mrpink1991

Great playing on this track. Some tasty licks and fills about! It's my first full transcription so go easy on me but all feedback is welcomed. Have fun!

[quote name='neepheid' post='1115170' date='Feb 4 2011, 12:48 PM']Unscrew everything you can. You should be able to remove the capstan, pinion and any washers associated with it. The crux is whether the worm gear/button can be removed and reversed. To save you the bother, I might have a left handed one lying around in spares somewhere. Let me see what I can find. I take it these tuners are standard large sized, open gear types as per the originals?[/quote] neepheid, I can't thank you enough - it worked! Thanks alot!

[quote name='neepheid' post='1115126' date='Feb 4 2011, 12:13 PM']Have you tried taking the last one to bits? Can you reverse it?[/quote] neepheid, thanks for your reply. How would I go about this?

Well, I've resisted the eBay bug until this week when, out of desperation, I bought some new machine heads for one of my basses. It's an [url="http://fr.audiofanzine.com/outils/a.provider,m.29837,mod.media,down.true,th.normal,s.pictures.jpg"]OLP MM2[/url] I've had it years and the machine heads aren't doing their job properly. These new ones I bought were relatively cheap for the reason that I wasn't sure if they'd fit. The only problem is the G string! Because it's 3+1 configuration, none of the supplied new ones fit and its the G that's the worst one! Any tips people? Cheers.

Thanks again chaps - for all the relevant replies anyway! Wooten is a bit good isn't he? Haha. I'm starting to come to the conclusion that it is a stamina thing you know... When I have slowed with the metronome things seem much, much better. This would also explain why it's the 16ths I have trouble slapping. I know MK uses both hands but you don't associate the fretting hand with timing and groove etc (at least I don't) which is another realisation for me this weekend... Thanks again everyone!

[quote name='RhysP' post='961048' date='Sep 19 2010, 11:44 AM']How can your slap technique be good if you can't play in time?[/quote] Thanks for the replys everyone. What I mean is - my slap chops are good. It seems to be only continuous 16th note slap - anything else is not a problem and that why I have used the two L42 examples in my original post. I shall get to work with a metronome. Are there any drum machines anyone can recommend?

Hey people! I was wondering if someone could point me in the right direction. What solo's have you transcribed? Which ones helped? I start on one and then my 4 strings aren't enough! Bass or otherwise. Cheers!

Hello chaps (and chap-ettes!). I am new here and have made a discovery. I've had one of those moments that many musicians talk about. It has come to my attention that I have been doing something very bad... My chops are good, my theory is above average and I'm off to University to study for my Music B.A on Monday (papping myself!). My slap technique is good but, thinking about it, I've only ever played with live bands with this tool and never along to any records in full. I have only ever worked out passages and glued it all together on my own and so now I'm not so sure my slap is cool. I was playing along to Dive Into the Sun by Level 42. Why? I have no idea but I just decided to do it and my timing was all over the place like a mad woman's sh*t. I went through it about 4 times and things actually got worse - I fell behind two beats at one point! My fingerstyle is tight (I checked it after my realisation today) so things are fine there. I proceeded to try Love Games. This is a tune I have played for years, jamming it out with my band and things are fine. Once I played it against the track today, I had the same problem. Is it that I'm playing uncontrollably in front of and behind the beat in 16th note slap and when I do it with a live band they earhole my timing and go with me? This would explain my problem with playing along to these kind of records. How the heck do I sort this out? Very annoyed at myself and I really wanted this sorted by Monday! Cheers people - here's to many more posts!