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[quote name='bubinga5' timestamp='1390768674' post='2349328'] the trouble with a very low action is, it doesn't give you much scope for different dynamics in your playing. starts to choke the notes when played hard. [/quote] It depends, I play very lightly anyway, so I can play a lot more aggressively (relatively speaking), but still not get any fret rattle. It's all relative, if your normal playing is heavy, then you'll need a higher action any higher still if you like to 'dig in' during some passages.

It's good that a company are gonna put out something like this, after all its only gonna have a niche market, I doubt it'll sell thousands.

It's personal preference. I'm a huge fan of Jimmy Haslip, he must have his action really quite high, judging by his playing technique, he really likes to almost snap his strings. I believe Anthony Jackson has a very high action too, and you can hear it in his playing, I was transcribing some of his lines from an album he did with Steve Khan the other day, you can really hear him digging in. Yet someone like Matthew Garrison has his action set ridiculously low.

I don't think it can be too low, depends on your personal playing style. I have mine as low as I can get meaning a lot of people can't play my basses without a lot of buzzing and fret rattle. It can be too high though, if it's very high then the notes will be sharp when you play them. My one tutor at uni was always going on about my action being too low, and not being able to 'dig in'. I don't like a high action though, and tend not to get asked for gigs where I need to dig in.

No problem, it seems odd though that you're having problems with just so little on there. I was using loads of synths before I ran into problems. Try it without podfarm see if it goes away. There's some info here about freezing tracks. [url="http://www.lynda.com/GarageBand-tutorials/Freezing-tracks-improve-system-performance/84529/87997-4.html"]http://www.lynda.com/GarageBand-tutorials/Freezing-tracks-improve-system-performance/84529/87997-4.html[/url] You're using the same garageband I used.

Try here [url="https://discussions.apple.com/community/ilife/garageband?categoryID=127"]https://discussions.apple.com/community/ilife/garageband?categoryID=127[/url] What version of garageband have you got and what interface are you plugging into ?

I used to have this on my old macbook with garageband, I was overdoing things. I was using 15 or so tracks of software instruments, synths and things though. Try freezing the tracks that you've finished with, free's up CPU usage.

Just found this. [attachment=153298:GALLERY_BAS0007222-000_1_images1600.jpg] Looks pretty cool.

[quote name='Lozz196' timestamp='1390731997' post='2348629'] Yes, 2000 watts (and only 1000 for the valve pre-amp version). Quite why they have to do this beats me - how many people will decide not to buy them through fear of damaging their speakers? Plus they`ve not got enough of a name in the bass amp market anyway. Keep them to the regular 500 watts which is plenty loud enough and if sales work out then add higher powered models. Seems daft to me. [/quote] The Americans like lots of watts, probably the same thing they have with cars, houses and fridges, they always have to be huge. I remember when EBS bought out that little head a couple of years ago, there were all these posts on talkbass about how low the output was. Also lets remember, this is a bass amp, and it's made by Behringer, so the actual true output is almost certainly nowhere near 2000 watts !

I found these sites last week, pretty useful if you're into jazz . [url="http://www.myrealbook.com/realbook_index.htn"]http://www.myrealbook.com/realbook_index.htn[/url] [url="http://www.realbooksite.com"]http://www.realbooksite.com[/url] [url="http://www.cs.hmc.edu/~keller/jazz.html"]http://www.cs.hmc.edu/~keller/jazz.html[/url]

I got the bass version it's not in there unfortunately 😞

I have the intro anyway .

Lee Ritenour ? I have a transcription at home on my laptop, I'll post it up later.

What style ? I've played all the things you are with the bass playing the melody as an intro.

It's been ages since I used garage band but I found amp design pretty good.

Just switch off all the presets on the channel.

[quote name='Zenitram' timestamp='1390568575' post='2346945'] Right, yes, I knew that, but why call it tracking instead of recording? There isn't any difference, that I can see. [/quote] Tracking because you are recording tracks as opposed to a whole piece. The tracks are then mixed down into a mix.

[quote name='originalfunkbrother' timestamp='1390568019' post='2346936'] Did you eventually find a bass player? [/quote] I emailed them weeks ago and they didn't reply, so I presume yes !

[quote name='ML94' timestamp='1390514268' post='2346394'] Look up Quite Firm - Laurence Cottle That'll get you using all of the strings and memorising the notes [/quote] Great choice ! I have a transcription for that somewhere, I'll post it up if I can locate it.

The thing with a 6 is there's a symmetry that's missing on a 5, you still have a normal 4 string bass inside the 2 new strings, for me that makes the transition a bit easier.

I saw him a few years ago with Carla Bley. Great player !

Don't see it makes any difference, if you're gonna learn to play a 5 you may as well learn to play a 6. Get a few lessons too, correct technique is vital.

I once saw and fell in love with an EBS 6x10, looked and sounded amazing, weighed as much as a small house. Personally I'd go 2x10 and 4x10, the you've got a 2x10 for small gigs, a 4x10 for larger ones and both for big ones.

[quote name='yorks5stringer' timestamp='1390427606' post='2345451'] You got a Euro account then?!! [/quote] Thomann's prices are in pounds aren't they ?