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Hi all, Im tempted to invest in a p bass. I know the Squier is a budget version so the pups in the Squier may not be as punchy as the ones in the Fender. There's also a snob value to the Fender. Yet other than that, what would you buy and why? Cheers Richard

I'm in the SBL Academy. It's worth taking a look at the promo video before you decide. It tells you a lot more about the package. There's a forum website attached; which they call the "campus". There's a lot of chat there and you can get help from other members. Not all members are noobs, so you can get answers from others who're learning. The lessons to the SBL folk are more organised than on the website. The lessons start with a "Beginners" course, then there's other courses to develop with. In the SBL beginner course there's loads of music theory there to tell you about harmony and diatonic theory and the Modes. There's loads of further info about how to transcribe and create baselines using 1, 3, 5, 7 of each of the scales/modes and using chord progressions. There are monthly assignments set for everyone. The current one is to take a fav bassist, examine their work and record a vid of yourself covering a track. Other assignments have been creating jam tracks and funk-covers. Something which focuses the mind is the section on the Campus where you keep a public log of your practise activities. Simply keeping this is really useful. Others can look in and comment on your progress and any vids you post here. There's also a weekly "Bass hang". This is a 2 hours live session where members can ask questions of Scott and Geoff about anything, but mostly bass related. This is published on the site and you can watch old ones too. The members are kept up with Academy news in the "SBL Academy Show". Here you learn about good threads that you may have missed and good things going on. I've paid up and I'm quite happy about it. I've progressed well in the time I've done it (about 2-3 weeks). The beginners lessons are very good and have helped me. WRT the log I guess there's no reason why you can't keep your own private practise log, but the forum version does focus you a bit... Big Brother is watching you!! WRT the cost; the way I see it is what I paid is about the same as 2x 1hour lessons with a teacher. I'd say I've got value for money already as I've got more progress from the SBL lesons by Scott and Geoff than I've had from a local teacher on a 1-to-1 basis. PM me if you want to. Cheers Rich

[quote name='Michael J' timestamp='1401973335' post='2468801'] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][url="https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=88014765C749B87%21243=%21AD0NYa23nhcLidc&ithint=file%2C.pdf"]Minuet En So[/url][size=3]l, by JS Bach is a dead link. [/size][/font][/color] [/quote] Hi Michael J, Many thanks for pointing that out. It's fixed now. Cheers Richard

Just finished another. I like this one, it has your fingers running about a bit: [url="https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=88014765C749B87!258&authkey=!AIxJkOPw7ijNt8c&ithint=file%2C.pdf"]Morning Has Broken[/url][color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif] - Cat Stevens / Traditional[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]For those playing these, don't forget to play them in more than 1 place on the neck [/font][/color]

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[color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif] Here's another little ditty I've been playing for ages. I've just amazed myself that I didn't have it written down![/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif] It's really easy, but good for getting your fingers working and playing about with speed. I often play it in a "blues" stylee.[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif] [url="https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=88014765C749B87%21256"]Ode to Joy[/url] - Beethoven[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif] Cheers[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif] Rich[/font][/color]

If the setup of this bass is about the same as your others, try connecting the pup direct to the ouput jack and see if that cures it.

That appears to be reasonably OK, as far as we can see. To cut down the possibilities, can you disconnect the pups from the circuit and connect them straight to the jack? If that sounds much better and as it really should be, then I'd suggest there may be a problem with the capacitor or its connection. In which case, reconnect the pups through the circuit and remove the capacitor and see what it sounds like.

Does another bass sound good through the same rig? Does it sound muddy ALL the time or only when live? If you've put in a new harness, or re-wired it, is it possible you've connected something wrongly? If the answer is "yes" to all of the above, could you please post a pic of the wiring to the pots and the capacitor.

FWIW I had an Ibanez GW35 and was never too happy with it. For a 5 string I preferred the ESP LTD [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][size=4]B-205SMFL.[/size][/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][size=4]The bridge wasn't too good at taking a fat B string but it could be good with a high C. I'd agree that on fretless the G can sometimes give a bit of a "plink" rather than a good growl, but the ESP was ok.[/size][/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][size=4]At a guide, the one I had sold for £220 on Ebay. [/size][/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][size=4] [/size][/font][/color][size=4]http://basschat.co.uk/topic/234604-sold-on-ebay%3B-ltd-esp-5-string-fretless/page__p__2435188__hl__esp__fromsearch__1[/size] It has a beaut of a neck.

If you're asking advice on the pot and socket then I guess you've not worked on a bass much? If not I'd suggest the routing to fit the pup is possibly the biggest stumbling block here: to get a good neat job. If you're happy to do the routing then I or others here can help on the elects. If not, why not get a luthier to do the whole thing?

The easiest way to do this would be to strip down the neck and use a DremeI or router to shape it. Now to your next issue: "Less than confident amateur" If you're not practical you probably won't own either of the above. Also if youre looking for a good pro looking job you probably would be best having an experienced person to do the job.

Hi there, a friend in Exeter has a family party planned for November 1st and wants a folk band to play. If you PM me with any links ypu have to soundcloud or Youtube etc I'll pass your details across and try to help you get a nice gig. Thanks for looking Richard

[quote name='marlborored' timestamp='1401565266' post='2464882'] Don't know how familiar anyone on here is with the American Deluxe Precisions, (2010 onwards model) but it has a switch to change between active/passive mode, the master volume and pickup pan are standard precision knobs but the bass/treble and mid/passive tone knobs are both stacked with the treble and mid knobs on top of the bass and passive tone knobs respectively. My problem is that when in active mode the mid and bass pots make huge difference to the sound when turned from fully off to fully on whereas the treble pot makes almost no change whatsoever to the sound whether it is rolled fully on or fully off. The bass is only 2 months or old and although it has the same batteries in as when I bought it, the bass had been directly ordered in by the shop (GAK) for me from Fender so it hadn't been hanging up in the shop at all being played so I would be surprised if it was a flat battery issue making this happen and surely that would impact all the tone pots not just the treble? Any advice as to why this is happening would be greatly appreciated! Other than this though the bass has been superb, amazing playability and the sound in both active and passive is incredible, I would recommend the american deluxe precisions to anyone, such a wide range of tones with active and passive plus a P/J pickup setup. Thanks in advance [/quote] Look under the PG to see if there's any wires adrift. If not, contact GAK and get them to put it right. It must still be under warranty.

And if it needs to be black, how about using black nail varnish?

If the slot on your nut for the G string is too low, make up a small mix of baking soda and super glue. Fill the bottom of the slot with it and you're away. No problem, no need for a new nut.

Added [url="https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=88014765C749B87!255&authkey=!ANRKxAGCEiHi7vY&ithint=file%2c.pdf"]Simple Gifts[/url][size=4] - A Quaker hymn.[/size] [size=4] Not that I'm especially [/size]religious[size=4], but it's more pieces to play[/size]

This looks like it's going to be a good gig. I'll try to get along there.

ditto

What are you trying to do? Do you want to clean the body or polish it? Maybe if you post pics we might be able to help more.

There's some really good tracks here again this month. Well done guys.