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I feel dirty. Just ordered a Roadworn Jazz! pics added
EmmettC replied to deanovw's topic in Bass Guitars
I think it looks great, I have a 70s P that is a bit more worn than that, but the dings look similar to the real one's on the P. It's not too overdone, ok, it would be better (and cheaper) to offer a non-worn alternative, but it looks good, you like how it plays and sounds, so leave it as it is, and most importantly enjoy it. -
Do I win a prize?
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Here's one by my band Metaltech, it's not really representitive of what we normally play, but you can hear the bass more than on any of our other youtube videos. NSFW lots of swearing. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnmDJAFI9Uk&feature=channel_video_title[/media] Here's a link to our channel, there are some better videos and songs there, but not much bass end in most. http://www.youtube.com/user/Metaltechtheband?feature=mhee#p/c/1/MnmDJAFI9Uk
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Does anyone travel from Scotland to London??
EmmettC replied to munkonthehill's topic in General Discussion
I might be heading down for work in early February, let me know if you don't get it sorted sooner. -
I just bought a Bass Compactor pedal of Dave, aka Bottomfeed, I paid him yesterday, and the pedal arrived today, exactly as described. Great to deal with, thanks Dave.
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I write about a third of our bands music, but most of the time someone comes up with an idea, and the band work through it together, In the past I've come up with a bass line that has ended up as a vocal melody, or I've come in with most of a song, but we've only used little pieces. I still find it more rewarding writing with a group, it's easier for someone else to judge your ideas and help shape them into something better. I write full songs on my own, that aren't suitable for the band, and I'm never as happy, or as confident in them. I also try to write on other instruments, I'm a terrible pianist, but sometimes writing on the piano is great, my hands don't have pre-learned-patterns they keep falling into, and I often record some basic guitar parts for chordal back up. Then show up at rehearsal where the band rip it apart and put it all back together differently and (usually) better.
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I've been doing my own set-ups etc recently, not because of bad experiences, but most of the shop based people don't seem to want my business. I don't mind booking in for 2 weeks time, but some of them need you to leave it for 2 weeks. I have gigs to play. This is great though, because I'm no good with electronics,and I want to add an extra pup on my Stingray. I'd also like it repainted.
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I don't have any missed opportunities as such, and no real regrets either, my only kind-of regret was taking my first full time job at 21, it lead to great jobs and I'm happy in my (non musical) career, but at the time I was playing with a very succesful cabaret act, a moderately succesful indie pop original band, playing for 4 singer song writers (of varying degrees of success) and playing & singing in my own hardcore band with 2 Bass players!!!! I left most of them soon after getting a job, and although none of them got very famous a few of them make a living playing music, and who knows what a few years of playing all the time could have lead to. A full time job meant a better basses and better motorbikes, I just wish I'd given music about 4 more years than I did.
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I just bought a Musicman Stingray 5 off Harry, and it was great, exactly as described, fast delivery and [u]great[/u] communication throughout. I thought it was great value too. I hope I get to deal with him again in the future.
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I bought a Stingray 5 off HazBeen and it was delivered from Holland today, and so far so great! It's natural, with a black scratchplate and Nordstram Pup and JohnEast preamp. All the original electronics were included too. I'll be honest, a Stingray 5 H, was only third on my list of basses I wanted, after a G&L L2500 and a Stingray 5 HH. I think it was a good deal though, and I plan on making it even more to my taste, first off I'd like to paint it, and remove the scratchplate and fit a metal cover over the electronics cavity, a little like the Stingray 4. This should be managable easily enough, and reversable, but I'd really like to fit a second pickup, like the HH models. Is this possible? would I need a different preamp or is it possible to wire them up on the current preamp with a switch or plend pot? I'll post some pics tomorrw, but I'm heading out to the practise room to play it through my SWR rig back to back with my Tribby G&L before the rest of the band show up and make it impossible to compare them properly. Now all I need is an American L2500, and an EBS rig and my GAS will be expelled. Oh and maybe a Jazz. And a decent compressor. And an SWR baby blue. And and and.................
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I have a Chris Larkin fretless acoustic, which is fantastic, it came equipped with Tomastik Acousticore strings and it sounds amazing. They have a lovely slow attack and decay, and with a bit of eq it does a great impression of a double bass. I think the strings would be great on any acoustic bass. They don't have much volume "unplugged" though.
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Your 5 most influential/inspirational bassists
EmmettC replied to grayn's topic in General Discussion
I think Flea and JJ Burnell seem to be number one for alot of people, but not that many like both of them, I wonder if it's seperated by taste or by age? -
It's awesome musicianship, really nice arrangement too, but it's an awful song. I like what they do with it, but I'd prefer to hear original music. I like when an original band throw in an unusual cover and make it a bit different, but their own music needs to be good enough too. For that reason I prefer the Snarky Puppy link, but I'll look into both bands as there was some great stuff from both.
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Using an Active bass on passive amp setting
EmmettC replied to clashcityrocker's topic in Amps and Cabs
[quote name='Thurbs' timestamp='1325578484' post='1484494'] To find out what the limit is for a signal I pluck whilst turning up the gain until either the clip light comes on or you can hear distortion, then back it off a bit and hey presto, you have a hot signal. This is slightly different when you are driving pre-amp valves if you want distortion but with the ABM you can control the valve drive separately. [/quote] +1 -
I got a vox headphone amp, I think someone wants me to keep it down. It is handy though, no leads or mess, just headphones,
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Thunderbirds, epiphone or expensive Gibson?
EmmettC replied to The Goatreich's topic in Bass Guitars
I used to have an Epiphone one, and it was a bit of fun to play, the Gibson is better, but I'm a little more precious about it, so I seem to have less fun playing it. I'd like to try the Fender-bird idea, sounds awesome. -
[quote name='louisthebass' timestamp='1325542863' post='1484305'] The other thing is take it out on gigs and keep on using it, once you've learned what's under your fingers. I'm one of the many that have (initially) taken a 5 (strung B-G) out on a gig and plucked the low B instead of a low E.... [/quote] I still occasionally get confused when I play 4 string, I end up playing the A instead of the E, I hope I eventually get to a point when I can swap over with no problems.
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I just bought a Stingray 5, but I'm still longing for a G&L L2500, and a precision 5, and an EBS amp, and and and and and......................
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First Bass:- Hohner headless bodyless Go To Bass:- G&L Tribute L2500 My Bass:- '72 Precision, but I've begun to rely on a low B, so I use it less and less
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I picked up my first 5 string about 2 years ago, it took me about 3 or 4 months to get comfortable with it, but even now I'm still getting to grips with swapping between 4 and 5 strings. It's becoming less of a problem, and I'd be happy to only use the 5 strings, but every now and then I love using my old Precision. I started using 5 to play heavier rock, I needed it for the band i joined, but I think it makes life easier in the wedding band I fill in with occasionally. I think it's worth the effort to learn, but each to their own.
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[quote name='thepurpleblob' timestamp='1325083947' post='1479643'] I played a Yamaha TRB4 for years and it cost me £190. Perhaps not exactly budget as it would have been a lot more new. I regret getting rid of it sometimes - it would stand up against anything. Yamaha make some fabulous stuff at very sensible prices (and, strangely, some oddly overpriced gear too). [/quote] I loved my Yamaha BB405, it was cheap, comfortable, really nice string spacing and it sounded ok, it felt cheap though. I think it's the same shape as a Nathan East sig, so I may look at getting one of those at some point. Too many basses not enough time or money!!!!