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As with most things, it depends on what your goals are. For the bands I play with (link in sig) technique is important because I need to play pretty fast and reasonably intricate lines quite a lot to be appropriate. It's just as much of a fallacy to assume that simple is always best as to assume that lots of notes is always best. More technique gives you more options; if you're happy with the options you have then it's not a problem.

Another +1 for Reaper here. I record using Reaper and the basic input/output sockets on my laptop (via an external mixer) which is fine for demos etc.

I use light gauge Elixirs on all four of my basses (.040-.125, I think) including a mixed guitar/bass set on my 7 string. I like them because I don't have to worry about changing strings and the sound seems consistent for longer. Punchy without being clanky.

Digging the mood lighting.

I don't know, but I can't imagine it being very useful- my low B on a ~43" scale (4/4) is not exactly a beacon of definition. Curious to see whether you come up with anything though.

Sorry, you seem to have missed one out- there was no clip of the full 5x15 rig that was clearly visible there?

[quote name='charic' post='978594' date='Oct 5 2010, 05:24 PM']HD means high definition: this applies to audio as much as visual surely?[/quote] Yes, but in a visual context HD has a clearly defined objective meaning, while here it's meaningless marketing speak!

Heh, the dude from Mnemic is a beast. Re: frequencies below 30hz, you can (in theory) amplify them (see the [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=105059"] thread about the Prodigy's PA for some more discussion[/url]) but you need lots of power and lots of speaker area, and in practice it tends to be all mushy if you try and make it all about the fundamentals. Most of the sound of the strings is made up of higher harmonics. To be honest, if I was playing with guitars tuned below B I would probably do as Meshuggah do and play the bass line in the same octave- trying to do the octave down thing just seems like a lot of hassle to me (although certainly possible if that's what you want).

[quote name='Bilbo' post='976861' date='Oct 4 2010, 11:21 AM']You've got a piccolo bass. I have a five string double bass that is strung EADGC so yours is just like it without the low E.[/quote] No he doesn't- it's an octave down from that (i.e. the bottom four strings of a BEADG five string set tuned down a tone).

Agedhorse, I think that should be.

[quote name='OmeDunk' post='976353' date='Oct 3 2010, 07:56 PM']The 9.0 seems to have some extra lows.[/quote] One of the designers confirmed this on TalkBass- the 3.0 and the 6.0 are both limited in the low end (the 3.0 more so than the 6.0) to make them more efficient.

[url="http://circlekstrings.com/store/index.html"]Circle K strings[/url].

Yes, I suspect the 'tone goals' of The Prodigy and your average bassist are probably a bit different- they probably do want that intestine rupturing, skull exploding bass rather than a clear articulate bass tone.

The Pod X3 series are "non-denominational" in that they cater to both guitarists and bassists (and vocalists, to a certain extent). I'm curious to get more details about the new units.

I never knew Hades was an entity as well as a place. Thanks Paul!

Wrong end of the country for me, but sounds like a lovely idea

A new bridge with lovely height adjusters for my double bass. £250 including fitting. Seems like money well spent so far, and shouldn't need replacing for a good few years, and it does seem to have had a positive effect on the tone- the old one was made of balsa or something and was a bit too bendy.

It bugs me that they can trademark the word NEON.

The NYCs are chambered for weight, aren't they?

Wow, Paul Gray from Slipknot at no.3? Cliff Burton at no.5? I guess it's amazing what being dead will do to your musical credibility.

[quote name='silddx' post='967023' date='Sep 24 2010, 06:47 PM']Ok, I listened to a selection of five of Jeffrey's numbers. I was actually pleasantly surprised for the most part. There are some genuinely pleasing sounding compositions, albeit with some standard jazz clichés - certain modulations and progressions, and one does form the opinion it's a vehicle for virtuoso bass and not much else. However, it does satisfy that male need for being amazed while watching The World's Strongest Man competition every new year. What makes me uncomfortable is the nadger-shrinking under-developed humour of the dedicated jazz musician. Cheeky call and response phrases that sound like the soundtrack to a Top Cat run-in with the local stray terrier, the awful song titles, the lonely-insurance-salesman-with-the-sad-smile cover. Then there is the bass tone, mostly it is over-chorused and typical of the genre, chosen for its clarity and nothing else. God only knows why the tone in "If I Were a Bell End" exists. It sounds like a very dodgy engineering mistake it is so distorted, I can't believe he approved that sound. Although some of the bass playing sounds like a drunken scat singer, I can't deny this guy makes some good music and some great ear-twisting bass runs. But it's really best for a live situation and a few stiff gins. In the home it feels like an unwelcome visit from a spider monkey during Sunday Tea.[/quote] Just a couple of points- it is a record of jazz standards so the fact that a lot of the chord changes are jazz cliches is probably to be expected. As far as I can tell none of the tunes are original compositions so blaming our Jeff for the titles is probably a bit harsh too The cover is horrendous though. Glad you didn't hate it as much as you thought you would though. You'll be listening to Alain Caron before you know it

[quote name='Tait' post='964690' date='Sep 22 2010, 05:31 PM']I did say it doesn't always make sense! For me there definitely isn't a specific definition for what I'd call a Jazz Bass. Although I've realised the title actually says "proper" Jazz Bass, in which case it either has to be a Fender or a good copy, passive, two single coil "Jazz" pickups, proper jazz neck, and pickguard etc.[/quote] [quote]"I shall not today attempt further to define the kinds of material I understand to be embraced within that shorthand description [[s]hard-core pornography[/s]Jazz bass]; and perhaps I could never succeed in intelligibly doing so. [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_know_it_when_I_see_it"]But I know it when I see it[/url], and the [s]motion picture[/s] bass involved in this case [s]is not[/s] might be that."[/quote]

I would give the Violin Shop in Yorkhill a call- they usually carry a few "budget" Stentors etc., as well as being somewhere who do setups etc. You/your partner are welcome to have a shot of mine, although it's a bloody big 4/4 5 string so not really a good beginner instrument!

Not done that much amplified playing, but I've used a pickup going to FOH only with no onstage monitoring- all acoustic instruments and only hand drums, so not massive onstage volume. Never had a problem with feedback, but to be honest I've no idea what I sounded like out front.