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Especially since a new set of strings for a cheap Thomann bass would pretty much bring you up to that level anyway...

I aim to get a looper of some description and some small/light/loud cabs so I can actually have a proper rig. The other thing I have an irrational want for is a Pod X3 live; also a second Boss VF1 just so I don't have half an empty rack space. A 5 string EUB would be nice but is prohibitively expensive right now. I could go on but I probably shouldn't...

[quote name='xgsjx' post='368734' date='Jan 2 2009, 07:17 PM']Allow me to be the first with shiny new pedals, I've always wanted to post in here but thought just having one sh!tty Zoom multi pedal wouldn't cut it on here! My GF (sweet thing that she is) got me a Bass MuRF & on New Year's eve I went & got the MF-101 with some Xmas money. I've just went & bought another 9 volt adaptor so I can see if putting anything from the zoom into the MFs could sound good, there's one or two 1/2 decent fx in the zoom if you spend a little time messing & the delay could prove useful. Anyway, without further ado I give you....................... [attachment=18007:SNC16322_2.JPG] I'll get some reviews of all my gear in a few weeks & might try & get some sound clips up for you who is interested in any of this gear (not mine specifically). G[/quote] I like your patch names

[quote name='jakesbass' post='370345' date='Jan 4 2009, 09:02 PM']Watching the videos of Victor Wooten that Urb posted (thanks) something occured to me. If you found yourself with that amount of music flowing from your imagination and had the time the inclination and the facility to execute those ideas would you really say to yourself "well that's not proper bass playing so I'm going to stop it at once"? would you f***, you'd find as many ways to play stuff and be as inventive and creative and pushing to the boundaries of your ability as you possibly could. It's human nature to do so. Victor is a fantastically inventive and able musician and he's humble. He knows whats important in bass playing and will do that when required better than any single individual on this board can. I would not choose to listen to some of the things he plays but that is true of many artists of all types. I think people should really be less critical of excellence and just give credit where credit is due and Victor Wooten and many like him are worthy of plenty of credit. If you don't like it don't listen, but come on, don't be stupid enough to denigrate just because it's not to your taste.[/quote] Amen. Anyone interested in solo bass could do worse than check out [url="http://www.michaeldimin.com/lessons.htm"]Mike Dimin's website.[/url] He has a couple of jazz tunes arranged for solo bass- his arrangement of Autumn Leaves is rather nice, and a good reminder of how much can be done on an old fashioned 4 string.

I actually quite fancy one of their touchstyle models. Way cheaper than getting a Stick!

I've never seen Wooten solo (except on t'internet) but I have seen him with the Flecktones and he was quite frankly a groove monster. I was expecting all out double thumbing carnage but he supported the band wonderfully. I wouldn't judge him solely on the umpteen million performances of Classical Thump on youtube.

The Avatars are meant to be good value for money, but as mentioned above not a lot of people in the UK will have used one as they're not readily available on this side of the Atlantic.

[quote name='Alun' post='365446' date='Dec 29 2008, 01:19 PM']... YMCA in the style of Bach, which seemed like a good idea at the time [/quote] Now that I would like to hear! I have a couple of piano pieces I arranged from an ABRSM Grade 1 piano book, but I've never performed them publicly. I would like to but I need a few more ideas and a lot more practice.

[quote name='BigRedX' post='364864' date='Dec 28 2008, 03:08 PM']Good enough to play what I do, but not good enough to quite play what I really want.[/quote] That's what I meant :ph34r:

Not good enough.

Hey all, Has anyone tried the Digitech Hardwire DL-8 pedal? I'm looking for an affordable looping pedal and this seems to tick all the boxes- priced around the £130 mark so not the cheapest though. How does it compare to other similar pedals (Headrush, Line6 etc). Any opinions or suggestions welcome- mainly interested in the looping features rather than the delays. Cheers. Kyle

Nothing in there to take issue with. Well said.

Only proper tab books, most tab on the internet is a .txt file with no notation at all. If you want notation you would probably have to buy the book, or find a way to get an (illegal) copy of it. If you know them why not transcribe them and do the notation yourself?

Whoops, thats what I was thinking of when I was talking about whooshing noises, not Orion- for a solo, he's a bit buried by the guitars, although I'm hearing more tonight than I have before.

[quote name='ARGH' post='363961' date='Dec 26 2008, 11:20 PM']Go on...list[/quote] Sean Malone of Cynic. The dude from Atheist whose name I can't recall. Steve DiGiorgio on a whole bunch of stuff, I recommend The Fragile Art Of Existence by Control Denied (Chuck Schuldiner post-Death for anyone who cares). Michael Mendez (or is it Lopez? can never remember) from Opeth. Whoever played on the Spiral Architect album (A Sceptic's Universe). Those are the only players I can think of just now that I can recommend as bassists worth listening to in their own right.

Its not nearly as difficult as its made out to be, but nor is it terribly useful... edit- IME naturally.

Argh, I'm too half-cut to play this now, especially on a 7 string, but looks good stuff. Only thing I would suggest would be to stick a time sig at the start- less of an issue with this one but I had to count a lot of little notes to check what time sig your Steve Swallow tune was in- or is all jazz in common time these days? Thanks for taking the time though, it is definitely appreciated!

[quote name='ARGH' post='363920' date='Dec 26 2008, 09:58 PM']Thats because,most Bassplayers....read Bassplayers.....not Bassists.....cant escape the holy riff,without weakening the overall sound. Most bands have no idea about dynamics,or even tuning.....or in sound.. I.e what sounds great in a bedroom dont sound that hot in a room,and sounds utter kak live.[/quote] This is true, but I don't hear a lot going on in Metallica's bass parts? Incidentally, going back to what you said about 3 pieces, I've been thinking a modern prog metal power trio would kick ass- think Rush mixed with Symphony X mixed with Meshuggah. Especially with extended range instruments, blur the boundaries a bit...

Well I haven't heard the latest album yet so can't comment there, but in terms of the early stuff I only notice the bass when he's playing with massive distortion and wah (IE there's supposed to be a bass solo in Orion, but I don't hear any notes, just a whooshing in the background?). Even Anasthesia (which I always think of (unconsciously) as Euthanasia ) I find fairly unremarkable today- sure its fast, but there's nothing particularly interesting to me- and that's coming from a guy who likes shredding, both on guitar and bass. As ever, your mileage may vary, and I'm happy for all the people Metallica's bassists have inspired, but for me, the most inspiring thing I've hear remains S&M which I think is outstanding. Maybe it was something special back in the early 80s, but today he (and they) have been surpassed by plenty of other bands and players- I'll spare you a list of bassists I think everyone should hear* but there are plenty of exciting players raising the bar for everyone. *although I'd be more than happy to if you want

Let's face it, 95% of the time in metal you can't hear any bass worth a toss anyway- and that goes doubly for Metallica (and all their bassists) IMHO. I like a lot of Metallica's music, but have never found anything inspiring about any of their bassists, or bass playing.

Congratulations Bilbo! If anyone can do it justice I think you probably can!

Did someone not post earlier that he sounds the same no matter what bass he is using?

Nowt bass related.