RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE

[quote name='thisnameistaken' post='595050' date='Sep 10 2009, 07:36 PM']Hipshot D-tuner?[/quote] Thanks for the suggestion. I play headless most of the time. The 5 string means that I don't need a hipshot. Unfortunately , the headless can't provide that facility.

Howdy! As you can tell by my signature, I have a few basses. I have been playing headless the most but have a few full sized ones also. I have gigged with the Telecaster,and took it to a jam session no problem . Now the quandry I'm in is that I'm now playing a couple of songs in drop d in the band. Okay, I 've been using the 5 string of late. More often than not, I've always been playing the Washburn or the hamburger bass(both headless of course) as I'm used to these for so long. Trouble is, I do love the Schecter, but I wanna avoid the Les Dawson technique in a band situation . Question is: Do I wait for another Steinberger/Washburn to appear(or even a 5 string Status) and sell the lovely Schecter? Or do I just bring along 2 basses(one of course in BEAD) Or do I stop being a cissy ,and get a really good quality adjustible strap and persevere with the 5 string. One thing that I may have to watchout for is the different frequency of passive/active basses when playing live if I bring 2 basses. Cheers guys

[quote name='AdamWoodBass' post='592079' date='Sep 7 2009, 01:33 PM']I use a Studio GX and yes I'm able to play along to stuff through it. A word on Riffworks, personally I think its crap. If you're used to using programs to record stuff you're best off sticking with ableton. The only good thing for me about riffworks is the drum loops so I just record the loop I want then export it into ableton. Ableton is much nicer to use than Riffworks and you get it free with the GX. Just my 2p.[/quote] Thanks for that. I'll leave riffworks alone

[quote name='v8bass' post='589870' date='Sep 4 2009, 05:04 PM']Lovely ! dont think ive seen a pj config before .. really tight to the bridge as well , do you anchor on the p ? ooer , think i might need a thumb rest .. Wooden f/board ? or phenolic ? Love the binding too, like a dinner suit ! tuxedo berger maybe ? And so nice to steinys being brought out dusted off and displayed , just to fuel my gas ....only played a couple L2 and XL but allways , allway impressed . Apols to the OP for going slightly off topic .. Cheers! I do anchor ,but it's great for pick playing as well.It's a phenolic neck. It's a custom xl2/3. (Didn't know it was custom when I got it) After a transtrem or white original cricket bat.

[quote name='RhysP' post='590002' date='Sep 4 2009, 06:36 PM']Is that one of the newer, cheaper models or one of the original "bodied" Steinbergers that had a body designed by Roger Giffen?[/quote] It's an original xm2/3 ? Custom pickups

[quote name='BigBeefChief' post='589556' date='Sep 4 2009, 12:02 PM']The last thing I need is people who can [i]actually [/i]play bass watching me.[/quote] I think wherever you play ,you'll always get ''the beards'' who watch everything. ''They missed a note there..''etc. Don't worry about it.

cool

What are your opinions of this.......?

Synapse

minus the g string?

some magazines have free dvds with stuff ,like sound on sound ,coputer music etc.

[quote name='EssentialTension' post='583022' date='Aug 27 2009, 10:52 PM']Not my kind of thing at all. Not even slightly good looking and a long way from beautiful. And at that price I'd expect the J pickup to have the correct string spacing to be fitted properly.[/quote] +1

Atomic Rooster, was gonna say Sparks Remember a band from the'90s Cop Shoot Cop, who had 2 bass players but no guitar.......

Not uncle fester? Not my cup o' tea. Sounds a bit like early cream to me.(Nothing wrong with cream btw) Prefer the preview clip on you tube much more

nice bass......

Was it stolen from the local crack converters??

yeah...

Awesome stuff!

[quote name='thisnameistaken' post='579786' date='Aug 25 2009, 02:51 AM']I prefer Harry and Paul.[/quote]

[quote name='grimbeaver' post='579512' date='Aug 24 2009, 08:33 PM']Its paranoid for me and before that "my sharona" and to ray against the machine swords of 1000 men is my funeral song I love it to death, each to there own I suppose[/quote] Awesome song!

[quote name='leschirons' post='579484' date='Aug 24 2009, 08:10 PM']HI HO SLIVER LINING (Naaaaa-steeeee)[/quote] The singer in my band does this in his other band..always goes down well