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It seems odd that people who aren't professionsal are taking backup basses and other kit, whilst no pros that I know do, other than guitarists who use different guitars on different songs.
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I'm probably tempting fate here, but on 20 years of playing I've never ever broken a string. My bass can be switched to passive, so in the unlikely event of the battery dying then I'll just switch to passive. If my amp packed up, one never has, then I'd just go through the pa with the keys.
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I only own one bass, even when I owned more I only ever took one. I don't see keyboard players that I play with (all pros too), carry 2 keyboards along to gigs, I don't know any drummers taking spare stuff either. In fact I don't know or play with anyone who carries spare stuff. I suppose if you can afford it then carry on.
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Tennessee 15 string - how much??????
ambient replied to winterfire666's topic in eBay - Weird and Wonderful
I'm guessing this hasn't always been a 15 string, maybe a 12 string originally ? How much did he pay for it I wonder, there's no way it's worth more than a couple of hundred. Why not put it back to what it was meant to be, so at least it was then playable. -
From 2012 onwards Macs have usb 3, I don't think there's much difference between that and FireWire, at least from what I read when I was looking at interfaces myself.
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I've got an Apogee one which is very nice. It cost £80 from eBay.
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I have some legato things that I had to do for an exam at uni. I can let you have those if you want ? They were proper melodic things, not exercises.
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[url="http://www.garywillis.com/pages/bass/bassmanual/setupmanual.html"]http://www.garywillis.com/pages/bass/bassmanual/setupmanual.html[/url] [url="http://garywillis.com/tag/setup/"]http://garywillis.com/tag/setup/[/url]
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Have a look on Gary Willis's website, he offers lots of advice on fretless bass set-up. Personally I have my action very low, and the fretboard almost flat with very little relief.
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Why did you take your grade 8, and then not play again ?
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[quote name='4stringslow' timestamp='1471042398' post='3110252'] Surely 'professional' means earning a living solely from playing music? Not sure about 'semi pro' - someone who earns some money from playing music? Though I'd suggest it would have to be a significant proportion of overall income rather than just 'beer money'. I'm in neither camp so I guess that makes me a hobbyist, but I'm fortunate to be able to play and gig purely out of love of doing so, which means I'm not obliged to gig or play anything I don't want to in order to pay the bills. [/quote] Teaching, writing (music journalism), composing, arranging. It's all still music.
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[quote name='Jecklin' timestamp='1471070311' post='3110290'] This was excellent! I'd really recommend fans of understated, subtle, beautiful music check Clusters out! [/quote] Thank you !
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For sale, a selection of my rather large collection of books, amassed during the course of my BMus dissertation, and the first year of my MMus course. All are in excellent condition. Prices should be cheaper than Amazon, and include postage, (Amazon's don't). On the sensations of tone - £12.50 Minimalism : origins - £12.50 Sound : a reader in theatre practice - £15.00 Spatial audio (Francis Rumsey) - £25.00 Electronic and experimental music 4th edition (Thom Holmes) - £25.00 Brian Eno visual music (hardback) - £50.00 Principles of orchestration (Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov) - £12.50 Twentieth century harmony (Perschetti) - £15.00 Ambient century (Mark Prendergast) - £15.00 History of American music (Struble) - £25.00 More to follow . -
What snobbery ? If you music calls for it, you use it. Anthony Jacks, who is without doubt one of the greatest living bass players uses one, as does Steve Swallow.
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The favourite one with Bumtree is the buyer is ill or blind and can't collect the item, but they'll pay by PayPal and send a friend or courier. I've had this the last few times that I've sold stuff on there, despite me stating cash on collection only in the advert. The scam works because PayPal need a tracked method of delivery.
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[quote name='Big_Stu' timestamp='1470735945' post='3107979'] Got any links? can't say as I've seen it - especially on BC. [/quote] There was someone only on Monday criticising Adam Clayton for being talentless. I thought to myself, well who's playing in one of the biggest bands for the last 30 years, you or him . Here, post #4, made me smile, [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/289636-want-it-try-it-dont-like-it/page__p__3107721__hl__clayton__fromsearch__1#entry3107721"]http://basschat.co.uk/topic/289636-want-it-try-it-dont-like-it/page__p__3107721__hl__clayton__fromsearch__1#entry3107721[/url]
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It's not a case of special treatment, and there would obviously be size limitations. Some instruments, violins etc can cost a small fortune, and are extremely fragile. They would easily fit into an overhead locker. Personally I would be quite happy paying a small supplement to enable me to carry my bass on board the flight.
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It'll be nice to see you again .
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Everyone has different tastes in music, that's the thing. People don't like Jaco's music, but give them someone playing 8ths with a pick on a P bass strung with flat wounds and they're in heaven.
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I had a Zon Songs 6 string, I really wish that I still had it. Great basses.
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[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1470155097' post='3103677'] Now that really is setting the bar low. [/quote] Some single cuts work, and look nice, others are really ugly. Not mentioning which ones though, for fear of reprisals 😊.
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No uglier than some other single-cut designs. Tom's basses are really nice.
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I'm guessing it doesn't to many people, which is why there are so many P basses around .
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From the outer realms of bass playing, 'Clusters'. This is what they sound like - [url="https://soundcloud.com/an-ending-ascend/65-20160727-01a"]https://soundcloud.c...65-20160727-01a[/url] [url="http://www.weareclusters.com"]http://www.weareclusters.com[/url] [url="http://championversion.com"]http://championversion.com[/url] [attachment=224716:13880335_537744056433860_7983175686163384190_n.jpg] Following their successful debut gig at Sonik in June, they're playing an event called Sonic Imperfections, at the Montague Arms, 289 Queens Road, London. £5 entry.
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[quote name='Oopsdabassist' timestamp='1470063675' post='3103002'] I found that very relaxing whilst browsing through basschat, well done that man!! [/quote] Thanks 😊
