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    Playing in Church.

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    Posted

    I'm a Christian and have played about 500 services over the years on bass and drums.  I have a lot to say but perhaps after your first service report back and I might be able to give you more tailored advice.  Smile and enjoy.

    Peace

    Davo

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    Roland td12

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    I've tried this to no avail.  Are you trying to record each drum/cymbal to separate channels?  If so, I never managed to do this.

    Good luck, I've got to confess I gave up.  There are several responses to this question online via google have you exhausted these?

    Peace

    Davo

    Precision with Rounds ...

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    Gentlebassfolk

    I feel left out from the general love-in going on in the Precision and Flats thread.  I didn't want to distract with any negativity in that thread as I'm not a big fan of flats.  So I thought it would be more appropriate to start (a rival) thread focussing on rounds.  I have 2 Precisions; one with rounds and one with flats.  They happen to be '64 and '66 Precisions but don't let that distract you.  The tone and feel you get with rounds gives me great pleasure especially when you dig in and get some bark and heft coming back.  

    I am a great fan of DR Sunbeams 40-100 bass strings, which are nickel.  To me, the flexibility of the string being low tension is what I love about these strings.  Being nickel, they sound great straight away ie not too much clang, and decay in tone much slower than stainless steel in my humble opinion.  But ultimately it's the feel along with the '64 P neck that gets me excited every time I pick it up.

    I also find with nickels that I can use them in any genre e.g. Jazz, worship, rock and use the tone control according to acoustics etc.  I get a lot of positive responses - particularly in church.  One young lad asked me once: since I could play, shouldn't I get myself a new bass!  I think he was a bit affronted by my LOL.

    Anyways, tell me about your love affair with rounds on your P?

    Peace

    Davo

     

     

    Band or not?

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    I struggle to find a band and I'm a very experienced bassist - there again compared to you I'm ancient.  I play a lot (a lot) in my local church and that may or may not be an option to you depending obvs on your faith.  However, it is an excellent and very frequent opportunity to play.  There may be open mic sessions near you that, and, whilst a bit scary, could be an option for you.  

    Whilst I enjoy practice, the bass is an accompanying instrument as is drums, so not playing in some sort of group is essentially missing out on the raison d'etre of the instrument.  

    A tip could be to hook up with a like-minded similar-aged drummer and go from there.

    Peace

    Davo

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    Jaco Pastorius

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    I remember listening to listening to WR (Heavy Weather) from a cassette given to me by a school friend in 1978.  I had been playing bass for a year and the album knocked me sideways.  The effect was absolute.  I couldn't get over the phrasing and involvement of the bass as an equal instrument to keys and sax.  In contrast to Chris b, I only own Joni's Jaco albums.  I don't think of him as overplaying at all.  These are great albums.

    There are musicians that overplay and I agree that it's annoying.  I too hate the ... it's the bassists turn or drummers turn for a 16 bar solo ... part of jazz.  But the uniqueness of WR is there are no solos, just music. 

    That's not me being clever or intellectual - that's what I feel.

    Lastly, I cannot stand Brad Mehldau's drummer.  Don't get it.  I'll never get it.  I've been accused of "not getting it" online even though I've played and listened to Jazz for 50 years.  Mentioning no names, the drummer in question changes the beat every bar and just hits lots of stuff regardless of whether it's an uptempo, mid tempo, slow, melodic, dischordant song.  The one constant in his playing is zero repetition.  It's like having a mosquito in the room.  A constant irritant.

    Peace

    Davo

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    Venue moan

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    You are wise not to involve the bride and groom.  you could turn up an hour    early and lean on the venue organisers to set-up earlier.  It may be that the room is in use prior to the gig, in which case there are few options.

    Get the guitarist to practice setting up at home!  It's the drummer I feel sorry for.

    Peace

    Davo

    signature basses

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    I have one, which is an immaculate MIJ Jaco signature bass.  I've had the fingerboard epoxy coated in America and replaced the Jazz control knobs with Precision ones.  What I really don't understand is if you are going to do a tribute or replica bass, the very minimum Fender should be doing is getting the specs right!  They just don't.  Moaning aside, if you want the Jaco sound in the UK the chances are this is the only fretless Jazz you're likely to see.  My Denmark Street insider shipped an MIA and MIJ Jaco for me to try.  I preferred and bought the MIJ.

    The neck is amazing and the bass creates that Jaco sound so this is one of those replicas/tributes that makes sense to me.  A Roger Waters bass is a straight black Precision with maple neck.  That I don't understand, but equally well, I wouldn't criticise those that buy them.

    Peace

    Davo

     

     

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