SteveXFR

So I didn't imagine it!

Are there any rock bands with two basses? I'm sure there was one back in the 90's, possibly Neds Atomic Dustbin or Carter USM

Thanks. If it takes years then that's what it takes. At the moment I spend the first 15 minutes playing a simple riff to a metronome (Iron Man this evening) and then bash out some fun tunes for half an hour then half an hour to an hour working on whatever song I'm learning.

That reference is going back a few years now!

Fake your own death

Thanks. We've got a really good drummer. I'm very aware that I'm the weak link in the band which is why I'm making a big effort to improve. I did try Scott's bass lessons but gave up because I didn't enjoy it. None of the practice pieces were anything I enjoyed playing so it became a chore.

I need to improve my ability to play riffs with a normal mix of different length notes accurately to a beat.

Jimmy Page walks his dog where I take mine and I see him quite often, looking as far from rock and roll as is possible. There are people who would pick up his dogs turds for the provenance. I'm sure I've seen people eyeing them up. I'm sure some of them would pay tens of thousands to buy his tatty old Honda as well.

I really need to work on my timing. Are there any good exercises to help my playing get super tight?

I bet he knows every single Levellers bass line

I thought the whole point of brexit was to leave eurovision. The people voted leave. Out means out. It's the will of the people. No deal is better than a euro pop deal etc etc. Let's be honest, Britain could dig up Lennon and Harrison, bring them back to life and they could write the best ever Beatles song and Britain would still come last.

Does it have the same pickups as the Thunderbird vintage pro?

Not sure what it is really. Just not finding the aesthetic to my taste

I liked them when I first saw them. Now I really don't like them.

A competent bassist with a mask that looks like me.

Does a effects loop bypass the preamp?

Would that cause any issues having three preamps in my signal chain? There would be one in the bass, one on my pedal board and one in my amp

Miss seem to be coming back in to fashion in metal! The darkglass tone capsule doesn't seem to take out the mids. I've seen videos of people using them for all styles of music. We play metal but more of a blues based stoner metal (we aren't stoners) so the bass is quite forward in the mix. No drum solos yet but some of his fills are pretty huge.

I'm going to get a 5 string Sterling Stingray and darkglass tone capsule. A compromise we're all happy with.

Someone suggested to me getting a SUB ray 5 and fitting a Darkglass tone capsule. It seems like an interesting idea. Any thoughts on this?

The Sterling Stingrays have Alnico pickups.

It'll be my only 5 string but it'll only really be used for band stuff and it's all original music so I don't need to try to sound like anyone else. Maybe I need to go in to PMT and try both options.

Nope. Once the Asian sounding banjo type thing started I just couldn't listen any more.

Thanks dude. I'm thinking I'll probably go for the single pickup if the double sounds quite different. I'm playing metal so I'm wanting a punchy tone and decent clarity on the B string, which is something all Stingray models seem to have, even the SUB ray model.

I'm thinking about buying a 5 string Musicman Sterling 5. What I can't decide is whether to get the single or double humbucker version. Does the double version sound the same as the single version when you switch it to bridge pickup only? There's also a two or three band eq option. Is there any downside to the 3 band?