phil.i.stein

all my bass gear stolen from work warehouse (and unnofficial practise room) 10 years ago.

it stopped me playing for a long time. (thank the lord. i hear you cry..)

the twats i was working for were responsible (i found out later)

but inspires me to piss people off with even more aggression and noise these days.

x


incidentally it was anger that got me into music in the first place..

whilst we're on this subject...

i predict a resurgence of slap/funk/grunge stuff soon..

it's only ever a matter of weeks before pop goes full-circle.

[quote name='janmaat' post='971102' date='Sep 28 2010, 08:08 PM']MXR Blowtorch, runs on 18V, has lots of knobs for lots of different fuzzy sound, great if you are after that sound but I found out I am not, so I am selling it on. Works fine and comes in its original box.

£55 is what I paid and what I want for it, P&P included. Thanks.[/quote]
great pedal.

absolute bargain.

particularly good for active basses.

i'd buy it if i didn't have one.

[quote name='urb' post='971048' date='Sep 28 2010, 07:25 PM']One misconception about slap is that it needs to be done aggresively, in the way Flea does it, but this is really the exception and not the rule - a light touch and small hand movements are the key to getting a full sound from each note and creating a flowing groove - plus if you study Marcus Millet or Victor Wooten's technique you'll see how they use economy of motion to play faster ideas. A low action and light-ish strings will really help you play with greater control.

Mike[/quote]
in answer to this one,

well, o.k. as intricate technique goes, but what's wrong with out and out aggression ?

i grew up listening to bands that slaughtered their instruments (drums/guitars/keyboards/whatever)

there is no right or wrong. (even japanese/black/white/pink-with-yellowspots/gurls/guys in dresses, etc..)

music is personal. keep it that way !!! (it's the only thing that separates us from the.....?)

slap to your hearts content. with fx, distortion, whatever. do not under any circumstances, restrict yourself.

[quote name='Pete Academy' post='971070' date='Sep 28 2010, 07:44 PM']Slap is difficult to master. Take it very slowly.[/quote]
herein lies the debate..

to my mind there is no 'master' and hence, nothing to master.

the bass guitar is still nobodys' bitch.

there is a lot of snobbery directed at different styles of slap-playing.

stick to learning those players you like, and incorporate that into your own syle/sound/fx/whatever.

different strokes etc..

[quote name='51m0n' post='970445' date='Sep 28 2010, 10:32 AM']I've got a trimod phaser and it certainly doesnt drop in volume - totally different effect though.

I'd get in touch with SA, they are really cool wrt customer service IME.[/quote]
+1 , Will Cady is itswac on here, i believe..might be worth a PM.

[quote name='Colledge' post='970213' date='Sep 27 2010, 11:43 PM']I usually don't understand what people see in hardcore / sludge etc...

but i just can't stop listening to kylesa.
i find the use of dual drummers and the vocals mesmerising.
[/quote]
oh yes. me like a lot. thanks for that.

i've posted this previously, good demo here.

[quote name='MatthewKeys' post='968869' date='Sep 26 2010, 09:38 PM']if i can find one cheap enough secondhand i will be bang on it! But out of interest, what are the cheaper options?[/quote]
sorry, time for bed said zebedee !

check this out.

[url="http://www.ovnilab.com/"]http://www.ovnilab.com/[/url]

there are cheaper options, but this one is for life rather than just x-mas.

[url="http://www.dv247.com/studio-equipment/markbass-compressore-bass-guitar-effects-pedal--64093"]http://www.dv247.com/studio-equipment/mark...ts-pedal--64093[/url]

man alive, listen to it now..



...telecaster heaven.

nice fat warmed compressed tone..

as mentioned, mainly from the desk,

input also important..fingerstyle jazz or even telecaster bass ?

edit .. doh ! yep, jazz, didn't read your post thoroughly, sorry..

after wanting to play punk / metal at speed without a plectrum, i thought i should try three fingers.

for a while it was very tricky to get the notes to sound consistent, but finally after much practise it is paying off.

i never thought that i could manage 'violent and funky' by the infectious grooves, but i can now do a passable version.

stick with it, and as mentioned previously, 'relax !'. - try and breathe and play 'un'conciously, if that makes sense...

nothing great is achieved without solid effort, and the ability to switch off the self-conscious button.

found this on tb, thought it was a good way of comparing, without downloading a bunch of individual soundlips.

i like the mod on the GR, might consider getting this done, ....Max ?



edit : mod - wise apparently the GR2 does this..

i have the same cab set-up.

out of interest, are you going to be getting another cab for extra bottom-end, or just relying on those beautifully gnarly tones from the t-midget ?

[quote name='BottomEndian' post='967729' date='Sep 25 2010, 03:55 PM']That was my initial guess, but the Hohners don't have that angled heel. Hard to tell from the bad pictures, but the bridge doesn't look right for a Steinberger either (AFAIK): the tuning knobs seem to be offset from the line of the string/saddle, and there isn't that large flat area where the Steinberger stamp goes.

It's all a mystery. [/quote]
on closer inspection, you're spot on... a mystery indeed !

[quote name='BottomEndian' post='967684' date='Sep 25 2010, 02:52 PM']Vile, but slightly intriguing...

I'm just trying to figure out where all the bits might have come from. Control plate from a Ray-copy, pup from a Precision-a-like, body hewn from a dining table with a rusty spoon... but the neck? The angled heel makes me think Ibanez or similar, but they'd have to have hacked the headstock off.

I just have sincere doubts that the person who made that body has the requisite skill to fashion a neck from scratch.[/quote]
my guess would be a hohner jack bass or cricket bat, steinberger bridge too ?

the body of that bass looks like it should have a stuffed animal head mounted on it.

perhaps that dog ?

[quote name='krispn' post='967046' date='Sep 24 2010, 07:19 PM']My band have started doing a mash up which I am confident noone else does. We call it Sharona's Toxic Love Shack!

Its the My Sharona riff played as an intro then we keep the rhythm going to the chord progression of Toxic by Ms Spears as well as the lyrics....stay with me... then we sing the chorus of LoveShack by the B-52's to the rhythm of Toxic as the chorus.

We go back into the Toxic/Sharona verse and we include the LoveShack break-down. in the middle.

We always get a great response but that could be more to do with people recognising the song among our set of self penned tunes

We also did a mean cover of Carol of the Bells at a christmas gig last year with 4 part vocal harmony and it sounded chilling - that was added to the end of one of our own tunes and made for quite the set finisher!

If you're in Edinburgh tomorrow night you can come hear Sharona's Toxic Love Shack in the wee red bar@ the Art College along with some other awesome tunes[/quote]
sounds awesome. i would love to hear that , get it you-tubed !...

..yeh come to think about it, i much prefer watching japanese guys in dresses slappin' one out..

[youtube...errr..maybe not..

no jokes about pulling off g-strings please, that would be way below the belt..

man these things are great.

i have one already, otherwise i'd be in there like a ferret on heat.

[quote name='nick' post='963764' date='Sep 21 2010, 08:33 PM']The Chameleons

[/quote]
A1 !!!

+



edit :

live is probably better.

i particularly like the cream 4-string.

mainly because it seems to have 5.