bass_dinger

I get irrationally nervous when @SteveXFR is behind me, and start driving erratically. At least, I think that it's him - I can't properly see, on account of the whacking great fish sticker across my rear window. 😉

@Leonard Smalls is in two minds about St Winifred's School Choir's cover of Another Brick in the Wall.

In that case, my irrational prejudice is that I don't know if the fretboard inserts make a difference, but I believe that they do, without any evidence either way.

Guitars and basses with mother of pearl fret markers that fill the whole space between two frets. That's because the mother of pearl sections will sound and feel very different to wooden fretboard sections, and ensure that the tone between the positions is unbalanced.

I had the same suspicion about @Yorkielanc - joined up, made a single post, and his last visit was the day after his post. @Merton,you will see that I even hinted at that oddness, in my reply to the new member: "...welcome to basschat.co.uk - I am honoured that your first post was in reply to my question!" So, you are not cynical, but healthily curious. Either that, or we are both cynical...

I agree. Not enough strings or note-position choices. Too thin a neck. Yet most pop songs in the past 70 years have a 4-string bass guitar on the track, and many bassists are very musical and capable on a 4 string bass.

But... he asked you to use that email address!

Is anyone attending the Big Church Festival this bank holiday weekend, down at Wiston House near Steyning? I am there (or at least, will be) for the duration. It would be good to bump into fellow Playing in Church basschatters near the discount CD sellers, or the acoustic tent.

I turned up to a local gig with my folder full of bank statements, rather than my chord charts.

Three spare basses. I tried to go for an obscure make and model, to make it difficult to find spares and duplicates, but I still have 4 Washburn Bantam basses. Dual humbuckers, Dual single coils, dual Bartolinis. Fretless Dual bartolinis. Green. Natural. Zebra. Wacky blue-turquoise burst. Actually, they are a good thing to have - fun to play, easy to use. But I should have got rid of some of them earlier. A chorus pedal. I wonder what it sounds like - I must try it one day. A thick plectrum. I wonder what it sounds like - I must try it one day etc etc

People who wear their basses low, and thus, have to bend the wrists on their fretting hands at a sharp angle. My prejudice is that they therefore cannot play well - and certainly not with dexterity and finesse. Yet I see such players on videos, in huge bands, and they seem to be managing OK. Maybe my prejudice is irrational... Also, I don't understand how mathematicians calculate Pi and assume that it is all smoke and mirrors. I have an irrational prejudice about an irrational number....

When I played, I did so without effects (and indeed, without effectiveness). It felt unnecessarily complicated to add layers of effects to so short a setlist. Indeed, I never even touched the pickup selector or tone controls. Any variation that I wanted, I could achieve with different finger-placement on the plucking hand.

Is this list still up to date, I wonder? I wanted to share the list with someone based in Belgium, but @marcoelwray can't be found. Pilot error on my part? Or has this member left the forum?

I had the same issue when I first started on bass. The Fender model felt huge and unwieldy, but the Washburn was much more nimble. The neck was wider, and I liked the 3+2 tuners on the headstock (3 above, two below). I chose the bass that I most enjoyed playing, and which felt right in my hands.

So, I have decided to upgrade to an audio interface with midi ports - the Behringer https://www.thomann.co.uk/behringer_umc1820.htm which appears to have 8 instrument-input channels. It will replace a Yamaha AG03 (3 channels), chained to a Behringer Xenyx 802 (4 instrument-input channels). I need to use midi cables to join up the three midi devices, that have the following ports: ~ Kurzweil SP76 (midi In, midi Out) ~ E-MU Classic Keys (midi In, midi Out, midi Thru') ~ UMC 1820 (midi In, midi Out) I assume that it will be 1. Kurzweil SP76, midi Out > 2. midi In of the E-MU Classic Keys / midi Out of the E-MU Classic Keys> 3. midi In of the UMC 1820. And if I want the PC to play the keyboard, I take the advice of @BigRedX : 4. That is, midi Out of the UMC 1820 > midi in of the Kurzweil SP76. So, I will need three midi cables? _Behringer UMC1820 – Thomann UK.html

Good point, well made. No Ali Express for me, especially when the real thing is available - and I can try before I buy.

Hi @jery978. Welcome to basschat.co.uk Do have a look at https://www.basschat.co.uk/forum/3-introductions/ and tell us a little about yourself.

I do like a Gibson J200 - I was a big fan of the Reverend Gary Davis who used them for his fingerpicked blues. However, I could never afford the real thing. So, off to Ali Express I go. Strictly browsing....

He was aiming at the harmonica player, who got up and started playing during the premiere of the 1812. Tchaikovsky was so grateful to that audience member for his timely intervention, that he wrote the part into all subsequent performances. True story.

"Deer pants" has a nice descending bass line - I always used to play the octave line from Bach's Air on a G string underneath it.

Congratulations on your first bass...

@TrevorRis right - if one has only ever heard a bass guitar on a recording, through headphones or a laptop speaker, or even a hifi, then the sound of a real bass is shockingly powerful. One can mute the notes, play them shorter, not let the open strings ring out. One can even set the amp controls to 'flat' (no cut, no boost). All those techniques will tame the bass sound. However, ultimately, the bass is a powerful instrument. I would worry less about the specifications and the numbers, and more about what instrument feels best in your hands.

That reminds me, I must buy myself an ice lolly...

Indeed yes

Robert @bass_dinger I have bought a new car, and more basses, and retired from work, all to make my attendance more possible. It was a sacrifice that I was willing to make.... Is there a table for people selling their bass gear? Or will that be a separate thread?