Faithless

God, my mistake there.. It's been a while since I last checked his gear in website, and, those names are quite familiar, aren't they... here it is: [url="http://www.christianmcbride.com/gear.html"]http://www.christianmcbride.com/gear.html[/url] Faith

Heavy sh1t, bubinga.. I just love Christian - saw him about a year ago with McLaughin and Korea - he was bangin' his black fretted Pedulla 5 - beasty thing, and there was some beasty groove... Monster player.

Any thoughts on this, chaps?

So, a little red power indicator (lamp) on my brand new EBS Drome gone quiet.. I've noticed a problem with it a while ago, when, it faded for some time, but, became once again OK after few minutes.. Now, during the last gig, it went totally 'quiet'.. It's no big deal, but, that indicator is useful thing just to know, if amp's turned on, so, I'd like to get it fixed.. Is there any big problem about it? And, why could it die? Just to remind you, amp\'s brand new, I have it only for a few months.. Cheers, Faith..

[quote name='silddx' post='542746' date='Jul 17 2009, 01:19 AM']I started playing arpeggio lines to match vocal rhythms, I get a great kick out of it and boy, does it support the vocal - and it's a good playing challenge. I'm so enjoying playing at the moment [/quote] Sounds interesting, matey - is there any chance, you post some vid showing this in Youtube? Cheers, Faith.

Dunno about the album, but I wasn't that fascinated with Youtube vid, have to admit.. Is it a law to start every slap-tutor vid with a pile of trrrrrrriplets?

Classic, as always, Bilbo, cheers! Yup, I've got B-I-B, I'll try to get somethin' outta it. I've got one serie of Abersold playalongs, but it's Bob Cranshaw on bass, so it's not the best variant for a beginner..

I didn't want to make another thread, as I've done so not that long ago, so.. Question for you, jazzers, maybe silly-one, but, anyway.. How do you practice [i]those [/i]jazz standarts? I mean, with all rock/pop/funk stuff everything's clear - here's the exact tune, you nail it, and that's the trick.. But, jazzy standarts - there are A LOT of versions of an each tune, right.. Different bands and stuff.. So, how do you 'choose' the best one (tune), and, even more important, [i]where [/i]do you look for 'em to practice to? I have a bunch of standarts (notations), that I'd like to practice to (blues mainly), but I don't know, where to look tunes for.. Other thing is, I wouldn't like to play on a tune, where bassline [i]already [/i]is - how do you solve that? I mean, jazzy lines are improvised, so, when you don't want to meet an existing bassline in a recording, maybe you use [i]basseless [/i]versions of jazzy tunes? Yours faithfully, Faith..

So, guys, Last night we've done a booked cover-gig in bikers' club festival, and a baaaaad thing happened.. During a break between sets there were some little shows/contests/strip sh1t, and during one a few assholes managed to bedabble two champagne bottles on the scene, and, [b]OF COURSE[/b], on our instruments.. My beloved Ibby's fingerboard was [i]fairly [/i]wet in some places, and drummer's bass drum was too, not to mention guitards' stuff.. I thought, I'd kill those assh*les The bad thing I was quite a bit away from scene, when the sh1t was happening, but my bandmates didn't spot it also, during the 'action'..... The question is simple - is such sort of crap, like champagne very bad for bass fingerboard? Not to forget, I've cleaned fingerboard, just when I saw it, but, whatever.. It costed me about 800 quid, so, you know the [i]thing[/i].. F*ck, I'm so pissed... Now, goin' to give a wash to my gear.. (EBS, Line6 XT Live, two Ibbies... omfg)

But that was posted not that long ago.. We need some fresh meat!

Heard, they're very serious ones.. Expensive as hell, but, compared to the quality, I think, it's worth a go.. A friend of mine has bassy AER, and he only prefers high-class stuff, but, damn, I can't ask for his thoughts about it at the moment.. Not much help there, tho, Faith..

Now I know all results.. 29 chaps done it, 7 were better than me, 1 chap got the same as me.. It's not that bad now, but I'm still not sure, if I'll get [i]the [/i] non-paid place..

So, I've just got to know my exam results.. I've got 55% at all.. Can't say I'm very happy, as I won't get a lot bonus from other subjects, but, on the other hand, I don't know, how other chaps done with it.. But I'm a bit pissed now. I thought, I've done a bit better.. Faith.

[quote name='waynepunkdude' post='535736' date='Jul 8 2009, 05:07 PM']SX FTW!!! [/quote] It was asked not to list cheapo copies, below-Squier ones..

That's some great advice out there, chaps! Keep it comin'! Cheers, Faith.

I didn't like it, when I tried... Not user-friendly at all, imho... but, HEY, chaps, c'mon, [b]give [/b]me some thoughts on this..

Doesn't he play Alleva Coppollo basses?

Any ideas, chaps?

Use a programme, that lets you to 'hook up' the bassline one or even two octaves - it will be nuts to hear bass then, actually, all, you'll hear, will be the bass, practically.. And, yup, sing it, when you hear it..

I'm doing Stevie Wonder's - I Was Made To Lover Her, Jamerson's bassline.. Ok, I was preparing for my exams a lot, but, damn, I can't get to full song's speed for a good month now! Damn that Jamerson..

I'm afraid, I don't have it..

Wattabout uploading - it's very simple - just log on Youtube, and click 'Upload' - that's the whole trick... And you can upload files even up to 2gb now! Otherwise, you can always change your vids' format, into 'smaller', but not that 'detailed' one Hope, this helps, Faith. P.S. I'm thinking of putting this whole question to Geneneral Discussion, as no-one seems to be interested here..

Anyone?

So, I'm quite interested in making an active Youtube music vids' channel, doing playalongs and stuff, but.. I'm not sure what [b]tools [/b]I need for making a decent [i]sounding[/i]/[i]looking [/i]video, so, I thought, you, guys, could give some advice over there.. First of all, it's clear, that I need web camera, right? Then, recording device - I've got Line6 POD XT Live, so as I assume, it also works as a sound-card in computer, right? What else do I need here? Secondly, I'm not sure, how to do all the work - Ped advised me to [i]do [/i]the video part, but cut the audio track out, and record other one separately, and put video and audio stuff together.. Got it? I've tried it this way, but I've struggled to find a decent programme, that could do a job - to put audio and video together.. In other words, I'm not sure, how [i]making-a-good-sounding-video[/i] process works So, I'm waiting for your advices over there.. Sorry, if this wasn't very clear, Just let me know it, All the best, Faith.

Yaaaay, my exam is over - one of the tutors (that belonged to examinators) just told me, that I've made all parts, so I'm just waiting for exact results, just to make sure, I get a unpaid place in college.. To remind you, I've played whole Jaco's Teen Town (with a few solo pieces in the second part..) and Jaco's Amerika - latter one went damn well, Teen was a bit weaker in few places, but, at least, committee didn't ask me to skip songs (as they have done so with a [i]lotta [/i]candidates..) Then I've played a couple of scales, played one jazzy-blues bar from sheet, and that's it I think, they were quite pleased with my (poor? ok ok..) bass-knowledge Just wanted to share it, I'll tell you, how it goes Faith.