AntLockyer

Zombie thread. What happened was the silver paint bloomed badly so I stripped it all off, then I started to strip the poly finish off and got side tracked. Today I made a decision to not do silver (as Squier do one now themselves) and do white instead. Wasn't sure it would be good with the maple neck and I'm still not sure. Decal might go on tonight.

First things first I am not a regular church goer and wouldn't describe myself as being part of any organised religion. With that said I really enjoy listening to modern gospel music. I was discussing with my friend yesterday about the talent that some of those guys possess and how you see a lot of Gospel players being really great at their craft. He introduced me to some other devotional music from other places like Pakistan that was equally as skilled and powerful. I came to the conclusion that these people excel because they have a higher purpose than entertainment or just telling a story. They are telling THE story (for their beliefs) and the better a job they do the better they are in the eyes of their deity. I wondered how that fit it with my life and experiences. When I am in the house band at a jam I'm not giving my all to anything. I'm merely providing a simple canvas to make the other guys sound good. I'm not making it the best it can be, I'm not trying to make people feel amazing or spread the word of anything. Playing in the band is a bit different. I do give it my all in that setting but my all is only a sum of my practice and attitude at that time. It still is about making the band leader sound good. I decided I need that devotion in my musical life. Not by joining a religious group but exploring the ideas of a higher place being found through excellence and the spreading of joy. Always doing what I can to be the best I can be at all times. That started last night. I made a commitment to be 100% present with anyone I played with. To be 100% of the musician I can be at this time given my experience level and knowledge. It was a resounding success. My contribution to the music was greater. The music was greater. The joy was greater (me, the other musicians, the audience). I heard the music properly for the first time and gave myself to it totally. The next step is to really focus my practice to being better at that. It is no longer about just doing exercises or playing the same songs over and over. I am fully committing to learning the theory and performance principles I need to be as good as I can possibly be and I want to realise my full potential. I wanted to share this, I've not heard it talked about before and you may get something out if it.

Love it.

Brilliant.

Buy a P bass?

That is brilliant Scott, well done.

I think there is an obligation to warn others properly and that includes a name and an accurate description of the events that you know to be true.

[quote name='grenadilla' timestamp='1429062200' post='2747632'] It is a little strange to change basses, but in a good way. Also to play a "D" pattern at the 10th fret on the E string when you usually play it 5th fret, A string. -the Old Spice of life! [/quote] Well I think this is exactly what this particular exercise is all about. Getting away from patterns, thinking in notes and knowing where those notes are all over the place. Playing an Amaj7 chord, focusing mainly on the A, C#, E and G#, moving around the neck and adding other chromatic notes where needed makes for much more fluidity that learning the shape starting on the 5th fret of the E string or even mixing it up to be the 12th fret of the A string. It's exactly what I needed in my bass playing and it's going to be a long road.

I can switch betweens guitars no problem when playing songs, just when doing exercises like that one I notice. That exercise actually turned out to be awesome, improvised some great basslines today because of it.

[quote name='Oopsdabassist' timestamp='1428994604' post='2746691'] Holy smokes! If my gain goes past about 11 o'clock, walls start coming down! and thats with either of my passive P's. Okay it feeds into a BF compact and goes through a zoom B3, but that kinda gain is unknown territory for me..and I play against 2 Marshall halfstacks! [/quote] Master doesn't go above 9 o'clock, took it round to 3 o'clock during sound check on an outdoor gig and soiled myself

In the late 90s I was a drummer and had a bass guitar in the house that my old bassist and house mate left here. I played a bit and really enjoyed it. Decided I wanted my own bass and decided it had to be a USA made orange Jazz bass. Played a bunch and didn't really like them for one reason or another. Was in Nashville and in World Music, the guy said here try this bass out. Sunset orange P with rosewood fretboard. I loved it and handed over a pile of 100s That was my only bass until 2010 when I wanted to buy myself a wedding present and got an Aria SB1000 (because so many of the people I love used one). Then last year my mum and dad bought me an early 60s P for my 40th. It is very nice indeed.

60s P bass into EBS Reidmar, Gain at 2 o'clock, comp at 12 o'clock, slight mid boost about 750k, bright off, bass tweaked to suit room. Generally have the controls on the guitar wide open unless the DI really has loads of top end in it at which point I'll roll the tone most of the way off. My tuner is in the line out and is really the only part of the rig I'd change going to one in the effects loop.

Something happened this morning. I was doing a chord tone exercise where you play all the chord tones on a single string (so starting on the E string. Cmaj7 E, G, B, C, E etc.) I was doing it on my Aria which I knew would be different to my P basses because it has a 2 octave neck. Anyway, when I did pick up a P bass afterwards and try ot do the same thing it wasn't automatic. The notes were effectively in a different place in space and without that extra note at the top, the run up and down the neck sounded different. I went back to the Aria and it felt right. So you guys who have multiple instruments of different scale lengths, number of frets, number of strings even. How do you get round this? Do you practice everything in all 12 scales on all the basses? Do you do something else? Or have you realised this is an issue and now only have 1 bass or type of bass? cheers

https://youtu.be/ivgKU3fnWzY

You are kind Pete, I really struggled to play with that drummer.

[quote name='Clarky72' timestamp='1428584351' post='2742692'] Don't sell it! [/quote] It does sound nice (shame about the playing) https://youtu.be/6kOoLfGHh3w

Lovely, played my original one for a 3 hour gig yesterday, made me wonder why it was up for sale.

Lovely, even my wife agrees.

[quote name='Funky Dunky' timestamp='1427746506' post='2733878'] Ant - what do Pre CBS Ps go for, and how easy are they to obtain? [/quote] Mine was less than £3k with a refin and non original pots.

Given the choice between a CS P and a pre CBS P for the same money I don't understand not buying the old one.

I think I'm going to get one. Not a fan of Sunburst normally but those ones look great.