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    Basschat Olympics

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    1 hour ago, stewblack said:

    I drove a 7 hour round trip to trade a bass in a motorway services. 

    Stopped, swapped, back onto the the motorway. 

    I doubt its a record though.. 

    I can beat the 7 hours round trip trade when I drove to do a trade with @Kev Glasgow to roughly Coventry I think it was a 12 hours round trip from what I remember. Totally worth it though, it started my love affair with Alphers. 

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    Let's talk about pitch correction.

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    1 hour ago, BassTool said:

    Well, since you ask..

    Cheating. Simple as.

    As a semi-pro 'singer/bassist' (been called a lot less) of 43+ years I have absolutely zero tolerance of it. I'd rather see people up there doing it live, whatever that entails. Mistakes, bum notes, warbles, chokes, whatever..

    That is what should be on show from any performer IMO, warts and all as we used to say..

    However, I've heard very reliable tales of entire vocals on DAT back in the day - in particular a very famous girl 'band' - with live mics dropped in to talk to the crowd etc simply because they were too bloody awful to do it live.

    I've heard from reliable sources that pitch correction/autotune is massive when playing to arena audiences paying big bucks to see perfection.

    In the past few years some MAJOR big bands doing huge stadium gigs have relied on PC/autotune live that I've heard about from guys behind the scenes - using some very expensive processing gear - but a paying audience member would never know, as long as they walk away happy, it's job done.

    On the local pub circuit (when it was running) I've seen solo artists with an acoustic  guitar using it - really? Can I suggest you try practising more? 🤨

    Maybe as well as being older, I'm also old fashioned - but personally, I give Pitch correction/Autotune a big NO.

    Perhaps I'm just a grumpy, older git 🙄

      

     

    Each to their own. 

    Has to be said I'm sure the person who came up with the cart for horses was not happy about the invention of the car. 

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    Let's talk about pitch correction.

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    Posted · Edited by Crawford13

    I have absolutely no issue with it at all.  It's just another tool to be used.  Many have said it already on this thread but if it is used to clean up a great vocal performance its a great tool.

    It's a little like distortion for guitar - didn't quite bend the note to where it should be, a little distortion will save the day.

    Same with chorus on a fretless, a little out on your intonation? Some chorus will save the day.

    Has anyone played bluegrass bass?

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    10 hours ago, Geek99 said:

    It’s not really a band, more a jam, I think and kids and a wreck house have prevented me playing with anyone or even at all to speak of,  for nearly four years . I don’t care if it’s simple stuff I can always add walking or beat 2 /4 occasionally 

    Great job getting back out on the scene!  When my son turned 2 and I hadn't played in a band for years, but playing and gigging again got me some of my identity back.  I didn't only have Dad and Work mode, there was actually a bit of me left.

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    NBD - Fretless Alpher Burn Burst

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    7 minutes ago, LeftyJ said:

    Wow, that looks incredibly clean! Are there any hidden controls, or is it just the pickup straight to the jack? 

    There is a 3 way switch in the control cavity, for spliting the coil, series & parallel.  The back plate is magnetic so its quick and easy to change.

    Told to buy new basses

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    3 minutes ago, bagsieblue said:

    I've had it in the past where the mix has been great in one part of a song in the verse - bass sounding fantastic.  Get to the chorus and the bass disappeared, complete loss of bottom end in the whole mix - I didnt change anything but the guitarists each stepped on whichever pedal it was for them at that part of the song and destroyed the overall mix.

    Yup this is super common, especially I have found in Drop D tuning. 

    Told to buy new basses

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    Just now, SteveXFR said:

    The Ibanez I have is tuned as a drop A# 4 string.  Its OK but pretty weak and the tone changes so much across the range of the instrument that it sounds like two different basses. 

    I've never tried fan frets. I'd be curious to try it but I wouldn't buy without trying. If I did, one of those headless Ibanez's would be a more reasonable price at around a grand

    I can see why they might suggest fanned fret for dropping that low. 

    But to be honest using heavier gauge strings and a nut cut to give a good set up you could easily tune to this with a 34" scale. 

    @Kevis your man to talk to about downtuned 4 strings. 

    Told to buy new basses

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    Pretty rich of the band to expect you to invest in an instrument with fanned frets not knowing if you enjoyed playing them or not. 

    The Sterling Ray5 is a great bass, I'm sure there is one in the marketplace just now for around £500.

    Im guessing is they are suggesting a Dingwall you are playing down tuned metal?  A compromise might be the fanned fret ibanez, lots of people have good things to say. 

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    Told to buy new basses

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    Most of my band members would much prefer if I showed up with a J or a P bass, and I get some good natured slagging for the "exotic" basses I use. To be fair to them I don't think they actually mind that much ad long as its in tune. 

    What on earth are they trying to get you to buy at £2.5K?

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    Spice Girls...Stop

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    53 minutes ago, Dad3353 said:

    Yes, I was only using the Classics as an example; there is a powerful catalogue of more contemporary music than that of Bach, up to and including modern day composers, in all genres. Maybe the term 'good' is subjective (and therefore pretty meaningless in these contexts...); could I suggest something with a bit more consistence, such as 'sincere', or 'deep', in opposition to stuff simply churned out for populist reasons..? These, and other, terms would also be subjective, I'm aware, but how, then would you, yourself, distinguish music as 'audible wallpaper' to that with a more profound impact (if, indeed, you would...)..? I see a difference in trashy magazine articles and journalism, holiday beach 'eau-de-rose' novels and literature, 'dog-turd' sculpture and fine statues. I personally don't hold with the 'everything can be art' school (yes, I'm old...), and music, in its broadest sense, is, to me, distinguishable between absolute dross and pure magic. There is an infinite range between, but, in the end, dross is dross; a silk purse is far more likely to come from a silk purse maker than a butcher with a bucket full of pig's ears. I certainly don't give much weight to the 'newness' or originality' in and of itself. New rubbish is rubbish just the same (as is and was old rubbish, and there's a heck of a lot of that, too. Offenbach, anyone..?) 

    I understand where you are coming from, however I don't think a piece of music has to have a universally profound impact to be sincere.

    Just because pop artists singing songs for a certain target audience doesn't float your boat doesn't mean it can't be considered sincere by that target audience. 

    I guess punk & nu metal genres would be a perfect example of this from different generations. Music aimed at the teenagers of their time, and greatly received by their target audience, which still love this genre decades on. 

    Pop music just has a different demographic, but it's no less valid. My example here would be the response to the recent passing of Les  from the Bay City Rollers. By no means music that is profound in any way but it clearly meant a lot to many people. 

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    Spice Girls...Stop

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    3 minutes ago, Dad3353 said:

    Self-defeating, I'd say, if the premise is that 'music has to change'. Music created with that in mind is, by its own yardstick, doomed to a short lifespan, to be replaced by its commercially-driven 'spin of the day'. It's done quite deliberately, and even cynically, with the firm intention of renewing the revenue on a daily basis. Good Music does not have, nor need, this driver. OK, it will always be, by this same token, less mainstream, and with a lower visibility, but, to me, 'Good' can be less subjective than is being implied. The term itself 'Pop' (ie: popular...) gives it, almost automatically, its ephemeral nature, in the commercial culture it's spawned in. Its 'absolute' merit lies solely there, I suggest. :|

    I understand where you are coming from and agree with you that in general that it’s natural pop music is ephemeral. However I stick to my belief that music does need to change and evolve as we can’t just continue to repackage Bach.

    However I will stick to my guns that when describing music / art “good” is entirely subjective.  

     

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    Spice Girls...Stop

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    16 minutes ago, Dad3353 said:

    It's done OK by Schubert and his chums so far. 'Evolve' isn't always 'Good'. We'll see how much Spice Girls stuff is being played in a couple of centuries or so. Schubert and his chums probably will be. ;)

    Again its still subjective. 

    There is a classical music community that keeps the music of 200+ years ago relevant. 

    If we had the same sort of communities / Learning institutions etc focusing on pop music, Im sure we would have a different perspective. 

    Spice Girls...Stop

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    9 hours ago, bubinga5 said:

    Pop isn't what it used to be, but that's a whole other rabbit hole. Vid for reference 😎

     

    Of course it isn't what it used to be, music has to move on and evolve. We can't have the same music year after year. 

    Whether you like it or not is subjective. 

    The truth is no one persons opinion is anymore valid than anyone else's. 

    Including my own opinion so disregard this comment if you feel the need. 

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