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looking good Matt!

It took me ages to get 3 fingers sounding "fluid" and consistent. I've lost that skill now. I'm just not interested in going that fast any more, and I actually realised my two fingers are much faster than I thought.

what's an aggressive offer? A generous one might have more chance of success! I play a load of beer festivals, folk festivals, punk festivals, indoor and out. They're all usually fun. I don't think we've got anything massive though. We'll probably play to audiences of 500 or so

maybe build yourself a manshed or rent a room somewhere?

I play whatever I want in 4 originals bands, and write my own music when I get time. It's pretty fulfilling! Good advice above to set up a small recording studio. I used to have this upstairs at home and got loads of my own music recorded. I never did anything with it, but it was very fulfilling. Since starting an actual studio I've not had the time!

I play 6 string basses with standard tuning (High C) and switch between them and guitars all the time. I play lots of chords and write lots of stuff on guitar which I then move over to bass but I've never considered tuning the high C down to B. Maybe I'm just used to the different shapes?

not sure on that one sorry!

yeh, quite a big difference in the high frequencies It still sounds like the kit's a bit distorted... no point in me making any comments on the sound unless you can get hold of the stems from the engineer?

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1458733657' post='3010249'] ...and you annoyed the crap out of your colleagues for a couple of years. [/quote] yeh but that was more to do with my awful sense of humour and love of smelly food

This came up on my facebook from Tape Op magazine and I was so impressed I thought I'd better share it here. It's a recording of a full band in a room using one stereo mic, and it sounds great. Not my kind of music but still, very impressive [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qcf6kqvsXu8[/media]

I used to want to be able to play really fast so I practised a three finger technique on my right hand while at work for a couple of years. It worked but now I have no desire to play that fast any more

well that makes it much more listenable! Nice one!

I don't want to explain my technique, it's very unorthodox and I'm sure I'd be banned from basschat. I can play "normal" bass too, but I play a lot of weird heavy music which involves abusing my basses

ahh, not sure if there's a limit on soundcloud but I regularly put files on there at 320kpbs so it might be worth opening a soundcloud account?

I appreciate that. I find the same thing happens on all 3 of my 6 strings on the high C. I've checked for sharp bits on the saddles and can't find any. I think I probably play too hard, or at least pop the high C too hard, but that's because I get carried away and there's not a lot I can do about it (other than getting better, and that's not going to happen! ) The high C from that Newtone set is still intact after 3 years, if a little dead

how did you convert to mp3? You should be going for 320kbps mp3s IMO

I want to know the options really When I was gigging a lot (about 10 years ago) I was using Elites 5 string sets plus matching high Cs, and these were OK but died quite quickly. I also went through a phase of Elixers but I hated the way the plastic came off, although I gather they've solved this problem in the mean time? The Newtone set I'm on about was very heavy, I think .145 on the B and .40 on the C, and they were great and lasted ages. They cost me about £65 though In the last 12 months I've tried Pro Steels which were 0.32 to 0.130. The high C snapped on the first or second "pop" (I'm quite an aggressive player) but other than this they're OK. The low B is nowhere near as good as the Newtone though I don't know if this is down to the gauge or the construction. I also had some Warwick Red Label and snapped the high C within a minute and the low B within a day Basically I'm on a very tight budget so it'd be good to be able to compare lots of different 6 string sets by price and figure out what I can afford

I have no idea which brand or type I'd like to try next, but I'd like to be able to compare lots of sets in terms of gauge and type. I'm generally looking at steel strings, but other than that I have no set opinions I've looked on bass direct's site and I can't see a way to compare all of their 6 string sets?

this is ace! Great bass sound! It's probably not appreciated at this stage but that hi-hat is really very loud and there's no way I could listen to a whole album like that on headphones. It's probably fine on speakers though

sounds like a tight band! I do think you could probably do better in terms of the mix but I'm not sure as the mp3 is quite low quality. Maybe you could put a higher quality file on soundcloud or something?

ahhh, that's what I need, great, thanks! If only it was in the UK

I desperately want to compare a large range of strings for 6 string basses. I'm sure I've checked most of the main retailers, and none of them have a way to filter for just 4s or 5s or 6s (or more). Does anyone know of such a site? I only play 6 string basses but I've never been 100% happy with my strings, other than a very high gauge set I once got from Newtone but I don't have the money to keep doing that

[quote name='PaulWarning' timestamp='1458640775' post='3009254'] ah, the advantage of playing bass, mistakes are less noticeable, apart from my partner, she attends most gigs and knows exactly when I make one of my frequent a cock ups [/quote] mistakes are miles more noticeable on drums IMO. I've been gigging lots on drums over the last couple of years and the mistakes really stick out, but I manage to laugh them all off. If I'm on drums and someone comes up to me to say "you look like you really enjoyed yourself up there" it generally means I made quite a few mistakes which kept making me laugh.

I used to get told this when I was playing bass in a band. We took our music very seriously, rehearsed a lot, concentrated very intently on stage and never made a mistake. It felt great, but the sheer concentration definitely showed on my face Now I'm a bit more experienced I realise that no-one will notice little mistakes. I take it a lot less seriously and I enjoy it a lot more. Consequently I smile