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My acoustic short scale fretless bass. My goal was to build an acoustic that was as loud as possible without amplification. I failed. It isn't loud (enough). But I do enjoy playing it once in a while.

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its arrived. i have collected it from parcel force will update later everything jim has does has been fine Nightshift 12 hours catch up later cheers

Hi Basschat, The reason i purchased this bit of kit was through Janek Gwizdala who highly recommended it on one of his youtube VLOG's, have started filming a few live gigs with it, and the video and sound quality is actually great! Anyone else been using the Hero 5 Session?

Buy your daughter a cheapie for Christmas and nab your Bose back

I'm sure I remember Doug confirming this exact thinking in his podcast interview with SBL. This topic (the original post mainly) basically highlights some peoples lack of understanding of what is sometimes necessary for full-time musicians to undertake, basically to monetise whatever you possibly can. Clearly there is a 'market' for his more esoteric solo performing, at trade shows, clinics etc etc, but as has been mentioned above, it probably represents a tiny percentage of the bass playing he undertakes daily. He's good at it, people will clearly pay him to do it, why wouldn't he play like that. In any case, the whole 'bass should stay in the low end' is the most boring, yet constantly visited, rhetoric going. These people are musicians, that they choose the bass guitar to represent their voice is a moot point. Those players will likely stick to a 'role' for a lot of their musical life, but who cares if they diverge if it's an enjoyable experience for them or someone else?! Si

Mine would be Troublegum by Therapy?

Purely personal and for very different reasons... Blues Brothers Soundtrack. Complete Madness - Madness. Hejira - Joni Mitchell. Mad Season - Mad Season. Live and Dangerous - Thin Lizzy. Live After Death - Iron Maiden.

I loved the JJ Burnel sound, and his bass on the Stranglers first album "Rattus Norvegicus" was what first made me listen to the bass guitar So that's my contribution - not necessarily my fave album these days, but it's what got me into bass

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magic. For me that's Flea (and the band) at their peak.

Hi, I stumbled upon an amazing Jamerson bass break on the 1968 Marvin Gaye track ‘At Last (I Found A Love)’ and decided to look at it in closer detail on my Jamerson Analysed blog. Full transcription, breakdown of the line and video available at http://www.jamersonanalysed.co.uk/2017/12/at-last-i-found-love-marvin-gaye-1968.html Enjoy! Chris

Hi guys - thought i would share this recent photo of my rig - am using a Fender Bassman 800 and 8x10 cab! its very smooth and punchy! anyone else using these or had any experience with them?

Here you go chaps- I had a V4 in the late 70s and decided for an early Xmas present to get the reissue, and pair it with a PF410. Sounds great, real old school. Dont know if I prefer this or my Mesa Bass buster 15 combo, but no doubt the speakers will take some wearing in before I decide. Cant believe how light this one is though, compared to my old one.

This. Whatever it takes to get your point across.

Having built one I wouldn't attempt it without the pre-drilled enclosure. Not the easiest build with stacking PCBs, and it confirmed to me that I'm REALLY picky about compression (PWNZOR being the only one I've really liked that I've owned - carl martin optical thingy was ok). Sold it to @Gareth Hughes of this parish who likes it muchly - more than his original dbx.

My wife said Santa's got me one with an enclosure.

If you're just using hotmail.com click "settings" over on top right. Choose "options" then scroll down to "safe senders" and add basschat.co.uk to the list. I just done that now so will keep an eye on it.

Not any more I'm afraid: http://www.factmag.com/2017/11/22/cakewalk-closes-sonar-development-ends/

excellent news i have collected it from parcel force depot. will chat later Nightshift time 12hours

One of our cats p1553d in the VHS player once, had to throw it away and the video player

I think you might be barking up the wrong tree if you think it's the preamp valves as they usually last a long time but are easy to change - might be worth a shot if it's sounding ruff

UE Boom 2. Fantastic.

The little Roland JC01 is great https://www.gear4music.com/Home-Audio/Roland-JC-01-Bluetooth-Audio-Speaker/1GGF Compared to my dad's Anker soundcore it's both louder and better quality. The EQ is a bit dodgy though, it doesn't work as you'd expect but you can dial in a good sound once you have a play with it.

Cellos are intended to be played with a bow at first and every bowed instrument is made that way. A flat table instrument used with a bow will create so much low end vibration that the table would explode or at the best deglue. It's the same for double bass which was originally intended to be played bowed as all the quatuor instruments as they are called. Now you've got the explanationfor the archtop construction.

The mooer arrived this morning - I’ve had the briefest of plays with it, at the end of the signal chain - which includes the Future Attack and the Poly Mod Pro in front, with the FCB doing midi control on synth mix on the FI and frequency on the PolyMod Pro with a basic envelope follower on. After the tinkering, I can report that; 1. The switch to select instruments is best left at “guitar” - it’s just a filter and extracts all treble on the bass setting, with the synth being somewhere in the middle. 2. The synth sound I was using definitely worked best with a fairly narrow range on the “bit” dial - but the sounds are exactly what I was looking for, excellent 3. The way the tone reacts to the expression pedals for both the FI synth mix and frequency on the PolyMod is AMAZING!!! I’ll try to post some video later - but it looks like this was well worth doing. I’ve actually got another Boss EV-5 for the PolyMod Pro as the expression pedal input has a lot more scope (LFO speed, and more) than the MIDI mappable continuous controllers. There’s like 13 mapping for expression, onto a huge range of different parameters in the filter. I started my pedalboard after years of using a Podxt (which I do still use) because I had a Boss SYB-5 and the OC-2 octaver lying around for years, and wanted to use them again. The journey to this point has been a revelation - so much tweakability; and some patch-based capability too, which I really do like in an effects rig.

Any Bob Marley album with "Family Man" Barrett.

Nice work! I have a Mooer Tender Octaver which is essentially a tiny MicroPOG clone, I love playing fake guitar through it. If you want to go FULL fat though, get the HOG2 with the additional preset and expression pedals. You can have a preset that adds a 5th up, use the filter as a wah, drone a background note or chord, all kinds of crazy stuff!

I forgot Robert Trujillo's benchmark work! Suicidal Tendencies- Art of Rebellion Infectious Grooves - the plague that makes your booty move

Yep sounds good bro. Dont put this in the compressor thread or effects forum though, one side will praise you for using nothing, the other half will suggest what you should have used....!

Ashdown’s marketing ain’t getting any better, is it?

All this talk of knobs has been bad for my wallet just treated myself to some more Sadowsky knobs from Best Bass Gear as a "Christmas present" to myself. Couldn't see them in either of those two stores though.

And the third and final one, my Ibanez Roadstar RS940TV from 1982

Here’s the first of my three: Overwater Perception 5 defret and refinish by DWilson Guitars.

+ three for Rattus. Also consider Euroman Cometh by JJ Burnel, fantastic grindy bass lines, guaranteed to rattle your speakers!

Wrong website again, I think. *Hides in shed and attaches car battery to nipples with jump leads* Ow! Oww! Ow! Ooh, yeah.

Exactly, Individual Thought Patterns isn't Death's best album, but it is (IMO) Steve Di Giorgio's best performance with them.

I'm 49 and just about to start playing. If I thought I'd be giving up by 60 I don't think I'd bother. Age is just a number and it really depends on what you can manage - plenty of much younger folk wouldn't be able to play any instrument through poor health/mobility/flexibility. I'd have thought that playing 6 strings is a good indication that you can do it. A bit more practice and you'll get there. As I say, I'm a bit younger, but I'm finding the physicality needed is a surprise but with time it'll ease. I may need to change my bass as I do have lower back problems and the T-bird is a bit heavy and awkwardly shaped (nose dive anybody?).

Slightly off topic. Did anyone see the news last night, the 84 year old lady sprinter? Music I think is brilliant for mental agility.

Nope; they're not even OK for guitar.

My post exactly. I recall watching early videos of The Shadows playing (Cliff Richard brought one of the first Stratocasters in to the country for Hank Marvin? I think) and right there on bass duties, right hand thumb and tug bar. i use my thumb a lot. I also play electric guitar and lots of acoustic too, so I suppose there’s a cross over of techniques anyway. My take is simple and I say it to all my students. If I thought that playing my instrument with a dustbin lid would make the sound or convey what it was I was trying to do musically, then I would. Don’t be limited because something isn’t what everyone expects to be right.

Fifteen obviously.