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    What do audiences really want from the bass player?

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    1 hour ago, MacDaddy said:

    Well if I go and see a band with Billy Sheehan, Stu Hamm, or Victor Wooten, I'm probably going to want a bass solo at some point.

    If I saw Iron Maiden, and Steve Murray just stood at the back not moving, I'd be quite disappointed.

    If I saw Motley Crue or Kiss, and there was no fire or pyro involving the bassist, again I'd be disappointed.

    If I see a Psychobilly band, I'd want the bassist to at least spin his DB a couple of times.

    So it all depends...

    Steve Harris on Bass....Dave Murray on Guitar....sorry.

    New Old Bassist would Appreciate Advice...

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    Plug in and play there will probably be a volume control for both single coil pup and split p type pup.....knock volume off one play it, then do the same with the other I wouldn't worry about the angle of split pup see what the volume of each string is like can easily be adjusted to suit your ear, all depends what sound you want...usually bridge pup will give a more treblier/ mid tone and neck pup slightly warmer deeper tone....good luck....plug in play and don't be afraid to fiddle about a bit.

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    SIT Strings in the UK

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    1 hour ago, NancyJohnson said:

    Because I'm a grammar Nazi, can I ask a little favour?

    Italics should be used for emphasis only.  It's very distracting scrolling through a thread and seeing an entire reply italicized.

    I imagine your like the drummer from my last band, he had a problem with poor grammar ect….some strange folk about.

    New Old Bassist would Appreciate Advice...

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    3 hours ago, TripleB67 said:

    So since I currently have a standard guitar amp, the Acoustic G20  (still new in box; paid $76.49), would you advise me to take it back and exchange it for something like the Fender Rumble 15 ... would it be adequate for home use to learn on?

    I know they make a Fender Rumble 25 but would rather not put the extra money into it if I can get by with the Rumble 15 for a few years.

    Thanks!

    TripleB67

    Just for home use your guitar amp will be fine....personally I would wait to part ex until you have been playing a few months....then once you are a bit more familiar with the instrument you might get the urge to jam with folks then you could always part ex for a half decent Bass Combo....but till then your guitar amp will suffice just crank the bass EQ to about full and keep the mids and treble to a minimum.

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    SIT Strings in the UK

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    Used SIT strings on an old P Bass years ago I had never heard of them at the time....£14 so thought why not and they played really well....but that particular shop closed down and never seen them since....I hate new string in all honesty so very rarely change them.....so if you can get a set of SIT strings you wont be disappointed.

    New to Bass...

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    7 hours ago, Cicero said:

    Bass-playing is definitely here to stay. I seem to get a great deal of pleasure out of it, seven weeks in, and I'm improving all the time. Kinda like being back at school, but at work instead, desperate to get home and plug in.

    My guitar playing is taking a backseat, though 🤔

    I've yet to do any recordings. There are few things that highlight weaknesses better than listening back on your own playing... Just need to get around to it. I may be brave enough to share 😶

    Keep up the good work

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    SBL Technique Accelerator Course

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    1 hour ago, SpondonBassed said:

     

    Some teachers try to mould you into their image of what is good and proper in a given subject.  Others listen to what you say and then work with what they have in front of them.

    It sounds like you got the former when you needed the latter.  Hard luck.  Keep trying though.  There are lots of good teachers who don't automatically make you feel like you are back in short trousers again.

    That was one of the reasons I stopped going to the initial tutor excellent Bassist but very Jazz orientated and that's how he came across.....I was a very late starter I was late 30s when I took up Bass but more RnB, Blues and Rock.....I went about 3 times took on board some pointers and after 6 months was playing in a Rock n Roll band and a Pop/Rock band so things took off pretty quickly for me.

    SBL Technique Accelerator Course

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    31 minutes ago, Ruarl said:

    Sounds to me like the second guy was just a bad teacher. In one of the intro videos for the course Scott points out there are different techniques for plucking strings. All are appropriate for different things, and he wants to teach his students to have a conscious choice over which to use, rather than switching between them at random. In your example, no muting method is bad as long as it works. I’m assuming your floating thumb muting is very good, and your second teacher just thought it was not a good idea. I noticed in my playing that I’m switching around in a way I don’t have control over. That’s why I signed up. 

    If you’ve spent a long time acquiring the technique you want, then I don’t think this course is aimed at you. My own technique is something which has only ever received haphazard attention, and I’d like to give it some focus and maybe even cover areas I hadn’t thought of myself. 

    I think I have kept the floating thumb method because it just comes naturally to me and yes you are muting the string you are anchoring on ect….I listen to a lot of old school RnB and Rock from the 60s/70s so my playing and style is tailored for the band and not as an individual or soloist....spend many hours working on getting a good groove and technique I watch many local bands and although there players are good play the right notes but some lack FEEL and in my humble opinion if you don't have good Feel then it just sounds messy.....Good Luck Ruarl…...check out Danny Mo Morris he is one of the tutors on SBL Academy he is a master of the James Jamerson 60s RnB groove that's if your into that type of vibe.

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    SBL Technique Accelerator Course

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    I remember going for a few lessons many years ago when I first started and I had never picked a Bass up the guy taught me the floating thumb method which I have adopted ever since (thanks Warren) I stopped going after 2 or 3 lessons as it was expensive and a fair hyke…..I decided a year or later to re-start but he had stopped teaching and passed his students on to a young fella whome I contacted and had a lesson with which was a complete waste of time he immediately picked up on my floating thumb method and tried to change the way I played...….my point is surely technique is a personal thing its what makes us individual ect….why change or try to fix something that isn't broken?? im all for watching and trying to learn new things but I would never change my own technique which I have spent a long time working on....just my opinion.

    Revelation RPB 65? Anyone heard of or got one?

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    10 minutes ago, miles'tone said:

    I had a RPB65F fretless in Fiesta Red. It was a brilliant bass. Gigged regularly with it, and got so many compliments on it's sound and looks.

    It came perfectly set up and the only 'mod' I did was to put on a set of Labella DT Flexible Flats. Piece of pie to play (for a fretless) and sounded massive.

    Need another one now actually! Go on treat yourself.

     

     

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