Twigman

I'm on the guest list for Kraftwerk tomorrow!! Not sure how 'live' it is but should be an experience.

[quote name='FinnDave' timestamp='1496415482' post='3311282'] I never really think about which fingers go where, I just play. My little finger does have a good hard patch, so I must be using it quite a bit. [/quote] This applies to me too... Sat in the office miles from my basses, the callouses are all i have to go by...all 4 fingers on my left hand have hard patches....never thought about which finger does what.

A friend of mine's husband is rhythm deaf - he can't tell the difference between 4 on the floor and a waltz!

[quote name='Treb' timestamp='1496179999' post='3309439'] Ever tried a Stingray-on-steroids AKA Sterling? That one can sometimes have a bit too much of a good sting thing... [/quote] My Sterling HH has even more!!

I'd never come across him before....and I can't remember the last time I gawped open mouthed at someone playing bass on telly....

[quote name='KiOgon' timestamp='1496179648' post='3309433'] Where have you been? [/quote] Stuck in the 80s me....so what was he using?

OK so what pedals is that front man for Royal Blood using with his bass to make THAT sound...wtf? Not often am i amazed at the noises made by a bass player but that was off the wall!

[quote name='Fabrocker' timestamp='1496169998' post='3309332'] Have fun! [/quote] nope....I don't think I'll ever 'get' metal......

I know of a bass player who tuned his G string a semitone out, just the G string...he played a song which used the 4th and 2nd frets of the G string a lot (as well as the other strings) and didn't even realise it was out of tune...got this story from his guitarist

Been there Done that Often mistaking the 7th fret for the 5th fret or vice versa

I've had Reason since ver 2.5.......stopped upgrading a few years ago due to their refusal to support VST/VSTI......wondering if it's worth revisiting?

Am I the only person here who has never played MS?

This little montage sums up our trip to Spain last weekend: Being in a band involves lots of sitting around.... [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZ9T5ILUy6Q[/media]

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XG63OtsKC7k[/media]

[quote name='SpondonBassed' timestamp='1495786873' post='3306513'] Well done and thanks for the heads up.[/quote] No Thank you for being so gracious! [quote name='SpondonBassed' timestamp='1495786873' post='3306513'] PS; Great bass sound on the studio mixes. Not so great on the live ones but that's quite normal and nothing to be ashamed of. [/quote] tbh we were never properly happy with the studio mixes - hence the redux version of the 3rd album.... We've just come back from a couple of gigs in Spain last weekend and took a multitrack from one of the shows - I played my new EBMM for the first time and the bass tone is incredible - there may be more live mixes on future releases (with an awesome bass sound)....

Get SSDs for everything = my i7 boots in just a few seconds and I managed to write 95minutes of audio on 32 tracks at 24/96000 with absolutely no problem whatsoever. The days of the mechanical HDD are over,

Thanks to the advice given here the recording was a success! It took a while for FOH to work out how to route tracks to the correct AES50 port but once that was sorted it all worked great. The language barrier didn't help. THANKS

Old news http://basschat.co.uk/topic/305668-turn-your-electric-bass-into-a-double-bass/

[quote name='A.G.E.N.T.E.' timestamp='1495026584' post='3300577'] can imagine myself getting caught by surprise and not saying anything at the moment, [/quote] That's me [quote name='A.G.E.N.T.E.' timestamp='1495026584' post='3300577'] but i would feel ashamed for complaining to the company when at the right moment i kept my mouth shut. IMO, [/quote] That too

I have D'Addario ENR71 half rounds on my fretless [ebony board]....no board wear at all. I find them a bit taught though on fretless - i have a set of TI Jazz flats in my spares box, just waiting until I can be arsed to fit them...

A meter reader came round the other morning. A chatty man, he was. I showed him to the cupboard under the stairs, to read the meters, which is in the corner of the lounge. He spotted some basses sat on their stands over in the annex to the lounge which I call my studio. "I play guitar," he says " I've got an Ibanez [something or other] with Seymour Duncans" He wanders across the room "Oh nice Musicman," he says He pulls the E string as far as he can then THWACK it whacks back on the fretboard. He then grabs the Status necked P next to it and does the same. The action on the StatusP is very very low and the E string whacked back on the full length of the fretboard. "The action's too low on those, they're unplayable," he says "Where's your Jazz? Every pro has a Jazz - Ahh there it is, pointing to my JV P" I point out to him that I'm not a pro and that I play with fingers and a fairly light touch and that they're perfectly playable and that the 'Jazz' is actually a Precision..... "Nah" he says and turns for the door....? wtf was that all about?

[quote name='Mykesbass' timestamp='1494965829' post='3300098'] Ah, the curse of Smoke on the Water! [/quote] Also known as 'Pink Panther Syndrome'

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