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Never been asked for a P Bass sound. Engineers always want a clean signal usually with there DI box, Or in my case i always use a Sans amp DI - never had a complaint about that. Theres never time to mess with pre-amps...They wanna spend all there time on the Drums. 'Whats this sound like?' 'whats that sound like?' They just want a full clean signal... Oh and no fret buzzing or clanking getting in the way. Producers are always mincing about and worrying about other things, to be bothered about the P Bass sound. And after all, when they have finished fu**ing around in Pro-Tools, With surgical EQ and whatever, The Bass usually sounds like... Well nothing from this Earth. Garry

Or just listen and listen and listen to the cast CD if you can get hold of it. So when you get to the rehearsal you have a good idea of the show, and the feel for it. Otherwise its 'seat of your pants time' - weh hey.... Garry

[quote name='BassBod' post='467244' date='Apr 20 2009, 10:04 AM']I tend to avoid the issue by asking them to take the feed from my sansamp - engineers seem to trust these more than amp outputs and that gives me only two options (eq/sansamp amp emulation) on or off...[/quote] They do trust them - and in my experiance do like them. I have had mine 10 years, and for me one of the best bits of Bass kit i have purchased. And quite often that is all i use, with just the engineers monitor or headphones. Also means i tend to Eq just from the Bass, usually Bass + Treble on the Bass pre-amp full up. Never have any problems with levels Garry

[quote name='AM1' post='467219' date='Apr 20 2009, 09:19 AM']With post EQ on, you are sending the amp sound to the desk.[/quote] The Amp sound - Not your speaker sound, a big difference. Remember the FOH Rig, will have a whole bunch of speaker combinations, Which will change the sound. A good engineer will always listen to your sound, and try and emulate that. If he does not - he needs changing. Garry

[quote name='PauBass' post='466156' date='Apr 18 2009, 02:18 PM']:and it's the best bass I've ever played! The feel, the neck, the sound, the tone across the fretboard... ummmm, I'm in love! [/quote] Hope it works out, and it does look nice. But the amount of times i have seen that said on Basschat, Then not so long after it appears in 'Basses for sale or trade'... Garry

[quote name='yorks5stringer' post='466594' date='Apr 19 2009, 10:51 AM']Rickie Lee Jones- [b]Neil Stubenhaus[/b][/quote] Top draw... She aint bad either. Garry

Aretha Franklin... Take your pick from just about every top of the tree American Bassists Garry

[quote name='XB26354' post='463340' date='Apr 15 2009, 07:43 PM']Unless I'm going mad the bass line to [i]My Girl[/i] starts perfect 5th-root in C major Cheers Mat[/quote] No you aint going mad...Unless JJ played it wrong... Garry

LAPTOP....WIRELESS LAPTOP..! Physical preparation... make sure the LAPTOP is working. Get plenty of music onto your LAPTOP, Reading material on your LAPTOP. A camera or video hooked into your LAPTOP. Make sure you book into hotels with room internet access for you LAPTOP, So you can check out the local sites or the local Reaper Bahn [ but dont take your LAPTOP there] Then if some dodgy agent dont pay you when you are in Kazacstan, You can then sell your LAPTOP to get home. A big must...sort out a decent cheap rate phone company... It will save you ££££'s I use this all the time when overseas. [url="http://www.jajah.com/"]http://www.jajah.com/[/url] Garry

[quote name='ARGH' post='457626' date='Apr 8 2009, 05:26 PM'][b] AND we are that good I think we have a damned good shot at the big time.[/b][/quote] Wey Hey.... [attachment=23488:images.jpg] Good luck with that. Garry

[quote name='escholl' post='457128' date='Apr 8 2009, 10:17 AM']Oooh, lucky. Funnily enough, I've learned a fair amount of this stuff from reading his book on mastering -- a really good read if you haven't read it. If only i had 1/10th of his talents! ^_^[/quote] That was the first thing a purchased after seeing him... That book is a must really. I am not sure if it is still avaliable...but you could sit in on one of his sessions through a live link, [ you had to book a link time, and if the artist gave permission] I will see if its still around. Garry

[quote name='escholl' post='456980' date='Apr 8 2009, 12:20 AM']the point is not how close to 0dBFS you are, it's how high off the usable noise floor you are! bit depth controls how low this can be, and thus the dynamic range -- and dithering has everything to do with this! trust me! a certain bit depth does not "waste" more or less bits in recording. Also, the 6dB thing again, applies to the effective dynamic range, and therefore basically the noise floor, NOT 0dBFS. sorry! but 0dBFS never gets any higher, no matter how many bits you use. 16-bit has a theoretical minimum of around -91dBFS without dithering, while 24-bit is around -137dBFS (although no ADC are that quiet) -- that's where the extra bits go! I can see how you probably confused the 6dB per bit thing with a loss of two zeros -- the problem is you've approached it from the wrong end of the scale.[/quote] I was lucky enough to attend a seminar with Bob katz and his team a couple of years back... And your points are pretty much what they said. Also added was the quality of the tracking engineers, Good engineers have no problem getting excellent results with 16 bit. My take on it is... If you are new to it, go with 24 bit as you will proberly get better results that way. [might be minimal though] Garry

[quote name='AM1' post='456971' date='Apr 7 2009, 11:50 PM']This is purely theoretical. The phone rings tomorrow and you get offered a slot on a tour, but you have to be able to pack a bag and leave in say, a week, learning the basslines along the way. How many people are in a position to say yes straight away? If not, what would you have to sacrifice in order to say yes?[/quote] Its not theoretical to me... Not so long ago - i was given 48 hours notice to go to Japan for 4 weeks. [ 6 hours of the 48 was spent in town getting my visa sorted] It ment packing bags, sorting out family stuff, oh and sorting out deps. I was met at Heathrow airport with a copy pad of music for the show and a couple of mini discs and a load of batteries. I then spent 10 hours on the flight learning the show. Plus side of this - i got to meet and chat to Paul Jackson in a Music shop... EDIT... tip, always bring back presents. I managed to get hold of a Bamboo hoover. Garry

[quote name='51m0n' post='456820' date='Apr 7 2009, 09:22 PM']Not really explaining this too well I know,[/quote] No you aint, You swing or you dont... Garry

[quote name='Rich' post='456341' date='Apr 7 2009, 12:52 PM']Been to a Mike Stern gig? Kenny G, now [i]there's[/i] someone who really [u]is[/u] everything that's wrong with jazz today. His soprano sax should be stretched out into a long thin wire, with which he should then be strangled [/quote] Been to a couple of Mike Stern gigs - Outstanding! Well as for Kenny G.... Pat Metheny had something to say. You might well all know the story, but i love this bit. "But when Kenny G decided that it was appropriate for him to defile the music of the man who is probably the greatest jazz musician that has ever lived by spewing his lame-ass, jive, pseudo bluesy, out-of-tune, noodling, wimped out, f***ed up playing all over one of the great Louis's tracks (even one of his lesser ones), he did something that I would not have imagined possible. He, in one move, through his unbelievably pretentious and calloused musical decision to embark on this most cynical of musical paths, sh*t all over the graves of all the musicians past and present who have risked their lives by going out there on the road for years and years developing their own music inspired by the standards of grace that Louis Armstrong brought to every single note he played over an amazing lifetime as a musician. By disrespecting Louis, his legacy and by default, everyone who has ever tried to do something positive with improvised music and what it can be, Kenny G has created a new low point in modern culture - something that we all should be totally embarrassed about - and afraid of. We ignore this, "let it slide", at our own peril" Best rant ever. Garry

[quote name='Hutton' post='456104' date='Apr 7 2009, 08:51 AM']Jams are a great way for musicians to enjoy themselves in a social and informal setting.[/quote] And for guys starting out, a chance to meet other players... They aint all bad. Garry

[quote name='leschirons' post='456098' date='Apr 7 2009, 08:45 AM'][url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCtGV3yCcXE"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCtGV3yCcXE[/url] I know this is not what some would call jazz, it's old and there's some big hair about and maybe a bit twee in places but there you go. I love it. It's got a real feel good factor about this sort of music and would kill to play in an outfit like this.[/quote] Good one... I love this band. Garry

Sorry to hear that.... Always worth looking at the luthier and repair list here first. [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=26654"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=26654[/url] Garry

[quote name='XB26354' post='455920' date='Apr 6 2009, 10:16 PM']Oh and check where AJ screws up at 1'04" even the best miss it sometimes![/quote] Blimmey, i bet the one and only Latin Bassist cried himself to sleep that night. Garry

Anyone fancy sitting in on this big band? There is a hard act to follow mind. Garry

[quote name='The Funk' post='455571' date='Apr 6 2009, 03:33 PM']That may well be true. A Kind Of Blue is one of my favourite albums but his trumpet playing just doesn't do much for me.[/quote] Just curious mate. If you dont like Miles playing, What is it about A Kind of blue you like? Garry

[quote name='leschirons' post='455356' date='Apr 6 2009, 12:58 PM']Ah the jazz argument. There are always going to be people who tell you "if you don't like THAT, your mad, listen to this , it's great, you like THAT? it's sh*te. Well at the end of the day it's all only music whether it's got 2 chords or 167 chords and 15 key changes. If you like something, it's good for you, if you don't, then it's not. Some think that jazz is some kind of deep philosophy. It's just music, some you can tap your foot to and some you can't like anything else. I love loads of jazz that others would call crap but who cares. Get some songs you like and try and learn them. Must be the place to start I would imagine. I don't think "Jazz" needs analyzing. Just my opinion. I'll now wait for the floodgates to open.[/quote] Big +1... Funny thing about all the players mentioned in this post. Like or dislike them, they all have one thing in common. You know its them, from sound and style, From Jaco to Marcus, Sanborn to Miles, and every other mentioned on the Forum. They are all unique.... Not much of that about these days... All been done before. Garry

[quote name='BigBeefChief' post='454106' date='Apr 4 2009, 02:20 PM']I also think it will stretch me musically.[/quote] Hang on, WTF is going on here? Have you been sniffing glue? Garry

[quote name='William James Easton' post='453847' date='Apr 4 2009, 08:24 AM']that's well ,erm just BEAUTIFUL! Thanks for that lowdown, i have to share it with everyone.[/quote] It has been around for a while, But i was not sure it had been posted here at Basschat. Yer it is good stuff. I love the Red indian bits.. It must have been a real pi**er for all those who did a bit, [ 100's i believe ] but did not make the final cut. Garry