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These look great! She clearly has a partner who is a GAS fiend and knew that these would fly off the shelf! I'm VERY VERY tempted by the red one... and as she probably knew, I'd bet I'm not the only one who is finding it extremely difficult to talk myself out of buying one lol.

I think what he means is "I don't like bass because it's the only thing on my album that's good and is the bit I didn't write/play"

[quote name='Lozz196' post='1098602' date='Jan 22 2011, 01:05 PM']Exactly A one of my mates introduced me to a guy down the pub, saying I was a good bassist, and this guy immediately said he could take me in a "bass-off", as he was the best bassist around. I`m not interested in saying I`m the best, mainly cos I`m not, and won`t ever be, but did feel the need to enquire: How many bands had he played in - none How many drummers had stated that they found it easy to play and lock in with his bass-playing - none Could he, without any other instruments playing, play along to one of his favourite songs in his head, and at the same time record it, 5 seperate times, and each time the total recorded time would be within 1 or 2 seconds of each other - no In the words of Yoda "His bass-off, myself, did not threaten, mmm". I didn`t state whether I could do all/any of the above, felt no need.[/quote] *Stands up and salutes/applauds Lozz196* However, I don't think I would have gotten half the gigs and work if there hadn't been one of these arrogant bedroom players making life hell, overplaying and messing stuff up in the band/pit before I got there. They do a great job of making functional, sensitive and "simple" bass players look a lot more professional and employable by setting such a bad example to start with lol.

I'm shocked that nobody has brought this up already (and I know it's been posted on here before but people may have missed it) but if you want to develop good timing try watching this by Victor Wooten. I personally think the way Wooten uses the metronome to develop a good internal sense of timing is something every bassist should practice and understand and this exercise is one of the best ways I think you can practice on your own. It's improved my playing no end. You should especially watch this if you're having issues with timing and practice it... LOTS!

Anyone who thinks that "keep it simple" = boring is clearly just a poor, egotistical and immature musician. Personally, I think one of the biggest challenges any musician faces is the point in their playing when they have to choose whether to hold back, be functional, subtle and sensitive or let their ego run wild (bearing in mind the great solo players were all great functional players first!). One route leads to gigs, the other leads you to a lifetime of lonely bedroom playing... we all know which is which

Kirk Douglas... great player and if worst came to worst, would just end up sitting back on a tasty groove! Ideal IMO. He also gets into my list just for his work on this alone.

Teeth. I refuse to play unless I can do the whole thing with my teeth.

All sorted now thanks to a fantastic basschatter! Thanks for all the help people.

I'll keep this short and sweet. I'm in the pit for a production of West Side Story and despite opening night being less than 2 weeks away, there's still no sign of the band parts from the music rental people. It's entirely a delivery problem on their behalf but the MD is stressed to bits and I don't fancy learning the entire CD back to front or reading the vocal score, so I was wondering if anyone on here could help? PM me if you can be of any assistance. Thanks in advance

Good news! There's nothing like the feeling you get when you find an amp/bass/bit of gear that you just fall in love with. Just buy one before you start to question yourself However, you do realise that this quote means we have to hear it for ourselves now [quote name='derrenleepoole' post='1091760' date='Jan 16 2011, 08:11 PM']the recording of the gig has come out great [/quote]

I noticed the other day that my rack tuner (korg DTR1000) has red LEDs and my LMIII has a blue LED. This sounds really picky and OCD, but is it possible to change the LEDs in the Korg from red to blue, so that they match? I know a blue LED display version of the Korg exists, so would it be as simple as just switching the bulbs? Any help or (inevitable) useful tales of personal experience would be useful and appreciated. Thanks in advance

And the quote 'You're always a semitone away from a "right" note' springs to mind lol

Hey Oscar, the best thing IMO is to just get out and do it. Sightreading in the house/practice room is not anything like doing it live, especially if there's someone conducting! My best practicing tip would be to do what classical musicians often do. Get lots of material to practice with, play through any piece until you make a mistake. When you make a mistake (timing or notes), flick to a new piece and continue. At first, it'll only be a few bars, then systems and eventually you'll nail the whole thing. This means that you never rely on your memory to help you out and focus entirely on your reading skills. Eventually, you'll get to the point where you can get through most pieces without any errors. Also, practice every piece with a metronome so you can also practice not stopping. If you start getting near to completing pieces without making too many mistakes, this is a great time to start practicing your abillity to pick the piece back up. For example, if you make a mistake, make sure you get back into the piece a.s.a.p and in the right place. This is kind of the opposite idea to skipping when you make a mistake, but the further along you get, the more you should leave that idea behind and focus on making sure you can get to the end of the piece, even if you drop a few beats, because you can't stop in a real reading situation. In addition, I found the following books to be really useful in terms of a "library" of new material when I was learning to read and you might want to check them out too: John Patitucci - 60 Melodic Etudes for Acoustic and Electric Bass Real Book in Bass Clef Charlie Parker Ominbook (Bass Clef Instruments) Paul Westwood - The Bass Bible I also have a resource in PDF form that you might like to add to your "library". Just PM if you're interested in more details and I can tell you what it is and see if you would like a look at it.

[quote name='MikanHannille' post='1081891' date='Jan 8 2011, 10:54 AM']Personally I'd say he's playing good, but sometimes a bit too much. Less is more. How about you guys?[/quote] Did this come to mind when anyone else saw him? If this guy spent as much time practicing to clean up his sloppy playing (attack, tone, timing, note selection etc etc etc) as he does straightening his hair and making sure his hat is at the correct 'jaunty' angle, he might actually become an alright bass player. However, it looks unlikely that he would ever choose to practice instead of blowing himself pretentious kisses in the mirror and increasing his already sizeable ego. P.s. Just listened to his Cee Lo Green and his bass is out of tune. "All the gear, nee idea"

I don't know if anyone has mentioned this yet, as I didn't read the entire thread but maybe you could try [b]Warwick[/b] combos? Never played their combos before but they will fall into that price range and I would think it's quite a strong brand that would sell itself really. Maybe something like the CCL 210 ND8, CCL ND8 or Sweet 15.3?

1. Pino Palladino - 'Nuff said. 2. Danny Thompson - I was lucky enough to be called up as a replacement for Danny and got to meet him. Nice bloke and great player too. 3. Baghiti Khumalo - One word. [i]Graceland. [/i] 4. Charles Mingus - Again, 'nuff said. 5. Jaco Pastorius - Just because I don't think there's a bassist on the planet that doesn't owe him some credit for their playing.

Worst one I ever did was unscrew a mic stand too quickly. It came down and trapped the pad of my right hand, taking a chunk out of the flesh. Still have the scar to this day. Bloody painful.

[quote name='bythesea' post='1074837' date='Jan 1 2011, 10:36 PM']It got this far into the thread without... [/quote] Jaco aside remember *apologies for the huge implication that Manring doesn't have his own fretless sound... Don't hurt me, please!*

[quote name='Nickytwister' post='1075242' date='Jan 2 2011, 01:03 PM']John, they're both horned models - I'm not really a tweeter fan but a little bit's perfect. I won't be selling them though! Cheers Skej![/quote] I wouldn't sell mine. The beauty with the GS112 is that you can just turn the tweeter off on one cab and you're sorted. Great gear, although I'm now tempted to get the new SL112 :S

It's all about getting the Boss DB90. All the percussionists/drummers I know use 'em. However, I still prefer my Wittner. I like the visual aspect.

Without a shadow of a doubt, Pino Palladino (The JM3 P-bass sound, not the fretless stuff).

[quote name='Nickytwister' post='1075179' date='Jan 2 2011, 12:13 PM']Hey guys, Just to let y'all know, last week I picked up a pair of used Chocolate Brown DB112s with covers from a good mate; I'm very pleased with them already! Thanks for all your help and advice. Happy New Year! Nick x[/quote] Great news that you joined the Aggy clan and all the advice proved to be useful. Truly brilliant cabs and look beautiful. Needless to say, but enjoy 'em! Also, apologies for the terrible play on words, but Happy New GEAR