Ross

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

Well, I fancy an upgrade from my fender rumble combo, seeing as I have properly gotten back into playing, I'm not happy with my current sound.

Thinking I want something with more pop, a 4x10 setup maybe? but I'm not too sure what will be best bang for buck in my price range so I figured the good men and women of basschat might be able to give me some delicious insight into what is hot nowadays.
So, what do you reckon folks?

Some may disagree but I am going to tell you, learn notation.
I was in the exact same position as you a few months ago, well, I could only really "sort of play this" and "sort of play that", I really didn't have much variance in my playing and even though I sounded ok live, I wasn't happy with the level I was at in comparison to my fellow musicians, my first big step into becoming less of a faker was learning how to read notation.
I learnt my first piece of classical (cello suite 1 in g major) and ate my way through many cello pieces which really helped me with my reading and technique, now I find I can sight read pretty much anything put in front of me, I find it much easier than learning off tabs or by ear and have subsequently started to play much more advanced pieces in many genres. Working through theory on the way.
Don't get me wrong, I know some amazing musicians who don't read music, but it's what really helped me develop in someone who can really play and rekindled my passion for playing.

As far as learning by ear goes, thats just practise man, slowly but surely.

[quote name='bassbora' post='1022290' date='Nov 13 2010, 11:25 AM']Did you find any information? I see no one replied to you and was wandering if you still needed some ideas.

I've been playing for around 20 years and have taught bass as well to a fairly high level. What kind of music are you interested in? Do you read music or is it just tab? What do you want to get out of studying?

The last one question is probably the most important. If you are doing this just for your own entertainment but also to improve but you are not planning to become a virtuoso or professional I would find music that I enjoy and is challenging and therefore will improve me as a player. If you are wanting to take this to a high level then I would work on reading (that skill will enable you to tackle more complicated music and open so many doors) and theory. These are just some quick thoughts but I could recommend books if you tell me what level you are at with reading (tab) or theory.

I'm also sure that most users here have different ideas for you as well.[/quote]
I've found a bit, started playing a few songs etc.
I'm interested in all sorts of music, mainly rock and funk stuff where bass is concerned. But I listen to a wide variety of music, I'll hear anything out once.
I can read music, I hate tabs. I can't sight read though, progress is always slow, I tend to learn things by ear if I can't get notation but it takes me a long time.
I'd really like to build up to sight reading.

I want to get a high level of musical skill, I live in a house with 3 music students, one of whom thinks he's the sh*t, and theres a bit of competition there. But mostly just to start enjoy playing again, when you aren't very good it's just a bit boring.

I've been playing music I enjoy playing, who songs mainly as I really like Entwhistle's style of playing. But I want to gain a greater understanding of music at the same time if that makes sense?
I can just about read music, I learnt to do a bit on my music tech course in college. As far as theory goes I've forgotten almost everything I learnt about bass theory which is my main challenge at the moment.
Also taken up flute tonight (the joys of living in a house full of instruments) in a hope that will help me with my music reading and theory skills. I'm terrible at the moment but hopefully it'll help me.

Any recommendations you can make would be much appreciated.

Hi,
I haven't played bass in about a year, busy with work and college and whatnot.
Now I've finally found time for it in my life again, today I dusted off my trusty old jazz and gave it a tune up, only when I went to play something it dawned on me. I've forgotten almost every piece of music I've learn and most of what I've written, all the theory, my fretting hand is far from agile and clearly I've lost whatever bit of skill I ever had.
I'm an unemployed student at the moment, until I find a job I can't afford classical training (though I'm a strong believer that it is the way forward) but I was wondering if anyone could recommend a good book I could start again from? Or generally the best way to go about this.
Cheers,
Ross

I've had a look, the jack looks clean.
The pots however are all 250k, well they say they are. I also noticed that there was some brown stuff round the edges of a lot of the solder connections, is this normal or is it rusty maybe?
The pickups are slightly rusty on the metal parts.

I cannot get hold of a multimeter to test the pickups.

That beer thing sounds possible, i have split beer on my bass before. I'll give it a look and try and get hold of a multimeter, see whats going on.

Rubbish, ordered an amp from them, came with a european type plug, all i got was "get a kettle lead and plug it in", yeah that helpful, firstly you don't advise me on what ampage of fuse to use, secondly i shouldn't have to get a kettle plug, they cost money.

I don't wear earplugs at the moment, i haven't been in a band/ gigged in nearly 2 years.

I'm based in swindon and can collect, how does a swap or p/x for a fender rumble 100 (1x15 combo) sound.

As the title says, my bass is sounding just really weak and dull, any amp i use it on needs to be turned up a fair bit for it to be heard.
Can anyone help me in diagnosing the problem. The bass itself is a fender '62 reissue jap i bought second hand (i don't know how old it is), has a badass bass II bridge on it.

I've tried changing cables and amps, it's definitely the bass. I've had a go at adjusting the pickup height, and changed the strings, gave it a set up.

Well, i've decided to get back into bass playing in order to quit smoking, i haven't played properly in around a year and my equipment is just gathering dust (the bass is a little broken too, but playable).

Have a picture of my current bass anyway (fender jazz '62 reissue, badass II bridge):

Quite an old picture.

So hey, here i am, any recommendations of a good place to start getting back into it, much appreciated.

I got a holiday coming up soon, gotta go without my babys for a couple of days.
(Good thing too, hanging low has destroyed my wrist, lil bit of rsi atm, but being rock n roll is a half arsed substitute for talent)