Sparky

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wollop! that's great - bump, bump, bumpity bump! ya, i had to get GAS explained to me pretty early on when i was in a critical condition - still suffering but I'm pulling through! IMHO - that one seems to come up a lot too and it's a good one to know. Thanks a lot BOD2 and anyone else who chooses to add to this thread.

Howdy all. I've been a member of Basschat for a short while now ('No longer a newbie' Whoop!!!) so it's not really an introduction but hopefully my request will spur a useful thread for other people who Are just joining: Calling all experienced Basschatters: Any chance of a list of commonly used acronyms / forum slang and an explaination of 'Bump' please? Thanks in advance. Sparky.

Perfect, I was wondering if there'd be a thread (or even dedicated forum) for this - there are a lot of amazing players out there and I came across this one last night. wanted to learn the bass part for the stevie wonder song 'do i do' so tried to google the transcript (there's only so much i'm able to do by ear - it's all the fast stuff in the 4th bar of each phrase that gets me).. anyway, couldn't find the notes so thought i'd try YouTube - searched for 'Nathan Watts, Do I Do' and didn't find any footage of the great man himself, but instead, came accross this guy. MarloweDK... german dude - awesome. here's the link of the Do I Do 'playalong': [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyTQzA8_kI8"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyTQzA8_kI8[/url] and here's the link to his [size=3]170[/size] other videos! [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyTQzA8_kI8"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyTQzA8_kI8[/url] only discovered this yesterday so obviously haven't looked through all of them but i've browsed a few and looks like it's a good mixture of him playing along to tunes with nice bass lines, him recording his own lines, but then most interestingly of all he has some tutorials on there where he speaks, plays, repeats things slowly etc. He uses some cranky backing beats for these but it doesn't matter - his playing sounds great... oh yeh and by the way - he's got some f*cking LOVELY GUITARS!!!...and the quality of the recordings is very good... enjoy.

[quote name='paul, the' post='86764' date='Nov 11 2007, 06:00 AM']There are very few basses that I have thought were genuinely beautiful. This is one of them.[/quote] Yeh thanks Paul the. Like I said to fleamail, I'm very lucky to own it. I don't rekon it looks as 'beautiful' as some other guitars but it's definitely the most honest peice of wood i'd ever want to own! you can really see it in the shot of the shot of the headstock rear - it's just a 'plank'! - the instrument in it's most simplest form. anyway, enough about my guitar; i've recently been taking a more serious interest in learning how to play it!!! wanted to learn the bass part for the stevie wonder song 'do i do' so tried to google the transcript (there's only so much i'm able to do by ear - it's all the fast stuff in the 4th bar of each phrase that gets me).. anyway, couldn't find the notes so thought i'd try YouTube - searched for 'Nathan Watts, Do I Do' and didn't find any footage of the man himself, but instead, came accross this guy - you heard of him? MarloweDK... german dude - frickin' awesome. here's the link of the Do I Do 'playalong': [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyTQzA8_kI8"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyTQzA8_kI8[/url] and here's the link to his [size=3]170[/size] other videos! [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyTQzA8_kI8"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyTQzA8_kI8[/url] only discovered this yesterday so obviously haven't looked through all of them but i've browsed a few and looks like it's a good mixture of him playing along to tunes with nice bass lines, him recording his own lines, but then most interestingly of all he has some tutorials on there where he speaks, plays, repeats things slowly etc. He uses some cranky backing beats for these but it doesn't matter - his playing sounds great and I rekon I'm gonna try and work through some of them... i might copy and paste this bit into a more suitable forum actually... yeh, i'm gonna do that... oh yeh and by the way - he's got some LOVELY GUITARS!!! and the quality of the recordings is very good...

[quote name='fleamail' post='86625' date='Nov 10 2007, 08:23 PM']I always wanted one!!! Any chance of some sound clips???[/quote] Yeh, I know - I'm very lucky. Hey, I've no idea how I'd record any new soundclips of the bass on it's own, but I have our album recording from last year and you can hear the bass pretty good - especially right at the beginning of the track (think the recording captured the great resonance of it's upper-registers - listen on a pair of good headphones and you'll wet yourself ). Our engineer got me to record the bass part twice - once with the acoustic where he laid plywood down on the floor, put up this perspex screen all around me and positioned the mics inside the enclosure (the studio was carpeted and very small, so we needed to create a false acoustic) and once with the electric bass (the one you hear is a sweeeeet 70's p-bass belonging to the studio) plugged straight into the desk (via a load of rack mounted stuff i don't know about). Then the guys mixed the two to get the end result - the acoustic bass is only heard in the verses - you'll hear it change in the other sections - method worked out pretty well i think. anyway, the song's called 'Open with a Lie' and is the '[i]one for the ladies[/i]' on the album - the rest of it's rock and roll ! if you're interested, the website's got clips of the whole album on autostream - www.theexpensivehabits.com cheers fleamail. [attachment=3443:09_Open_With_A_Lie.mp3]

Since I joined basschat I've been banging on about my amp and my logistical issues. Everyone has been very helpful and I'm enjoying the forum very much so I figured since I am [i]'no longer a newbie' [/i]it was about time I gave something back. I don't have any technical knowledge to offer, so here is my trump card - my undisclosed asset; This is my Martin BC-15E acoustic bass. It was a gift from my dad on my 21st birthday so it's very special to me. The sound's Amazing - resonates so sweetly - the mid to upper registers especially. Great for practice because it's tough to play - the big, deep body means that when i'm sat down playing it, my right elbow's higher in the air than usual - less blood gets to the forearm and hand! it's a work-out but means that when i play my electric bass it feels comparitively untaxing! I've taken a few pics and have included a snap taken last summer whilst using it in the studio - you can see how high up my elbow is! argh, it burns! come on sparky, work it, work it!!! ok, enjoy. [attachment=3417:DSC00162.jpg] [attachment=3424:DSC00270.jpg] [attachment=3419:DSC00274.jpg] [attachment=3420:DSC00277.jpg] [attachment=3421:DSC00282.jpg] [attachment=3423:DSC00091_Copy.jpg] [attachment=3422:DSC00090_Copy.jpg]

hey tempo, if you do end up bagging your gas fix and replace the 2.5 cab, then I'm after one! i just secured a 210XL and whenever one comes up, i'll pair it up with a 2.5XL... i'm painfully trying to replace a 4.5XL so when i'm done, it'll be like i've just sawn the cab in half and tidied up the joins!! teehee! my issues are with portablity too!

paul the, surely i can't be credited as the only guy blowing minds on this welcome thread - your cat wears a blue beanie hat! "Didnt know what time it was the lights were low oh how I leaned back on my radio oh oh Some cat was layin down some rock n roll lotta soul, he said Then the loud sound did seem to fade a ade Came back like a slow voice on a wave of phase ha hase That werent no d.j. that was hazy cosmic jive Theres a starman waiting in the sky Hed like to come and meet us But he thinks hed blow our minds..."

well how's this; i'm from the south but live in the manc - a zany twist in this location based thread? or maybe just a case of some guy from the south living in manchester? crrrrazy...

Haha! thanks for that G-Beatch. Doctor, doctor, I think i've come down with something; I think i'm suffering from GAS and I've got it bad... REAL BAD!!! hopefully after this initial bout, my immune system'll kick in and next time i won't be hit so hard! Jeez, after being bought back to earth and told that i had to stick with my current amp, i've somehow convinced myself that since i'm not gonna be spending surplus on the rig, i can afford to buy a new bass... How the hell have i worked that out? i So Can't afford it!.. it does seem like a good deal though, and the little beastie's frickin' gorgeous! [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=1051&hl=fender+jazz"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=...;hl=fender+jazz[/url] but hey, like i said, i really CAN'T afford it so probably won't be pursuing it. bah humbug! oh well, i guess i'm kinda getting Some new gear - just waiting for the pics of the 210&115XL cabs...

[quote]Hey Sparky, if you want new stuff, try here [url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/2x10_bass_cabinets.html"]http://www.thomann.de/gb/2x10_bass_cabinets.html[/url][/quote] thanks original funster. i came across the thomann website on my quest for cabs! it's nice that the products are split into the catagories in the way that they are - although the easier they make browsing, the easier it is to unknowingly drool on one's keyboard.. damn i've done it again! good prices too! [quote]Great choice, Spark'! So it was just a case of misdiagnosed GAS all along[/quote] The Paul! Yeh, thanks for suggesting i start a topic and get a few people's opinions - it was the right thing to do! i needed to be told - like a kid in a sweet shop! 'no sparky, you can't have one of everything!' by the way, what does 'GAS' mean? I've come accross a few acronyms that I've not been able to work out - GAS seems to be a common one. Is there a directory somewhere on the forum?!! Also, what's 'Bump'????!!!!! this seems to be a big part of forum antics and i've no idea what it means! One last thing; appologies to the forum admin - Sorry for using the word 'sp hunk' - didn't realise it was a no no - won't do it again. sorry.

ok ok, the voices of reason have spoken. my whole adventure started with a need to replace my big 4x10 cab with two smaller ones so i could keep my rig at home... since I joined basschat, my cab mission seems to have snowballed after witnessing the wealth of cool bass stuff i never knew existed - this is the first time since i started playing 10 years ago that i've ever considered investing / changin my rig! i opened pandora's box, got sucked in and now can't seem to escape her spell! i needed to buy some cabs and instead of just going ahead and doing the sensible thing and replacing hartke with hartke, i decided to explore a little... now i've done that and got it out my system, I have to get down to business - thanks to you guys - pandora's lid has been firmly shut - right on my frickin' fingers! damn you all! haha - just joshin' - i have taken your advice on board and am now seeking a Hartke 2x10XL and a 1x15XL like I should have been doing all along. thanks for your advice; now I'm going to save my pennies and sp**k them on a new bass. sweet. thanks again. sparky

Ya, sounds a little 'serious' for what I'm after! - I don't even know what most of those components do! Think I just need 3 bits to stack on top of each other - 1 amp and 2 cabs! thanks for the thought anyway...

Hello All, I'm a 'newbie' on basschat and would appreciate some tips on good value bass rigs. Will almost certainly be looking for second hand gear and I have a budget of around £400-£600 (all in). £500 would be ideal - I'd rather not go to £600 but if I'm convinced!!... AMP - I think I need a 250-350W amp?... My 'rock' band play in small to medium sized venues (toilet circuit) and more often than not, the vocals and guitars come through as white noise on stage, so I need to be able to hear myself above that. up to now, the volume of my current 350W amp hasn't been a problem so I'm guessing I'm after something with a similar amount of power? open to suggestions though... CABINETS - These need to be PORTABLE ie. I need to be able to carry the cabs up stairs on my own - So probably a 1x15 and a 2x10? With regards tone - I don't know anything Other than the only rig I've owned - a Hartke 3500 amp + 4.5XL cab - which I'll be selling... or depending on what I decide, I may keep the hartke head and just replace the cabs (In which case, my budget would be reduced to around £350 (tops) for the cabs alone). Hopefully this thread will prove useful to a few readers.. £400-600 is probably middle'a'la'range no? OK. Thanks in advance to anyone who decides to share their thoughts. Cheers, Sparky.

ya, i know - the XL has served me well but alas, the cab's recently been rendered homeless! there's not been space to keep it downstairs at my family home (down south) for a long time and even though there's room in my old bedroom, i can't get the beast up there stairs! a. because of it's weight, and b. because there's a delicate stairlift in the way. space isn't the problem, it's the stairs! also, if i manage to get 2 smaller cabs, i can split them up and bring the 210 up to manchester (where i live) so i've got a practice amp (albeit with a 350head!) to use up here - i can't justify bringing the XL all the way up here when my band, and most of the gigs are down south! so ya, you're right - it Is an issue with keeping the amp at home, but the logistical problems run deep!!! haha! story of my life! bah! can you recommend an alternative to the VX cabs? i really do think that a 210 & a 115 is the way forward; but also, i'm aware that hartke gear sits in the cheaper price bracket compared to most other brands and i've not really got much spare cash to spend on the switch. what would you do dood?