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Here’s me 1/2 way through writing an awesome highland jig with bagpipes, panpipes and a harmonica solo in the middle. Went well with the pic too. Ah well, back to the drawing board.

A thread to show off your complete bass creation station. The full set up. Everything you use to make the low end in one pic. I'll start with mine from a gig I did on Sunday afternoon. I used fold back & PA rather than any backline. It sounded pretty good too! I'm surprised this hasn't been done before. I did a search & couldn't find anything.

To nail Chris’ sound, you’re gonna need not just a few pedals, but some outboard stuff & a sound engineer too. 😂 I found I can get close enough with octave, dirt & chorus, but YMMV.

Not watched the video, But that's an Industrial Radio bass. I believe they're an Australian company. There's a duo called Men Imitating Machines, the bassist has used one for a few years now.

A friend of mine who's an analogue junkie has a fine selection of synths. He's got a little phatty, which is amazing at bass lines & so easy to play & twiddle knobs. He's also got an Electron Analogue Keys, sold a Prophet 8 to get a Prophet 12, had a Korg Monologue & MS20 (which he bought another & then later sold again), a Teenage Engineering OP-1 (which is his 2nd) & an Akai MPC. I need to pay him a visit again soon.

Moog sub 37. Not better, not worse, different. Electron analogue keys is worth a look too.

Utter crap. That's what sort of music we play. It's good fun to play, but it sounds bloody awful. Still no idea why we're doing a gig, but it'll be good to see folks faces.

I've just moved house & working every day until Thursday (including today), but as soon as I get a chance, I shall. Better still... I'll use it for next month's compo comp. Here's my previous set up (along with some other bassists), I'm the one wearing the red t-shirt with the yellow background & the pedals are on floorboards...

I personally prefer an expression pedal over the HH. I feel I have more control whilst I'm playing. I used to have a Moog MF-101 LPF, which is one pedal I wish I hadn't sold. It just adds so much tone. I loved those who said "Oooh, it's not true bypass, it'll be a tone sucker", but I never corrected them, I thought they'd be better off with what they have. lol Chorus at the end of the path is good for movement. Gives a similar sound to having 2 oscillators. Better still is if you can split the signal. Put octave through to the chorus & then the other side put your dirt & filter, then sum them back together.

😂 I don't know about me making it unscathed either! Current set up is MXR BOD > PSK SDS-2 (80s distortion) > SA BEF Pro (with hot hand) > Boss CE-2 chorus. I'm not getting use of the HH in the current band (they're "Classic Crock").

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I play bass through octave, dirt, filter & chorus for many synth sounds, but I also have a Roli Rise playing either the Moog Model D app on the iPhone or connected to the macbook playing several other synths. It's not a problem to switch between instruments mid song.

I'm gonna have to give this month's a miss. Moving house has taken all my time for this month. I'll be having a listen to the entries though & voting for my faves.

Cheers Paul. 😃 I didn't know that the Seaboard Block had smaller keys than the Rise. The Rise keys are about the same as what a regular keyboard would be. Give it a couple of weeks & you'll find you use the lines to identify the "black" keys & know where C is. It soon becomes like a keyboard, where you can play it without looking, though in MPE, it's like a fretless - you need to play fairly accurate. But you can adjust the glide so it stays on the note even if you're slightly off it. I'm seriously considering getting the Rise 49, but I really want a new bass too.

The Seaboard Block comes with Equator Player, a simplified version of Equator (which comes with the Rise). It also comes with Noise, which is a free download & worth sticking on your phone/tablet even if you don’t have a block. As for size, it’s smaller than the Rise 25. It’s just the keys part, no other controls.

I bet the gig's are buzzing.

I had a wee play on a real MM Bongo 5 HH. Massive sounding bass & a very playable neck. But it was in gold & I'm still not sold on the shape.

I did that same config, but went with wood humbuckers & 5 strings.

The first few times we played this song, only the singer knew it. He played it on guitar & as it's just Em7 & A7, the rest of us just jammed it. Then I bought a Bill Withers CD with it on & learned the actual bassline. The harmonics in the first bar of the A7 are a nice wee touch. The later versions that we did, I played an interpretation of the clav line during the Em7 & back to the bass line for the A7 during the non vocal parts. A bit more tricky, but sounded good.

Stick it in the microwave.

If you're getting to play one of the greatest songs ever, you can't do anything other than look cool. Even the bassist looks cool on his chaise longue! 😎 One of my old bands used to play this song & I've been trying to get my current band to, but maybe they've just not got the coolness to play it.

Have you considered using a drumstick? A nice variation on slap stylee.

Have you tried holding your index finger between your thumb & hole finger & using it like a pick?

Just saw it on facebook & now following. 😎

It can be, but the downside is you don't know if it's gonna work until you try it & different cabs at different venues can sound greatly different from one another. Also, having different cabs can cause dead spots.