TimR

I seem to remember something happens with tube pre-amps vs solid state amps. Solid state amps have ‘infinite’ input impedance and tube preamps have an input impedance. IFAIR You can get buffer pedals that will balance the impedance as required. edit: https://www.premierguitar.com/tone-tips-a-crash-course-on-buffers

Now I’m looking at amps. My Warwick proFET5.1 weighs a ton but it’s an awesome amp and I remember listening a fair few years ago to many different heads and just not finding something I liked. Are these Class D amps really what they’re cracked up to be? Most seem to be quite low power. Tenpted by the Mark Bass one.

It’s probably a website database. For comparing amps. Plus it probably stops some people asking ‘does it have DI’. Although some people will read the list and still ask. 😂

Thought this was positive news for a change. Anyone else heard of anywhere getting grants? Farm Factory Studios in Welwyn, Herts have been awarded some money - although they don’t say how much. https://m.facebook.com/393552414014196/posts/4051954974840570/?d=n

No less than 3 music stands!

I wasn’t sure if your original comment was satire or not. The singer commands the stage. The guitarist on the right is moving a lot. The guitarist on the left is using what space he has. No music stands immediately obvious. That’s not exactly what I’m thinking when I say shoe gazing or fretboard gazing.

@Dad3353 Everyone seemed pretty animated to me.

Nothing to do with what he was playing. It was just expressionless. There are more recent videos of him on YouTube where he raises eyebrows and nods his head and leans back and forth. Maybe in 1961 before TV was a big thing it was acceptable to sit in the dark completely expressionless and motionless. Life has moved on. Show some passion.

Not at all. Are you? That’s is incredibly tedious. How long are his gigs?

Ah yes. Nothing going on here then. Very boring. 🤷‍♂️

What were the conductor and soloists doing? String section? Pianist? I have never seen a classical player sat still staring at their music stand.

I’ve listened to loads of music on the radio. Even have a load of those LP things. I thought we were taking about going to watch a musician.

Even a concert pianist shows some expression and has some movement. It’s about having some presence on the stage. The key is in the word perform.

Thought provoking video. There’s always room to do something on stage. I’d put the crimes in order top one worst. 1. Staring at music stand 2. Shoegazing 3. Fretboard gazing 4. Bass player overplaying Often I’ve been to see a band and wondered what the hell I was listening to while the crowd went mad, and conversely where I’ve seen a band comprised of incredible players being totally ignored by the audience. Like it or not, every member of the band needs to be engaging and have stage presence if you want to be successful. If you could bottle stage presence you’d be a rich person. Some people will never have it and some people just don’t like being on stage.

@Lozz196 I have onboard compression on my Warwick amp but I think the knob only adjusts the ratio and the gain sets the threshold. Would be nice to have more control. Please let me know if you’re planning on selling.

Is it as good as the reviews? Looks like it’s awesome. Came across it yesterday watching YouTube and can’t see anything that remotely touches it. I’m just looking at the price tag though £200. Although maybe if I wait long enough I’ll grab a 2nd hand bargain.

I’m really enjoying the pace of Guy’s videos. He seems like a nice guy, he got a lot of stick here a while back I think, but don’t know what for.

Ah. I’ve been following him for weeks now. It popped up earlier but when I went to the video it’s been blocked. Edit: it’s working now.

Allegedly he left around £1/2m in his estate. There is only going to be money from future royalties of recordings.

So basically it’s root, 5th, octave, played with feel. 😂

That’s hard! Another one we tried to learn many years ago. Luckily the drummer couldn’t play it and the singer couldn’t sing it either. Although think she struggled because the drummer couldn’t play anything slower than 180bpm. Edit: just listened again. That bass drum is subtle! Difficult groove. A 2 minute song!

Thinking about this again, the bassline isn’t the only thing you have to factor in. Can your drummer play the drum line. Often (always?) the bassline depends on the interplay. I’ve never heard Crazy Little Thing Called Love - by Queen played properly by anyone other than John Deacon. The way he places the notes with Roger’s drumming is genius, just the right amount of swing but still pushing the beat (lots of swing is laid back). I’ve not even heard Queen play it properly since John left. And the proportion of cover bands I’ve heard play it and miss the subtleties has so far been 100%. I even tried to play it in a band several years ago, but the drummer couldn’t hold his tempo. If that kind of thing is important to you, most people will miss it anyway, then it’s something to consider before you grind yourself down with an impossible task.

The original bassist probably doesn’t even play the recorded line live. Whatever you play has to fit in with your band’s arrangement, which in turn will depend on your instrumentation line up and the musical ability of the musicians. BUT If you’re learning it as an instructional YouTube video - you’d better get it right. And don’t pick a track that there are already a million bass covers of. And before you start make sure YouTube aren’t going to block your ‘recording’ and give you a copyright strike.

My brother is the most musical drummer I have ever played with. We’ve had some hilarious gigs. It’s great when bass player and drummer can work together. When they’re brothers who have played together on and off for 40 years - the rest of the band have really got to be on their toes. Just one look and a nod between us can completely change the song. 😂

Yes. It’s weird. There are reports of the same issue online. I may complain and send the failed parts to them just to see what they say. I’m not particularly careful with my bass, I know some people get very precious but it’s just a plank of wood to make music with, but it still needs to be comfortable and reliable. It may have got knocked in a gig bag or whatever. But seems odd that all of them were tight and even the ones that I’d never fitted had a lot of ‘slop’ in them. Especially compared to the Gotoh ones which have no slop and feel more robust and much higher quality. Although at 3x the price I’d hope so! The rest of the bass is absolutely solid and I’d buy it again - and upgrade the machineheads immediately.