stingrayPete1977

I must be sh*t hot then! So why do I sound so crap

Probably, I'm not too worried about tone at that volume, any recommendations?

[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1376069603' post='2169390'] Yep...party tricks don't get gigs unless the rest of your game is up there as well. If I had to guess, I'd say a fair few spend so much more time on Basschat than they ever do on a gig... [/quote]

I thought the person with the best gear was best?

I liked the Bongo best overall, shame I dont like the look of them! The P did nothing for me in any genre.

I think the Ceramic Vs Alnico makes more difference than you think (I have both identicle other than the pup basses hanging right here, strung the same too), that said the 3 EQ with the ceramic sounds kind of like a 2 band but with controllable mids, this might be why I like it so much?

So my ongoing feedback troubles remain, practice last night with a Genz shuttle 6.0 and 1x12 cab using a Fishman Pro and a K&K Bassmax pickup, we are practicing in a small church like a scout hut really. I have tried going in via the return and the line in along with the normal input, with and without the Fishman. The best result was with the foam packing from the Fishman stuffed in the F holes! I could feel the air coming out of the F holes before I could even hear the feed back begin! So should I block the F holes? I know plenty of you dont but maybe at the volume I want to play at it might be the only way? Thoughts and advice welcome as ever, yours frustrated, Pete

[quote name='thunderbird13' timestamp='1376045437' post='2168932'] Take it to the gig , there is nothing like going outside your comfort zone. I have an "second " audition for a group on Saturday for an acoustic country / rockabilly band made up of professional musicians ( one of whom teaches double bass !) who want me to play slap bass. So thats me playing a musical genre I'm not that familar with , using a technique I've never been taught on an instrument I've had for 5 months in front of people who do it for a living - What can possibly go wrong ! If I can do that then you can at least play a set on db with material you know ! [/quote] That sounds crazy! good luck Took the DB instead of the EUB to practice last night and my feedback troubles were pretty much just the same, the best thing about the Fishman pro was when I used the foam to block the F holes! I really need to sort that out but I might still gig it at the acoustic gig as I am hoping to get enough volume for that but trying to play while the others are building a shed with road drills is not going to work

Once you get your head around the various rays my collection makes more sense, I have a classic with all the old features plus it's alnico and two band, my 2010 is 3 band alnico, 2007 is 3 band ceramic, both have pickup switching selectors, if the ceramic in single coil mode with the mids boosted won't cut through nothing will, forget the p bass! Those three basses cover all the various single pickup versions , if I had to keep just one it would actually be the ceramic SR5 that was after ten years of avoiding ceramic equipped ones

Nuts, ends, rods, you lot are awful

Nice one all of you! I'm going to take it to practice later and see if I can get a useable sound out of it, got the bass max and the Fishman now but I'm still having trouble, if it sounds ok I will go for it

Ah good out come then,I too was thinking the other end.

I presume everyone else is the same in that my necks have required the most tension ever due to this current weather, I have actually only tightened my classic to gig standard as I know they will all go back soon. As long as its ok now you should be ok and might even be slackening it off in a couple of months, a washer might be a worthy addition though.

That's the thing with db, everyone will watch! All those years as the anonymous bassist are over even with the stagg so I know they will love the db. That's some long set btw.

[quote name='Beedster' timestamp='1375907279' post='2167373'] Do it, perfect opportunity [/quote] I will report back with the outcome!

[quote name='Owencf' timestamp='1375905645' post='2167333'] Take heart mate, even my wife has said im getting better after just a few months of learning. although i am far from any form of performance [/quote] So am I but it won't stop me

I have been gigging the Stagg using the dots and a bad technique adapted from eb but I have noticed that I am starting to use a more correct style the more I play db at home. I have a pub gig coming up that our drummer can't do where we have decided to do an unplugged version of our set plus the singer and guitarist have been an acoustic duo for ages anyway, I might take the db for its maiden live gig!

Cheers guys

As most of you know I started on the Stagg around Christmas last year and bought a Gedo half carved a few months later, I really need some structured lessons but the more I practice from various books the better I am getting (bit of the Rufus Reid book and some from a bass guitar scales book where I am ignoring the fingering and positions and adapting them with DB half/first position instead). I dont think I will challenging Bilbo for a bass off yet but it sounds like music and I get annoyed with my intonation as my ears are improving, I can also play in tune (ish) while reading which strangely on elec bass I always play the whole gig looking at the neck! Like I said I still need to get on some proper lessons but my little challenge of learning a couple of the etudes from a book for half an hour to an hour most nights is paying off, my reading is improving too as I have only been reading for about two years or so. That is all really

Also as a car tinkerer you say grease Milty but Jeez grease can set like rock! I would get some WD40 down there first then and only then use copper grease if you feel it needs it as it does not set like regular greases. If you get the nut off then just spray the thread of that with WD40 and run it up and down a few times.

That is brilliant!

Did they make a ricky? Probably be better than a real one!

I always thought it was funny that the olp came with a matching headstock which is a hundred pound option on an ebmm.

Tbf these days if the venue are sure we will go down like a lead balloon then I'd rather give it a miss, I had a few years with an eager guitarist that would play at the opening of a crisp packet wishing I was playing the same gig with my other band and visa versa sometimes too but it was indeed the blues band where I felt it more often

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