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I'm basically a fretless player : sixers for the ego, one of them having 31 positions ("frets") for even greater ego. I'm also playing a 6 strings 3/4 EUB : ego, I told you. They all are unlined and my intonation is always good as I play with ears not eyes as everyone is telling it. In fact, I hate side dots at the fretted position as they are just confusing me when I take a look at the fretboard. The problem with the lines is that, in the beginning, you'll have a tendency to play right on it which will make you sound sharp. You'll also notice that your fretting fingers will not have the same hardness from day to day so you'll have to correct it by ear. There are four tricks for the beginners and others : 1. Use opened strings to check your intonation as they must be perfectly tuned. 2. Play chords from time to time, again to check your intonation : this is unforgiving. 3. Use a very good tuner like the TC Electronic Polytune in strobe mode to check if you are perfectly in tune. 4. When playing a fretted bass, play on the frets to develop your muscle memory. Use your ears, then lined or unlined won't make any difference. And don't forget to have your fretless bass perfectly set up by a real luthier as it's the key to perfect intonation. I would also add to play as often as possible in the higher positions to develop your ear precision.3 points
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Any excuse to post a pic of my beloved 250 SMX. It doesn’t matter which class D heads I try (and some of them are pretty good), none of them come close to classic TE 😎3 points
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Here's what I did with my Jake last weekend...3 points
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Please gentlemen, let us not resort to violins.3 points
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No, really? The point is there is no need for lines. Do what violinists do and use your ears. Jaco had lines because he took the frets off a standard Jazz, not because he needed them2 points
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Hi , i started working with Adrian about 2 years ago and the lead time for a custom bass was around 8/10 weeks (roughly). Its now up to 16/20 I guess (if you keep in mind those are made to order only , so delays can happen i suppose. That's just the way it goes....). And prices have gone up to kinda control demand (even if Adrian is not about money, he told me he would never build a 5k JB). Factory has recently expanded to be able to use all machines at all times (in previous place while X was using machin Z, Y couldn't use machine B) and keep up with orders. 1st time i went to Public peace (about 2 years ago too i suppose) it was literally FILLED UP with basses. My DREAM place to be ....probably about 500... not sure. Well its now getting emptier and emptier. Every time we go there's less ... (im about 90 minutes away i guess) ... starting from 4 instruments in 2005.... proof with patience ... anything can be done. 4 instruments , 3 luthiers , a Factory about to go under... 13/15 years later there's around 450 custom bass per year (600 total , around that) and about 14 luthiers full time... Amazing success story and i got so much respect for the boss for that....2 points
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And Lord Percy discovered Green. The original Trace Elliot design team.2 points
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Basically, how big is your ego? Si2 points
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Your favourites.? For all those that dig Soul and Funk and Groove. I can only hope it lasts as long as Pete's thread. Post your favourite soul and funk right here. This will do for now. Early Maceo Parker and the Macks.One of the best funk records I've ever heard. His sax, the drums, the bass, and the absolutely amazing horn section, never get old. Just to say this was always a follow on from Pete's old thread. I spoke to him when he was really ill. He said,.. Keep the funk going.1 point
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1978 Fender Telecaster Custom and Original Fender Case. PRICE DROPPED TO £2350. £2300 Time to sell this lovely example. It’s in great condition and with the exception of a couple of saddle screws, all original. Although it is often quoted online, that the seventies Fenders are all heavy and poorly put together with sloppy fitting necks etc. this forty year old guitar definitely does not fall in to that category. The neck is a lovely fit in the pocket. The controls work faultlessly. All hardware is present and correct, including the original ash tray/bridge cover. Truss rod functions as it should. The weight is 8lb 6oz. The one piece body looks great. Finish is good with a few dings and buckle rash. The pick guard is all intact, with slight buckling and a scratch, which should all be visible in the photos. The neck is comfortable and the radius is 7.25. Width at nut is 42.25 mm. Frets are still very good, with just a little grooving under the G, to the first few. Tuning, playing and intonation are not affected. The case is in great condition and all latches work perfectly. Plenty of photos attached, which will hopefully show all the details that you need. I looked for a long time to find a good vintage Tele and have been very happy with my purchase. Reason for sale is that I’m only gigging on bass, my guitar playing is just at home, for my own enjoyment and my Tribute G&L is all I really need for that at the moment. Price is £2,450 £2350 which I’m hoping is right given the age and great condition. Collection much preferred, I’m in Herts. If postage is required I will provide a costing to include insurance cover. Cash or Bank Transfer ideally, although I can take Pay Pal payment if you cover the fees. I’m not suggesting friends/family, whereby you get no protection but rather paying slightly more to cover the fees. Happy to discuss this. Any questions, offers, or if additional photos are required just message me.1 point -
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. Time to clear some stuff again as I really don't use my fivers !!! So for sale or trade for a 6 stings bass ONLY : STANFORD B 61 CM 5 FL OP (lined fretless) with brand new Thomann Jumbo Acoustic Bass Hard Case, brand new Thomastik Acoustic Bass Set AB344 + AB34035 C-String (tuned from E to C) and an used (but still good sounding) set of D'Addario EPBB170-5 (so it can be tuned to B to G) ! A really good sounding acoustic lined fretless bass which sounds also very good plugged : you won't believe it's the "low cost" version of the FURCH... Shipping included to your place in these European countries : Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France (excluding French overseas departments and territories), Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxemburg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom. Parcel shipped in ultra well protected box will be fully insured with tracking number. Asking price for a straight sale : £665 GBP or €750 Euros !!! Asking value in case of trade : £760 GBP or €850 Euros !!! This bass will cost you around £1.020 GBP or €1.150 Euros, with all that is included so grab this opportunity. PayPal payment (Friend payment or fee covered), bank transfer (IBAN and BIC codes provided, so no fee) or cash on collection. In fully working condition, with some very light use. Here are the specifications tuned from E to C (the action could vary slightly when tuned from B to G) : Scale : 34 inches. Strings spacing at nut : 9 mm Strings spacing at bridge : 18 mm Action : 2,5 mm under the E string at 12th fret (very low for an acoustic bass) Strings : Thomastik Acoustic Bass Set AB344 + AB34035 C-String Tuners : Stanford (Gotoh type) Bridge : Rosewood Pickup : Nautilus Spectral Electronics : Volume Neck : 1 piece mahogany set neck Fretboard : rosewood lined fretless (original) Dots : abalone on the side at the exact fret position Nut : plastic Trussrod : one Body : big jumbo mahogany with cutaway + very nice grain solid cedar top with faux tortoise binding on front and back Headstock : 3 + 2 Land of craftsmanship : Europe Weight : 2.5 kilograms (very light) Very well balanced, and really great sounding acoustic fretless bass with a nice mwah which could be more pronounced with non bronze strings. Will come with a brand new hard case with its two keys. Non smoking environment as usual. The bass has been fully set up professionally by Christophe LEDUC (the nut can accomodate E to C as well as B to G tuning without any modification), the trussrod is fully working and the bass has a new battery as well as a new Thomastik strings. What you see is what you get ! Look at the pictures to see the real condition. Absolutely no damage, only very light wear of time and playing (one tiny mark on the top as pictured). Don't hesitate to ask for more. Link : http://stanford-guitars.com/guitars/lo-freak/stanford-b-61-cm-5-string-fretless/ Here a video of the FURCH 4 fretless which is very similar in sound (mine sounds even better because of the Thomastik's) : Here the FURCH 5 fretted to give you an idea of how it sounds acoustically : Dust is offered. Now the real pictures : look at the woods !1 point -
I have to say, the house band for The Voice UK are just immense. I am a massive fan of Ash Soan on drums, such a slick player and Ben Epstein on bass is just a beast of a player and such a fat tone he’s got. The rest of the band are superb too but what a rhythm section. Ben Epstein also does a phenomenal job with Pete Ray Biggin Underground, what a talent. That is all....😂1 point
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I continue to be impressed at how close the 'Obsidian 7000' cops a B7K, including its knack of making any other dirt pedal going into it sound awesome. Obsidian 7000 with a (real) Alpha Omega switched on half way through: https://1drv.ms/u/s!ApKsVfvGwYkOiqVRHNPDvmbDsfumow1 point
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This is my third - I bought a B10 with a busted neck and the lefty B20 with a right handed B20 neck fitted (still has the original model  sticker on the back). It has the B10 body and preamp, B20 neck, pickups and hardware. The body was bashed about a bit so I sanded the whole thing to a matt finish except the ABT logo, with a touch of relic-ing to smooth out the dents. My first was a white B10, picked it up in the early nineties. I defretted it but lost it after losing contact with a guy who had it in his workshop. Second was another B10, this had been taken back to bare plywood and played lovely. I had a declutter and put it on eBay where it fetched the grand sum of £261 point
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B20 you say? If I had seen that for sale I may not have built this from two..1 point
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Funny how so many musicians are so different. Ive tried until I'm blue in the face to love Jazzes and Rays and there good...but I always end up feeling like I'm missing something... Strap a P on and its like being served my favourite meal...just plain satisfying.1 point
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https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F3325621403491 point
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Sold...thanks for asking though..1 point -
Some kind of Ibanez SR, and I'll guess at stock p/ups a red one of these: http://www.bassdirect.co.uk/bass_guitar_specialists/Ibanez_SR_700.html1 point
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I am doing the series/parallel switch switch idea is a good one even if I don't fully understand it, the boost it gave going through my Rumble 200 was noticeable .1 point
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This was mine! Very glad to see it back up and running... I actually found this hiding in a dark corner of a cash converters of all places! Due to it having a small body and me having a big body it just would never look right on me! But I couldn't leave it to die in a freakin' cash converters!!! Glad you're happy with it Kevin! I'm more than happy with the Overwater.1 point
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Assuming it's for tracking the bass alone (not 'live' with others playing...), just place the mic at mid-height about 1 metre or so in front of cab. Room acoustics will play a part in the sound recorded, so moving stuff around and trying different locations (cab in a corner, or in the middle of the room etc..?) could be rewarding. If there are others playing at the same time, it will be difficult to completely avoid 'bleed', but the mic at mid-cone height, horizontally halfway between cone centre and rim, 20 cm from the cab might be a place to start. More 'toppy' towards the cone centre, less towards the rim, distance to be adjusted by trial. Closer: less 'bleed', but less 'girth'. Just my tuppence-worth, subject to completion, correction and/or contradiction from others. Hope this helps.1 point
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Finally - NAMM Bass blog! See here: https://wp.me/p2ZbyY-Av1 point
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P's are peculiar in a way, and that simplicity can be deceptively difficult to make right. Try this, you might just be amazed..I know I was. Get some old well used dead flats off evil bay or somewhere...cheap. Then take ur practise rig outside where there's a bit of background noise, ie traffic, noisy neighbours..planes going overhead etc, now play it with a light touch and eh voila!..you will suddenly notice that flat sounding mid range come alive with a dry low punch....1 point
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Stevie Meatloaf Ziggy U2 Hits Police Hits Seger Motown Prog Kind of Blue Jaco (self titled) please!1 point -
We have a ‘no alcohol’ before or during gigs. Easy for me, as I pretty much have a ‘no alcohol’ rule for life.1 point
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Even worse when the perp is the drummer! At least singers can be jollied along a bit by the rest of the band, whereas it's usually just down to the bassist to try and sort the tempos out if the drummer is at fault. I speak from bitter experience....1 point
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Can I have CCR & 461 please but don't post yet as I'll look at the others when you list them. Thank you.1 point
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for full disclosure .. i have 3 of my own lol .... that's how much i believe in the product lol1 point
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'Nother little clip just popped up on YouTube...1 point
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Thank you for your reply, here’s the lady. 😄1 point
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I came expecting octaves. Was not disappointed1 point -
Thank you HazBeen. It was a slightly left field query - I have a Mesa M6 Combo but there is very little detail on the cab in the literature, which tends to focus almost entirely on the (albeit rather brilliant) M6 Carbine head, other than it's "loaded with a pair of 12-inch PowerHouse Neo 300 speakers and a horn" which I believe is exactly the set up in this cab? In which case, from my perspective it's kinda helpful to know how much the 'separates' in the combo would come to and in return I can certainly confirm that these speakers provide a lovely rich tone with very good clarity. And at half price of the new, they represent pretty decent value too.1 point
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Yes https://www.woodbrass.com/en-gb/bass-cabinets-other-mesa-boogie-powerhouse-2x12-p22755.html1 point
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New Album Released TODAY!!! https://umusicmena.lnk.to/TheRoomFP BUY, DOWNLOAD AND STREAM!!!1 point
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To be honest, it was just the absence of hair that did it 😂1 point
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That photo is dangerously close to being accurate, y'know. It somehow captures my smooth suave man-about-town air, my sense of being a Bond villain just out of his lair, and finally my complete and utter absence of hair.1 point
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Wow. 35" or 34" scale ?1 point -
thank you but its little one's birthday and she loves hotels.1 point
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BassChat: The Movie - News Tinseltown reels as Brit-flick provisional cast list leaked: Chris O'Dowd as: Kiwi Zachary Quinto as: Ped Christopher Plummer as: The Bass Doc / Sir Charles Lytton Yul Brynner as: Happy Jack Alan Bennett as: Billy Apple Brian Blessed as: Dad3353 / Prince Michael Bakunin1 point
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Just be careful not to mix up your car park assignations. I met a chap in a car park to buy a bass cab and ended up with £200 worth of hash. It's terrible - no low end, undefined mids and a harsh top end. (Also nice to know the bassdoc's still about)1 point
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Avoid this.1 point
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If I am not driving then I will have a beer strategically placed somewhere I can reach between songs, otherwise it’s Diet Coke and water. I always have bananas with me, it’s a leftover from when I used to fence at uni, they are great at preventing cramp and work brilliantly for a long gig. They have become something of a tradition in the band as well with all the others taking the pee out of them so I now place them in as obvious place as I can. Last gig one spent the first set in a spare microphone stand.1 point
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After playing with it (B3, nothing else, I swear) I find I like the 160 with just a hair of gain from the Xotic BB. I can post the settings of anyone is interested1 point
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Mentioned on here before - Rick Wakeman famously ate a full Indian meal. "It was 1973 and we had released Tales from Topographic Oceans, which I didn't particularly like. The third piece in the show was a particularly long percussive piece and I didn't have much to do. Now, I used to have this roadie that worked for me, he would lie underneath my keyboard ostensibly to fix things, but mostly he would just mix me drinks and pass them up. So on this occasion he asks me if there's anything I need, but I heard it as him asking what I felt like doing after the show. I just replied 'oh, I'll probably go for a curry' and then he asked me what I would have so I started naming various menu items, 'onion bhaji', you know...and then, 20 minutes later there is this smell. Of course you know that curry is a smell that wafts, you detect it. And he's standing there under the keyboard rig with these bags of takeaway curry." The story, a classic pull-the-other-one, is "absolutely true". And Wakeman says he proceeded to "lay out the meal across my keyboards to have some." If you are thinking Spinal Tap right now, remember this is 10 years before that film. And Wakeman chuckles as he adds the coda, "I've probably been offered curry at gigs a couple of dozen times since, I don't have it on stage, but I'll arrive backstage to find that someone's sent a takeaway curry to me, or it's been ordered, or there's a takeout menu there. It's nice. It's funny.1 point
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Looks to me like a supreme level of skilled craftsmanship and incredible attention to detail was needed to create that instrument. Shame really then that to me it also looks bleedin orrible! A bit like if you'd gotten Leonardo Davinci to paint you a picture of a Ann Widdecombe in a string bikini.1 point
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If you're happy with the basses you like to play, why force yourself to play a Precision? Play what feels and sounds right to you. For me, that's a Precision, but I wouldn't lose sleep over it if I preferred something else. The music you play is what matters, the instrument is simply a tool to enable you to produce that.1 point
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