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    Neural Quad Cortex - embargo lifted. Demos today

    in Effects

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    9 minutes ago, dannybuoy said:

    He didn’t really isolate the octaver to give it a fair shot, but at least it sounded like there was no perceptible delay and it tracked well, which is a good start!

    That's fair enough, and I agree, the tracking seemed good and it didn't sound bad. For me though, I'd like a bit more control over the tone of the octave. A modeller of this power I would've expected to have either a couple of different octave pedal models, or more control over the stock octave sound.

    Backbeat

    in General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by Higgie

    3 hours ago, ped said:

    For your female extension did you get an unbalanced cable or a stereo one? 

    The locking jack is TRS, but I just used standard unbalanced guitar cable and only soldered the Tip and Sleeve connections.

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    Backbeat

    in General Discussion

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    3 hours ago, ped said:

    Gonna need pics of that! Locking female Jack sounds like a good idea. I might copy. And the hair band! I was thinking about heat shrinking the cables together to keep it neat.

    The cables are taped together, and then fed through the hairband and a small leather strap to keep them attached to the guitar strap. I’ve been looking for a better way to do it, but in the meantime this has been working fine!

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    Backbeat

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    1 hour ago, ped said:

    I’ve got some custom cables coming which will make it easier to plug in my bass and outgoing device in when wearing the strap. One is basically a patch lead to reach the instrument output and the other is a female Jack extender so I can easily connect my backbeat output to my amp or whatever is next in the chain. It can be a bit of a tangle otherwise as you need to connect it all up before putting the strap on.

    I made myself some patch cables like you have suggested here, with a slight change. Right angled jack at the guitar end into a straight jack for the Backbeat, and the other cable is a straight jack to a locking female jack that my normal guitar cable plugs into. I also have a lovely pink hair band that I feed the cables through to keep them attached to the strap! 😂

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    Backbeat

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    Easily one of the best things I've bought. 99% of all my gigs (pre-Covid of course!) are amp-less so this really helps me FEEL what I'm playing with IEMs. I know of a few people that didn't get on with it, but for me it's excellent! One thing to be careful of is some frequencies will cause the whole strap to resonate if you have it turned up too much, which will do the same thing to your bass and give you an infinite sustain effect. This is what made me realise I was running it too high, as I just love how it feels! I generally have it about 1/4 to 1/3 up now, and that's enough unless I'm wearing something super thick like a jacket or shirt & waistcoat. 

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    NS Design WAV4 SOLD

    in EUBs & Double Basses For Sale

    Posted · Edited by Higgie

    3 hours ago, Chipps said:

    Hello! Amazed to see that this is still here! Couple of questions then - can we see a shot of the whole fingerboard? No dents or whathaveyou on it? 

    And for those of us who live (far) north of Chingford, would you consider shipping it? Only we're not supposed to be leaving town and all that...  

    Cheers!

    You can indeed! https://www.amazon.co.uk/photos/share/T8IeIyfUnDpwwMzSjdWrYJxbD3ssC0HxmJdpFhZRNkZ

    No bumps or dents. Besides the crack that was repaired, the fingerboard is in excellent condition, and so is the body, save for a couple of bumps as documented in the first post.

    I'd definitely consider shipping it, just might take a while to source something that I would feel comfortable handing it over to the courier in! A local(ish) sale would definitely be preferred though.

    Dave’s Gone Skiing - Toto tribute band lockdown cover

    in Recording

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    6 hours ago, skidder652003 said:

    Fantastic. I assume you all played your parts separately at different times?

    Did you play along to the original and just record your bass part and send it over to the guitarist with accompanying video and likewise all the other guys.

    I'd love to do something like that, our singer and drummer have the necessary skills and equipment but our guitarist is a luddite and wouldn't have a clue :(

    Yep all recorded our parts separately. As far as I remember, the drummer did his take to a click track and we all played to his recorded part. To be honest this was recorded in April/May and we’ve done a fair few more videos since then so it’s all blurring into one! 
     

    Here’s Pamela: 

     

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    A few thoughts on transcribing.

    in Theory and Technique

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    On 26/11/2020 at 11:08, Bilbo said:

    A few thoughts on transcribing.

    *Super well-written post about the art of transcribing*

    Bilbo's Bass Bites – Bass Transcriptions

    What an excellent post @Bilbo. Having been transcribing for a few years myself, I absolutely concur with a lot of what you have written here. Especially the part about slowing tracks down to try and hear the individual note and it still not being clear! I wouldn't like to know the amount of time I've spent replaying a fraction of a second over and over, before I finally write it as a ghost note out of exasperation! 😂

    Also what you say about players "dropping in" and not recording everything in one take is spot on. I think we can all be pretty hard on ourselves when we don't nail a song all the way through, but what a lot of players should know is that most songs of the last 50 years would probably have been recorded in sections, over multiple takes, and then the best takes of each section composited together. Not to say that you shouldn't strive to nail everything in one take, as that is the aim of the game (for me), but the key is not to be too hard on yourself when it doesn't happen. Everyone makes mistakes!

    Another interesting thing to note is tone and timing. I've been very surprised and underwhelmed by a lot of the "isolated bass" tracks you can find floating about on YouTube. Some of the bass tones sound awful in isolation, but in the mix they are absolutely awesome, and the same goes for timing. Something that sounds pretty ropey on its own can, once in the mix with the other instruments, appear to be near perfect!

    Again, great post, and thanks for sharing your work and wisdom with the other members here.

     

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    FS: Dr Scientist Dusk Filter *SOLD*

    in Effects For Sale

    Posted · Edited by Higgie

    Up for sale is a Dr Scientist Dusk. It's a really cool envelope filter, auto wah, and cutoff filter pedal with tons of sounds and modes. Expression pedal control, tap tempo, MIDI, as well as 4 presets that can be saved to the pedal itself. All in all, one of the most versatile and controllable filters I've come across. 

    Its in absolutely MINT condition and has the box/manual/trinkets and accessories (stickers and picks) that came with it when new. In other words, exactly as you'd expect to get it from a shop, save for the fact I have already added the velcro for you!

    £150 posted snags this beast!

    Pictures here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/photos/share/SG6SuxsljWn7ryDsT0SxQD8ruDV1ztuA5mTsr4N2LPh

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    Black Friday Deals?

    in General Discussion

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    www.kytary.co.uk are doing up to 50% off on some items. Their Sadowsky strings are 20% off for example, which brings the 5 string sets to £20 each, and the 4 string sets just £17. Their prices are pretty decent anyway, so a black friday sale from them is most welcome!

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