Richard R

I fell asleep listening to Spotify, and when I woke up this album was playing. A great tribute to Gary Moore.

Actually, now it is right in front of me, I can see it is an 8i6, not the (non existent) 8i2, or the (lovely but overkill for me) 8i20.

I have a Focusrite Scarlett gen1 8i2, which I bought 2nd hand eight years back and which must be about 10 years old. Works perfectly, records well, sounds fine. Gain bunching on the pots, but a decade ago almost all the interfaces had that issue. Last year I was trying to use it as an input source for conference calls but could not get it to work, so gave up on that particular activity. Last month for some reason I looked at the Focusrite site and saw updated Win10 drivers for all the Scarlett range, including new functionality for 1st and 2nd Gen. Installed at once and can now DI my bass straight into works conference calls 😄. More importantly the new drivers have slightly lowered the latency and definitely increased the flexibility for non DAW apps. If that's typical of their software support for older products I will absolutely be buying their gear again.

Ah, I see now. If we assume that the strap is adjusted so that the top horn is in a similar place when playing, then the headstock is only slightly further away from the shoulder and most of the extra length is behind the right hand. So the reach is about the same, but the frets are much further apart.

I actually dislike four-in-line elephant-ear tuners, and the typical Fender-ish headstock shape. When I first started looking for a bass to buy I would see all them all hanging on the rack is shops and thought most of them looked like thin d*cks with bulbous kn*bs on the end. Now of course I realise that if I'm playing then the biggest kn*b is the one holding the bass, but I'm still not a fan of that headstock shape.

I built my lad a go-kart with old pram wheels over a weekend. I hope your son appreciates your talent.

Welcome to Basschat. Where thread derailment is prized almost above the ability to play the ruddy instrument!! Lots of useful and helpful folks here, just be ready to switch directon faster than a jazz rock fusion band in show-off mode 🙂

That is just jaw dropping!! Very clever and very stylish with it, the James Bond of basses.

I'm looking forward to seeing pics of the final guitar, and video of you playing it. Not because I don't believe you, but because I do 🙂. And videos of the Bass of Navarone - Great Name!!

So a bass for Mr Tickle 😉

Slow is fine, its 1000% better than "one day I will...", which is where most of us stay at. 🙂 What scale are these? The photos make them look enormous, but you mentioned 40" earlier in the thread.

Hello and welcome aboard. Post the question on then Bass guitars thread and I am sure someone will pop out who knows about Tokai basses. All I know is that they are by reputation rather good 👍

Welcome aboard! Lots of Midlanders here. Are you still restricted as to where you can go, or are you not in that area of Leicester? Stay safe, and Keep away from Basses for Sale 😉

I would prefer to meet friends in my garden rather than the pub. Hope you and yours are all OK.

Belated welcome. "There’s not much point trying to name my favourite bass players because the list would have to include literally everybody who has ever authentically attempted to express something with honesty and integrity through the instrument…" That would include me, and trust me - I am not anybody's favourite bass player! If you're near Bradford, are you in the area with local lockdown?

I have fallen about laughing at this thread, absolutely wonderful. If you want to understand why Basschat is such a great place, imagine the flame wars, foul language and trolling that would erupt if you asked this question on that other forum over in the US... 🙂

Just ordered one of these, to do double duty as a finger drum pad and a DAW controller. Will report back in the reviews section in a week or two when I have had a proper play.

Done.

Worst case scenario: we cancel at short notice and Mike needs us to collectively stump up the deposit for the hall. Not the end of the world, and much better than the avoidable end of a basschatter.

Rock on! Or funk on, or jazz on depends on the band!

Welcome aboard! I'm sure someone here will help out on learning to play slap, probably best to ask on the technique thread. Bad luck to fracture your foot in lockdown, but if you will go skateboarding down the deserted Devon lanes...

Welcome aboard! And welcome back to the UK. Smiling while practicing, what an excellent idea! I shall have to try it in place of the angsty grimace of frustration that usually accompanies my fluffed notes.