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Maybe check out the Boss V-Wah. No doubt FX purists hate it but it does have a variety of wahs, 3 presets and tank like construction in its favour.

+1!

IMO it is better to alternate strictly and spend some time with the metronome doing tricky string crossings. This should help consistency no matter what you're playing. That's how I'd do it anyway.

[quote name='Mikey D' post='53202' date='Aug 31 2007, 10:41 AM']I have to say, personally, I don't agree with this. If you have the money about £800, it is a waiting game as merchant said above. Something will eventually come up. Don't waste your money on a cheap upright, if you want to see if you get on with it, use a little of the money for a couple of lessons. A pickup can make a good player sound bad, but it can't make a bad player sound good. If you are making a lousy sound with your bass, a pickup with just amplify that. Oh, and I think KJB has already bought an EUB now anyway.[/quote] I concur. Too often the cheapest instruments will leave you fighting them just to get a decent sound.

Why not?

1. Is a light bass cabinet important to you? Yes 2. Would you be interested in a smaller designed cabinet for maximum portability? Indubitably. 3. What is the weight of your current rig now? Not sure, but quite heavy. 4. Have you ever had portability issues with this cabinet before? Yes 5. Would a Neo speaker make the amplifier more appealing? Yes. 6. Would you want casters on the amplifier for added portability? Yes. 7. Would you want the input to be in the back? Yes. 8. Would you want the Ohm rating to be 4? Yes, all my amps run to 2 ohms. 9. Would you want the power rating to be over 200 watts? Prefeably but not essential. 10. Is a metal grille cover attractive on an amplifier? Yes.

Woah, that did just crash my machine (?) but thats an amzing find. Thanks a lot!

[quote name='chris_b' post='47922' date='Aug 20 2007, 08:24 PM']Not true. The object of the Spice Girls reunion is to make them rich, not the poor bloody musicians. A few years back the going rate for the musos in a particular top UK/European stadium touring band, was £1000 a week retainer rising to £1500 a week when gigging. It would never be £100,000 a week because too many people, including me, would do it for a lot less!![/quote] So, thats only £50-75k a year. Nice work if you can get it, even if its not grotesquely Beckham-esque.

[quote name='bass_ferret' post='45399' date='Aug 14 2007, 07:31 PM']Its good gear. Not the most transparent but unbeatable for bang per buck. Pretty well unbreakable as well. But it does weigh a ton. The only reason I switched to EBS was the weight - the better sound was a bonus - but it cost me 5 times what you are spending.[/quote] I'll second that.

And that is Paul Chambers, who was a phenomenal bassist.

First one that popped into my head was Miles' "Kind Of Blue", but double bass is used in so any contexts its a bit pointless to try to come up with one wihout further qualification.

Niiiiice. My guitarist plays an Ironbird, though its an NJ I think. I could never get on with the neckdive at all but they do look pretty badass. I take it this is for those jazz/blues gigs then?

USA Millenniums (Millennia?) and Cirruses (Cirri?) pop up pretty regularly in the Talkbass classifieds for ludicrously cheap prices (compared to what you would pay here). The Millennia are usually about $700 but they're meant to be the equal of much more epensive basses. The Cirruses are slightly more but still a fraction of their new price. To summarise- buy used.

I useit, but I can't play as fast as Wooten or the Buddha. I realised when Urb posted this Alain Caron vid my technique is actually quite similar to his (purely by coincidence) in that I use the thumb up/down strokes rather than the standard slap technique (bouncing the thumb). Thumbo, for thumping and popping on the same string, your thub needs to be basically perpindicular to the hand, and sticking out quite far. I find it easier to keep the fingers in a fist shape and just extend the first finger slightly to let it catch the string on the way back up. Not sure how helpful that is... [quote name='urb' post='28740' date='Jul 8 2007, 07:53 PM']In my humble opnion Alain Caron is the cleanest slapper on a 6 string - his tone is much nicer than The Budda's as well - he uses a pretty straightforward technique - he bascially does a down-stroke with the thumb then does an up-pluck with his index finger, meaning he can play very clean 8th notes - he then adds in double plucks for triplets and to crate different accents in a bass line, he also double thumbs - catching the string with the back of his thumb on the upstroke. Plus he does some normal slapper things like bouncing his thumb plus some left hand damping / patting on the neck. This is a great video of him playing 'Slam The Clown' which is slapped throughout - you can clearly see how he uses the alternating thumb and index - plus he seems to play very lightly - it's all a matter of training those damn fingers to do what you want them to! His technique is so clean it's not about speed just the clarity of his execution - that makes his sound so good - he's a tasteful bastard as well...damn! Cool Vid [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkOYGlI-zoo"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkOYGlI-zoo[/url] Hope that helps Mike[/quote]

"Birth is GAS. Life Is GAS. Death is GAS. Only by achieving enlightenment can we transcend GAS and reach Nirvana." With apologies to all the Buddhists out there

I wouldn't worry about the size aspect- I know lot of fairly petite women (my teacher, amongst others, is about 5'3" with hands to match) who are excellent players. The most important thing is not to just think of it as a big fretless, is a very different instrument that does need different left hand technique. That said if you can play fretless you already have the the most important skill down- intonation. If you keep an eye on eBay you can maybe pick something up reasonably cheaply, and it would likely keep its value quite well if you decided you want to resell. There's another thread about this just now.

[quote name='kjb' post='41012' date='Aug 3 2007, 06:41 PM']It says made by Andreas Zeller for Stntor music. What's the difference between flat and curved back instruments. Also what sort of price would you expect to pay for this. Cheers.[/quote] As far as I know this is mainy an aesthetic thing. I've seen high end and low end examples of each. edit- Looks like what would be sold as a Zeller rather thsan a Stentor. If its fully carved, £1000 new and about £700-800 second hand wouldn't be out the question. Laminate, not so sure but probably £800 new and £500 second hand.

All the Zellers I've seen have had curved backs.

I have a borrowed copy of the book, it definitely sems like one to go through with a teacher- there's not a very sensible progression IMO, in that it jumps straight from open strings to thumb position transitions.

Its not scruffy, its well loved

Just fiendishly expensive, no? I'd go with Peavey for my one brand, although I'm not sure if they do strings.

I'm a big fan of budget Peaveys- I've had one as my only bass for about 6 and a half years now and its served me well despite being abused in numerous unpleasant venues.