Ross

[quote name='4-string-thing' post='1204034' date='Apr 18 2011, 07:53 PM']Wonder if he'd write me an ad to help shift my amp?[/quote] "I'll include the settings which make the amp rumble just right to make all the girls within a 3 mile radius gush uncontrollably"

[quote name='Jean-Luc Pickguard' post='1204014' date='Apr 18 2011, 07:44 PM']The ones you can use to make a bass worth £40?[/quote] Are they really that bad? Didn't think it was possible to make a bass worth £40

Anyone know anything about them fretless precision kits for £60 on ebay?

I've had it before, really didn't hinder me at all. Now I'm pretty well educated in music theory I rarely use it when I'm writing a line, always just played by instinct.

I think guitar is about the only instrument I don't play. I can play mandolin though, and thats basically the same thing...

SOLD!

Went into a room full of stoned music students at a party, started cranking out some of my own stuff on the bass. "Man thats amazing, who is that? I wanna learn it" felt good man, although it may have been the weed talking And I taught the dude my lines in exchange for some entirely legal substances...

Learn the basics, get some notation of a line (start out with something which isn't too rythmically challenging though) Use the "good bassists deserve fine ass" method to slowly work through and you'll get better, it'll just kind of click after a while. Time signatures and key sigs are easy to do, accidentals are simple. Biggest challenge I found was the rythm of the pieces, I found the best way was to just play it in flat notes then "visualise" it in my head how I thought the notes should sound, how long they should go for etc.

Ahh cheers man yeah. I've downloaded the piano sheet music from [url="http://ferropop.com/Skrillex_-_Scary_Monsters_And_Nice_Sprites_%28piano%29__arr_by_Ferro.pdf"]here[/url]then worked out the rest by ear and transposed it roughly for a 3 piece band onto paper. If I get a chance I'll smash my transposition into sibellius later on and upload it for you I was sort of thinking fuzz + synth + octaver might give me something I can work with.

Nope, I am suffering extremely badly at the moment. The only thing saving me from more debt is having to wait til I go back down to Plymouth (I can't exactly bring much back on a train)

After a bit of googling and looking in the usual places I cannot find a transcription anywhere, surely someone must have done it? If anyone could help me out it'd be very much appreciated Cheers guys

First Bass Owned: Stagg BC300 'Go To' Bass: Fender Jazz CIJ '62 Reissue 'Your' Bass: Fender Jazz CIJ '62 Reissue

I've found the sheet music for scary monsters and nice spirites (never thought I'd find dubstep transcribed but there you go). I'm wondering what sort of effects might give me the right bass sound for this song? Not really used many effects before so I wasn't sure where to start.

Pmed as well

I did own 3 at one point, then sold 2 to fund my drinking habits of the time... Since then my priorities have changed as I have refound my passion for bass. Still got my baby though, getting new pickups, strings, a rewire and all of the hardware is getting a good metal polishing on her soon to say sorry for the time I left her collecting dust (and because I'm bored of the sound) Building a fretless p as well to add to it so I'll be up to 2. I do want more basses but I'm digging myself so deep in debt improving my current setup that it's not really viable.

Terrible for it, always asking to try other peoples basses. I swear sometimes I only play Bass for the delicious gear, then I remember the music side of it

Right, I'm buying one of these "build your own bass kits" without instructions, the body is unpainted and it's a cheap kit so I doubt I'll keep the grain. I'm pretty confident with the electronics and all the other bits and bobs, however I've never painted a bass. I know vaguely what I need to do, smooth finish, lots of light coats of primer until a good solid coat, then lots of light coats of paint, lots of light coats of lacquer til it's nice and smooth. Do I need to sand in between coats? Now I hear polurethane is the best for lacquer but what about paint and primer? And masking? I want to put a very sarcastic note on the back, what sort of tape should I use for this. I plan to spray a base coat of white on just a patch on the back, for the note, mask it off, then spray on the black, would this be the best way? If anyone has a guide it'd be much appreciated.

DI output > mixer will be fine provided it is an actual DI output. For reference. Mic and stand? Kick drum mics are the best for micing Bass amps I find. Experiment with positioning of the mic for the best live sound, don't just plonk it in front and hope for the best. More trouble than it's worth live though, restrict it to the studio man.

I play mainly Bass. A fair bit of drumming when I can. A bit of guitar and flute. Some piano. And I also quite like to produce dubstep/ dnb tracks (oh hello electronic age). Bass is my best instrument, my first. Been borrowing my housemates flute at uni to try and learn properly but thats a work in progress, I love prog rock a little too much.

Oh that takes me back, I've been a member on an off near enough since the start. Completely forgot about it til I needed a little help with getting back into playing and this turned up in google, turned out I had an account and then it hit me! Really good forum, helped me out no end.

If it's still about by the time I find out when I'll be back down there I'd be inclined to say yes. Don't hold out or anything if you find a buyer in the meantime, but if I find out all the details etc. within the next couple of weeks i'll pm you, and if it all fits into place, you may very well have a sale

Cheers for the offers and the insight into second hand gear everyone But before I buy anything I need to firstly get the ok from my mate with the van in Plymouth when I go back down, and then find someone selling a suitable rig a bit closer to there (where my current digs are you see). Don't think he'll fancy the 330 mile round trip to pick up a rig if I'm brutaly honest else I'd be on that Trace elliot stack like a shot