ped

Needless to say I didn't pay full whack ;0)

I used a rather over engineered solution called the 'bassmute' - I can't get a link because the work computer blocks anything remotely useful. It was a sort of rocker switch which engaged individual foam mutes on each string which were independently adjustable. It was a really useful bit of kit, I would have one on my main bass if there was any room behind the bridge pickup! Cheers ped

Um yes so what I meant to say is that I would be careful - if your fingers hurt that much then perhaps you need to look at your technique first, keep the movement minimal and smooth.

My fingers are soft and woman like but then I have my action so low that I put more strain on them by stroking Nellie. (she's my staffie btw, not a nickname for my 3rd leg!)

Thanks guys - just bought them all :0)

Only just started listening to Feat recently - Starting off with 'Feats Don't Fail Me Now' - fave tracks are 'Spanish Moon' and 'Skin It Back' - really love the grooves, kind of like an early more southern Steely Dan. Which album should I get next?

It has a sweet lazy groove to it. Really nice :0)

[quote name='paul h' post='486118' date='May 12 2009, 04:59 PM']I've subscribed...and made a video! I will upload it to the basschat channel once it's sorted. P.[/quote] Now THAT is a groovy video, top marks. Love it.

Yeah mate it is all welcome, as long as it's bassin' This might develop into a great little page!

AHA! I see! Working great so far guys, keep uploading. I will update the post at the top so people find us and get a link at the top of the forum.

Yeah the page looks really bad, I had a right nightmare trying to make it look semi decent. Here is the 'group' url [url="http://www.youtube.com/group/basschat"]http://www.youtube.com/group/basschat[/url] Not entirely sure how it will work but get uploading if you can. Once we have a few vids I will get someone more skilled to dress up the page better! Cheers ped

So yeah, Kiwi is a sex pest.

Hi guys, Yeah I want everyone to sign up and add their stuff - is there a better way of letting people do this than just handing out the login details to people on here? Cheers pedro

I don't kiss and tell. And neither does Kiwi.

I like it. A gold anodised one might look sweet, too. ped

Perfect - let us know how you get on...

[quote name='AM1' post='484738' date='May 11 2009, 12:43 AM']Ha, you're not wrong! Plus it's cheaper than Stella! Yeah - it's not specifically one thing, there's loads of stuff ranging from a multitude of technique issues to improving versatility in terms of various music styles, gaining deeper understanding of chord "chemistry", which scales will work best over certain chords in certain contexts, improving my live sound, playing appropriate basslines in more complicated time signatures...groove playing...I could go on....basically I need to get better faster. It's mainly technique stuff at the moment though which is really beginning to slow progress, I can't make my fingers do what I want them to do on certain stuff, even with hours and hours of work on it. There's some great music opportunities around for stuff I am really interested in but I need to get my ass in gear and make much more progress than is happening currently. PS - I'm not looking for an overnight miracle and I will do whatever work it takes, I just need some pointers, there's only so much you can learn off YouTube![/quote] I have been called an 'Overnight Miracle' before.

Wot about a link to your Baschat forum? I love the pic on the homepage of the little monkey fellow.

'Well, least I have the [i]face[/i] for radio...'

Gorgeous looking bass - love the subtle body logo, too. Sweet. Enjoy it.

Just made this: [url="http://www.youtube.com/group/basschat"]http://www.youtube.com/group/basschat[/url] Only a prototype at the moment, but hoping we can build up lots of nice bassy videos to the channel. I suppose the way to do it would be for me to tell everyone the password details for logging in and uploading? The formatting on the youtube channel is not much good, I can't move the boxes down the page so the basschat banner shows properly, but it looks OK I guess... ped

Delighted to hear you like the bass - make sure you post some nice bit pictures and sound asap! French basses rule ;0)

I like mine being active - 90% of the time I play it passive and with the EQ centred there is no difference in the sound, and it is nice to have a bit of adjustability that I am familiar with when using other amplifiers with which I am not familiar.

The thing with the Vbass and the VB99 is that the processing is much more complex than a typical modeller, in as much as it individually processes each string through a dedicated pickup/preamp system. That's the expensive bit, so making individual pedals with only a few things in them would actually be really expensive and counter productive. Good idea though. I should be getting a VB99 soon to review but I am an avid Vbasser. Going to the studio with it in a couple of weeks so will get some decent recordings and a video up too. Cheers ped