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I lean mine each in a different corner of the room.

That bassist and this drummer would form an awesome rhythm section.

It would be either A or F#m as A is the relative major of F#m. I would go along with F#.

You could approach from above which would lead smoothly in the direction of C#. Hence:

D(1)                                E(1)

D(1) A(5) F#(3)  F(Chr) E(1) 

The "F" being a chromatic note. The scale degree is in brackets. G(4) would probably be better on beat 2 rather than A(5) as it would sound smoother and it doesn't necessarily have to be a chord tone

14 hours ago, Baloney Balderdash said:

which incidentally happened to add up perfectly with the cost of the two small pieces of foam that was otherwise supposed to be attached underneath the pickups to make adjustment possible, and then just ordered them to be left out by the assumption that two crappy foam pieces couldn't possibly have any practical function anyway, and then when told: - "But those hold the pickups in place, are you sure about this?", replied: - "Well, then, just glue them in, much better solution anyway, and who are ever going to look under those..., was it peckhoofs you called them..., ...pigooze, ...right...,  anyway?".

 

I was told the pickups in their cheapest, progressive series I seem to recall, 6 string bass offering was like that too, when I revealed I was pondering on weather to buy one, I think actually here on this forum, which made me decide for a definite no purchase. 

It's easy to rectify with something like this

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/175354318755

45 minutes ago, chris_b said:

What does your Mezzo weigh? There is one on Amazon and they list it at 12lbs! That must be a printing error, surely.

Often what's being quoted is the weight including packaging.

8 hours ago, BillyBass said:

I've been a bassist for 4 years.  For the last two years I've been rehearsing regularly with a drummer and for most of that time we've been in a 4 piece with a guitarist and a few different singers.  The drummer and I were on the same page, both started playing at about the same time and our goal was to play live.  The guitarist doesn't practise much at home and often wings rehearsals, getting his phone out before songs to remind him how the song goes.  I regularly nag the guitarist to practise at home but it falls on deaf ears.  Our drummer just bailed.  I found a new drummer very quickly and we will audition him on Friday.  

 

I met the singer yesterday and she asked me to stop nagging the guitarist as this is a just bit of fun and I'm not making it pleasant for her.  She is used to flaky musicians and doesn't find the guitarist's behaviour to be out of order.

 

For me this isn't just fun though.  I take it very seriously, I practise at home constantly and in some ways, treat the band like I treat my business: if it is to be done it has to be done properly.

 

Am I being unrealistic?  Should I just be grateful I am in a band and not take it so seriously?

 

I've invested a lot of time in this band and walking away would be a big step but I don't seem to be on the same page as the guitarist and singer.

 

Any advice from you seasoned band members would be welcome.

 

 

 

 

It would be fine if his decision to be lax doesn't impact on anyone else, but it does. So I don't think you're being unrealistic.

You could buy cheap(about £13) 6 string sets such as the HQS from Harley Benton and then keep the B string in case you ever decide to make the switch to B-G.

I think it would only be likely with more than 10,000 hours of deliberate practice, but that's a loooooong time to maintain that level of hyper focus. 10,000 hours playing slap over and over wouldn't get me far with learning to play the bass.

Was looking for a 30inch SS with 38mm neck, and found the SIre U5 that I'm really pleased with. plays like a champ.

On 15/06/2022 at 09:05, fretmeister said:

Who makes good gig bags for shorties?

 

Any ideas?

Guitar bags will do fine and they're a lot more common and cheaper.

I find it useful to use these shapes for playing pentatonic. If someone is playing in C minor using the minor pentatonic scale (or C major using the major pentatonic, even though many people use them for either major or minor keys), then you can play the standard minor pentatonic shape outlined in purple when using C as the root. This is the same shape as the 6th degree of the major pentatonic scale.

Or you can play any of the other alternatives because they're all using exactly the same notes, but just starting on a different scale degree of the major/minor pentatonic scale:

---on the 3rd degree(E flat) of the minor pentatonic outlined here in magenta. This is the same shape as the 1st degree of the major pentatonic.

---on the 4th degree(F) of the minor pentatonic outlined here in yellow. This is the same shape as the 2nd degree of the major pentatonic.

---on the 5th degree(G) of the minor pentatonic outlined here in cyan. This is the same shape as the 3rd degree of the major pentatonic.

---on the 7th degree(B flat) of the minor pentatonic outlined here in green. This is the same shape as the 5th degree of the major pentatonic.

It's basically just making use of the modes to give some variety to solos/fills. Eg. the shape outlined in yellow is the dorian scale shape without the 3rd(ie 4th of the major pentatonic and 6th of the minor pentatonic) and 6th(7th of major and 2nd of minor).

I'm not a soloing guy, but i mess about when I'm jamming to drum loops for fun and hearing what riffs sound good.

Minor pentatonic 'family'

Major pentatonic 'family'

The same applies to the major and minor blues scale too. Just add the blue note(s) to each one. 

Sad news, wishing him well.

I've still got some signed CDs of his solo work from when I bought them on CDbaby in the early 2000s somewhere up the loft. I remember lots of doodles of cats and things on there.

The Beatles said that they were bigger than Jesus

According to the American Tinnitus Association, "Tinnitus may be the brain's way of filling in the missing sound frequencies it no longer receives from the auditory system"

https://www.ata.org/understanding-facts/causes

Another article which again mentions the above said that "tinnitus is the brain trying, but failing, to repair itself"

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/01/110112122504.htm

So if lower pitches are affected then our tinnitus sounds will be of a lower pitch. Same for higher pitches. 

I'm lucky in that most of the time it's background noise that I tune out. Sooner a cure/treatment is found the better especially for those much worse off than myself whose sleep is affected.

Chocolates. But they must be Cadbury's.

Perfect Ear is decent, and has self customisable exercises for modes and scales, sight reading, chord progressions, singing, pitch, and rhythm. Also allows 4, 5, 6 string bass sounds, although they're not very good. I think you can get it for both iOS and Android.

31 minutes ago, nekomatic said:

 

I'm sure Bluetooth is always 2.4 GHz. I think you're getting mixed up with Wifi.

Yes, you're right.

Whats the bluetooth frequency range, 5.8GHz or 2.4? The latter are much more susceptible to interruption.

For my needs I don't really see the point in having different coloured basses or wanting a jazz and a p and a rickenbacker and whatever, unless I was a collector. I prefer to have basses based on how many strings(4 to 6) they have for fretted, and 1 fretless. 

I think it's always practical to have one inexpensive backup.

There's a really talented and quirky jazz act called DOMi and JD Beck that have done many collaborations with Thundercat, including on their recent debut album.

Ask yourself if the bass in question was your one and only bass, would you be happy with only having that? If so, don't sell it.

Once I've sold something I rarely regret or ever give it a passing thought. 

The QC on all mass produced basses is likely to be the same irrespective of price, although many people may believe they're actually getting "better QC" for their money.

Must be a real bummer to pay all that money and still get a lemon.

I would be more likely to scoff at someone who has a Fender rather than a Squier. Their money I suppose.

Some rarely change their strings. Even with rounds a lot of people like the thuddy sound that comes close to flats. If you're happy with the sound then there's no reason to change. Not everyone likes the sound of new rounds.

I prefer instrumentals because I rarely listen to lyrics. I hear singing as being like an instrument, with dynamics and timbre and texture, similarly to how Clare Torry sang on Great gig in the sky. 

None at all.  Main priorities include price, weight, balance(no extreme neck dive). Looks and player associations are irrelevant.