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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...

5 minutes ago, Al Krow said:

Sounds like I've had a narrow escape then! Not really noticed any significant neck dive on my SR1825, but that's maybe cos it's using a different wood combination to last year's 1805 model?Either that or it's down to the wide strap I'm using due to my less than perfect shoulder!

As you say it's then a beautifully crafted bass and sounds amazing thanks to the Nordstrand big singles. 

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...

1 hour ago, chris_b said:

You guys can come up with as many ways to get around developing a good technique as you like, but the best and most effective way of playing is to learn to do it properly. In the end bad habits slow you down, and unlearning bad habits is a pain! I don't know who is being held up as a top player, but all the top players I see are generally using effective and flexible techniques.

If we are using driving analogies, my Dad always told me, when I was learning to drive, that you learn to do something properly first, then you adapt it.

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.

1 hour ago, Bassislife16 said:

Lucky the Alphers DONT have that issue eh

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...

2 minutes ago, Angelus said:

I’ve got 20 songs for a panto I’m doing at the start of March, everything from Justin Timberlake to There’s no business like show business and 20 songs for a new band I’m rehersing with ( hopefully a gig or two after the panto ). Actually, go your own way is on both lists, so not that bad. 

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.

2 hours ago, 6feet7 said:

Sweet Caroline and Footloose (Please don't have a go at me. I'm in a function band - which I think says it all)

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?

1 hour ago, lee650 said:

Aww have you withdrawn the Frantabit then? 😁

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!

6 hours ago, Al Krow said:

The three pedals I'm pleasantly surprised that the Stomp has managed to effectively replace are the:

- Frantabit, Octamizer and Cali (the rest are less of a surprise). 

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.

Just switched from:

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1 hour ago, CameronJ said:

If you only need to power those two then you could do it off a One Spot. A couple of adapters would be needed to get to the correct barrel size for the Stomp though.

Just a regular one spot?

Has anyone come up with a way to power their HX Stomp & Morningstar MC6 using just one plug?

Dan, bought a pedal from me. Super fast payment and good communication. Total gent all round. Deal with confidence!

1 hour ago, Jono Bolton said:

Biffy Clyro.

I was waiting for someone to say this... Blackened Sky was a great album, i think it was all down hill from there.