Linus27

From Saturday night

Jazz - Nickel Rounds P-Bass - Steel Rounds 51 - Flats

Thanks Chris, really appreciate that 😊

Hi all, The band I am in, The Tim Shez Band, today has released our debut EP, 'Everything We Thought We Knew'. It contains 5 tracks and I play fretless on all 5 tracks. The style is acoustic singer songwriter with Tim playing acoustic, singing and some keys, Ben of drums and percussion but only using brushes, hotrods and beaters and myself on fretless. It's very chilled, emotional and intimate It's available on all the major sites to download and stream so if anyone fancies a listen then the links are below. Enjoy and thanks for listening Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/album/7nly6357ijxjLMoCRjT00s... Apple Music/iTunes - https://music.apple.com/.../everything-we.../1649581768 Amazon Music - https://music.amazon.co.uk/albums/B0BJ19Z3QN... Fall Tide Seconds Away Strangers I Miss You

Yes, I agree with this, it's not the lack of a compressor pedal and you also can't hide behind a compressor pedal. A lot of funky bassists don't use compression pedals. If I was to be brutal in my critique, it's like you are playing too laid back or in a lazy fashion which is losing you the attack of the notes, the snap and pop of each note. You need to attack them hard and then kill them quickly. Don't play the notes like James Jamerson, play them like Bernard Edwards, you're not giving us a warm cuddle but more of a slap around the face.

I don't know anything about the Dynaverb but I have a TC Hall of Fame 2 which is excellent and has loads of Tone Prints that can be downloaded. You also have the option to download 3 as presets along with the 10 already built in presets. I also only play fretless so yes, reverb on a fretless is lovely.

I had a Behringer Ultra Chorus which I thought was really good, very much a cheap Boss copy. As chorus is quite a integral part of my sound, I thought it would be wise to invest in a much better chorus pedal so I bought the TC Corona. It makes a cleaner sounding chorus over the Behringer but I just didn't get on with it and found no matter what toneprint I tried, it darkened my overall sound and added a boost in bass frequencies so in the end I've gone back to the £20 Behringer.

So my personal view which is exactly that and can be ignored is this, very nicely played, a few timing issues but very nice nevertheless. My suggestion though is to look at the attack and articulation of your notes. It's a funky track and your playing wasn't snappy or popping enough to match the track. I'd push a little more, make the initial attack of each note more aggressive and then kill the note sooner, not let it sustain so much. Ghost notes or damping might help with that. Still great playing though so well done.

"I live my life a quarter mile at a time. Nothing else matters: not the mortgage, not the store, not my team and all their cow poop. For those ten seconds or less, I'm free" Dominic Toretto - Fast and Furious Sorry, I wanted to do a quote as well, mine was equally as pointless.

So again, where is the evidence I think a blank board looks cooler? Only a few posts above I say the following, "I find lines are way too distracting as you have a target to aim for all the time and found I was way less accurate rather than relying on my ear and technique alone. I have no issue if someone prefers lines or finds it easier, for me unlined is easier and more natural to my playing." Maybe if you didn't make things up all the time you might get a bit of credibility in what you say.

Bloody amateur hey, if only he had lines.

Maybe not, I'm obviously singing with the birds but thank you for not backing up any of your claims with any evidence, that pretty much says it all.

A name like Tony Franklin, he has a name on an instrument.

So having lines changes time and the ability to adjust notes but if I had a line on my fretboard I would have more time??? Any proof to back this statement up that having a line gives you more time to adjust individual notes or again is this just your opinion? What about if I have a full proper fret, would that give me even more time or slow time down even more, would I actually be in credit with time?

What makes you think this and do you have any evidence to back this up? I don't see why having lines or no lines makes any difference if the player has good technique. What evidence do you have to back this up or is it just your opinion? What is the certain tempo that constitutes that unlined is now unable to pitch adjust?? 100bpm, 110, 97??

I play unlined, always have and use my ear and roll my finger if I need to adjust on the fly. As long as you have a strong ear and technique, then playing unlined is no different to playing a fretted bass, you just need to listen more to what you are playing. I find lines are way too distracting as you have a target to aim for all the time and found I was way less accurate rather than relying on my ear and technique alone. I have no issue if someone prefers lines or finds it easier, for me unlined is easier and more natural to my playing.

That is absolutely beautiful, please don't hurt it by adding frets to that gorgeous neck. I'm happy to do a service to the Basschat community and buy the bass to protect it 🙂

This is what I did and got Shuker to make me a replica of my neck but fretless. To be honest, the replica fretless is nicer than the original Fender fretted.

HEHE no worries, that's exactly when I got my Barts for my Jazz and I also can't remember which ones I had fitted

Hi Chris, I've got Barts in my Jazz and its the best sounding Jazz I've ever heard. Do you know what Barts you put in your P-Bass as I've just got a new P-Bass and fancy trying some different pickups.

I absolutely adore this version of Sugar Mice by Marillion. Beautiful voice and incredible musicianship.

Very nice and great effort. If you wanted to make it easier, on the original the first chord is just playing the root. Looks like you are playing an F# and the open E where as the original just plays the F# root note. Not as fun though as your version. Bass sounds great as well.

I bought a brand new Musicman Stingray from The Bass Centre in 1998 and no matter what setup it had, it would never stay in tune. Took the bass to Strings and Things and they confirmed the wood used on the neck was too soft, contained too much moisture and they replaced it with a new neck. Never had a problem with it after that. So worth pursuing as it could be a manufacturing fault.

In that case, sell the fretless if its surplus to requirements and buy a fretted Precision.

If the neck is an original 78 fretless neck or an genuine original fretless neck then if you want to fret if then I will find you and make you eat goulash every day until you see sense 😆 Basically, if the neck is an original vintage fretless neck then no. If it isn't then crack on.