Cameronj279

It all really depends on what/how i'm playing it, if it's a slap thing i'm playing i often just mute it with my fretting hand (and try and avoid hitting it) but i use the low B string as a thum rest quite a lot when im playing down in the D and G strings

1. Les Claypool : his solo on youtube is the single video that made me say "i'm gonna get a bass" 2. Reginald 'Fieldy' Arvizu : i know a lot of bassists hate him but i love him and i've loved korn since i was 6 (10 years) 3. Ryan Martinie : only recently started listening to mudvayne but his basslines are incredibly melodic and technical and just all round amazing 4. Mark King : need I say more? 5. Stanley Clarke : ditto to my Mark King comment

[quote name='bassistmike' post='1069474' date='Dec 26 2010, 09:34 AM']Greetings Cameron, Welcome to the Basschat, I have been having lessons for about 4 months now, I am also looking for a suitable multi effects Pedal, think its going to be the Zoom B2 1 U, as its got everything I need like Usb, Drums, MP3 input to play along etc. Have a look at it. What made you start with a Five string ?[/quote] i've had a look at pretty much every multi-effects and decided i'm going for a boss GT-10B (if i can find it for a decent-ish price) the B2 1 U seem's good but it doesn't look like enough....plus i've heard amazing things about the GT-10B. I started with a 4 string but shortly after I realised I needed a 5 string to play a lot of music I wanted to.....and i'm a pretty big korn fan so i really wanted to play their songs. my honest opinion, i prefer 5 string bass's because the string spacing is closer, it's a bit annoying for certain slap riffs but over-all i find it so much easier to play than 4 strings

No idea what to type in here but i'm new to forums in general (except a few like head-fi etc) but i've been playing bass for 6 months, one month of which was unfortunatly spent in hospital following an operation. i play pretty much every kind of music from band's like korn, mudvayne (very hard to play) to primus, megadeth, cage the elephant, soundgarden and even attempted to learn mr pink (as a joke to see if i could). i play a 5 string ibanez K5 OL (Fieldy Signature bass), i have a small cheap practice amp but i live in a flat so even though it's 20watt's it's more than enough. looking into investing in a multi-effects pedal so i can learn song's that need envelope filters etc (i hate being limited) anyhoo, Just saying hi to everybody cause i'm new to the forum hope everybody enjoyed their Christmas!

i remember reading someone on the CT bass website that Les Claypool used to use 2 A strings and 2 D strings on one bass, i thought that was weird but 4 E strings? craziness!

the last bassline i learned (well i learned these both on the same day) was golden boy by primus and the intro to mr pink by level 42, the only reason I even attempted mr pink was genuinly to see if i could do it (i've only been playing 6 months so i thought it would be funny) but it turns out that I can play it lol.