bumfrog

not sad, but the deaths of elliot smith and matthew jay shocked me.

[quote name='obi 2 kenobi' post='692238' date='Dec 23 2009, 12:12 PM']These bands appeared around the same time in the mid 80s or so and were all kind of early pioneers of funk metal punk combos with Bad Brains possibly the first in this genre. RHCP really exploded on scene in '91 with BSSM leaving the other bands well behind. Is it because their songs were 'better' or is there another reason ?[/quote] imho it's because bssm was a fantastic album, helped no end by under the bridge, which pretty much gave them a massive limelight. The other bands didn't really have a similar song that had such a wide appeal.

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one of them honer steinberger copies, or a nice bass collection bass

use whatever you need and what sounds good. Anybody who says the one is "better" than the other in that respect is just being a snob and can kiss my ring

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[quote name='51m0n' post='652355' date='Nov 12 2009, 10:20 AM']I wonder if some of you (those mentioning watching him change the tuning being an issue) actually understand what he is doing and why? If you just listen to the musicality and dont worry about exactly what he is doing to achieve it then decide you dont like it I can completely accept that. But the fact is you cant play his stuff (whoever you are, Janeck,Tony, Vic or Bob Monkhouse) without changing the tuning on a 4 string bass. Thats the point of the bass he has, it allows him to produce music that is physically impossible to play on a normal bass. If you want to hear his soloing on a standard instrument in a group conttext, look for it, he is every bit the equal of any other player mentioned in that regard too. After all he was the Wyndham Hill label's in house session bassist for years, he might be rather good then.... Those of you saying it doesnt apply to you, well in that case neither does any music that you arent directly involved in stylistically or any instrument not used in a context you would normal play in. Dont ever listen to anything but that one style, you could learn somethig new, cant have that can we. No doubt I'm wasting my time saying all this, there are people who will discount his playing on the strength of his technical approach to achieving his compositional ideas on the instrumetn, or the fact that he plays a 3 octave fretless, or that he wears the wrong jeans, or that his instrument enables tuning changes on the fly, or that he makes use of eBows, or that he has a big nose (really). All that this does is make you all sound ridiculous though. Listen to how close minded and absurd the comments are. Clearly the man is a virtuoso performer. Clearly he is pushing boundaries in his solo work. If any of you who bothered to comment on his music and use of his instruments capapbilities had bothered to check his playing out in other scenarios you would know he is absolutely the real deal as a composer and (more importantly to a lot of you) a straight ahead bassist too in more standard bass situations. If any one of you can compose anything as beautiful as Selene (on any instrument at all) and has had some success with it, and is merely comenting on his composition then really I have no issue with you at all. But for all those who are complaining about how he achieves his own personal musical vision, please go back to the playground.[/quote] so because we don't like something you're willing to call us closed minded and absurd??? It's called an opinion and other people have different ones to you. Is it really that hard to accept? I can totally accept that this floats peoples boats and that's cool. But you sound like a preacher trying to convert people and you're coming off as quite frankly rude, eliteist and standing on a high horse that we can't hear you from because it's sooooo high.

as technically impressive as it is, doesn't do anything for me and I just want to tell him to leave his fecking tuning pegs alone for more than a few seconds.

[quote name='Wil' post='650501' date='Nov 10 2009, 11:46 AM']I use an all natural herbal remedy with pain killing properties to relieve any aches I might have after a tough practice. The only downside is it really gives you the munchies.[/quote] big fat chronic blunt by the sounds of things

usually you'll find that aches and pains and stuff are because you're not standing correctly, or your bass is looking cool (ie slung low) which is no bloody good for your wellbeing. Doing stuff like pilates/alexander technique will help improve all types of things, but it can be hard to get out of bad habits. When I rehearse I always make sure that my bass is usually higher than if playing live, because it's more comfortable.

think it happens to us all to be honest. I go through phases like that. One of the things that I found helped, was actually to put the bass down for a week or two, then come back to it.

thanks for the advice. I was looking at one of them markbass lm2's, starting to gas now.... grrrr I don't mind getting another cab for bigger gigs, but I'm just not 100% happy with the smaller set up, hence me wondering about a change in head. Will look in to the parametric eq, thanks for the heads up.

Hallo Need some help and to be pointed in the right direction.... At the moment I'm running an Ashdown Superfly with an ashdown mag 2x10 (couldn't afford the superfly cab at the time). Bass currently has jazz aero pups in it. All passive. Whilst it's ok for rehearsing and small gigs, I'm seemingly having problems getting a sweet sound out of it that I'm truly happy with. I've got a zoom b2 which I sometimes use to give it a bit of ooph, but am looking to maybe just get the amp situation sorted out. I'm currently in 3 bands, so it's needs to be quite versatile, but not massively so. Most of the stuff I play is funk/soul but need to go from the smooth jazz style sound to fleaesque kick. Not looking for a stack as I can't be bothered with lugging it about. So, I know it sounds a bit vague, but if anybody can start pointing me in the right direction I would be most appreciative

[quote name='phil_the_bassist' post='639134' date='Oct 28 2009, 03:15 PM']just looked at some of those guitar holders....fecking hell are they expensive!! The backpack straps are [i]slightly[/i] better than a standard strap, but still screw me up. I'll probably try to adapt some drum hardware to hold my bass, or something [/quote] you don't seem keen on the chair idea. Just wondering why not, it's the perfect solution really and wouldn't cost much.

well the bass player from the flaming lips plays a lot of gigs sitting down, so really, don't sweat it, just take a chair and sod everybody

[quote name='Zach' post='637520' date='Oct 27 2009, 12:29 AM']i noticed today that after playing for about half an hour there was a slightly funny smell, and inside i can see a very tiny orange glow. I'm guessing this is bad, would removing the casing help in any way? Edit: should I make this a separate thread in the technical issues section?[/quote] the orange glow is normal afaik. Happens in mine.

depends on how hard the music is that I'm playing. Sometimes it would be suicide not to stare at the neck, but from an audience pov, it's better if you can look out instead of looking all moody and introspective on stage.

yeh, walk away. give them the reasons why, but you're just going to get more and more frustrated as time goes on. Having a similar problem with one of my bands at the moment. Lots of talk, not much do, and lots of chickening out. So I started another band at the same time Oh yeh!

[quote name='chris_b' post='611700' date='Sep 29 2009, 10:26 AM']So you want to play bass? That's good, but PUT YOUR PLECTRUM AWAY!![/quote] Plenty of decent bands out there with bassists who use plectrums ;p

get a lighter bass? Always a good excuse

don't do it! I gave up playing, well as in had a strum every few months, for about 2 years, and then when I came back to it I was more frustrated that I couldn't play what I used to, then got saddened at how much better I could have been if I'd stuck at it. You can add me to the list of people who couldn't even pass grade one theory I think also, once you have that buzz off a gig, you'll never want to leave As for the equipment, I'd say keep the instruments, as those are the things you'll regret the most if you ever got rid. As for the amps, get rid if you're not using, and get something you can use properly in the environment you need it for. Unless you've got a ultra rare vintage amp, chances are you're going to be able to pick up the same or something better further down the line. The wood however.... As for bands, I've always like to take the approach of going out for a drink with a new member or a new band before we've even played together, because if I can't get on with socially, then I don't see much point because I love doing a gig, then getting drunk with the band and having a great time. Plus I want to be enthused about playing music with those people, not dreading it or not looking forward to it. Good luck!

Sometimes I'll play my friends left handed guitar, but in a right handed fashion. It's good as it gives me a different perspective on riffs and tunes, because you're doing things you wouldn't normally do, so the strumming sounds different and I end up playing things I may never have played in my standard fashion. However, as people have said, trying to play it left handed, it does feel as though I've just started playing from scratch. Either way, go for it and give it a try, can't hurt

jam nights?

[quote name='WHUFC BASS' post='588357' date='Sep 3 2009, 10:11 AM'][b]A HA ![/b] [/quote] awesome Mainly because our young guitarist didn't know who andy partridge was at first and thought we had said alan partridge cheers skankdelvar, I still can't believe he's happy to mix them given I'm such a big fan of his