BassBus

One of the most fun programs on the tele for ages. I did like Bombscare. But everyone just seemed to have so much fun. Good to see bands connecting with the audience and not playing with their eyes closed. Well done everyone.

That has worked well. Really gets a certain feeling across. Such simple stuff but the editing has made it work so well.

[quote name='walbassist' timestamp='1466112156' post='3073509'] Here's my new main squeeze [/quote] Och, now you're just showing off. That is amazingly beautiful.

lovely dark tone from dark strings. I just love the tone you get from your MTD. You even make the B string sound good.

22 months to build a bass guitar!!! Are they growing the trees to build the things with? How come Status and Overwater can build and deliver them in 10 to 12 weeks nevermind months? Maybe these guys need a Dawn Green to kick them up the back side.

I Xed off the picture and scrolled down his page. Maybe we could have a ban on slapping everywhere else as well.

I can see why they banned that particular one. No swing in it.

You said it. If you can boost a frequency it must be there for a reason. I don't think there are any shoulds or shouldn'ts when it comes to tone. You do what you want, if you like it go with it. I know of a bass player who boosts the bass and treble on his bass to maximum. Not what I would choose but he likes it even though it goes against all the "rules". Other players and sound engineers seem to like it too so I think that throws the rule book out the window.

You said you want to experiment, then experiment. We can all give you our own ideas but they might not suit you. Move them around and see where you get the best tone for you. Try each of the pedals on its own as well. See how the tone compares to your clean tone.

[quote name='sellisnba' timestamp='1465656323' post='3070006'] Just wondered how people battle the dreaded GAS. For some reason the missus says it's fine! [/quote] What are you complaining about? The force is with you.

17 minutes of wonderfullness. Always one of my favourite Yes songs.

Welcome. Can't believe no one has used bass clef as a name so far. Follow board mod Michael 'wateroftyne' playing with the Caffreys. He's famuss. He's been on the tele. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07f2hmw

I must say the Caffreys kitchen bit was head, hands, feet, arms and anything else above the rest. Wonderful vocals. Fantastic result for you guys.

There was a recent thread that mentioned XTC and It came to my mind that Dave Gregory plays in another band these days. Couldn't remember the name of said band at the time. Fete has a knack of jumping in just when you need it. Up came a post on my Google+ feed and of course... So just for the hell of it... http://youtu.be/n_i-uqGNzgU

Beginning to look quite special.

[quote name='artisan' timestamp='1465380618' post='3067630'] My UK built overwater jazz bass had the very worst neck joint I have ever seen on a bass,with its 3.2mm thick poorly made shim.( which still wasn't enough to get a playable low action) Chris May seems to think this is fine on a bolt on neck joint,I however didn't. Personally I'd rather own a Tanglewood built bass. [/quote] This has to be an exception. I cannot fault the build of my Scott Devine Perception in any way. The neck joints that Martin Lee builds are so tight they hang the basses on the wall without any bolts. I have seen that for myself.

Slightly different shape are the Tanglewoods The Aspiration The OW Perception (smaller, curvier body) The OW Progress (bigger body) The Tanglewoods have not been made for some years now. The production wasn't as straight forward as Chris had hoped. They now assemble a cheaper bass in Carlisle which has neck and body built in the Far East based on the Aspiration body. The Insperation

I came upon a set of FLs in a trade on here. I had only ever used Status flats which have too high a tension for me. The FLs have not just lower tension but more tone. If you like the lower tension you could try Overwater flats. Much the same tension as FLs but at a lower price and just as much tone.

...and don't forget Ebay.

Just taken delivery of Dan's One Control AB Box which he was kind enough to sell to me. Probably the perfect transaction. Very fast and smooth. Great communications and a gentleman to boot. Highly recommended.

It doesn't really have to be complicated. You can make it as simple or complicated as you want. Have a look at The Chords of Orion videos. Bill Vincel makes some very creative use of simple delay pedals to get lovely big ambient sounds.

You could use all the pedals listed above but at a cost. Best to start with a volume pedal or a Mooer Slow Engine auto volume, if you're lazy like me. The other must haves are a delay and a reverb. Put the delay in front of the reverb with several repeats and then max out the reverb. Job done. Also look through Andy Othling's series of ambient tips. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4R-Gx_gaWU&list=PLgt6WPxUgZIqP5idHHn_kylwTCzNUrHIO

See watcha meen. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_D6XNpYxdU