bass_dinger

I am curious whether the band is still running, and what the final outcome was. And did the the BL's wife learn the bass?

If that was a recorder, everyone would be laughing at you! However, I see that it is not (it only has two holes on the body). So, well done, it's lovely! And for £40, it would be rude not to.

Those are great photos! I am tempted to go along to Sutton, just to see if the musicians are as good-looking in real life...

...indeed. However ... .... Pythagoras only needed one string...

Oooh, just like the electric bass guitar, then!? I feel another Tier 2 fail coming on... But first, let me exhaust the possibilities of my current instrument. My daughter's orchestral violin teacher used to joke, seriously, with people, when they said his fiddle had great tone. He would hold it up, and put it to his ear, unplayed, and shake it. "I can't hear the violin's tone...". His point was, the tone was only released by the player.

Yamaha have a good resource - a Web page that allows one to select a note on a stave, which produces a diagram of the relevant fingering https://www.yamaha.com/en/musical_instrument_guide/recorder/play/play002.html As for this video, ...that pure tone is what attracted me to the instrument - sweet, woody, dry (very few overtones and no vibrato). However, I am struggling to get that sound. My fingers don't cover the holes consistently, my breath control gives wavering notes, and my playing doesn't feel as in-control as yours. I have a friend who teaches recorder, so, I will approach her for a couple of technical lessons. But first I must learn (memorise) the fingerings, so that I better understand what my difficulties are. I am encouraged to play more. PS where can I find the sheet music for that Tielman piece of music?

She is in a state of silent awe, as she admires the tone that a skilled Grade 4 musician can muster from a recorder. She is also pretty impressed that the recorder player also laid down the octave mandolin and bass guitar tracks too. That would humble most musicians, especially a percussionist. An impressive video @Rosie C - I even tried to subscribe to your channel, in the hope of more of the same.

By playing it, or by using it as a stick to beat them?

"....and finally, the bass player is using roundwounds, probably .45 to .105, that were on the bass when he bought it 15 years ago. Plectrum is a Jim Dunlop XL Jazz III. The drummer is banging drums with sticks; the guitarist is strumming a guitar; the vocalist is singing into a microphone, and wearing a lilac sparkle suit from Top Shop. Buy our album. "

I recently picked up a recorder - a woodwind instrument. Many of us will have experienced them at primary school. Cheap instrument, sounds shrill and painful when played badly. Rarely played well. I have a Yamaha with an arched windway, which gave a more mellow tone than the other instrument at a similar price range. I have found that it is a very sensitive instrument to the skill of the player- blow it too hard, or unevenly, and it will punish one with an unpleasant tone. However, it is an accessible instrument - a fingering diagram and some music and one can play a tune - usually London's Burning or Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.... I also see that the fingering diagrams are different for (say) A flat and G sharp - because, strictly speaking, they are different notes. Any other recordists on here?

Others: "I bought a new bass. I spent big money. I failed. " Thread inhabitants "oh well done! Share some photos. It's lovely!" Bass_dinger: "I bought a recorder. I spent £17. It's only Tier 2" Thread inhabitants "arghhh. Terrible idea, terrible instrument." To ensure that this thread is not derailed, I will find (or start) a recorder thread - and everyone can insult the instrument over there, instead! Bring your bagpipes too. https://www.basschat.co.uk/topic/509120-the-recorder-woodwind-instrument/

In other news from Bass_dinger Towers, a setup followed a slight repair ( replacement neck and refinish) to this 2023-purchased bag of bassy bits... ....resulting in this barely-distinguishable-from-original finished article... Repairs and setups are within the rules, I think....

In basschat.co.uk, people are so relaxed that they sometimes don't even complain when others misattribute quotes to them. But they will mention it. It looks like in your post above, you have over-typed your own words into the field where my words were. Not a problem - certainly not here, in this rather silly and jokey thread. Really, I don't mind. However, it may be a problem with the basschat software, that allows users to amend what they are quoting.

Have you seen the price of a bass recorder!? Honestly, if I had the money to spend on a bass recorder, I wouldn't spend it on a bass recorder... The wonderful Just Flutes in Croydon list them starting at £250, up to £1,500. I will stick to sheet music from them, at least for now. But it's a great shop full of enthusiastic staff - and is located in a building that a friend of mine described as "Shakespeare's birth place".

It's a Yamaha! It's got a letter B on the case... It's a baroque-layout soprano recorder bought to accompany my grandson's journey into musicianship. Tier 2 fail, I think?

To me, a fundamental point of this challenge is to encourage basschatters to become better musicians by making the very best use of their existing kit, rather than seeking self-improvement by buying new stuff. It seems pointless having a wonderful instrument in one's collection, which is broken, unusuable and unplayable - and leaving you unable to improve your craft. So, if all it takes to get it working is a repair, and you will play the repaired instrument, then I say, go ahead. And, as the rules say, a repair is allowed.

No it's not!!

Thomann is perhaps like Netflix - tens of thousands of products online, but not the specific ones that I want. I wanted the Behringer umc404hd - originally out of stock for up to 6 weeks, and now a 9 to 12 week wait time. Amazon have just one in stock, for twice the Thomann price. So, I made do with my existing Xenyx 4 channel mixer, into a semi-functional Yamaha AG03 interface box. It takes up more desk space and I still need to buy a midi-to-USB cable. However, it means that I am still in the Gear Abstinence challenge - and I am still playing bass and keyboard, rather than looking for kit to "improve" my skills.

As someone who grew up in England, I have always wondered what " second grade" and "8th grade" means, in terms of age. People from the USA seem to use it as shorthand for their age. However, I have not seen any information online on how old an 8th grader is (probably because I have not looked). So, this is my opportunity to convert grade to age!

I would congratulate you on repurposing and reusing equipment. A guitar gig bag can also be used as a bass gig bag, so you saved your bass-budget, _and_ you are taking your bass to a gig. Spending less and playing more.

Indeed it is, as this cropped hamster head clearly shows... And the real thing..

I recently acquired an edge-lined fretless bass. How do I play it? Specifically: How do I improve my ability to pitch the notes correctly? What is "correct" - should I aim for Even Tempered pitch or the actual pitch? (I have already discovered that the 3rd of the scale sounds more correct against the Root when it is slightly flat) What slides work (from the 4th to the 5th? 1st to 2nd?) How can I get more "mwah"?

Came here to suggest the same thing. Surely someone has string tree in their Box of Bits?

Or that people out there want to see if this item sells - if it does, they know that they can offload their own similar gear for the same inflated price.

I have found a bulk pack of Slo-blow fuses for this amplifier, purchased from RS Online when I needed one or two spares. Realistically, I have more fuses than I can use in a lifetime of gigging. So, if you wish, I can let you have some. DM me, if you are keen. Robert