OliverBlackman

When did slap go away? Its consistently used in dance records but as a subtle octave riff rather than the full on victor wooten/Mark King styles we see on youtube.

A P bass is the place to start, a 50's or 60's replica would be great but the current American Series are pretty good too

ahrite well that does make sense. It is a shame though as it would be more useful if if they tuned to the same frequency

[quote name='derrenleepoole' post='1114053' date='Feb 3 2011, 04:07 PM']Harmonics, or nodes sound at specific points up and down the strings and when you play them they effective divide the string into equal resonant vibrations along the string length. So if you play the harmonic at the 12th fret, the strings us divided equally at that point. Harmonics have nothing to do with frets or fret positions as they're determined by string length. Is it possible that perhaps the intonation is out on the fretted notes compared with the harmonics as these aer fixed, and not the other way around?[/quote] Not sure i understand, basically i was playing along to a keyboard and trying out some ideas with harmonics. It sounded fine just when i would go to play the harmonic on/ around the 4th fret. I know its the equivalent to the strings major 3rd. So i played my bass through the tuner and everything was bang on in tune except for these specific harmonics. The octave harmonics are fine both on the 12th and 5th fret, and the 5th on the 7th fret is fine. Just these major 3rd's are ever so slighty flat on the tuner.

So everything is in tune except for the harmonics on the 4th frets. Is this down to neck relief or the frets? Or is it a common design fault?

you are mostly likely correct and my inexperience is why i dont value it as much, but in my mind the standard of students that complete a degree in music performance could be higher if it wasn't for the educational system. Having said all this, assignments are only 50%, and the other 50% is fantastic

obviously yes learning contacts through these kinds of places is invaluable and i've been playing with some great players which is a lot of fun. My thing is, if the assignments wern't there students would devote more time on socializing, gigging, and gaining the skills that would be used in the industry. From what iv learnt, writing 5000 words on crap isn't going to get me a gig as a performing musician

I've been on a degree course at ACM for 6 months now having completed the HnD last year. And iv got to say the Degree is not what i was expecting. It seems that 50% of my time is having to be devoted to writing assignments. I know it has to be part of the course to validate it as a degree but i would rather spend my time getting good on my instrument and learning about music rather than writing an essay on how i go about transcribing a song. Surely theres no right or wrong way to transcribe as long as you get the right end result anyway? But the thing is if i spent all this time just playing bass i would be twice as good as i am now. I just completed all my Coursework and handed it in 6 weeks ago, it took about 4 weeks to complete. Now i have been given the briefs for the next batch of assignments which are supposed to be in soon. The worst part is i know people at ICMP and Birmingham Conservatoire and their going through the same thing. So anybody thinking of taking up a Music Degree think hard about it because i am starting to see why people like Janek Gwizdala left theirs before they completed it.

Iv heard a few good things about Pearl pedals but has anyone ever owned the compressor?

IN Warwick Thumb 5 Tokai Jazz Overwater Jazz 5 Hartke HX112 Various pedals Double bass OUT Fender US DELUXE Jazz 5 MusicMan Stingray Ashdown ABM Hartke HX410 Various pedals nearly even, but iv definately spent more than i should have. Damn You Basschat

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Theres a few on the Kilburn high street north london. There was a delicious Fender FMT V string on ebay from a cash convertors and someone on here bought it dead cheap, like £1500 off its new value

I would like to see more clips of him playing fingerstyle. As i can't do the double thumb tihng yet it'd be nice to relate with what he's doing. Also when he does it sounds fantastic

It says he is an innovative player on his website? I think he will find that when i was 10 and handed a guitar i too was making lots of twangy sounds and playing nothing that makes musical sense. So innovative he is not...... now show me the drummer jokes thread, iv got some great ones

[quote name='ezbass' post='1090445' date='Jan 15 2011, 02:20 PM']"don't pick your nose after scratching your bum"[/quote] Nothing like learning from mistakes

There are many fakes around, my dad worked in a shop where they had a fake epiphone, the only give away was that the "h" was in the wrong place on the headstock. Still apparently Gibson were very helpful in dealing with the issue and sent plenty of photo's of what to look out for on the fake models

[quote name='bubinga5' post='1082562' date='Jan 8 2011, 08:50 PM']Not a Fender expert but generally BG are over priced... i may have been wrong, and have got used to BC's prices.. but £1200 for a mid 90's SR5...? £1200 for a Fender RI 62... ? you can them new for £1400 tops... wish i was a retailer when i sold my basses... i get it from here....Bass Direct are selling a 2007 SR5 for a grand... yeah generally they are overpriced...[/quote] bass direct arn't in camden, quite simply their overheads can't be the same. I would say £1k for a 2007 SR5 is still very overpriced. Also if you think BG is bad for overpricing then check out New kings Road Vintage pricing, their basses go over 10k!!!! Back to the whole vintage thing, i wouldn't pay £8k for a bass but i would really like a bass that made me feel like James Jameson or Duck Dunn. I think thats why some people do it, and if i had that amount going spare i definately would

[quote name='bubinga5' post='1082524' date='Jan 8 2011, 08:12 PM']yeah i love it...bet sounds awsome... but for near 8K i would be looking elsewhere... Devon, a custom built Pensa/Suhr... not worth it IMO IMO BG are way overpriced..[/quote] Overpriced? where have you been comparing it to? Ok sure its not as cheep as basschat, but not even ebay is as cheep as basschat

saw this yesterday and instantly had to close it before i sold all my basses

[quote name='MikanHannille' post='1081891' date='Jan 8 2011, 10:54 AM'] [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXMQ3wSqSA0"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXMQ3wSqSA0[/url] What do you think of his playing? I saw this vid and heard a lot of reactions (negative and positive) about his playing. Personally I'd say he's playing good, but sometimes a bit too much. Less is more. How about you guys?[/quote] I dislike his playing but even more so i hate that hat!

You can raise either side of a pickup. They usually use foam or sponge underneath and you can loosen or tighten the screws. If you wanted more volume from the lower strings then you can raise the left side of the pickup by loosening the screws. A problem with Mexican fenders is they seem to have poor pickups compared to the american market so that there is a difference. I found this out when i had lessons with a guy using an american deluxenp and when i played it i got lots of low end compared to my mexican P. Easy answer i swapped the pickups on my P to some Lindy Fralins. For a first time Jazz i would avoid both of these models. The Active deluxe edition doesn't give a very realistic jazz tone and i think the pre amps very cheap. The S-1's always sounded very flat to me and definately didn't seem to be worth the new value. My first jazz was an American Deluxe i picked off ebay for £580. I now have a Tokai Jazz which is my favourite bass i have played and that was just £360 off here. Another good few jazz's are the Fender Classic 70's reissue which is about £500 new and definately worth it, or the Squier Classic Vive which has great reviews on here.