Drax
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£6 for a set of 6 string bass strings... how terrible will they be?
Drax replied to binky_bass's topic in General Discussion
Interested to hear how these play. Remember your protective eyewear whilst tuning. -
And why she’s also now an ex
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Lockdown has made me wonder if gigging ended entirely, I'd have less GAS and fewer basses. Have done various collabarations on lockdown - folk, electronic, jazz. If these were live gigs, I'd have taken a different bass each time. But home recording - all ended up on P with flats..(and all quite different sounds in the final mix). Appreciate this is the punchline to many a BC question, but there you go.
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Great job... took me a few mins to work it out. Guess the guitar and bass are brothers?!
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Loved it. In defence of the downloaders(!) - there’s no preview option and I’d generally download the music first. The previous day’s ‘one handed Steve Dawson’ - Saxon transcription was just as valid an April fool however
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Echoing some of the points above - not all great players are even mediocre teachers. I’ve learned (or rather, not learned) the hard way - taking a run of eye wateringly expensive lessons with a big name player. Monster live player with global gigs, and although in person he was a great hang - I learned hardly anything. Teaching is a hugely underestimated skill. To twist the old adage, just because someone can do, doesn’t mean they can teach.
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Great find @Happy Jack Graced the same stage in 80’s with school choirs and early bands.. Wasn’t until the internet arrived and we’d all left town, we discovered most of the urban legends of bands people said they’d seen there, were actually true.
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Maybe that crucial garden gig has finally come up? Or maybe you want to test your eyesight with a 60 mile drive but doesn't feel right taking only 1 bass? Either way - this could be just what you need. Gator G-PG Bass Guitar Double Bag. Gator is well designed kit - luxuriant fleece lining, and neat design touches like front pocket cable stays and rain cover. Sturdy design stands up by itself too, surprisingly useful. Adjustable height neck support, have used with 32-35 scale, and fits the infamous Sire beak. Great condition, it's main use for me was keeping basses in storage. No frays / scuffs, unmarked fabric inside and out. £70 collected from Beckenham, BR3 / South East London. Post office tricky currently but if you're interested and collection isn't an option, PM me and we can work something out.- 1 reply
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Brilliant - cheers Al
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Owned a B3 for a few years, fun piece of kit. Has anyone out there gone down the GuitarLab route of creating custom patches? Never quite bothered myself, but maybe lockdown is the time to have a go. Is it worth doing? How have you used it ?
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Would latency not make this unworkable?
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None of the list would be a bad choice, and everyone will have a favourite. Personally huge fan of aerodynes. The lightest bass Fender make, versatile PJ, and quite rare - esp in grey. £900 is top end for used though (Bass Direct currently have red one @ £800)
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Summer gigs (remember them) always a beer towel handy, and sweatbands - for playing practicalities not instrument care. Occasionally wipe some dust off a pick up but only ever really cleaned a bass to sell it. All power to those more fastidious owners. I think if you’re regularly cycling through ownership of high end boutique basses (as @CamdenRob might occasionally do) - I can see why you might be a more caring owner.
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I buy almost everything in my life online, basses no exception. I do prefer to use the independents, and hope they retain the physical shops as they’re still pretty magical places to visit. There’s something hugely enjoyable about walking into a shop with cash to spend and seeing what they recommend. On one of the few times I’ve managed this, I left with a Cort Jeff Berlin, which I would never, ever have bought without someone putting in my hands.
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You're wiping off the mojo!
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Totally agree. Start in earnest working front to back but bail after a few chapters. I dip back in though over the years, but never in order. Levine's Jazz Theory has been back out over lockdown. Unlike the profilic completionist @Bilbo , I also manage to apply this same distraction / inertia to transcribing, have an absolute stack of unfinished solos, alas never seem to revisit these..
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Can be a bit of a racket - works best with full on live bands. Adam Ant did / does it well. Really enjoyed him live a few years back. King Gizzard a great current example
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Cool. Yeah GHS quote Long Scale Plus at 38" winding length, vs 36.5" for the standard long scale. Unsure how this works on the Spector layout ..
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@Grahambythesea just doublecheck the lengths work for you. Bax deal looks like it's on Long Scale Plus. Always the way with these threads everyone chimes in with thier faves, but I'm a convert to Dunlop flats from LaBella for years, they're worth a look if you're trialling different brands. Have found noone else quite equals LaBella for that woody thump, just depends what sound you're after.
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You’ll love it I reckon. You’ll find lower fretboard lines - below say 9th fret - easier to play than you thought, and such a satisfying sound. It’s the higher register / higher & faster / or chords where life gets trickier. Try and record your practice as much as possible. Personally found there was often a painful gap between what I thought was in tune at the time, vs the reality. Can recall a few recorded jazz gigs and solos that still curl my toes.
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Wow when / how did this happen?
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Haha. If you like old gear the same today as the day you bought it you’re a rare breed 😃 Encouraging you still like it, I’ll take that as a positive
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Reviving this thread - What’s the longer term review on the OC10 - is anyone still using one?
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Picked up the bass today for the fist time in weeks...
Drax replied to Newfoundfreedom's topic in General Discussion
Yeah welcome back NFF. Fabulous you’ve got the offending item - what are your plans for him? -
Are you meant to finish the headstock yourself?
