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The weird originals band I mentioned have supported covers bands twice, to crowds of over 100 people, and won them over with our freaky image and heavy instrumental music. These crowds were expecting metal covers, so not your average pub crowd, but I think it does prove that people are open to something different, even if they've come to see something they know.

I learned a load of theory when I was younger but I can't really remember much of it now. Having said that, if someone says "F" I know where it is on the fretboard, which is very useful. Maybe stick some dots on the fretboard? I realise it'd feel a bit silly given you're so technically proficient to go back to "beginner dots", but you really should be able to locate a note on the board after someone calls it out. Once you've figured that out, you should start to notice which notes from your "shapes" are the root notes, and then you'll be able to play in any key You've learned all the hard stuff, it's just anchoring that to the right position you need to do now I agree a teacher would be the best bet but it's not always possible

a stupid idea no doubt, but the "15 litre" number is very round... Does it have to be square and made of wood? Or could I buy a 15 litre bin, cut a hole in for the speaker, and another for the port? IE Is the shape as important as the volume?

My most recent project is a mostly instrumental rock band. It's crazy music with a crazier image. I honestly never thought we'd win over any audiences as it's all so weird, but it's been very successful so far! So, you never know what's going to go down well I wonder what causes some of these threads to turn into an "originals vs covers" battle? I play in 4 originals bands but I really don't care what anyone else does. As far as I'm concerned, once the song is written, we're all the same, out there playing to audience, trying to win them over [quote name='blue' timestamp='1451698007' post='2942649'] By the way my 70s style rock & blues band has released 2 CD s of all original material. [/quote] I'm really surprised by this! Where do we get the CDs?

People go on about neck-through basses having more sustain. I have one neck through and two bolt on. When played acoustically, one bolt on bass sounds rubbish, the neck through is better but lacks sustain, and the other bolt on sounds great! I would have thought the manner of construction would have more to do with it than the actual wood. How many pieces the neck is made from, how many holes are in the body etc. It'd be interesting to see a proper scientific study on this

Yeh I've played with a couple, then took it up myself. Around here there seem to be a lot of drummers who are great at one particular genre. Some of the guys playing technical metal are just incredible to watch, but for whatever reason I doubt they'd get reggae or funk - could be my own weird prejudices.

how do they compare acoustically? My basses all sound different unplugged - not necessarily due to the woods, but still

[quote name='Cato' timestamp='1451902306' post='2944331'] If they're aware of the risks & are still refusing to wear hearing protection then they are responsible for any damage to their hearing. [/quote] Well, I've tried to explain, but they're all 15 years older than me and have stories about putting their heads in the bass bins at motorhead gigs etc. which is obviously "rock n roll"

If I'm playing drums in a medium sized pub, there won't be any mics on the kit. In order for the snare to have the necessary impact at the back of the room (relative to the volume of the rest of the band), I will play it moderately loud, and to do this without damaging my hearing, I wear ear plugs. I get frustrated with the rest of the band who refuse to wear earplugs as I worry that I'll do them damage

wonderful work!

Some vicious pedantry in here :-D

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1450223475' post='2930796'] ... My point "I don't like it", what's it really worth? [/quote] I think that's a great approach, and it's one I use when I'm recording other people's music, or playing it for them When it comes to listening to music, there's some stuff I really can't tolerate. The cheesiest easy listening pop, for example. It makes me angry. I can't even have it on in the background! I think having strong preferences is probably what drives my writing, and my creativity in general. I imagine that most of your favourite artists would "hate" some music.

From the OP, it sounds like if you had a good graphic EQ you could get the sound you like from the barefaced, and it'd go louder. That's just how it read to me - I've not tried either brands

[quote name='drTStingray' timestamp='1450140469' post='2930052'] Funky R and B [media]http://youtu.be/6jr3x4oJrDs[/media] [/quote] OK, yeh, that's ace! Very funky

Jaco was incredibly talented, and he had a massive influence on how the bass was played. I think that's fairly widely accepted. I personally like his stuff with Joni Mitchell, but I've been through every other example on this thread and I can't find anything else I like. It all sounds like "fret w***ing" to me, which I guess is the same as "aimless noodling". That's just my opinion. It doesn't mean I haven't learned anything by listening to him, or that I deny his talent or his influence

Just bought a pedal from Dave, couldn't have gone better, nice one!

[quote name='MarkG3' timestamp='1449744054' post='2926379'] Without me sounding stupid but how would they be able to increase individual tracks through compression? [/quote] Not individual tracks, but individual frequencies, or bands of frequencies, using EQ and multi-band compression

Are you guys serious? This is the first time in 40 years I've heard the suggestion that head bands aren't cool!

You probably need to pick one part to be the proper bass, and cut most of the low end from the other parts. Can you post it up for us to listen to? It'd be easier to give advice that way

[quote name='Basszilla' timestamp='1449169867' post='2921304'] Sounds rad. Colouring book EP is sublime One of my favourite bands [/quote] Yes indeed. I saw them just after the colouring book EP was released. I was watching the bass player the whole night - ace!

Of course your sound has to fit with the music. If I was going to play with any sort of rock covers band I'd probably take a tuner, a pre-amp, and maybe one dirt box. That'd cover 99% of situations [quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1449142779' post='2921011'] That plays complete havoc with my OCD (as do most pedal boards). Also IMO having a bunch of pedals and off the board negates the point of having one since for me it's all about efficiency of set up. On a more practical note how do you activate any of the devices in the middle or back of the board? I have enough trouble with the upper tier of footswitches on my Line 6 Shortboard. [/quote] To be fair, that was just for a recording situation, and I've done much worse in the studio since. For gigging it's all on the board and a little bit tidier. To reach the pedals in the middle, I extend my foot forward until it reaches the pedal in question, and then press down - sorry to be sarcastic I just don't have a problem "tap dancing"

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1449072222' post='2920558'] Conversely my guitar rig which consists of a amp and just two devices (a 1U rack and a double width pedal) allows me to run up to 16 different effects simultaneously if I wanted. [/quote] That all sounds a bit sensible and orderly for my tastes

I just like it when people stare at my pedalboard and say things like "but do you use them all?"

Check this out [url="https://soundcloud.com/officialglassjaw"]https://soundcloud.com/officialglassjaw[/url] What a bass sound! The playing is great too. Can't wait for a full album

[quote name='Truckstop' timestamp='1448958670' post='2919485'] ...Anything under 100hz is mud... [/quote] Hmmmm, not so sure on that. You don't want lots below 100Hz but it's not all useless