Sean

One Vision - Queen Live and let Die - Wings/G'n'R Slotted them in while watching some stuff on BBC iPlayer

It's like asking for people to tell you what their favourite food is. You'll get almost as many answers as there are replies. In these times of financial hardship go for Elixirs, they'll last you till the next recession.

Dunno with basses - I'm very fickle, my Natural DJ4 with black blocks I suppose, it's great and the Spector Euro 4LX that I got before Christmas is already feeling like I've had it forever . But with guit*rs I have a 1987 US Strat and a 1997 PRS Custom 22 that aren't going anywhere, they are both peaches and I wish I could find a bass that's as good in [i]every single way[/i] as the PRS.

I used one every day for 18 months and it never coughed once.

I've been asked to learn Virtual Insanity and it's proving to be a nightmare, I just can't hear what he's doing despite having an accurate transription and having watched a few well meaning souls covering it on You Tube. I know SZ used an old Boss multi-effects unit (I posted a link to a NOS one for sale a few months back) but what effect/s is he using on that song? I have a Zoom B2.1u and just can't get anything similar out of it? Are SZ's bass lines altered a lot after initial recording? Any help with this much appreciated. Ta Sean

Cheers for the transcription posting. Just found a couple of things on it that might be worth pointing out... in bar 2 after the F to Ab hammer on the Bb hammers on to C before the Eb staccato sixteenths. Anyone else hear this?

I've been messing about with the EQ on the amp (LMK) and with it scooped a bit and the Vintage Loudspeaker Emulator knob up it does indeed give it a Vintagey-ness that is really useable for soul, especially with the P pup soloed but overall it's still like Godzilla in Wolf's clothing.

I was asked to post some photos of my new one but I left my decent camera in work and I'm not getting it back until Monday. Here's some 'emergency only" pics BTW it's Euro LX4 in Blue Stain, you can just make out the flame top in these pics I'll do some proper shots and put them in the porn section next week. **EDIT - Sorry about the grubby fingerprints, only just noticed them :blush:

[quote name='bass_in_ya_face' post='368391' date='Jan 2 2009, 12:37 PM']I used to take Lessons but can no longer afford it. Can anyone recommend a site that has decent online lessons for nowt. I'd really like to do the Guy Pratt one on www.icanplayit.com as the example looks very entertaining and he's a very funny bloke but I haven't got £30 spare at the mo.[/quote] www.davemarks.com www.studybass.com www.cyberfretbass.com www.cyberschoolofbass.com

[quote name='Boneless' post='366653' date='Dec 30 2008, 09:56 PM']So, how would you compare it to a Little Mark? Same cabs, bass, etc. Would it be able to replace a LM? Or, while good, you consider it to be somewhat inferior?[/quote] I've actually done this and they are very different - LH500 is warmer and less versatile. I'd happily use one and I really like the lack of knobs. I would seriously consider one as back up at the price - must be the best value musical kit out there at the moment.

What a bridge! I changed the strings on mine today to put a set of Elixirs on and the saddles fell out as I was doing it I had to reset the intonation which took me a while but these 'ere bridges bain't be for the faint hearted land lubbing bassist.

I play so well that people walk away shaking their heads in disbelief. Damn, I must be good.

AM, you have exactly the kind of attitude and style that drives people away from this forum. We've lost some really useful people who have got fed up with ignorant full-of-attitude, hate-filled types. Why don't you take your ungrateful attitude elsewhere and leave the forum for us that find it a useful and informative community?

AM, you obviously have a huge attitude problem/chip on your shoulder and you give the impression that the world owes you something. I'd respectfully ask you to keep a lid on it and grow up a bit. Mewsie has done absolutely nothing to prompt such a sh*tty reaction from you. May I suggest you go out for a walk and contemplate a few things about how communities such as BC work. So many of your posts are so negative and aggressive - get it sorted and stop spewing your vitriolic bile over the pages of this forum.

[quote name='mewsie' post='364147' date='Dec 27 2008, 01:29 PM']AM, we've been here before, people are trying to help you, please be nice. you may find the more you lose it in your replies, the less replies and help you'll get. you are lucky to be able to do this by ear. quickly learning these songs by ear and then transcribing them strikes me as an awesome way to develop more than one skill. learning to understand people speaking a new language is one thing, learning to speak it yourself is another, so transcribing would definitely help your reading, and not only that, you'd be helping others in the future by having them available.[/quote] +1 Thanks, Mewsie. Eloquent as ever.

[quote name='AM1' post='364135' date='Dec 27 2008, 01:04 PM']NO! Look - I can pick up an instrument and learn by ear, very quickly and have done for years. This becomes restrictive when there are occasional passages of music that are difficult to learn by ear and being able to read these is a useful tool. One example - You wouldn't expect to turn up and record a part in a studio by learning it by ear before hand, sometimes a score is given out on the day and you are expected to sight read it OFF THE SHEET. That does not mean I will take one or other approach with the bass ALL OF THE TIME. I will work on both. But I am deliberately trying to avoid just becoming an ear player. I can learn any one of these songs BY EAR in a quick amount of time. But that is NOT helping me to develop READING. I disagree fundamentally - from MY personal experience, you CAN do too much ear playing by ear, to the detriment of learning rudimentary music. A good musician is versatile enough to do both. If you want to debate the semantics, open a thread elsewhere, this thread is for finding tabs. Regards AM[/quote] Keep yer wig on and watch the SHOUTING and the patronising tone. Chill out and enjoy the forum - no one's here to wind you up or be rude, most of the regulars and longer serving BCers are very helpful and by the same chalk very keen to understand where exactly people are coming from and what their angle is so we can give the best advice. Maybe I'll wind my neck in and keep any advice to myself in future if it's going to get a spoilt brat response. Remember that a lot is "lost in translation" in posts and people sometimes seek clarification.

[quote name='AM1' post='364116' date='Dec 27 2008, 12:08 PM']I vowed not to go down the road of playing purely by ear because I want to develop my reading as well.[/quote] So, are you saying you have deliberately restricted your ear training because you want to learn to read better? I don't see the logic. It's like saying that you have cut back on conversing in Italian because you want to improve your Italian reading skills. You can never ever do too much ear training; life is not long enough.