paul_5

All the best for this thunderbird, you're not doing "back in the saddle" by Aerosmith by any chance?

on a unrelated matter - nice fish-eye work there Derren; I really like the look (and sound) of that video. Back to business. Can't speak for the MM stuff that John East does, but if they're anywhere near as good as the Jazz ones then you won't be disappointed.

I had one of the Hohner ones and loved it. Mine was a 5 string, and yes, there wasn't [i]quite[/i] enough oomph at the low end, but a very comfortable bass to play. It sounded awesome through my Trace stack at the time - that sounds really 80s doesn't it? I would imagine another limitation being detuning strings as they're double ball end, but I've never tried this, so wouldn't really know.

anybody know anything about these? [url="http://www.audereaudio.com/Scripts/prodView.asp?idproduct=5"]http://www.audereaudio.com/Scripts/prodView.asp?idproduct=5[/url]

RIP Cliff. His playing was the first time I actually heard what a bass guitar could do. Prior to that it was all 'dum - da - dum' I was about 13 or 14 and a friend lent me his tape of 'Master of puppets'. Good times, sad loss.

George L stuff is dead reliable and they are really skinny when on the board. I reckon I've freed up about 5 or 5 square inches on my board just by using their right angled stuff instead of Neutrik connectors and standard cabling. Not cheap, but cheaper (and less hassle) in the long run than completely rewiring the board every 6 months or so. also looking at the gear list on your sig, that B3K needs some quality cabling! [url="http://www.hotroxuk.com/guitar-accessories-links-847-0/guitar-cable-links-6145-0/george-l-cables-and-plugs-10001-0.html"]http://www.hotroxuk.com/guitar-accessories-links-847-0/guitar-cable-links-6145-0/george-l-cables-and-plugs-10001-0.html[/url] or these fellas sell the cable by the foot: [url="http://www.stringsdirect.co.uk/cables/george_l_s"]http://www.stringsdirect.co.uk/cables/george_l_s[/url]

[quote name='DHA' timestamp='1317141445' post='1387301'] yes [/quote] but better.

It's horses for courses really. Some band I've played in didn't need them (mainly covers bands), so I didn't take them. All of my 'original' bands - ever - have benefitted from a healthy dose of [i]tasteful [/i]effects. Mainly octave, some sort of dirt, filter or synth pedal. I generally always take FX to a rehearsal, but don't feel that I absolutely must use them all of the time. That would make me some sort of guitarist, and I don't want that.

It will get easier. The progresion that you've quoted is a I-VI-II-V (but slightly altered to make chord II major, instead of minor 2nd time round), and that's pretty much as 'standard' a progression as you're likely to see. It might seem a bit bewildering at first, but once you've nailed this you can play a whole lot of tunes.

Probably, they stink too. I mean [i]REALLY STINK![/i]

True dat. also try playing the chords as arpeggios in different places on the neck, then look at playing those arpeggios starting on different notes (e.g. the third and then the fifth). This will increase your knowledge of not just the chord tones available, but the fingerboard too. HTH

Yeah, I looked at that too. PC only though. The Sansamp PSA plugin in protools does a really similar job though. That's protools only though, but it does work on a Mac.

Love it. When's the album released?

[quote name='WHUFC BASS' timestamp='1254137655' post='610750'] You'll all hate it I promise... [/quote] Just discovered this thread. LOVE that basstone WHUFC. Lovely and dirty.

Kudos to wayne for doing this. I've been roped into doing bass duties for WWRY for my college in march. The performing arts lecturer gave me a copy of the soundtrack to listen to to 'gen up' on queen stuff. I played it in the car on the way home. apologies to the guy in the car 100yards behind me in the outside lane who recently had a near miss with a small 'flying saucer' on the A56. The soundtrack is absolutely dire. I'm still doing the show, but like Wayne, It's not going to be a labour of love.

My four year old can get all of those sounds out of my bass simply by running toy trains up and down the neck. also he's never had a seizure / convulsion whilst doing it. Win.

Looks very nice fellas, thanks for doing this. Just need a couple of days to get used to it, and I'm laughing.