SteveXFR

Davie 504 has a lot to answer for

There's definitely a place for it and I think a few musicians have perfected using it sparingly. Billy Gould is the best example I can think of, he mainly uses slap just when his part is more percussion with a little tone rather than melodic. Tim Commerford uses slap very sparingly but for some reason, I've seen bassists cover his bass lines with slap start to finish and it sounds terrible.

Am I the only person who plays bass and generally hates slap? I think it can sound good when used sparingly (like Billy Gould or Tim Commerford) but I hate songs which are just slaps and pops all the way through. I really dislike songs which weren't slapped covered by a bassist who plays slap all the way through. I don't even like Primus. Am I on my own with this?

Is the pick guard made from tone plastic?

46 & 2 by Tool with Justin Chancellors on bas State of Non Return by Om with Al Cisneros on the electric bass guitar Tom Sawyer by Rush bass by Geddy Lee War Pigs by Black Sabbath. Geezer Butler on bass, the greatest man ever to pick up a bass.

Thanks. Might be worth getting a wiring kit made up to try it

I've got a old Peavey Zephyr which had a pair of 4 wire humbuckers. I've been told by someone that I could wire the wire a switch to switch between single coil and humbucker. Is that correct and what could I expect it to sound like as a single coil? Would it sound a bit crap or would I get a jazz bads type sound.

I like your idea. I could put the cab next to my old neighbours house. Revenge for his ultra loud tv and open windows every evening

They are a great band but I actually enjoyed their original stuff more than their Ramones covers.

High sales rarely mean good music. Just as Jedward, Spice Girls, Vanilla Ice and MC Hammer

My wife sends out several parcels a day with Hermes and not had a single problem. It probably helps that our local driver is pretty decent.

Paul McCartney and the Frog Chorus, by far his best known solo record. Nothing like the rest of his music. It was a pile of toss while the rest of his solo records were complete and utter toss.

Well I went for Stinkfist. Not too tricky at all. A couple odd rhythms but generally not difficult and really good to play. Schism next I think.

Im rebuilding my garage and intend to sound proof it. Trying to use as much reclaimed material as possible though and getting held up with the windows. It'll be good when finished My neighbours are part deaf but even with the super thick 1920's walls it still rattles their light fittings. They'll never complain but I don't like to push it.

I've just changed from a 1mm pick to 0.6mm Tortex. Im really liking the extra flex in it. I started out with a 3mm Dunlop stubby and keep going lighter.

I asked because I play in an original metal band and because we don't have a lot of material we're going to play a couple less well known covers by Eyehategod and Down but because we have only one guitar Im thinking we'll need to make some changes, I might play a mix of bass and rhythm parts

When learning covers do you try to copy the original exactly or do you sometimes simplify or change or add bits?

Not too recent then! I found them through a tutorial by Beholden To The Riff on YouTube. He usually specialises in doom metal but did a tutorial on this song.

I've been learning Peaches by Stranglers and the most difficult bit is remembering where the choruses come in. Each verse is a different length and there's no drum fill or lyrics as a cue for the chorus. The video is excellent though.

Not sure how recent it is but I only heard it for the first time a couple of weeks ago.

I absolutely love Killing Joke, right from their really early stuff up to their latest album. I think they've covered a few genres including punk, new wave, metal and industrial. I've never got on well with playing their bass lines, I think Youth's bass has always been very repetitive and mostly very simple. Very effective but not so much fun to play.

The theory should work but the volume doesn't quite fade out at minimum, it gets to a point then cuts out completely and that point is pretty loud with the gain cranked.

Tube preamp, solid state power amp

Is there anything i can put between my amp and cab to cut volume so I can run the amp load enough to sound good without deafening the neighbours?

I have the olderTerror Bass 500 without the clean switch. With the gain turned down it never really gets clean and it sounds a bit limp at lower gain settings. I believe the newer Terror bass is possible to get a good clean tone. Fortunately I play loads of punk and metal so it's great for me.