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It's a 'dead' note, it's there but has no actual pitch as such, used a lot in syncopated stuff especially slapping. A double sharp is a cross in front of the note it applies to.

[quote name='Grangur' timestamp='1381679394' post='2242195'] Thanks for the contribution, Ambient. All additions to the thread are always great. [/quote] No problem, I emailed Bagsie a few things last week. If anyone wants and tab free charts just pm me and I'll email them some. I don't wanna get in trouble with my uni by scanning their books and posting them up on the internet.

[quote name='Grangur' timestamp='1382248659' post='2249635'] As nobody has mentioned it, I try to keep a diary of my practice. It helps show progress, especially if you put down the metronome bpm you can play riffs at if you're trying to get faster. WRT time per day. Id love to say it's a regular 2 hours, but with a job, mortgage etc, life isn't so easy to find the time every day. To all the young out there; use the time well. Its a luxury you won't always have. [/quote] That's a good suggestion. Another slightly related is to plan your practice. List the ares you want to work on, decide how much time you've actually got and split that time up accordingly.

About 7 hours today. Lot of sight reading, some improv over melodic and harmonic minor modes and major 7# and b5 arpeggios. I always use a metronome varying the tempo and listening to the articulation and listening out to check my string dampening. I have tendency to play my notes a bit short sometimes. I also try and do some transcribing most days, either just rhythmic melodic or both. Keyboard practice too. Plus work for uni, arranging, composing, harmony and theory revision and stuff like that.

If you're looking for lessons from a really great bass player/teacher with a great lyrical or vocal like style contact Steve Lawson, he's living in Birmingham now. I had lessons from him for a couple of years, he's a very good teacher.

[quote name='mcruiz67' timestamp='1381745775' post='2242995'] I though I'd start it. I'll introduce my 'other family'. ACG Finn Classic singlecut with Armstrong's. Modulus Q5W fretted with U-Retro and Nordstrand's. Modulus Q6 fretted with U-Retro and Bartolini's Modulus Q5 fretless with U-Retro and Bartolini's Steinberger Synapse with U-retro and EMG. I also use the BLI unit (to let me know when the batteries are going down), and the STMP-01 Stomp box (with passive basses, double basses or to set up another tone to switch in when needed). * Feel free to contact me for opinions, experiences and general thoughts on them.* Who's next??? [/quote] Wow, love your Modulus's or is it Modulii . I gotta Q6, that funnily enough I'm about to fit an East U-retro to replace the Aguilar OBP3. I've been discussing having a custom U-retro made with just the one switch to save drilling another hole.

Super locrian or altered scale, 7th mode from melodic minor. Play a pentatonic starting on the minor 3rd which is kinda what the #9 is, in this case a G pentatonic. Mixolydian would work too. Transcribe the bits you like, and then work out what it is harmonically that he's playing.

I just bought an Intellitouch clip on tuner from Amazon [url="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Intellitouch-PT10-Mini-Tuner/dp/B002KDHBRU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1381707079&sr=8-1&keywords=intellitouch+pt-10"]http://www.amazon.co.uk/Intellitouch-PT10-Mini-Tuner/dp/B002KDHBRU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1381707079&sr=8-1&keywords=intellitouch+pt-10[/url] I'm very impressed with it. Tracks easily and accurately from the low B to the high C on my 6's.

[quote name='machinehead' timestamp='1381619262' post='2241589'] Maybe something to do with the fact that the "well known bass shop" can't sell barefaced cabs? Frank. [/quote] Or just plain doesn't like them and thinks they're actually over priced ?

[quote name='fretmeister' timestamp='1381615293' post='2241540'] You've never had back trouble have you? [/quote] Once or twice, now I find doing 10 minutes of yoga 4 or 5 times a week prevents it.

[quote name='Iana' timestamp='1381611033' post='2241480'] Maybe the photos are poor quality for a reason... [/quote]

Gotta say, I've seen 2 of these BF cabs. One had just been bought by a guy, he like me was a bit taken aback by what he'd received, kinda home made but in a good homemade kinda way, ie better than I'd be able to make. Sound wise it was a bit meh, and I didn't like the way the grille rattled. The other was in a well known bass shop, and the owner was of the opinion that it wasn't worth what it had been bought for. Obviously though, everyone is entitled to their own opinions on the cabs.

If you're happy with the sound why change just to go lighter ? Use your ears and don't be a sheep.

I got mine from Thomann. Ordered Monday and arrived on Wednesday ! It was half the price of the Mono bags, and is in my opinion a lot better, though maybe slightly heavier.

Variations on that fill ? Rhythmic variations, miss notes out, play some as quarter notes, 16th notes etc instead of what you already do. Different articulation, slur from one note to the next, or slide. Maybe reverse the order of some of the notes ? Basically use your fill as a spring board to create new ones. Transcribe fills you like on records ?

I'm just going from what I read on talkbass the other day.

[quote name='bassman7755' timestamp='1381247233' post='2236400'] Since Fender have had a reputation for sh*te quality control for the last 40 years, why is anyone expecting anything different ?. [/quote] I don't think it's the quality control that's the only problem. They're built in the USA, then shipped over in containers, and how long does that take ? Then unloaded, loaded onto a lorry, then into a van, then unloaded finally at the shop. Nine times out go ten they're probably just stuck straight up onto display, meaning the buyer has to sort out the set up. In my opinion it's the retailer that's at fault. My Marcus Miller bass is superbly built, as good as any so called boutique instrument. The guy who started this thread bought a new bass from a shop, the shop should have sorted out the instrument before putting it on display, and certainly before selling it.