RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE

I had one of these , wish I kept it . Glwts 

My first couple of gigs were birthday gigs , so private but held in a pub .

The first walk on track we used was Testament Hypnosis ( instrumental ) from the new order album.

The second one was Traditional Greek wedding music which we found on some Carlin/ De Wolff CDs Advertising companies use.

Love the suggestions of others , but I've played various tv themes in band rehearsals which raised frowns or belly laughs .

The professionals , Steptoe and son , High chaparral , the big country were received well .

When I first got my Boss ME8-b , I managed to get a nice Roobarb and custard sound  which surprisingly had no les Dawson connotations. 
 

I'd say if you're gonna do it in the dog and duck etc , then maybe do it on the opening of set 2 . 
Magic Roundabout , or Roobarb and custard would be my tuppence worth ..

35 minutes ago, Bolo said:

We used this a few times. 

 

 

We're four big longhaired Dutchmen playing thrash metal ofcourse.

This is great ! 😹

It does seam that their are a lot more Americanisations taking over on this side of the pond . Neighbor , mom etc

I try not too get to angry tho. Looks like you payed a lot for that nice base though 😬

Could be wrong  but I'd say for the player ,when you get to a certain age ,  a " heavy " type of bass can get a bit much .

Imho , in your younger years you could handle most basses with ease  but joints / bones/ tendons deteriorate as we get older.

There are many designs now made with basswood for example , which is a lot lighter imho.

I have a Washburn status headless which looks light and lovely , but if someone else picks it up they'll also say " that's heavy " 

Its made of ash/ walnut . 
 

The best bass I have in terms of feel , is my Vester Custom fretless which is great . I haven't weighed it , but it's sooo heavy. 
It's a copy of a Warwick which I have . The Warwick is the lightest bass I own ..or is it the Jack Daniels bass? 🤔

I agree , and say if it's not a problem playing it then keep it . 

I used to get withdrawal symptoms if on holiday etc back in the day . 
These days now that my gear is home use only , I spend more time on my synths ( with the odd bass line here and there ).

Not every day , but am working on it .   
If I was spending time away for more than a couple of days , I'd be taking the iPad mini which has many musical apps 

Very handy ! 

Great stuff ! Love the old Fate and early king Diamond material . 
For some reason I lost interest over later part of their careers . Shame Michael Denner isn't with them . 
Their musicianship is some of the best in metal , despite the Marmite opinions of King Diamond . 
I can't / won't open Facebook link unfortunately , but will have to check her stuff out . She must be a hell of a player to fit n with them.

Timmy Grabber RIP 

3 hours ago, BigRedX said:

 

 

Joe Dart plays in a band called Vulfpeck whose most interesting album is "Sleepify"....

I was for a brief moment thinking of the tall guy with the checked blazers. That is Den Hegarty of ..the darts 😬

I just had a quick Google as to who Joe dart is . 
Wow ! Chad valley have gone up in my estimation . Looks like a bitsa bog standard ugly bass . 

Will be watching this at some stage . 
Must admit  I don't know too much about him , and I missed him on my radar .

I saw him on you tube giving the best demo of a boss multi fx unit I've seen ..

Great player 

I only have the iPad apps . 
Not sure if it is complicated to use . I have a boss sp202 which although very ancient and limited these days  is great fun , and easy to use.

Last year I nabbed the boss sp404sx ( discontinued also) just because it has a lot more storage via sd card .

I sometimes think of maybe getting a maschine or akai mpc one replacing these , but the thought of menu diving and complications put me off .

Hope you have fun with it . I guess you tube is the way to go for you ..

Celtic frost : innocence  and wrath , the usurper , jewel throne ( to mega therion ) 

Judas pries : the hellion / electric eye/ riding on the wind ( screaming for vengeance ) 

ufo : only you can rick me , pack it up and go , arbory hill ( obsessions ) 

Tangerine dream : Stratosphere, the big sleep in. search of hades, 3am at the border of the marsh from okefenokee ( stratosphere ) 

Random albums from my collection : Slayer - Angel of death , piece by piece , necrophobic ( reign in blood) 

Hawkwind - Levitation , motorway city, psychosis ( levitation ) 

Masters of Reality - theme for the scientist of the invisible , Domino, the blue garden ( The blue garden ) 

Swamp Terrorists - Truth or dare , nightmare , so sweet it's painful  ( grim stroke disease ) 

Rush - Animate, stick it out , cut to the chase ( counterparts) 

Kraftwerk , Europe endless, Showroom dummies, Trans- Europe Express 

Cliff used various guitar effects . When I met him, he said " get a phaser" . I think Jason's sound has more of an attack trebley sound in comparison . Amazing when you think that Cliff was total finger player and Jason plectrum.

As for Ian hill , most of his stuff was solid  supporting background with drums . I must confess as not being a huge fan of Dave ellefson that I didn't pay too much attention to his sound . I do however. Own his GK App on my iPad which I paid for which needs updating and cannot use now ..

If playing down the dog 'n' duck I'd say it's best to keep things simple . Plus sounds differ at different venues. 
What could make a difference in sound , is if you change from using a pick to fingers etc for certain songs you are doing . 
Then of course , the type of bass ( active or passive ) and the amp ( Galien Kruger for bright / Aguilar for heft etc)

Just a thought ..

Mmm...I have a zoom B3 which has a d I socket , so I'd assume that's okay if I was gigging .( I won't be ) .plug into p.a.

I did have the zoom b2 1.u ( can't remember if that had a d.I socket ) which i wouldn't recommend for gigs. 
 

I have a Roland bass cube  which I don't use as I just use either an audio interface or mixer these days at home.

it's really good imho

if You just want audio coming out of your zoom , maybe a phono lead from your zoom to your stereo / soundbar ?

Anthony keidis - scar tissue 

David Crosby - long time gone 

Rush - chemistry 

5 minutes ago, MikeTheMisfit said:

 

I listen to Metal and Hard Rock mostly. I adore Steve Harris like yourself and Geezer Butler. Their style is just incredible to me.

 

I shall seek out the hot licks video and take as many youtube lessons as possible. I'm sure it's simply a practice thing. I'm trying to run before i can walk.

 

 

I. was also running before I could walk for quite some time . That was getting caught up in the slap/ pop/ tap thing when I started getting more confident in my playng .  When I was trying to form/ join a band yeas ago my limitations were exposed.

A really good guitarist said " F@@k Stu Hamm , get some proper lessons ". Well  I took his advice with the lessons ..

The main GAS issue  at present , is the cost of using the  combi boiler  right now .

It is cold 

Lots of good advice already 

What kind of music are you into ? Who are your bass influences ? 
The reason I ask this , is that you may ( or probably ) find  a beginners lesson on you tube by one of your favourite bass players.You'll definitely get a feee lesson from 'unknown ' but brilliant teachers on there anyhow .

Fwiw, when I first started attempting to play bass I started off with a plectrum . This was about a yea or so before I started going to go to gigs . Then I saw Steve Harris at the music machine / marquee etc and thought I'd better do fingers instead . Troubl is , his style of finger playing is advanced / unique so I was playing out of sync . 
Years later I stumbled across  Rudy sarzo hot licks video . VHS , way before internet . A little cheesy , but it improved my playing a lot ..

That was before I had proper 1 on 1 tuition ( wish I kept that up ) . 
In my latter days while gigging I ended up doing both .  

One other thing to mention , is that being relaxed about it all is key . It's very easy to get tense and putting undue pressure on yourself by being annoyed by making mistakes ( if that makes sense) .. 

Elvis will always be gigging 

I have the strap length the same sitting down or standing .  As told by Billy Sheehan . 

4 hours ago, malcthebass said:

No pm received?

I've been pmd by mistake .  😺 

Bump 

2 hours ago, tauzero said:

I keep toying with the idea of a covers band doing rocked up songs from musicals.

Me first and gimmies do good versions of Summertime , Somewhere over the rainbow  plus a couple of others I've probably forgot .

Maybe worth having a listen 

On a slight tangent , I have a few CDs of Me First And The Gimmie Gimmies . 
Marvellous and hilarious on first few listens , but some things are too 'American ' and may be lost on younger listeners as they may not know a lot of their catalogue . 
To describe them , I'd say they're kinda pop punk in the style of offspring , but very talented . Nice bass playing too.

If I was still into playing in bands, I wouldn't mind doing something similar .