musicbassman

Absolutely - and just look at the size of the piece of damping foam on his P !

That is a serious bass line - never heard this track before. I would suggest that it's all played with a pick, loads of damping and compressed to within an inch of it's life, and possibly partly double tracked/overdubbed as well. I shall have a crack at this tomorrow, don't know how far I'll get but good fun trying, and thanks for the heads up. 🙂

Can I refer you nice people to this thread I started on the Accessories and Misc page on this site back in September? My rather poor opinion of the XT strings hasn't changed, but I've also become a bit disillusioned with the NYXL's fitted to my standard P - having done a few gigs with them I've realised they have a decent bottom end on the E and A strings but sound a bit thin and lifeless on the D and G strings, and really lack any middle at all. For comparison, I also have NYXL's of similar vintage fitted onto my active PJ bass and they sound really good there - the bridge pup picks up the mids well whereas they are completely lacking on the standard P.

What a heartwarming story 🙂 Jeez, I think we all need a bit of uplifting at the moment................. 😳

Maybe these threads should be linked 🙂

How very dare you! 😲 I'll have you know you're talking about my favourite bass ................!!! "those stupid big flat elephant ear tuners" .......but that's one of the best bits !!! 😥

Typical bass players - thinking about the technical aspects and the mix ! 🙂 Actually I was also thinking that the type of music being played would have zero relevance, recognition or emotional connections for 90% of the TV audience.

Hi peeps, I bought a set of D'Addario NYXL rounds about 4 weeks ago for a P bass and was pretty pleased with them, so I thought I'd use D'Addario rounds again for my other P. Only this time I bought a set of XT coated rounds, to see what they were like. Big mistake. The XT coated sounded like grunged up 5 year old roundwounds straight from the pack, and haven't got any better , so they're off again after just one gig. Big disappointment. Anyone else tried these ?

Played at The Stage Door in Southampton on Friday. What a great little place! All PA and lights were in house, so just had to bring a backline. A really helpful and knowledgeable sound engineer helped create a great sound for the band and the place was really busy. First pic is from my phone after we'd soundchecked, second pic is a still from a video taken during the show.

There, fixed it for you ! 🙂

I think auto-translate has let you down today, @nilorius 🙂

Really long gigs seem to be a pretty standard US thing. I played on the USAF bases in Spain in the late '70's and the resident band were contracted to play 6 nights a week (in the same venue) Mon - Fri it was 5 x 45 minute slots per night...... And then, as a special treat on the Saturday night, it was 6 x 45 minute slots............ I really don't know how my fingers survived - must have played about 25,000 notes each night ................

Suspiciously good ?

I heard about this tool a couple of years ago - below is a description for those who are curious. Would you consider having this done to correct a favourite bass that's started misbehaving? Are there many/any luthiers offering this service in the UK ? I'm guessing it's really not going to be cheap 😲 https://sfguitarworks.com/the-plek/

Just returned from an afternoon gig with a decent 7 piece south coast band who were playing outdoors at the New Forest Pride Festival. Considering the train strike, event was well attended and a good atmosphere. Unfortunately the band were struggling with a rather poor PA system and a soundman who gave the distinct impression that he’d rather not have been there at all. Only 3 monitors instead of the 6 requested, and no DI for the bass available, (‘sorry mate, it’s broken’) so I had to crank my Vanderkley/Hartke rig way up for the bass to be heard, which in turn meant that it was way too loud on stage. And as there were no monitors for bass player, drummer or keyboards, the backline had a real job trying to hear what was going on. Apparently it sounded good out front, but on stage it was a real struggle. I was trying to lip read the singer to see what she was singing. Remember guys, you can submit a technical requirements sheet for a gig to the stage manager, but when you arrive at the gig and find the PA hire company haven’t brought the right gear or some of it is broken it’s a bit late to do much about it.

Interesting and knowledgeable discussion. We're talking about skinny strings here, but same principles apply.

Wow! - bass players opening licks..... 😊 .....he's been listening to Doug Johns - and that's no bad thing :

Spinal Tap in skirts.

Sitting here with a morning cup of tea staring at my fretboard for ten minutes and I really can't fathom Bruce's word puzzle at all 😳 How we get from there to the bass perfection of 'Pump It Up' will forever be a mystery, apparently .................

It would have done me the world of good to have been put in pressurised situations like this when I was younger, so maybe the great musos I was fortunate enough to work with over the years I was pro were just too polite to point out any shortcomings in my playing. I would have railed against it at the time, but working with a bossy or mildly threatening MD or BL would have got my chops up to speed much more quickly than any number of kind words ! Didn't James Brown use to fine his band members for bum notes ?

Well, sorry guys, but maybe the BS factor is rather high here, in my opinion. Dunn was a great player, but his son has 'never wiped the sweat stains' off the back of the Lakland bass in case it destroys the mojo?? Shades of Nigel Tufnell (Spinal Tap) showing off his guitar collection here - "Don't even look at it ! " And the clickbait title suggests that the Dunn P bass had a serial of #0001 - err, no, it was the first of this model, not the first P bass. And, sorry, but the guy demonstrating the basses is hardly bringing out the best of the P's with his rather limited technique. Sorry to be so negative, but style over substance to get the clicks? Other opinions are available. I'll get my coat.

Bass player's in absolute heaven working with a drummer like that - makes everything so easy ! 😊

Nah, that's nothing... When I were a lad my fingers used to have to catch the bus to get down to the fretboard...........

I've just followed @Bigguy2017 's link, and it's only £3.82p inc the VAT, so not exactly a ball busting expense. 😊