steve-bbb

i cant even get the hang of my chorus and octave pedal yet

let us know when youve gigged it and hope it goes well

[quote name='Romberg Bevel' timestamp='1348584778' post='1815549'] I got a De Gregorio 'Bravo' model which is great. I originally had my eye on something else but went and checked a few out at a drum shop, and I liked this one the best. [/quote] our band has one too they are very good - have you tried micing yours? i suggested try it with some piezos - might be interesting

[quote name='Pbmwhitehouse' timestamp='1348520543' post='1814809'] I play finger style bass and have been learning slap bass and I'm having a nightmare getting the ghost mute notes sorted it so hard any tips guys and girls Regard [/quote] you wouldnt be using them tony levin funky finger attachments by any chance??

[quote name='PaulWarning' timestamp='1348582467' post='1815503'] I find anything out of the pentatonic scale works, basically go up a sting or 2, and play the same fret or 2 higher, does that make sense? some muso will probably tell me I'm talking bollocks but it seems to work for me [/quote] that'll be a fifth then

whilst sticking in the keys means that technically speaking any notes do as all the above say some notes will be better than others this is why bass tends to stay predominantly on roots/octaves and fifths because they are nearly always 'safest' other intervals such as fourths and sixths work but they often work better as 'passing' or ghost notes when they effectively moving you back towards resolving a beat or bar on a fifth or a root

[quote name='silddx' timestamp='1348522663' post='1814862'] You are approaching it from a chart reading sessionista's point of view though mate. To really do this properly, you have to be expressing yourself at the speed of thought. To do that you have to use you ears and experience. Your fingers need to have eyes, to quote Steve Vai. This comes with practice and experience. Knowing what intervals sound like is critical, having an imagination to use them is even more so. You don't need to give these intervals names if you don't want to, but you DO need to know what they sound like. You also need a vocabulary of phrases that you like (liking what you play is also critical if you want to play with any expression). You should be able to sing these in your head and play them without thinking as you adapt them to musical situations. I am also of the mind that deciding what notes you LEAVE OUT is a better approach to what notes you PUT IN It really is all about educating your ears and playing what you LIKE hearing. You have to develop your musical imagination. Of course a session player needs to be able to play almost anything, but I don't think that's where the OP is coming from. [/quote] this if you dont know what notes to fit in the spaces then its probably meant to be left that way my main concern is there will always be a pesky guitarer whose ears will prick up at the empty space needing filling and they will feel an uncontrollable urge to start widdling all over the place

[quote name='gapiro' timestamp='1348396645' post='1813032'] My guitarist friend has got one of those powerball things (the gyroscope wrist strengtheners things) He [i]claims [/i] it made a huge difference to his wrist strength and helped him with guitar speed. I'm a bit sceptical (he talks a lot of crap) so I thought i'd ask the BC population of their thoughts (link to the sort of thing I mean: [url="https://www.powerballs.com"]https://www.powerballs.com[/url] ) [/quote] (he talks a lot of crap) this better off with these

[quote name='Spoombung' timestamp='1348428552' post='1813548'] Here's my band, Prescott: [media]http://youtu.be/1EY3GZdRtbY[/media] [/quote] love how those chords float in at about 2:27 to unstick the stuck bits

from norf kent i see you have a dog as your pic - very interesting

[quote name='Jonbass123' timestamp='1348392168' post='1812949'] ....really believe the bass has the ability to get the girls bums swinging. [/quote] any excuse to post THIS [url="http://youtu.be/8gK5zEmay40"]http://youtu.be/8gK5zEmay40[/url]

enjoy the squier ! seriously though i experienced the same phenomenon with a TRB and a Squier J - i plan to put some wizards in the squier when i have the beer tokens but apart from that its great as it is and i gig it regularly

ive subscribd too on the chewb ages ago great tone form the sansamp drivers and compresssors and the sandbergs and stuff but you can also hear and see from his playing that in spite of his gear that a great deal of tone is coming from his fingers too i like the tone on this [url="http://youtu.be/pLTKdWIgG5A"]http://youtu.be/pLTKdWIgG5A[/url]

just the other day i told another basschatter that id buy his TRB6 in an instant if i win the lottery soon as has also been mentioned on several other disparaging threads recently ... its a free bump for the OP/vendor otherwise... theres always [b][url="http://talkbass.com"]talkbass.com[/url][/b]

[quote name='rogerstodge' timestamp='1348318858' post='1812276'] aaaaaaarrrgghh!!! [/quote] did you just tread on a three pin plug without your shoes on?

[quote name='simonc61' timestamp='1348317145' post='1812253'] Wow, just googled this and it explains so much of my previous life as a guitarist! But hey I'm a bassist now the voices tell me, so I'm going to be ok - aren't I? [/quote] you hear them too huh?

[quote name='Big_Stu' timestamp='1347983787' post='1807670'] They're not hiding their address; maybe one of the London contingent could looksee sometime to see if it's a legit shop or just a registered address? Contact info IMD DIGITAL LTD. 219 Kensington High Street, London [/quote] probably neither - google street view shows a black door for numbers 217 and 219 with entry buzzers (unfortunately pic too small to read any detail) companies house website does not have any listing of IMD DIGITAL LTD so i guess they may be in breach of the Companys Act by publicly declaring themselves a limited company when they would appear not to be

[quote name='silddx' timestamp='1348260256' post='1811676'] I reckon he's spotted a new gap in the market for a musical Moonies type enterprise. Soon enough there will be bands getting together who've never met before in a mass jam ceremony. [/quote] as long as they dont force the bass players to marry the drummists or guitarers shouldnt be too problematic [quote name='RockfordStone' timestamp='1348313285' post='1812190'] i like the idea, ive known plenty of new players who wan't to be in a band but have never had the confidence to work with people who may be better than them. playing in a band adds an extra edge to your playing, id like to think the guy has a kind heart and is looking to help people achieve dreams, even if its only on a small scale, seems a nice story given how bad humanity can be at times [/quote] i wonder if he's out to prove a point to simon cowell?

[quote name='simonc61' timestamp='1348249768' post='1811497'] Perhaps the first cover they all learn should be Peter Gabriels 'Milgram's 37 (We do what we're told) [/quote] i smell a rat in a maze with lights and bells and whistles and cheese and electrodes n stuff

seems more like he's looking for guineau pigs for a human psychology experiment than any genuine attempt to form a band

its a [b][size=5]BBCBC[/size][/b] british broadcasting corporation bass conspiracy

[quote name='gjones' timestamp='1348173542' post='1810523'] Sometimes I drop out in the middle of songs, just to see how long it takes for the other members of the band to figure out why they sound sh*t all of a sudden. [/quote] or if they are all dithering and farting about take the initiative and just start playing and let them all come in - i did this one time when the drummer and bandleader couldnt organise a pissup in a brewery and decide what was the next song and who was counting in so i just started playing - the brief fleeting look of panic on their faces was priceless - you can get away with it quite often especially if its the sort of thing where it sounds ok and the punters wouldnt realise anyway - something like valerie or gimme some lovin town called malice etc etc

i have no hair to speak of but edit - is it still raining down there?

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1348210133' post='1810754'] Not very impressed with No Treble. The Atlansia Solitaire was bass of the week sometime back using my photographs of my actual bass without even bothering to ask permission or providing at photo credit. A polite email asking them to acknowledge this and put it right has so far seemingly been ignored. [/quote] just send them an invoice for the image use