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[quote name='iamapirate' post='660463' date='Nov 20 2009, 06:56 PM']These very forums got me into extreme![/quote] Well, I suppose there had to be a downside somewhere.

Never taken a spare. Keep your gear in good working order and be prepared to improvise at short notice if you do have something go horribly wrong in the middle of a song.

He's a [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showuser=12"]forum member[/url] who makes cables, supposed to be very high quality although I've not tried them myself.

[quote name='joerattray' post='659295' date='Nov 19 2009, 02:56 PM']I was at this same gig, it was incredible.[/quote] I was so interested in it, I completely forgot I was meant to be playing with my band the same night. Oops. Wasn't too popular for a while after that...

[quote name='metaltime' post='659797' date='Nov 20 2009, 12:25 AM']I would be interested in some examples of this in the tech metal genre. Can you think of any obvious examples?[/quote] My drummer claims the drums from Lamb Of God are done this way- don't know the source of that though.

[quote name='Eight' post='659636' date='Nov 19 2009, 08:52 PM']He could write it exactly how *he* wanted it played if he knew his onions, and the readers were used to fairly complicated scores (since to write down every detail and performance direction could result in something quite hideous to look at it). My gut feeling is that there wouldn't be many people capable of scoring every detail so well that it sounded natural (groovey?) if played dot to dot by a band. But it's conceptually possible - you'd need very small writing and a lot of paper. [/quote] I agree with this- it's theoretically possible but would be a total pain in the ass to execute. Its a similar situation with making programmed drums sound like a real drummer- when it comes down to it its just very fine subdivisions if you want to have it played, say, slightly in front of the beat (or whatever). All written music requires some interpretation at some point- in an orchestra its easy to do as long as everyone watches the conductor. You can get a similar effect by taking a midi version of a piano piece, for example, and feeding it into a sequencer and a top notch piano VST. You will then get the notes at the right time in the right order, but you would have to spend much longer tweaking every single bit of MIDI to get it to sound like a real person playing- the small dynamic variations, the slight tempo differences and so on. edit- no good reading musician will [i]only[/i] look at the chart- they will listen to what's going on and use what they know of the idiom they're playing in, and that will [i]inform [/i] how they interpret the written notes.

Conventional slap notation is a nightmare to sightread though. I think the OP was thinking more of the overall feel, which as has been said, basically takes getting used to.

As far as looks go, bigger is definitely better. Doom indeed.

It's on or it's off as far as I'm concerned.

I saw Edgar Meyer in Glasgow about a year or two ago. Absolutely astonishing- he can do things I didn't think were possible on DB, and gets such a massive sound from his incredibly small bass.

[quote name='redstriper' post='657345' date='Nov 17 2009, 06:52 PM']3: (This is my latest plan) Have a lightweight jazz shaped body made and maybe also a new neck or fingerboard. I[/quote] So... a new bass then?

Moo, is the RTA just so you can see exactly which freqs are peaking so you can cut them more precisely?

Not me. I just use BC to procrastinate. I'm so lazy I can't be bothered going through trying to find another band, never mind run it myself.

[quote name='Changles' post='657538' date='Nov 17 2009, 10:04 PM']An acoustic Double Bass would be too big to fit in my guitarist's little fiat punto, although I'd love to get one some day....[/quote] You'd be surprised- I've gotten my bass(a big one at that) +3 people into a Nissan Micra. Not really much help other than that I'm afraid

I got a Peavey fretless 5 from the classifieds here for just under a ton and it came with a remarkably low action and plenty of mwah- very nice indeed.

[quote name='thepurpleblob' post='652453' date='Nov 12 2009, 11:30 AM']Unfortunately, music seems to attract drunken, useless egotists so there's probably no hope.[/quote] I didn't realise you'd met my band.

[quote name='Wil' post='656698' date='Nov 17 2009, 09:31 AM']Nice kit that. I've got a Marshall JCM 2000, which is a lovely versatile thing, and this Warmoth creation I put together (pic was taken before the SD Invader went in): [/quote] That's hot.

[quote name='OldGit' post='655026' date='Nov 15 2009, 10:24 AM']A little OT but.. fair, I'd say. He just read the headstock. I imagine he knows nothing about basses and I don't know if epiphone made a p bass bodied, explorer necked bass. After seeing the Gibson Jimi Hendrix strat recently it seems possible.[/quote] I used to have an Epiphone strat copy with exactly the same headstock. Looks legit to me.

The soundtrack for Ratatouille was superb- some incredible funky fretless playing.

I don't get on with TE amps' EQ. I bypass as much of the preamp as possible when I (infrequently) use them at rehearsal rooms.

If you want to use 3 fingers be prepared to put a lot of work into getting them even in groups of 2 or 4, unless you play triplets only! I would recommend using the metronome as it lets you measure yourself much more easily.

*disclaimer- I haven't used either effect in person* Having a look through the GT-10b manual it does have a bass synth effect with most of the same options as the SYB-5, although less modes to choose from. It also has a separate effect for doing the infinite sustain thing. How they compare to the stomp box I don't know, but am also interested to learn. Reading the manual has just put it to the top of my GAS list

Bah humbug. Oh, you're buying? Some BFM Jacks then, please.