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Just going over today’s songs (I learned them last night, just doing a recap). One of the songs, “ His name is Jesus” by Phil Wickham is shifted by a 5th to suit the lead singist. I still don’t get why though? When learning the song last night, other than the original key, there was a female fronted version which was a semitone down, which to me is a sensible adjustment, not 5 (or 7) semitones. This is very common in our church & makes some songs hard for much of the congregation to sing. Surely if you have to mess up a song by that much, then either pick songs in a key close to what the singist can do, or have one of the singer’s who can sing it in a similar key do that song? But hey, this is my penultimate set at this church for a while. There’s too many things with worship music for me that makes it unenjoyable. Playing the song isn’t one of them. It’s getting a set list on Wednesday, the silly key changes, the “ohh, let’s remove the instrumental parts or cut them to 2 bars” nonsense. Why? That’s the bit where the congregation can really reflect on what they’ve just been trying to sing! There’s the sudden change of song, or adding tags from another song that fit like a square into a round hole. And then there’s the not finding out what the darn closing song is until 1/2 way through the pastor’s service. What is that all about? Surely the song pickers could just ask him what he’s preaching on in advance???

Once you get the basics, Logic is fairly easy. There’s plenty of presets on things to get you in the ballpark too.

There's quite a few on youtube. Ones I tend to watch are "Why Logic Pro Rules", "Musician on a Mission" & "Musictech Help Guy". But if it's a from scratch tutorial & "how do I do this", then Apple have great stuff here. https://www.apple.com/uk/logic-pro/resources/

More like a 20 year delay. Most CCW leaves me cold & uninspired, which is the opposite from what it should be doing. I’m planning on stepping away from playing at church. Talking of church, there’s a hillsong documentary on National Geographic. Well worth a watch (we used the 7 day free trial to watch it, as there’s only 3 episodes).

I looked at these before I got the Stingray. From the research that I did, they Got great reviews from owners. I was planning on doing a 5 string Jazz, but iirc, there’s only 4 string available.

Here’s a thought if you really feel you must lube your pegs. If your tuners are open back, degrease them & then use a dry lube. This will reduce any gunk build up that you will get with a grease or jelly. If they’re closed & you don’t know what lube to use, then it may be worth giving them a clean out & using fresh grease. Tuners are gears, grease is normally used for that purpose, not oil.

I used to get my bass, a 2x10 combo, a pedal board & an acoustic guitar in one of these with he top down. No room for a passenger though.

@SardonicusI find that almost every worship song is a variation of the 1, 4, 5, 6 chords. If you know the key, then you can get away with playing sparse 2-3 note chords that may work over whatever chord is playing.

I'd just be straight & say to him something along the lines of "Your medley is a great idea & I'd love to do it, but I don't know 3 of the songs & have no time to practice them. Would you be a good man & choose some from the existing setlist & once I get time, I'll practice those other songs for the next time".

I bought my Ibby in early 1990 & never have I lubricated the machine heads. I don't know for def, but I would have thought that lubeing them would make them easier to turn, which could potentially allow your strings to detune themselves? Oh, I've also got my first bass, which I bought in 1984 & never lubed those tuners up either. Even though the bass is in bits & the pegs in a toolbox, they still work like they should (I was in that box a couple of days ago & checked them).

Which is something that put me off ever getting a Fender for many years. Not that there's anything wrong with a nice Fender bass, they were just way too common for my liking.

I’m 51 & still can’t 😹

I'm most comfortable with a .73 for any stringed instrument & not bothered on brand.

A Ritter Roya Royal. Ideal for me who can't pronounce the letter R, so it's a Witteu Woya Woyal.

I had TI Jazz flats before the Chromes, they were nice, but I managed to snap the D string! Lord knows how. I found the Chromes to be a little brighter than the TIs. Are the Elixirs roundwound?

Old thread bump. I'm in a very similar position to the OP at the start of this thread. My bass has Chromes on it & I love the feel of them. Just got a Sterling Sub Ray5 HH a couple of weeks ago & I'm going to be restringing it (the strings on it are cheapo quality, which I expected on a fairly cheap bass). I had thought about getting Chromes for it, but I'm liking a bit extra zing, so seriously considering going for a smooth roundwound. @JapanAxe, are the Cobalts the rounds or the flats & how are you getting on with them now? Did you try pressure wounds as a comparison?

You mean you went all Abe Laboriel on it? 😁

I got a Sterling last week. Huge range of sounds from it. Needs better strings & the strap buttons are a bit too small, but they’re both very easy fixes.

I’d get to a couple of shops & try a few different ones out. Find one that’s good in Your hands. You might have your eyes on a Sire but find it’s not a good fit for you & prefer the slim neck of an Ibby, or a fat P bass neck on a Squier. Only trying them out will let you know. Though it may be hard to find a Sire to try, unless you’re local to one of the very few stockists, or a local BCer with one.

Spent a bit of time giving it a set up, trying to get the neck relief & intonation set correctly. The action is about 3mm, but I'm getting a little fret buzz off the B, E & A strings around the 7-12 frets, so maybe needs a bit more of a concave? The D & G strings are fine. I'm gonna replace the strings as I believe the ones on it are just cheap Asian strings & that might be a big contributor to the fret buzz. But that might have to wait until next month as the house has taken my spare money for bathroom renovations. I like the bite of the roundwounds & the range of tones I'm getting is huge, but I might go with a set of flats on it. Speaking of tones, I'm loving the sounds this thing can produce, even with the EQ just left flat. The Humbuckers positions have a great sound. Neck Humbucker is fantastic, with an almost P bass type sound, but different. The Bridge H has a more honky sound, but still with a good depth. Both together has a deeper mellower sound, which I was surprised at, as my Ibby (which is PJ) has the deep mellow from the P, the honk from the J & mixing the 2 together to get a mix of deep & honk (donk?). Moving on to the other 2 selector positions, we have the outer 2 single coils or the inner 2. These both sound great too & sound more Jazz bass like, but there's a bit of a volume drop from any of the H modes, so I back off about a 1/4 turn of the volume for H modes. The knobs have no markers on them, so I've combatted this by putting a small marker on the volume pot with a square of coloured tape. So after the strings, I think I'll be changing the pots to something similar bit with a marker on them. Following that, I'll probably do further mods. Maybe a better preamp or better pickups, but I'm liking the sounds so far. The majority of what it'll be doing is studio work, with the occasional church session about once a month or so.

I’ve been looking at getting a cheap 5er for a wee while. Earlier this week I decided to get a Sterling Stingray 5 as I’d heard a lot of praise for them. It arrived today & I have to say, it sounds pretty good for a cheap bass & looks rather tidy too. Its a bit of a lump compared to my Ibby SR1000 & the neck looks huge. But once I start playing, it feels really nice. Here’s a couple of pics. I’ll let you know more about the sounds once I get more familiar.

There's quite a few great basses in your budget in the "For Sale" section on here... But like others have said, it's down to what your criteria is. E.g. styles of music, who you want to sound like, how many strings, etc. I'd look at these brands, but don't limit to just these... Ibanez Sire Sterling Squier https://www.basschat.co.uk/forum/19-basses-for-sale/

I’ve been on a few different keys forums, but most are manufacturer related. Metapop is Native Instruments related, but has a good forum & some great competitions too, but it’s not Basschat level. How about a Keyschat subgroup?