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Al Krow
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18 hours ago, Burns-bass said:
Sorry, I meant the book that Gary wrote. I have no view on the course but this book is great and appears to cover much of the same ground.
I’m sure Scott’s course is more in depth and worth the cash, but this seems to be similar at least in terms of content. Arpeggios don’t change, I guess.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fingerboard-Harmony-Bass-Builders/dp/0793560438
You should have been on commission! I think three of us have parted with cash to get Gary Willis' book as a direct result of your recommendation!
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16 minutes ago, miles'tone said:
I read that the Damian Erskine book is brilliant and it seemed to be structured in a way that I meant would actually read it. I did a Google to order one and upon seeing a picture of the cover I thought, "hmmm, that rings a bell."
Went over to my music shelf and there it was! 3 years old, unopened and rather dusty! 😂
8 minutes ago, Gareth Hughes said:Yup - I did that with an Edgar Meyer cd. Was enjoying it (the 2nd copy) thoroughly and then a melody hit me that I recognised, and lo and behold there was my first copy sitting on a shelf. Hey - at least we're consistent!!!
Lol! I'm suddenly feeling a lot less isolated in doing exactly the same with bass books and CDs!
In this case it's clearly not 'wisdom' but 'age'.
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4 minutes ago, Reggaebass said:
I do like a book, briefly what sort of things does it cover , before I order one, thanks
If you click on the Amazon link he posted, there's a 'look inside' option and you can browse the content's page.
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41 minutes ago, mcnach said:
I love my SX guitars, I've got a couple. The SX Telecaster I got a few weeks back, I can't put it down. I keep commenting how much I love it to anybody who is near me
But I'm aware it's not the best Telecaster, it's just a perfectly decent instrument that punches way above it's £129 tag and that's pretty much what I needed: a decent Telecaster to have around the house which would make the right sounds when recording some basic demos.
Dammit. Bloody typical BC thread. I came on here to share some insights on Valeton OC-10s and ended up with GAS for an SX Telecaster. Lol!
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8 minutes ago, Woodinblack said:
I ordered one, and the guy pratt book while I was there. Then I saw the Ariane Cap book and thought I would get that too, then I thought, no, I will see if i read the others first!
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2 minutes ago, TRBboy said:
I nearly ordered one, and then thought I'd better have a go at this Ariane Cap book I got 6 months ago instead! 😂
Why do I always want to pronounce that as Ariane 'Crap'? 😁
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38 minutes ago, CliveT said:
I had an 80's Boss OC2 many years ago and I could never get a decent level out of it. I realise now of course that it would have needed a 12 v PSU 🙁
Now I use the MXR bass octave deluxe and have no issues. I don't find it noisy and with the growl and girth, and mid boost I can get any octave effect I want.
Yeah and that's fair about the MXR BOD - the folk I know who have one seem to divide roughly 50:50 into the 'no issues it's fine' or 'noisy circuit' camps. Mine was unfortunately in the (very!) noisy circuit camp.
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11 hours ago, Burns-bass said:
Sorry, I meant the book that Gary wrote. I have no view on the course but this book is great and appears to cover much of the same ground.
I’m sure Scott’s course is more in depth and worth the cash, but this seems to be similar at least in terms of content. Arpeggios don’t change, I guess.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fingerboard-Harmony-Bass-Builders/dp/0793560438
Ordered a copy - cheapest new is just £10.85 inc P&P which is definitely worth a punt. No doubt will add to my collection of good intention but-yet-to-be-opened bass books - lol!
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10 hours ago, stewblack said:
Bit of a makeover?? @Al Krow that's a whole different ball game.
You can see why I was trying to bag your B1-4 a few months back now! Must admit the new pedal line up has brought a bit of a grin to this old head of mine.
I'm holding onto the Zoom B1X-4 though - it'll make for an excellent standalone headphone amp / tuner / multifx and slip very nicely into a gig bag pouch!
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Managed to bag a Zoom B1-4 to take the place of my B1X-4, which has allowed me to give my mini board a bit of a makeover.
So I've gone from this...
...to this, with a few recent additions getting a look in.
This new combination feels like it could be a lot of fun and I'm kinda wondering whether my larger board may well just have been relegated to back up!
The Zoom is there for all the bits that the rest of my pedals aren't taking care of e.g. octave down, chorus, short slap-back delay, quick access EQ for motown-vintage or a bit of slap and of course as an easy to use tuner. Its built in drum machine is also super useful for home practice. As one of the least expensive pedals on the board it certainly pulls its weight!
Postscript: managed to source some decent value flat patch cables for under £10 and a couple of right angle daisy chain x2, which tidied things up nicely, and have got all the buttons reasonably accessible. Could even see me using this live now - roll on the autumn and, fingers crossed, the return of gigs!
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Just bought a Zoom pedal from Gerry. Super easy transaction - well packaged and quick delivery. No hesitation in recommending Gerry to my fellow BC'ers.
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Fantastic bass from a great seller!
GLWTS Dave.
PS call that a head-stock ding? Bah! You clearly weren't putting much effort in.
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2 hours ago, mazdah said:
I was referring to the quality rather than being a copy.
And exactly how do you know it has poor quality and lacks durability? It's just a ridiculous statement to be making, unless you are basing it on your own or others' actual experience.
In fact the octave pedal with the worst reputation of the three you mentioned (Boss, MXR, Valeton) is the MXR. It was well known for being noisy and it seems to me a big reason for the release of the latest model to deal with that particular issue.
Oh look here's another noisy MXR pedal...
It's been replaced with a more recent (silver version) "and it’s been upgraded with noise-reduction circuitry,"
Please don't assume that just because you pay less for bass gear, it's automatically going to be worse!
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@stewblack - that Ricochet looks versatile i.e. both octave up and down plus other intervals. Does a lot more than the Digitech Mosaic which I'm a big fan of, but which only does octave up (very well!).
I'm guessing the Digitech pedals are analogue rather than digital but couldn't find anything immediately to confirm.
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3 hours ago, mazdah said:
I'd rather choose MXR rather than cheap, chinese Valeton OC-2 rip-off.
FWIW I've had MXR M288 octave pedal and found it to be noisy as well as a lot more expensive. The cheap chinese Valeton OC-2 rip-off is actually very good and from a quick read there seem to be a lot of very happy BCers on this thread who have one.
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1 hour ago, NotAsGoodAsJaco said:
Al I think that the latter is the case. Smith make a 19mm option but it may come with a wider neck - I've definitely seen the term "wider neck" in their blurb somewhere...
Understood. Yup it seems to me that trying to adjust string spacing simply by using a different bridge can very easily miss the key point of what string spacing the neck has been designed to cater for.
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On 29/06/2020 at 13:12, Skinnyman said:
George, darling, I thought we’d agreed that the George and Mildred soubriquets were only to be used on those ‘special’ evenings that, sadly, have been stolen from since this cursed corona wotsit forced us all into lockdown?
But you make a good point - our guitar chap has both a Helix and, er, the other one - can’t remember it’s name, not a kemper anyway - and he really likes them.
So now I have a quandary.
Option one. Play songs in such a way that a fiver is not needed.
Option two. Retune one of the less-used basses in the stable to BEAD and hope there’s no need to climb up to the G string (oo-er, missus).
Option three. By an inexpensive fiver with narrower string spacing to see if that works.
Option four. Get a fancy floor unit such as Osiris describes and pitch shift the problem away.
Option five. All of the above in stages over the next few months.
Given my propensity for GAS (which has kept many BC members furnished with high-quality, barely-used basses and amps at knock-down prices for several years now), I think we can all see where this is going to end up, can’t we boys and girls?
Btw I agree that replacing the bridge on a 5 string bass to allow narrower string spacing may not be an option - mainly 'cos you no longer have your old 5ers!
But in any case, setting the string spacing to 16.5mm on a bass neck designed to cater for 18mm or 19mm spacing is not going to make the neck width any slimmer and you'll just have 'awkward' fretboard space on either side of your B and G strings. And as @Kiwi mentioned elsewhere, there is also the issue of pole piece alignment, particularly for the bridge pup.
The Helix multifx, mentioned earlier, is very good at pitch shifting and does so without noticeable latency. If you don't want to spend that much then a Digitech Ricochet would be worth checking out, but as much as I love my Zoom multis, which are amazing bang for your buck, one thing they don't have the processing power to do well is pitch shifting!
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16 minutes ago, Quilly said:
I think the best I can manage is gear in , gear out. Keep the overall hoard the same
I'm on a successful variation of this currently.
Gear in.
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1 hour ago, NotAsGoodAsJaco said:
Sorry no, it was because of the 18mm spacing on my smith that I got rid of it! I would absolutely love a 19mm Smith and I would buy one instantly! Even though I really struggled with it, I still regret getting rid of it as I miss the tone so much!
Ok possibly a ridiculous thought: but could you not replace the bridge on a Smith with another high end bridge that allows 19 mm string spacing? And, of course, get a decent luthier to fit it!
Or is it the case that the Smith neck width is not designed to cope with anything more than 18mm, in which case the plan would be scuppered!
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@cheddatom - that P bass sits so well in the mix! What's the rest of your rig?
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1 hour ago, Grangur said:
With a nut width of 1.7" or 45mm that would be the same as a Warwick Corvette $$ 5er. I know someone on here who had one....
Was after the bridge string spacing though, which unfortunately didn't seem to be provided.
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1 hour ago, Grangur said:
I had an ESP LTD 5 string. It had a great, really narrow neck. Pretty cheap too.
I really like the look of that ESP! But there again, I'm a sucker for good looking neck through basses (ok I'm shallow).
Couldn't see what the string spacing at the bridge was from the spec or whether it had the possibility of switching to passive mode. Any insight on these?
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That makes very good sense in terms of trying out an Ibby. Can't comment on the GIOs as I've never tried one; I'm sure other folk will hopefully be able to shed some light. But, as you say, you're taking much less of a punt at that price point.
Besides orange is the new black. And it should be good for metal(lic) 😁
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But I'm aware it's not the best Telecaster, it's just a perfectly decent instrument that punches way above it's £129 tag and that's pretty much what I needed: a decent Telecaster to have around the house which would make the right sounds when recording some basic demos. 
Fretboard Accelerator Programme aka the Gary Willis book thread
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Thanks!
That's a nice idea. Based on likely timelines for book usage based on reliable past experience...
...we should get that thread going in summer 2023.