Hey dood,
If you don't mind a guitarist's point of view give Dave Ray a shout - he has owned both in the past. We both loved the tones of the MP-1 back in the day but going back to it years later I think he found it somewhat lacking.
"Trigger finger" is the first thing that springs to my mind, was it anything like [url="http://www.eatonhand.com/hw/hw022.htm"]this?[/url]
Looking at your avatar there does seem to be tension from your right shoulder down to your hand when you are playing. As echoed above I would get anything looked at by a professional rather than risking permanent damage; from a playing/technique point of view however I would suggest shifting your bass more to the centre of your body rather than off to the right - this will enable you to drop your shoulder a bit and straighten that wrist.
Many thanks to [b]sdgrsr400[/b] and [b]XB26354[/b], problem solved!
Bilbo, I'm surprised this option was ever missing from Sibelius - I'd figured it was only missing from PrintMusic as an incentive to upgrade to the full version of Finale...
Hey folks, I have a small favour to ask of any Finale (pre v. 2010) users on here:
I am currently using PrintMusic 2009 and one of its most frustrating limitations is that it doesn't offer the option of x-noteheads - this makes it virtually useless for notating funk transcriptions! It will (apparently) display them OK if I were to open a Finale file with them on though... So, would someone be able to send me a Finale file containg some x-noteheads to see if I can then save it as a template please?
I was in a bookshop in Chiswick today ('Bookcase'?) and saw they had a few copies of two of Stuart Clayton's books - 'Styles' & '100 Tips' I think - plus one of Guthrie Govan's all going for the bargain price of £4.99 each so I thought I'd post a heads-up here for anyone that may be interested.
Given the sorry state of the £ at the moment can anybody suggest a good (i.e. cheap) place to source D'Addario tapered B strings - specifically XLB135Ts? Cheers.
[quote name='TGEvans' post='537889' date='Jul 11 2009, 02:28 PM']do you know of any players that use fretless basses for heavier styles?i can only think of les claypool and steve di gorgio from the metal band death.[/quote]
There's a few guys out there such as [url="http://www.jeroenthesseling.com/"]Jeroen Paul Thesseling[/url] on the new Obscura record, but the one to check out is definitely [url="http://www.seanmalone.net/"]Sean Malone[/url] - and in particular anything from Focus by Cynic. I myself played fretless in a tech metal/fusion band called [url="http://www.myspace.com/linearsphere"]Linear Sphere[/url].
Sonically, given the softer attack of a fretless you'll need a clear sound with prominent mids in order to 'cut through' heavy distorted guitars.
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