visog

Got an XT too. Good working bass when tat'ing with the DAW and keyboards, i.e. a home studio situation. Whilst it's doesn't have the tone of my GB, similarly neither doesn have the planet-sucking 18v to keep feeding so you can noodle with your studio to your heart's content and it doesn't get in the way. Channels 'Signals' era Geddy

Muchio respect for Billy... Very personable and a great raconteur. Not sure I've heard anyone with a more refined right-hand. His solo on the Stanley special is probably the best... and Stanley's response at 7:40 is hilarious... Second vid is Bill showing he can cut it in jazz which we know from Niacin.

So popped into Dawsons Manchester today before a business meeting on Portland Street. Very impressed with the Ibanez range hanging up. Eye drawn to a beautiful blue flame 5-string, with all sorts of electronics going on and importantly, a very low action. Took a look at the price - £349! Rest of the range continued to impress... Beautiful fretlesses with strings hugging the boards. Multi-scale 4 and 5s too. Incredible. No I didn't try them but at prices like that for a good quality starter, you'd have change for a B3k and you're in business... * stares at own £3k bass - "start pulling your weight fatty..." * PS. Dawsons had an awesome range of stuff... worth a visit if you're in town.

Gibson bought Tobias basses too. So there goes onward compatibility with my Cakewalk CWP files then... What a stinky poo M&A strategy they have... no wonder they're on their knees. "Gibson Brands announced today that it is ceasing active development and production of Cakewalk branded products. The decision was made to better align with the company’s acquisition strategy that is heavily focused on growth in the global consumer electronics audio business under the Philips brand." Their press release is hockum too - 'better align' means write of the debts they never made up because they did nothing with the brand - idiots. And Cakewalk was never 'consumer electronics audio' anyway! Can they not tell the difference between DAW hardware and software and a radio!

Stupid thread... the jazz (and rock) music worlds are shrinking so quickly and this is what we're discussing?

A Youtube version up (for now): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPkt2hSCPfU

With any luck, and like with the Gerald Veasley and Gary Willis models, there'll be a more affordable counterpart along shortly if enough interest is shown. Particularly as Thundercat is probably their most high profile bass endorser at the moment... http://www.ibanez.com/products/u_eb_sig_series17.php?year=2017&cat_id=2&series_id=67

Is this a parallel universe without Darkglass or TwoNotes?

Ray Riendeau who played with Rob Halford comes to mind... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6r5g3ZLeAXU&index=133&list=FLhrqrINoAwxXhLWZ-LEKMSg

Oh... came back to watch the second half.... pulled :-(

ooow... I always enjoy listening to Geddy... articulate and modest. Thanks for the post.

[quote name='lowdown' timestamp='1508442986' post='3392305'] Result. The Bass has now been returned to it’s owner. [/quote] Good news... do we get the back-story?

Wow - I thought the original sounded good.

Jaco used to do it as well but muting all the strings to sound like a conga. Not a fan of the technique at all

Same notes on a guitar I'm afraid... just a bit higher.

So to break-up the monotony of the increasingly rapid demise of all musical forms involving the bass guitar, together with the entire support infrastructure of promoters, record companies, distributors and live venues, not to mention manufacturers.... RIP Carvin, I thought I'd just note that Larry David in his fatwa disguise looks like Tony Levin with a wig on. Thanks for your time. visog

[quote name='XoSo' timestamp='1507574948' post='3386476'] Does anyone know if this unit features drum patterns. Looking at getting a multi fx and decided on the zoom B3n as it seems to offer all the features I want plus drum patterns but I like the look of the Boss unit better. I Can't see any mention of drums though on any of the reviews I've read do I'm guessing it doesn't. Are there any other units other than the zoom that have drums? [/quote] Nope - no drums I'm afraid. Rest of the features are pretty solid though. Sounds like the B3n might be the best unit for you...

Yeah the GCS is mainstream but 43 years ago. This thread needs to learn what 'mainstream' means and that the implication means current time period. Sadly there's a vanishing amount of bass guitar in the mainstream period and only few percent of that played as slap or with a typical note duration of an eighths or finer. And don't go citing some obscure math metal combo from Iceland at me... it's not mainstream!

Oow sounds good. The Steve Howe guitar collection book was a great browse and this could be too although GL's professional bass usage isn't as diverse. Hope he doesn't rag on the Rick too much.

Great video - this is what the internet is great for... besides pornography. P.S. Note he chose really good substitutes - there many don't work so well. I guess the fun is in experimenting. P.P.S. This should have been posted in the music theory thread - we can't General Discussion people inserting 11#5 chords into 'Sex on Fire' now can we....?

Is your bass a Skjold?