mario_buoninfante

50 minutes ago, cetera said:

Updated tonewoods and colours. 

updated tonewoods as in different wood used?

also, just found this on YT....

what is the difference between Pulse I and II series?
apart from the finishing, the specs are the same, right?

not sure if somebody already shared this, but here's the link anyway

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000db8k/stewart-copelands-adventures-in-music-series-1-episode-1

Just bought an Ampeg Liquifier chorus pedal from Glenn and communication was great and the item was just as described.
5 stars
@Glennalli

How's the neck-dive on these?

One thing I think is often omitted is that when it comes to "70s-early 80s" reggae and dub, a lot of the time the bass was recorded straight into the mixing desk, no amp head/cabinet involved.

Just something to keep in mind when thinking about the reggae/dub bass sound.

PM'd

Anthony Jackson

44 minutes ago, devinebass said:

 

Would LOVE to get Jimmy Johnson on... been a fan of his playing for years. One of the few players than can go from supporting James Taylor to shredding with Allan Holdsworth and sound totally at home in both situations. Killer player!  

Oh gosh, yes please!!!!!
His playing on AH's Secrets is insane.
And that 5 string Alembic...

Michael Manring

yeah, fretless basses are bad... as*
 

8 minutes ago, cd_david said:

It’s a Euro are op MM-5. They’re bolt ons. I love it. 35” scale which Musicmans are not so the low B is both tighter physically and sonically. It’s great live, cuts through everything and very full. 
ive had mine clear lacquered on the body, neck and fingerboard as I don’t like oils and unfinished woods. 

Nice!

The maple fingerboard (I think it's maple) makes me think of a snappy, bright sound but, I was wondering how the MM style pick-up is affecting the "Spector sound"

Nice pics and gorgeous basses.

Intrigued by the blue 5 string Spector with the MM pickup, is that a Euro?

Surely this has been posted already, but the price is going down

https://reverb.com/uk/item/62655776-bacchus-left-handed-global-series-bass-wl-434-naho-m

54 minutes ago, BillyBass said:

Basses with split coils or humbuckers can have noise.  It could be RFI or from the amp.  Poor earthing/shielding is a common cause.  I have picked up radio stations from really bad instrument cables.

Yap, I know all basses can have noise issues. I was genuinely interested in the noise source and whether or not had been isolated/found.

2 minutes ago, Basso said:

Don’t confuse the inability to connect the dots with ”there’s no link”.

Ah ok got it.

Pretentious/offensive/provocative/troll mode ON, uh?

Your second post is based on fried air.

And your first one is just provocative in the most boring way possible.

Have fun

If fun is the right word

Ok, seriously now.

Slim necks aren't faster than thicker ones.

It's subjective.

All good so far.

Then things went south when you tried to sneak this in

9 hours ago, Basso said:

The main point of the post is that fatter necks actually are better suited for proper p

Not sure how that is THE main point, since it wasn't even mentioned initially and there is no obvious/direct link between your first post and this mentioned above.

On 08/02/2023 at 15:40, Basso said:

There’s nothing “fast” about a slim or shallow neck.
The myth must die! 
 

Discuss 

I think you might be wrong, thin necks can definitely be considered *fast.

You ain't said faster


* fast = connected or attached in a way that is not easily unfastened

1 minute ago, ezbass said:

There was another thread where the thumb position...

On 08/02/2023 at 19:14, chris_b said:

 

Only if you're not releasing the pressure between positions. If you are trying to slide your hand/thumb under pressure then maybe you'll stick. If you're doing it properly you won't.

I might have been out shopping when they were delivering "The only irrefutable way to slide your hand/thumb on an electric bass - vol. 1"

On 08/02/2023 at 16:07, Doctor J said:

One that plays like hot butter?

as an Italian I'd rather have an olive oil one

19 minutes ago, IamGroot said:

There is a saying that music theory is a tool to assist us when we have problems understanding what we are hearing.

 

As we improve our understaning of what we hear, we rely less on music theory.

 

Many highly skilled jazz musicians say to learn theory to improve your playing, then forget it.

Well, Picasso could draw like Raphael and that knowledge allowed him to break the rules and come up with Cubism.

The guy didn't just wake up one day and invented a new style.

11 hours ago, TKenrick said:

FWIW, I dislike the word theory, it's a dead thing that belongs in dusty libraries. Harmony - the living, breathing, application of the rules of music - is much more preferable.

At the risk of sounging a bit too stiff, I think that harmony alone is not the right term to use.

Harmony is one of the pillars in music together with melody and rhythm and refers to something specific.

10 hours ago, TKenrick said:

Voice leading is hugely important for bass players to understand, because it's one of the main things that separates good players from great players; if you can find the path of least resistance through a chord progression using inversions then all sorts of interesting things can happen in your basslines.

Learning how to walk the bass will give you that and I genuinely believe that there is no substitute for that since it requires:

1. Improvisational skills - walking bass lines are created on the spot

2. A level of understanding of harmony

3. Good rhythmic skills

4. Stamina - walking the bass is not that easy

5. A good melodic sense in order to make sinuous bass lines that effortlessly move between chords