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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.

Would something like this be suitable for use with headphones? You don't say if other people need to hear what you play, but if it's just you then it's small enough to slip in your pocket.

https://www.thomann.de/gb/palmer_pocket_amp_bass.htm

48 minutes ago, OliverBlackman said:

It’s much better to learn the floating thumb technique for muting than relying on a rest. 

This. 

Anchoring the thumb is not just bad for muting it's not best for the wrist either, and may eventually send you to the carpal tunnel doctor. 

Keep those wrists straight guys.

I like virtually everything from classical to jazz to hiphop to pop to country. But there are exceptions.

-metal is as pretentious as prog rock is, being complex for the sake of being complex with a host of talented players wasting their talents. 
-the Beatles would not have been anything without George Martin. 

-bass solos that fit in as many notes as possible are like slap. Neither are musical to my ears, but more about ego and showmanship.

-Fender are an overpriced brand name that know that they can churn out overpriced half decent basses and people will still buy them. In most industries you get your brand names that become lazy, and Fender are just one example.
-the bass is the most important instrument in a standard 4 piece band IMO. 

From what I've seen/heard the more solid(structurally dense) the wood the less the wood has an effect on the tone. The effect of wood on tone is therefore more pronounced on acoustics and soft woods, but for most solid body electric basses the impact on tone is likely to be minimal.

From my purchasing perspective, the only impact of the wood is how light weight it is and the resulting balance of the bass.

I'm somewhat looking forward to this. Bad timing that the drummer passed away a few weeks ago though.

Pickups

5 hours ago, gunnermoog said:

Sorry if this has been asked before but are the ergonomics of Fan fret/Multi Scale easier on the fingers and wrist than traditional basses?

 

Most FFs seem to be 35+ inch scale so mine is not the most ergonomic on the wrists. I would much sooner have 34 inch parallel frets.

Sexy black.

Well a fretless shouldn't have to be the one bass that does everything. Perhaps that's how you're looking at it? I see the fretless as filling a niche, in the same way that a 6 string or short scale fills a niche application. I see them as tools for the job rather than one bass being perfect for everything.

If you try to think of it in that way, it may reignite your affection for it because you're not expecting as much from it.