paul_5

A South African friend told me I 'Grooved like a Black Man' many years ago, I'm not sure I'm comfortable with the terminology, but I appreciate what he was trying to say.

[quote name='Conan' post='920648' date='Aug 10 2010, 01:54 PM']Giblin is one of my favourites! He played on Fish's debut solo album released in 1989. Highlights include: [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_4Nl_qFF8o"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_4Nl_qFF8o[/url] [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5avmXNE59U&feature=related"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5avmXNE59U...feature=related[/url][/quote] This album was my introduction to Mr Giblin's superb work. Some staggeringly good lines, but always within the context of the song - never overplaying, which given the melodic content of his lines, is no mean feat. Perfectly balanced basslines - just beautiful.

Lovely bass, could do with a lick of paint though...

i was once given a pair of vintage celestion g12 greenback speakers that i absolutely destroyed. Should have looked after then a bit more...

[quote name='51m0n' post='1198611' date='Apr 13 2011, 07:54 PM']Bass last if I get that luxury. You cant record a b-line and know its right without the vocal there IMO....[/quote] Absolutely; you can't 'serve the song' if you don't know what it is!

So anyways, tonight I have promised myself that I'll have the basslines for at least 6 original tracks done. The Ampeg has been retubed, basses restrung, pedalboard assembled and I'm ready to go. It's all unusual stuff (5/4, 7/4 etc...), but listenable (well, to me at least). Most of the guitars are done, the drums are sorted (EZ drummer), and even the Glockenspiel parts are done. Anyone else save the best for last?

Want to bet? Opening stake is a house in Marbella or similar.

personally i'd put pedals that need to 'track' such as octave or synth stuff as close to the bass to give it a fighting chance. It's up to yot whether you put this pre or post compressor.

for a small fee i can infuse the body of your instrument with a hallucinogen of your choice, when yot sweat during a gig the chemical will be absorbed through your freshly opened pores, leaving you free to trip your tits off, hands free, during each and every performance.

I picked up a used EBS Unichorus on BC for the price of a new CE3B, and I absolutely love it, might be worth looking out for one of these in the 'for sale' section.

sir psycho sexy is the balls, what a line!

I know a few people who swear by the Alesis SR16, but not used one myself. If you're not bothered about it being hardware then programs like EZ Drummer are dead simple to use and sound tons better.

That's a really sensitive arrangement Stu, nicely done.

Thanks for posting this, great tune! Just the thing for a Monday morning, I reckon I'll have a romp through this later on this evening when the kiddies are in bed...

Cheers Lozz, I'll look at alternative cabinets.

Hi All, I've just swapped my LH1000 for an Ampeg B2RE and I love it. Thing is, instead of the LH1000 delivering 700 odd watts at 8 ohms, I've got the Ampeg putting out just above 200 Watts at 8 ohms. My Cabinet has 4 x 250 Watt drivers (8 ohms I think) and I want to know if there's a way to fool the amp into thinking that it's powering 2 x 500W cabinets at 8ohms, and thereby getting the full 450W out of the Ampeg? Any ideas / warnings / suggestions / cake?

i've got a couple of albums somewhere, behind the zappa and prog rock, ya know, since we're sharing.

[quote name='hellothere' post='1193479' date='Apr 9 2011, 02:45 AM']Practice slapping a note and then popping the octave or hammering on a note from an open string and then popping the octave. Try making up your own little riffs adding some muted notes in. That's how I started learning.[/quote] +1 octaves are a great place to start. Make sure that you do it with a 'nome too to keep your timekeeping up - there's nothing worse than a sloppy slapper . Get into percussive 'dead' notes too - they are fundamental to the slap style. Oh, and make sure that you've got THA ONE covered t all times!

[quote name='waynepunkdude' post='1190129' date='Apr 6 2011, 09:35 AM']I can't remember my exact words but I believe it was something along the lines of 'It is the most hideous thing I've ever let into my house, it should be burned to save humanity'[/quote] even without a sunburst finish?