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I loved that challenge when I joined my current band! It really got my transcribing chops together. Before when transcribing if I was stuck I would find the dots or the tabs, but having no where to turn for answers it really helped my ear!

Thanks man I appreciate it, I will go with my other plan to run the helix through the effects return of my amp.

Sounds like an awesome gig! Have fun!

Not sure about short scale, but if you look on amazon you can get a 5 string set EADGC of Warwick reds for £9, so could be worth a shot.

Ultranova for £200 is a great deal. The last keys player I was in a band with has every synth you can imagine and it was the Ultranova he recommended I get as my first synth.

I am going to start using my helix for gigging. I have seen an active EBS cab that I’m interested in. But here is my question, a lot of the gigs I do in Glasgow the venue expects bands to share just 1 bass amp. Can I use the active cab for my helix. Then provide an amp for the other bands, and use the active cab passively without power?

I would say it also depends on the genre of music, and expectations of the band. I have seen a lot of rants from metal bands where clearly guitar players are frustrated that they can’t find someone who can come in and just double guitar parts on bass for trash metal at 200bpm...

This one would have been a 2013 or 2014, I think it had a thin mahogany body (I could be wrong). It was pretty light. So it could just be down to the body wood mate. Lovely bass just not for me...

From my point of view I wasn’t try to give advice to develop bad techniques, I was talking about using a different technique which most bass players adopt by necessity. I feel that one finger per fret is a guitar technique that has been transferred to bass, and due to a significant difference in scale length is not appropriate for many people. So recommending that people try a different technique is not bad advice in my opinion.

Sounds like sarcasm? My Mako 5 has excellent balance.

There are certain things that you could busk as long as you are in the pocket. But certain lines people would definitely expect to hear eg Chameleon...

Sounds like a good workout. A bit of fleetwood mac is always a good thing!

The only bass I have ever bought then let go because I really didn’t get on with was an Ibanez SR1805. I really didn’t like how much neck dive it had, and I didn’t gel with the neck. It was really a shame because it was a beautifully crafted bass and it sounded amazing thanks to the Nordstrand pups in it!

Lots of good advice here. Don’t force yourself to use 1 finger per fret if it’s not under your fingers. For the most part I use fingers 1 & 4 to cover the distance of 3 frets (especially in the first 5 frets) when playing lines. I do use 1 finger per fret when practicing chromatic scales. But that’s probably when I use it most, and that’s also what I believe will help stretch you hands if you want to use the 1 finger per fret approach.

Footloose is a great bass line I absolutely love playing it!

In the vain of the what are you listening to thread, what are we all learning / working on right now? I’m looking for some inspiration?

Yeah, thanks for reminding me I actually need to update the ad.

Yeah that’s the neck blank buddy, it’s roasted Birdseye maple.

I thought I was going to be able to contain myself about this build, but the more pictures Chris sends me the more excited I am getting I can’t wait to get my hands on this thing! I cant recommend Alpher highly enough, anyone looking for a world class instrument should really give them a shout!

I’m not a great drummer but I can play enough to busk it. I think it definitely helps with playing bass. Several bass players talk about being drummers helping their bass playing Duff McKegan comes to mind. Also I read the other day that Joe Dart thinks of himself as a drummer.

I definitely recommend people to check out Oysterhead. Copeland, Les Claypool & Trey Anstario (very sure I have spelled his name wrong, the guitarist from phish) what a great power trio!

Full disclosure, I am happy with the LA comp, but it’s not as transparent as the Cali76. I have also kept the Frantabit and an OC2 for any electronic / dub gigs as I haven’t quite got the stomp to go into that territory yet, but for the average function band gig I think I will get away with the octave sounds on the stomp. My biggest issue with the mini rig is powering it. CameronJ has suggested the one spot with some adaptors so I will give that a try.

Seeing far too many of these stolen posts recently... Hope you get your bass back mate! Some pics will help dude.

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Just a regular one spot?