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"Think for yourself" by The Beatles (from "Rubber Soul"). First bass line I ever learned & a great old lo-fi fuzz sound.

That was a disappointment - I thought "Bubble Burst" was going to be some kind of fancy custom finish. I've had two (both 1970's 4001 models) & just found they were not for me. Still think they look great though.

[quote name='Doddy' post='1248194' date='May 28 2011, 01:07 PM']I think that more important than the 10,000 hour 'rule' is what you practice. If you spend 3-4 hours a day playing riffs and lines that you can already play and enjoy,you won't benefit as much as someone who studies new material for an hour.[/quote] This. 10,000 hours of pushing yourself with a properly structured learning schedule is going to have vastly superior results to 10,000 hours of noodling about playing the same old sh*te. I've never properly practiced scales or anything like that, and that's why despite playing for over 30 years I'm bloody rubbish.

If the bass plays fine & the wear isn't causing any problems I'd leave it. You could always have the frets dressed if it's bothering you.

[quote name='Len_derby' post='1248120' date='May 28 2011, 12:04 PM']It's not a very exciting angle Andrew, but I'd be interested to know how long any of the pedals can run with battery/DC power.[/quote] Good question, and something that is rarely if ever mentioned in pedal reviews.

Never mind, I'm sure you'll be able to afford a new bass one day. Lovely collection you've got there.

[quote name='toneknob' post='1246134' date='May 26 2011, 07:41 PM']It's all going well until they say Working Them Angels is some of their fabulous tremendous best work[/quote] I'd agree with that actually - fantastic song. I'd put "Snakes & Arrows" up there with their best stuff.

[quote name='SJA' post='1245490' date='May 26 2011, 12:43 PM']Yes' "I've seen all good people" sounds like Chris Squire's Rick has the Rick-O-Sound outputs panned separately- or is it a guitar doubling his bassline?[/quote] Doubled on guitar. Squire did that a lot, using Steve Howe's ES175 to double his bass parts.

I'm partial to a nice bit of flange myself.

[quote name='BigRedX' post='1244835' date='May 25 2011, 09:35 PM']I did see an idea for stereo on a guitar with two pickups angled so that one was closest to the low E and the other closest to the high E which in theory would pan the strings across part of the stereo image. I could imagine that sounding good on strummed or finger-picked chords.[/quote] The Kramer Ripley in the 80's had a system where each string had a pickup & a pan pot - the output was stereo & the strings could be panned to anywhere in the stereo image. God I remember some useless sh*te.

[quote name='XPAULUSX' post='1244281' date='May 25 2011, 02:18 PM']What multi fx pedal would you recommend?[/quote] Oh God, I wish I hadn't started now! I prefer individual pedals to multi effects units, but the Boss ones are quite good. There's one for sale on here at the moment & is a good deal: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=137206"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=137206[/url]. I like the TC Electronic G Major (or G Force or whatever it's called) rack mount multi effects unit, and they can be got for a good price secondhand. I don't really keep up with what's available in the multi effects market - there are people on here who could help you more than I could. Have you tried doing a search for "Multi effects" on the forum?

Seriously enjoying John McLaughlin's latest album "To The One" at the moment. Etienne M'bappe's playing is awesome & his tone is fantastic. Listening to a lot of McLaughlin's stuff again at the moment; "Industrial Zen", the superb "John McLaughlin Trio live at the Royal Festival Hall" & "Belo Horizonte".

How many different effects are you actually going to need? If it's only 2 or 3 then IMO you're probably better off buying individual pedals. If you need more than that then there are plenty of good multi effects units available that will be a lot more flexible & sound better than the POD effects. Always worth checking the "Effects for sale" section on here, there's always plenty of choice. This is all just my opinion mind; you might try a POD & find the effects are just what you're looking for. (I don't use my Bass POD anymore mainly because I think the effects suck - I record with a DI from my amp & am in the process of buying some pedals that'll do the job properly).

If all you'd be using it for is various effects then I'd say there are better options than using a POD. I've got a Bass POD XT & while it's useful for getting a decent recorded bass sound I've always found the effects section to be pretty sh*te, especially the choruses. The synth stuff isn't great either.

I'd love to hear some of the incredibly original & groundbreaking music that is being made by all these people on here who have cast off the shackles of conventional music theory & embraced raw naked atonal creativity.......

Cream Rush Beck, Bogart & Appice The Police Motorhead etc...... Plenty of great three piece bands have managed to scrape a living without their bassist playing a five string. Not saying don't give it a go, just saying it's by no means a necessity.

I would have liked to have been able to tick more than one box in the first section. I had up to £1000.00 to spend on a 5 string recently but would have spent considerably less if something I fancied had come up - the range I was looking at would have been about £400-£1000 but I couldn't do that on the poll. As it turned out nothing that interested me came up on the forum & I ended up buying my Bogart 5 string from Ebay. I'm not one of those people that changes their bass more often than their underwear - I'm perfectly happy with my Zons & now I've found a 5ver that I'm pleased with I won't be buying another bass (unless something terrible happens to one of mine). I have bought, sold & traded some things on here but I'm not a regular user; I do like to browse because some lovely & interesting stuff occasionally appears amongst the sea of Fenders. If I am selling something now (usually pedals & accessories rather than really expensive stuff) I will put it on here first before it goes on Gumtree & Ebay. There does also seem to be an increase in the number of people joining the forum solely to sell stuff - you never see these people post in any topics & I think that's a bit naughty. If it was my forum I'd have booted them off.

[quote name='Kaiu' post='1238388' date='May 20 2011, 04:45 PM']Didn't Duff McKagan use a modified Jazz? Ed[/quote] No, it was a stock mid 80's Japanese Jazz bass special.

[quote name='purpleblob' post='1240844' date='May 22 2011, 09:16 PM']Problem is I've not really got any major need to read except for my own interest.[/quote] I can't think of a better reason for doing anything. Learning to read & getting my theory knowledge up to a decent level is something I've wanted to do for decades, all that has stopped me is my own innate laziness. Even though I'm at a stage now where there's less of a practical reason for learning it than I've ever had I'm going back to school in the autumn to start formally taking my theory grades.

Jacques Meistersinger.

Just got back from the NEC gig, which was fantastic even though the sound wasn't as good as the last two tours to my ears. Geddy seemed to be having problems with his monitoring for the first two songs & his vocals suffered as a result. They also seemed to be having some timing problems with some of the sequenced stuff, nothing catastrophic though. His bass sound was (IMO) ghastly as always but he was playing like a demon. Loved it & I'll be there to see them next time around regardless of ticket price.

[quote name='silddx' post='1241672' date='May 23 2011, 02:46 PM']I cut out all the pictures from that and made a collage and stuck it on my bedroom wall! I can't believe that 30 years ago, Bilbo might have seen me having a w***[/quote] Maybe that's what turned him to jazz....

[quote name='Bilbo' post='1241417' date='May 23 2011, 12:13 PM']I was in the first edition of Keraang [/quote] The one with Angus on the cover? I'm impressed!

[quote name='BigRedX' post='1240048' date='May 22 2011, 09:47 AM']Just buy an analogue synth.[/quote] This.