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I'd like to do the same but with another combo acting as a cab. I've a 4 Ohm speaker in the combo and would like to use this without any invasive electricians work. For example speaker cable from cab jack on combo A into (say Effects Recv by passing the amp of) combo B. Could it work? OP sounds like you're best off getting a combo with a line out to a cab.

[quote name='Chienmortbb' timestamp='1480892933' post='3187955'] The problem is that your amp is putting DC through to your speaker as the power supply collapses. It may or may not be a fault and probably won't hurt your speaker but it is not nice. [/quote] Thanks for the explanation. Is this a common thing with combos?

Astonishing! I've been a huge fan of JC since his first vids. He writes everything out too - would be cool to know what he thinks of June Lee's world class transcribing.

[quote name='Twincam' timestamp='1480625799' post='3186008'] Tube? Nope its all transistor. Its probable best to get it serviced. It could be it has some capacitors that stops that thump or at least dampen it that need changing. [/quote] Thanks Twincam. As it was so old I thought out was tube, as I'd not peeked inside and I couldn't find the spec online for it. Before I take it to a specialist, if it was something fixable by a layman, then I'd give it a go.

I've had a few over the years (except Bose due to cost) from Sony to lesser known. The best one I have found is the superb [url="http://www.plantronics.com/us/product/backbeat-pro"]Plantronics BackBeat Pro[/url] [cost me about 150 GBP] The build quality, features and noise cancelling are very good. Excellent bluetooth, rechargable battery life (over micro-USB). Neat feature is that when you lift one earphone to talk to someone, the headphones send a signal over bluetooth to pause the audio (YouTube or music app), then restarts automatically when you replace on your ear. Very neat.

[quote name='timmo' timestamp='1480626673' post='3186014'] Why not cities? Some are smaller than towns. Gloucester is a city and quite small. The music scene is pretty dire mind [/quote] You're right, Brighton is also city but in my mind is a big town, which is perfectly fine too. I'm trying to avoid obvious big cities like London, Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool etc....which have music scenes. More to find out surprisingly intense, vibrant or large scenes compared to the size of the town/city/area. Thanks for the ideas so far!

Hi, Thinking of relocating in the future to a town where there's a lot of live music, musicians and bands. I realise it's all relative and I'm not looking for proof/data etc, just what people feel are towns with a lot of music. The North West music scene looks really lively (I landed on nwb.co by chance today) and it got me thinking - where are there loads of musicians and people who love going to gigs? The more places the better! :-)

Hi, I've an old tube Traynor Bloc 80B bass combo, that, after I turn every knob down to zero, then turn the power off (there is a switch at the back or at the mains) - there is a very loud short sharp sound through the speaker like a crack or snap that makes my band mates jump. The volume is like I was playing it at half-volume. It's done it for years, but I'm using it more at rehearsals and I just want to get it sorted. Any ideas?

Thanks guys, appreciate it. With the octaver now and compression, I'm close.

Didn't know which forum to post this "need tone/sound" question to here, so if you know just say and I'll move it or post similar ones there in future - cheers! It's one of the songs I've been given to learn for a covers band I'm auditioning for and I've been trying took figure out the bass tone without success. I can hear a lot of compression and stones kind of vibrating growl. Anyone got close? Would really appreciate hearing how you did it! I've only got live recordings of YouTube like this to go on. https://youtu.be/4WkCj5gsHxc

Got given tickets last night for Lionel Richie, JLo and Chic (!). Discovered this morning that Incognito and Light of the World ("London Town" seminal track for me) are also playing! Can't wait, its on in 4 hours. [url="http://www.bst-hydepark.com/events/detail/lionel-richie-jennifer-lopez"]http://www.bst-hydepark.com/events/detail/lionel-richie-jennifer-lopez[/url]

Can also highly recommend Tom Kenrick in West London who I studied with a while back. Great lessons tailored to suit goals.

[font=verdana,geneva,sans-serif]In case they've not been posted anywhere here yet.[/font] [font=verdana,geneva,sans-serif] [url="http://www.bassplayer.com/video.aspx?bctid=1288316227001&section=1"]http://www.bassplayer.com/video.aspx?bctid=1288316227001&section=1[/url][/font] [font=verdana,geneva,sans-serif]Listening to them as I write this.[/font] [font=verdana,geneva,sans-serif]This is the BP list of some who were there. Good Lord! So much talent and experience.[/font] [font=verdana,geneva,sans-serif][b]Larry Graham[/b][color=#333333][size=3] (Sly & the Family Stone/Graham Central Station), [/size][/color][b]Jack Casady[/b][color=#333333][size=3] (Jefferson Airplane/Hot Tuna), [/size][/color][b]Anthony Jackson [/b][color=#333333][size=3](Motown Records), [/size][/color][b]Rickey Minor [/b][color=#333333][size=3](Tonight Show Musical Director), [/size][/color][b]Hadrien Feraud[/b][color=#333333][size=3] and [/size][/color][b]Janek Gwizdala[/b][color=#333333][size=3] (fusion phenoms), [/size][/color][b]Andrew Gouche[/b][color=#333333][size=3] (Gospel great), [/size][/color][b]James Jamerson, Jr. [/b][color=#333333][size=3](Motown Records), [/size][/color][b]Divinity Roxx [/b][color=#333333][size=3](Beyonce Knowles), [/size][/color][b]Marcus Miller [/b][color=#333333][size=3](Miles Davis), [/size][/color][b]Pino Palladino[/b][color=#333333][size=3] (John Mayer Trio), [/size][/color][b]Verdine White [/b][color=#333333][size=3](Earth, Wind & Fire), [/size][/color][b]Darryl Jones[/b][color=#333333][size=3] (The Rolling Stones), [/size][/color][b]Robert "Bubby" Lewis[/b][color=#333333][size=3](Lupe Fiasco, Snoop Dog), [/size][/color][b]Rob "Blasko" Nicholson[/b][color=#333333][size=3] (Ozzy Osbourne), [/size][/color][b]Tal Wilkenfeld [/b][color=#333333][size=3](Jeff Beck), [/size][/color][b]Lee Sklar [/b][color=#333333][size=3](James Taylor),[/size][/color][b]Mike Inez[/b][color=#333333][size=3] (Alice In Chains), [/size][/color][b]Norwood Fisher [/b][color=#333333][size=3](Fishbone),[/size][/color][b] dUg Pinnick [/b][color=#333333][size=3](King's X), [/size][/color][b]Allan "Dr. Licks" Slutsky[/b][color=#333333][size=3], [/size][/color][b]Igor Saavedra[/b][color=#333333][size=3],[/size][/color][b]Stu Hamm[/b][color=#333333][size=3] (Frank Gambale), [/size][/color][b]Jonas Hellborg[/b][color=#333333][size=3], [/size][/color][b]Abraham Laboriel,[/b][color=#333333][size=3] [/size][/color][b]Brian Bromberg[/b][color=#333333][size=3], [/size][/color][b]Tim Lefebvre,[/b][color=#333333][size=3] and [/size][/color][b]Adam Nitti[/b][color=#333333][size=3]. [/size][/color][/font] [font=verdana,geneva,sans-serif]Gotta get myself over there to one of those BPL events, maybe next year![/font] [font=verdana,geneva,sans-serif]Merry Christmas all,[/font] [font=verdana,geneva,sans-serif]-Kiat[/font]

There's the SITSOM book +2wheeler mentioned and I think there's at least one transcription that has been written and posted by a bass player on the open internet.

[quote name='kurcatovium' post='1374400' date='Sep 15 2011, 01:20 PM']Is there anyone using Protec Contego with 35" scale bass? I have Cort/Elrick, which is 35" but has pretty short headstock (2+3 pegs), i hope there won't be a problem...[/quote] I've got one of those bags and my standard Precision is a tight fit.

[quote name='BassBod' post='1255229' date='Jun 3 2011, 11:35 AM']Protec Contego...cheap from Thomann. Not the smallest case/bag but very comfy once its on your back, and has plenty of room inside. Think of it as a cheaper version of the Sadowsky case...[/quote] +1 Had one of these for nearly weeks now: walked, commuted by train and bike. Comfortable yet semi-rigid, excellent bass protection. My P-bass is a snug fit - longer basses will be a trouble to get in. Only regret is not buying it from Thomann and saving myself 20 quid - saw a post saying bassdirect had them on special offer for £95 and didn't browse.

At home sick, resting up, otherwise probably wouldn't have caught this thread. To help awareness how about making it a sticky in the forums most likely to attract large image files? Or enable an motd style popup when folks first login (the kind that allows the viewer to click to not show it again)? Also to help majorly cure the existing image disk usage, how about writing a script to scale down every large image on the server? It looks doable. PHP was mentioned, so am guessing its a Linux server. "convert" in the ImageMagick package works really well and fast at batch rescaling images on the commandline. Have done it many times on folders of images on my own server. Always can find great threads on basschat, lots of humour even on this "housekeeping" one. Brilliant forum - keep up the great work!

[quote name='Simon' post='1257292' date='Jun 5 2011, 01:18 PM']Yes, you are missing [url="http://arcellussykesmusic.com/index.php?/transcriptions/"]Arcellus Sykes[/url] - he has excellent transcriptions.[/quote] Thanks! Added that link in to the list at [url="http://blog.papalima.com/?p=657"]Bass Transcriptions[/url]. Here's the current, larger collection. its a bit of a hassle hand editing all of these links into this post (would much prefer copy & paste direct from the blog post - is there an easier method? * [url="http://playbassnow.com/"]playbassnow.com[/url] : run by my favourite living player MarloweDK (Thomas Risell) of YouTube fame, has lots of very cool playalongs and has transcribed loads (you get a bundle of his stuff if you donate something) * [url="http://www.stevieglasgow.com/transcriptions_e.html"]Stevie Glasgow[/url] : exceptionally high quality, only a few though, with in-depth analysis (lots of early Anthony Jackson) * [url="http://www.how-to-play-bass.com/"]HowToPlayBass.com[/url] : prolific learning-by- song-not -scales output by Paul Wolfe, with excellent free videos but paid-for transcriptions (which I signed up for) vie regular “ezines”, a sample is given on the site. * [url="http://stefanredtenbacher.com/transcriptions/"]FunkyBassOnline[/url] by Stefan Redtenbacher : oddly enough oodles of Funk! * [url="http://www.thelibster.com/lib/transcriptions.php"]thelibster[/url] : transcriptions and more, check out the basslines section too which contain a lot of the charts she’s done for Australian Idol * [url="http://www.thebassment.info/transcriptions.html"]The Bassment[/url] : lots of wellknown Funk, Soul, Pop lines here * [url="http://www.arcellussykesmusic.com/index.php?/transcriptions/"]Arcellus Sykes[/url] : not checked more than a couple out, but lots here of old and modern tunes, very varied lots of soul/funk too * [url="http://perso.wanadoo.fr/freebasspart.pv24"]Freebasspart[/url] : very comprehensive website by Pierre Verger . often transcriptions of whole albums. absolutely tons of Soul, R&B, Funk (Chuck Rainey, Jerry Jemmott, Rocko Prestia and more) * [url="http://tomkenrick.wordpress.com/basstranscriptions/"]Tom Kenrick[/url] : eclectic mix from Michael McDonald, Jamiroquai to Paramore, bias on modern stuff * [url="http://www.johnnycopland.com/?p=415"]Johnny Copland[/url] : another great mix of lines including Chuck Rainey’s melodic beauty “Until you come back to me” Other bass transcription websites I’ve not had time to delve deeply into yet that may be or become your favourites! * [url="http://bassoridiculoso.blogspot.com/search/label/transcription"]Basso Ridiculoso[/url] : great blog, navigate via tag cloud. lots of Jazz * [url="http://www.lucaspickford.com/trans.htm"]Lucas Pickford[/url] : emphasis on Jazz, plus some Soul/Funk (Jackson, Miller, Pastorius) * [url="http://www.brunochaza.com/transcriptions.htm"]Bruno Chaza[/url] : mix Jazz, Soul, Funk * [url="http://jbbass.co.uk/transcriptions.aspx"]Jake Brown[/url] : modern, eclectic mix * [url="http://www.cliffengel.com/transcription/"]Cliff Engel[/url] : transcribes to order, a few examples * [url="http://www.accattatis.com/transcriptions_d.html"]Marco Accattatis[/url] : mainly Jazz, but also some Beatles and Flea! Also has a very large pay-for collection

I'd intended as OP to get a sense of the distribution of how many basslines folks have learned and can recall from memory alone (especially ones that were, at least, mostly the originals and not their own additions). Hearing about the variety of ways bass players approach covers has been a major side benefit from this thread for me.

Now I've got a bass worth some quids am wondering how best to insure it - it'll be outside home with me a fair bit (I'm not a pro musician). Any tips?

[quote name='Happy Jack' post='1262388' date='Jun 9 2011, 10:27 AM']At the risk of being pedantic (what! [i]moi[/i]?) I thought the OP's point was that he has memorised the original basslines, note perfect.[/quote] Almost. I meant that most covers I've attempted to play all the key figures note-for-note, but not necessarily every note, especially if the original bass player puts in lots of subtle variations only bass players might pay attention to. Then I don't have the time or memory to learn every single variation. Jamerson's "I was made to love her" is a little like that for me, a lot of small but cool variations. Whereas like Jamerson's beautiful line on "Ain't nothing but the real thing" I get a real kick out of doing it note-perfect. And not all my covers are exact, some are just close. [quote name='Happy Jack' post='1262388' date='Jun 9 2011, 10:27 AM']I know dozens, perhaps hundreds, of covers but I would hesitate to claim that I'm note perfect on any of them. That's not false modesty - merely an observation. I suppose that I could learn them with that degree of accuracy if it was an absolute requirement, but IME (best make that my [i][b]limited [/b][/i]experience) it never has been a requirement. I'm not in a tribute band, and I'm nowhere near good enough for professional work (pit or session). Most of the time, I play something that works for me, works with the song, works with what the rest of the band are playing, and seems to work with the audience. Occasionally I re-listen to the original and I can be genuinely startled at how far away I have become from the original. Obviously, if there's a famous and distinctive hook in the bassline then that will be there when I play it. What I play is recognisable. But it ain't a replication of the original.[/quote] Am with you on that, I'm half-way there and heading in the direction you're talking about - nicely put! One of the reasons for posting was to get an answer to "how many basslines can you remember, when they are close to the original?". I am very hungry to know more and wondered what other folks capacity is

Am electric bass'ing in two bands : depping in a funk covers band and have learnt most of two sets of assorted covers from the 60s to present day (JB, Soulive, AWB, etc..). I'm also in a uke covers band with a very eclectic choice of music. I've memorized mostly the precise original bassline for virtually all the tunes and play without anything written in front of me. As I'm learning more I'm finding it hard to recall the ones I learnt a while back, however intensely - am finding it a little challenging. But it got me thinking - what's a fair number of bass covers to memorize? Are there people who remember 100s, 1000s? I've got about 40 so far I guess. How many do you reckon you've got mostly nailed? (that's the whole song bassline, with all changes, start to finish, not just riffs)

After getting a vintage '73 P-bass and a new Protec Contego gigbag recently, this bass playing malarkey just got expensive ;-) Just wondered - do we have a list or thread where folks can post, in one place, suppliers who offer discounts to us (and any foo that needs to happen to get it, how much it is, experiences, etc)?