donslow

see gents, that’s what happens when you try to use clever phrases and get it horribly wrong...

Or did I mean top drawer?! Or is that venturing into seedy?!

I cut my musician teeth so to speak as a guitarist so have a few, mostly tele’s & strats, Couple of acoustics (favourite being Godin 5th Avenue) but my go to six string weapon of choice is my late 80’s / early 90’s Epiphone SG! A LOT of history between me and that guitar, all still completely original, more than it’s fair share of “battle scars” yet still wipes the floor with a lot of newer Gibson’s! THATS my beast!

Nabbed a tuner from frank on one of his @Frank Blank giveaways thoroughly top shelf gent to deal with, hassle free, comms/replies are Quick and spot on, couldn’t recommend trading with any higher cheers fella, appreciate the effort

Will have a good look through as soon as the rig rats are asleep! Thank you for the suggestion bud

That’s my kind of thinking with the new project whereas with the existing one I tend to just alternate because...why the heck not?! I quite like high tension in standard tuning so really I’m looking for strings that’ll give me high tension in standard but medium/high (is that a thing?!) when tuned down also but a bit lost when it comes to different strings and tension really :-s

So, new band incoming... playing mostly tuned either DADG or EbAbDbGb the bass(es) that I use for my existing project (which plays standard EADG) will be my go to bass(es) for the new one also as they’re the only ones I have, but when I de-tune either bass the strings are all a bit....flippy floppy looking at replacing the strings with something that would work well for both but can’t decide if I need to go up a gauge or find something high tension my current preferred gauge is 45 65 85 105 what would you guys do? any experience/advice massively appreciated

Have to agree with that, normally my kind of thinking

Definitely this too, have had to learn to use a pick recently for a cover of beastie boys sabotage, granted a majority of it is strumming but I struggled with the little run at first, makes me realise why I don’t like using a pick, because I can’t (and that’s coming from me as an ex-guitarist) ha ha seems to be the same with the bassline for ex-cowboy as mentioned in my first post except with me it was getting my fingers in the right positions to play it, it’s a simple line but trying to play it fluently in standard tuning is (Well, was) a bit of a challenge Funny how that happens isn’t it?!

Nice dude! Nice!

I can see what you mean and you’re right, songster does help certainly but what I was really referring to was, basslines you have learnt/know the notes to but for some reason has taken an age to play right, if that makes sense?!

As a Musician I’m (like most of us I’m sure) always trying to learn new things whether it’s a new technique or mastering that elusive line what basslines have we all struggled to nail for longer than expected and then all of a sudden, one day you pick up your bass and BOOM! There it is... I’ll kick this off, I was, very on and off, always trying to learn the bass parts to Mogwai’s “ex-cowboy” but I was determined to be able to play it in standard tuning. Trying and trying for the longest time and then after about 2 months of not trying, I grabbed a bass one afternoon and played it exactly as it should be played, just like that! what lines have you all struggled to get right and then, out of nowhere, there it is?!

That’s nice!

Not a huge fan of the body shape by any means but that metal jack plate doesn’t look right in my eyes :-s

Might have to have a looky about for a try on a geddy lee although I have always wondered if they would be more jazz like than nearly not there at all... have heard that also, same with the jaguar necks @Paul S mentioned never played either though that could also be Worth looking for..

Soooooooo....to keep this brief...... im a HUGE fan of Ibanez SR basses, more specifically their super slim, super thin necks, but am getting to a point where I’m looking for a change of aesthetics (and variation of sound) once in a while... I have a stock SR500 and a modified SR300 (with precision pickups in) I also have a bitsa ‘51 precision with a jazz neck but there’s something about it that just feels....big Are there any basses that are openly available, new or used, that have similar necks to the SR’s or is it that am I just so used to the SR necks that everything else feels like I’m trying to play a tree Ive heard some epiphone and Warwick (including rock bass range) are known to have thin, slim necks, any truth in this?! anyone have experience with basses that have really thin, slim necks?!

No problem, they’re pretty decent fellas, know their stuff and always aim for fast turnaround

If I may draw your attention to a similar issue I had recently...

http://www.essexamprepairs.co.uk I reckon these guys in witham will see you right...