PatrickJ

Hey Mate, is this still available?

The Motet have a new album being released this month, this is the first song made available.

Update: album was released Jan 25th - sounds great. I really like Garrett Sayers playing!!

I do not need that kind of temptation, damn you guitarguitar

Hey Guys,

Does anyone know of some good transcriptions for the following two songs?

- Get Up Ofta Thing - James Brown (Will Lee)

- Fever In The Funk House - James Jamerson

Thanks

On 09/01/2019 at 18:20, Twincam said:

Well I finally got some eb cobalt flats myself. Only a few years since I said I was going to haha. 

What a pain fitting the e string. Silk was too thick at the ball end for fitting, either in the bridge or through body (Atk 400). So had to adjust the silk. The other strings were fine. Lots of creaking going on while initially tuning up, more than any other string I've heard by far.

 

I had a similar problems with my 5 string J Bass with the B string.  Though I had the same issue with D'addario Chromes so it's not solely an EB issue.  I also noticed a ton of creaking and I'm not sure if it is related but the D string snapped when I was adjusting the tuning 

I didn't have the same issue when I put  some on my 4 string PJ bass so I guess it was a defective string.  I really love them on the PJ more so than I did on the J.

22 minutes ago, Crawford13 said:

The other suggestion I would have for you is stick the radio on, or a Spotify playlist of the genre of music you like and just try to play along. Listen for a few bars then just try to play. It’s really hard at first but stick with it and you will be surprised with how quickly your ear improves.

This is what I'm really working on right now.

For about 30 mins a day I've got a playlist of some super simple rock songs and I'm playing along, trying to figure out the key center and chord progression as quickly as I can.

Then I start to play along and just improvising.  Really simple for now, just roots and fifths but I'm just starting to play with some pentatonics for fills.

Eden Glow Plug.

I've not tried one myself but I believe it's designed to-do what you are looking for, add tube warmth to Solid State amps via a real tube in a stomp box sized pedal.

There's a review here

http://www.bass-pedals.com/eden-glowplug-bass-tube-warmer-review/

I think the biggest issue with it is that it requires a 15v power supply.

1 hour ago, Stylon Pilson said:

UPDATE: I took the advice of those above and paid a visit to GuitarGuitar in Epsom. Nice place, great staff. Came home with a Lakland 55-01.

Thanks for all your help, peeps!

S.P.

Lovely guitars - I massively regret selling my 44-01.

Sold

Price drop to £275 before I put it up on eBay, Gumtree, Facebook etc 

2 hours ago, Mudpup said:

And on Christmas Eve I nipped down the guitar shop to grab a skinnier lighter gig bag and came away with said gig bag full of new bass! I don't normally take much notice of the basses in there as i'm happy with what i have but i went upstairs for a look as i hadn't visited for ages. Fatal mistake...they had a Zon Sonus Standard in the secondhand section, absolutely mint (I don't buy new basses anymore). I had played one years ago and really liked it but never pushed the button on one. And i'm pretty sure i wont see another used one for a long time. Had a play on it, loved it, the sales guy spotted an opportunity and tempted me with a great price. I buy basses to gig with so i rarely know whether they will stick until i've gigged them. Last night was D Day. And I love it! The guys in the band all said they liked it in the mix, its easy to play and sounded fabulous to me. I just listened back to some video of the night and it really works in the band. Pretty sure its a keeper for me. Problem is that i have a one in,one out policy so i need to move another one on and i love them all 

😞

That's a fabulous looking bass .. 

On 23/10/2017 at 23:30, Dood said:

Not surprisingly, I've had my mits on one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqSMMLsr4yM

I thought it was great and would love to get one on my own board when finances allow.

Apologies for resurrecting an old thread but it seemed a better idea than starting a new one. :).

I'm seriously considering adding a parametric EQ pedal to my setup.  @Dood's review on the Q\Strip is excellent but does anyone have any thoughts / experience in comparing it  with the Empress ParaEQ

I don't necessarily need the DI features of the Q\Strip just the EQ.

I'm really looking forward to trying one of the WD-800's. 

I've always wanted to own a Mesa amplifier.  When I was learning to play the guitar in my 20's the Mesa Rectifiers were hugely popular with the alternative and hard rock bands I was listening to at the time, so obviously I wanted one.   Then as I matured and started to listen to more blues/rock Mesa released the Recto-verb 25 which became my dream amp.

Now I'm an aspiring bass player I'm keen to try some of the Mesa Bass Amps and I'm really bought into the whole Hybrid thing.

I part satisfied my Mesa itch last year by picking up the Subway Pre-amp, but the WD-800 looks great for what I want out of a head.

I'm looking forward to seeing some demo's and hearing some user reviews, I'm sure a few BCers will pick them up pretty quickly.

I'd agree that compared to other forums, including a popular US based bass guitar forum, Basschat is much warmer and more open .  I've only been a member for six months or so but I've found the other members I've interacted with to be extremely helpful, humorous and friendly.

I do get saddened by the threads that get started that don't put much consideration that this is a publicly open forum with both male and female members, I shall keep the report post button in mind for future.

17 minutes ago, Johnny Wishbone said:

Wasn't it a Boston song? Can't remember the title though.

Hitch a Ride

9 minutes ago, Stylon Pilson said:

I was looking for an alternative to Andertons just because it seems to be the place where I most often end up. The bass room, while a great idea in principle, starts to feel a bit claustrophobic if you're not the only person there.

Price range is fairly broad. Historically I've tended to spend up to £500 on a bass, but I wouldn't be averse to spending a little more if it's something that really gets the blood flowing. Ritters and Foderas are probably a bit too much to justify though.

S.P.

Probably worth a trip to Guitar Guitar, they have a reasonably selection for under 1000£.  

I bought a lakland 44-01 and a Fender MiM Deluxe PJ there.  I've also tried some Sandberg Electra's and SUB stingrays for around that price mark last time I went.  Ibanez have a few nice guitars in that price range too that GG usually stock.

I've bought a few bass guitars from Guitar Guitar in Epsom, they have the biggest range I've seen for a non specific bass guitar shop.  Mainly Fenders with a selection of MM and Sterling's along with various Ibanez guitars.  They quite often have a few Laklands, Sandberg's and Mayones guitars too but probably only few examples of these brands .

14 minutes ago, Shepster8316 said:

Just played it to try and remember.  I wish I'd not......... tempted to keep it 🙂 

I really like mine, it's my backup bass but plays really nicely.  If this had had a maple finger board I'd have been sorely tempted !

Assuming it is the same as my Deluxe PJ it's an 18v active pre-amp with 3 band EQ, pickup balance and master volume.  The small toggle is the active / passive switch.

On 31/12/2018 at 19:06, TheGreek said:

Love the colour..

Me too 

I'm sure there are loads of YT vids for this but Elixir have a series of videos that talk through bass set up step by step.

This one is focussed on truss rod adjustment.  If nothing else it will show you how to measure the neck relief to see if an adjustment is needed.

In the manual for my guitars this is suggested to be done after every string change, especially if you are changing gauge.

Basschat has become the source for all my new musical finds.. the recent ones that stick out include:

- Electro Deluxe

- The Foals

- Jamiroqui, not a new discovery but they passed me by at their peak.  Stuart Zender's baselines on the early stuff is great.

What I did like was he didn't focus on what strings, amps etc are being used but emphasised how much playing style, use of dynamics (ghost notes etc ) and note choices contribute to the overall  sound; that's what I got from the video anyway. 

Being a fairly inexperienced player in an amatuer covers band I've found myself thinking of late how faithful I should try and replicate sone of the classic Rock Tones - this video gives me some useful reference examples to go after.

17 minutes ago, NJE said:

. I’m stunned! that has to be a record for me, amazing how kids can distract you from this kind of nonsense. 

Haha, I use bass guitar as a distraction from the nonsense of my kids.

8 hours ago, kevvo66 said:

Just a thought really people ,looking at combo for jam nights and gigging maybe,my current rig is  markbass RJ tte 500 amp and 112 cab great for gigging not so good on jam nights or home use ,cheers me dears

A 1*12 cab is already pretty small , you won't get a combo much smaller so how about a compact head to pair up with it, something like the TE elf?