bazzbass

7 hours ago, Silvia Bluejay said:

Without much success...

buy her new shoes or a handbag

she'll spend AT LEAST a half hour in front of the mirror trying it with different clothes. You could sneak in a whole rig without her noticing

hehe

my guitarist keeps saying bass should be felt not heard.

I either reply with "what you FEEL, is the soundwave, which you also hear"

or "you'll feel the bass alright, mister...."

Arguing over string choices, is this TB?

Ummm we already know how important bass is, go tell the guitarists 

I've taken my empty case to the car declaring "just going to the shop for parts for this old thing......."

also used "this? this? my dearly departed former bandmate's widow said he always wanted me to have it if he died" yes, I have no shame

FLATS

seriously if funds are tight, put Chromes on, plenty of bite and they'll last a decade

great job tabbing such a busy bassline 

good luck with your website, looks good, I'll have a longer look around later on

On ‎22‎/‎07‎/‎2018 at 22:49, BigRedX said:

I always wanted to release an album that not only was it not recorded at A=440 but each individual track was off by a different amount. And then to mess with people's minds even more the tunings of the individual tracks would also be different depending on the format - CD, Vinyl, iTunes download, Amazon download, Spotify stream etc.

hehe I always wanted to record a silent dog whistle and stick it in a song and watch the mayhem haha

we are recording our debut album at the moment, so I might try this hehe

One day they'll realise that a young kid hankering for a Ric, would buy a Ric copy to start with and would dream of a real Ric when he gets better/older/richer. But he can't buy a fake Ric so he buys a Squier P bass, then when he gets better/older/richer....he buys an Am Stnd Fender P bass.....

contact D'Addario support, I bet you they send out a free set

I too am amused that us right handers use our left hand for the trickiest part of playing bass

On ‎18‎/‎07‎/‎2018 at 04:10, CygnusX2112 said:

I recently picked up a TC Spectracomp.  

It's relatively cheap when compared to most and the TonePrint functionality makes it easy to try different compression settings without having to understand all the technical detail.  Of course as your knowledge grows you can deviate from the TonePrint and create your own patches.

I could never get a sound I like out of the MXR M87, so tried a Spectracomp.

Left it's only dial at noon for our recording session

BOOM there is the punch I was seeking right out of the box. 

I have the Rockboard LT and it lasts for hours and hours running 4-5 pedals. How long are your gigs?

I run a daisy chain off one output and my G30 wireless off the other and get literally 6 hours at least 

best value rechargeable power unit. Don't waste money on another brand.ditch that pedal.

On ‎22‎/‎07‎/‎2018 at 02:06, markdavid said:

My xl nickels have gone dead on me after just under a couple of weeks playing time,

that is not normal, I should know, I've used XL Nickels since 1979. I get a good 3- 6 weeks before they lose their zing, then they are good for a couple of months more.

I went for a pizza lunch with friends. parked next to a guitar shop I didn't even know existed.

Fell in love with an SX shorty P bass. Bought it right then and there.

PIZZA, I WENT FOR PIZZA FFS !

gotta love popping octaves

Dancing Queen has a great bassline, actually most disco has great basslines, so it can't be all bad hehe

your lady singer is the boyfriend of the guitarist?

you should learn Walk On the Wild Side 

"and then he was a she..."

but WHY do you need vocals transcribed? can't she listen to it and then sing along to it? I think your problems might be more than finding this transcription

best of luck

buy the best you can afford. My budget was $700AU so I got the Scarlett and for my level of recording expertise and microphone quality, Scarlett is a great fit for me. I record live with direct monitoring so latency is not a concern in making my decision. If you need amp sim vsts etc you may need better latency performance.

Buy the best you can afford

yeah as Si said, it's not an intrusive bit of software and a driver, that's all.(In fact for Apple it's not even a driver, I think?)

I love Focusrite products, just recorded my band live with my Scarlett 18i20, really really happy with the results

Here's a great tutorial on using Focusrite Control, I found it useful

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUlooITi3Eg

On ‎29‎/‎06‎/‎2018 at 23:33, SpondonBassed said:

I don't want to put a dampener on things but I already do that with my palm.

yep, I mute with my palm or free fingers too

I DO like fret wraps when recording, just on lightly to dampen finger noise on roundwounds

This is my stage stand

velcros to the rat fur on my cabs

"Play L.A Woman " from the American couple in the front row.

We play stricly all original music

We don't have any keyboards

So of course our singer replied "we just played that song, and we don't play repeats"

then every song was preceded by "this is a Creedence cover" to wild applause from the Americans hehe

the game times down under are midnight and 4am , so yes, OF COURSE I play the bass whilst watching. Through headphones, of course, I'm not THAT crazy

England's side of the draw looks easiest, best of luck to you Pom bassists, hope you make the final  

Personally I'd like a new winner, so Belgium looks the likliest of the non winners

Listening to 80s albums makes me appreciate the Beatles even more. Their albums still sound fantastic and relevant. FIFTY years later............

And yes, listening to Nevermind leaves me with the impression that they sucked so much that they had to speed or slow things so much that they are impossible to play along to now, nothing is standard tuning . And I don't mean alternate tunings, just flat or sharp..

Junkies without tuners is a BAD mix lol

yes mate we try new tempos at rehearsals not live, when did I say that? But we DO improvise our individual parts, maybe that is difficult for you to understand,it's OUR music,we can play it however the #$%@ we want !

completely different mind set from doing a cover of a cover as above lol

nice and condescending of you, but no,we don't need you to FIX anything for us lol what arrogance lol

Mate, I only play originals, in two bands. We choose our tempo. Sometimes the drummer wants to try it slow, and it changes the groove, always in a good way coz we all improvise depending on the tempo. Yes, it is a skill, we've been playing originals all our lives

I understand in a coverband you need to match the recording....but, you've heard the recording, many many times so why the metronome?