I think I'm done

[snorkie635]

On 13/05/2025 at 10:20, cetera said:

There's never a bad time to buy a new Spector

 

Never a truer word written.

[uk_lefty]

Not bass but something different... I used to play field hockey to a decent standard as a goalie. "Retired" aged 29 to play at a lower standard, just for fun, no more goalie work. Gave that up for a few years when it wasn't fun anymore. After four or five years out I got the itch, and after a season and a half back in I got persuaded to play in goal... "This could be a complete disaster" I warned. Turned out I absolutely loved it and am throwing myself back in. 

 

A rest can help you appreciate what it was, and opportunities can arise tomorrow or twelve years later. If you loved it at one point you can love it again, you just need the right circumstances to relight the fire.

[Russ]

There's still plenty of metal out there for us older guys. I'm in a band doing original metal, and we're all in our 40s and 50s. It's not 80s-style either, it's quite contemporary. It's a case of getting the right mix of personalities and aspirations. Personally, my big aspiration in music was to play the London Astoria. I never did, and now it no longer exists, so I've had to recalibrate.  Basically, I enjoy getting in a rehearsal room with my mates and making lots of loud noise, and occasionally going out there and playing it for other people.

 

Plus I still love the bass, the sound of the instrument and what you can do with it. That hasn't gone anywhere in the past 33 years.  

 

If you want to get into sub-genres - doom, goth, thrash, death, prog and power metal are full of us not-as-young-as-we-were types. A lot of the time, as long as you've got someone reasonably talented and photogenic on vocals, nobody cares what age the people behind them are! 

 

 

Edited Thursday at 17:35 by Russ

[dmccombe7]

I'm more into classic and prog rock but had an opportunity to help out some guys with a punk covers band a few yrs ago. 

I enjoyed the energy and power and stayed for 3  yrs until the band slowed up and stopped at Xmas there.

I was never a punk fan and many friends laughed when i said i was doing it but seriously Punk is so much fun, its great to play.

My point being that maybe try some other styles and it may just give you that little boost to make it work and reignite your interest.

If not then sometimes a break is what you need.

Hopefully the new band thing takes off tho.

All the best with it Steve.

Dave

[SteveXFR]

I'm not sure it's going to work. Their new material is written in drop G. I can't get my 5 string that low without the first seven frets on the bottom string all sounding the same. I think it needs an extra long multiscale and I'm not sure I want to invest £1000+ in a Spector Dimension or Dingwall (cheaper multiscales are a bit shorter) without knowing it'll work out.

 

[mep]

Use an octaver and play it on your regular bass.

[Russ]

3 hours ago, SteveXFR said:

I'm not sure it's going to work. Their new material is written in drop G. I can't get my 5 string that low without the first seven frets on the bottom string all sounding the same. I think it needs an extra long multiscale and I'm not sure I want to invest £1000+ in a Spector Dimension or Dingwall (cheaper multiscales are a bit shorter) without knowing it'll work out.

 

Was watching some video of Sleep Token playing live the other day - the guitarists play 8-strings in double-low-E tuning (EAEADGBE). Their bass player uses a 4-string. He used to play a standard P as well, only recently getting a multiscale Aristides, but even they are just 34"-36", less extreme than a Dingwall. 

 

Just because a guitarist plays in drop-G doesn't mean you have to. Just use a tone that sits under the bottom end of the guitar, even if it's playing in the same octave. 

 

Might also be worth checking out a Digitech Drop pedal - they actually work pretty well on bass, as long as you're not looking to go stupidly low. 

[dmccombe7]

6 hours ago, mep said:

Use an octaver and play it on your regular bass.

yep there are some great ones on the market these days.

Dave

[Downunderwonder]

You could play on a dropped ADGC set which would be GCFB. Octaver that and call it Megazzo Bass.