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[quote name='Number6' timestamp='1432769003' post='2784918'] A nice wide suede backed strap normally helps a lot. [/quote] Yep, or a Comfort Strapp with a foamy type back.

What strap do you use ?

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1432658857' post='2783690'] I saw Mr.King do an interview with Tavis Smiley last year and he said he was still working because he had to, not because he wanted to. Blue [/quote] That's what I read too.

Did he have any wealth ? I'm sure I heard that was why he was still touring long into his old age.

[quote name='toneknob' timestamp='1432640523' post='2783432'] Nice! can you tell us what "a few effects pedals" are, and how you constructed the track with the looper? I've not much further than "play the chords for a 12-bar" and solo over the top. [/quote] Thanks, glad you like it ! I've trimmed down the effects that I'm using, I realised I wasn't using most of them. The only effects on this would be my TC hall of fame reverb using the Steve Lawson tone print. There's chorus too, which is an mxr. I have a TC flashback delay too, but I'm not sure if I used that on this. It was an improvisation. I'm going to write it out later, I'm happy to put a copy up if you want ? It's all played using an ebow, except for the melody bit. The ebow has a switch, the high bits that sound like cries are with the switch in the down, away from you position. Play the melody first, I usually have at least a 4 bar loop, that gives plenty of scope for improv and avoids it sounding too repetitive. I have some videos that I recorded last week, they kind of show the process. A lot of it is down to how you hear what you're doing. I tend not to think bass.

[quote name='RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE' timestamp='1432580273' post='2782992'] Just listened to the sound cloud . I left a comment . It's really good . [/quote] Thanks dude, much appreciated

The Ditto also lets you save and download loops onto a PC or Mac. I like the Ditto's simple operation, some of the others are rather complicated to use, (I've found anyway, but I'm not really into techie stuff, so that may just be me) .

[quote name='GrammeFriday' timestamp='1432586577' post='2783092'] ... And most importantly of all, the x2 has two footswitches, which means you have dedicated 'on' and 'off' controls, which IME makes it way easier to get the timing of your loops spot on. [/quote] Yep, that's how mine is set. You use the one little switch to select the function of the one footswitch, it either operates the effects, or as an off button. Mine is set as an off, I don't really use the effects.

[quote name='Funky Dunky' timestamp='1432579243' post='2782969'] Does the wee Ditto offer 5 minutes of loopage as well? [/quote] Yep, the only difference is that the x2 has reverse and half speed effects. Oh and it can be battery powered too.

Lots of reviews and info on looping here - [url="http://www.loopers-delight.com/loop.html"]http://www.loopers-delight.com/loop.html[/url] This is something I recorded on my Ditto earlier - [url="https://soundcloud.com/an-ending-ascend/25052015-live"]https://soundcloud.com/an-ending-ascend/25052015-live[/url]

That's all slap is really, just listen to Mark King particularly. I like to listen to trombone especially, not so much tuba. I used to play a lot with a great trombonist, unfortunately he moved to Sweden. I played in his jazz band, he loved playing ballads. To hear him play and solo over something like My Funny Valentine was very inspiring.

I know I keep saying this, but I am determined to come and see you play. I've finished uni now too

Sight reading is a good skill to have, as is being able to quickly transpose lines that you know, or have written down into new keys, singers can be awkward sometimes. BV's are useful too. Despite what was said earlier, having confidence in your abilities is really important. It's really no good having the ability to do something if you don't believe it. If something goes wrong in a song, maybe a guitarist goes somewhere he shouldn't at the wrong time. You have to be confident to keep it together and know where you are in a song, and know that you are right and take control. That's something that I was told many times by my tutors, I'm not the most confident of people sometimes. My tutors being London session players with years of experience.

A friend of mine from uni, (we studied music together), does a lot of dep gigs, and tours. She's good, but I think confidence has a lot to do with it too. Though doing lots of gigs and touring will give you that confidence.

[quote name='RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE' timestamp='1432480337' post='2781847'] Cool! Looks like the dittox2 then for me . [/quote] Check Thomman, I got mine as B stock from them and saved £50, it was mint.

I bought Muri's MXR chorus pedal from her. An excellent pedal, and a really nice person to deal with.

I would not be responsible for packaging a bass that wasn't mine. What's the guys name ? Someone might know him outside of here.

I've been using a ditto and a ditto x2 together, different loops on each. Both are great, really great. I just bought the ultimate which is a looperlative.

Is it just me, or does the strap attach to the bag in the most stupid place ? It attaches to the bag on the middle of the back of the bag, instead of at the top. So when you're carrying it, it leans forwards and sticks into you, very uncomfortable after a while.

I have just one, and I use it to cover everything possible, from a standard jazz type band that I play in, to a JoJo Mayer Nerve type band, to my own ambient/solo bass stuff. It's a bass that I've wanted for years, and I just snapped it up when I saw it for sale, even though I had to sell my other 3 basses to pay for it. It's pretty much perfect, just a shame it's not a fretless.

Here's another example, in section E in the 2nd time bar after the repeat sign. This is one nation under a groove by funkadelic. [attachment=192616:Photo on 23-05-2015 at 02.08.jpg]

Here's an example in in George Clinton tune. Same thing every time, from the D up to the E. [attachment=192615:Photo on 23-05-2015 at 02.00.jpg] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QIw1BQIvT4[/media] You can hear they kind of sound like slides up.