NoirBass

Day 22 - Sussudio

Day 21 - Another story & joke.

Stumbled across this brilliant lesson the other day on the topic of walking bass line construction. I've been playing walking basslines for years but this explored some new ideas. It has a deceptively difficult exercise at the end which I've been trying to employ. Should keep you all busy for a while.

Day 20 - Another story & joke.

I still have his book:

Day 18 - More Gear

Thanks for posting, you beat me to it.

I can hear digital artefacts, a sort of buzzy, fizzy quality on the XT compared to the HD amp models. For me the HD was a giant leap forward for both the effects and the amp models. I still really rate the HD500x and use it all the time.

Yeah, you can definitely hear the difference between the POD XT pro and the HD500X. Less so between Helix and HD500X for my money. Helix still wins though.

My pleasure, there are loads I don’t know on here but there are also many cool YouTube clips I’ve watched written out for you to learn.

Just found this great resource online, scrolling transcriptions from the sublime to the ridiculous: https://www.soundslice.com/playlists/RjjjW/

Day 18 - One More Night

I use IReal book too, but I’m partly using my physical real book to force me to transpose on the fly. All too often on a gig (remember those?) I had or was given a chart in the wrong key and had to grit my teeth and focus.

I love the CS Bass Fuzz, it’s the most synth like fuzz I’ve ever used. The Sinelabs Basstard is supposed to be an exact clone.

Looks like he's is still posting videos:

It appears that he is still posting You Tube videos> Day 17 - Easy Lover

In order to keep my chops up whilst on lockdown I've been going through the real book. I thought I'd share the Spotify playlist for anyone who fancies a bash. I'm taking the song order from EU Edition of the Real book 6th Edition. I'd greatly welcome comments on versions and I'll change the list up accordingly. Also many of the tunes are in different keys, which is also keeping me on my toes. Enjoy. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1txl2OfqRmhAYlDzpwq4sM?si=5bI8rA_HTbSOVYewDiOwKg EDIT: Now complete.

It’s just occurred to me that these exist too. I’ve never tried one but they are a clone of an OC-2 and for £30 new its got to be worth a punt? https://www.andertons.co.uk/guitar-dept/guitar-pedals/octave-pedals/tc-electronic-nether-octaver-ptc-193-1

Very wise, my OC2 collection is my pension fund 😆

Here’s a bit more useful info including history and settings. I actually quite like using the clean signal blend with mine, but then I don’t really play much ‘electronic’ music with it.

I’ll give you £35 for it 😄 The prices of OC-2’s have gone through the roof in the past few years. £120 - £150 at the moment. More for an original ‘Octaver’ early OC-2. One for a Wasa reissue I hope 🤞

I agree, you can often get away with expanding the range I mention, but that all depends on your technique. Any poor muting or mis-fretting will result in lots of glitching. The OC-2 is a classic monophonic octave divider, it works by dividing the frequency of the note you play. If you offer it anything other than a nice pure note, it’ll not track correctly.

I think because in his eyes, he’s posting the videos for his followers on Facebook?

It seems Lee has been blocked by Facebook for 30 days and as a result won't be posting his videos 😞.

Day 16 - Invisible Touch