mlauritsen

Hi, I was recently invited to play with some guys I didn't know - I play with the drummer in another context, and he suggested I try out. The band is reasonably competent, without live or recording experience (or maybe they do and I just couldn't tell) I played with them a couple of hours a couple of times, killed myself learning their 10+ cover songs in non-standard keys and then, after a break for autumn holidays, I got a message on our "band chat" that another bassist had applied and they had decided to go with him. I didn't realize they were still looking, the feedback after both sessions was pretty good, and since the band was "for fun", I figured I had the gig. Sucks. I don't want to waste any time complaining and being bitter, just wondering how other people deal with setbacks like this. I was really enjoying playing with real people again, excited to get to know new musicians and new material (of the 10+ songs, I could have named Green Day, otherwise I had never heard of neither songs nor bands covered). Really bummed out to have thrown myself into practising a lot more than usual, and apart from now knowing 10 songs I will never play again, it was pretty much wasted effort. On the plus side, this got my playing and practice back into gear after a period of "being distracted". Regards Morten

Another option would be a peavey CS800, this seems to be a better match, powerwise... ?

I found a crown XLS 602 on a local auction site... However, it's rated at 600W into 4 ohms. (The 3620 says max 400W into 4 ohms...) Is there any way to safely connect this to a 3620? It would be easy enough to keep the volume down, but would the amp blow the speakers simply because the ratings don't match? My intuition tells me not to do this, but since I'm not an expert, I thought I would ask anyway.

Thanks, that's very helpful. I'll see what I can find power-ampwise. Can I just Y-cable the pre-amp output to the two power inputs then? I've seen Y cables for sale, but that does not mean it works well... Are there active splitters that work well for this?

I was lucky enough (over a couple of years) to find two Peavey 3620s for practically nothing. (65kgs, 2x18 and 2x10) My question is: How powerful an Amp do I need, and how do I not blow anything up? The cabs have two "full range" inputs, which I figure I could use to chain the two cabs in parallel (Amp -> cab 1 -> cab 2). Since each cab is 400w (max) @ 4 Ohms, I would guess I need an amp providing at least 800w into 2 ohms? Not sure how the math works there... That's if I connect them in parallel. Another option would be to find an amp with two channels and plug one cab into each. Any suggestions for amps that would go with this? I would go with either Peavey power amps or crown, simply because I spent some time looking into their lineups and feel comfortable with them, but any recommendations are very welcome. I was planning to get a pre-amp pedal (Sansamp / Darkglass DI?) and run it straight into a power amp - would that work? Obviously, I'm responsible for my own mistakes, any advice here is very much appreciated!

Beautiful - thank you so much! I was hoping for somebody to post exactly what you did (proper music notation), that's the simplest way to really nail it in writing. This riff is even cooler now that I understand how it works. (Absolute genious, with a popped sixteenth "spilling over" like that!) If you need a lawn mowed or something, let me know (little chance of that in London I guess). ;-)

Hello! That's the same video I linked to myself. :-) I watched it many times, and I can't make the riff fit within one measure - a sixteenth spills over at the end, and looking at the video, I'm playing it like he says. As I hear it, the A7 falls on the fourth beat, making the fourth beat: 1. A7 2. An open E 3. A slide up to D7 4. An open E 5. A slide up to G7 Played as 5 sixteenths, I just can't fit that into one quarter beat (assuming the time signature is 4/4 around 78bpm - which feels right when listening to the drums). I listened to how he plays it in the video many times, and when I play it the same way, the notes just don't fit in. Obviously, I'm doing something wrong, the video (and Graham) play it and it sounds just fine... I'm just trying to figure out exactly what I'm doing wrong?

Hello! (I posted a [url="http://www.talkbass.com/threads/hair-larry-graham.296024/"]very similar question to talkbass.com[/url], but the thread was ancient, not sure whether anybody will read it there.) I've spent a couple of weeks trying to figure out the main riff in Larry Graham's "Hair", and I'm close, but I've been trying to put it on paper, and there just seems to be a sixteenth too much in the main riff, no matter what I try: [font=courier new,courier,monospace] One -e- and -a- Two -e- and -a- Three -e- and -a- Four -e- and -a- E0 R R E0 E3 D5 E5 D7 Ex E0 A5 E0 A7 Ex /D7 Ex /G7 [/font] I left out the hammer-on A5-A7 for readability, and it doesn't seem relevant.(?) I wrote the main riff down as a single bar, which makes it ~78bpm with most of the notes sixteenths... That seems to fit with the basic drum groove (Snare on 1+3, Kick on 2+4, and some tasteful hihats sprinkled around. :-) I have read and listened to everything I could find on the net, including the excellent: [url="http://playbassnow.com/song-tutorials/how-to-play-larry-grahams-hair"]http://playbassnow.c...ry-grahams-hair[/url] Really, I have listened to this song (and the above video) many many times, and no matter what I do, the last note spills into the next bar, which is not groovy. The notes on the beats above (The first E0, the E3 on Two, and the dead note on 3 all seem good to me, which just means that the Ex slide to D7 Ex slide to G7 on the fourth beat just do not fit. I considered tripletsOne -e- and -a- Two -e- and -a- Three -e- and -a- Four -e- and -a- E0 R R E0 E3 D5 E5 D7 Ex E0 A5 E0 A7 Ex /D7 Ex /G7 and grace notes, but the flow of the riff is very even - it really is all sixteenths. I'd be very grateful for any clues!