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    I had a wee play on a real MM Bongo 5 HH. Massive sounding bass & a very playable neck. But it was in gold & I'm still not sold on the shape.
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    I did that same config, but went with wood humbuckers & 5 strings.
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    The first few times we played this song, only the singer knew it. He played it on guitar & as it's just Em7 & A7, the rest of us just jammed it. Then I bought a Bill Withers CD with it on & learned the actual bassline. The harmonics in the first bar of the A7 are a nice wee touch. The later versions that we did, I played an interpretation of the clav line during the Em7 & back to the bass line for the A7 during the non vocal parts. A bit more tricky, but sounded good.
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    Stick it in the microwave.
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    If you're getting to play one of the greatest songs ever, you can't do anything other than look cool. Even the bassist looks cool on his chaise longue! 😎 One of my old bands used to play this song & I've been trying to get my current band to, but maybe they've just not got the coolness to play it.
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    Have you considered using a drumstick? A nice variation on slap stylee.
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    Have you tried holding your index finger between your thumb & hole finger & using it like a pick?
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    Just saw it on facebook & now following. 😎
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    It can be, but the downside is you don't know if it's gonna work until you try it & different cabs at different venues can sound greatly different from one another. Also, having different cabs can cause dead spots.
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    Headless Status would be my first thought when someone says classic British bass, though Overwater Perception are quite commonly seen too.
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    I find certain songs I can play faster with plectrum & others faster with fingers. I tend to choose which one is going to give the sound I want for the song. I can play Rhythm Stick with a plectrum, but it doesn't sound right. I'm surprised you can't string skip with a plectrum. I started out pretty much the same as you & now mostly play finger style (though still have a couple of songs in the set that require said bit of plastic). Practise. Rhythm Stick is a good number for getting plectrum playing up to speed (I do the first note as an upstroke).
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    Are you saying it was made in Mexico all day yesterday? 😉
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    That's good to know. I snapped the D string on my TIs & replaced them with a set of Chromes. I might swap the E & A back to the TIs.
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    I'm gonna throw in D'Addario Chromes to your mix. They're flatwound, but they're a brighter sounding flatwound.
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    Aye, great site. Though I think I’ve found more musicians on Autotrader.co.uk
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    The nearest I have is a wall of curtain from about 12 years ago. Both taken from the same gig.
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    I’ve got the start of the track in my head already, but I’ve a busy month ahead. Hopefully I might get things done.
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    I had a wee blast on a couple of Basic Ken Taylor 5ers. One a 30th anniversary & the other a bubinga. Compared them next to a Sadowsky Metro, a Mayones Jazz, a MM Bongo & a few Ibbys too. I loved the sound of the Bongo, but I’m not sold on the shape & a gold finish isn’t my thaing. The Sandbergs sounded very similar & the lows from them are immense. I actually prefer them to every other bass that I played. I liked the Mayones & the Sadowskys, but despite their higher premiums, didn’t play as well as the Sandberds. I think I may have found my bass! 😎
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    I had a wee blast on one of these today. What a fantastic sound too. Held it’s own against a £2600 Mayones too, the Mayones was better, but not by much.
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    What about playing bass on keys? should that be basskeyschat?
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    I said I'd get a bit of last week's jam up. Seaboard is connected to my iPhone via bluetooth. iPhone is connected to my bass rig (it has 4 inputs, each with their own pre sections). Moog Model D app provides the sounds. Excuse the wonderful singist & over enthusiastic snare drum playing. No noticeable latency & never lost connection. I don't know that I'd use the iPhone setup for gigging in the local pub, but connecting to the Macbook isn't an issue.
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    I suppose you could have a short USB A-B going into a USB to XLR box right beside the Seaboard & then XLR from the box to the PC.
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    And with that, you could bluetooth midi to the laptop & have no cables to/from the Seaboard.
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    I’ve not noticed any latency. I was a little apprehensive about it & had until recently, used a decent usb A-B cable. Many DJs & electronica musicians use a laptop these days. They rarely have any issues if using decent kit. The laptop & interface sit on a stand or small table next to the Seaboard, so the only thing that’s near them is me. I use a decent jack to jack from the interface to my rig. Tbh, things can & sometimes do go wrong with instruments, hardware synths can fail, amps can fail (I’ve had that too). There’s many big name bands using laptops. Devo used nothing but 4 laptops a few years ago. Yes, they probably had plenty of back up, but thenguitar based bands have backup guitars too.
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    I can understand your concern There’s a couple of other options. Roli with no wires > bluetoothed to laptop with audio interface > combo/pa. Roli > hardware synth module via usb > combo/pa. So far, connecting to pa or bass rig has been a simple jack to jack. The most cables I have are 2 usb cables (Roli to MacBook & MacBook to interface) and a jack to jack from interface to amp/pa. Last jam was 2 cables, minijack to jack from iPhone to amp & psu to make sure the iPhone never went flat. I’ve had my bass fail on me at a gig.
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