Jump to content
Why become a member? ×
Scammer alert: Offsite email MO. Click here to read more. ×

thumbo

Member
  • Posts

    848
  • Joined

  • Last visited

Posts posted by thumbo

  1. Practice, practice, practice :) I don't think Ray 5's are the easiest to slap on, but with practice you'll get the angles just right with your right hand. If you learn to slap well on your 5 string, going back to a 4 will feel so easy in comparison.

  2. [quote name='SS73' post='1355971' date='Aug 30 2011, 09:30 AM']Have used the very same set up and it does go very very loud, not sure if it's Reading volume though.[/quote]

    Perhaps it goes to show that masses of volume isn't always needed on stage. He probably had plenty of what he needed to hear coming from the monitors.

  3. From the wiki about 8 string guitars:
    [quote]Fredrik Thordendal and Marten Hagstrom of Meshuggah tune their 8-string guitars F+Bb+Eb-Ab-Db-Gb-Bb-Eb, and occasionally drop it to Eb+Bb+Eb-Ab-Db-Gb-Bb-Eb, and even five semitones below this tuning, for the song Spasm[/quote]

    I'd imagine he'd copy the low 5 strings of the guitars tuning, but I'm not certain of that.



    2:22 Rational Gaze :)

  4. [quote name='bubinga5' post='1335981' date='Aug 11 2011, 02:26 AM']The tone fingerstyle and slap sounds awsome on this older TRB..

    [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRbmvkzvUII"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRbmvkzvUII[/url][/quote]

    There's a great midrange tone to these basses that seems quite unique to TRBs.

  5. As others have mentioned, your best bet is to try before you buy, especially since the basses you're interested in are all quite different.

    My advice would be to have a look into second hand Warwicks (if you've tried one and like the feel), the second hand market for them is great for buyers at the moment and you can get a lot of bass for your money. Things like Streamer LX's and Thumb Bolt-Ons are often going for around £600 or less.

    Something important to bare in mind with buying second hand Warwicks is the pre-1998 bolt on models have a much slimmer neck profile than the newer ones. Warwick used to use Wenge for the neck as well as the fretboards, now they only use wenge for the fretboard and they use ovangkol for the neck. I own both kinds of Warwicks, and whilst I have no problems with the neck profile of my newer model, the older Warwick I have is truly effortless to play.

  6. [quote name='ash' post='1307433' date='Jul 18 2011, 09:02 AM']Ha! You could get a Wasp Drive from Clacktronics and spend the change on a Moog Prodigy for that! :)[/quote]

    Exactly! Deep Impacts have a unique sound, but the hype has just got ridiculous now. The reason I've been watching them is because I've been thinking of selling mine. The convenience of having a synth pedal on the floor has become far outweighed by how much better my Micro Korg sounds.

  7. I've been watching Deep Impact synths on ebay lately and I've seen them go for around £350-£450 over the past few weeks.

    This one however, nearly made me fall off my chair (warning: don't sip hot drinks whilst opening link). [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270776077308&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT#ht_826wt_1141"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...T#ht_826wt_1141[/url]

  8. Found it! I like that nostalgic feeling of looking back over a setlist a few days after a banger of a gig, there's always 1 or 2 songs that I forgot happened :)

    [b]Those Damned Blue-Collar Tweekers
    Tommy the Cat (Included "The Awakening" bass solo)
    Hennepin Crawler
    Mr. Knowitall
    Behind My Camel (The Police cover)
    Groundhog's Day
    The Last Salmon Man
    Over the Falls
    Tragedy's a-Comin'
    Drum and Whamola Jam (This was actually the track "Whamola")
    John the Fisherman
    Jilly's on Smack
    Green Ranger
    Jerry was a Race Car Driver
    Over the Electric Grapevine
    Harold of the Rocks

    Encore:
    Here Come the Bastards
    Pudding Time
    Too Many Puppies
    Is It Luck?
    Duchess and the Proverbial Mind Spread

    Note: All songs in the encore were played as a medley. Each track was abridged accordingly, with the exception of "Duchess..." which was played in full.[/b]

×
×
  • Create New...