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The Overwater strings have black silks (when I bought them last year anyway).

If you want to keep the strings, cut off the ball end from an old set (that stay on your bass) and run the new string through the old ball end. I had to do this so I could use a guitar string on my 7 and it works surprisingly well. Although now I think about it, a bigger string might not fit... YMMV.

He's fallen on hard times lately.

Or brand an inverted cross into your forehead like Glen Benton of Deicide...

My Realist has shuffled off this mortal coil so at the moment, nothing.

[quote name='Kev' post='631760' date='Oct 20 2009, 08:26 PM']depends if its my profession or not. If my partner asked me to stop now, i would, but i would probably resesnt her for it. Have to question her motives if she realises how much it means to you though.[/quote] What he said. Hypothetically speaking, of course...

[quote name='Beedster' post='631614' date='Oct 20 2009, 06:20 PM']I tried to play 'fretless lines' for months with no luck. Then I took my fretless to a rehearsal and simply played my usual fretted lines albeit with frets. That's how I learned fretless technique and intonation. Haven't looked back (or used frets) since. Good luck Chris[/quote] +1

Ooh tempting... Do you have the rest of the lineup in place?

Meshuggah really do it for me.

The consensus seems to be that they're not really worth using in the UK as the grid here is relatively stable. Seems to be more of a necessity elsewhere, like the US for example where the voltage coming in can vary more. As ever, YMMV.

I saw Edgar Meyer play with the Scottish Ensemble (I think) about a year ago- truly remarkable playing. He does things on DB I didn't think were possible.

[quote name='Faithless' post='628601' date='Oct 17 2009, 11:40 AM']I've got almost all the sheets with chords and stuff, and, here's the interesting thing.. As you may know, a lotta gospel music comes 'from' such keys like Eb, and other keys that have even 6 flats (Gb/F#).. So, as I know, gospel bassists solve this problem by detuning the bass half-step. But the problem is, that there are few tunes, where A part goes in 'ordinary' [b]Gb[/b], but the B Part goes from [b]C[/b], you know what I'm sayin'? So, if tune my bass to Eb, in a few tunes I'll face such 'strange' chords, like C#, E# and such.. I'm not saying, that I'm not familiar with them, but, it may feel a bit 'unpleasant'.. What do you, guys, do with 'gospel bass' tuning? [/quote] I wouldn't detune if I can avoid it. Having to transpose it all an extra half step is going to cause more trouble than playing it as its written, IMO. Its an extra complication that will just get in the way of what you're playing.

I looked at a piece by Brian Ferneyhough at uni that was in 4/12.

Yeah, that was my face after I listened to the clip

[quote name='umph' post='627498' date='Oct 16 2009, 12:33 AM']got a clip up of a feedback looper up on my site if you wanna hear what one does with a distortion in it.[/quote]

From Pentode's link- that's freakin' awesome.

Shred-tastic. I thought that was amazing.

[quote name='lemmywinks' post='625913' date='Oct 14 2009, 12:40 PM']Surely that's part of the fun of playing bass though? Trying new stuff out to see if you like it, if it can add something to your sound?[/quote] I think this is where the difference is- a lot of people like (or think they like?) chopping and changing gear, whereas for Bilbo its all about the music, and the gear is very much secondary to that. To you (and a lot of other people) that is part of the fun but not necessarily everyone.