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Gareth Hughes

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  1. Gareth Hughes
    Not just you at all. I could easily have written that post. So much so, that despite some amazing new books/courses coming out from the likes of Danny Ziemann, Damian Erskine, the DiscoverDoubleBass folks, Janek Gwizdala, etc - I have vowed not to buy anything new until I've finished at least 3-4 of the method books I've bought and all of the courses I've bought from Janek and DiscoverDoubleBass. So far it's actually working out great - focused me to finish the first Michael Moore method book and I'm about 20 exercises away from finishing the first Bottesini method. But then you've gone and thrown a spanner in the works with all of your wonderful transcriptions. ('Why Not!' is giving me a dirty look from the music stand.)
  2. Gareth Hughes
    Thanks so much for sharing 'Why Not!' Really, thanks - it's very much appreciated.
  3. Gareth Hughes
    Thank you for doing these, and for sharing them. I feel obliged to give them a go. On a side note - I've never been a YES fan - I don't dislike them, they're just on a to-do list of sorts - BUT I did meet Chris Squire once backstage at a YES gig. A mate had a plus one ticket through some connections so I went along. As impressive as the night was, my outstanding memory is - Bloody hell, Chris Squire is a huge!
  4. Gareth Hughes
    This is so incredibly useful - thank you for doing this.
  5. Gareth Hughes
    Bump for a great pedal. I have the full size Vong from Schall_Technik04. Great piece of kit. A drummer/producer I work with a lot was really impressed with the slope of the HPF - really effective while remaining unobtrusive
  6. Gareth Hughes
    You've inspired me to finally upload this medley I made of some of the Twin Peaks themes. Drums are a loop from the original recording, bass line on a Fender Mustang, melody on a Maruszczyk Elwood 6P. I was still getting my head around the melody and reading it from the page, so do excuse the stiffness in places. (Apologies for the thread hijack)
  7. Gareth Hughes
    Such a beautiful tune, and nice playing too - perfect tone for it.
  8. Gareth Hughes
    Hey 6feet7 - is the fingerboard Ebony or a really dark Rosewood?
  9. Gareth Hughes
    Thanks to everyone above here for taking the time to explain things. I have a Q-Strip, and absolutely love it - placed in the effects loop of a Genz-Benz Streamliner has given me such happiness. I initially thought the hpf wasn’t high enough - I’ve gotten used to a variable one - but the pedal is so responsive to small adjustments that I’ve gotten everything I need from it. Thanks again everyone.
  10. Gareth Hughes
    Yes!!!! I played this bass intro a few nights back at a gig because I knew there were two huge KISS fans at the party I was playing at. It went over everyone's head, but such a joy to see those two people stop what they were doing like they'd been stunned. Such a bass line. And next to the righteous overdriven tone Gene has gotten on 'Sonic Boom' and 'Monster', I think the bass tone on 'Dynasty', and 'Sure Know Something' in particular is just beautiful.
  11. Gareth Hughes
    Nice one, thanks for that.
  12. Gareth Hughes
    I’ve played around with the first few on double bass, never tried them on electric though. And then I get ..... distracted by things that are easier to play! Thanks for the link to your book, that looks like a worthy addition to the library.
  13. Gareth Hughes
    Bump for a truly awesome and versatile pedal.
  14. Gareth Hughes
    Soooooooo desirable. I know it’s personal - but this is a gold standard for me.
  15. Gareth Hughes
    The counting isn’t so much that you need it want to say ‘1234’ out loud, it’s more for you to have an internal reference point. The more you do it - counting out loud while tapping a rhythm - the more your brain will switch off the focus on counting (though you will still be counting) and then you can focus on tapping the rhythm. We do this all the time when we tap our foot or bob our head to the beat while playing a bass line that has all sorts of rhythmic variations. Counting out loud seems tricky at first because you are now having to consciously do it, just as consciously thinking ‘left foot, right foot’ would feel odd whilst walking over rough ground. Try switching things around - instead of saying ‘1234’, try clapping the beats ‘1234’ whilst saying the rhythm, using ‘da da’ or some variation to vocalise the patterns. The fight sequence in ‘Cool’ from ‘West Side Story’ is probably the only time I’ve consciously counted beats on a professional gig. Absolute headache!!!!
  16. Gareth Hughes
    Nice one!!!
  17. Gareth Hughes
    I had one of these Joyo American pedals. It did make a righteous sound - truly glorious - but....... it was a noisy bugger, even with low gain levels.
  18. Gareth Hughes
    Are these not phantom-powerable like a lot of other Tech21 pedals? (I mean the other fly-rigs like the Dug and the Bass Fly-Rig)
  19. Gareth Hughes
    I don’t have any experience with the GT-1B, but I get my Rhodes kick from cranking up the speed on a chorus pedal, with the depth at 50%. No it doesn’t sound like a convincing Rhodes on its own, but on gigs it allows me to keep a solid low-end and have a warbly, Leslie-rotating, kind of sound that keeps me happy. Two chorus pedals I use are an MXR Analog Chorus and a TC Electronic AfterGlow. So maybe a chorus patch on the GT-1B might be worth twiddling with?
  20. Gareth Hughes
    What is football?
  21. Gareth Hughes
    I haven’t had the LowBlow but I’ve gotten a lot of mileage out of a Wampler Black ‘65. It’s a Fender Bassman clone. I spent a LOT of time on this page checking out different clips and found the Wampler closest to what I wanted: http://johnkvintageguitars.homestead.com/Overdrive-Pedals.html
  22. Gareth Hughes
    Excellent dealing all round. Frank was very patient with my PayPal headaches, and does the best packing you'll ever see. I'm tempted to believe the bubble wrap INSIDE the outer box was heat-shrunk around the inner box. Too damn good.
  23. Gareth Hughes
    Hey PJ-Bassist - could you be tempted by a Lehle Basswitch DI?
  24. Gareth Hughes
    They are leather, but Maruszczyk’s straps are so damn comfy. And very pliable. By comparison I have some similarly wide straps by Italia that make the bass seem heavier because the straps feel so stiff. Great straps, just stiff.
  25. Gareth Hughes
    I played through an Acoustic Image head for years - on acoustic and electric bass - and loved it. My one reservation is similar to your EA experience, it could sound a little sterile with electric bass - but that’s what overdrive pedals are for 😜
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