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An excellent right-hand exercise I've been doing of late is the 'I Feel Love' bassline (as done by Flea on the live at Slane album). root root octave octave 5th 5th minor 7th minor 7th (start at something like 5th fret D on A string). Try doing it alternate fingering then try it raking. When raked, the finger pattern reverses every other time through.

I'm definitely a raker - anything to improve economy of movement is a good thing imho.

I've got an MB1 with matching cabs. All analog with blendable tube and tranny preamp stages, and all under midi control. Ahead of its time!

[quote name='Bald Eagle' post='58980' date='Sep 11 2007, 09:32 PM']As it says, I have a really nice condition Yamaha TRB 4 MKII MIJ 9v active bass in Magenta c/w original hard case and want to sell/trade it soon but have no idea what it is currently worth and there is nothing on ebay to compare it with - it is fast & loud but I just prefer Jazzers and want an active one of them. Help Please! Muchos gracias amigos,[/quote] Based on extensive Yamaha eBay lurking, I'd say around about the 300-325 mark.

Hi chaps, I could be interested in joining you for a gear sesh! Gear I could bring: MB SA450 TE MkV AH250 C-Audio 1250 watt power amp ADA (remember them?) 1x15 + 2x10 My wee JBL Eon15 monitor PJB Briefcase

Digitech's Digiverb is pretty nice.

Is it just me that finds the GT-6B dead easy to program then? I had it nailed in an evening. Maybe I'm just dead clever... I went from multi-pedals to the GT-6B - cheaper, more flexible and less faff. You do need a good knowledge of various sound terms to get the best from it though. Mini-review of the [url="http://www.quicksound.co.uk/comment/?p=6"]GT-6B here[/url].

[quote name='Waldo' post='40636' date='Aug 2 2007, 08:46 PM']They really need to put some focus into thier website becuase at the moment, it's more of a webSH*TE! In this age of internet shopping, it's no wonder they're going under....[/quote] Hope you'll excuse the blatant plug, but it's highly relevant: this is the exact reason I started developing [url="http://www.quicksound.co.uk"]Quicksound[/url]. It lists all Sound Control's catalogue but laid out in what I think is a much more user-friendly interface. You can search and compare with Dolphin / Gear4Music too.

I have to agree the Bill Dickens left me wondering what he was going on about. I thought his playing was far from clean and accurate, not to mention a million miles from musical. Marcus is of course a supreme funker and exudes soul from his playing, however Josh I think you're wrong about Victor; I think it's a common perception if all you do is see him on internet sites like Youtube doing the flashy stuff, but go and see him live (as I was lucky enough to do in Glasgow earlier this year) and you'll realise he is the master musician with absolute monster groove.

I've owned a pre-Fender Kubicki since 1990. It 's one of those 'I'll never sell it' basses. The neck is fantastically easy to play, the drop-D gadget is great (no tension problems on mine) and it slaps like a dream. The truss rod adjustment is really good - just stick a philips screwdriver in the end of the headstock. I've also had no problems changing strings and actually prefer it to regular tuning pegs. The only problem I have is that the electronics just don't seem right to me. The first active setting is pretty much the only one of the 5 that sounds good to me as the passive settings seem to all have excessively low output level (and the other active setting is just too scooped). I think this may be a fault on mine - anybody else notice this? Apart from that you can spot the tone a mile off so it doesn't suit every situation, but it really is fun to play!

Was it this one Stew? I love it. Very easy to play, full range of tones onboard, 17mm spacing makes it feel fast for fingerstyle. The front pickup is very close to the fingerboard and is not a problem for basic slapping / popping, although I have had to drop the height of it so I have some room to 'hit through' for my (rather pedestrian at present) double-thumb stuff. [attachment=1519:bongo1e.jpg]

I use Drums From Hell Superior - the big brother to EZDrummer - in conjunction with a Yamaha DTXpress kit. It's the dogs if you want ultimate control over your drum sound and don't mind a bit of post-production. EZDrummer is better for instant gratification / included loops.

Although don't get too set on the biamping idea. I tried it (with a 'suitable-for biamping' advertised pair of cabs) and didn't like it. Sounds much better full range into both.

Trace 4x10 will definitely be 8 ohms unless it's been buggered about with.

Kubicki Ex-Factor is 32". I love mine apart from the electronics (which I'm beginning to think might actually be faulty).

Interesting to see Alain Caron using his right pinkie to anchor against the body quite a bit. That's something I found myself doing when trying the whole double-thumbing thing, but I tried to resist it just cos Vic doesn't do it. Sod it, doesn't seem to do Alain any harm!

PM'd

Gig number 3 in our new residency at Mr Lynch in Jesmond. Kick off 9.30, free entry before 10.30, open until 2am. Rock pop and soul to drink and get jiggy to in a lovely smoke-free atmosphere - bring it on!

PM'd

Cheers for that! I was referring to the cab being relatively uncoloured so whatever comes out of the MB head will be fairly faithfully reproduced, as opposed to a more 'flattering' (or limited-range) bass cab which might not sound much like FOH. [quote name='Crazykiwi' post='22918' date='Jun 25 2007, 11:53 AM']I'd love to know where the rumour about Markbass being clean sounding started. They've definitely got jazz bass friendly colouring to my ears. Your band sound great BTW. [/quote]

I know it's a bit unconventional, but I use my SA450 to power a JBL Eon 15 PA cab laid-back in its monitor position. It works incredibly well, and also gives you the benefit of a relatively uncoloured sound so anything you eq should sound pretty similar FOH. Very portable too.

[quote name='john_the_bass' post='16934' date='Jun 13 2007, 03:09 PM']what's this ampeg simulator? it's the speeding up/slowing down mp3s that i'd be interested in[/quote] Check out [url="http://www.xs4all.nl/~mp2004/bp/"]http://www.xs4all.nl/~mp2004/bp/[/url] for a very handy, free, change pitch/speed program.

Very professional and commercial, though I found the autotune on the vocal rather intrusive. But hey, what do I know. Never did Cher any harm! [quote name='tayste_2000' post='20212' date='Jun 19 2007, 02:42 PM']Just uploaded yesterday it's called Belong and you can hear it here www.myspace.com/thebedheadsofficial Thanks[/quote]

I've uploaded some songs from my band of 10 years ago, 'Mook'. [url="http://www.myspace.com/jezstephenson"]http://www.myspace.com/jezstephenson[/url]