, I'd be glad to give ya some pointers. Yeah, pointers. :D;)

Jason_Brown

05-01-2009, 06:50 PM

I'm back to classical guitar, after a long detour into jazz and rock (and fretless bass).

Miguel Sanchez

05-02-2009, 12:34 PM

I plays me some bass

My Babies..

http://www.cranesmusicstore.com/images/TAB-2-STO-MED.jpg
http://www.guitarshop.net/daisyrock/daisy_bass_white_pop.jpg

Rev. Jetstream

05-07-2009, 08:52 AM

Wow, didn't realize this was Basscon '09
I play:
http://www.americanmusical.com/ProductImages/Large/24663.jpg
&
http://www.reverendguitars.com/reverend/images/guitars/bolt_on_series/jetstream_hb/jetstream_hb_fm.jpg
Except in the discontinued red
Also acoustic guitar, theremin, stylophone, and anything else I can dig up.

puggso_32

05-07-2009, 02:00 PM

Why didn't I know this existed!

So first off is the bagpipes. Played them for near on 12 years now. Very stereotypical to be Scottish and play them...but we don't all do it. Just some of us.

I'm in a band, this is us competing at the World championships last year:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4j9pBvikz2I&feature=PlayList&p=A00A4C6DC6612DDB&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=5

Also played drum kit in a couple of bands...one of which featured in some wee podcast no one has ever heard of ;)

Can dabble on bass and guitar but would never claim to be decent on either.

Brains

05-10-2009, 06:50 PM

Play drums, and may yet learn to play th' gi-tar. But man, I've an aged Peace kit with no cash-mow-nay for new bits.
I'll post a pic of the cymbals tomorrow, they must be seen.

Mari

05-11-2009, 04:59 PM

Very stereotypical to be Scottish and play them...but we don't all do it.

I'm in a band, this is us competing at the World championships last year:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4j9pB...rom=PL&index=5

Don't we? ;)

Wow, that's excellent - where were they held?

And Friend

05-12-2009, 01:40 AM

I played clarinet awhile ago. Right now I mostly play guitar. An Eastwood Hi Flyer and a messed up Squire Strat I use for alternate tunings and prepared guitar. Both left-handed. I want to customize a lefty mustang at some point and find a lefty Bass VI somewhere (a bass with a trem??? yes).

puggso_32

05-12-2009, 02:08 AM

Don't we? ;)

Wow, that's excellent - where were they held?

Glasgow Green. Held there every year :)

And Friend

05-12-2009, 04:27 PM

Why aren't there more guitars with two-piece/floating bridges? It's more or less the most comfortable and versatile trem system ever

Mari

05-12-2009, 05:29 PM

Glasgow Green. Held there every year :)

Thanks, I would like to go along :).

puggso_32

05-12-2009, 05:35 PM

Thanks, I would like to go along :).

15th August :D

Mari

05-12-2009, 05:48 PM

I'm there :D!

Weesyboy

05-14-2009, 03:39 AM

puggso_32

05-14-2009, 07:04 AM

I'm there :D!

Beer tent bound!

Mari

05-14-2009, 04:29 PM

Beer tent bound!

Hell yeah! :cool:

By-tor

05-14-2009, 04:39 PM

i would do messed up things to own a Rickenbacker.For my Blackie, all I had to do was turn 17. Birthday present from my parents. :) The second one I got all too cheaply. One of my best friends(best man in my wedding) was about to lose it in a pawn shop. I bought his pawn ticket for $250.

puggso_32

05-14-2009, 05:56 PM

Hell yeah! :cool:

Just have plenty of dosh or a sneaky cargo as a pint runs about £3

Mari

05-16-2009, 01:20 PM

Just have plenty of dosh or a sneaky cargo as a pint runs about £3

Ah thanks for the warning, gotta do the same for TITP this year as it's £3.50 a drink and you can't get anything into the campsite until Friday night :rolleyes:.

wanderingquesadila

05-16-2009, 11:47 PM

Guitars seem to abound here, but I'm no different. I taught myself the acoustic guitar to learn fingerstyle pieces. If you don't know fingerstyle, and you like solo guitar instrumental new-agey stuff, I guess, check out Michael Hedges. There are some videos on youtube. The man was a god.
From there I branched off onto the electric. Both very fun. Played in a ska band for a bit, oddly enough.

Jason_Brown

05-17-2009, 01:05 PM

I love Michael Hedges. I got to meet him, briefly, after a show in the late '80s. It still bums me out that he died so young. I used to know how to play "Layover" and my own bastardized adaptation of "Because It's There" (one of his harp-guitar pieces).

wanderingquesadila

05-18-2009, 01:33 AM

That is awesome. I unfortunately did not even get into his music until long after he died. It was a tragedy. I learned how to play tons of his stuff (not anywhere near perfectly, obviously) including Ragamuffin, Bensusan, and Aerial Boundaries. Glad there's another Hedges fan here :)

Jason Shiffy

06-04-2009, 12:17 PM

I play the guitar :)

Spleck

06-04-2009, 12:35 PM

Hey, does anyone on the boards have musical talent? (Besides By-tor and Phitzy (Uke) and Aaron (Rock piano):p). I favour the drums personally. And if you could get a music lesson from anyone you liked who would you choose?

I Sing and play guitar in www.myspace.com/fearthefoliage

play a bit of drums too. I'd love a music lesson from Tom Vek! Man made an amazing album by himself!

Aaron

07-15-2009, 04:38 AM

I want this

http://www.bassemporium.com/images_products/hofner50050th.jpg

Hard

JasterIsFett

07-15-2009, 04:59 AM

Slightly related, Aaron.

My friend likes it so much that he got it tattooed on the inside of his left forearm.

He has no picture, but I will bother him until I get one.

Aaron

07-15-2009, 05:12 AM

My friend likes it so much that he got it tattooed on the inside of his left forearm.

What kind of idiot would do that?

Eh, By-tor?

RobinHoodDaffy

07-15-2009, 05:30 AM

I used to have a replica, and it was awesome. Until I pawned it. I used the money to buy tickets to see the Ramones. Then they broke up and died. I made the right choice, I feel.

Aaron

07-15-2009, 05:42 AM

I've seen some replicas for pretty cheap (about 150 euros) and I'm considering it.
But are replicas evil?

RobinHoodDaffy

07-15-2009, 06:32 AM

I've seen some replicas for pretty cheap (about 150 euros) and I'm considering it.
But are replicas evil?

They can be. Don't buy it unless you get to play it first. If you want the sound that a good Hofner has, you need to make sure the hollow body resonates well and the pick-ups aren't so cheap that you lose the sustain. In fact, I would never buy an instrument without playing it first.

Except maybe a harmonica.:D

Aaron

07-15-2009, 06:40 AM

They can be. Don't buy it unless you get to play it first. If you want the sound that a good Hofner has, you need to make sure the hollow body resonates well and the pick-ups aren't so cheap that you lose the sustain. In fact, I would never buy an instrument without playing it first.

Except maybe a harmonica.:D

Yeah, you see, I wouldnt be able to tell if any of that was the case or not.

... I need to bring a bass player to a music shop.

puggso_32

07-15-2009, 06:44 AM

Yeah, you see, I wouldnt be able to tell if any of that was the case or not.

... I need to bring a bass player to a music shop.

Ah the old 'I want to play an instrument.....oooh bass seems easy' theory :rolleyes:

The amount of mates I have that own basses which sit and collect dust is unreal!

Aaron

07-15-2009, 06:57 AM

Well I like playing guitar, I'm not that good but I enjoy it. Wanted to play some bass for the same reason, I would enjoy it.

Unless you play in a band, any instrument is going to collect dust. Unfortunately I don't have any mates here who I can play with but I still like to play a little from time to time.

phit_demon

07-15-2009, 08:55 AM

Aaron

07-15-2009, 09:11 AM

We really need to find a drummer and start jamming

puggso_32

07-15-2009, 09:29 AM

We really need to find a drummer and start jamming

Rock piano can be your drums!!!

Aaron

07-15-2009, 09:30 AM

I doesnt have a drum beat loop in it I'm afraid :(

By-tor

07-15-2009, 10:36 AM

Yeah, you see, I wouldnt be able to tell if any of that was the case or not.

... I need to bring a bass player to a music shop.I'll be over tomorrow.....if you buy my ticket. :p

Oh, and if it ain't...

http://www.pixelaxel.de/uploads/images/3D/gallery/gallery_Rickenbacker_4001_3D_04.jpg
..it ain't worth a shite. :D

Aaron

07-15-2009, 10:50 AM

This guy would argue with you

http://www.thebeatles.com.br/pics2007/instrumentos/baixo-hofner/hofner04.jpg

By-tor

07-15-2009, 10:54 AM

I doubt it...

http://www.thecanteen.com/rickwings.gif
http://www.thecanteen.com/paulsric.gif

Aaron

07-15-2009, 10:55 AM

Ha!
Touche

puggso_32

07-15-2009, 12:26 PM

I doesnt have a drum beat loop in it I'm afraid :(

We once did a short demo in a mates house where I had to improvise drum beats on a keyboard.

...results? Not bad actually!

Aaron

07-15-2009, 12:38 PM

Probably a shit base, but you can't beat the price!
http://www.thomann.de/ie/thomann_bass_set_b5.htm

Spleck

07-15-2009, 12:54 PM

http://www.vintageguitars.org.uk/graphics/FenderTelecasters.jpg

My guitar is the sunburst one behind the blue one. It was a dream of mine to have that guitar so i can die happy now :D

beckpoppins

07-15-2009, 01:03 PM

i can play a smidgen of something on a lot of instruments, which makes me kind of music retarded.

i play (like actually play) the bass, cello, bass guitar.

I can play a couple of tunes on the guitar and i can play "thunder road" on the piano.

I can fiddle about on a violin and it don't sound bad.

i really want a concertina hardcore though.....

and a mandolin.

TomHarrington

07-15-2009, 01:04 PM

But are replicas evil?

You're thinking of Replicants. You can get some good deals on knock-off instruments, but JJ is right about playing them first.

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Qzd9HIsRWeA/SDEXvoZJxpI/AAAAAAAAIj8/zupfVIctX_Q/s400/Harrison+Ford.jpg

mitch_the_conquistador

07-15-2009, 01:45 PM

I play guitar, bass, ukelele, a little bit of drums, keyboard, violin, and cello. Plus I sing wonderfully. I'm awesome!!!!!!!!!!!:rolleyes:

I own an Epiphone SG, a Fender Jazzmaster, and an assortment of cheapo but alright instruments. Between them and my comics it's a wonder I can fit my bed in my house. I've played in a variety of bands but nothing ever really took off because of various carry on's.

I'd love Tom Morello and Jimmy Page to teach me some shit on guitar, and Flea to help me improve on bass.

Music is great!

TomHarrington

07-15-2009, 02:12 PM

I play guitar. I play bass. I can sing, rap, and dance in just one show. I'm not Kangol, Mr. Sophisticata, but I play him on TV. Most days I play possum. I play the fool, I play the percentages, I play the hand I'm dealt. I play hard and I work. I play on words. See Emily play? Hate the game, not the playa. Play it, Sam. This post is played out.

Discomfort

07-15-2009, 09:10 PM

I pound around on my drum kit in the spare room.
I got my son beating on them and keeping a simple beat when he was 4, so he will be better than me in no time

I can also make up goofy songs on a quart guitar with plastic like strings. They sound best if the guitar is a lot out of tune

Been teaching my self a bit of the old harmonica, but the lady hates it so I gotta practice in the car alone.

Aaron

07-20-2009, 12:28 PM

Just put a bid on for an electric bass today.
21 pound english.
Auction is finished Saturday.
If I get away with that I'll be laughing.

puggso_32

07-20-2009, 06:11 PM

Just put a bid on for an electric bass today.
21 pound english.
Auction is finished Saturday.
If I get away with that I'll be laughing.

Ahem...sterling ;)

Aaron

07-21-2009, 06:08 AM

... same thing. :p

puggso_32

07-21-2009, 06:49 AM

... same thing. :p

http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2007/11/funny-pictures-why-i-oughta-cat.jpg

Aaron

11-29-2009, 05:03 PM

I figure you guys would know.
http://cgi.ebay.ie/Rodeo-Finesse-4-String-Electric-Bass-Guitar-Natural_W0QQitemZ310185180123QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK _Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV?hash=item48387a3bd b#ht_3958wt_1167

How shit?
Keep in mind I'm poor and this would be the one I'd learn on.

McMarcoP

11-30-2009, 03:55 AM

The amount of mates I have that own basses which sit and collect dust is unreal!

So THAT is why I can't find a band in the area!

puggso_32

11-30-2009, 02:46 PM

So THAT is why I can't find a band in the area!

Pretty much sir

McMarcoP

12-01-2009, 03:46 AM

Pretty much sir

Might actually have been the usual Famous Last Words, by the way, but we'll see.
Weird, in Italy where I come from you find the same attitude with (electric) guitars - every arsehole has one, including my cousin who never bothered to learn to play but is rich enough to afford a Stratocaster and therefore used to play in a band. Until they started playing before an audience and everybody realised he was really shite.