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I applied for the Music degree with Bass at ACM and I've had confirmation that I've got an audition in a couple of weeks! EEEEK. It's the day after my birthday as well so no drinking for me lol! I've decided to do Bombtrack by Rage against the machine as my performance piece, but I need to revise my theory as there's other bits I have to do to show my understanding of theory, groove, timing etc. OH GOD.16 points
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Fake your own death10 points
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For sale my lovely 5 string Bacchus Woodline 5 HL24 headless bass, limited edition hand made in Japan. These are the high end ones and only 4 units of this color were manufactured for this model - https://bacchus-guitar.com/bacchusguitars/bass/woodline/woodline5-hl24 This bass is in mint condition, never been gigged or outside my smoke free flat, it has an amazing sound, it's very light, comfortable to play and the balance of this thing is amazing. It's got a professional set up at the bass gallery last month. I'm only selling as I'm now saving for a proper double bass. Collection from London or could meet within reasonable distance, I'm happy to ship worldwide at buyers expense. Below is the description from the web. Cheers! Nim Body Ash 2P Neck Maple Fingerboard Ebony or Maple Nut Bone Bridge Hipshot/5st Headless Bass System B Machineheads Hipshot/5st Headless Bass System B Fret 214 Pickup Bacchus/DBP58 Control Vol(Push/Pull=Preamp ON/OFF),Bal,Tone,Tre,Bass Scale 34inch Width at Nut 48.0mm Fretboard Radius 400R Finish Oil Finish String D'addario 45-130 Accessories Gig Bag, Allen Wrench, COA Pricing category High-end7 points -
In my book it’s bad form to join a band with the intention of ousting or complaining about an existing member. So don’t join. At most give that as a reason for not joining, if that member is not the one you're talking to.6 points
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A couple of weeks ago Alan sent me some options for how the book matching for the front and back should look, I chose to go with these front and back: Today he sent me these fresh out of the press: Awesome figuring that's so well fitted to the shape of the guitar. I'm proper excited now...6 points
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Ta-daaaaaaa! Witness the fitness.5 points
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Remember, you are also auditioning them. They want your money, so don't be afraid about questioning them as to why they should be the ones to get it.5 points
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Thanks for your insight. Any idea about that Ukrainian guy's bass though?5 points
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Finally managed a to get a few minutes of reasonable light - so here is my new SR1200 in all its glory (well, most of it, couldn't fit the whole neck in)4 points
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Fender American special precision in Olympic white,fitted with a set of EMGs,and a hi mass bridge,no fret wear,strung with flats,it’s got a few knocks on the body,but it’s a solid bass,I don’t have a case,but I’ve got a gigbag for it somewhere,can post for free within the uk,I’ve dropped the price down to £6004 points -
Decline their offer, citing a not too obviously spurious reason ( e.g.,"The old hand trouble is playing up again") Wish them the best for the future Vanish from their view Mop brow Resume search3 points
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I already know the truth, so I'm OUT!3 points
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Sanded the panel down, back to bare metal in places, then re-primed and re-top-coated it. Printed off another set of transfers and managed to apply them to the right parts of the panel, As they started to dry, they started to peel off - it seems that they don't stick to a matt paint finish. Dug out my time-expired dry transfers and applied a simplified set of control legends. They appear to be staying on, and now have two coats of lacquer to help them. Assuming no more problems here, I can start to reassemble it tomorrow. David3 points
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Now this is definitely something not to be rushed, whether fitted in between other stuff or not. Cutting the fret slots. I am using a radius block as my positioning guide and to keep the saw blade completely vertical: I use a spatula marked with the tang depth to ensure that the slot is deep enough across its whole length: 6 done and 15 to go. I'll do a few more tomorrow if I get a spare half hour:3 points
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Rumble your speakers with this, Robbie on bass3 points
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Switch to original music and make her voice a feature of what you do. There are lots of great, great bands making great, great music with singers who would be viewed traditionally as "unmusical" 😀3 points
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Ear plugs and always remember to never utter ‘man that be-atch can’t sing’ should get you through it. Seriously though, if it grates on you now it will only get worse, I’d say walk now and be fair to them in getting another bassist in time for gigging when we’re allowed out to play.3 points
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Good evening, Bruce, and ... Plenty to read and amuse you here, and lots to learn and share. A tale of woe indeed; commiserations. It won't help you much to know that I'm in a similar state (minus the head injury...), and still play bass, drums, keys and guitar, mostly for my own pleasure, but occasionally when our group is invited to perform for a local event. I'm drifting towards 71 next birthday, and it's very unlikely that all the gear collected over more than half a century get used in public in earnest. The increasing deafness, and associated increasing tinnitus is being partially compensated for by becoming more blasé about it all. I still remember my favourite music (Schubert, Joni Mitchell, Frank Zappa, Bruckner, Bowie etc...), so I've had a good run. My gear is 'old school', so will be worth more in another century or so as collector stuff, being very much out of fashion, but as I never acquired any of it with a view to invest, I care not a jot. I have the space to keep it all, and a room to play it when I want, so... Gardening is very much over-rated as a retirement occupation, too, I've found. Keen, for decades, but unable now to dig more than a metre or two, obliged to do weeding lying down, relying on a (very excellent...) chum for mowing etc... I keep it to the most simple expression (see the 'Gardening' section here; there are several others doing their best...). What else can you do..? Exactly that : do your best, as do we all..! Life gives you lemons..? Make lemonade..! Set low targets and goals and you'll not disappoint yourself; in fact you'll be surprised how often you exceed them..! Chin up and soldier on. Douglas3 points
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Picked it up today. Truss rod works, but contra: Lefty tighty righty loosy. Neck is awesome. Stringspacing tighter then the Yam. Strings on it are at least a decade old though... A new pack of Fodera strings arrives on wednesday.3 points
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Sing along with eek a mouse 😁3 points
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My TRB-6P arrived safe and sound. I say, I say. Well, well, well... this bass is gawjus.3 points
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S'all in the fingers, innit ...3 points
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These are all fantastic pieces of equipment. @andybassdoyle, @dodge_bass, @charlietuna, @lee650.3 points -
@blablas Ya Pedal board reminds me of when i used to line up my Matchbox cars.... all those colours, and the odd Tank and UFO Intercepter that didnt quite fit right!3 points
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Champion!!3 points
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I’ve got a mic that used to belong to Saxon. Makes me sing in a Yorkshire accent tho.3 points
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Or been declared bankrupt, gone to rehab, been sponsored by a new maker with exclusivity clauses, got bored, traded up, got divorced, sick etc Famous people are just like everyone else.3 points
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Well I've got my 12 yr old son into them so I'm doing my bit!3 points
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Still got the Mikey Way sig, it’s still my main gigging bass in the Glamrock tribute act I play in. Punch well above their cost bracket. And yes I’d have another if they were reissued.3 points
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Picked up this Thunder 1A a couple of months ago from @geoff90guitar . Could see it was fundamentally a solid instrument that just needed a bit of fettling. Had a neck shim in which wasn’t actually needed so that came out, & there was a stuck solid pick up screw that my local guitar shop (Kempsters) sorted for me. Other than that, just a load of elbow grease on all parts. It’s 39 years old with some just right minimal mojo - very pleased with the end result! 🙂3 points
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Nothing new, just a snap of the “big” and the nano board together.3 points
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My basses are all for playing not decoration 🙂 But I respect other people's instruments. Plus most playing at a BB is done sitting down, so much less potential for buckle rash etc.2 points
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I’d take the first 10 mins doing just rhythms on one note and then add the riff in.2 points
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Even if the singist could sing in tune, alarm bells would be ringing for me if the singard and guitard were an item. 1st rule of band survival: NEVER join a group with a band couple! Haven't you seen Spinal Tap???2 points
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Ceri the painter is quite particular about what he will and will not do. "..... like I told you before though, I won’t do any old job, I have to be interested in the finish myself, all those white or surf green guitars can do one 🤣"2 points
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My tuppence worth: If you have the patience to get up to speed with patch creation and editing, particularly with the aid of freely available PC editing software, then multifxs can be fantastic pieces of kit and give you access to all those sounds you might want to use occasionally but don't warrant the PB space and expense of a dedicated pedal. Dedicated pedals for your "core" fx sounds will often have the edge in a head to head, unless you're spending serious £££ on a multifx and sometimes even then e.g. the Helix is not going to match a decent filter or synth pedal. If you're not sure whether patch creation on a multi is for you, then maybe dip your toe into the water with something budget like a Zoom before upgrading to a Helix; they're surprisingly good, certainly for the money. I've had both and have happily ended up with a Zoom B1-4 at the core of my PB combined with dedicated pedals:2 points
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obviously he is a pro bass player , its true that some folks have loud EQ & play the bass very soft ,, i am the opposite , i often play the bass so heavy i don't really need an amp funk is different even tho there are many great soft players, we like the soul of the bass to sing scream & shout, squeak , cry, even laugh, i know its a reggae blog , yet have upload this ,, btw i probably jam even worse than Johnson probably on par with Mark Adams , of whom some youtubers thought i was mark hansolar himself,, i really go for it when the bag is out ,, string breakin slap2 points
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I love Bobby's playing. He proves that you can get funky using a pick. The EMG Geezer Butler pickup was designed to emulate the tone of Bobby's 1960 Precision, so it could be considered the Bobby Vega signature pickup.2 points
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A bucket to puke in and someone to sub for me while I'm having a 3 hour long panic attack2 points
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Heavy:2 points
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Electroharmonix pedals - Bass clone chorus, bass preacher compressor/sustainer, Bigg muff distortion Boss pedals - Super Octave OC-3, Bass synthesiser SYB-5 Other pedals - Roland FV50 volume, Sonicake volwah, Beatbuddy mini Recording - Audient EVO42 points
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I think today might be a metallica day as we'll be covering 'enter sandman' in our covers band2 points
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It's also reminded me of a tale - an old sound engineer pal of mine who used to be Roy Harper's FOH engineer (along with Fairport Convention and the Strawbs I believe). He told me a tale some time ago of a night at Telford's Warehouse in Chester where Roy Harper was playing. Tony was on FOH and felt this tap on his shoulder a few times, but turned around and couldn't see anyone....happened again and he looked down to see a crouching Sir Robert of Plant.....who proceeds to say "shhhh Tony, I'm incognito........" Tony replies with "but Robert, you're 6'3" with a mane of blonde hair and are the lead singer of Led Zeppelin"2 points
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Did some stuff on the “GEETARRR” Trussrod installed, rough cut the neck, slotted the fretboard. Made my first mistake by slotting 24 frets and needing only 22 .....thankfully not an issue.2 points
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'No Quarter' for me - favourite Zep tune by a country mile.2 points
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All the Moog iOS apps are free today in celebration of Bob Moog’s birthday. The Model D is a brilliant app recreation of the Minimoog. You can also pick up the usually pretty expensive Model 15 modular app. https://apps.apple.com/us/developer/moog-music-inc/id3967764212 points
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And, in my view, Alan at ACG is pretty much at the top of the 'luthier's luthier' list...2 points
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