SteveXFR

Floods by Pantera. Rex Brown must be one of the most under appreciated bassists. The bass groove behind Dimebags epic solo is just brilliant. There's nothing particularly hard to play but there's a lot to remember.

My daughters band won one a few years ago and it did really give them a boost with a few festival bookings plus a couple local venue owners were in the audience and booked the.

The ones I've been to had bands who I know normally sound good and none of the competing bands were inexperienced. They were all pretty good acts

What's the general opinion of battle of the bands type competitions? Ive not entered any been to a few for my daughters band and mates and it seems that a big part of winning is not about who is best but who turns up with the most mates to vote for them. 90% of the people in the room know who they're voting for before a single note has been played. Every one of these competitions Ive been to has awful sound. On the positive side, it puts bands in front of promoters and can result in bookings for decent bands who can perform. Its also good for filling a venue and giving them a few nights of good business. Most of these competitions do have judges as well as audience voting so maybe that evens things out a bit. I don't think music should be competitive.

I went to a venue tonight with a signature sound and that sound is muddy bass and drums with bloody awful guitar and vocals. The same for five bands. Oddly, the sound was much better in the toilets. Maybe the sound tech had the squirts and spent the evening in there.

Id like to see a Fender 5 string headless fan fret active with triple pickups and built in cheese board.

Steady now. They've had some serious innovation. They did a new colour about 5 years ago. Thats serious innovation.

I believe Gibson have the same exception. Neither Gibson or Fender have created a new product in 50 years.

To get famous as a YouTube player, you need to slap 100 notes a second with an expression that suggests you've farted and its bad news. The playing should absolutely not sound good. New basses should be attacked with various abrasive tools to scrape off the paint in areas it would never actually wear through use. Joe Dart is mostly about the smug expression. Metal bassists must own every Darkglass product and a fan fret, 5 string, active bass. Jazz bassists now only use BC Rich Warlock basses. Picks are now compulsory.

Thats quite interesting. It explains why im boosting the mids a lot in my amp, the tonepump has quite a mid scoop. Based on the audio samples in this video, the tonepump seems more aggressive and overall, probably the better choice for me but probably not for anyone playing less aggressive music.

Thats ugly. I think ill give it a miss. To be honest, I can't see myself ever buying a bass more expensive than my Euro LX and even that is far too good for someone of my very minimal talents.

That'll be what im looking for. Ta

Ive been looking for a comparison video, tonepump vs Haz. Is there anything out there?

Its standard in metal to tune lower than standard. Its the only way to get a really heavy sound. Tuning down to from E to C is pretty common. I played in a couple bands that tuned down to A#. My current band is in standard and it's too high to get really doomy.

@neepheid beat me to it and explain it better