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Alright chaps, I just spent like 40mins quoting everyone and thanking you all and putting forward a format for the next cast... then I clicked a link by mistake and the draft save didn't have all off it there, so... just... my apologies because this is going to be somewhat less well written through frustration. 😅 So here's a few quotes and quick responses and a rough plan for things to come: This was the consensus, I'm thinking no script just talking points from here on out. So for the next one I'm thinking a runtime of an hour. Quite a few people felt this way as do I myself so what do you say @Chownybass fancy a follow up? Seems this worked so we'll keep it as a segment and I shall try and refine the way I do them somewhat. We need to do some conferring behind the scenes but my personal plan is to have it out on some form of RSS feed so we can publish to Apple Podcasts, Stitcher and the like so it's available on all podcast apps and things. We just need to find the best hosting option. We did do a small set of show notes that you can view on SoundCloud with links and things, I like the copying them into the thread idea, we'll defiantly do that for the next feedback section. So here's my proposition/rough plan for the next few episodes: Keep the runtime to an hour Split Interview and Discussion episodes Keep Interviews long form but publish as two part episodes Unscripted but with taking points Keep the review segment for discussion episodes 5-10 min Intro/Outro to cover; Sight News, Announcements, Call to Action, etc. How does that sound to folk? Oh and just tagging few people so I know they'll see this; @SpondonBassed @Sibob @ped @Silvia Bluejay

God yes. It all gets very dark and serious when that starts. A silly story but we used top play a large club in Slough. During the high stakes Bingo on a Sunday night they banned any talking, phones off etc. Our guitarist, being a forgetful chap, didnt turn his off. Off he goes across the room to the bar. Whispers to the bar man for 3 pints, and starts to walk back with them. Now, im not sure why i did this, but i decided as he was crossing the dance floor to call his mobile. It might have been because i knew he had the Dambusters theme tune as his ring tone, and maybe because there was no way to put the drinks down, but it was the funniest moment we ever had at that venue.....expect for him of course 🙂

I decide I need a compressor so I buy one, use it and then decide I don’t need it so I get rid of it. Then a year or so later I decide I need a compressor so I buy use it and then decide I don’t need it so I get rid of it. Then a year or so later I decide I need a compressor so I buy one use it and then decide I don’t need it so I get rid of it. Then a year or so late I decide I need a compressor so I buy... (repeat ad infinitum)

It's also possible to post without insulting others. I didnt see Westwood doing any such thing, just you

Shhhh dad’s sleeping!

So I contacted the website when I saw the post about having info. Seems its good news! Obviously we aren't all as fortunate to have such wide exposure available to us but great to hear he'll get his bass back! If it was your tip off, great work @2x18!

This place. We were invited to audition to be their resident wedding band. Which we did. Just by coincidence, on the last night of their week of trying to impress 60 visiting UK wedding planners. First function, went down a storm with the happy couple and guests who even left an additional three figure tip to be passed on to us at payment time. We went back after two weeks as we'd not received the payment transfer and lo and behold, gone into liquidation. In business again after 2 months, different name for the controlling consortium but strangely, all the same people. Hmmm. They had the nerve to email us two weeks ago to ask if we still offered a wedding function band service as they'd heard some positive feedback about us.😂

Great name for a band though Muzz......

I've been working as a volunteer at my local Drug & Alcohol service delivering groups. I decided to run a group where the members would learn to play "The Chain" - easily recognisable, not too difficult to play. I took in two basses and an amp. A number of the group had a go - remember that recovery is about perseverance and obstacles as is learning to play bass. One of the group was left handed so I was given the challenge of playing left handed - you know what? - we take our normal dexterity and muscle memory for granted - I was making loads of mistakes...if I practised left handed I think I might get the hang of it but I got reminded how difficult it was when I started. Playing bass is a lot harder than you think...

1. Says the guy with a collection of Gus basses. 2. Yeah we know it's easy to put there, it's not as easy for the user to adjust though. 3. What's that got to do with the price of cheese?

We're back off holiday so I had a few hours in the workshop today. I routed the headstock for the truss rod access slot and then drilled the hole for the nut to fit into.The truss rods were fitted and a strip of masking tape put over then to stop glue getting in the slot and fouling the rods. I rolled the frets to about an 8" radius, cut the wire into lengths and started trimming the ends with a grinding wheel in a Dremel, fiddly but it worked OK. I fitted the frets using a press and nipped off the ends. That was about it other than to make a clamping caul to protect the fretboard when I do eventually glue it to the neck which should be later this week daily life permitting

I would also add to this that anyone who (you are responding to) has the time to post so much on Basschat probably hasn’t recorded in a very long time. Clearly just speculation...

Big drum roll 🥁 🥁 🥁 only one week to go and we now have £570 in donations, thank you all once again, no words 🤗...........

As said by others, dont assume offence on others behalf

Very late to this thread and honestly not willing to read 7 pages of it to catch up... So I'll just add that the "best pro-bass players" are surely capable of playing 4, 5 or possibly even 6 string instruments, depending on what's required of them. And in some contexts (e.g pit players in stage productions) you'll raise eyebrows if you turn up with fewer than 5 strings on your bass. I think we're searching for a "general rule" here where one doesn't exist.

All just tools. At this point, I don't really care if some of the songs we play are played in 5 or 4. All I care is that I have a solid 5 string and a solid 4 string for when the need comes, it won't let you down.

A wax candle is good for lubricating screw threads too. It certainly helps with those fragile tuner screws

While changing the bridge could make a difference to the sound of the bass (although like all these things is it possible to state 100% that it is the new bridge that has made the difference and not one of the other things that may have been intentionally or unintentionally changed at the same time?), IME it's never pronounced enough to be noticeable in the context of a band mix. For me so long as the bridge doesn't move during playing, yet is easy to adjust when needed, that's all that is required.

I`ve found in the past that swapping a regular Fender BBOT for either a Gotoh or Badass on my Precisions has somehow "tightened" the sound a tad, and lost some mids. Nothing that I`d ever hear at band volumes but at home practice levels it was noticeable. A bit like the strings suddenly sounded a bit newer is the easiest way to describe it.

If he was going to give away free lessons he might as well have just bought a new bass. What happened to just doing the right thing purely because it's the right thing? He didn't have to offer a reward - moaning that it isn't enough is distasteful.

Hi Folks! Looking to tap into the wealth of knowledge available here... For the 16 years I've been playing, I've yet to find a string that's MY string... I've flitted between all of the big brands, coateds, nickels, S/S etc and I've got a good idea of the qualities I'm looking for; I just need them all in the same string! Ideally, what I'm looking for is: Really low tension medium gauge: 40-95 Bright, growly quality to the sound - more aggressive As smooth as possible under the finger - Currently using D'Addario Nickels and that's the sort of texture I'd like. Does anyone know of anything that would fit the bill? Thanks!

I misread the title, and was about to wax laudatory upon copper, lead, nickel and zinc. Sorry, as you were.

I have a medium scale warwick rockbass corvette fiver which came with reds. However always a had a problem with fret buzz on the E_string only (so probably a duff string). Ended up going for blacks, predominately because the Medium scale reds are very hard to find on sale (Even the blacks had to come from Germany). Found that as well as sorting out the E String buzz the blacks allowed me to get a lower action all round. The blacks seem to have a finer outer winding, but both the reds and the blacks sound(ed) good to me.

If we are picky then 'Draper' is a brand who do actually make 'Phillips' type bits or drivers much like any other tool maker , Stanley for instance And for a specific shapes of 'Phillips' you need to specify the size e.g. 1,2 or 3 back on topic if you asked which was the most popular number of 'Philips' , I would confidently say 2 , though I would caveat that by suggesting that many would use a 2 when a 1 or a 3 might be the better choice , and even that is ignoring the fact that the screw head might even be a Pozi 1,2 or 3 in the first place and not a Philips at all life is so bloody complicated 😊

Yes, bridges can make a massive difference, and importantly, there's not an obvious cost/benefit ratio, which is why I'm about to sell three Badass II bridges. These days I'm preferring fewer overtones and less sustain, and there's not much point paying £100 for a bridge if you have to stick a 20p piece of foam in front of it to get the tone you want

That looks great bridgehouse 👍 I asked myself the same question a couple of years ago , and was realised in 2016 ( not made by my hands - wish I could ! ) Walnut body , maple neck & Mac ebony fingerboard

It’s not up to any of you or anyone else to tell another person what they can and cannot be offended by. Plenty of people have attacked the lyrics or hip hop and metal. This is why the parental advisory label exists. It’s sexist and misogynist to cry foul when someone else is offended by something that is sexist. Also, TC clearly is doing good business, they put out new gear constantly and are sold in virtually every shop. Finally, Glenn Fricker is an donkey. Talented, lots of great credits, but it’s all gone to over inflate his already large ego.

I think that's just the over tones from his usual drive sound. that bass is very grindy. He's using a Helix these days - Line 6 modelled Billy's own Pearce Preamp to get the helix model dead right.

I grew up playing the violin, which is tuned in fifths just like the cello. You could just learn one chord shape, or box, and repeat it all the way up the neck, but that's not how classical players are trained. They are trained to only move their left hand into certain defined positions (1st position right down by the scroll, third position five semitones higher, fourth position two semitones higher than that etc). So you play a D scale in first position with one set of fingering and an E scale in first position with different fingering, rather than just moving the D fingering up by two semitones. On bass we're much freer with moving our left hand around so we mostly take a shape and move it to whatever fret suits us. So what you describe (a 'box' that can be moved anywhere) is possible on a cello, it's just not how classical cello is taught.

And the only way anybody can categorically state that "the best bass lines on most albums released since the early 80s were synthesised or sampled and played by a sequencer", would be if they were present for every minute of the tracking, mixing and mastering of the recordings and knew exactly what had and what had not been used from the first guide tracks to the final production master.

Love this; I've enjoyed all of the Sly & Family Stone songs I've seen recommended thus far.

Maybe, maybe not. At least half of what makes a valve amp sound like a valve amp is the valve power amp. Even emulators don't get it quite right, that's why valve amps still exist.

Bartolini, Nordstrand and many other brand pickups are available from BassDirect here - http://www.bassdirect.co.uk/bass_guitar_specialists/Pickups.html

Well I'm sure it's been shared before but possibly the stankiest stone cold hot funk masterpiece of all time is this

Ohhhhh, that's genius... 🙂

Social clubs. Although we can get them, and they pay well, we have decided to try and do some pub gigs. The money might be rubbish but the atmosphere cant be any worse than a half (or less) empty Social club on a Sat night.

I'm not entirely sure you get to decide what other people can, and can't, be offended by.

It’s had a good dry last night and so I cracked on with the final stage. Raided Mrs B’s furniture restoring drawer and stole some of her posh finishing wax. Two coats applied - sparing but not too mean. Work it in, let it dry (15 mins) - then buff with a clean lint free cloth. It’s taken on a lovely lustrous deep satin shine and it has made the grain pop a bit more. Really pleased. It’s onto the build up next.

When I tried the QSC it wasn’t billed as a standard PA speaker, or actually as an frfr as such - the marketing bumf suggested it was a multi-use cab for a variety of instrument, vocal, live and recorded music applications. As such, the dsp stuff is clearly there for a wider range of applications, for people who are just using one out and about or whatever. I didn’t buy mine based on that at all. I had it set to a default flat eq and a/b’d it with a DXR10 and another. It was flat out better at bass - by a significant margin. It felt better quality and was in special so the price difference was small. I use it as a monitor with DI in from a preamp, and pass through out to the desk. I have used the “bass” setting as a stand-alone - it makes a good backup if my pedal board failed 2 mins before the gig - I’d plug straight in and get on with it. It was always bought as a small footprint easy to cart about live rig when I didn’t need to provide lots of backline heft. I have an EICH t1000 and a vanderkley 2x10 1200w cab for that. In its bag, I can carry it, and a pedalboard and a bass in one trip from car to venue, and take up virtually no space on board at all. I can point it at me directly for monitoring. Sound engineers love the fact they just plug in to it and don’t have to worry about a bass monitor. The rest of the band love it as I take up little room, don’t wash out the sound, and I even angle it towards the drummer to give him a bit more. He loves it too. Our keys player bought one for monitoring such was his enamour.

@BrunoBass - Like this..