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[quote name='Sub_Drop' post='1247748' date='May 27 2011, 11:44 PM']I'm not having difficulty in choosing songs just thought i'd see if other bass players had other ideas. I understand where you are coming from though. Basically we are meant to perform a set list of material to which we can choose anything within reason and perform with a band, solo or both for 45 minutes and we get marked on our performance visually, our communication with the audience and the ability and authenticity to recreate the songs we are performing. It is a strange way to assess our musicianship as it leaves a lot of grey area in certain areas of performing but its what we need to do.[/quote] Ahh, I see, WITH a band, that's different. Choose what you like playing. Feel and ability to make MUSIC is what's really important. I would do lots of simple stuff that requires great feel and listening skills, and only one or maybe two that are technically very demanding. But please don't take me too seriously, I have no idea what these people expect from you. I do know we've come across a few graduates while auditioning who simply can't gel with a band and do the things expected of a [i]musician[/i]. Try something like some Scott Thunes stuff from Zappa's band perhaps. Wonderfully musical, compositionally and harmonically intricate, and technically quite demanding bass lines. Dupree's Paradise, Zoot Allures, Alien Orifice - I can point you to a transcription of this, it's superb, but can your band play it?

[quote name='molan' post='1247416' date='May 27 2011, 06:10 PM']SimS Custom do some very good work - here's one owned by a BC member: Other examples here: [url="http://www.simscustom.com/html/00sprayshop_artwork.htm"]http://www.simscustom.com/html/00sprayshop_artwork.htm[/url][/quote] I was just about to recommend Sims. Good aren't they!

[quote name='EssentialTension' post='1247737' date='May 27 2011, 11:36 PM']Only 2,000 hours to go Nigel. With some amphetamine you could probably manage it before the end of June.[/quote] I have actively thought about, and analysed my approach to, music for ten times that though, and that can have massive benefits. But I still feel like a baby musician.

[quote name='ThomBassmonkey' post='1247716' date='May 27 2011, 11:20 PM']That's the big question. As I said, I've just been casually asked if I'd be interested at the moment, there's not been any specifics discussed yet (if it even happens) but I assume it'd be a showcase of sorts of GK amps but with the intention of being interesting to the average person (as much as possible) instead of just a tour around the amp. It's very early days and if I'm honest, it's probably not going to happen, but it's a hypothetical situation that I'm interested in anyway as I've done a trade show for GK, it's not that big a step up (if it's even up) to go from pratting about on their bass amps for a couple of days at an industry show to being the main attraction at a shop. It just needs a lot more organisation on my behalf than "show up and prat about with a bass a bit".[/quote] In that case, get a drummer to do it with you, and demo the equipment's properties and capabilities and how it sounds while you play wonderful grooves, riffs and licks with the drummer, while also demonstrating how versatile the equipment is. You can then teach them about EQ strategies and how to musically lock in with a drummer.

In 30 years of playing I have calculated I have played (not necessarily practiced) for about 8,000 hours. And technically, I'm sh*t

[quote name='Sub_Drop' post='1247680' date='May 27 2011, 10:49 PM']Hi Guys and Dolls, I'm about to start my third year at uni in September and I need to do a 45 minute performance showcasing my playing. I don't want it to become a bass solo, epic two handed tapping and slapping. I want something where the bass part shows a good sense of groove and feel underneath a well constructed song. Any ideas of what might be a good idea to try. I've got a few ideas already but I'm sure some people on here would have some amazing ideas. So far it seems my dissertation is funk, jazz and soul styles of music but I'm open to any genre. Cheers.[/quote] I hope you take this in the way its intended, but if you are having difficulty with this, are you questioning what you have actually been taught, and if a 45 minute showcase is the right way of appraising a bass student's ability? Personally speaking, and probably because I've been around for a while, I would be a bit disgusted at this approach and would be demanding the tutors and governors demonstrate for 45 minutes, their approach to teaching bassists.

[quote name='Heathy' post='1247658' date='May 27 2011, 10:32 PM']My Jazz has a J-Retro, a Badass bridge and a D-tuner. That's about £400 worth. I also can't speak highly enough of the J-Retro - [b]AND I didn't ask for the discount![/b][/quote] Nor did I, John actually volunteered that info after I told him I'd heard so many good things about his work on Basschat!

[quote name='ThomBassmonkey' post='1247626' date='May 27 2011, 09:46 PM']It'd be a GK clinic for a local shop that I helped sort a GK dealership for, so would have to include the amps I guess, though I'd still be doing something fairly general. It's not 100% yet so if I were to get a looper I'd have time to learn it and I've spent a lot of time using soft loopers, it'd be a case of learning what the buttons do rather than how to use loops. I'm not so much thinking of a workshop style one, so it'd more be showing what the amps are capable of than teaching. I'm not even sure who I'd be playing to, it'd be in the shop so there's no garuanteeing it'd even be bassists so it'd need to be something interesting to anyone. I'll look up Wooten and Sheehand's clinics though and see if I can get any kind of direction from them. Thanks. [/quote] May I ask what the objective of the clinic is?

[quote name='Bilbo' post='1247521' date='May 27 2011, 08:05 PM']As a guide (not an absolute), think in terms of the series of letters ABCDEFG. If you have an A, you need a B be that a Bb or B natural and so on through the alphabet. So in the key of F, you get FGABbCDE not FGAA#CDE. In the key of D you get DEF#GABC# not DEGbGABDbD- is this making sense? In a nutshell, you don't want the same note name being used as a natural and a flat or sharp because, if you do, you have accidentals all over the written chart and it looks like a train wreck[/quote] To reduce the chance of a trainwreck even further, why in god's holy name aren't the notes named ABCDEFGHIJKI ??

[quote name='markstuk' post='1246876' date='May 27 2011, 11:56 AM']The John East J-Retro preamp is also a "drop in"installation as well AFAIK..[/quote] Absolutely correct, No routing required on a normal Jazz control route. My Jap Jazz had a taper at the output jack end so I had to ream a millimetre or two in so the switch housing wou;ld go in, but most normal jazzes don't have a taper route.

[quote name='ConnorHamilton' post='1246918' date='May 27 2011, 12:15 PM']Basschat discount? What's this? Connor[/quote] Call John East and ask his advice on what you need, he'll tell you you need a J-Retro 01 for a standard Jazz Bass. John is incredibly helpful and a real gent, so don't be afraid to call him. If you tell him you are a basschat member (and can demonstrate that), you get a discount, I forget what it is, either 5% or 10%. I only asked for that on the first one I ordered as I personally don't want to take advantage and I see it as an introductory offer. The J-Retro 01 will transform your bass into a tone monster, but still has passive modes which still work with a dead battery and sound like your original bass without the preamp. And unless your pickups are complete sh*t, you won't need to change them. I swear to you, you will ADORE the J-Retro, it's voiced beautifully. And it's virtually solderless as the pickup connections are screw terminals. Only the grounds needs to be soldered but you could probably get away with twisting the bare wires together securely and taping them. I have a thread somewhere here with before and after comparison clips, gimme a sec. Here you go [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=123987&hl=retro+comparison"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=...etro+comparison[/url] 485 downloads of the clips, so that means 485 J-Retros sold Trust me, you will love it

Read this carefully and follow it. Everything you need is in here [url="http://www.warwick.de/media/manuals/Basses/WWBassManual_EN.pdf?cl=EN"]http://www.warwick.de/media/manuals/Basses...al_EN.pdf?cl=EN[/url]

That is a really great cover of Spirit, really like the singer too, as has been said, she suits the music very well, you are all really, really good Your original song is great too! Really enjoyed it! Hope you have a nice time at the bar here mate.

I'm not remotely religious, but I see this as no different to Fishing Bassists, Cross-stitching Bassists, Poodle-Fancying Bassists. As long as no-one tries to force cross-stitch on me, everyone is free to do as they wish. And - what a nice, challenging, but respectful thread.

Keep the pups. Keep the bridge. Get a J-Retro 01 : £195 minus Basschat discount Get Hipshot Tuners & Bass Xtender (from the USA, much cheaper) : £120ish Get your White Pearl PG : £30ish

[quote name='gsgbass' post='1245100' date='May 26 2011, 03:21 AM']You're not dealing with it, but some basses that string through the body can have a length of 36". (Fender American Standard for example.)[/quote] Good point.

[quote name='RhysP' post='1244839' date='May 25 2011, 09:39 PM']The Kramer Ripley in the 80's had a system where each string had a pickup & a pan pot - the output was stereo & the strings could be panned to anywhere in the stereo image. God I remember some useless sh*te. [/quote] Girl Gone Bad by Van Halen was called Ripley when Eddie wrote it, because, of course, he wrote it while playing a Ripley. I always hoped it was named after Ripley in Alien. Sadly much more prosaic a reason.

1.5mm if they are like mine mate. But you may as well buy a set, they'll be about as cheap as a single.

Cool. I'll leave this alone now because I feel I may have offended the OP. Sorry.

[quote name='markstuk' post='1244740' date='May 25 2011, 08:30 PM']As opposed to the "wanted" hum that appears to come as standard with rickys? [/quote]

[quote name='Paul S' post='1244666' date='May 25 2011, 07:31 PM']1/ Yes. Green ones. A lot of the colour has come off where I the pick has abraded them but they are fine around the neck. Still look good from a distance... 2/ Yes. [b][b]3/ If it were mine I'd put on DR Black Beauties.[/b][/b][/quote] + everything

[quote name='JMM' post='1244628' date='May 25 2011, 07:10 PM']Hi I bought some strings in town earlier but on getting home I've realised they aren't the ones I thought they were in the shop. I was after these: [url="http://www.gak.co.uk/en/rotosound-swing-bass-40-125-5-string/5883"]http://www.gak.co.uk/en/rotosound-swing-ba...5-5-string/5883[/url] And I purchased these by mistake (except in 40-125 as above): [url="http://www.gak.co.uk/en/rotosound-swing-bass-5-string-xl-scale-45-130/5921"]http://www.gak.co.uk/en/rotosound-swing-ba...ale-45-130/5921[/url] I'm just trying to work out what the differences are. I think it might be just an older packaging design but I'm not 100%. The main thing confusing me is that the ones I was going to get say "Long Scale" on the packet as do the ones I actually bought. The description however says "XL Scale" for the second link though. Does anyone know if they are a different scale? The bass they're going to go on is an Ibanez SR505.[/quote] 34" is standard for a normal electric bass is is described as Long Scale. Extra Long scale is usually 35" and over, which is more common on basses with more than four strings as the low B will have higher tension. I think GAK have listed it wrongly, either the picture or the description. What it says on the packet is what matters. I would be happier putting 34" long scale strings on a 35" scale length than I would the other way around as the silk wraps might be longer and extend over the nut. There is a BC member who either owns or works at GAK, don't remember the user name though so that's about as helpful as a plastiscene pickaxe.

[quote name='wateroftyne' post='1244665' date='May 25 2011, 07:31 PM']I still don't get it. I guess it's just not fer me...[/quote] Well what I'm thinking is, if you chuck me all the 720 permutations of tomato, garlic, mozzarella, basil, olive oil and dough, only a few of them will end up as a tasty pizza, and I know what they are already