Woodinblack

Not just an originals thing, we have exactly the same issue with a cover band, for a gig we are doing next week.

As in, "Do you want to play the same three notes for 2 hours while we play a series of uninspired pentatonic runs that we have copied from a hendrix song?"

That bit when you are playing a repetitive bassline that is the same almost all the way through the song, like billie jean or something, and then suddenly 3 minutes into the song after hundreds of repetitions, your fingers suddenly completely forget what they are supposed to be doing.

Anthem, by Rush.

Well, I can't do without one, but if he was using a 4 and didn't have a problem, there is no problem to be solved. I have no problem either, I just use a 5 (which is what I do).

I must admit to being puzzled why you are trying to find a use for it. If a use for it isn't immediately apparent, what good is it for you?

Yep, thats the badger. Still love the bass but that is most certainly a mistake.

Sorry to be the neg here, you can see somewhere back on this thread, the break angle wasn't enough and there was no string retainer. If I am not careful how I wind my strings, I will get a string rattle.

Going for really fringe now but I am liking their stuff quite a bit.

What do you mean by 'used to'?

We get around £300 for most places in the not at all affluent south somerset.

Of all the songs from all the albums (and I love them all until hold your fire), Middletown Dreams on Power Windows is one of those songs that evokes images.

Oh yes, that is them. Hard to tell how good they were with the sound being that mushy

Don’t know, girl singer, bass and drummer

Not sure if their name, the group opening for royal blood in Newport. Sort of American punk. Bass player has a very shiny ric like bass, which I assume is a ric. Seems to make a mushy sound

Speaking as someone who only really plays 5 string basses, and is leaning the chapman stick, no, you really can't!

The songs I do in my band that I can't do on a 4 string are poker face (actually possible but not as easy), baker street (again possible if I miss out some of the accents), Brick in the wall, Moondance (yes, it can be done on a 4, but if you have got used to it on a 5 it is a real faff on a 4), black magic woman (for the same reason). There are some others that if I am paying attention I can play on a 4 string without messing up, but would seem a bit odd to limit myself. I used to play with a 4 or a 5, but because we randomly change songs at the last minute I have no idea what is going to be called out, so I don't have time to change, as a result I haven't got to play a 4 string live for a while. My other group is Motown and disco, I wouldn't try that without a 5 string.

Its really rare to find songs that actually use 3 strings, rather than contriving 2 string songs to fit!

Oh it sounds just fine, its just the fit. Well, and the weight and space in the car - what with the PA and the lights and everything and the fact I have a smaller car means I haven't gigged with it in a while. Shame as it sounds nice.

Needs big speakers too. I have 2 x TC112 speakers, that aren't wide enough for it, so the amp goes on lenghwise which is bad for two reasons. 1, it looks bad, 2 it puts the side of the amp parallel and at the same height as of my single coiled ibanezes that pick up the mains hum a lot if they get close.

The length is really just down to where the bridge is and a little of how big the headstocks are. That is why thunderbirds are so long, they have huge headstocks and the bridge is half a mile up the body. Pretty well all Ps would, I assume, be the same length.

Well, yes, so monophonic with more oscilators and harmonies. You can set quite a few mono synths to do that, such as the Korg Monolog. Its still monophonic if it is tracking on input source.

I don't mean a gimmick for other people, I mean a gimmick for me - I have no use for it other than 'oh look I am doing a synth line'. I mean I used to like doing killer and seriously thought about doing 'you can't touch this' even though they were fine on the behringer boss clone, although the best reason to play that on the bass is that you are a bass player and don't have a keyboard player. But for me, I need something I can gig live, that is small (not enough room on the pedalboard for large, so sy300 was out), and then when I feel like it I can use with other instruments, specifically the chapman stick. And frankly with 10 strings on that, playing just one would be a gimmick. -- I must admit until this I was considering the source audio thing, I didn't realise it wasn't polyphonic, I just kind of assumed it would be. So pretty lucky I didn't get it.