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Maybe he just didn't play any pinched harmonics because he didn't want or need to.Just because he does(did?)it a lot doesn't mean he has to keep doing it. I doubt it was a fingernail problem-probably 'maturity'(for lack of a better word)

[quote name='JackLondon' post='665931' date='Nov 26 2009, 09:19 AM']Hi guys, Does anyone know if basschat members get any discount at Bass Direct ? Cheers Jack[/quote] Why don't you just phone up and speak to Mark? For only he has the correct answer

[quote name='Pete Academy' post='667156' date='Nov 27 2009, 10:46 AM']The rest of the guests buggered off into the buffet room. There were kids sliding on the floor, like something out of Peter Kay's act.[/quote] Were they eating Garlic Bread?

I've not tried one,but I saw one the other week and it's bloody massive.

[quote name='chardbass' post='666957' date='Nov 27 2009, 12:37 AM']I have one of his amps but sold his cabs for the Eric Epifani UL310.[/quote] Actually it's Nick Epifani

Ok so I'm in a slight rant mode today. Apologies. But......I've noticed that many people lately are refering to 'David Eden' Amps. No!....... The company is 'Eden Electronics' and their speakers are called the 'David' series. It is named after 'Eden' founder David Nordschow. Although there is also a story that after Nordschow designed the 'Goliath' series of cabs for SWR,he set up 'Eden' and tried to better the 'Goliath',thus naming his own cabs 'David'. David and Goliath. Rant over. Thanks.

So,in the new issue of BGM is a short feature on Stuart Zender,and then next month he's on the cover?!!!!!! After his last feature he wrote this on his myspace..... "RUBBISH BASS INTERVIEW Hey everyone!!!! I would just like to apologize for the rubbish interview in this months bass guitar magazine(if anyone read it). It was a phone interview and i did tell the guy a lot of new stuff....he just never put it in the article. I have not done an interview for ages and i really did not think it would turn out like that. He kept talking over me while i was trying to answer his questions. I did not know who the cover bassist was so i went out and bought their album. I didn't like it. Sorry...i guess everyone has an opinion and i hate judging people so i will be polite and just leave it at that. There is a ton of great "female" bassists out there and i really wish that one of "them" made the cover..ha ha. I think the editor of the magazine used the whole "female" bassist thing as novelty factor. I guess he was trying to be "PC" but, in my eyes, ended up insulting all bassists. I find that really sexist. We are all the same...well besides the whole penis/vagina thing. At he end of the day we all have the same passions and drive. I also think the "girl" on the cover was silly to say that no one expects a "girl" to play the bass because "girls" have small hands.... well.......I have small hands and it never stopped me. Do you play the bass...or does the bass play you? The instrument is my life....it is my sanctuary and it saddens me to see someone on the cover of a bass mag that doesn't care and probably picked it up because it was the "easiest" thing to learn. Pardon my French... but bollocks to that! Hey Charlott from the Subways.......go buy Black Flags "Whos Got the 10 and a half" Kira Roessler....where ever you are..... YOU f***in RULE!!!!!!! PS......Dont buy a copie.......read it online!!!! Also....if anyone feels the same way i do you should email the editor with your thoughts. If i have burnt any bridges with this blog just know......i have a loads of wood in the garden! ha ha ha....love and peace to all "girls" and "boys"...oh.......and bass guitarists! Stu" .....and they still feature him again? Twice? I don't get it. I liked the guy when he was in Jamiroquai,but he's not really done much since has he?

I totally dig slapping-It's great. What I don't like is hearing the same root,octave,flat 7 'grooves'(usually in E minor) and machine gun muted patterns all day at various tempo's,volumes and abilities. After a while it becomes tiring-and to be honest,it's not even that impressive.

Jamerson's technique was a result of years of playing the Upright. The technique that you seem to be using sounds,to me,like what Bernard Edwards used to call 'chucking'. I believe he did it on the middle section of 'Le Freak'. As far as techniques go,there are certain things that I would always recommend trying when I'm teaching,but it's totally cool to try 'unorthodox' techniques. As long as you are not causing any damage to yourself,go for it.

Just a few I can think of now....... Jaco Pastorius-'Havona'(Weather Report) Marcus Miller -'Panther' Stanley Clarke - 'School Days' Victor Wooten -'Sinister Minister' (Flecktones) John Patitucci-'Got a Match' (Chick Corea Electrik Band) Jimmy Haslip- 'Jacket Town' (Yellowjackets) Willie Weeks -'Voice Inside(Everything is Everything') (Donny Hathaway) Jeff Berlin - 'Joe Frazier' (Bruford) Nathan East - 101 Eastbound (Fourplay)

As is always the case with these kinds of list-regardless of instrument-this is what's know in the trade as sh*te.

[quote name='Spoombung' post='664072' date='Nov 24 2009, 05:43 PM']All you poor attendees are still painting picture of abject misery and victimhood... [/quote] No...It was a cool day. It's just that by the end of it I felt 'slapped out' from hearing people of varying abilities play slap 'grooves' all day. It's the same at drum shows-all you hear is 'Boom,Bap...Boom,Boom,Bap, followed by a semi quaver fill around the toms. These kinds of events are great,but it gets tiring hearing the same thing in the trade area every five seconds.

[quote name='steve-soar' post='663772' date='Nov 24 2009, 02:22 PM']Mmmmmm. blonde hair by any chance?[/quote] Indeed

Wasn't it actually the guy on the Rotosound stand(right next to Shuker)that was Slapping loudly all day?(Mentioning no names,but you all probably know who I mean).

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Steinberger tried to do it around 20 years ago. [url="http://www.steinbergerworld.com/special/xm2fl.htm"]http://www.steinbergerworld.com/special/xm2fl.htm[/url]

Yeah,I noticed that as well....and it got a bit heavy on the ears towards the end of the day.

I don't think so. I've never tried. I just have a look at it pretty regularly.

It's all online

Yeah,it's cool. I've been reading it for a while-it's been going for just over a year. They have some really good articles.

Yeah you could use a DI box,or your amps DI out. I'd rather mic up my rig,but have no problem with using a DI box. Ideally though,I like to use both.

I've bought quite a bit from Sounds Great. Good shop- a bit more 'exclusive' than most.

Lessons all the way. It's a totally different beast to the electric,and you really need someone to show you the correct techniques so as to prevent any injuries.....and learn to play arco.

[quote name='Pete Academy' post='659624' date='Nov 19 2009, 08:41 PM']I have to admit, I'm finding it a little difficult to convey what I want to say. Let's say you're in a band of totally non-readers, doing your own material. A band member - say the guitarist - turns up to rehearsal and plays a song he's written. The rest of the band listen and jam around. Eventually you have a finished number. But what if the band member turns up with his composition written out, and the other band members can read fluently? Would the writer be able to convey his newly-written song as effectively?[/quote] If the band can read and the band leader brings in a chart,the piece will invariably played and learned quicker than just jamming around. A chart is the easiest and quickest way to get your unheard music played. As far as the amount of information you can write,you can write everything out if you want-Mutes,slurs,vibrato, everything. But then it's down to the player to convey this into a groove.