silverfoxnik

My personal favourites are ABC - Jackson 5 Signed, Sealed Delivered, I'm Yours - Stevie Wonder Let's Get It On & What's Going On - Marvin Gaye But as the lists above show, there are so many fabulous basslines (and great songs) on the Motown label...

[quote name='s_u_y_*' post='153909' date='Mar 9 2008, 02:10 PM']Anyone fancy giving me and a bass a lift from Battersea, South London? I can always travel to a tube or train station near you... and of course, will chuck in some petrol money for your troubles. [/quote] Hi s_u_y, Depending on numbers travelling on the day, Walman, Merton and me are travelling up in a minibus from the south coast, so we could probably rendezvous with you somewhere south of London if that helps? What gear are you planning on taking? Nik

[quote name='2wheeler' post='154840' date='Mar 10 2008, 07:52 PM']Egad. It's me. Pictures (+1 cheesy grin) on arrival of bass.[/quote] Congratulations! Expect to see big ceremony at the Bass Bash, John Cleese 'The Oscars' style acceptance speech and cheesy pictures in local press, etc, etc... And of course, you'll be donating the bass to a good and worthy cause somewhere..

[quote name='mcgraham' post='155061' date='Mar 11 2008, 07:19 AM']The guy who did that first one has watched waaaay too much Pimp my Ride. Mark[/quote] +1

[quote name='dude' post='155048' date='Mar 11 2008, 01:21 AM']Ah I see. Thanks for that. Interesting, but not for me really. I'm just a bassic plonker, so would be lost amongst all that ethereal gear. Have fun![/quote] No problem dude..

[quote name='urb' post='135956' date='Feb 7 2008, 06:15 PM']Cool Mark I was just checking out some Youtube bits and pieces and this great young bassist Damien Erskine - he's the nephew of the famous jazz drummer Peter 'Weather Report' Erskine - has put some very cool and informative instructional things on the site - check out this video with him explaining how to open up a simple C major scale by playing wider intervals - also check out his rhythmic variations: Here's another one with him showing how he plucks with thumb, index and middle fingers and also adds in a hammer on to create some cool plucking effects - a nice alternative to slap! It's cool stuff and he's a well chilled guy - someone who's good to learn from! M[/quote] Hi Mike Only just seen these YouTube clips.. Thanks - they're really good! Nik

I think it depends what effects you want to use and why? Most great bass sounds we hear on record have been put through some effects, such as compressors, graphic or parametic e.q., chorus etc. That's usually done to get a great sound that works in a recorded context. Personally, I use effects in a gigging situation for just that same purpose, i.e. to improve the sound of the bass in a live situation.. Whenever I do that, I always put the bass directly into the amp first and then use the send & return on the amp to drive the effects units.. That way I can be sure I'm not compromising the quality of the original tone of the bass.. If however, you want to use your effects to create new and exciting sounds and be a bit more musically creative with the bass, then I think it's down to a choice between your desire to express your 'creativity' or your desire to get the very best tonal quality..

Good idea for a thread and well done Rich! As well as my Roscoe Beck V and Wal Pro 2e, I'll bring my 1984 BC Rich Eagle and Fender Jazz V deluxe i anyone's interested? Will bring the Zoom B2 1.u + phones as well.. But am happy to bring my Gallien Krueger 700RB and Peavey 410 TVX (or 210 TX) if anyone wants to hear those combinations.. Though I guess there'll be a surplus of amazing rigs there! Happy to also bring along my Sony digital HDD camcorder along to document some of the day's events, for posterity and general amusement purposes of course!!

[quote name='dude' post='154306' date='Mar 10 2008, 12:47 AM']Scuse the ignorance, but - what, where & when is BassBash?[/quote] here you go Dude: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=11857"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=11857[/url]

Hi Chris, These days, when there's so much choice, I'd say it's really difficult to advise another person what amp is best for them.. Or even, what amp+cab is best for them! For example, I had a Hartke HA3500 a year ago and really disliked it, finding it too sterile.. maybe because my personal taste is for something warmer in tonal terms.. So now I have a GK 700 and I find it so much warmer sounding to my ears than the Hartke. Yet the Hartke had a valve preamp! How does that work out?? Only thing I could suggest is to try as many different bass+amp+cab combinations as you can..Are you coming to the Bash later this month as there's bound to be lots of gear there you could try with your bass? Nik

BUMP!! Any more takers now it's just 3 weeks to go??

Nice looking bass! Is it me or does it look like a Curbow?

[quote name='bass_ferret' post='153598' date='Mar 8 2008, 02:09 PM']Ampeg B15 is the best for that motown vibe.[/quote] +1 That'd be a really classic combination; all the warmth of the Ampeg through a good 15" speaker.. Just thinking this through though Chris, are you sure that the Trace is the right amp for the sound you're after? I used to have a GP7 410 combo years ago and my memory of TE's from then is that they have a pretty modern sound and the pre-shape always seemed to be great for slap and other 80's/90's bass tones but not necessarily vintage tones... Maybe it's a question of getting the right amp/cab combination?? Hope that doesn't throw you off track...

[quote name='SJA' post='153450' date='Mar 8 2008, 12:30 AM']JJ Burnel also had a Wal pro with (leather?) scratchplate- it's in the video for "bearcage" [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CldS6LHsCu0"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CldS6LHsCu0[/url] and I think it's on the whole "gospel according to the meninblack" album.[/quote] Thanks for that link.. I've always liked The Stranglers! It's a Pro 2e but I don't think it's the JG model with leather scratchplate model...

[quote name='cheddatom' post='152886' date='Mar 7 2008, 09:44 AM']I can help i'm sure! I find the zoom really easy to use. I haven't bothered with the manual. Basically I use the left hand knob to scroll through different settings, and use the other three knobs to mess with these settings. The last position on the left hand knob is the control setting, which is useful for the expression pedal etc. If you can just find an hour to sit and play with it through your rig or headphones, you should be able to come up with some decent patches. I reckon the harmony settings will be in the "synth" section, but i'm not sure. If you just mess about with it, you'll learn more than just copying someone's settings.[/quote] +1 That pretty much sums it up.. Trial and error, basically!

[quote name='dlloyd' post='153204' date='Mar 7 2008, 04:24 PM']My old Levoi Grande Bouche. Built by an amazing luthier, John Levoi in Alford, Lincolnshire. He only builds Selmer-style guitars, and this was by far the loudest and lightest acoustic guitar I've ever played. Yep... I sold it to finance another guitar.[/quote] That is a beautiful looking instrument! Mine was my old all natural Wal Pro 2e bass that was stolen in 1993! I've missed it ever since.... CK - those Nord Electro 2s are amazing! keyboard player in my band has one and it is the best synth I've ever heard for sure!

[quote name='bass_in_ya_face' post='153016' date='Mar 7 2008, 01:06 PM']I'm a big fan of Wal's but that leather one is hideous.[/quote] I can assure you it looks stunning close up, well lit and well photographed... But it's definitely a 'marmite' bass that divides opinion nicely!

[quote name='StanBassMan' post='152149' date='Mar 6 2008, 02:43 AM']Greetings everyone. Having relatively recently joined the Effects Pedal brigade, (it was actually a week after my 50th birthday so, yes, I'm an old git but young at heart) I acquired a B2 1.u to go with my bought-at-the-same-time Sheckter Hellraiser 5, the sound of which being enhanced by my Ashdown Electric Blue 180. I know it's generally a good idea to read the [i]"owner's manual"[/i] but we all know it can be extremely tedious having to do that. Is it just me or is there anyone else out there who thinks that [i]"user friendliness"[/i] is NOT one it's best attributes? Some of the sounds are great but I find that switching from one patch to another can create a "where's the bass player disappeared to?" effect, as from a booming bass sound to barely audible. Can anyone give any tips on the subject? Also, when I got the unit, I was hoping, at some point, to try and get Chris Squire's fantastic [i]"harmonised bass"[/i] sound, or something very near, as used so dramatically on Yes' Tormato album. Any ideas on that one, good people? I want to put my fretless through it with that effect active to see what it sounds like. I'm probably getting too old for this malarky! Cheers m' dears. Stan. (Having got the Sheckter and the Zoom for a tad over £500, two months later I saw a Line 6 Variax bass for £599. [b]Aaaarrrrrgh.......![/b])[/quote] Hi Stan, In my experience, the best way around the problem of the bass disappearing as you switch from one patch to another, is to set the volumes for each patch by a process of comparing one against the other until the [i]sound[/i] the same level to your ears. It won't work just by setting the volume for each patch at the same level (e.g. 70) because each sound is different and some seem much louder than others, and vice versa.. It's a slow process but it's either that or use a limiter in your FX chain... Hope that makes sense? Nik