WILD FROG SHOT

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Err just do both...generally [quote name='LukeFRC' post='263116' date='Aug 15 2008, 02:41 PM']whatever you do make sure you make eye contact with your audience sometimes! you are playing to paying folk not your shoes or your fretboard[/quote] I am most definitely playing for my pedal board, but then again we are kinda shoe-gazey...

My first gig was a regional BOTB heat, playing infront of about 200 people. Was definitely shitting it a bit for that gig. Never had any problems at all after that, and i'm not really an overly extroverted chap. Just enjoy it as much as possible. Oh, and I totally agree with the whole rehearse it until you can't possibly get it wrong idea mentioned above.

[quote name='silddx' post='262529' date='Aug 14 2008, 04:13 PM']While I agree with that, the new dub sounds [i]are [/i]getting lower. There's a cracking Warwick Streamer 5er in the BC marketplace for £390. I detune the low E to D on my 4 and that does the trick generally. Pump up the bass, turn off the treble, you should be fine. I wouldn't stress either. In fact I was chatting to the new bassist in ADF recently at one of our gigs and he got a Stingray 4 for his new gig. He also thought my 4 string Jack Bass was pumping serious reggae tone too, so I wouldn't worry too much mate. Good luck![/quote] Thanks for the tip. Unfortunately, looks like the Streamer is just about to be sold though which is a shame, looks ideal! Strange you should mention the Stingray 4, I've also made enquiries about one of those recently; had a feeling they would be good for the job. As you say, I should be fine, my head has a good level of bottom end; think it's probably all GAS anyway.

[quote name='BassMunkee' post='262498' date='Aug 14 2008, 03:34 PM']Can't help you with the Reggae I'm afraid, but Atmospheric Post-Rock...? That's my favourite kind! Webiste? Samples...?[/quote] Yeah, it's really emotive and good for the soul (and really really pompous) We don't really use this site for promo that much, but the whole of our last mini-album is at: [url="http://www.last.fm/music/Light+of+Words"]http://www.last.fm/music/Light+of+Words[/url] Alternatively: [url="http://www.myspace.com/lightofwords"]http://www.myspace.com/lightofwords[/url] Not sure that the tracks on there are completely representative of what we do. Hopefully new full-length album coming in late Oct/Nov, with all new material. But for now, Thousand Year War, Stop Start, and Hold On Eyes Up are probably our best recorded tunes.

With this post I am breaking my new topic cherry :brow: , hope you can help. In my mission to become a more prolific and varied bass player, I am about to join an acoustic(ish) reggae/dub act to help them tie up their festival season of gigs, then possibly to play with them on a more permanent basis. My current band (which I am not intending to leave) is an atmospheric post-rock band (my first pretentious love!), for which I am currently using a Standard Jazz, which really does the trick. Along with a serious case of GAS, i've been thinking that a 5-string may be better suited for the new dub sounds i'm going to need to make. Basically, I am looking to you guys & girls for suggestions of suitable 5-strings in the region of £500 - £750 (new or s/h). I was possibly thinking that a DBX 120 subharmonic synthesiser may also do the trick - has anyone got/played one and will it blow my cab? Cheers! Kieran

Thanks for massively fuelling the GAS guys & girls. I've had my MIM Fender Jazz for 4 years now, and really never needed anything else; it's reliable, nice to play and sounds great. Recently been thinking about the acquisition of a second bass, maybe a 5 string to give me a few options, will probably end up getting a US Jazz though tbh Nick, if you need somewhere to store your instruments, please consider my door open; i'll even keep them warm for you if you'd like!

[quote name='BassManKev' post='254940' date='Aug 4 2008, 11:33 PM']dont think iv ever heard positive comments about the studio, iv heard alot more positives about the epiphone version...[/quote] Yeah, i had an Epi Thunderbird in 2003/4, it's good and meaty tone-wise and looks pretty cool too. The neck-dive is possibly even worse than a crappy Epi SG bass I had the misfortune of playing recently. Wouldn't recommend unless you're going to be playing sat down, but then again if you were going to do that, why the hell would you want the Thunderbird? I cannot comment on the Gib Studio, I would imagine it suffers the same issues. Was glad to be rid of mine...

Go! Filth Sword is an excellent band name in itself. Do you think I may get lambasted for listing my undelivered baritone guitar with the rest of my gear?

We have at least one four hour practise, but usually aim for two a week. Probably spend about 20 minutes setting up / 15 packing down and 20 minutes for a cuppa in the middle. So a solid three hours after deductions. As before, this doesn't account for any writing/recording.

[quote name='bass_ferret' post='247212' date='Jul 24 2008, 07:55 PM']Cool name. Welcome.[/quote] Thanks, it's an anogram of my band's name 'Light of Words', i know, i know. We're an atmo-post-rock band writing the soundtrack to an apocalypse. If any of you have a spare minute...www.lightofwords.com

[quote name='spike' post='257130' date='Aug 7 2008, 12:44 PM']I use Gator cases and I'm very happy with them[/quote] Yup me and our ivory tinkler use Gator every time, perfect!

I went into reverb yesterday, and not that I'm suggesting for one second that you actually buy anything from there, but their bass stock is much better than it has been for the past year or so. Depends how high end you're looking really. They (obviously) had quite a few fenders (mainly USA P's, Jazzes and a Jag) and a few signature models. They also had about 5 or 6 musicman's.

[quote name='cheddatom' post='255391' date='Aug 5 2008, 01:58 PM']Ta for all the replies (Nancy), but this has been revived due to Wild Frog. Since starting this thread I did actually buy a Yamaha baritone guitar off ebay and I just have to adapt some bass strings now to get it tuned as low as I want. It's very nice![/quote] Yeah, sorry about hi-jacking your thread cheddatom. I thought that rather than being annoying and re-requesting already posted info, that I would just use this thread. How low are you going to tune the Yamaha, and how are you adapting the bass strings? Did you get chance to play it before you took the strings off?

The Jag Baritone is very nice to look at indeed. Sound control quoted me £630 for one, then I found one for £470 somewhere (Dolphin i think) on the internet. Thought my decision was made until bnt brought my attention to a Gretsch G5265 Jet Baritone (see post below), which I then found for £300 at Thomann. They're going to be tonally quite different, as the Jag has the full humbuckers on, but all the other guitars in my band are fenders, so maybe I should get the Gretsch so that it has more punch. Also I have heard quite a lot about Jaguars being unreliable / requiring almost immediate upgrading out of the box. Does anyone know if the baritone suffers the same issues?

Thanks for that, the Gretsch actually looks quite a good model, the humbuckers look like they should give it some meat, shame it's in sparkly black really... The Danelectro '63's look ok too, just not really sure that I want single-coils on something like this. I think it would almost defy the object of me getting the baritone over a normal electric. Unfortunately, the Longhorn definitely isn't to my taste. (what a hideous piece of crap) I'm going to see if I can play a Gretsch, otherwise i reckon i'm definitely going to Jag-town! Thanks kindly!

Oh yeah, the best price I can find (new) is £468 inc VAT. Anyone seen anything better?

Ok, so i've got my heart set on a Fender Jag Baritone and am literally teetering on the edge of buying it today. A couple of questions / requests for advice from the wise if you'd be so obliging. This way I am hoping that you can push me over the edge to buying it, or push me in another direction if I am at risk of making a grave error. First of all, yes i am fully aware that it is not a bass, or a replacement for one, but i'm pretty sure it's exactly what I need. I'm in a band that is soundscapey / soundtracky. Along the lines of post-rock I guess you could call it, but not so boring (in my opinion) so want to use the baritone to create a mournful backing to our tick-tock intertwining guitar lines. Will also probably be used with a shitload of distortion at some points too. So really what I am asking is a) is there something else I should be considering? and why the hell are fender currently only doing new ones in pure black, when I really want a sunburst one?! Cheers in advance... oh, and c) if i play one of these bad-boys through an octaver, will it be the equivalent of a monsterous chordy bass?

I reckon the Vintage Blonde with a maple fretboard that Bubinga5 recommended in first reply. The blue and black also look good though.

Hello one and all! Just joined the forum, looks to be lots of very useful information and contacts. I'm looking forward to buying lots of things that I really don't need (& really can't afford) from the Marketplace. See you around! Kieran