dr.funk

Hehe I understand why you have the black tape on the hartke, essential!

Sad as it is a lot of schools seem to favour a guitar player who can teach bass and guitar as opposed to having a dedicated bass teacher. A real shame although my old schools guitar teacher was a fantastic bass player.

[quote name='Super_Mario_Bass' post='23742' date='Jun 26 2007, 08:58 PM']who else you think flea imitates? im not tryin to argue lol i want to know [/quote] Larry Graham mainly I would say. Mind you I'm a big fan of both I tried to get a skeleton suit for a fancy dress gig but its hard to find one in a size that fits someone older than 9..

[quote name='Josh' post='23337' date='Jun 26 2007, 01:55 AM']If You Want Me to Stay - Sly & The Family Stone, just a great muted funk line.[/quote] Ahh great choice! Speaking of endurance the end of Bullet in the head is worthy for that (RATM) Billie Jean - Michael Jackson

New years day - U2

[quote name='slaphappygarry' post='22540' date='Jun 24 2007, 01:28 AM']I will look further into the SE though.... G[/quote] One of the models has different capsules you can fit, think its the SE3, the review in SOS mentioned they fitted the SE2 mic so by buying an SE2 and SE3 you could get 2 cardoid and one omni.

Well on our guitarists DD3 with hold mode you play something then stomp and hold your foot down on the pedal to keep that motif you just played looping over and over.

The SE1A is in a similar price range and got a good review from SOS. Or maybe the Samson C02 which is about that price for a pair?

I wondered where this thread had gone, didn't realise it was at the top. I will definately be coming and can bring any of my gear should anyone wish although I appreciate it is not of the same quality as the rest of you! Well done Dave for booking it. Regarding the emails I'm not sure that the address is checked that often, when I did my work experience there it wasn't very professional although it is great for what it does. Ive done numerous gigs in the liveroom and I think it sounds pretty good.

Well I was just going to point out that difference. The Corvette has two single coil Jazz pickups which are in different positions to the Streamers lone single coil pickup. The different positions and pickups will give different tones. Roughly jazz vs musicman in sound, although I have no real experience in this matter. Might get a better response in bass guitars?

Thanks martthebass that was really very helpful. I think I will have to get myself down to a music shop and try out the range.

Interesting, I haven't had a chance to try the streamer. Looking at the prices I realise they aren't actually as cheap as I expected!

[quote name='stingrayfan' post='18141' date='Jun 15 2007, 11:35 AM']I'd add Andertons in Guildford in Surrey to that too. Lee who runs it is a top bloke and it shows in his store and staff.[/quote] I couldn't agree more, they are really helpful and unlike a fair few shops I have been to they are happy to let you try out top of the range models if you are a teenager

[quote name='martthebass' post='18522' date='Jun 15 2007, 07:50 PM']Not had much experience with the Rockbass line other than the odd tinker in a shoppe. IMHO the German made ones are completely different and worth finding the extra money for. I moved from a MIM Jazz to an Active Corvette and didn't regret it. Now on a Thumb Bolt On and lovin' it.[/quote] I remember mention of the german made warwicks. They are quite expensive now though? Are they actual warwicks or warwick rockbasses that are made in germany? I was under the impression all warwicks were made in germany.

I might be interested if you can give me some details?

For some silly reason I have always been rather anti-warwick. Anyway I went for a jam at a friends house today and used his bass a Warwick Corvette through an SWR LA10 or 12. The sound really surprised me, I think it is the best slap tone I have ever acheieved. It didn't nessecarily sound better than my jazz but much springier, more like a musicman or those clips of peds vigier - surprising for a j configuration. Has anyone else had any experience with these basses? Im sorely tempted to get one for mucking about on. How does the warwick corvette compare? Is there much of a difference? Chris

I have to say from a cheap point of view and close proximity backline in guildford seems a good option. I will try and remember to pop in and ask if I am in guildford today

Congratulations on getting it sorted.. Steve have a look at this, its a free pitch to midi vst (not sure if protools supports vst?) but it is great fun triggering synth sounds from the bass. Should track nicely on the high C I should think..[url="http://www.sonicspot.com/synodeia/synodeia.html"]Synodeia[/url] I was fooling around with some audio triggered synths earlier in live, they are great fun and make you approach playing in a different way which is always a good thing I think..

I have had a go at using a pitch to midi converter on ableton live. Quite difficult to get it to trigger properly though.. I imagine if you got piezo saddles and split the output for each string (or used the roland system..) you could improve it alot. I'm currently saving for some midi gear myself to try with the band based around Live as the controller.

Wow! I have always wanted a Murf.. Nice lot of filters too

Ive been looking at these and the alesis micron. There are some good videos of both on youtube for comparison. I like the vintage cool of the microkorg but the alesis seems better in every way really..

Is anyone able to offer a comparison between them and the jretro? I am considering selling one of my basses, buying that squier fretless and sticking a preamp in..

Woah! Only had a listen to 'Lift him up' but the bass is very tastey. Like Garry I am surprised at the sound. Nice music too!

[quote name='Ant' post='5472' date='May 23 2007, 11:24 PM']See, i'm totally covered for pitch shifting at the moment - my whammy does everything i want and i love that digitised whammy sound, i only wanted the ps-2 for the arpeggiator, but now ive started looking at robotalks again... DAMN YOU G.A.S!!!!!!!!!![/quote] Can you not control the whammy by midi. If so you might be able to use a simple midi drum machine (assuming you could set the note values) to create an arrpregio which would sync to the tempo by using the tap button. I have been considering trying this with a rack fx unit and ableton live.