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Stevie Wonder - Natural Wonder (live) Amazing album.

@Al Krow Forgot the link! - https://www.jeffberlinmusicgroup.com/bass-lessons?category=Jeff+Berlin+Bass+Ed

I discovered this when I was given a Tuba part to play and was playing it in the wrong register!

Yes. No hint of tab or other "cheats" anywhere. All proper notation throughout. And as any good music teacher will tell you - 5 minutes per day is far better than 1 hour on a weekend. 5 mins per day and you'll be reading Grade 1 quite happily in a couple of months. As it happens I also have the ABRSM Double Bass Specimen Sight Reading Tests book (Grade 1 to 5) that I use to test myself. It makes sure I'm not just playing from memory and that I'm really reading what is in front of me. It is for Double Bass, but I just ignore the bowing instructions and play normally. I've been trying to play dots for a couple of years only, but now I can use proper transcription of pieces that have not been available as a tab, or only available as a really bad quality tab. Or even make stuff up from a piano part if I have to. This has been very useful for my big band when most of the players can sight read at least Grade 5. I have to work damn hard in that band, just to keep up!

I've got a Strat with a variety of fully assembled scratchplates that have a quick swap plug and socket system so I don't have to solder anything when swapping them. 1: Lollar Blackface single coils 2: Dimarzio Injectors for neck and bridge and an Area 67 in the middle (stacked buckers, high output noiseless) 3: SD Pearly Gates at the bridge and a Dimarzio Chopper at the neck And I've got an ancient and really battered first run Epiphone Zakk Wylde Les Paul. From when they had passive EMG Hi-Z pickups - which I've replaced with a real ZW set. I wasn't going to get one, but the neck profile is the best I've ever found on any guitar ever. Unfortunately Gibson / Epiphone only have that neck profile on the ZW models and not on any other. At some point I might get another one that is in good condition and get it repainted to be a bit more subtle!

You give me too much credit. My piano lessons were 35 years ago!!

I've done the beginner to intermediate reading one. $99 gets you access to 24 lessons of various sight reading etudes totaling 102 pages and access to video on Vimeo showing how they should be played properly. The lessons are emailed to you by PDF. They start with whole notes on E string, then the A string etc then across the neck to learn where all the notes are and then gets harder with each lesson. Lesson 24 is everything that has gone before thrown into various exercises including semi-quavers, rests, triplets, ledger lines a fair way above the regular stave etc. Pack 1 is all in C major. Very traditional! There are a total of 5 lesson packs in increasing difficulty. They are $99 each but there is a deal if you want all 5 at once. 1: Basic to intermediate 2: Flats and Sharps 3: Scales 4: Chord Tones 5: Approach notes It's a really good tool to learn to read proper dots. There is no tab, other than a hint in the first 3 bars of the simplest exercises. After that you work out each from there so it sinks in. Use your favourite mnemonic. There's no "technique" or "genre" or example famous tunes based anything - it's all about learning to read the dots so the student can then go and play whatever they like. I could imagine that some might find it a bit boring, but it is the proper academic process of learning the dots rather than a learn a famous riff thing. Having had the benefit of classical lessons on piano and sax in the past I fully agree with Jeff on separating the academic part from the art part. I like it a lot. As I have a bit of time on my hands at the moment I might get lesson 2 as well. I actually think I'll find that one easier - In my big band I haven't played an open E or A string for years!!! Too many transposing instruments in the band!

Jeff Berlin's one. Concentrates on reading proper dots. It's good.

Here you go. The lesser spotted stack knob PJ-Ray 5.

Alas I think I'd keep the original neck so I can re-assemble it for sale in future if I needed to.

I'd like to assemble a parts bass at some point, but I'd rather make my first attempt on something really really cheap and not a bass that I love!

I have no idea if the holes are pre-drilled or not! Wouldn't know where to start on the nut. My luthier is very close to me, but I can't say that a trip to a luthier is essential travel!

Decision made - I will be getting a Mexican neck for it, but I'll wait for the lock down to end so it can be fitted professionally and set up. I'm not risking doing it myself and causing more expense than just getting it done properly in the first place! I'll be getting a maple board one for that Steve Harris look. I might put a sticker on the body as well... but obviously not a West Ham logo!

I think the Cutlass has been discontinued There was a thread last year.

If it will load the plugins too then it’s a no brainier for me. I have become a big fan of Neural plugins.

Parallax is brutal. Completely mental metal. This afternoon I have offended the gods of music by using it to play along with Motown tunes!

I’m currently trying the Darkglass B7K/VMTU and the Parallax plugins to see if I want one.

Without fuzz it’s awful on bass. Beyond terrible. Ok on guitar, but pointless for bass. with fuzz it’s excellent. Stacked into another it’s even better. It’s a one trick pony, but that pony is a thoroughbred.

I've got an Aguilar P in my 5 string... and because I couldn't get just 1 narrow space Aguilar J it also has a Nordy Big J Blade. The Aguilar P is the best P pickup I've ever tried. Mellow when plucked gently, nice bite when digging in.

Usually only use a nano-board but while I can't go and play out... 2 paths. 1: Wireless output A > Source Audio Spectrum > Digitech BSW > Boss LS-2 with the Morley Cliff Burton signature Power Fuzz Wah in Loop A > Fat General compressor > Brown Dog Gated Fuzz > Darkglass B3K V2 > Darkglass M900 head and a barefaced cab 2: Wireless output B > Marshall ED-1 Compressor > SFX Micro Thumpinator 30hz high pass filter > Markbass Marcus Limited Gold Line 800W head and barefaced cab The LS-2 is acting like an On / Off switch for the wah. The button placement on the wah is stupid and it's impossible to turn on the fuzz and the wah circuit at the same time. I set the amps up for clean and deep on the Markbass, and just a touch of grit for the Darkglass. Then I've got a great do everything basic tone that I can tweak with the EQ on my bass if I need to. The Spectrum is the best filter I have ever used. Just amazing. The BSW is set for a "Deeper Underground" / "Hysteria" sort of synthy tone. The "For whom the bell tolls" magic is stacking the Fuzz Wah with the Brown Dog. The Fuzz Wah fuzzes the entire signal, the Brown Dog has a clean blend so it effectively over-fuzzes half the signal reaching it so there's really 2 fuzzed tones mixed. It's a massively filthy tone that's much closer to Burton's live "Bellz" tone than the CD or the recent live sound. It's a huge sound.

I had a Dingwall ABZ 5. Aside from the annoyance of getting strings I liked (this was a few years ago when Dingwall was pretty much the only choice) I didn't find the B was nearly as good as the Marleaux Consat Custom 5 I had at the time as well. I like Dingwalls very much, but I am very much of the mind that a fan fret design is only needed if the basic construction hasn't been done as well as Marleaux manage to do.

I've got a Marcus Goldline I use it with either a single or a pair of Barefaced One10 Very happy.

PC or Mac is the same. When the meeting starts you'll see a little mic icon on the bottom left corner. Click the arrow next to it, then audio settings. That brings up a pop-up. ADVANCED will be on the bottom right on the pop-up Then you can see the audio processing options. Disable the top 2. Can leave the echo cancellation at auto. Only on PC and Mac - option not available on tablet / phone.

You won’t find any pro bassists using the boss live. There are many for Helix.