oldslapper

Pants are Grants. Grant’s pants maybe worth more, and despite his diet, structurally more sound.

I would dispute the assertion that expensive basses come into their own in a studio. These days plug ins and programmes can shape the sound to pretty much what the engineer wants. Had last weekend in the studio with an artist recording onto logic. I used 2 very different basses on 1 track. And they both ended up sounding the same in the mix. 1 was a cheap bitsa P, the other an old (but much more expensive) Ali necked Kramer. I think the main differences for me in “expensive over less expensive“ is the comfort of reliability, due to build quality (generally speaking). But then again QC is improving in mass produced cheaper gear, and old TE gear will survive Armageddon. IMHO of course. 🤪

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Not if it’s locked after it’s sold I’m guessing.

Says he’s in no hurry to sell, just as well😆

Well at least he’s changed the price. The wrong way! (4K) !!!!!!

They’ve got a nice peavey foundation for sale.

Bassist friend of mine was a Warwick and Ibby fan boy, recently got a USA fender 5 string. He plays nothing else now, complete convert. He has an endorsement with a manufacturer but hasn’t told them he doesn’t play their bass now. That probably doesn’t help your decision making and it’s quite a dull story, but he loves his jazz 5

Thinking of you at this difficult time. Try not to fret.

Using a click in live situations can be perceived as a criticism of ones abilities, however being comfortable with can open up possibilities of using other medium in a show, or midi files. It’s just another tool.

Good point. One experienced player I recently recorded with has her click emphasised on a part of the bar that wasn’t obvious to me. But she said that after some trial, and lots of error, she found her own way of using a click if it’s only going to her monitoring. She’s perfectly able to use straight 4 crotchets if whole band need it, and is also able to keep time without a click. Point is if they’re new to it, give them lead in time before gigging and allowing them find what works might be helpful.

I’ve played with drummers using click track. My experiences have been mixed, in that those who have practiced/gigged extensively with them have no problem keeping time and retain feel/dynamic (unsurprisingly). However a couple of (good) drummers decided they were going to use them without extensive practice were awful. So I guess be prepared for some “lead up time” and of course a willingness on their part to use a click. It can, for some drummers, be counter intuitive to have a click in their ears, acting like a critical parent 😂😱. I had one say that it took their freedom to be “expressive” away, a bit like peeps saying that theory “kills creativity” 🙄 what he meant to say was “it shows up my tendency to slow down when I get bored/get distracted/tired/remember I forgot to put the bins out/etc.

If I could, I’d play with other musicians every day. I love rehearsing, jamming & especially writing & recording with others. But I don’t actually like gigging that much. I do gig with a band, 8-10 gigs a year. But this weekends recording is more exciting for me than a live show. I also find the travelling & waiting around a PITA. Got lots of muso mates who live for gigging, which is fair enough. But does very little for me.

Dee was the reason I started to play bass. That whole album is a joy to listen to for his bass lines alone. EJ had 2 of my favourite bassists, with Kenny Pasarelli replacing Dee. So sad Dee’s no longer with us. Ooooh think I’ll be whipping out my 71-76 EJ albums just to listen to those 2 boys.

Wow! I usually dislike solos of any instrument over 10 seconds long, but that was the most musical drum solo I’ve heard, lovely. I get bored very easily which will account I suspect for my dislike of instrumental soloing. Back on topic, I do take my hand off the neck when I can ,usually to stretch my hand out due to onset arthritis.

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