Nail Soup

I would like a tremolo pedal where you can set the tempo via "tempo tap", similar to what is available on some delay pedals.

@stewblack ,In spirit of lessons learned.......... please consider the position of your new innovation, and the fate of your previous innovation😕.

looks like a bit of a crotch-botherer to me too😃

I'm not level headed, but I am a tightwad....... so my limit will usually be lower than the reserve😃!

Ok, clip on tuners haven't been around that long compared to how long I've been playing, but......... Finally buying one clip-on tuner per instrument so I don't have to swap one around depending on where I'm going with which instrument. Same for straps.

Never busked on bass myself (have busked other instruments), but maybe take a look the Violent Femmes. They started out as a (three piece ) busking band..... kind of punky with teenage angst lyrics (probably the best such lyrics). The bass player is Brian Ritchie and he got a loud sound by using a very large bass guitar (Ernie Ball Earthwood apparently) and hitting it hard. A lot of the volume came from a kind of clank, and he developed a 'lead bass' style...... not sure how well it would work. I think he's great, but may not be to all tastes.

Great posts so far bass chatters! sounds like Reaper would fit my brief, and it sounds like you can have the audio in a DAW format (i.e grid lines per bar) and have the video clip changes snap onto the bars of music. So, follow on question.... if I record my song in another DAW and move it to Reaper for the video stage, can I make the reaper grid lines be on my music's bars?

I was thinking of the running jokes on Basschat about Carol🤔........ is there a better candidate for a talented bass player with a bad ego?

(Inspired by @stewblack topic about Bass heaven) There's an old joke, based on crude outdated stereotypes unfortunately.....something like: In Heaven the cooks are French, the policemen are English, the mechanics are German, the lovers are Italian and the bankers are Swiss - whereas in Hell the cooks are English, the policemen are German, the mechanics are French, the lovers are Swiss and the bankers are Italian. However the format's OK......... so I had a bash at a bass player version: - In Heaven the bass players have the image of Sid Vicious, the playing ability of Carol Kaye and the ego of John Deacon. - In Hell the bass players have the image of John Deacon, The playing ability of Sid Vicious and the ego of Carol Kaye. Can anyone come up with a bass/musical version?

The guys at Coopersonic had their own naming system.......... it's a bit risque, so hidden in a spoiler window - so view at risk:

I only buy budget gear... so so it's a 'yes' from me!

looks like a fan fret taken one step further😃!

Not so much under-rated as completely erased from the bands history. Doug Yule - The Velvet Underground. He replaced John Cale, and supplied some cracking basslines.... but is never mentioned in VU history.

JJ Burnel on my left. Bruce Foxton on my right. We’re all watching Steve Hanley of the Fall. Would be good Bruce and JJ to see the greatest bass player, but safe in the knowledge that their brilliance paved the way for him.

I'm still getting to grips with playing ahead/behind the beat, but I heard this today and though maybe the drummer is playing the snare a bit behind the beat. Whatever , it has a great feel. So am I right, or do I need to go back to school ?

Does this just apply to a bass? I mean if you boost a bass guitar at 500Hz it will be perceived as 'honk' but if you did the same boost to a guitar it would not be perceived as 'honk'?

Maybe I've misunderstood the term 'honk' (when applied to a bass) all my life then. I always thought it described something like the envelope of the sound rather than a frequency - similar to how sometimes a guitar pick up or something is described (normally negatively) as having a 'quacking' sound.

Watching with interest. I normally make a song in a DAW, and then want to make a video for it. Is there any video editing tool which is 'sympathetic' to how music worksformat..... I'm thinking of something a bit like a DAW maybe, which recognizes that the song has beats, bars and sections and you can move an image or clip to 'snap to grid' to matched to beginning of bar etc? like a DAW does?

I think the thread was just intended as a bit of fun, and not intended to stand up to any scrutiny. To join in the fun just think of a bass player you think is quite good but who is widely regarded as very good...… then post their name on here. Joining in the fun is optional by the way.

In at the deep end is best for me, so I’ll give Space Ritual a go. Cheers for the tip.

I didn't watch it because not only did I think it would not ding my dong, I thought it might ding something I didn't want dinged .

Hawkwind are one of those bands who evaded me for may years, mainly due to my misconceptions about what they are like. But all the stuff I've heard from them I have really liked.... and from multiple eras too. They have a large back catalogue though, so not sure where to dip my toe further.

I think there are lots of people out there who don't know what a songwriter is either!

aha, got it. I would probably never need to do quite that, but I'd like to have a few percent of his ability so I could work out all stuff I do need to do!

I think the OP was just having a bit of light-hearted fun with how perceptions differ. which is a terrible thing to do and I hope they will one day see the error of their ways.