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Here’s a more immediate clip: https://www.instagram.com/p/Bl8p3tXl-Ck/?utm_medium=copy_link

I think they’re absolutely brilliant - toured one with on and off for the last ten years around UK and bits of Europe. Sounds great, super portable and people are always blown away by the sound / size combo. Yes the strings take some adjusting to as does the scale length but that’s a small price to pay over carting an upright around (flying with one is impossible - but the Uke bass fits in a large rucksack!). @Happy Jack I just discovered the talc trick after a very sweaty tour of Germany - stops string squeak as well when you get really sweaty.

Ah yeah….fair enough….nice way of notating that uncertainty!

Agreed. They are excellent little units.

Looks great - without being an derrière though how can you get muted notes (x heads on your part) on a synth?

Bizarre. I can’t see them selling many of them.

Have you got Transcribe? It’s a brilliant little programme that really helps with fiddly runs like this? I’d be really happy to give you a quick zoom tutorial if you would like as it’s such a useful (and cheap!) tool to aid transcribing. And if you’re serious about getting lines right (which you seem to be!) then it’s a worthwhile investment. Drop me a PM and we can find 30mins to do a quick zoom if you’d like!

Agreed. I’d also argue (actually I’m not arguing, it’s a fact!) that transcribing tricky lines like this really develops your ear / feel / stylistic knowledge and massively rewards the time spent doing it - I.e you get a bit better every time you do it. So by not doing it you’re basically taking the easy route and saying ‘I can’t be bothered to spend time improving my bass playing’.

For clarity though....the only version you need to work through is mine....because it's the correct line! How do I know...because it took me about 15mins to pull out of the mix and Transcribe was used in the process to pitch it up +10cents. Plus I've been transcribing this kind of material for decades (see my website) so my ears are great are figuring this stuff out However to be honest any bluesy line will work there, it just depends if you want to follow the original part of an approximation of....likelihood is nobody will know or notice! So attention to detail is both a blessing AND probably a waste of time!!

I can get on board with some of this but not all of it (respectfully!). Certainly before you open your wallet any more spend some serious time with what you've got and get to know it. But recording bass DI'd to a high quality at home is really not a big ask these days and with the gear you've got you should be able to do it really well. Certainly listening environment / speakers is going to really help but a well set up bass, decent DI and some ability to play (!) should be more than enough of a starting point to record some quality bass. Listening to isolated bass tracks from recordings you know really well will really help (to get a sense of what the bass sound is actually like by itself rather than how it sounds in the mix) as will just doing some recording and seeing how it goes. If you're working with an engineer or have friends who have better ears than you then do some recording of your bass and send it to them for feedback - they'll hopefully be able to give you some direction. Feel free to PM me, I'd be happy to have a quick chat or a Zoom with you about it at some point. And one last thing - enjoy the process, it's a learning curve for all of us

This appears to be an entirely different version @fleabag!!

Hi all (@Dankology) Stumbled across this thread whilst hiding from the kids in the kitchen for 5mins after a looooong day. Anyway, liked the track so thought I'd take a listen. It's a fiddly little line because it's very fast (semi-quavers @wateroftyne ), the bass sound isn't that clear AND it's about 10cents flat making transcribing low rumbly notes very tricky. So here's what the line actually does - it's a lovely example of a bluesy chromatic line over a dominant 7th chord - using the minor and major third and ending on the Ab (flat 5) before returning to the root at the start of the next bar. My fingering suggestion is 1st finger on the low F - shift to the F# (with first finger) which allows 2nd finger on the G, hammer onto to 3rd finger on the Ab and then 4th finger on the D on the A string. I don't think there's any other way you'll get that line smooth at that speed. Good luck and enjoy!

Sweet!

Hey Greg. I’d love that - I’ll drop you a PM!

Yeah. I’m guessing scam too…I’ve never seen any at this price before….just interested to know where they’d been seen…certainly not on here.

Lovely stuff. I’m currently writing a tuition book on this very thing Nice video.

Where did you see these? I’m gonna shift mine if I can sell them for this much!!

Nothing to do with your musical adeptness (or incorrect perceived lack thereof) and everything to do with his musical failings. He’s basically musically gaslighting you here and you need to be shot of him entirely. Learning arrangements, spending time working on parts to get them right (or adjusting slightly to ensure you can deliver them accurately) and wanting structures and arrangements to be fixed on and agreed are all the hallmarks of a pro player. I can vouch for this because I’ve been a pro player for nearly 20years and all of his behaviours are the opposite of what you need to be a pro player. So don’t be thinking you’re at fault here because you’re not. Even top flight players need fixed arrangements and agreements on structure unless they’re at a jam where it doesn’t matter! You can be the best bass player in the world but if you’re playing and suddenly there’s an extra few bars added / removed you’re gonna play a clanger. Working in an ensemble is a group endeavour and one of the agreements is on structure and arrangement….unless the agreement is very specifically the opposite - I.e changes will be clearly cued. So take heart, continue working hard as you do and find yourself another outfit who are able to function properly as an ensemble. You’ll be an absolute asset to them.

Ah yes. That would explain some of the issues he’s having then.

You can swap the filters out to increase the sound reduction. I wonder what db reduction he’s got going on? Also this band sound crazy loud so even a decent amount of db reduction may not be enough!! :/

Yup me too - clean up the signal before it hits the amp. That’s where I have it in my signal - just before my compressor (last pedal on my board).

Ditto.