Mornats

Well, I normally find most Fenders boring to look at but that just looks lovely. And unusual. Nice new toy

[quote name='BetaFunk' timestamp='1401314892' post='2462487'] Are you buying one? [/quote] Nah, he's a one bass and one bass only kinda guy...

According to this news article he's behind The Fleece (as is the Bristol East MP): http://www.bristol247.com/2014/05/27/bristol-mp-and-mayor-back-campaign-to-save-the-fleece-46325/

Voted And once again, a very good bunch this month.

Good job my monitors have kevlar cones!

[quote name='pete.young' timestamp='1401056028' post='2459690'] Petition signed, but you do realise that there is no chance of winning this in the long game, due to the recent Supreme Court ruling on the Milton Keynes Speedway stadium. [/quote] I'd like to think that (at current count) there are 33,735 chances of something happening. The mayor of Bristol owns at least two music venues (The Grain Barge and The Tobacco Factory) so I do hope he's listening.

Great to see an Android version! Nick, would you be so kind as to detail the subscription costs please? Some people are perturbed by not being able to see them up front on the Google Play page. When I last had a very quick peek you had to hit the subscribe button to see them eek!

If they use any sort of wool insulation on The Fleece then The Fleece will be covered in fleece! Thanks for signing and sharing everyone. The Bristol Music Industry Network (Bmin) have been doing the same and we're almost at 30,000 signatures!

I'll let the link speak for itself but Bristol's iconic venue The Fleece is threatened by plans to convert an office building next door into flats. This is NOT a residential area and would threaten The Fleece with closure. https://www.change.org/petitions/bristol-city-council-save-the-fleece-from-closure

They're both great sports, this was very enjoyable

Definitely worth a punt for £1.49 then. I've got a nice new 8" Android tablet that needs some good mag content I've always enjoyed (our very own) Dood's reviews too. Hmm, just thought of an idea... all reviews are for brand new products. What about reviews of older gear? Not just classic 70s Fender Jazz's, but basses such as the must-loved SGC Nanyo Bass Collections, Aria Pro IIs etc. I'm sure the Basschat community could help Dood out with a loan of some examples.

I've got a new version up. I'm all tweaked out so that's my final one! https://soundcloud.com/mornats/one-two-three-oh (same link, but updated file).

Actually at the price these go for I can hold out for a red one and just buy that Except I haven't seen another trans red one...

[quote name='HowieBass' timestamp='1400616048' post='2455567'] That looks to be in incredibly good condition... it looks brand new! Happy NBD!!! [/quote] It is! There's some buckle rash and the odd small ding but to be honest, it wouldn't look right without them given its age. [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1400618809' post='2455598'] Lovely grain pattern - is nice as-is, but I can see it as a bright and shiny trans red, too... ohh. [/quote] Me too! It would have to be perfectly like my old red fretless though. [quote name='Pinball' timestamp='1400618852' post='2455599'] Very pretty I liked your red fretless but this is as nice if not nicer I look forward to hearing it, hopefully Thursday with BS? [/quote] Indeed, you shall see and hear it in the flesh! [quote name='kodiakblair' timestamp='1400619769' post='2455612'] If you can get a even glossy finish like it has now the wine red would look killer. What about the neck would you leave that natural or stain to suit ? [/quote] It was killer on my fretless. I'd get the neck stained to match. Check out the pics of the back of my old fretless in the post I linked to above. I'd want that effect There's no rush for any paint job though although I do have a company picked out to do it and I'll get a quote at least: http://aceofsprays.co.uk/ - they do guitars too. My bro worked in a bike shop and used them and say they're first class.

I've had this baby for over a week so it's not quite a NBD but I've only just gotten round to taking some pics. So, I bought this off michinho on here and I've had a chance to play with it. Now, I've got a history with SGC Nanyo Bass Collections. I bought a pearl white SB301 passive from new in 1994 with my first student loan. Gigged it in a band at uni and loved it until I stopped playing around 18 years ago when I sold it to my cousin. After picking up the bass again a few years ago I've been after a nice Nanyo. I bought a black SB315 active 5 string off Ebay - but I don't like 5 strings so it's gone to a Basschat home. I then saw a stunning see-through red fretless SB320 which looked amazing, and played and sounded amazing too. But I don't play fretless to it found a good home on Basschat (and is still/was for sale actually, snap it up if you see it, it's fantastic). So I was trying out the Ibanez SR1200 and SR1600 bases, having found a lovely light, easy-to-play bass in my Yamaha TRBX. I don't quite like the humbucker sounds of the TRBX but otherwise it's a great bass. Hence why I was tempted by the Nordstrand big singles in the Ibanez's. Then the SB320 came on the market and I had to have it They're such bargains for what you get. So what I got was a really light bass (7lb 13oz) that's super easy to play. I mean this thing just feel right, it's like it was made just for me. It's an SB320 so sounds incredible. I love a P/J pickup combo and it doesn't disappoint. I was tempted to upgrade the pups and electronics but these all look original (the pups definitely) and it would be a shame to change it. It's got a natural grain showing through the brown colouring (the only thing I'm not greatly keen on is the colour but it's still got grain and grain is good). I checked the serial number inside the cavity and it's from 1995. So, here are some pics: [url=https://flic.kr/p/np9bQ4][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/np9bQ4]IMG_2729[/url] [url=https://flic.kr/p/nFCNZn][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/nFCNZn]IMG_2728[/url] And my first recording of it: https://soundcloud.com/mornats/one-two-three-oh (also my entry for May's composition challenge - head on over to http://basschat.co.uk/topic/235949-may-composition-challenge-get-recording/ if you want to enter, there's still a little time!) I'm considering getting the bass stripped down to the bare wood and stained wine red like my old fretless (see pics here: http://basschat.co.uk/topic/228770-sgc-nanyo-bass-collection-sb320-fretless-sold/) but I'm loathe to make changes to an original bass. I also with I'd kept the gold and abalone knobs I bought for that fretless, they'd look stunning on this! So I'm well happy with it and it's cured my Ibanez GAS. I'm also rapidly losing interest in my Dean, my Overwater Contemporary Jazz and my Yamaha... keep your eyes peeled on the for sale section!

This thread is brilliant in so many ways the advice, the people chipping in and helping, everything.

[quote name='bobbass4k' timestamp='1400607113' post='2455428'] Nothing more impressive than my normal bass played very badly with a cello bow I'm afraid. [/quote] Cool I've got a normal bass that I can play very badly so all I'll need is a bow! [quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1400590876' post='2455188'] Tweak away, lad; tweak away, although why one would want to gild such a lily is beyond me..! I've done it myself on occasion; it's a bit of a pain in the rear for me, as I have to upload anew into Soundcloud (can't simply replace the track...), so I try (and fail... ) to be sure to be finished before publishing. Perfectly legitimate, so tweak away... [/quote] You flatter me kind sir The changes I've got laid out are the following (to continue my etymology): I watched this with interest: http://therecordingrevolution.com/2014/04/30/put-on-a-coat-of-mix-buss-polish-video/ then did what it said. It's given the mix a bit more, something..., not sure what but it sounds good so far. The timing was out on some of the melodic guitar synth notes so I quantised those. I try to record "natural" midi on my keyboard but sometimes small human timing errors stand out too much. The electric guitar has been changed. First, it's a little more in your face. I was listening to Rage Against the Machine's Renegades of Funk which has a great guitar riff and noticed that the riff sat right above the mix, right in your face. Mine then sounded like a shy little kid at the back of the class. So Iv'e pulled the guitar forwards. Which then highlighted the fact that I really need guitar lessons. It's a mess! Well, the single drawn out notes sound nice, the first main riff rocks the right stuff but the rest is ropey. So it's a record for that bit. And that's it. I've listened to it enough, on many different devices and have spotted all the flaws. Any more will be nit-picking so I'll restrain myself to those edits. I'll upload mine over the old track later on tonight (a feature that I felt was worth paying for so I upgraded my account almost as soon as I got it). Not being able to do this will be a nice constraint to have

Oh, I should be ok then. I'm only tweaking the mix that I did at the weekend for the comp so all within the time period.

Hello, my name is Mornats and Pinball is a bad influence on me. We play in a band together and he's always sending me links to basses for sale.

[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1400415271' post='2453580'] Excellent..! If you can do swimming lessons too, I might have a better chance in the pool this summer..! A very neat, concise run-down on how to take the plunge; well done. As to the resulting track: we'll see how the voting goes a bit later on, but it's already holding its head above water. Very clear, nice 'balance'. I too used a 'countdown' element; coincidence..? Thanks for sharing your trade secrets; I'm sure we'll all be able to find something applicable, and surely others will equally expose their different ways of pulling the strings. For my part, could I suggest the Circle of Fifths as another source of inspiration when looking for chord movement..? I tried 'pot luck' for several years, but wasn't very lucky, unfortunately..! [/quote] No one's going to drown following any songwriting advice I may give out so I'll leave it at that Thanks for the comments, I'm eager to hear the rest but I like to listen to them all after the deadline so I'm not tempted to tweak mine. This is the first track of my own that I've done in almost a year now as I've been focusing on recording my band's music. I'm hoping I've learnt a lot in that time! I've touched upon the circle of fifths in my bass lessons but I need to go into it in more detail. I'm useless at learning any theory unless I can put it into a practical application straight away.

Would uploading a tweaked mix be within the rules? No worries if not, I'll upload it afterwards.

[quote name='bobbass4k' timestamp='1400499449' post='2454344'] bowed electric bass [/quote] Tell me more! What is it? Where can I get one?

This may help out some of those who, like me not so long ago, would think "how the hell do you come up with a tune? where do you get a chord sequence from?". Well I got mine from a book! Rikky Rooksby wrote a book called "How to Write Songs on Guitar" (http://www.waterstones.com/waterstonesweb/products/rikky+rooksby/how+to+write+songs+on+guitar/6379208/). It has a chart that shows you which chords belong together in different keys. So started with a C# as one my vocal samples started with that and I chose the I II bVI V (first, second, flattened 6th and fifth) chords from that sequence. The first, second and fifth are quite common but I thought the flattened 6th (an A in the key of C#) would add a bit of imbalance to it. For the bridge bit I wanted a different sequence but one related to the main sequence. So I started on the flattened third (an E#m which is actually an F when it's at home and not in the C# key) and used the same chord numbers but in a different order: I bVI V II (first, flattened 6th, fifth then second). So I got my main sequence as C# D#m A G# and my bridgey bit as F Db C Gm. I picked them from the book, then played single notes to see if they worked then just went straight at it. I auto-tuned the vocal samples to match. On one bit I play a melody that's meant to follow the chord sequence but I actually play the sequence too fast and play F Db C Gm over then F and Db synth chords then play it again over the C and Gm chords. It may sound crap or maybe just adds to the unsettled feel (which is what I was going for). This is also the first attempt at double-tracking guitars. I usually record a guitar riff, pan it all the way to the left, duplicate it and pan that all the way to the right. I sometimes slightly offset one from the other by a fraction of a second to help fill out the sound. This time I recorded roughly the same thing in two different takes. Any (in this case many!) discrepancies helps fill out the sound in a more natural way. The bass simply stays within the chord notes of whichever chord it's playing over. Sometimes when I come up with a bassline I try to find a run from one chord to another using notes that are present in both chords (or using semi-tone steps in between) but this time I didn't. It takes a lot of working out if you don't know your chord notes all that well like me. I did most of my mixing at low volume after reading advice from the Recording Revolution and this helped a lot. I still need to go back and tweak levels on everything as that melodic lead guitar (which is a synth by the way) seems too loud and is pushing the rest of the track into the background so it loses punch. However I wanted to see if I could get a track from nothing to published on the same day. I normally spend a week tweaking and mixing, mostly mixing and I have a habit of not knowing when to walk away. Everything other than the bass and the kick drum were highpassed at around 200hz to give space to these two. I used sidechain compression so that when the kick hits it ducks the volume of the bass. (Try this on vocals and guitars. Duck the guitars a little when the vocals are on if they tend to clash. Try using a multiband compressor to just duck the offending frequency range if you don't want to EQ that frequency range out altogether.) These are the blog posts that helped me: http://therecordingrevolution.com/2014/05/12/why-chris-lord-alge-mixes-fast-and-doesnt-look-back/ http://therecordingrevolution.com/2014/05/05/the-late-night-mixing-plan-part-1/ http://therecordingrevolution.com/2014/02/12/stop-recording-so-hot-into-your-daw/ And the one I didn't follow on this track, mainly because I just plain forgot, was to mix in mono (I can't find that post, maybe it was in his newsletter) to get your levels right then sort out the panning and stereo width. So that's the etymology of my track (if that's the right word).