stingrayPete1977

Funnily enough I was texting a mate last night about that, he is a classical guitarist/teacher and reading expert! Going to have a few hours with him soon

Nope I have got ya, its good

I started on 5 strings due to a very similar circumstance, I played the live shows for a guy called David Barron, he wrote and recorded the lot on a fiver and he is no slouch either, there is no way it could be played on a detuned bass. I used to defend the 4 strings only idea then I started to defend the 5 string idea now I generally leave the whole topic alone, makes no odds to me. Best of luck with the band

Ah yes I see nice one Rich! Confused me at first you mean play the last 16th (semiquaver if your not American at home). I just watched Marta's version again for scientific reasons you know and I tapped it at about 125 bmp on my metronome too, very good

You are not that far from me Beedster (Stafford-ish), you are welcome to try my Gedo (I would like to hear what it is meant to sound like anyway!), mine is a solid top with Spirocore strings, no idea how well I have set it up but I can just about get a tune out of it Tim Toft's is near me so I am going to get it looked over next year and get them to set it up the best it can possibly be then at least I know I have got the best I can for my cash for now.

I think I want to go to this! Local and free, I am going to check my diary........

I am having a wrist Op tomorrow so I will have to be a passive learner for a few weeks,

I just tried it at 100 bpm (what bpm is it at?) I went for low F# with my 1st finger then octave with my 2nd then 1st to finish and repeat.

I am liking the braces but no hats?

[quote name='waynepunkdude' timestamp='1379274841' post='2210769'] "[color=#333333]Sounds absolutely stunning!!" [/color] [color=#333333]That would have made me realise it wasn't a Rickenbacker.[/color] [/quote]

Do it mate! And I think most of us here are 3/4 users?

I'm afraid you need to take Flea out of the ditty, he records much of his stuff on five strings!

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1379269742' post='2210657'] Which points to it being an environmental issue rather than a specific problem with the bass. [/quote] I'd say its still the bass but the amp and eq just highlight/mask the hum.

The genz carpet finish not looking so daft now eh

I agree, I'm a midlander but hey he has got eyes! Lol. Last year chillis at knebworth Keidis never spoke!

I have had this on lots of basses especially new ones, the earth behind the bridge sinks into the soft paint, peel it out clean it and move it to a fresh area before screwing the bridge on tightly and its gone. Why and how it hums I will leave to the experts but all I know is I have had that exact problem 3 times at least!

[quote name='Ou7shined' timestamp='1378977584' post='2207197'] Don't you just hate it when a bass is fine for weeks then suddenly overnight the shielding lacks. [/quote] Actual lol moment!

Just copied this from facebook, I don't agree that it was a bad gig and the comments about brum are true, for me that's what grunge was about, they said the same of Seattle later. Simon Woodey Just returned from the most unprofessional gig I have seen in a long time. Went to see Soundgarden and for 75 minutes it was all hunky dory. Chris's voice was great, crowd were into it and then it all started going wrong. First Chris introduced a song by saying we only play this when we are in bleak English towns like this one (nice). Then Ben Shepherd had a problem with his bass amp. He had a look at his monitor, then went back to his amp, fiddled with it still wasn't happy so knocked it over. Then went and smashed the neck of his bass into one of the stage lights, threw it on the floor and walked off!The others carried on for two songs and then went off. Came back once they had replaced the amp and played a couple more but Ben just stood there with this really sh*tty look on his face. To use an English phrase, 'He looked like a Bulldog chewing a wasp.' Because of the delay they cut the encore short, we didn't get 'Outshined' and we knew it was coming because we saw the setlist.Ben just threw his bass again, Matt the drummer walked off, and Chris and Kim just layed their axes down and f***ed around with the distortion for about four minutes, just making noise. Totally unprofessional in my view, suck it up and play Ben Shepherd you spoiled dick! No thank you's, no goodnight, they just walked off leaving the guitars screaming on the stage. Grow up boys, we payed £40 to listen to you play and you f***ed us over.Arseholes!Like · 3 · Today at 2:01am

[quote name='Jack Cahalane' timestamp='1379239117' post='2210060'] Let's find out, do you have a string vest I can borrow? [/quote] I can chuck in the black SR5 if it helps?

[quote name='Merton' timestamp='1379259331' post='2210453'] When Skunk Anansie played at Brighton Dome earlier this year Cass' bass rig was having issues, again an all-valve head with mic'ed cab. However he DOES DI before the amp as well so despite him having a gig he's probably rather forget he just got on with it and the sound out front was still awesome [/quote] I love Cass!

Yeah the feedback ending and wrecking the other P was a bit odd wasn't it?

[quote name='Beer of the Bass' timestamp='1379259042' post='2210445'] It's odd, I thought the usual thing in pro sound would be to run a DI before the amp in addition to miking the speaker. Surely if they'd been doing that, the sound guys could have turned up the DI fader to FOH and put some in the sidefills within seconds of the amp going down? I wonder if the Soundgarden bassist is one of these guys who is unusually insistent about not having a DI there at all? [/quote] Its all a bit odd isn't it? Lets see if that p bass ends up on here or ebay too

[quote name='the_skezz' timestamp='1379258103' post='2210427'] I was there,was a fair bit off to the side about halfway down the crowd though so didn't get a brilliant view of what was going on (other than having a face like thunder on him for the last few numbers then throwing his bass over his shoulder and storming off at the end). [/quote] I enjoyed the gig overall did you? Do you agree the bass had better clarity after they gave up on the ampegs? The guy with the ricky in the support band didnt cut through much where we were stood either so maybe some engineer/venue fail too?

The green one looks like my old one!