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Baxlin

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    I cut a string too short, but found a solution!!!!!!

    in Bass Guitars

    Posted

    I had a different solution, I’d cut the G marginally too short - it reached the hole, and went part way round the capstan, but kept slipping under tension.

    So I held it in place in the hole with a small self-tapping screw, which held it enough to bring it up to tune.

    It’s on my 'only use at home’ bass (well of course they all are at the moment!!), but it’s been on and in tune for several months now.

    But all disclaimers apply......

    Online jamming experience?

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    I’ve thought about recording a bass line, and WhatsApp-ing it to the drummer, so he can record his playalong and pass it onto other band-ists to add their contribution, a bit like Chinese whispers...

    (Unfortunately we’ve had to suspend the band, not only for CV, because our lead guitarist has just started chemo, as has the drummer's wife)

    Your Go To Bass

    in Bass Guitars

    Posted

    Depends which room I’m in!  

    Basses strategically spread around the house - my bargain G4M semi acoustic in the loft room with my lecky drum kit, EB3 in the corner behind an armchair in the lounge, etc, you get the picture.......

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    Straplocks

    in Bass Guitars

    Posted

    16 minutes ago, No lust in Jazz said:

    Personally, having lost a couple I don't like the fine threaded nut that secures the strap on the Schaller offering, 

    Ditto.  Mrs B bought me a lovely padded leather strap at Christmas, but the threaded part wasn’t long enough to allow the nut to fit, even when I used a thinner washer than that provided.

    Bass or Guitar?

    in General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by Baxlin

    Like others have said, try for both.  I was in my 50s before I bought a bass guitar, and now, in my 'music corner' I now also have an electronic drum kit, (drum kit was my first instrument, in the 1960s) strat-style guitar, and a budget 'home use' bass.  A keyboard amp to play each through, and a set of headphones completes the set up.  But then I am retired, so have the time.

    Now for a slight tangent...

    I was asked by our minister, "do you play guitar as well as bass, Malcolm?”

    Like an idiot, trying to be funny, I replied that I played guitar better than I played bass.

    "That can’t be very difficult, can it!"  was what I walked straight into....😁

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    Covers band players. Nail it or close enough?

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    19 minutes ago, r16ktx said:

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    Yesterday there was a teeny bit of a (self inflicted - ie I’d switched to the wrong pickup which was volume zero’d) problem in the first song, which meant no bass at all.

    Afterwards I asked around: the acoustic guitarist had noticed, but she’s a bass player anyway, the sound man noticed, as he should, but no-one else, not even Mrs B, noticed!!

    Brings you sown to earth a bit........

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    Covers band players. Nail it or close enough?

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    29 minutes ago, micguy said:

    I play church gigs, which hare 90+ percent covers (we do some originals here and there). A lot of the tunes we do, the recording has the same part on every verse, and every chorus - there's no build. When you see any of those artists live, tough, they do "build" their tunes. So, what I do is try to play what they'd play if they played a tune live - my part goes with the vibe of the tune, how the place feels, how the singers and worship leaders are emoting, how the drummer is playing - all of that enters into what I play. Often it starts with what's on the record (which is usually pretty simple), and evolves from there. We do a couple rehearsals of the songs in the middle of the week at rehearsal, and again on Sunday morning (you have to know the song structure and chords cold when you come in). During all that I work out most of what I'll do for the services. Often the second service is different than the first,though - my part is still evolving. As I play in different churches with different leaders, singers, drummers, etc., sometimes I play very different parts for the same song.  If I did what's on the record every time, most of the time, it wold be wrong on some level.

    The interesting part of what I do is that bass is the person on stage who has the most freedom musically - worship guitar parts are full of memorable licks that you have to play verbatim, the vocals and drum parts are also often very memorable. So, if you want the song to sound like the song, but feel right for the situation, that's largely my job.

    OK, I only play at one church, but on a rota, so we have different lineups each service.  We have evolved (Created??) a set of hand signals, both to move to verse/chorus/bridge, and to build/cut/end etc the song.

    TBH though, I think songs in church, while obviously covers, are meant, or at least ours are, for the congregation/audience to join in, rather than a performance, so the "should we nail it" question maybe isn’t as important.

    I do agree though, that the bassist does have the most freedom.  Great, isn’t it!

    Malcolm

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    Drum screens

    in Other Instruments

    Posted · Edited by Baxlin

    We use them at both our Church premises.  Seems a bit counter-productive that we then have the whole kit miked up, but it does give a balanced sound.  We had thought of electronic kits, but all our (rota'd) drummers said no, they preferred the acoustic kits, even though it put them in a box.

    FWIW, both screens are 'roofed' and the one at the smaller venue is a complete box, with door!  The drummer has individual mixer unit, with in-ears, as do all the band.

    At the larger venue, we have to pack down after the service, but we have a huge cupboard at the back of the stage, so the drum kit, in its screen is on a platform, on castors, which is pushed into the cupboard (complete with mikes etc), with other stuff packed round it.  Takes about 10 minutes max to clear up, as the PA and bass subs are fixed.

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    Tramp amplifiers

    in Amps and Cabs

    Posted · Edited by Baxlin

    54 minutes ago, Mudpup said:

    Is it an Ohm Tramp like this one? i had an Ohm GA140 combo in the late 80's and it was a great little amp.

     

     

    I have one, looks identical except mine has two inputs and a tweeter.  I bought it 20-odd years ago from an old fellow who had been using it as an amp for his keyboard.  I’ve used it on stage on occasion, but miked up.

    It's currently my practice amp, in my 'music corner', I play guitar, bass, and drum kit through it as the mood takes me......

     

    Does age matter?

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    One very surprising thing (to me, anyway) has come out of this thread, and it’s that the majority of members/contributors seem to be shall we say 'of mature years'.  I suppose at 72 I am at the upper end, but when I joined I expected to be in a very small minority.

    BTW, I’m scheduled in tomorrow evening's church band with

    Keys player in her late teens,

    Drummer in his 30s

    Leader/lead vocals in her 40s

    guitarist - 50s

    BV in his 60s.

    Show Yer Age! Name an EPIC song from your teens...

    in General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by Baxlin

    From an older BC member.....

    Fontella Bass. Rescue Me - still love the riff

    My Girl - the Otis Redding version, IMO less of a 'singalongaMax' treatment than the Temptations' version, and possibly the most popular song my band (or "group" as referred to in those days!) performed, our vocalist got it so right.

    If I Could Dream - Elvis Presley    (although strictly speaking I was no longer a teenager in '68 when this was released as part of his 'Comeback Special' TV show)

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    Covers band players. Nail it or close enough?

    in General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by Baxlin

    I try to 'nail it', but as Count Bassy said a few posts ago, the original can change.  Take for instance the Beatles' Back in the USSR.  The original bass part on the record has quite a riff, yet when McCartney plays it live (at least on YouTube) he only seems to pay the root notes, at least while he’s singing.

    So what is 'the original'?

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