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    Cheap multi-effects for bass AND guitar....

    in Effects

    Posted · Edited by Al Krow

    If you want an actual wah pedal included in the mix, then worth checking out this:

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    As well as all the fx you mention which it does very well, it also includes: drum machine, really easy to use & free editing software plus aux in and ability to use as a very capable headphone amp - making it ideal for silent home practice.

    Accessible 'global' 3 band EQ and volume control is a really nice touch and not a feature available on most of the predecessor Zoom range, where these can only be adjusted by editing the individual patches, which is a ton less convenient on the fly.

    Excellent all rounder, particularly given its price point.

    Toughest bass line you play live?

    in General Discussion

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    7 minutes ago, Ricky 4000 said:

    Fab' stuff. I'm in awe of anybody who plays a double bass, and her particularly.

    I'd like to get one myself, but I'm much to lazy to practice standing up. 😬

    Ever considered going half way and getting a Stagg 3/4 EUB? Don't cost the earth and are a lot of fun. And there is just something uber cool about playing walking bass on an upright!

    Does mean standing up to practice, though...

    Toughest bass line you play live?

    in General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by Al Krow

    19 minutes ago, Ricky 4000 said:

    Loving this slow version with the double bass:

     

    LSD (yeah they chose their name deliberately!) were simply outstanding. Their double bassist wrote a fair chunk of their material and provides a pretty decent BV to boot! 

    Toughest bass line you play live?

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    17 minutes ago, Lozz196 said:

    I’ve never looked at that one before, so just did a YouTube search and hey presto, found it and think I’ll give it a go, really nice bass line that reminds me of the theme tune to The New Avengers.

    I often find myself thinking that certain songs are very close in some or a lot of aspects to others I've heard. I couldn't help but think that the Keep the Faith had a lot of similarities in the bass line / rhythm section to the Stones "Sympathy for the Devil". Did a search a while back and turns out that Bon Jovi were in full agreement! 

     

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    Toughest bass line you play live?

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    7 minutes ago, Skinnyman said:

    I used to have the same issue with All Bloody Right Bloody Now by Bloody Free.

    The part under the solo. Nailed it every time in rehearsal ( and properly too) but either fluffed yet it completely or ended up bottling it and playing the simplified version at gigs.

    Problem is that there’s nowhere to hide so if you get it wrong at the start everyone in the place knows.

    I seem to have got past it now but for years it was my bete noir.

    What is nicely showy on that one is including the second half of the bass solo riff an octave up at the dusty end part way through the solo. 24 fret basses definitely help! 

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    Toughest bass line you play live?

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    9 minutes ago, bassfan said:

    The beginning of sweet child was my nemesis for years! No idea why... the most complicated bass line we play now is probably Never too much, although I love it I don’t dread it! Somebody else’s guy used to send dread through me, Stevie wonders I Wish, took some getting used to as well. What yours? 

    I used to regularly get some bit of Sweet Child wrong, perhaps 'cos it was our encore number and after 2 hours late at night with a pub full of drunken air guitarists, I (mostly) got away with it - although very little escapes the attention of our drummer! Recently the guitarist got the intro muddled and it was very much an "at last it's not me" moment!!

    Two tracks I kinda enjoyed but found very demanding were Keep the Faith by Bon Jovi and Higher and Higher - Jackie Wilson. Certainly the Wilson riff wasn't particularly technically difficult but maintaining just one riff metronomically precise for 4 mins was quite a challenge, for me anyway! We've not played them live yet but I think Muse's Hysteria, Duran Duran Rio and quite a few Jamiroquoi numbers will require a fair bit of work to nail.

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    Toughest bass line you play live?

    in General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by Al Krow

    You know the one that you always used to (or still!) dread before it came up each time in the set and still have a huge sense of relief when you've got through it and not balls'ed it up?

    Full disclosure: ulterior motive is that I'm sure this thread will give me and anyone else "grounded" at home by this bloo*dy virus a chance to work on some challenging new material with some of the extra time we have on our hands.

    If you want to post a clip of you playing it or the actual original track then please do!

    [Edit] Been some interesting themes coming up so far, so if you don't fancy scrolling through the entire thread (which let's be honest is actually more than half the fun, right?) then here's a summary:

    BC's hall of difficult to play bass lines

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    Sire marcus miller p7

    in Bass Guitars

    Posted

    2 minutes ago, JottoSW1 said:

    Bit of Bitumen Paint and it'll even be water-proof.

    Funny thing is the DHL driver didn't even realise he had to collect the V7 in exchange for the P7 so I could now have been the proud owner of both! 

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