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It's a sign that I spend too much time looking at gear on this site that I genuinely thought this was an Ampeg. 🫤

A young American double bass player/singer called Nate Sabat has released a crowdfunded album called Bass Fiddler on Spotify.  It's quite folky, Americana, a bit jazzy in places. Quite minimalist as it's just db and single voice. He's a Berklee-trained player. Some parts could be the sound-track to a Coen brothers movie! 

Not a song but the terrible music for the Always sanitary protection TV ad, the one with the lady saying, 'Ice skating is my passion'. Horrible percussive electronic toms and discordant synth notes. If you know, you know!

...and replacing drums, piano, guitar etc.

'Sony's vision for a new paradigm in music production'...

https://techxplore.com/news/2024-03-ai-bassist-sony-vision-paradigm.html

Hmm. But can it pull the right face when you hit a bottom E?

49 minutes ago, BigRedX said:

 

My synth-pop band covered this back in the 80s. Trying to get the drum machine programmed with the correct bar structure was a challenge. It's a clever song that sounds simple until you need to dissect it at which point you discover that it is most definitely rather complex.

I have never tried playing it but those stabs on the '3 and' beat would take a bit of practice.

As an old guy who enjoyed watching Sparks on TOTP in the 70s (and recently saw them live) I was pleased to hear young, upcoming band The Last Dinner Party doing a strong cover of 'This town ain't big enough' on Jo Whiley's show. It's here on BBC Sounds at about 1:08 if you want a listen. One of their original songs played earlier in the set also sounded like they had been listening to a lot of Sparks, which I mean as a compliment.  It's nice to be down with kids as I approach my 60th birthday!  

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001wqts

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15 minutes ago, Monkey Steve said:

Not helpful to the OP, but my experience of everything I’ve ever tried is that everybody agrees that a band calendar/diary/app/whatever will be used, and that it is everybody’s responsibility to fill it out as soon as they know they won’t be able to play on a particular date, and if a date is free then whoever is booking the gig can book it without having to wait for three or four other people to respond to extra or e-mails, etc

 

And half the band will do it, and half the band won’t, and as soon as a gig is booked the guitarist (always the guitarist) will tell you that he can’t make the date and that you should have checked with him first

 

because he’s a word that BassChat won’t let me use

I am having a similar experience with trumpet players.

One band I am in use Muzodo.com, it seems to be popular with brass bands.  It seems to work OK for me as a band member. Thanks for the other suggestions.  I sympathize as in another role I try and organise a Big Band of 18 and it is a guaranteed nervous breakdown.  I have realised that to have 18 players available on any given night you need a pool of players about 50% bigger to make up for everyone who suddenly can't make dates that they previously told you were fine.

Of course no standard scale acoustic bass guitar is going to sound quite like an upright ('I cannae change the laws of physics!') but I thought this was a pretty good impersonation. Doesn't look as cool though.  Nice job by Mr. Vliex who deserves more than 300 views on YouTube. 

5 minutes ago, Woodinblack said:

Yes, its putting out a lot of power and doesn't have much surface area, so you would expect it to get fairly warm. I only tend to use mine as a backup so it gets used mostly at home. even then it gets warm.

Thanks Woodinblack, that's helpful. I'll give it a test tonight.

I just got one of these to use as a back up amp and it sounds great for such a tiny unit. One question, it seems to get quite warm when you have been playing for about 40 mins or so.  Is that normal for these units? It hasn't cut out or done anything odd, and the fan appears to be working and the vents aren't covered.   I don't think it is overheating but when I put my hand on the top casing, well, if it was a radiator you would definitely know that it was on.  I'll take it to a rehearsal tonight and see if it gets through it.

Yesterday (June 14th) Leland Sklar did a YouTube vid about Phil Collins (Behind the Lines) and included a shout out about how brilliant and funky the Rebecca Johnson Band are.  He said that she is one of his favourite bass player/singers.  Feel justified starting this thread!

I have one of these and they are great little cabs that produce a good quality clean sound. I play EUB with a big band and it easily copes with gigs in small to medium venues and rehearsals. Lightweight, one handed carry, easy to fit in the back of a car alongside a load of other gear. I think you would be getting a lot of cab for your money.  GLWTS.

I am glad this is getting some love. I read something where she said she has tried loads of basses but loves the MM.

I like these guys - an Aussie trio who are 'just' a gigging covers band playing small venues, but they are all super musicians (imho).  Well worth a follow on Facebook or a look on YouTube.

I searched Rebecca Johnson on Basschat and didn't come up with a result, so thought I better put that right... 

Dave B.

This turned up on my timeline.

If we can sell six inches of old bass string for £22 then I reckon a few of us are sitting on a gold mine...

Merry Christmas, everyone!

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Sorry, image didn't work. Try this.

Here's the bar that I got with my 3rd hand harley benton.  If you think of it as a letter C then the height of the C is 30cm.  (See crappy photo.)

The bottom of the C sticks out about 28cm from the angle.

The top of the C sticks out about 18cm from the angle.

The pipe is around 12mm diameter.

I don't use the metal thing, I found it a bit uncomfortable.   I bodged together a wooden rest out of bit of pine and some wooden dowel.  My DIY skills are terrible but it works OK. I painted it black, same as the bass, and it looks ok.  (Needs a new lick of paint).

This video shows off his right hand technique - as well as a lovely mellow composition. He has long fingers and keeps them straight, just bending at the knuckle.  It makes sense when you watch the vid.  Also, having Jacob Collier in your band can't do any harm.

I saw Misha Mullov-Abbado's band tonight at Chelt Music Festival.  It was a crossover gig which mixed a classic cellist, the MM-A band playing cool, melodic jazz, and then performing as the backing band for the Strictly Come Dancing star AJ + partner Jessica, doing some show dances.  An eclectic mix, but it meant I got to enjoy the jazz and my teenage daughter got to hear some jazz whilst ogling at AJ.  Misha is a fantastic db player and composer - try and catch him/his band.  I really enjoyed his music because whilst it was virtuosic (may have made that word up) it was also melodic and structured i.e. the right balance of interesting/pleasant.  I bought a couple of CDs and so far so good.

Anyone else read that to the tune of 'Three cigarettes in an ashtray...'?

I haven't got a clue but I wouldn't be surprised if a luthier bought it for £500-£700, did it up, added a string, and sold it on for £1.5k.

I don't go to many gigs but ended up on the front row for this.  Here's a terrible picture... 😆