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[quote name='AttitudeCastle' post='1246452' date='May 26 2011, 11:28 PM']Set up of your bass is more important for a good tapping sound than EQ in my experience! What kind of tapping are you doing? I do everything from the odd right hand single note to finish a lick, to whole arrangements played with both hands and such like! A little bit of compression can be useful, and a little scoop in the mids, with a little bass boost (just a tiny tiny bit!) and a decent amount of treble is a classic two handed tap sound which i use for whole two handed pieces, But low action with a good set up is key for "good tap tone" and it makes it easier! as it were. Chorus and echo can be fun, and i use delay pretty often! But to me its just another thing to do, so i'll EQ and use effects just as i would as if i was playing normally [/quote] ey mate! I think scooping mids would be ok for a solo piece, but I think in a band situation you'll disappear as soon as both hands are on the board. Those pesky guitarists and keyboard players mask those important frequencies!

[quote name='chrisd24' post='1246405' date='May 26 2011, 10:59 PM']I'm basically rubbish at tapping but getting a bit better and I think it would probably help if I had any idea of how to set an eq for it and or what effects would give it a little lift,any help and mild mannered p#ss taking is invited![/quote] Hi Chris, first of all forget plugging in for now. I say this because you'll get much better results concentrating on getting loud clear and unmessy tapping out of the instrument amplified if you can tame all of those buzzes and rattles before you plug in. I like nice new strings for that 'ping' - some also prefer a much lighter gauge as they are easier to bend. The action on my instruments is really low with a flat board (practically no relief in it at all). It rattles badly if you dig and and play hard, so it requires a lighter and more controlled touch. So, action nice and low. Two complaints I have of tappers that will change you from a good tapper to a great tapper is firstly to concentrate on the timing between individual notes with a metronome and get them REALLY tight. Anyone can flail away in an 80's style 'widdle' - but I'd liken it to a drummer with no sense of timing - it just sounds really messy. Next up is 'droning string syndrome'. Keep an eye on those other strings rattling away doing there own thing when you are playing others. I use a hair band to wrap around the bass neck to keep any strings I'm not using quiet. When it comes to plugging in, I recommend pulling back the deep lows and to boost regions of the EQ around 800hz and 2-4Khz (depending on your gear) as it will help to bring out the clarity and impact of each tapped note. Another secret weapon to bring up the level of the lighter tapped notes is a multiband compressor (that compresses Bass, Mids and Treble separately) - even better, one that can do 'Parallel Compression' as well, such as the TC Electronic Nova Dynamics. For solo pieces I like a little chorus and reverb to give the sound a bit of width. Here's a vid with a bit of tapping and arpeggios - well - all the way through the choon! Apologies, it's an old song from back in 2000!

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Hey guys! One of my students has taken a pic of himself with the magazine and posted it on my Facebook - anyone else wanna do the same? Hmmm... I need a prize for the best picture really don't I!!!???

[quote name='ped' post='1246216' date='May 26 2011, 08:44 PM']Can we get more people on twitter? join us and let's get involved![/quote] Yeah, good plan - I'll stick a message out on my errr...social network!

[quote name='chrismuzz' post='1238946' date='May 21 2011, 07:29 AM']Morning all! Just wondering if there is such thing? My Markbass 104HF is fantastic but it's bloody bulky and I'm considering a space saving option of two vertically stacked 2x10s. I don't want to lose that 35Hz beef though! Preferably front ported, and with a horn! Is there anything at all out there like this? I'd wee with excitement if there was something I could swap my 4x10 for two of! EDIT: I very much like the Ampeg SVT, Ashdown kinda sound. And with 2x10s being a bit smaller, weight isn't as much of an issue... after all I'm a growing boy! [/quote] If you can find a Tech Soundsytems ND410s (the company now known as Tec-Amp) then grab one of these cabs as fast as you can! - It's a 4x10 in a cabinet which to be honest isn't much larger than a big 2x10 - but boy can you drive them hard!

My favourite Bass effect? A guitarist once told me that my bass rig sound 'loosened his bowels' shall we say. Not bad eh! Ok, joking aside - I too am enjoying a bit more 'dirt' in my sound these days. I'm mixing clean sounds and dirty sounds together, but in a really controlled way - so it sounds tight and smooth. Hard to describe!!

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Ey! Thank you everyone for the kind words! It means a lot, it really does. ;o) I'll let you all have a chance to give it a good read first (and for my copy to turn up of course!)

[quote name='silddx' post='1242102' date='May 23 2011, 07:30 PM']Dan, if you haven't already, you really should check out Stephen Isserlis's version of Britten's Third Suite for Cello Op.87 and Thrinos for solo cello. It is sublime! The cd also has John Taverner's Protecting Veil on it too, which is one of my all time favourite orchestral pieces, so the CD is amazing value for money. [url="http://www.amazon.co.uk/John-Tavener-The-Protecting-Veil/dp/B001IOUD8Q/ref=sr_shvl_album_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1306175339&sr=301-1"]http://www.amazon.co.uk/John-Tavener-The-P...39&sr=301-1[/url] (see Bilbo, I listen to more "challenging" music )[/quote] Awwww bless ya! I'm gonna give the excerpts a listen right now!! THANKS

[quote name='Bloodaxe' post='1241569' date='May 23 2011, 01:38 PM']Fixed [/quote] [quote name='G-77' post='1241624' date='May 23 2011, 02:12 PM']exactly what i was thinking...[/quote] Absolutely brilliant!!!

[quote name='Linus27' post='1242027' date='May 23 2011, 06:52 PM']Is Dood one of the boring adverts at the front or more interesting adverts at the back [/quote] I chuckled!! - I want to say that mine is like the 'and finally' story you get on regional news programs after a particularly dry politics report!

[quote name='LemonCello' post='1241990' date='May 23 2011, 06:26 PM']As a classically trained 'Cellist +1 to that. Cello/Bass doesn't translate from a fingering point of view because they are tuned differently. Being able to sight read is however useful if you want to do certain paid stuff. Theater stuff springs to mind. Other than that, If your in a band and gigging your set then there's no need to worry. Plenty of resource available like TAB and You Tube. Oh and Bass Chat of course! I know Dood won't like the above however!!! LC[/quote] Heh heh!! Funny you should mention Cello - it's an instrument that has always interested me from a distance. I love it's timbre and the range that it covers. Maybe that's why I like wandering up the neck of my basses a bit as well as the low LOWS!

[quote name='Bilbo' post='1241626' date='May 23 2011, 02:13 PM']However, having spent several years trying (and mostly failing) to get anyone on here to think past mainstream pop and rock and to listen to something else only midly challenging, in my case Jazz, I am fairly confident when I say that 99% of the people on here would probably be better off not playing a B over a C7 chord.[/quote] I realise the tongue is fairly well embedded in the cheek there, but I wonder if suggesting that 99% of the readership stay away from taking on 'B over C7' may be doing yourself a disservice. Maybe underestimating the ability of those who might know why something doesn't sound right, even if they don't understand the theory behind it. As for getting people listening to Jazz, actually I reckon you've done a pretty good job of suggesting some great artists - I don't expect for a second people go running off to listen to my playlists when I suggest them, but hey, it doesn't really matter in the scheme of things.

[quote name='silddx' post='1241838' date='May 23 2011, 04:37 PM']Reaper. £25 instead of £370 for Logic, and it seems to be as fully featured. Amazing![/quote] Yes sir, plus the one million! It truly is an awesome DAW and in some cases offers functionality that the other more expensive (and mentally frustrating) apps simply can not. Install and run the whole application from a USB key anyone? Yes, thank you very much! 2nd place goes to Guitar Pro 6 3rd place goes to Toontrack's Superior 2 drums. oh wait.. ummm... Ampeg SVX by IK Multimedia is an awesome plug in for your DAW. Hmmm.. and for ease of use - Line 6 USB Audio interfaces featuring the POD hardware, such as the GX, UX1,UX2, UX8 etc - recording demos has never been so easy!

I've answered based on the kinda stuff I have bought and sold most. However, I don't have a specific budget, it'd depend on the item I wanted or was selling. Some items have been expensive, but obviously pedals and accessories have been much less. I do like scouring the For Sale forums just for fun - It's like window shopping - looking at gear, seeing what it's worth and who has interesting stuff to pour over. Yes, it's a really bad place to go if you suffer from G.A.S and BassChat on the whole has ruined my bank account more than once! ha ha! Mainly, I buy because I need something and BassChat is the best place to find it. I sell because I either don't need it or I need a few pennies for an upgrade or change of equipment. I don't think I'd ever profited from a sell - I'd be a rubbish business man as I'm far too honest lol! but I feel that BassChatters mostly have offered really good deals to the readership and I've had a few items for great prices!

Yep, switching from finger style to slap can produced a more pronounced top end and less perceived bass - I usually just reach for the bass control on my instrument and notch it up a little bit for slap then back down for fingers. The same goes for my picking technique that has an attacking tone.

Well, I was expecting edition 67 to be out around the 25th May - but subscribers have been getting there copies already. Maybe they'll hit the shops a little earlier.

[selfless and completely modest advertising mode] Hi everyone! Grab the June edition of Bass Guitar Magazine - I'm in the magazine having a good ramble on about Shuker Bass! - YAY! When I started writing the piece I notched up a good 3000 words, needless to say, not all of my content could be used ha ha! I hope you all reading about my experiences! Dan

[quote name='icastle' post='1241463' date='May 23 2011, 12:32 PM'][b]Only[/b] a 7 string? I always said Dood was narrow minded... [/quote] Ha ha ha!!! ;o)

[quote name='BigRedX' post='1241471' date='May 23 2011, 12:36 PM']Actually no. Firstly it's entirely subjective. Secondly it will depend on whole load of other factors including how long the B the lasts in relation to the C7 chord and how many octaves the B is from the C and Bb in the chord, what the timbres of the instruments playing the C, Bb and B notes are. Theory will only get you so far. Your ears have to do the rest.[/quote] Heh! Made my post redundant - I like your description better! lol!