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Phantomnin
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I have decided to reduce my pedals down to the bare minimum and want to buy a new bass. So out goes my, very cool, but not used much for Blues pedals. All prices include delivery, but I will knock 10 poinds off if anyone can collect from Chelmsford (when I'm available). Power cables and instrument cables are for illustration only apart from the Markbass Supersynth. Pay PAL or cash on collection. UK buyers only please, will not ship overseas. Not interested in trades. [attachment=128469:IMAG2333.jpg] Boss SL-20 Slicer. Well, describing this one is almost impossible. You play a note, it adds a beeping mad cap rhythmic groove to match it. Wonderful fun to play with. Practical uses are limited, but for sheer barmy fun, I haven't had a better pedal. Never gigged. Note: No box or instructions. Bought new, never gigged, bought from the music shop in Chelmsford about 2 years ago. £80 incl delivery. [attachment=128471:IMAG2334.jpg] EBS Dynaverb (black label). Makes great reverb effects. Typical EBS quality. Padding on base is marked thanks to leaning on another box: [attachment=128473:IMAG2335.jpg] With box and instructions.Never gigged, never even left the house. Bought new from the Bass Merchant 18 months ago. £80 Delivered. [attachment=128474:IMAG2336.jpg] Tech 21 Chorus pedal. Gogeous chorus pedal which has added detune option and can go right through to flange effects.Comes with instructions and nifty tin. Tin has a small (1cm) mark on lid. Bought new never gigged. Bought from DV247 in Romford within the last year, never even left the house. Now sold. [attachment=128476:IMAG2338.jpg] [attachment=128478:IMAG2346.jpg] The amazing Mark Bass Super Synth. Turn your bass into a range of funky synth sounds. Also works as an octaver. Comes with: Power supply, instructions, usb lead and box (the cover to the box is worn and torn slightly). Please note I have no idea where I put the CD, but you can download the latest software from the markbass website. Bought new, 3 years ago (roughly), from Bass Merchant. Only time it left house was to go to one bass bash. now sold [attachment=128481:IMAG2343.jpg] Last one [attachment=128482:IMAG2342.jpg] Boss RC 20XL Looper. Great fun with looping with a useful 2 pedal pedal. Never gigged. Bought from new from DV247 about 2 years ago. No box or instructions.Now sold. -
Tried one in Wunjos yesterday in Denmark Street. I also tried the Japanese Mustang and a Squier Jaguar for a short scale shoot out. Didn't like the Jaguar. Got on well with the Japanese Mustang, but very low output compared to the other two. Really loved the Pawn Shop Mustang...and until I walked into the shop didn't even know it existed. Sound was more to my taste, and although it doesn't have a range of tones really, it does what it does very well. The only thing I disliked was the racing stripes. As a cheaper alternative to my Status basses I am very close to cracking and buying one.
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I always feeze in music shops...yet I can go to Jams and play fine..and I have grade 7, so I can play some funky stuff. I used to play Dune Tune in music shops in the 80s...and I played it very badly. LOL Now the riff I seem to hear most is Hysteria by Muse. One kid segued out of that into Level 42...
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Bought 2 Lanyards...never gave an address...doh. Keep up the great work.
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I sang it on Thursday as a bloke in the pub kept calling for it. Turned out I didn't know it as well as I claimed. Stick to bass, that should be my motto.
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Shucks. Well good luck with the trade/sale.
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Hey, I have got a streamline 5. Does yours have a bendwell and 16.5mm?
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I have never wanted a bass other than a status as much as I want that. My 5 string streamline is E-C so I can have tenor bass moments
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[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsMpHHSLSlc[/media] Bukka White....what a physical guitar player. You almost have to feel sorry for the national guitar except for the beautiful sounds coming out of it. Anyway, that looks like great percusive slapping to me.
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I have a really busy job and am still in my old originals band, although we meet up only from time to time. I don't have time for the full band commitment at the moment. I really enjoy the jam nights I go to. If you were a very serious musician, playing live regulalrly, I could see why you wouldn't. The night I go to (The Hot Hob Blues in Brentwood) is firendly, and I come away quite happy to have just played on a stage, and not sucked in every song. Twelve bars allows people of average talent to play together, and I am still amased how the songs work even with zero rehearsal time, and when they don't I just smile... There is about 20 Jammers and 20 watchers at every night. And not many bassists, so I often get two sets. Yes some of the jammers are older (not surprisingly given the last time blues was a major force in the charts), but there are quite a few youg ones appearing. If I was a better musisician then maybe I wouldn't enjoy it...and you were right, crossroads does get played quite a bit.
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I loved the Old grade 5...I still play all funked up sometimes. I did the P.M. Rockabilly number and the Metallica style metal one. I got a merit.
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Excuse my typing. I've tried a few, almost every one I have ever seen in a shop/ at a gig as a committed headless bass fanatic and none of them matched a status. And thanks for correcting my typo, amasingly even after having that word on a bass I owned for twenty years I still can't type it correctly. And I wasn't going to mention my Hohners, as I wouldn't bring a washburn Status into a discussion about status basses. Or it could be you haven't tried a streamline?
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WHoooo. Something I know about. The streamline is an ergonomic piece of genius. It sounds great, has a really wide range of tones and if you have the 16.5mm option is ridiculaously fast to play. The Steinbergs arn't in the same ballpark, honestly. I was so disapointed when I tried one. My 5 string streamline with 16.55mm is more of a unique tone...much more punchy and hi fi, but that is because I got it made with a single pickup front and a coil tap at the back. This one is great for finger style funk, but doesn't hide any mistakes. More streamline topics please.
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Ditto for the Yamaha Stage Pass...classy, light and packs up neatly.
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[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1340531713' post='1705596'] ^^ This is all you need to know.^^ Practice and more practice. I forget who said it, but 'amateurs practice until they get it right - professionals practice until they can't get it wrong.' [/quote] That is a great quote. I pracitce my grades until they are right, but if nerves set in during the exam I can make mistakes.
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Anyone tried a 5string and not like them? And why?
Phantomnin replied to Marvin's topic in General Discussion
I have a 4 and 5 of the same model and as long as I play both regularly it doesn't bother me. BUT I do have a EADGC five...or my Coward's tenor bass as I like to call it. -
Check out Rockschool's new Bass Syllabus
Phantomnin replied to dave31kdrums's topic in General Discussion
Practise. Read the breakdowns on each song. Pracitse some more. Make sure you work hard on the scales. Practise Don't ignore the ear tests or questions, loads of marks there. Practise Be so confident with the songs that the exam is a breeze. -
Who made you decide "I'm going to play bass!"
Phantomnin replied to Cameronj279's topic in General Discussion
Mark King (Don't groan). A quick report about him on BBC breakfast. Much to my parents iritation, I went out and bought a bass, even though they had bought me a saxaphone six months before. The funny thing is I'm good at some things on bass, but I suck at the machine gun slap stuff. Drew -
Yup...still don't get how you can slap and pull with the strings upside down....
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How did he play slap in the Grace Jones song with upside down strings? Lee Pomeroy, very talented and very busy, these things may be related.
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Has anyone else got the new grade 8 rockschool book.
Phantomnin replied to Phantomnin's topic in General Discussion
Thanks Stuart, I was too used to the 'You tube' tastic in your face tapping on 'Sampa Samba' on the old grade 8 book. I guessed that might be the case....need to get better headphones, or the talent to not need to listen to the pieces as a guide when learning it. I think there was a particulalry good piece in the Grade 7 bass book. . And the copy is far more fun and far more detailed than the old 'Guru Guides'. Cheers Drew -
Has anyone else got the new grade 8 rockschool book.
Phantomnin posted a topic in General Discussion
I think the rockschool grades have been a great way for me to learn music (I have done grades1-7 inclusive in the last three years). I've bought the new sylabus grade 8 book, but for one of the songs 'Nosso Samba' I just can't hear the upper register tapping on the coda of the fulltrack. Is it me? Or is it just mixed really quiet? Any one with a better ear than me would be a real help. Thanks Drew Oh, and the new sylabus is great and duffs the trinity rocks books out of sight. -
[quote name='Clarky' timestamp='1338238172' post='1671484'] Compare with the taste and tone here: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sajihaV1rGk&feature=related[/media] [/quote] Which is, by far, my least favourite track on that album. By a long way.
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It is a noodly slightly showy improvised bass solo......errrr and your complaint is? But try as I might I actually enjoy it. Interestingly it is the bit I'm not keen on that the crowd goes wild at.
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Does anyone know how basses are sold each year ?
Phantomnin replied to far0n's topic in General Discussion
[quote name='Twigman' timestamp='1337957428' post='1668069'] Rubbish! [/quote] Possibly, I should have said 'far less people seem to start on bass compared to guitar'. And yes I started on Bass but I have noticed doing the rock school exams (Every grade up to 7 so far), that there are a lot more Grade 1 guitarists at the exam days than anything else.