BigRedX

Would you care to expand on that, because it is not my experience at all. For me practicing playing scales has never allowed me to be able to do anything other than play scales. To be able to play anything that I'm actually going to use in a song I have to practice that.

Probably because the man himself is dead and can't prevent it being released. The bits I saw on the iPlayer were very dull indeed especially compared with other filmed Bowie gigs.

But practicing playing scales only gives me the speed dexterity and muscle memory for being able to play scales. Not for being able to play anything of actual musical value.

Thank you. Exactly that. Saved me having to type a post.

But IME it services no musical purpose in the context of any song apart from some widdly widdly guitar solos, all of which would benefit from the guitarist playing an actual TUNE instead.

Your post came while I was just posting mine. I already known where the notes are on the fretboard, but for me how I would play them in a scale and how I would play the notes I want from that scale in a piece of music are two entirely different things.

So what are they? IME practicing playing scales just means that I am good at playing scales. It doesn't make playing actual musical pieces any easier for me, and therefore I can't see the point.

Can someone explain to me what the point is of learning to play scales?

I pick up my bass (or guitar or sit at the keyboard) and try to be able to play whatever it is I need to be able to play but can't. Otherwise I work on composing or arranging new songs.

IIRC the valve in the Behringer unit in question didn’t actually do anything and was illuminated by LEDs behind to make it look as though it was working.

IME you have to go to at least 36” on the low B string before scale length alone makes any improvement to the sound and feel of the string.

I think most lyrics are rubbish, so I’m more tolerant of songs song in a foreign language, since I can’t understand the words I won’t know if they are crap.

Used to have a Traben Phoenix 5-string (the one with the flame bridge and fingerboard inlays). Looked great. However it wasn't particularly well made - lots of sharp fret ends and the pan pot failed after a couple of months. The 35" scale did nothing to make the low B sound any good. And I found the fingerboard inlays very distracting when I was actually playing it. I took it out as backup to a few gigs and it always got appreciative comments.

I'm not much of a fan of D'Addario bass strings, so I'm getting Newtone to make me a 4-string set of the Axion Strings with standard Bass ball ends. That should sort it out. On the whole I find that Rotosound are pretty much incapable of making anything other than 34" 4-string sets.

Hurtsfall will be playing at the Maze on Saturday February 16th as part of the Dark Edge night supported by Beck Stacey The Facebook event page is here I don't have any recordings of Hurtsfall to share yet, we're still mixing our debut release, but expect an amalgamation of Joy Division, Sisters of Mercy and The Associates in a 21st Century style! I'll be using my Burns Barracuda Bass VI if anyone is interested...

In Isolation will be playing at the Fiddlers Elbow in Camden on Friday February 8th, supporting the excellent Northern Light Exposure. Here's the Facebook event page In Isolation sound like this: and Northern Light Exposure sound like this: It would be great to see some Basschaters at the gig. I'll probably be using one of my Gus basses and Line6 Helix. Come and say Hi!

And maybe play a Burns bass... or

For some reason the "standard" gauge of a set of short scale strings tends to be a bit lighter than the equivalent 34" scale set. For example I recently bought a set of Rotosound short scale things for my Burns Sonic, the gauges were 40, 50, 75, 90 whereas the equivalent 34" scale set is 40, 60, 80, 100. I found I was back to the problems I had in the 80s when I had great difficulty getting a decent note out of the E string on that bass. If the scale length is shorter than you need a heavier string to achieve a comparable tension when tuned to the same pitch. I have a set of Axion Custom Works strings on my Burns Barracuda Bass VI the heavier gauges give a much more comparable feel to a 34" scale set, although IMO the E string could still benefit with being a bit heavier.

So not because Behringer brought out their model D clone at a fraction a Moog's price?

But no-one needs two aboves.

I like lots of boxes. All the ones I receive get reused when I send out stuff I've sold on eBay.

N.Hayashi who designed all the iconic Aria Pro II guitars and basses in the late 70s and early 80s now runs Atlansia.

There is no "flat".

Has there been any further information about what MIDI control is available beyond this meaningless statement: "The midi input allow you to control the channels of the amp via a midi standard controller."

Helix Floor, and AFAIK all the rack mounted Line6 devices.