ambient

I think there's confusion between sockets and plugs going on

I like side dots, I played a Warwick a few years ago that had dots on the side where the frets would be, it was a dream to play and the dots were more visible than lines would've been. I'm getting a new fret less after Christmas and want that unlined but with side dots.

I don't think it's an actual scale as such, more like something made up from the altered or super locrian. The notes of the C altered are C, Db, D sharp, E, Gb (F sharp), G sharp (A flat), Bb, C. So it's sharing a few of them.

Lots of songs have diminished chords in them, certainly a lot of jazz standards. There's an old fleetwood mac one that uses (I think) an E dim chord (maybe Eb). There's a song by Bjork (can't remember which one), that uses the locrian mode in the bass line. YYZ by Rush uses a b5, so not really locrian, but alluding to it maybe.

10cc - I'm not in love.

I thought this album was all Francis Hylton.

[quote name='goblin' timestamp='1386368505' post='2299502'] Has anyone ever used these? I'm wondering what they're like as I'm after something a bit more forgiving than a standard leather strap. I've tried a Bass Collection comfort strap before, but they feel a bit on the cheap side, and there's apparently the issue with the plastic snapping on them (and my basses ain't light) I'm just looking for some thoughts really. [/quote] Have you tried the genuine comfort strap, the one with the 2 p's , nothing cheap about them, and there's one for sale at the moment too.

Short is too long, and the long is ridiculously so.

[quote name='bassman7755' timestamp='1386362107' post='2299407'] Your mixing 3 and 4 note chords. 3 note: I major, II minor, III minor, IV major, V major, VI minor, VII diminished 4 note: I major 7th, minor 7th, minor 7th, IV major 7th, V (dominant) 7, VI minor 7th, VII m7b5 [/quote] That's what I said, see my original post , that's why I said dominant 7 for the V. I wasn't talking about triads.

[quote name='iconic' timestamp='1386358596' post='2299350'] i thought the 5th was simply called a major....unless its because the chord includes the 7th as the 3rd of said chord...which it does....i may of answered my own question? Even so its not got a flat 3rd so still a major...isn't it? [/quote] It's got a major 3rd but a flat 7, so it's called a dominant 7 chord. The triad (3 note chord) is major, so that may be where your confusion stems from. Harmonised into chords the major scale produces the following - I major, II minor, III minor, IV major, V dominant 7, VI minor, VII m7b5.

[quote name='iconic' timestamp='1386349265' post='2299179'] ....which is basically a minor pentatonic scale with an added flat 5th is used in blues when the usual 1,4,5 tunes use major chords? When i play to a 12 bar blues tune and over the 1,4,5 i use major chord tones and drop a flat 7th to spice things up.... ....unless the use of the blues scale isnt for tunes based on 1,4,5 progression! No doubt an obvious answer to this that i dont know! [/quote] The V isn't major, it's a dominant 7 chord.

He's a student at the Royal academy.

[quote name='bassace' timestamp='1253648848' post='606084'] But do you think you need Auralex foam? I would have thought that any foam would do; nothing special about Auralex, I think. I'm using offcuts from rubber stable matting one and a half inch thick strips. Works very well. [/quote] No definitely not, once you start buying something with auralex on it then you're paying over the top. I bought some foam isolator pads from digital village for my studio monitors, they were something like £10 for a pair, they come in 2 parts so you can have them angled or flat, kind of like wedges. Anyway I compared them to a genuine pair of auralex and they're identical but without the auralex badge, and they're like £50 cheaper or thereabouts !

I got my bass onboard a BMI flight to Ireland about 4 years ago in a protec, it was my only luggage though, my clothes were in my brother's case. Check with the airline, the MU state that musicians should be allowed to carry instruments on board as long as they fit in the overhead or other luggage holder, sometimes the cabin crew will stow it with their gear. I wouldn't risk either a Protec or a Mono case checked in though, and the Mono is the stronger of the two.

I want to own one someday. You definitely need to try one first though, especially given your list of other basses.

I like 10 a lot, some tracks on the 2nd were great, others not so, same with the 3rd album. Songs like better man Jeremy, even flow, garden, still alive, black, daughter, nothing man, and yellow leadbetter are really brilliant, but I'm not keen on other tracks. They're are great live though, I bought one of the encore series live albums a year or so ago, recorded at Madison square garden, that's a great album.