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    Gedo bass ordered!

    in EUB and Double Bass

    Posted

    I've been lurking round these 'help! First double bass!" threads for a while, and suddenly find myself in the position of being offered a job as a db player but owning only eub.

    Pete, like yourself I've been playing bg for years, recently got into eub. I wonder if we could meet up so I can pick your brains, compare notes about the journey and maybe have a play of your Gedo? Does that sound a bit cheeky? Gedo does seem like a reliable bargain, I've seen 2nd hand instruments for around that price or less but I don't feel competent to know what I'm looking for. And I can't really afford to make an expensive mistake, this bass is going to have to pay for itself!

    All advice gratefully received. I'm in Cambridge by the way.

    Cheers!

    The Most Beautiful Bass ever, EVER!

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Billyapple's Thunderbird is still winning for me, for the reasons he states.

    Also love this Precision, and how it sounds:
    http://www.google.com/search?client=ms-android-htc&source=android-home&site=webhp&source=hp&ei=zH59UcS1C4LH0QWf_oCoDg&q=martyn+casey&oq=martyn+casey&gs_l=mobile-gws-hp.12..0l2j0i22i30l3.11753.19991.0.21214.15.12.0.3.3.0.188.1795.0j12.12.0...0.0...1c.1.11.mobile-gws-hp.8-EcmtrgBD8#miuv=1

    Songs which are harder than you expected

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1366827295' post='2057826']
    I learnt 'Canned Heat' by Jamiroquai for an audition, which challenged me a little. Nailed it, though.
    Then the audition got cancelled, so I needn't have bothered. I'm not a big fan of Jamiroquai, either.
    [/quote]

    Which reminds me.

    Q: what's the difference between Jamiroquai and a cow?

    A: the cow has the horns at the front and the **** at the back

    I'm ignorant

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    [quote name='grumble' timestamp='1366724801' post='2056438']


    Love Rammstein too but all too often the bass is drowned out, what the hell they are still great !
    [/quote]

    I don't think it is drowned out though. You just can't separate it from the wall of sound sometimes, by that doesn't mean you can't hear (or feel) it.

    I just love playing that serves the music rather than just the notes the particular instrument happens to be playing. I'd love to play bass in a metal band...or rhythm guitar in a reggae band!

    I'm ignorant

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    [quote name='The Hat' timestamp='1366664035' post='2055805']
    And this shows my ignorance here, but when I do listen to metal, I don't here the bass line at all. Where as with any other music I can always pick it out.
    [/quote]

    You'd soon notice if it wasn't there. Especially live. I love Rammstein, me, and I can only think of 2 or 3 "interesting" bass lines in their songs, but for sure it makes a massive difference to the overall sound.

    Rock wool for sound insulation

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    [quote name='leschirons' timestamp='1366616600' post='2054772']
    Proper acoustic insulation is expensive. Over the last few years here, I've been involved with quite a lot of dry lining work including two rehearsal studios (mine and a friend's) I used the real stuff for mine from a local company called Eurocoustic but only because I got some B stock with damaged boxes. Rocwool is not really dense enough to make a difference as it's more designed to have good thermal protection qualities. The good stuff comes in panels and is much more dense and heavy.

    As BigRedX points out, the secret is layers. I'm assuming that you'll be partitioning off say, half of your garage and that some of the walls will be brick. Best to put up some stud work, fill that with the cheap stuff, board it (10mm board will do) and then another layer of stud on top, fill that, and then board with 13mm, compacting each layer of insulation as much as possible each time.

    Of course, if you're leaving any windows in the studio section, they would ideally need to be covered too but you'll never really be able to completely isolate 100% of the sound.
    [/quote]

    Part of the secret is the layers. It's important to decouple the plasterboard from the brickwork though, ie mount it resiliently, or the lower frequencies just go straight through. Soundstop.co.UK have loads of information (and numbers)

    What type of pickups for fretless bass?

    in Repairs and Technical

    Posted · Edited by bremen

    [quote name='3below' timestamp='1366580172' post='2054522']
    If you can get 'mwahh' from bass unplugged imo you are 95% on the way. I have an EKO acoustic bass circa 1981, it has mwahh, plays itself almost. It has a £6 japanese 1980s jazz pu that I popped in soundhole. Great bass, massive neck, laquer so thick it is like toffee. It has 'mwahh'. Stick a pickup in it - wilkinson? see what happens as a starting point.
    [/quote]

    Makes sense.

    I have a Wilkinson P pickup doing nothing. If my learned friend would care to PM me you can try it out.

    Apology

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    [quote name='icastle' timestamp='1366582581' post='2054584']

    Oh yeah?
    What's a 'scrum' then? ;)
    [/quote]

    If Col wants to talk about rugby there are plenty of us noisy gobsh1tes on OT waiting for a ruck ;-)

    What type of pickups for fretless bass?

    in Repairs and Technical

    Posted

    Can I be the first to say 'it's in the fingers'?

    I had a Precision that sounded dead as a dead thing in my hands. Thump. It went. I sold it on to someone who made it 'mwah' the minute he picked it up.

    Since then I made a fretless P with an ebony Warmoth neck, EMG pickup and piezo bridge and it really goes 'mwah', but only since I learned how to do that vibrato thing.

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