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  1. caitlin

    I can't even PLAY bass, why am I drop D on a fretless failing to transcribe Bela Fleck? 50739730751_4171a9f698_b.jpg

    Oh yeh, because it's LUSH and I'm DESPERATE to make those noises.

    1. JapanAxe

      JapanAxe

      D’oh! I’ve been doing so much guitar recently that for a moment I read the music as treble clef - ignore that bit!

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  2. caitlin

    I can't even PLAY bass, why am I drop D on a fretless failing to transcribe Bela Fleck? 50739730751_4171a9f698_b.jpg

    Oh yeh, because it's LUSH and I'm DESPERATE to make those noises.

    1. JapanAxe

      JapanAxe

      Good for you tackling transcribing, I've been doing it for years and it really helps to develop your ear.

      Some quick drafting tips:

      • In bars 12 and 20 you don't need to write the natural sign before the second B note as the first one applies to the whole bar (but if there's a natural in the same bar in a different register, you do still need to write that).
      • In bars 24 and 26, you can write E instead of Fb (unless it makes sense in reflecting the underlying harmony e.g. if it was the 3rd of Dbm).

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  3. SpondonBassed

    What's on my mind?

    I'm thinking that the Status Update function has never been the same since the site migrated to the new format.  Some members (knowingly or unknowingly) see it as a private messaging service.

    My burning question is:

    Now that we no longer get @Les's Post Gig Gastro Guide* - the PG3, if you will, do we actually need the shoutbox at all?

    We have public Topics and Private Messaging for that stuff after all.

    Just an opinion.

  4. shoulderpet

    Wow, Prosteels may well be the worst strings I have tried, its like having the mids on -15 with a boost in the bass just to further emphasize those missing mids

  5. LukeFRC

    Spending my entire bass fund, plus a load extra on a bass will make me feel better about 2020 won't it? 
    This is a shite year

    1. JapanAxe

      JapanAxe

      Yes it will. Yes it is.

      And yes you have.

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  6. BassApprentice

    Day 3 of Hermes Two Day Delivery. 

    Sigh. 

  7. Teebs

    Independence For The North! gaulois.gif.105fbfb8c7f6c9a33e222d0580bf1b73.gif

    Freedom from The Eton mess now!

    1. JapanAxe

      JapanAxe

      Down with this sort of thing!

      (Careful now.)

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  8. Happy Jack

    About to head off for IKEA. I am anticipating Xmas music. Wish me luck.

    1. JapanAxe

      JapanAxe

      I loathe 99% of Christmas music. Mrs Axe and I went into in a cheapie shop in Maidenhead and the Christmas music was so bad I walked straight out again.

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  9. franzbassist

    So glad I'm back with a Demeter amp again.  Such a wonderfully clear, warm tone.  Impossible to get a bad sound from it.

    1. JapanAxe

      JapanAxe

      That’s it. Clockwise for more gain.

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  10. franzbassist

    So glad I'm back with a Demeter amp again.  Such a wonderfully clear, warm tone.  Impossible to get a bad sound from it.

    1. JapanAxe

      JapanAxe

      On the preamp PCB (on which the valves are mounted). You have to slide the chassis out of the wooden sleeve to access it.

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  11. franzbassist

    So glad I'm back with a Demeter amp again.  Such a wonderfully clear, warm tone.  Impossible to get a bad sound from it.

    1. JapanAxe

      JapanAxe

      My trim pot is pretty much cranked as I play with a light touch. I no longer have the Pawn Shop Mustang with the depleted uranium humbucker...

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  12. franzbassist

    So glad I'm back with a Demeter amp again.  Such a wonderfully clear, warm tone.  Impossible to get a bad sound from it.

    1. JapanAxe

      JapanAxe

      It is possible to get dirt out of the pre-amp by cranking the internal gain trim-pot and then hitting the input with a very powerful pickup.

      Er, apparently...

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  13. franzbassist

    So glad I'm back with a Demeter amp again.  Such a wonderfully clear, warm tone.  Impossible to get a bad sound from it.

    1. JapanAxe

      JapanAxe

      What have you got?

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  14. HazBeen

    I just bought a Warwick LWA1000, special deal on Thomann. £275 for a 2 channel 1000w class A preamp powerhouse. Bargain!

    https://m.thomann.de/gb/warwick_lwa_1000_blk.htm

    1. JapanAxe

      JapanAxe

      Full report required when it arrives!

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  15. franzbassist

    Latest lockdown treat - Ashdown Tone Pocket headphone amp!

    1. JapanAxe

      JapanAxe

      What's with the two powers sockets on the rear: 12V centre +ve, 10V centre -ve? Does that represent a choice of power supplies, or do you power it off 12V with the option to run power to pedals at 9V?

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  16. BassAgent

    Live home video of my americana band! Had serious fun recording this. Pre order of the new album starts Friday at violethourband.com :)

  17. Rabbitcandyknob

    Interested in anything that has to do with playing the bass

  18. BruceBass3901

    With a bit of luck, tomorrow will be a NBD!

  19. LukeFRC

    not sure I like Chromes on my L1000... do I not like Chromes or not like flats? 

    1. JapanAxe

      JapanAxe

      I use Chromes on one of my Precisions (EB Cobalts on the others). They can be quite harsh and 'boingy' at first but soon settle down.

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  20. Pow_22

    Massive Ampeg B15 bargain spotted.....all the way down in newbury tho :(

    1. JapanAxe

      JapanAxe

      I have aa Ampeg PF50T which sounds great for both gigs and recording, is easy to move about, runs off UK mains without an extra transformer, and doesn't need a re-cap! Also there's not much in the piggy bank at the moment...

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  21. Pow_22

    Massive Ampeg B15 bargain spotted.....all the way down in newbury tho :(

    1. JapanAxe

      JapanAxe

      Well that's one of the things that weighs on the negative side!

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  22. Pow_22

    Massive Ampeg B15 bargain spotted.....all the way down in newbury tho :(

    1. JapanAxe

      JapanAxe

      Conflicted much? Why yes I am!

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  23. Pow_22

    Massive Ampeg B15 bargain spotted.....all the way down in newbury tho :(

    1. JapanAxe

      JapanAxe

      Do tell - that's only half an hour's drive for me!

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  24. Dood

    Nearly all of the back issues of Guitar Interactive Magazine are available for FREE to read covering over 300 HD Bass video reviews I have recorded.

    https://www.guitarinteractivemagazine.com/issues/

  25. Sibob

    NAMM has been good to me, Trickfish Minnow and 2 new LK straps.......looking at an amp today :D

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