steve-bbb

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1333010342' post='1596026'] That's not depressing - that's quite witty. [/quote] indeed is worth remembering - could even be applied to bass usage

[quote name='joeystrange' timestamp='1332948251' post='1595336'] We use our guitarist (and have done for years before I was in a band with him) who is an incredible designer. Check out his site: [url="http://www.bingercreative.co.uk/"]http://www.bingercreative.co.uk/[/url] [/quote] nice logo and site

[quote name='Monckyman' timestamp='1332669061' post='1591268'] Harmonies always seem to be the limiting factor in Beatles covers. You don`t realise until you start messing about with them, just how much of that sound came from vocal harmonies. We`re doing Day tripper and Saw her standing there, and I had to hammer out a 1x Morrissey tune for every extra Beatles tune type deal to prevent another 4 in the set. First of the Gang is coming along nicely [/quote] i would add to that even the chord voicings too missing out even the occasional passing note is often enough to make a noticeable difference - a good beatles cover does imo require a strict musical discipline because their strength and beauty is pretty much totally encompassed in the melody and harmonic structure - unless you go the whole hog and are brave enough to do a crazy rearrangement such as esperanto's eleanor rigby!

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name and shame! and then go back and buy a single pick and when they ask if you decided which bass you want to buy tell them yes thanks and i already bought it from a shop with helpful assistants

affinity P found on gumtree if youre anywhere in southeast this would be a good price plus another 50 for a wizard pup [url="http://www.gumtree.com/p/for-sale/fender-squier-p-bass-red/96028350"]http://www.gumtree.com/p/for-sale/fender-squier-p-bass-red/96028350[/url]

[quote name='steve-bbb' timestamp='1332754370' post='1592413'] dont know about the VM range as my squierJ is an affinity and for 150 notes the build quality is vgood - i only bought it on a whim as my original intention to use the neck for my own project build but the squier is defnitely staying in one piece now [/quote] edit - a bass playist friend of mine has a VM squier P which is modded with wilkinson pickup which i have gigged - the wilkinson (or any other upgrade for that matter) is definitely worth doing - the only reason he got it back was because he had my TRB which he was setting up

dont know about the VM range as my squierJ is an affinity and for 150 notes the build quality is vgood - i only bought it on a whim as my original intention to use the neck for my own project build but the squier is defnitely staying in one piece now

[quote name='jamesbass116' timestamp='1332455288' post='1588762'] Latest video... Me doing a cover of Darling Dear by Jackson 5!! Enjoy [/quote] lovely warm tone

[quote name='Doddy' timestamp='1331649302' post='1576529'] The key word in the last few posts for me,has been timbre. Like I said earlier,it's not that you can't swing on the electric bass...it's more that because of the physical properties of the Double Bass,the notes have a completely different envelope to them than the electric bass and people often mistake this for 'swing'. [/quote] im with doddy on this one - my take on swing is that while its nice to have the timbre/envelope of an upright/fretless (or even an ahbory or U) the main essence of swing is surely timing? you can have a great tone like any of the best swing players but if your timing isnt there then ... 'it dont mean a thing!'

[url="http://youtu.be/8Jzdikbi9yE"]http://youtu.be/8Jzdikbi9yE[/url]

me on my trb neck pup bass/wayup middle/middle top/mid-low on recording my fave tone would be something like this [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rhf5_tqxatc"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rhf5_tqxatc[/url]

[quote name='silddx' timestamp='1332327493' post='1586591'] I've got good callouses, but I have been practising sitar lines on my acoustic guitar for some forthcoming gigs, and my fretting hand fingertips started hurting after ten minutes, even two days later they are still very tender. They will be hard as hammers in a week. I can deal with the pain, I have learned to enjoy it up to a point. [/quote] do you find the skinny strings on guitars cause more probs than bass strings though? - bass strings is fine with me but as soon as i start noodling around on my old 6string acoustic it does start to take its toll in very little time at all

[quote name='Coilte' timestamp='1332323166' post='1586498'] +1. I think that generally, blisters are caused by "digging in" too much. [/quote] id agree with that - i find that old age is slowly refining my technique to use optimum(minimum) left hand pressure although right (plucking) hand i would say im slightly more heavy handed than the average player but still doesnt cause me any problems luckily

scanning this thread i never realised the blister thing was such a widespread issue! luckily never had blisters regardless of playing/practice frequency

[quote name='KiOgon' timestamp='1332270665' post='1585922'] @steve-bbbThey also make a recessed (in the body) version (as fitted to my Skjold) which takes the same strap fitting & the strap fits right up close to the woodwork. [/quote] now that soulnds more like it i used to have the buttonless ones that screw the strap in with a washer and the strap has a plastic buckle/cliplock sort of thing - much preferred them but cant seem to find any at he moment

gone already!!!!! i wish my colorsoud tonebender would go this quick

pair of jim dunlop strap lok (gold) found them after forgetting id got them- and then remembered them - and then decided against free to a good home for the price of a stamp or two

ta new thread time in the giveaway forum

have just stumbled across a pair of jim dunlop strap lock fittings which id forgotten i had! anybdy use them and any feedback? my concern with just looking at them is that the whole assembly appears quite long and as there will be that increased distanced fromthe body to the strap itself that you might get a bit more of a turning force acting against the whole thing and maybe tugging at the screw thread inside the wood?? ta

[quote name='Roland Rock' timestamp='1332233575' post='1585044'] [size=5][sub]If you want to start slow and build up your speed, but really hate metronomes, there's another solution. I think there's a Tascam device which will slow down the tempo of a CD, but not the pitch. You can then build up the tempo as you feel comfortable. I read an interview with Bowie bassplayer Gail Ann Dorsey, who said she used one of these when learning to play and sing simultaneously on 'Under Pressure'. [/sub][/size] [/quote] i know that windows media players does this with mp3's as ive used it forexactly this - probably other players too

[quote name='Faithless' timestamp='1332240817' post='1585227'] This is just something I don't get about music tuition in colleges - I think, one is supposed to be a good musician, rather than essayist, and spend most of the time on practice. I bet it this sh*t must be driving you crazy, Jake. Take care, L [/quote] things dont change - i was at art college in mid 80s - we were taught art and design - but there was still the one hour a week of exactly this sort of thing as well

[quote name='JakeBrownBass' timestamp='1332239796' post='1585194'] "Cultivating and sustaining an 'authentic' image through live performance and media coverage' [/quote] my personal take on this would be to discuss 'maintianing and developing artistic consistency' - struggling to find the word im thinking of but sort of 'recognisability' too (is that a word or an americanism? its definitley another thread!)

[quote name='ahpook' timestamp='1332239147' post='1585174'] your own 'personal' creativity and authenticity is based upon a long sequence of ideas being absorbed, modified and re-used. all ideas are based on earlier ideas, so the idea that there is a inviolate 'authenticity' to any idea is, to a large extent, a myth. [/quote] indeed - there are no original ideas just recycling of all the old ones over and over again right up until the point of realisation when the cycle breaks