Judo Chop

[quote name='MiltyG565' timestamp='1357244308' post='1919843'] I put on the album californication and played my way through most of it, with a couple of improvised soloy parts. I was pretty proud of myself. Also got a set of half round bass strings, and a set of round wounds. Somebody, please tell me if i should put the half rounds on the jazz bass? Tell me, should i put the half rounds on the jazz bass? Tell me, "Put the half rounds on the jazz bass"! [/quote] Put the half rounds on the jazz bass, I've done it before and it sounded good

How do I find out my bass skill level?

Anybody got any more suggestions for pickups?

Guigsy from Oasis

[quote name='alstocko' timestamp='1356517276' post='1910611'] Good Enjoy the mods, post pics! [/quote] I will Just need to decide on a pick up now

[quote name='alstocko' timestamp='1356482468' post='1910528'] Well, there's several options here: 1. You can go the "standard" volume, volume, tone arrangement and rout a hole in the side of the bass for a jack. 2. Do the same as above but with volume, blend, tone 3. Get two stack pots and wire them as volume, tone, volume, tone (whatever order you like of course!) this is more messy but saves routing of extra holes 4. Do the same as 3 but with one stack pot and one normal one, making it volume, volume, tone 5. Keep the pots the same and make it master volume, tone with a pickup switch (handy, but not too flexible!) Personally, I like the sound of the challenge of number 3! (I hope that makes sense!) [/quote] Yeah it makes sense, thanks. I think I'll keep the precision controls as they are, and get a stack knob for the jazz pickup's volume and tone controls. Anyone have a rough idea of what that would cost?

I've decided to get a jazz bridge pickup installed on my precision, and I was wondering about how it affects the controls. All of the pictures I've seen of PJs show the original two knobs with an additional control for the jazz pickup, presumably just a volume control while the tone knob now controls both pickups? I'm probably wrong there, but is it possible to have the jazz pickup installed with its own volume and tone controls? And how would that be achieved without crowding the scratch plate with controls? Somebody please enlighten my simple brain

I think Erasure were at number one when I was born...

[quote name='thisnameistaken' timestamp='1355840188' post='1903441'] Learning to read. Slowly. Very slowly! [/quote] You're doing well, you read the thread title perfectly

Marshall repaired my out of warranty amp within two weeks of me contacting them, they even arranged to pick it up from me for free

I had a coil of wire inside my cab break away from where it was soldered during the first song of our set, I was left with just the 2x10 and it sounded so weak even after I turned it up to compensate. When I got home I opened the cab up and fixed it with a piece of cardboard and a cable tie, the same thing happened again at the next gig so I just used another cable tie and it's still holding up. If anyone's interested I'm now doing full time amp repairs, seems easy enough

Can we all have a ribbon for taking part?

Simba?

Got in from work at half ten, left my bass in its bag where it'll stay until Saturday. I hate these late shifts

Cast No Shadow has a good bassline, especially near the end. There's an isolated track on YouTube that won't show up on my phone. The Swamp Song is pretty good too

Ten I think, I've lost count already

That's so surreal I'm in stitches here Who are they? They're all great players

[quote name='mcnach' timestamp='1354565241' post='1887508'] yup, you're unbelievable... [/quote] Oh!

Ooh, either 'Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick' or 'Rain' by the Beatles because I felt I'd made some real progress after nailing them

http://youtu.be/wH2umxtA_sc How about that

I just sliced my finger open with a wallpaper scraper, this thread is cursed.

[quote name='chaypup' timestamp='1352710660' post='1866278'] At the Cardiff bass bash (which was great!) on Saturday a discussion came up about how Pj Harvey's last album only had bass (guitar) on 1 track and how we should record bass parts for the rest of the album as she had 'forgotten' to. Anyway, from this, someone mentioned that earlier in the year 3 of the top 10 billboard chart singles had no bass at all! And the reason for this is that [b][i]songs are being produced and mixed for mobile phone speakers[/i][/b]. Does this spell the end for bass players? [color=#FFFFFF](obviously not but it's a good starting point for discussion!)[/color] [/quote] Which three songs had no bass? Was 'Moves Like Jagger' one of them?

[quote name='Hobbayne' timestamp='1352595795' post='1865101'] I first heard that as a teenager in the early 80,s when I first picked up the bass, I had never heard the bass played so high up the neck before! It was my first experience of Macca as a bassist and not just a vocalist. [/quote] I first heard it two years ago when I started playing, I had it on repeat for about an hour trying to figure out how to play it Got there in the end though, same with Taxman which is quite similar

Rain is my favourite, the drums are ace on that too

My new Precision was delivered today, tried to adjust the truss rod but noticed the allen key hole was rusty and corroded. Fair play to Dawson's, they said they've ordered a new one from Fender which should arrive in store next week, and they've let me keep hold of the broken one in the meantime ...even though I can't play it because the strings are too high.