wildman

I'm in Edinburgh on business 2-3 days a week...... beers sound great !

Post holiday bump !

[quote name='wildman' post='27006' date='Jul 4 2007, 02:49 PM']Holding off the bay for a bit as we will be away the last two weeks of July.[/quote]
Final bump before we go away. Back July 30th.....

[quote name='wildman' post='26203' date='Jul 2 2007, 08:12 PM']Final bump before the bay...[/quote]
Holding off the bay for a bit as we will be away the last two weeks of July.

Final bump before the bay...

[quote name='velvetkevorkian' post='24759' date='Jun 29 2007, 10:46 AM']Once you go three fingered you'll never go back. Well, I won't anyway. Two just seems so inefficient.[/quote]

Recommend Progressive Bassics by Gary Willis, he shows how to work the three finger technique complete with string muting.......

[quote name='lukeward2004' post='24350' date='Jun 28 2007, 11:55 AM']+1 for the Afro CUban Basslines book - I have it and its tough but awesome. Great book![/quote]

Book arrived today, looks great ! thanks for your help

[quote name='Rich' post='24490' date='Jun 28 2007, 03:38 PM']What frequency is it?[/quote]
174.500 Mhz

[quote name='wildman' post='24044' date='Jun 27 2007, 04:26 PM']No interest at all. Price too high ?? Reasonable offers considered.[/quote]

Bump, probably eBay tomorrow....

[quote name='GBH' post='24096' date='Jun 27 2007, 06:34 PM']Hi guys,I'm in witham in essex, no lacquer cracks,one small ding on the back on the lower edge,Geoff.[/quote]

Geoff, Interested, but the wife will divorce me if I bring another guitar into the house. Would you consider a p-ex/trade for my Warwick Streamer Standard 4 string, currently listed at £275 in the for sale section.

I also have a Shure Wireless set up for sale at £65 which would obviously be cash your way.

[quote name='wildman' post='23741' date='Jun 26 2007, 08:57 PM']Bought this off a bassworlder about a year ago and I gigged it once but with a change of band and venues played, I dont use it much any more. Handles the low B on my 5 string really well.

£65 UK posted, or collect from Worcester Park, Surrey and save yourself a fiver.

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No interest at all. Price too high ?? Reasonable offers considered.

[quote name='slaphappygarry' post='22317' date='Jun 23 2007, 01:00 PM']Hey Gringo!

Check this book out, i have it and use it and its brilliant:

[url="http://www.amazon.ca/Funkifying-Clave-Afro-Cuban-Grooves-Drums/dp/0769220207"]http://www.amazon.ca/Funkifying-Clave-Afro...s/dp/0769220207[/url]

Literally the best bass book i own. The tracks in it are tough but very very rewarding and musical.

G

ps - last month BGM had some cool advice from Dave Marks in it too.

pps - the cab is awesome [/quote]


Book ordered - cheaper actually from Amazon UK, carrige from Canada was a killer. Thanks Man !!

Great stuff guys, just tried it and it worked a treat, its difficult to keep it going but at last I have the lilting feel thats eluded me !

Garry, will be getting that book and glad you like the cab. Next time I'm in Edinburgh I'll give you a shout (and we'll keep away from the men in suits...). Probably be end July now at this rate, but you never know.

Thanks a million again !

Bought this off a bassworlder about a year ago and I gigged it once but with a change of band and venues played, I dont use it much any more. Handles the low B on my 5 string really well.

£65 UK posted, or collect from Worcester Park, Surrey and save yourself a fiver.





See the T11 transmitter here: [url="http://www.jamsounds.co.uk/Shure/Shure-T11.php"]http://www.jamsounds.co.uk/Shure/Shure-T11.php[/url]
and the T3 receiver here: [url="http://www.northernlightfx.com/cart/product.php?productid=2983"]http://www.northernlightfx.com/cart/produc...?productid=2983[/url]

Been struggling to nail it, any of you senors and senoritas got some tips. Sounds like you need to play slightly behind the beat, but I just cant get it right.....

[quote name='lukeward2004' post='21310' date='Jun 21 2007, 12:12 PM']You are right - I am working through the Ed Friedland "building walking basslines" book and will be moving on to the Gary Willis book thereafter, as there is a lot to take in.

Both Ed Friedland and Gary Willis are fantastic tutors, and I the Gary Willis book requires more of a preconcept of walking basslines in order to work.[/quote]


Agree with all thats been said above.

What worked for me was the Strong-Beat, Weak Beat concept thats a favourite of Gary Willis. Take a standard bar with four notes in it, and play it over and over, with the emphasis on beats 1 and beats 3. You can extend this to scales (you will need to play the top note twice to keep within the four beats to a bar form as you come down the scale) and all of a sudden your scales and arpeggios sound interesting.

Vary it around a bit. For example play with the emphasis on beats 2 and 4 you've got yourself a reggae groove, 1 2 and 3 and you have a skipping walk and so on.

[quote name='OldGit' post='21763' date='Jun 22 2007, 10:38 AM']Thanks[/quote]


Dave,

I think we might be away - trying to bag a last minute holiday deal, but if we are around I'll be there and well done for organising it !

Cheers, John

What was wrong with the old skin. I dont like the new one, it doesnt give me anything and I would like to keep the old one - but it seems I cant select it any more.

It seems pretty arbitrary to force a new skin on people just because its "new" and "cool".

Corvette $$

[quote name='7string' post='3167' date='May 20 2007, 10:44 PM']There's a great Yamaha fretless 6 on eBay, the sellers name looks awfully familiar

I heard varied reviews on those Mazeti etc. Some very good, some very bad. I'be heard good stuff about Harley Benton bring good for the price. Have to say though, that I have no [i]personal[/i] experience of either...[/quote]


Harley Benton is very good value for the price. I bought a fretless 5, think I paid around £130. After about 18 months I did outgrow it but not before I had a pretty good feel for both fretless and 5 strings - exactly why I bought it.

I did a couple of gigs with it and got complements on the looks and the sound.

Anyway I now have a more expensive fretless 4 and a fretted 5 - that is the only downside, it'll fuel your GAS.

Check out Harmony Central for the Harley Benton reviews. I did a review myself for one of the old sites and if you PM me your email I'll send it to you.

Cheers, John