WishICouldWalk

[quote name='chris_b' post='176287' date='Apr 14 2008, 02:21 PM']I'm not really sure why you think you have a problem! Now you don't have to worry about anything other than playing this great gear. GAS is a waste of energy and you should now be concentrating on practising and gigging.[/quote] You don't by any chance have a cattle prod that you could jab me with everytime I type ebay into my browser do you?

[quote name='bass_ferret' post='175594' date='Apr 13 2008, 12:15 PM']I can sympathise with that. Now that Blue-ray has won the DVD format war I thought I would have a look. Players are getting relatively cheap but looking at the software there is hardly anything I would want to buy And I really dont need another bass but there has been some god-awful temptation lately [/quote] So, what's missing from the wall display?

[quote name='silverfoxnik' post='175817' date='Apr 13 2008, 07:54 PM']Good man! I'd really like to get to your gig and hear the new set-up, but we're at The Elms in Worthing that night, sorry.. Our next Brighton gig is at Horatio's on The Pier on May 25th which is a Sunday.. When's your next gig?[/quote] No other gigs in the pipeline. Drop me a line nearer the Horatio's gig and I'll try to get down and say hello.

I do a fair amount of cycling and go to the gym occasionally - if I bloated out, I reckon the change in the way the bass rests against me when I'm playing would totally screw things up!

[quote name='alexclaber' post='164283' date='Mar 27 2008, 09:50 AM']Personally I wouldn't go shorter than 34" with a low B string, the tension is poor enough at 34". However, lot of people are happy with 34" B strings, which I'm not! Before you make any decisions I would recommend finding out how a 33" scale low B feels - you can simulate this fairly accurately by tuning a 34" scale B down by about 2/3 of a semitone. I did the opposite with testing a 36" scale (tuning up by a semitone) and really liked the result. The other issue is one of technique - I calculated that playing a 36" scale is like playing a 34" scale a fret lower down (so a 33" scale will be like playing a pattern not quite a fret higher). To me that seems an almost imperceptible difference and I don't think I have big hands, pretty average in fact - I do have quite nimble left hand technique though. I actually find my 36" scale 5-string easier to play than my 34" scale 4-string, despite having played that four for almost nine years and the five for only six weeks. The wider neck (though nothing like a six) has a flatter profile and the combination of width and flatness makes my left hand technique much more fluid, with thumb almost always in the 'right' place and hand pivoting around that elegantly. I am amazed by this, I expected the 36" five to throw up some big challenges but it hasn't at all, apart from a bit of muting fun when strumming chords (not an issue for 99% of bassists!) The tone is a whole other thing - for my tastes I hugely prefer the BIG sound of the longer scale but some people like the tone of 30" scale basses, so horses for courses and all that. Alex[/quote] I sort of second what you're saying here - I have a DJ5 with a 35" scale and due to the slim profile it's not difficult to play even with girly little hands like me.

[quote name='Paul_C' post='175547' date='Apr 13 2008, 10:11 AM']I have a similar problem, once I had 16 Yamaha SBVs, and then various Status/Modulus/StingRays, now I have one Bongo and no desire for anything else. I've had any number of amps and cabs and now have settled on the LittleMark II - still a bit of juggling to do with regard to cabs, but I'll be building those myself. I've bought and sold quite a few effects too, and currently have a Bass Floor Pod, which I'm thinking about selling as I'm not sure I'll be using it often enough to make it worth keeping. It's only a matter of time before something catches my eye, I'm sure - but those moments are becoming fewer with further between... Sorry. [/quote] I have every sympathy. I'm starting to toy with the idea of some sort of autowah type effect now though.

[quote name='silverfoxnik' post='175561' date='Apr 13 2008, 11:01 AM'] Like your priorities!![/quote] Well, you know me Nik - I won't let a woman come between me and a nice bass! BTW, if you happen to be in Brighton on Friday 9th May, I'll be playing at the Providence. When's your next Brighton gig?

[quote name='Buzz' post='175452' date='Apr 12 2008, 10:07 PM']The answer to the riddle: A mind that disturbs is a disturbed mind [/quote] Thanks for clearing that one up, it was messing up my practise!

[quote name='Crazykiwi' post='175234' date='Apr 12 2008, 03:46 PM']LMAO Thankyou. I've just coated my keyboard in South African Chenin Blanc. The way your mind works is very disturbing but I like it a lot.[/quote] Not sure which one is better, having a mind that disturbs or a mind that's disturbed?

I started thinking about the hassle of a girlfriend and all of a sudden I became gripped by the need for a 70s jazz.

This year I've acquired and Lakland DJ5 bass, a Markbass LMK head and an EBS Neo 2x12 cab. On top of that I've got an EBD multicomp and and EBS Micro Bass preamp and seriously, I don't think I want anymore kit! I find myself going onto Ebay and the for sale section of basschat totally on autopilot. Then I stare at the screen and realise that I don't want to buy anything. Seems like a whole part of my life has disappeared. S'pose there might be room in my life for a girlfriend now

How else do you hit a minor 3rd without changing strings?

I've got one of those with an extra string - bass for life!

Get yourself a copy of Gary Willis's Fingerboard Harmony book. The approach is all about connecting chord tones. I don't think scales by themselves are particularly useful.

[quote name='lukeward2004' post='154981' date='Mar 10 2008, 11:19 PM']Hi Guys n Gals, I have the live recording back from my last gig with Projec13, and I thought I would ask for your comments and thoughts! As my upload speed is so crap at the moment, I have only had time to upload the one track - a cover of Jamiroquai's Runaway - however I will add more when I get time as it is late and I got off a plane from Madrid about 3 hours ago and need sleep! For this track I was playing my Warwick Streamer LX 5 String into my Bass Pod XT and then into my Epifani UL310, although what you hear on the recording is the "model" DI from the back of my POD. [url="http://media.putfile.com/Projec13-Live---Runaway-Feb-2008"]http://media.putfile.com/Projec13-Live---Runaway-Feb-2008[/url] Enjoy and watch this space for others as I have a load more to upload! Cheers Luke[/quote] Really nice playing. Something I reckon that would sound ultra cool is where the drummer starts playing off-beats on the ride towards the end of the track, if you played swung 8th notes with the odd fill (IMHO).

I have to say, I'm exactly the same. I bought a beautiful Lakland DJ5 a few months ago and I practise on it almost exclusively however, if I have a quick noodle on a 4, I feel I'm playing better. I've tried to analyse why without success. Maybe I'll be as good on the 5 with more practise?

[quote name='Solaris' post='160761' date='Mar 20 2008, 12:48 PM']Hi, I play a MIM Fender Precision (stock) currently through a Trace Elliot Commando but truth be told even as a 1x15 at 100w it's incredibly loud. (currently living in the garage and the low notes are vibrating appliances and cupboards out there even below half volume) It's not particularly ideal and as a result it's getting used less and less which is a shame because it really is quite a nice amp. Is it worth me looking for a smaller practice amp I can move around? It would be nice to feel I can play through an amp without locking myself into the garage to be considerate to housemates! Most of the stuff I listen to tends to be of the classic P-Bass into Ampeg type of sound and my amp can be pushed to a passable albeit deeper version of this sound: would something like the Ashdown Five Fifteen (8in 15w) or the Fender Rumble 15w satisfy me or am I best with another small amp? any suggestions would be greatly appreciated![/quote] I practise through an EBS microbass preamp going into my soundcard with my PC running through a hifi. I have to say, I can jam along no problem with someone playing tenor sax.

[quote name='rockinbassman' post='158629' date='Mar 16 2008, 09:54 PM']Cheers guys, think I have a trade pending on here... going back to a Ray![/quote] Man, you go through some equipment! I'm down to 1.75 basses, a preamp, a compressor and a Markbass head. Have to get me a cab soon! All the best. P.S. Jazz (as in the music genre) is so so. Like all these things, you have to actually do it rather than just intend to do it!