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Could be wrong but I'd say for the player ,when you get to a certain age , a " heavy " type of bass can get a bit much . Imho , in your younger years you could handle most basses with ease but joints / bones/ tendons deteriorate as we get older. There are many designs now made with basswood for example , which is a lot lighter imho. I have a Washburn status headless which looks light and lovely , but if someone else picks it up they'll also say " that's heavy " Its made of ash/ walnut . The best bass I have in terms of feel , is my Vester Custom fretless which is great . I haven't weighed it , but it's sooo heavy. It's a copy of a Warwick which I have . The Warwick is the lightest bass I own ..or is it the Jack Daniels bass? 🤔 I agree , and say if it's not a problem playing it then keep it .

I used to get withdrawal symptoms if on holiday etc back in the day . These days now that my gear is home use only , I spend more time on my synths ( with the odd bass line here and there ). Not every day , but am working on it . If I was spending time away for more than a couple of days , I'd be taking the iPad mini which has many musical apps Very handy !

Great stuff ! Love the old Fate and early king Diamond material . For some reason I lost interest over later part of their careers . Shame Michael Denner isn't with them . Their musicianship is some of the best in metal , despite the Marmite opinions of King Diamond . I can't / won't open Facebook link unfortunately , but will have to check her stuff out . She must be a hell of a player to fit n with them. Timmy Grabber RIP

I was for a brief moment thinking of the tall guy with the checked blazers. That is Den Hegarty of ..the darts 😬

I just had a quick Google as to who Joe dart is . Wow ! Chad valley have gone up in my estimation . Looks like a bitsa bog standard ugly bass .

Will be watching this at some stage . Must admit I don't know too much about him , and I missed him on my radar . I saw him on you tube giving the best demo of a boss multi fx unit I've seen .. Great player

I only have the iPad apps . Not sure if it is complicated to use . I have a boss sp202 which although very ancient and limited these days is great fun , and easy to use. Last year I nabbed the boss sp404sx ( discontinued also) just because it has a lot more storage via sd card . I sometimes think of maybe getting a maschine or akai mpc one replacing these , but the thought of menu diving and complications put me off . Hope you have fun with it . I guess you tube is the way to go for you ..

Celtic frost : innocence and wrath , the usurper , jewel throne ( to mega therion ) Judas pries : the hellion / electric eye/ riding on the wind ( screaming for vengeance ) ufo : only you can rick me , pack it up and go , arbory hill ( obsessions ) Tangerine dream : Stratosphere, the big sleep in. search of hades, 3am at the border of the marsh from okefenokee ( stratosphere )

Random albums from my collection : Slayer - Angel of death , piece by piece , necrophobic ( reign in blood) Hawkwind - Levitation , motorway city, psychosis ( levitation ) Masters of Reality - theme for the scientist of the invisible , Domino, the blue garden ( The blue garden ) Swamp Terrorists - Truth or dare , nightmare , so sweet it's painful ( grim stroke disease ) Rush - Animate, stick it out , cut to the chase ( counterparts) Kraftwerk , Europe endless, Showroom dummies, Trans- Europe Express

Cliff used various guitar effects . When I met him, he said " get a phaser" . I think Jason's sound has more of an attack trebley sound in comparison . Amazing when you think that Cliff was total finger player and Jason plectrum. As for Ian hill , most of his stuff was solid supporting background with drums . I must confess as not being a huge fan of Dave ellefson that I didn't pay too much attention to his sound . I do however. Own his GK App on my iPad which I paid for which needs updating and cannot use now ..

If playing down the dog 'n' duck I'd say it's best to keep things simple . Plus sounds differ at different venues. What could make a difference in sound , is if you change from using a pick to fingers etc for certain songs you are doing . Then of course , the type of bass ( active or passive ) and the amp ( Galien Kruger for bright / Aguilar for heft etc) Just a thought ..

Mmm...I have a zoom B3 which has a d I socket , so I'd assume that's okay if I was gigging .( I won't be ) .plug into p.a. I did have the zoom b2 1.u ( can't remember if that had a d.I socket ) which i wouldn't recommend for gigs. I have a Roland bass cube which I don't use as I just use either an audio interface or mixer these days at home. it's really good imho if You just want audio coming out of your zoom , maybe a phono lead from your zoom to your stereo / soundbar ?

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I. was also running before I could walk for quite some time . That was getting caught up in the slap/ pop/ tap thing when I started getting more confident in my playng . When I was trying to form/ join a band yeas ago my limitations were exposed. A really good guitarist said " F@@k Stu Hamm , get some proper lessons ". Well I took his advice with the lessons ..

The main GAS issue at present , is the cost of using the combi boiler right now . It is cold

Lots of good advice already What kind of music are you into ? Who are your bass influences ? The reason I ask this , is that you may ( or probably ) find a beginners lesson on you tube by one of your favourite bass players.You'll definitely get a feee lesson from 'unknown ' but brilliant teachers on there anyhow . Fwiw, when I first started attempting to play bass I started off with a plectrum . This was about a yea or so before I started going to go to gigs . Then I saw Steve Harris at the music machine / marquee etc and thought I'd better do fingers instead . Troubl is , his style of finger playing is advanced / unique so I was playing out of sync . Years later I stumbled across Rudy sarzo hot licks video . VHS , way before internet . A little cheesy , but it improved my playing a lot .. That was before I had proper 1 on 1 tuition ( wish I kept that up ) . In my latter days while gigging I ended up doing both . One other thing to mention , is that being relaxed about it all is key . It's very easy to get tense and putting undue pressure on yourself by being annoyed by making mistakes ( if that makes sense) ..

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I have the strap length the same sitting down or standing . As told by Billy Sheehan .

Me first and gimmies do good versions of Summertime , Somewhere over the rainbow plus a couple of others I've probably forgot . Maybe worth having a listen

On a slight tangent , I have a few CDs of Me First And The Gimmie Gimmies . Marvellous and hilarious on first few listens , but some things are too 'American ' and may be lost on younger listeners as they may not know a lot of their catalogue . To describe them , I'd say they're kinda pop punk in the style of offspring , but very talented . Nice bass playing too. If I was still into playing in bands, I wouldn't mind doing something similar .

yes granted . 🙂 It was more of a memo to myself, as I and others have contributed to old threads in the past and they soon died off again . That's why I deleted my previous post here . Apologies to all offended . I will probably checkout the recommendation should I get the enthusiasm to do so 🙂

Thanks for the suggestion . I do know rock BTW 🙂 . I have and have had stuff from cannibal corpse to Celtic frost etc . I may checkout your recommendation though at some stage . Having said that , Pavarotti was cool and I have watched the three tenors on tv 👍 🙂

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