paul_5

After being a huge Rush fan for about 20 years I borrowed a ‘70s Rickenbacker 4001 from a friend to do some studio sessions with. Plugged into my (then) Ampeg rig it sounded immense; both the engineer and myself were grinning like a pair of loons. couldn’t get on with the super skinny neck, so did the session with my Jazz. Shame.

Surely any Peavey kit is a vintage Land Rover or Toyota Hilux?

Guns of Bricks-ton - the Clash

12v dc can easily be dropped down to 9v using a 7809 voltage regulator, you’d need to invert the dc supply though, as the laptop supply would be centre positive.

I’m not likely to need to tow a car out of a ditch though- .115” for an E string?!?

More of the latter, not so much of the former, I’m a pragmatist.

Given that all of mine are Bitsa basses mine would have to be a kit-car of some kind, nothing flashy mind, all ‘utility vehicle’ sort of thing.

Just got a set for £18.50. looking forward to restringing my fretless...

A wazzok of bass players?

Are they any good for.... ...oh what’s the point!?! Seriously though, how do they sound/feel?

Family Affair - Sly & TFS

MoonDance - Bilbo

Just picked one of these bad boys up as a pre for a home-made speaker cabinet to practice the six-stringer through. Very, very good little box. It’s a clone of a discontinued Sansamp, am excited to see what it sounds like as a direct preamp into Protools...

Depends on what sound you want from the envelope. I’ve had pedals set up this way to give the octaver a uniform signal to help the pitch detector, and it also gave the envelope filter a fixed input for uniform synth style attack, like I said, depends what you’re trying to achieve - analogue synth tones, or ‘porn bass’!

There’s a Jam tribute act called ‘Small Weller’ doing the rounds too.

...whatever I tell them to!!

These guys get my vote for best stage names: Ladies and germs, I give you GWAR Ben Eubanks -Johnny Slutman), Dave Brockie (Oderus Urungus), Russ Bahorsky (Mr. Magico) Steve Douglas (Jaws of Death), Chris Bopst (Balsac) Sean Sumner (Hans Sphincter). As of Brockie's death in 2014, Gwar currently features no original members, with a lineup of rhythm guitarist Mike Derks (Balsac the Jaws of Death) drummer Brad Roberts (Jizmak Da Gusha, since 1989) lead guitarist Brent Purgason (Pustulus Maximus, since 2012) lead vocalist Mike Bishop (Blöthar the Berserker, since 2014) bassist Casey Orr (Beefcake the Mighty, most recently since 2019). There have been a few others in between these incarnations of the band...

On the subject of The Eagles, I’m firmly in agreement with the Dude.

When I used a compressor I always put it before the octaver, then the envelope to give them a decent chance at picking up the transient.

Bowie. I’ve gigged a few of his songs, and they’re fun to play, but other than the handful of popular ones I’m not very au fait with his body of work.

Patience, and something to hold the wires with are recommended too - either pliers or a ‘helping hand’ tool will be good. The wires get hot, and even with bass-player’s callouses it can be painful if you’re holding hot wire! Also, make a note (written diagram and/or photographs) of the original wiring - just in case... Wherever possible (and I speak from experience) do each wire at a time - you don’t want a situation where you’ve got a fistful of different wires, a board full of empty solder pads, and no idea where each wire is supposed to go!

I can do both, but I find that I remember things better when I work them out by ear - I suppose subconsciously I don’t think I need to remember it if it’s written down somewhere!

I always thought that was intentional.

If you’ve had both covid vaccinations then you’re already 5G ready, and just need a receiver- provided you’re not wearing a tinfoil hat...

Learn your E minor pentatonic scale, and E blues - that’s what almost every track on that album is based off. They’ll probably ask you about this, so be prepared. E minor pentatonic (5 notes) - E, G, A, B, D, E E Blues: E, F#, G, A, A#, B, C, D, E wouldn’t hurt to be able to do these across 2 octaves, and in a couple of different keys too, just in case. Edit: if you’re playing Bombtrack then you can already play an F# blues scale! don’t sweat it, and the best of British to you!