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I'm guessing you've heard Sunn O))'s Dømkirke - immense sound on the record, but must have been incredible to hear it live. Our church like many others has lots of glass instead of stone, soft coverings on seats rather than wooden pews etc., so not in the same league acoustically - however it does resonate at A, which has resulted in some bass shocks to those sitting near the back!

HI Caz, I've been using this video tutorial: ...which links to this notation chart: https://www.talkingbass.net/the-coolest-bass-line-in-the-world-ever/ The page also has a breakdown of each part and drum backing. Enjoy!

Arbiter 4001 copy, bought 1985. £135 from local music shop Then a big gap until 2012, when the floodgates opened....and have only recently closed JHS Stingray 'tribute' Music Man Bongo Sandberg California VS P custom build, 'Goldfinger' ACG Über Recurve with ART maple Limelight P in Sonic Blue Limelight J in Fiesta Red Fender 1979 P Vintage Tony Butler P Music Man Reflex Gamechanger Fender CS faded surf green '64 P Fender MIM P Fender Classic 50s P Fender Road Worn 50s P Fender 1964 P Xotic XP-1T Vintage Icon relic fretless Wal MK1, Olive Ash facings Rickenbacker 1975 4001 Alembic MK Music Man Classic Stingray Alembic Essence Fender CS Dusty Hill P Gold Top Ibanez SRX 505 5 Maruszczyk Jake L4P Fender Vintera 50s P Fender Japan 62JB-75US CIJ Jazz Ocean Turquoise Metallic Bass Centre Bruce Thomas Profile Fender MIM Player Jazz Fender CS Sean Hurley P Fender Japan Jazz (black) Xotic XJ-1T 5 Ken Smith BSR5EG Moollon P Yamaha TRBII 5 Bass Centre Bruce Thomas Profile The one I still own is in bold The ones I miss most are the Alembic, ACG, Wal and Fender '79 P. The biggest surprise was the Xotic XJ-1T 5, so easy to play for a 4-stringer like me. The ones in italics I've sold to Basschatters, having bought several from Basschatters too. I let you guess when I joined Basschat

I can strongly recommend the Bass Centre Bruce Thomas Profile, both with its stock roundwounds or La Bella flats. Superb playability and pickup! http://www.basscentre.com/british-bass-masters/bruce-thomas-profile.html

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Yeah just been watching it too! Cracking band Did you recognise the bassist's second bass? Very nice looking 5-string J with maple board but I couldn't work out the logo...

Great news Mick! I can't imagine how good your Sean Hurley sounds through it

Sold Phil a power amp - fast communications, smooth transaction and an all-round pleasure to deal with! Thanks Phil

Sold Tim a greenboy cab - excellent communication throughout, a smooth transaction and a friendly chap! Deal with confidence

Hi there MWP, certainly no harm in starting on a 5 - many discussions here on the benefits of being able to extend the scale patterns by one more string, meaning you can 'park' your fretting hand in one position and minimise shifts up and down the neck. Pay attention to muting as you have one more string to keep quiet when it's not being played though! I found this video useful: ...albeit I was coming from 4 string. The Sire sounds a great choice, or keep an eye on the Basschat markerplace. Good luck!

I can well believe that - to my ears, the '85 olive ash Wal I all too briefly owned direct to desk via XLR was both my favourite tone and one with zero noise - amazing electronics!

Brilliant Trevor! Our tech guy is a legend, he thinks my Bruce Thomas Profile through a SansAmp VT 'SVT' setting is the best bass tone he's had in the worship room and cranks it up. You almost don't need a monitor!

I'd absolutely love to do gospel sets - for one thing I'd have a stone-cold excuse to get a Ken Smith 5 again! I suspect gospel players are never told 'sit this out until the chorus, and don't go North of the 5th fret'

'Overplay' in Worship bass can mean 'more than one note per bar' or even 'any note per verse'! Just have to enjoy the song and from a technique perspective, think of it as good timing and sustain practice.

Stage setup is (something like) bass->DI->desk mic preamp->mixer->foldback/IEMs. Assuming a digital mixer then it is likely to have a decent DAC, and the mixer may be sending you a bass-heavy monitor mix which differs from the front of house mix (and/or you may have your bass amp as an additional monitor). So that contributes to a fine venue sound. As @Richard R says above, YouTube compresses heavily and audio degrades with reduced video quality. Also the DAC and headphone amp of the average computer are pretty basic which further affects the audio. Unfortunately most parishioners won't have a Focusrite or similar DAW with a decent set of cans :( Certainly worth checking with the sound team and seeing what they can do with EQ to help you in the mix :) On another note, had my first recorded session (four songs) at church last night - look forward to hearing the results. Due to some last minute key changes I was delving lower on the 5-string than normal and that typically does not come through well on the livestream. And having practiced all the songs in faster/upbeat mode they were performed as slow/quiet...still, good to challenge the timings and note feel. And when asked to sit out for the first two verses I simply play them but with the tuner mute on to keep in the game!