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its all about intuition and its often a very subconscious process - sure a teacher could show you all the basic elements and rudiments of harmony but it seems to be one of those things that the more effort you put in to constructing a bass line the more contrived it can often sound- personally if im trying to figure a bass line for a pattern i will give it no more than about 2 or 3 minutes - if i havent cracked it in that time i leave it alone and come back to it after a nice cup of tea and a sit down more spontenaeity and intuition and less conscious deliberation how do you teach that? like many things involving artistic/creative process i guess you cant - but you can teach and learn the priniciples that surround it all and then just let your intuition do its job without your ego interferring

[quote name='xgsjx' timestamp='1339094802' post='1683631'] Hotrods FTW! Other solution is an electronic kit. Can get Roland & Yamaha ones at a decent price now & they sound awesome. [/quote] yes yes but they are also a total mindf*ck as a bass player standing next to a drumkit thats making no acoustic noise and youre hearing the drums only via the PA and dont get me started on the rubber cymbals!!! sound nice yes but me no likey

recent phone call to one of the denmark street shops me: ive got an original 70s colorsound tonebender im looking to sell or trade shop: you need to speak to X hes the man who deals with effects but i know hes got plenty of colorsounds me: really? not reissues, original 70s? shop: yeah hes got a couple of hundred of them

have jusr scanned the entire thread and cant see mention of it yet so apologies if its already there somewhere but the whole issue here is really that the shop, or more specifically it's service, is only as good as it's sales staff there seem to be quite a few posts above with conflicting/contradicting posts on the same retailers so it might be safe to presume that either different shop staff were dealing or you caught them on an off day!

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u93OhncfKHI"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u93OhncfKHI[/url] [url="http://youtu.be/nULwnRc_aQ0"]http://youtu.be/nULwnRc_aQ0[/url] i think im liking this more than the recent yes stuff

[quote name='karlfer' timestamp='1338840475' post='1679959'] Kicked off Yamaha Attitude Facebook page for daring to mention Fender. Where the Hell do they think the origins of Sheehans Attitude basses come from. Come back John Hall, all is forgiven [/quote] youve just inspired me to go do something on facebook edit - at least the TRB facebook group is open with no control freakery overlording it

[quote name='TimR' timestamp='1338978003' post='1681801'] Definitely, but I think there is enough going on in those tracks without having to add 'tasteful licks'. Thinking more about the jubilee concert, it would gave been a sound engineer and monitoring engineer's worst nightmare. Artist after artist doing one tune, just get the mix right halfway through the song then it's on to the next. [/quote] not being sound techie but how much of this can be preset and figured out with sound checkcs and dress rehearsals and such? the only thing that did stick out very noticeable for me was on several occasions it seemed like some production luvvie had probably leaned against the mixing desk and accidentally knocked the bass drum slider all the way up to eleven!

hmmm guess it was only a matter of time before the 'make sure you bring a crowd along with you' syndrome turned into this new extra dimension maybe the (lazyass) promoters need to consider that the time wasted on chasing ticket sales will mean less time spent on rehearsals to ensure a good performance (but somehow i doubt they will as that would adversley affect their profit margin and so therefore is not worth them even considering) i can see how this sort of principle might work with DJs and clubs but not live bands and proper music venues - i guess greedy promoters are nothing new in the entertainment industry , they just dream up new and intersting ways to behave like total cox and pi55 off the very people they are relying on for their revenue stream

needs more fluffy kittens

[quote name='Cosmo Valdemar' timestamp='1338643763' post='1677551'] When the strings get old on my Ovation acoustic bass they make my fingers smell like pickled onion Monster Munch. [/quote] thats bizarre ... i had a packet of pickled onion monster munch at the back of the cupboard that were waaaay past their sell by date so i opened them up to give them the sniff test and they smelt like a set of old guitar strings

[quote name='skankdelvar' timestamp='1338551581' post='1676178'] An otherwise entirely pleasant chap of my acqaintance always sniggers when I mention our mighty forum by name. Better name than some websites, though. Twee, for me, would be something like - I dunno - PurplePineapple or WhizMonkey. Sappy f***ing names thought up by earnest 'net-savvy' little Hoxton Twats riding round their offices on tricycles. Basschat is a solid, manly sort of name and as British as a cup of hot, strong tea. [color=#ffffff].[/color] [/quote] you had a nathan barley overdose there?

they have potential

about a month ago was 'assuming' he is ok with english?? maybe we should all send him a nice invite - wonder if he is all thge rage on talkbass?? his playing is fantastic but he seriously needs some pole dancing lessons from a decent instructor to put the cherry on the cake eur 2013 uk entry manga pop hi-nrg 3 minutes of mayhem with prince harry on tambourine dressed as frank n furter - bound to win!

[quote name='Johnston' timestamp='1338027793' post='1668777'] I'm gonna send him a message on YT or FB one of these days. [/quote] i already have

i cant wait until the euro-empire reaches all the way to the pacific and then we can see an entry by HJ

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PLEASE stop reminding me lol 1990 Status Matrix 1992 Jap TRB6 IIP Shergold 4+6 in black/maple

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i have a structured rehearsal program i play for a bit get distracted/bored wander off do someting else ooh look thats shiny what was i doing now? practice?? was i practising??

[quote name='Gust0o' timestamp='1337975635' post='1668371'] Lol, get out! Did I say band? Band, band, band and band. [/quote] calm down down down

[quote name='Cookers' timestamp='1337890410' post='1667112'] Hi, gotten into abit of a bass rut lately and was wondering if any one could come up with any ideas to get me out of it. All suggestions welcome Thanks [/quote] play drums

[quote name='Warwick_Official' timestamp='1337930151' post='1667465'] I've been a bass player for 20+ years...so I know first hand what we're capable of. Nothing really surprises me anymore. [/quote] so just starting to get the hang of it then?!

there was an interview in recent bass player (iirc?) magazine where he explained the origin of his first r*** and how he attributes all the mods done to it as being significant in his opinion to the tone of that specific instrument is interesting how some things never change though - i discovered all the early yes albums when at school when they were released at the time. even then all the kids who liked all the prog stuff were considered to be the geeky types but frankly when you discover '[b]one size fits all[/b]' at the age of 16 then you just KNOW you are intellectually superior to all the chart listening plebs!!