[taffaroo]

hello to you all!!!

junior and myself think that a bass discussion thread would be handy. so do with this what you like. rules still apply but this is/can be as off topic as you like.

enjoy......

[dansbass]

This is going to take some getting used to. We're not used to being able to talk topics that aren't bass related ( a good thing I thought) but still, maybe this thread will prove to be a good idea in due course.

Dan

[junior01]

Canadian beer is the best beer in the world!!!

It is an election day here in Canada, i'm going to get drunk, then i'm gonna vote...

Nah, i'm a responsible citizen, plus i studied in politics so off i go to check out election night...

[dansbass]

Oh, Taff I forgot to ask, is that a left-handed Les Paul copy I see in your sig? Whats that doing there? Joining the dark side are we?!

Dan

[joelhike07]

i noticed that too. why is it left-handed?

[station]

why is it a guitar?

Rip off those pansy strings and get some boomers on that guitar....somehow.

I have always wondered if that were possible/feasible.

[station]

by the way, I need an opinion on band names.....

The...'s

or

The Few and Far Between?

Lets hear it.

[onstandby]

Neither of them are very good, in my opinion.

[taffaroo]

Oh, Taff I forgot to ask, is that a left-handed Les Paul copy I see in your sig? Whats that doing there? Joining the dark side are we?!

Dan

well thats a short story so i'll tell it!!


its as simple as my dad (guitar) and brother (bass) are left handed. the lp is a bad westfield copy with a warped neck, the only reason its on the wall is because it looks nice!!! my brother, who doesnt really play any more has a squier precision and my dad has an extremely lovely 70's ibanez copy of lp recording.

as for going to the dark side, i nearly did!! when i first started playing i used to play my brothers and dads stuff upside down, quite strange

[taffaroo]

by the way, I need an opinion on band names.....

The...'s

or

The Few and Far Between?

Lets hear it.

dont be a 'the' band. make your name something that will stick out. the only 'the' name that we nearly went for was 'the blind getaway drivers'

[junior01]

A "The" band name is not that bad. Like for examples "The Bad Neighbours".

But it is already taken

[station]

alright i will keep at band naming. I wanted to do "murphy's law" but some that is taken....selfish bastards. But it would have been perfect for our band, story time.

My school has as a concert each year and the profits go to help AIDs research. Since they need to raise money, they let all sorts of groups try out and then best 10 groups/acts get to perform. Well the auditions for this competition is on a tuesday. The weekend before there is the school band trip down to Virginia Beach.
It was bad timing with the auditions being on tuesday and we getting home monday, but whatever. I get home, sign online, and the first thing is that our lead guitarist got hit by a car and is in the hospital. So the day before the audition for the first gig, our lead guitarist has a broken leg and a concussion.

definitely murphy's law on that one. But the auditions were moved back two weeks (for unrelated reasons) and we did end up auditioning and performing while our lead guitarist had a broken leg. Hahaa but during the audition, my battery to my active pickup almost crapped out. haha good stuff.

[KTRTS]

by the way, I need an opinion on band names.....

The...'s

or

The Few and Far Between?

Lets hear it.

dont be a 'the' band. make your name something that will stick out. the only 'the' name that we nearly went for was 'the blind getaway drivers'

I take it you aren't a fan of 'The the'

[pimp_vince]

Canadian beer is the best beer in the world!!!

It is an election day here in Canada, i'm going to get drunk, then i'm gonna vote...

Nah, i'm a responsible citizen, plus i studied in politics so off i go to check out election night...

i'll drink to that...

i voted green... you?

[junior01]

Canadian beer is the best beer in the world!!!

It is an election day here in Canada, i'm going to get drunk, then i'm gonna vote...

Nah, i'm a responsible citizen, plus i studied in politics so off i go to check out election night...

i'll drink to that...

i voted green... you?

Red. And i'm glad that the orange got the balance of power. I'm from Quebec but i am in no way a soverainist...

[pimp_vince]

Canadian beer is the best beer in the world!!!

It is an election day here in Canada, i'm going to get drunk, then i'm gonna vote...

Nah, i'm a responsible citizen, plus i studied in politics so off i go to check out election night...

i'll drink to that...

i voted green... you?

Red. And i'm glad that the orange got the balance of power. I'm from Quebec but i am in no way a soverainist...

oh... i (being an albertan) don't want anything to do with the red. they're an ontario government.

i don't trust harper as far as i could throw him. then again i wouldn't get within a 100 feet of paul martin. it's really a matter of picking the lesser of two evils.

[jalfordvidman]

Who won the Parliment majority anyways? I don't keep up with Canadian politics all that much, and was just wondering how the Conservitives made out.

[dansbass]

Canadian beer is the best beer in the world!!!

It is an election day here in Canada, i'm going to get drunk, then i'm gonna vote...

Nah, i'm a responsible citizen, plus i studied in politics so off i go to check out election night...

i'll drink to that...

i voted green... you?

Red. And i'm glad that the orange got the balance of power. I'm from Quebec but i am in no way a soverainist...

oh... i (being an albertan) don't want anything to do with the red. they're an ontario government.

i don't trust harper as far as i could throw him. then again i wouldn't get within a 100 feet of paul martin. it's really a matter of picking the lesser of two evils.

*Apply this sentence to all political parties and politicians*



Dan

[pimp_vince]

Who won the Parliment majority anyways? I don't keep up with Canadian politics all that much, and was just wondering how the Conservitives made out.

Liberal: 135 seats
Conservative: 99 seats
Bloc Quebecois: 54 seats
NDP: 19 seats
Green Party: 0 seats
Independant: 1 seat
Marxist-Leninist: 0 seats
Communist: 0 seats
Marijuana: 0 seats
Canadian Action Party: 0 seats

[junior01]

Who won the Parliment majority anyways? I don't keep up with Canadian politics all that much, and was just wondering how the Conservitives made out.

Tne conservatives will be the official opposition. The Liberals will form the next government but they didn't get the majority of the chamber so they'll have to form some kind of coalltion with, most likely, the New Democratic Party. Unfortunatly that kind of government don't last the usual rem lenght wich is 4-5 years. The most pessimistic prediction is that it'll last about a year. On my part i think it'll last about 18 months.

Yeah that is the politic guy talking.