TheBear

Jealous I am... It's a bloody amazing bass!

Got the chance to try one while in Paris 18months ago (thanks to Bass Maniac), I dream about it since. One day it will be mine..

Will look at it tonight. Thanks!

It seems I'll wait the first rehearsal and see (it seems that our keyboard man has a Roland Cube I could use temporarly).
Once I know more about the room configuration, I'll go and chase.

I passed by my local shop, and everything is over the budget I'm willing to pay for the usage.

@xgsjx : i'm trying to get the 8*10", but my wife does not seem too happy, not sure why.

This ain't a gig. Just "homework".

I don't have gig gear yet, always played till now @location with back line supplied.

This were my initial feelings thanks to confirm..
Time to hunt for cheap second hand 50W lightweight combo...

Hi Guys,

With the band i'm playing in, we have some "acoustic" session planned (in addition to "real repetition"), to work on own songs and this kind of things.

Setup will be the female singer (no amplifier), Two (electro) acoustic guitars, keyboard, and bass. In the music corner built in a house.

I'd therefore need a small combo (don't have acoustic bass and don't to spend 350Euros to buy one) but I'm wondering how many watts i'd need. Is a10-15W enough ? or will I need to go for 50W and more?

Thanks!
Chris

Quick follow up : I am following your advices, and it does payoff !
I'm far from good yet, but the progression is "visible" so to speak.

I found a band in between.. so going in the right direction.

I'll have a look to the dummies book. can;t hurt

Check the specs. I would think it;s a fit, isn't it ?
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[*]16 simultaneous inputs
[*]4 simultaneous outputs
[*]14 analog inputs
[*](8x) XLR Mic inputs with phantom power
[*](2x) 1/4" TRS LINE/GUITAR inputs on the front panel
[*](4x) 1/4" TRS LINE inputs on the rear panel
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Are you sure about Tascam US-800 ? it does not have 6 XLR.

the Tascam US-1800 has 8 XLR and is priced 300-400 Euros, so <£400/

@Coilte:I do my best touching the bass at least 30min on a daily base. Not always a success.
@XB26354: I was playing in few band, lookin for one right now. Difficult to find a band not running to gig no matter what. People tend to want a be in the spotlight, forgetting that spotlight will come eventually if you''re decent enough. And well, I did ashame myself on a gig.. so not willing to go there again without a good feeling.

I'm not too surprise, they have a surprisingly broad range of products, even for us, poor bassits.

www.stringbusters.com
Happy so far and i order from Netherlands

I did really start yesterday & today (could not really bass before) and I have been busy today with (re)learning the fretboard, as well as back to basic in Studybass AND Hector's advice. I feel somehow ashame on how bad I really am and I did not realize so far how lacky I was in real solid bases.

Anyway, all your advices are good and well-employed and I will one day become a bassist.

http://www.musicfootsteps.sg/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=82 ?
Android is mentionned there besides iWhatever.

bit late though www.stringbusters.com has the 760 reference.
750 are indeed not on their website, maybe worth a call to then ? they seem to be Labella registered reseller.

Labella 760FL on both my Squier Jazz VM 70 & My Squier P Classic vibe (I love the bass deep 60's sort of sound)
I need new fingertips but only got compliment over the sound.

Guys, You have reboosted me
I knew posting here would only bring me good.

Thanks!

Great advice. After years of practising, i'm indeed still struggling locating the note (especially from fret 5 down to the body).

all in all, i believe studybass will do the trick (the worst : I did know the site, never actually really dug into). I'm going to rely on studybass for my "training planning" and use the other resources to jump in.

Hopefully in 10y I'll be a bassist

thanks all!

Will check this and see where I get

I really want to hit the ground here and become a solid bass player (and not only repeat Tab and get stuck if the band start to impro a bit).

thanks!

Hi Guys,

Thanks for your answers. I do use few books and Scott's site and I'm going to visit Joe Hubbard's. I also use Cubase to work songs, breaking them into parts, slowing them and so on

What i miss / can't figure out is a logical progression on what to work / "when" and what's the best progression to get solid ground (No sure I'm 100% clear though).

Hi guys,

I (pretend to) play the bass since few years, played in few bands (learning songs with TAB mostly) and now, I want to *really* be able (eventually) to play bass guitar.

And here i'm struggling I'm trying to find some logically built "learning program" but could not find anything satfisfying. I therefore turn myself to you guys:
Who has advices / training program / progression that could help me to *really* progress and *really* master the bass.

I'm planning on a 45min base on weekdays and a bit more on week-ends depending on available free time.

thanks,
Chris

[quote name='Doddy' timestamp='1330263077' post='1554765']
Do you know how to count subdivisions?

If you are counting on the beat-1,2,3,4...you can then break it down to quavers(8th notes) by counting
1&,2&,3&,4&. If you are tapping your foot to the beat,it should hit the floor on the beat and be in the air
on the & (the off beat)
You can then take that further by breaking it down into semiquavers(16th notes) by
counting 1e&a,2e&a,3e&a,4e&a.

If you are using a metronome,set it at a steady tempo (something like 60-70 bpm) and try playing
on the beat while counting out loud and then start to break it down to quavers then semiquavers.
Make sure you are saying the subdivisions while you are playing and try to be as accurate as
possible. Once you can do this comfortably,it makes it easier to play different combinations of
quavers and semiquavers...for example,if the pattern is something like quaver,semiquaver,semiquaver,
(disco style) you can count it as 1(e)&a,2(e)&a etc. and not play on the (e).
[/quote]

Hi,

thanks for you note (and sorry for the delay, the damn "follow this topic" does not work). I indeed used this trick (. well in Dutch), but I'm struggling keeping it steady.
I got very fast mixed (and having a tendency to adjust the foot to my counting). I'm fighting with Perfectly lonely, and if I can be on tempo on the black, white, 1/8, the 16th between two 8th is killing me.

I actually found my way with Cubase & the Midi Editor Not steady yet, but I'm moving toward the right direction
I'm still struggling planning my practice... and stick to the plans

thanks
Chris

I'll look into all your stuffs!

thanks all
Chris

Hi Guys,

I'm currently learning (among other) "Perfectly lonely" trying to stick as much as possible to the Pino's Line.

Now, it begins easy, but soon there are loads of 16th in the middle of 8th. Quiet difficult for me to tackle (I haven't studied music, and I am therefore not trained to read rythm). So I'm looking for any software/iphone apps that could allow to divide the 4 time of the bar into 16th, and tap the moment when I have to play the notes and eventually get to read the rythm

I'm currently having to tackle 2 problem: read the rythms, and make my fingers doing what i want, a little too muc, s i need some help.

thanks

Chris

Hi,

I'm using your transciption/TAB with my band.. Just wanted to thank you for the work! The transcription is bloody good!

Thanks,
Chris