JamieMillsBass

Hi Folks, My girlfriend has just landed the nearest thing to her dream job in Bristol so once I get a job over there myself I'll be heading over. I'll be looking to get a band on the go when I get over there so I just wondered if anyone has any info on [list] [*]Any websites that cover the scene as a whole or the heavier side of the scene [*]Any venues places to go see gigs/meet new musicians [*]music schools etc where I can get myself some theory lessons [*]a list of heavier bands currently gigging [/list] Have had a look on google etc and am not seeing much info but thats not to say it's not there! Anything else would be of great help! Cheers, Jamie

Welcome!! You play in any bands on the Belfast scene?

Great bass player, thinks differently than 90% of other bass players out there which is why his lines are so interesting.

Thanks mate, very much appreciated!!

Hi folks, My band 'Apache Gunship' recorded our first single on Wednesday. It's called 'Unleash'. Please give it a listen and comments are very much welcomed (good or bad). Intro is all bass so posting it here should be ok! ha If you enjoy it please join us on twitter [url="http://www.twitter.com/apachegunshipni"]http://www.twitter.com/apachegunshipni[/url] and facebook [url="http://www.facebook.com/apachegunship"]http://www.facebook.com/apachegunship[/url] [url="http://apachegunship.bandcamp.com/"]http://apachegunship.bandcamp.com/[/url] Thanks!

[quote name='BOD2' timestamp='1337950349' post='1667904'] Could the output of the pickups be too high for the tuner ? What happens if you select one pickup only, turn the volume down to zero and then just bring it up a little ? [/quote] I'll try that when I get home, although one of the tuners I'm refering to is the tuner that comes with amplitube through logic, the other is a korg. I have a 5 string with the same model of pickups in it (although it has no pre-amp) where there is no issue. I'm bemused, will give your suggestion a go when I get home and report back!

Hi guys, I recently had a set of EMG 35DC's and a BQS pre-amp installed by a friend who is an electrical engineer. All sounds fine and seemed to be working fine, untill I plugged into my tuner. Its jumping about between notes like crazy with seemingly no noise whatsoever coming from the guitar. Happens on both tuners so its not a fault there, anyone got any ideas what this could be caused by?

Just seen the band name, I played a gig with you guys years and years ago. Ye's are a quality outfit!

Seen Sylosis twice and going to see them again at the end of April, I think their bass player posts/used to post on here?

Well I said screw it and placed an order for the 5 string version today (gd damn GAS!). I'll stick a wee review up once it arrives!

Ok cool, I'm not filled massively full of confidence that I'm gonna be able to pull this off from the responses so far! haha Has anyone got any suggestions for specific loop pedals that may do the job of the above? I'm thinking I'll buy one anyways and see how it goes with the drummer, surely its like everything else and practice makes perfect right? lol

Hi Guys, I'm looking to get myself a loop pedal as my new band is a 3 peice and we have a lot of breakdowns and things that are bass layered over bass so to do these live I need one. I don't need anything fancy just something that allows me to record a loop live, then record myself playing over the top, then record again with myself playing over the top of that. Probably up to about 5 layers would do. I don't need inbuilt drums or anything like that. Also, a silly question. Say I have recorded a loop and then want to play over the top with a delay effect on my bass, once I hit the delay does that then add delay to the loop also? Or is there a way to bypass this? Cheers, Jamie

The first few bars of the solo in Floods by Pantera. In fact the whole solo, and the little lick at the end with loads and loads of delay is fantastic too. There's sooo many of these!

It depends on what happened to the previous guy. If they kicked him out for not being inventive enough then they may love the sort of stuff your thinking of. If he walked away of his own accord then they may not. Either way I think what your suggesting sounds really cool, I know that in my band if we hired a new guitarist or new drummer I would like them to bring some new and interesting ideas to the table. We may not use them but I'd much rather they were suggested

[quote name='Mykesbass' timestamp='1329392224' post='1541658'] The only strange thing about this is that most people tend to associate ESP witth the EMG pick-ups and this has Seymour Duncans which could detract from the overall ESP-ness of it. [/quote] Yeh I thought that myself, I've got no experience with Seymour Duncans for bass either!

The part in to live is to die by Metallica where there's a build up then the guitars come in clean and really distant sounding before all the harmonies come in still gives me the shivers to this day. Just a pity Metallica are w*** now!

Hi Folks, Does anyone know much about these boyos; [url="http://www.gak.co.uk/en/esp-btl-std-blk-4-string/52082"]http://www.gak.co.uk...-4-string/52082[/url] I'm looking for a new bass, play in a thrash metal band, we are moderately progressive so I do alot of slapping, tapping sweeps and general high register stuff. I can't seem to find too many examples of the tone of this bass, I've tried the usual (youtube, google etc) but there doesn't seem to be too much about. Does anyone own one? What attracted me to an ESP is that I already have one, it's an ESP F-204 and I love the playability of the thin fast neck, the sound is also pretty decent although I'm about to upgrade the pickups (also worried that by upgrading them I may well end up with a bass that sounds just like the above anyway). My other choice is a Spector Euro 4lx, plenty of sound clips on Youtube. They sound awesome but I have never played a Spector. I'm from Northern Ireland by the way the choice of high end bases over here is horrendous so its difficult for me to pop into a local music shop and play a few.

And an old vid of my old band covering for whome the bell tolls (groan.................) listen to see if you can spots the bits where the singing drummer forgets the words!! haha [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3DYi5UIwL4"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3DYi5UIwL4[/url]

Didn't realise this thread existed until now. I'm not sure I know how to embed but here goes; [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkBWqzUjFZc&feature=plcp&context=C31672b8UDOEgsToPDskKBcjk2cYZCMGo_14_nVNh5"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkBWqzUjFZc&feature=plcp&context=C31672b8UDOEgsToPDskKBcjk2cYZCMGo_14_nVNh5[/url] [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nqfasl5MOaI&feature=plcp&context=C30680d6UDOEgsToPDskKwmp3t6PnaE9BPtaxp3yxV"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nqfasl5MOaI&feature=plcp&context=C30680d6UDOEgsToPDskKwmp3t6PnaE9BPtaxp3yxV[/url]

Her maiden name was McAllister though she would be known more in Ballyclare as that. Don't know any Stavely's or McCulloughs myself but I'm sure my mum probably does!

[quote name='Johnston' timestamp='1327318646' post='1509121'] Oh no A harbour rat, thats all we need Hello from down the Larne Line. (Just outside Ballyclare) [/quote] Coming from a sheep shagger?? Haha My mum and half my family are from Ballyclare, I've actually only recently moved out of it (although I grew up in Larne except for the 3 years I was at uni, up the harbour rats!!).

Nothing crazy or specil but I stuck a couple of vids up on my youtube page last night. Comments and critique are welcome. If you like, feel free to subscribe! [url="http://www.youtube.com/jamiemillsbass"]http://www.youtube.com/jamiemillsbass[/url]

Hi all, My name is Jamie Mills. I've been playing for about 10 years now. I play mostly metal but have played in wedding cover bands and rock acts over the years too. My main infulences are Stu Hamm, Geezer Butler, Billy Sheehan, Ryan Martinie as well as many others. I also like to take influence from other instruments aside from bass. Currently part of a metal band that is still in its very early stages, I'll post some stuff up when we have proper recordings! I play an ESP F-204 which is my first ever bass, through university and travelling I haven't ever had the chance to get the money together to buy myself a new one, however I'm looking to get one in the next few months. Amp wise I play a Genz Benz Shuttle 9.0 head through its matching Uber 10 4 x 10 cab. I like messing with effects but I don't use them too often in songs. I hope to release an all bass EP in the next few months which will be written and recorded (probably badly!) by myself. Also set up a wee youtube page recently, have a look if you have a spare minute! [url="http://www.youtube.com/jamiemillsbass"]http://www.youtube.com/jamiemillsbass[/url] Hope you enjoy!