fretmeister

The Little Marks are not class d. They are class C. The F1 is D.

I use my Shuttle 9.2 as a power amp. Works well.

[quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1426704989' post='2721121'] Ooof... what a player...! [/quote] MUSIC STANDS! Clearly he's crap!!

She got a Roland and is very happy with it. As I mentioned above - 10 year olds and AER are not a mix that dad would approve of!

I started reading a couple of years ago when I joined my daughters local music trust orchestra. I've been playing for almost 30 years and that ear & jam experience was generally useless when I had sheet music thrown at me every week - especially when it wasn't in the original key but had been transposed and re-arranged to take into account the very wide ability range of the kids that attend, and often to edit long tunes down to 5 mins or so. It really has opened up my musical world - not just about the dots themselves but also the subtleties of proper notation, the dynamics and feel that tab can't do. My kids' music teacher uses the 'Abracadabra' books so I bought the Double bass versions. I'm ignoring all the bow stuff of course and I'm following the learning progression / reading 1 exercise at a time. My kids do 10 mins practice a day so I try to do the same. The improvement of the 'little and often' approach really seems to work.

I have no idea how to assess my ability. I can play 'Colorado Bulldog' but trying to sight read anything over Grade 2 makes my brain collapse. I can learn almost anything by ear if it is in 3/4 or 4/4 (even though I couldn't read above Grade 2) but as soon as we get into 6/8 or proper weird sh*t I might as well just unplug. I suppose I'm competent at things I am most familiar with and bloody awful on the rest!

I've always played both I can't say that one has helped the other. In fact as I've recently (2 years or so) started to read music jumping between the Clefs is doing my head in to the point that I'm thinking of concentrating one 1 instrument only.

Julius Seizure.

I like it. It's especially useful if your basses live in a rack and get dusty. It gets all the dust out of the string grooves.

A: 15 B: 12 C: 10 But it could really be anything. I've got 12s that can be light and punchy and super deep and low. Speaker size may well have been a big factor on sound bit it isn't anymore.

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1426522790' post='2718802'] I'd be just turning the input gain on my amp up to compensate. [/quote] At the time I had a Hartke LH500. No input gain control!

[quote name='toneknob' timestamp='1426511528' post='2718613'] ...and it's a huge improvement on this [/quote] That's far nicer than another Jazz.

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1426506781' post='2718539'] What's wrong with the tone controls on your amp? [/quote] Depends on the amp and where the EQ is in the chain. I had a passive ABZ5 and the output was a little low to get my amp sounding how I wanted. So it was more of a preamp drive issue than an EQ issue really. For me anyway.

[quote name='LukeFRC' timestamp='1426271610' post='2716496'] I had a GK 1001rb for a short while... if the amp is anything like it... turn the master output volume up near full and use the gain to control the volume and see what that sounds like. [/quote] This. Use the amp the "wrong" way round.

I have an odd method. I write the music first. Then I hum a vocal melody along to it. At various points in the humming a word pops into my head that just fits perfectly in that space. Then I see what goes with that word. I never plan the subject matter of a song as I find that too restricting. That's why I have songs about politics,assassination, favourite films and.... radiator repairmen!

I bought a Hipshot d-Tuner from Monckyman and the deal couldn't have been easier. Top marks!

My second deal with Ryan. Some time ago I sold a fretless Status bass and over a couple of years it travelled round Europe until Ryan bought it. I asked for first refusal if he decided to sell and like a gent he did just that. It arrived today and it's like having an old friend come back home. Very smooth transaction indeed delayed only by frakking Parcelfarce who were a day late. So, excellent deal once again and my 'lost dog' is home!

[quote name='fretmeister' timestamp='1421144450' post='2657507'] This modified Status Energy I know someone on here has it and I'd love to get it back. I sold it to Bamboo and I know he sold it on. At the time I didn't have the money to buy it back and I can't remember who bought it from him It was a fretted bass, but it was in dire need of a refret and when I spoke to Status I ended up asking them to make a brand new fretless neck for it. If anyone has it and wants to sell it, then please let me know! [/quote] [b][size=6]I GOT IT BACK!!![/size][/b] [size=3]It just arrived. It's really made my day![/size] [size=3]I haven't played fretless for ages so now the hard work begins again on intonation.[/size]

Wish I could have gone. Looks like it was great!

[quote name='RhysP' timestamp='1426003482' post='2713302'] That's another reason why I hated gigging - the mouth breathing bottom feeders who were inevitably a large part of the audience. I used to look out into the audience & wish I had a gun rather than a bass. I got an email out of the blue the other day from the drummer of my old band saying they are getting back together for a one-off gig that they've been asked to headline in September & that they want me to play. There is not enough money in the universe to even make me consider it. [/quote] I did a one-off (on guitar) about a year ago for a 50th birthday party. It was great fun and I was great seeing the guys again. Some of the guys wanted to put a new outfit together and I really did think about it a lot, and they were even ok with me not wanting to play guitar but only sing - they had a great bassist anyway. Then I remembered all the hassle about getting everyone to rehearsals and that now everyone had jobs with some responsibility meaning less time available, and 2 of us had kids. But I was still reasonably keen to give it a try... Then they sent me the set list.... Strewth. So I said no, they got someone else, then the bassist quit, other members joined and went leaving only 1 person left that I knew anyway!

I love playing with people. I'll jam with anyone. It the 'not-actually-playing' crap that I can't stand. Trying to get everyone available at the same time to practice, then getting everyone to a gig, sorting out how joint equipment like PA systems are paid for etc etc. That's why I now play with a local music / educational trust. Never know who is going to turn up each week, just pitch up, get given some music and get stuck in. Been doing that for about 3 years now. Very happy.

[quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1425813229' post='2710876'] The Streamliner was the best of the micros I tried, but I still thought - in keeping with the others - that it lacked backbone. The Walkabout gives me the tubey tone, and small-ish size, with the heft of a transformer. I've been happy since. [/quote] I'd be really interested to hear your opinion on the Demeter head. I've been completely blown away by it - it's got so much more welly than any other Class D power section I've ever heard - to the point that my Mesa Prodigy went so I could get the Demeter.

Problem solved. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Zero-Mod-Thumb-Rest-Tug-Bar-for-Stingray-Bass-in-Black-No-Mods-No-Holes-/261647606658?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3ceb69a382 More models are on the way for different basses. I'm waiting for the Ray5 version.

I much prefer the VT Bass-DI The mid control is very useful, and the B15 recommended setting is just brilliant!