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[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1371285466' post='2112040'] 1. Music - in particular that of Slade, The Sweet and T.Rex [/quote] oh yes and this too - electric warrior was my first vinyl LP and i suspect like many others of a similar age the slade sweet t.rex trio was everybody favourite top three and before any of you 'younger' metal fans out there start sniggering at the the glam pop thing go check out some of sweets b sides

bugger i forgot to put 50p in the meter

nobody mentioned nuances yet?

im shivering with anticipation

[quote name='MoJo' timestamp='1371202313' post='2111075'] I wouldn't describe this rig as 'loud'. It can hold it's own against two apparently deaf, half-stack equipped, guitarists.... [/quote] You too huh ?!

[quote name='thehillscorporation' timestamp='1371154070' post='2110694'] i'd forgotten just how tasteful & tasteless Frank can be, often both at the same time! oh, and it's a Supernatural Series II [url="http://bassaxe.blogspot.co.uk/2010/01/jay-dee-supernatural.html"]http://bassaxe.blogs...pernatural.html[/url] John [/quote] +1 but his soloing has improved much since those early days [url="http://youtu.be/qG7jtjC2N9g"]http://youtu.be/qG7jtjC2N9g[/url]

[quote name='xilddx' timestamp='1371137756' post='2110380'] I agree with you in some ways, in that the effect of hitting strings in different ways on an electric bass does not have the level of variance that it would on say a classical guitar, and that some people do talk a lot of bollocks on this subject. BUT, players do have very different sounds when they play the same instrument. When people say fingers, they really mean BRAIN. The way each note is attacked, the way the right and left hands interact, the left hand techniques used, the minute decisions people make while they phrase a musical passage, these all combine to make very significant differences that add up to a personal style of operating the instrument. That's what I think people mean by 'fingers'. [/quote] no sorry mister Nige - its deffo my fingers play my bass - but i get your point and i'll extend it further by postulating that its your unconscious brain that does all the good stuff - if your conscious brain starts taking over it usually tries to hard and you'll probably end up sounding all malmsteeny or something

meh its got a chuffin big hole in it

[quote name='ped' timestamp='1371134119' post='2110268'] BC has never 'advertised' so it's quite cool to hear how you all arrived. [/quote] you mean youve not been checking all our referrers?

[quote name='iceonaboy' timestamp='1371126434' post='2110111'] I cant see how the way you play makes much difference. I mean, the only real change you can make is to attack. Same with a pick. You cant change a sound by plucking the string a different way. There only is one way to pluck a string. The only difference is how hard you pluck it. Possibly, a finger nail being slightly longer might make a slight difference, but I still think its a load of bollocks that you can change your sound drastically by playing" differently" [/quote] sorry but totally disagree - its not just the attack finger postion, angle of attack (if using fingers) contact time of finger on string and the way you push through the note while your finger is in contact with string how you release whether you attack parallel to fretboard of perpendicular will vary the amount of travel towards the fretboard and the amount of buzz or slap you induce against the frets these things are admittedly very subtle but do make a difference

Fingers!!! Or pick if you must

[quote name='icastle' timestamp='1371065973' post='2109467'] IME, if you're working with more than one guitarist then forget the acoustic bass route. Even with a good quality acoustic bass you'll struggle to be heard. [/quote] Guitars too loud? Surely not!

well following on from last weeks gig which only about a dozen or more peeps showed up, what if i were to tell the punters that our next gig the venue have told us that they have five separate hen parties booked in that night ???

as you're in Cats you might as well have a one as your avatar

[quote name='charic' timestamp='1370941190' post='2107610'] I have no idea what you mean Chord progression is : Gm Cm F D If someone can tell my why it works I'd appreciate it [/quote] [url="http://youtu.be/V0nIlJKSrVg"]http://youtu.be/V0nIlJKSrVg[/url]

uh oh flash splash ?

[quote name='charic' timestamp='1370254110' post='2098034'] I may call in a couple of friends for this piece. We were jamming in the living room the other day and I came up with a chord progression which by all theory shouldn't have worked sounded great though. [/quote] you havent stolen the carlos santana secret chord progression have you?

They're not screaming at him , they're screaming at his R***********

[url="http://youtu.be/2VFw62Nxbd0"]http://youtu.be/2VFw62Nxbd0[/url]

[url="http://youtu.be/TWpODbMCRvU"]http://youtu.be/TWpODbMCRvU[/url]

how about some tasteful [b] Little Feat[/b]

[quote name='BassTractor' timestamp='1370788441' post='2105502'] How does one do that these days? Fewer and fewer of my programs work, and the same goes for the online services I used previously. If this is difficult, I'd also be interested to learn how one downloads the complete vid now YT have more advanced techniques to hinder this. Thanks! best, bert [/quote] just watch out for all the freeware avaialable - theres usually a little unpleasant payload inside it somewhere do you have a decent soundcard? you can always play the vid and record the audio stream using audacity