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My acoustic short scale fretless bass. My goal was to build an acoustic that was as loud as possible without amplification. I failed. It isn't loud (enough). But I do enjoy playing it once in a while.

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its arrived. i have collected it from parcel force will update later everything jim has does has been fine Nightshift 12 hours catch up later cheers

Hi Basschat, The reason i purchased this bit of kit was through Janek Gwizdala who highly recommended it on one of his youtube VLOG's, have started filming a few live gigs with it, and the video and sound quality is actually great! Anyone else been using the Hero 5 Session?

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I'm sure I remember Doug confirming this exact thinking in his podcast interview with SBL. This topic (the original post mainly) basically highlights some peoples lack of understanding of what is sometimes necessary for full-time musicians to undertake, basically to monetise whatever you possibly can. Clearly there is a 'market' for his more esoteric solo performing, at trade shows, clinics etc etc, but as has been mentioned above, it probably represents a tiny percentage of the bass playing he undertakes daily. He's good at it, people will clearly pay him to do it, why wouldn't he play like that. In any case, the whole 'bass should stay in the low end' is the most boring, yet constantly visited, rhetoric going. These people are musicians, that they choose the bass guitar to represent their voice is a moot point. Those players will likely stick to a 'role' for a lot of their musical life, but who cares if they diverge if it's an enjoyable experience for them or someone else?! Si

Mine would be Troublegum by Therapy?

Purely personal and for very different reasons... Blues Brothers Soundtrack. Complete Madness - Madness. Hejira - Joni Mitchell. Mad Season - Mad Season. Live and Dangerous - Thin Lizzy. Live After Death - Iron Maiden.

I loved the JJ Burnel sound, and his bass on the Stranglers first album "Rattus Norvegicus" was what first made me listen to the bass guitar So that's my contribution - not necessarily my fave album these days, but it's what got me into bass

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magic. For me that's Flea (and the band) at their peak.

Hi, I stumbled upon an amazing Jamerson bass break on the 1968 Marvin Gaye track ‘At Last (I Found A Love)’ and decided to look at it in closer detail on my Jamerson Analysed blog. Full transcription, breakdown of the line and video available at http://www.jamersonanalysed.co.uk/2017/12/at-last-i-found-love-marvin-gaye-1968.html Enjoy! Chris

Hi all, It's been a while but I have finished another analysis of Jamerson's playing. This time I have looked at his bass break from Marvin Gaye's 'At Last (I Found A Love). The full article featuring my analysis, full transcription and cover video can be found here - Jamerson Analysed Or, if you just want to watch the video, you can do here - At Last (I Found A Love) Enjoy! Chris.

Hi guys - thought i would share this recent photo of my rig - am using a Fender Bassman 800 and 8x10 cab! its very smooth and punchy! anyone else using these or had any experience with them?

Here you go chaps- I had a V4 in the late 70s and decided for an early Xmas present to get the reissue, and pair it with a PF410. Sounds great, real old school. Dont know if I prefer this or my Mesa Bass buster 15 combo, but no doubt the speakers will take some wearing in before I decide. Cant believe how light this one is though, compared to my old one.

I felt it was exactly the right way to play a few songs that were in the last band's set. So that's what I did 🙂

Having built one I wouldn't attempt it without the pre-drilled enclosure. Not the easiest build with stacking PCBs, and it confirmed to me that I'm REALLY picky about compression (PWNZOR being the only one I've really liked that I've owned - carl martin optical thingy was ok). Sold it to @Gareth Hughes of this parish who likes it muchly - more than his original dbx.

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Not any more I'm afraid: http://www.factmag.com/2017/11/22/cakewalk-closes-sonar-development-ends/

excellent news i have collected it from parcel force depot. will chat later Nightshift time 12hours

I’m tempted, but very loyal to my Sansamp. It’s the mains only thing that bothers me...I know it’s because of the valve...but having battery/phantom power options (and no noise) is so useful 😜

I think you might be barking up the wrong tree if you think it's the preamp valves as they usually last a long time but are easy to change - might be worth a shot if it's sounding ruff

So this started with a generous offer from ikay to share his library of chords. And then all sorts pile in and the whole thing descends into the usual forum mire. Quite pathetic really isn’t it? I suspect that some guys here won’t venture out after dark without a comprehensive risk assessment and a man with a torch.

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good shout,great time for bass players,Japan,duran duran,talk talk,blue nile,pino etc

UE Boom 2. Fantastic.

The little Roland JC01 is great https://www.gear4music.com/Home-Audio/Roland-JC-01-Bluetooth-Audio-Speaker/1GGF Compared to my dad's Anker soundcore it's both louder and better quality. The EQ is a bit dodgy though, it doesn't work as you'd expect but you can dial in a good sound once you have a play with it.

I bought a Sony (XB20 I think) one from Argos, I think off their Ebay sales, about £55/60, its okay, I don't know much about bluetooth speakers so started off with this cheepie. Cases are available online but they won't hold the larger mains plug so I used an Apple usb wall plug.

I think the bit and sample knowns are mislabeled, big knob is samplerate, small is bits. And mooer is definitely acts quite differently depending on what you put into I compared to the Frantabit.

The mooer arrived this morning - I’ve had the briefest of plays with it, at the end of the signal chain - which includes the Future Attack and the Poly Mod Pro in front, with the FCB doing midi control on synth mix on the FI and frequency on the PolyMod Pro with a basic envelope follower on. After the tinkering, I can report that; 1. The switch to select instruments is best left at “guitar” - it’s just a filter and extracts all treble on the bass setting, with the synth being somewhere in the middle. 2. The synth sound I was using definitely worked best with a fairly narrow range on the “bit” dial - but the sounds are exactly what I was looking for, excellent 3. The way the tone reacts to the expression pedals for both the FI synth mix and frequency on the PolyMod is AMAZING!!! I’ll try to post some video later - but it looks like this was well worth doing. I’ve actually got another Boss EV-5 for the PolyMod Pro as the expression pedal input has a lot more scope (LFO speed, and more) than the MIDI mappable continuous controllers. There’s like 13 mapping for expression, onto a huge range of different parameters in the filter. I started my pedalboard after years of using a Podxt (which I do still use) because I had a Boss SYB-5 and the OC-2 octaver lying around for years, and wanted to use them again. The journey to this point has been a revelation - so much tweakability; and some patch-based capability too, which I really do like in an effects rig.

Sounds killer. Band is super tight. Saw you guys in the summer, was a wicked show. I want an Elite in that turquoise colour 😍

Yep, nice work Bill, cutting through the mix like a hot knife thru Butter!

Like it a lot, very nice job, but having an acoustic sounding loud enough can't be achieved with an archtop which will be more focused on mids, that was your only "mistake", even if I don' t like the word in this case. Put a Fishman BP100 in (on will be more appropriate) it and you'll have a very very good sounding bass, I can swear it as your conception will ccorrect the default of the BP100 which it's tendency to be a bit muddy.

Nice work! I have a Mooer Tender Octaver which is essentially a tiny MicroPOG clone, I love playing fake guitar through it. If you want to go FULL fat though, get the HOG2 with the additional preset and expression pedals. You can have a preset that adds a 5th up, use the filter as a wah, drone a background note or chord, all kinds of crazy stuff!

Yep sounds good bro. Dont put this in the compressor thread or effects forum though, one side will praise you for using nothing, the other half will suggest what you should have used....!

For me, master of puppets. The playbook on thrash bass, and fuzz tones. The next step from geezer IMO blood sugar sex magik. Consistently great work- some totally leftfield, but consistently tuneful and influential number of the beast. Steve really hits his stride here, the tunes are mostly written on bass and it shows 😉 Control denied. Steve digiorgio really pushing the envelope on fretless playing in an extreme style. Death jazz if you will 😉 Blues brothers ost. A superb intro to duck Dunns playing. Just beautiful. Any of the Oscar Peterson albums with Ray brown on bass. Sublime Who's next. Great arrangements and mind blowing playing

Why would that happen? Does anyone rummage around behind your cab during the set? If that's the case get the speakons! I spent some 30 years touring and gigging with 1/4" plugs and never had a problem. I never saw anyone else have a problem in that time, either. That's why I don't accept that these things are inherently not fit for purpose. Don't use the wrong leads, and don't unplug the amp during the set and you won't have a problem. Do any of those things and it's not the plugs fault!! These days the bigger Ampeg amps do have speakons. They also still provide 1/4" sockets and their owner's manuals recommend using the speakons at "high output power levels". Why they still provide 1/4" sockets I don't know but for those guys to provide them, I guess they are expecting us to use them, and without breaking the gear when we do!

Here’s the first of my three: Overwater Perception 5 defret and refinish by DWilson Guitars.

SS amps hate very low impedance loads or shorted outputs, tubes hate very high impedance loads or no load. The one saving grace of a 1/4" output with tubes is that you can use a switching jack to short the output transformer secondary to prevent damage if there's no speaker plugged in to the amp. Fender has used that arrangement since the 50s. The Fender switch is on the Speaker jack, not the Extension Speaker jack, so if you plug into the extension rather than the speaker jack the switch remains closed and you get no output. I doubt there's a Fender owner who ever lived that didn't find that out the hard way, even to the point of thinking the amp was blown. Tubes are also almost immune to too low an impedance. Back when I didn't know any better I ran Fenders into 1 ohm loads all the time with no ill effect.

+ three for Rattus. Also consider Euroman Cometh by JJ Burnel, fantastic grindy bass lines, guaranteed to rattle your speakers!

Exactly, Individual Thought Patterns isn't Death's best album, but it is (IMO) Steve Di Giorgio's best performance with them.

Slightly off topic. Did anyone see the news last night, the 84 year old lady sprinter? Music I think is brilliant for mental agility.

Nope; they're not even OK for guitar.

Just to be argumentative, I don't think neck construction, neck joint, bridge construction and/or attachment or tuners make any difference to how a bass sounds either, but that's just my opinion of course. When I swap out stock tuners for Hipshot Ultralites there is no difference in 'tone' and they are very different, engineering-wise. In my view its strings, pickups and the position of the pickups that make the difference. Most basses sound a lot like... basses.

I once managed with a '63 Chevrolet. I wouldn't want to do so again.

You should have it on standby for probably at least 20 minutes before you fire it up, and also when you switch it off, leave for 20 minutes (if possible) to cool down before you move it. In other words, make it the first thing you do when you arrive at gigs or rehersals!