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I think solid for a bassist is cool. If he'd said your front man/woman was solid I'd be a bit concerned!

I don't use one myself, but I have improvised them for other players who come into the studio. If you want a big, loud, compressed or overdriven sound, it's very important to mute all un-used strings, and apparently a significant portion of bassists are less good at this than they realise.

Just bought some studio "snakes", couldn't have gone better! Top marks etc.

When I was starting out my band was more than willing to play for free, but all the landlords insisted on paying. A few years later when we were trying to play venues with a "name" it'd be pay to play! Weird It's difficult if your band has disagreements. If you don't have a leader, then I guess it's down to a vote. If you don't like the result of the vote, you just have to suck it up and get on with it, which isn't very nice, but you get over it.

I'm confused. Are discreet and skankdelvar two separate people?

fiendish!

I would love this! Hooked up to my pedalboard into a decent stack it'd be immense

my 6 string bass combined with whammy in a feedback loop goes way higher than any human voice

I think there's some good software for ipads and iphones. You can get Cubase for the ipad! The problem on android is something to do with the hardware. I downloaded a 4 track app to my android once and the latency made it impossible to use.

wow, wasn't expecting that, I'll have to try one! tech 21 XXL can get pretty "bitey", or maybe a RAT but you've probably tried that?

I use a tube screamer type pedal in a blended loop for this. I've not tried the bass tube screamer but it would probably do the job

I'd better not say any more

[quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1438854854' post='2837976'] ...if anyone genuinely loves music, the only defensible position is 'I like good solos and don't like bad ones but it is entirely down to me to decide which is which'. [/quote] nailed it again Bilbo

I actually have a customer who prefers to sing without music, and then gets me to put it into time

[quote name='gazhowe' timestamp='1438851527' post='2837912'] ... I usually can ignore out of time audience clapping but I found it really difficult to ignore the tambourine. I wonder if it's anything to do with the frequency of the sound... [/quote] I would have thought it's more likely the volume. Tambourines are much louder than clapping IMO

yes I hate it when the audience clap along and I'm trying to play drums. Actually I hate it when our singer tries to clap along and have banned him from doing it

When I play with a band, on whatever instrument, I listen to what everyone else is playing, and do whatever I feel is "right" for the music at that time. Sometimes that's holding down a simple bassline. Sometimes It's playing 5 or 6 note chords and using 5 effects pedals. Sometimes it's playing high up the neck, playing melodies, bending notes etc. You might call that a "bass solo". When I play on drums there are some sections where I just play mad fills. You might call it a "drum solo" but it fits in the groove, and is right for that part of the song. It's not showing off! I guess most posters here are talking about a rock band where the whole band drops out, or the singer introduces the players, and then someone fret-w***s for a couple of minutes. I'd agree that there's nothing cool about that On the point of "suitability" - I get the historical point but double bass works well in jazz as it can generally cut through. As long as the playing isn't too fast it sounds cool. Amplified electric bass is just as suitable to soloing as any other instrument

[quote name='Bassman Steve' timestamp='1438785262' post='2837290'] Sorry but it's not close minded. I have not heard a bass solo I like. By definition that means I may yet hear one I do... [/quote] If you admit the possibility that you may one day like a bass solo, then you've not closed your mind to it I was addressing those who say NO TO BASS SOLOS - writing them all off, is close minded. Like I said, it's not necessarily a bad thing and I wouldn't want anyone to take it as a personal insult

my mate has one. It sounds ace if you turn the low end down, but he won't let me do that

yes, one of my favourite albums and the bass playing is a big reason for that

I wouldn't say it's wrong to write off bass solos, but it's definitely close-minded. I don't have a problem with that. A lot of close-minded musicians make some great music. People who've never played anything but blues (or whatever genre people get stuck in) and closed their mind off to other forms of music have become exceptionally good at it.

Those who are dead against bass solos - are you just thinking about the context of the music that you play? Is it just that you can't imagine a good bass solo in this context? I find it very strange for any musician to write off an almost infinite amount of musical possibilities just because it's called a "bass solo", but it would make sense if you were talking about your pub-rock-covers band.

[quote name='Cameronj279' timestamp='1438778019' post='2837138'] I want to hear good music. If a bass solo sounds good then by all means! I don't care at all what instruments are used to make nice sounds. I care about the nice sounds. [/quote] Me too. I would have thought it was a pre-requisite of being an actual music fan, but apparently not!

[quote name='ambient' timestamp='1438766599' post='2836971'] I've had two odd experiences... [/quote] That's the same one twice! Spooky

I had a boss GT-6B for a while. When it was in "pedal mode" it was cool, but in "patch mode" it seemed to have a delay when switching patches, like the really old zooms did. Instant patch switching is essential