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Just went to show a friend that cover & it's been taken down. When I manage to find it, I'll repost it.

[quote name='Rocker' timestamp='1483051700' post='3204484'] How on earth did you manage to break a bass string? I am in awe...... [/quote] On rounds, it's usually one of 3 things... Lots of slap (the pulls on the D & G take their toll), heavy playing with a plectrum and/or build up of dirt. On flats, it's lots of slap. Dirt adds to the tone. The only others that I could think of that breaks bass strings is either a fault with the materials or the bassist being abusive (e.g. picking the bass up by the strings).

I must be one of the few who doesn't like Cocker's rendition of With a Little Help. There's no doubting that he's a good singist, but I find the slowed down whining version doesn't tick the boxes for me. Which is weird, because I do like his other stuff.

& here's me thinking those yanks couldn't do sarcasm. TBH though, I think Bieber is more RnR than most of today's rockers. Maybe not music wise, but he's never on the news for something sensible.

Got some amazon vouchers for Christmas, so Used them to get a Korg Pitchblack poly. Ordered it yesterday at @ 3pm & it was delivered to the locker at my work at 2pm today. Gotta love Prime!

How this song seamlessly changes genres is fantabulous! [media]http://youtu.be/QHsGaGmCtlE[/media] link http://digg.com/video/work-rihanna-drake-emo-polka-jazz

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[quote name='Woodinblack' timestamp='1482578995' post='3201525'] I really wanted to like this, but I tried playing one in PMT bristol, and it really has the feel of a lump of rubber. I see people sliding their fingers over it and the expression they get but to me, it is like playing a deflated tyre, it just bunches up when I push it [/quote] I had the same issue the first time I tried one, but I went back for another go & spent a bit more time playing with it. Once you get used to the surface, it is really expressive.

Great cover of a great song. Listened to his cover of "I can't feel my face". It's non too shabby too! http://youtu.be/Yz5dy5LRu9M

I bought my SR1000 back in 1990 & it's been my main keeper. It was a metal player's bass at the time with folk like Matt Bisonette from DLR & once Yngwie Malmsteen bassist, Wally Voss playing them. Mine no longer looks like a metalhead's bass. Considering getting a fretless 5 string Ibby.

[quote name='Skol303' timestamp='1481655539' post='3194100'] If you have permission, it's all good! [/quote] Excellent! There was a couple that I've done, but I really like my bass playing in this track. The mix could be better though, so I might play about with it if I get time.

[quote name='Mornats' timestamp='1481649079' post='3194037'] I obviously don't make the rules but that should be ok in my book. What I love about the composition challenge is that it's about hearing some very different interpretations of the picture. I can't see why interpreting what is classed as a cover is much different to the philosophy behind that. [/quote] If I've got to sing, then it's either gonna be an instrumental or a cover of Sex Machine!

After recommendation on here last year, I got a pair of the Superlux 668B & can't fault them. Best £33 I've spent. Detachable cable & comes with 1m & 3m cables & has a great sound quality.

Does it count if I use the original vocals (with their permission of course), but everything else by me or is that too much like a remix rather than a cover? Here's my version... https://soundcloud.com/gxmix/flashbacks-gx & the original... http://youtu.be/vkcgUZ21NRc

Just watched it on the choob. Even Flea struggled with it! I used to play it in an old band, but we never got it gig worthy. I didn't own a delay & tried to play it similar to Flea, but with a plectrum (learning the double thumb technique could make this so much easier). I'd use a semiquaver (16th) on the delay & just play quavers.

I've been listening to Simple Minds' new album "Acoustic", which is a bunch of their classics played on acoustic guitars, but still with electric bass, drum kit & synths (though they might be analogue, so that would count as acoustic).

Strangely enough, the tuning of a ukulele is the same intervals as the top 4 strings as a guitar (though like having a capo on the 5th fret), but the 1st string being an octave higher. So if you can play the 6 string that isn't a bass, then you should find the ukulele fairly straightforward. On that note, I'm gonna have a quick blast on mine just now.

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1479722290' post='3178641'] That's why I said "best". There must be one that is better than the others or do they all do this job equally well/badly? [/quote] If you're wanting to emulate bass guitar or double bass & also synth, then my vote would be a Roli Seaboard. I was torn between getting a Roli Rise or the NI KK88. I went for the latter & the Monark is an excellent Moog Phatty AU. Tried it side by side with a friends Phatty & the sound is virtually identical (I did notice that the cut off around the 1/2 way position is slightly brighter on the Moog, but turning up the Monark's cutoff a smidge matched it for sound). Okay, neither of my choices are technically stand alone, but all you need with it is a MacBook & an interface (both I have). Here's the stand alone seaboard doing some bass... http://youtu.be/Gfej1MAfcWk

[quote name='Kev' timestamp='1480155688' post='3182029'] No, the arguments against your particular combo are poppycock. Plenty of combos out there where it is awkward or impossible to use a different head. IMO, combos are great as a budget solution if a full modular setup is beyond the reach of a player. However, I just cant really understand why, given the choice, anyone would go for a combo when a class d amp fits in your gig bag pocket. [/quote] Then it would make sense if Alex ever makes a combo to have a jack on the cab part so it can be treated as modular and not make something comparable to the combos that you have had the misfortune of using. The Markbass combo was hardly a budget solution (£1100 when I bought it). The same would probably go for a Barefaced combo. Yes, you could pop a class D head in a gig bag pocket, but mine already had an iPad & things in there. So the combo made sense for getting in & out of pub gigs efficiently. I've nothing against modular rigs btw. My next rig is to be modular & possibly a valve head too.

Having had a combo (a Markbass 2x10), the arguments against are poppycock. If the amp stops working, I could easily have sat an amp on top of the combo, unplugged the MB head & plugged in another head just as easily had it been a cab alone. For light & loud. An easy one handed carry into the venue, bass over the shoulder & pedalboard in the other hand. Never had a problem not being heard & got many compliments on my sound. If Alex were to make a combo, he'd either have to find an amp manufacturer that would be happy to assist or go in to the amp making business himself.

[quote name='Dutchie' timestamp='1479821532' post='3179532'] Thanks, I saw those videos before, but I don't want to tamper with truss rod, after seeing my wife snap the string last night when tuning i realise how fragile they are! [/quote] Wives are fragile things. Take care of her. [quote name='Phil Starr' timestamp='1479804866' post='3179337'] If you are going to play then you need to replace the strings, new strings transform the bass and make them more exciting to play. [/quote] That is true for roundwounds, flatwounds get better with age. I agree with all the rest of your advice though.

Try them all & get the one you like the best. My preference would be the Markbass, but that's because I had an LMII & loved the sound. I'd probably be equally as happy with any of those amps.

As good as some of those songs are, there's some that don't even get remotely funky, let alone have an actual funk style bassline. Nothing wrong with a good blues bassline though.

Flickr has been doing a fine job for me. The app is not too shabby either. The pic instantly made me think of this song... http://youtu.be/rZov7BvX2Iw

I walk into the rehearsal room & plug into whatever is there.