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Thanks Folks, here's hoping for the best!
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This so nearly didn't happen. I expected it to be a bit tough as we were away with the kids... What I didn't expect was to have a bloody stroke the day after we got back. Still, medicated to the eyeballs, and with most of my left arm movement and strength back (by what miracle I don't know)... Here goes... My entry to the April round of the Basschat Composition Challenge, inspired by the picture chosen my the previous winner Andy Travis. The picture invoked memories of doing stupid things with groups of friends, and how while time marches on and we're flung to the far corners of the earth, if we got together today we'd probably be just as daft. Tech Stuff - Cubase Elephants 10, my old Westbury acoustic, Jake 5 on bass (I couldn't quite get it together on DB, which was my initial plan), and Monster Drums on, er, drums. There's a sprinkling of piano mixed well back for a bit of thickening, and the vocals are treated with CLA vocals.
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Nice one! A cracking entry and a proper runaway winner.
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I think I'm going to look at action first. I've just measured and I'm running - B = 9mm, E = 11mm, A = 13mm, D = 11mm, G = 9mm. It's fine in the first few positions, but gets trickier further up. Unfortunately my bridge is as low as it will go, so I'll have to get it looked at.
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Well that threw up a fine crop of tunes. Every one in a different style. It was really tough to choose just 3.
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That's handy to know... Cheers!
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Thanks Clarky! Looking around it seems it's quite common to use a mittel E with weich for the rest. So me keeping the B and E mittel wouldn't be unusual. The narrower guage would probably require bridge work though. I'll investigate further. I suppose the sensible thing would be to book it in to Thwaites and see what they think. I think the action could come down a touch too, and my bridge is as low as it will go.
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I'll go and have a look for that, cheers!
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Thanks! I did consider that but it looks like they don't do a Low B in Weich, so the Mittel would have to stay. I don't really have much of an issue with the B and E as the action is obviously easier low down, which is where I spend most of the time on those strings, and being fatter they don't hammer my fingertips as much.
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Does anyone do this? I have a set of Mittels on, and while I love the sound across the board they're bloody hard work by the time I'm halfway up the board (think the riffy part of Night In Tunisia). A combination of tension and action screws my hands pretty quickly. I was considering leaving B and E as they are, and trying Weichs on the A D and G. What I'd like to understand is how different the tension is, and what difference there would be in tone between the different strings, what would I lose in terms of projection and punch/growl? Or should I just man up a bit and get it together. Cheers!
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I appear to have accidentally become a bit of a Double Bass guy lately, so a lot of bass guitar stuff has started gathering dust. First up is a Line 6 Helix LT. I picked this up from this very boutique just as lockdown was starting, driving out to the wilds of Essex, and maintaining social distance. Given what ensued the timing was perfect. It's been a recording tool for both Bass and Guitar, and has been great for both. Everyone knows how flexible and customisable they are. It's running firmware 3.50 (the latest), and works perfectly. I'll give it a factory reset over the next couple of days. The finish is rugged, and I can't see any real knocks or scrapes, just a few light surface marks. It works exactly as it should, and has never given me a moments concern. It wears a screen protector I had sent from the States. and comes in the insanely expensive official backpack padded softcase. I would have never bought this at what they ask for it, but having had it come with the unit, I can see why they make it. It's rugged, well padded, has weatherproof zips, and obviously it fits perfectly. Looking at sales on here, I reckon a firm £550 collected from Bushey, Herts, is an absolute bargain. -
My contribution to the March round of the Basschat Composition Challenge, inspired by the picture chosen by the previous winner... *checks notes* ... er ... Me. I got a bit of a Bugsy Malone vibe from the pic, which pushed me towards a swing (ish) style. It's a minor 251 going to the relative major for the brief chorus. There are probably hundreds of jazz tunes you could play over the backing, it's such a standard form. Tech wise - Recorded in Cubase Elephants 10, Bass is the NS EUB with just a touch of compression, Guitar is a Vintage Strat (Vintage the brand, not an inexplicably expensive old shed) straight in to the interface and treated using the bundled effects (amp sim, overdrive and octaver). Drums are the 'toothbrush' kit from Monster Drums and vox are through an SM58, treated with CLA Vocals to mask my wailing. Keys are Cubase VSTs.
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Sounds tidy! 😎
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🤣 Happens around here all the time!
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I'd go with here too. Sure they're not something you can post, but I drove from London to Scotland for the right bass. I think all markets are a bit slow at the moment, but I trust the folks here, and it's well worth it for that alone.
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It's what happens when you play unamplified Double Bass with a Drummer... A foolish experiment. On the upside it gave me an idea of where I want to take a track, I suppose I can at least try to program the drums.🤣
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I think I know where this is going... But the bass isn't going down this weekend!
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He's been my favourite youtuber for a couple of years now. I discovered him back in pre-vax lockdown when the Mrs had Covid and I was staying out of the way in a room with a computer and an EUB. I love his analysis of things.
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Damn! I was going for Sega Megadrive at least!😂 -
Thanks Folks! Genuinely surprised to have squeaked this one in a really strong field, particularly with a mostly electronic track, which is not something I really know how to do. I'll dig out a pic for Lurks as soon as I get a minute!
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Not much wrong with that! 💪
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Headway The Band 2 for sale. Boxed £105 UK posted. - *SOLD*
NickD replied to spyder's topic in EUBs & Double Basses For Sale
I'll give that a go please! If you'd like to pm me payment details when you can. I have to drive the kids halfway up the country late morning, so if I'm a bit tardy picking up messages that'll be why. I'll definitely be back by teatime though. -
My entry to the February 2023 Basschat Composition Challenge, Inspired by the picture chosen by the previous winner Wolfram. The picture evoked memories of the computer games of my youth, so I tried to cast my mind back to the kinds of soundtracks those primitive programs would have. I have covid at the moment (for the first time) so I've had plenty of time on my hands, hence the early submission. 🤣 Tech Stuff - This is a bit of an experiment, composed entirely on Cubasis 3 on my tablet, as I wanted to know how viable it is as a tool for composing bit on the go. It's a bit laggy when inputting via the built in keyboard, requiring a fair bit of moving parts around, but it's useable, particularly when drawing parts in. I transferred it to Cubase Elephants 10 to put a fade on it using the Steinberg project importer, and it did a decent job. Although the drums didn't map properly, so I replaced the tracks using MT PowerDrums. Everything else is the proprietary VSTs.
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January, sick and tired you've been hanging on me....OR NOT !!
NickD replied to lurksalot's topic in General Discussion
A fine crop to kick off the year. It was tough to whittle it down to just 3! -
Watching with interest. I've seen lots of this recently, an would love to know what folks are using and how they're mounting them. I'm not that sold on my piezo and I don't really fancy going down the route of tiny, expensive dedicated mics.
