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I think sitting down with a metronome on a slow click and getting the basics nailed before trying to syncopate the left hand and right hand is really the place to start, as many have said. It makes me think of when Stuart Hamm said that some things are much harder to play slow than fast, and to demonstrate he played one of the tapping parts from "Country Music" slow and showed just how much more difficult that was! So in the end, excessive speed just covers up how sloppy you are and disguises your lack of timing and pace. You've got to go back to basics and build it up slowly. Learning things at a slow pace helps too; get to grips with the notes and the space between them and when you play it at full speed it will feel like second nature. I've done this with a lot of Level 42 tunes, for example. Mark can have so many ghost notes and clicks in his lines that you have to slow them right down and work out exactly where they are coming from and get the timing right. Especially if you've got a drummer going at it like Gary Husband!

At the end of the day, it's just a band. No point in getting yourself wound up or causing a load of grief over it. Just tell the other guys you're not happy with the singer and you're moving on. If you're friendly and mature about it you'll probably end up playing together again future.

[quote name='Toasted' post='965059' date='Sep 22 2010, 10:14 PM']This thread is hilarious. A bunch of people who don't own Sadowsky basses telling those who do and gig them regularly that they're poor sounding basses.[/quote] You make it sound as if those parties are at fault for voicing their opinions, even if they've played numerous Sadowsky basses and found them lacking! Basschat gold for all the right reasons, bucking the trend and being forward thinking as usual!

Yeah, what did happen to the last thread? I went looking for it a few days ago but couldn't find it!

I love Jeff, but he's been doing jazz for way to long now and he needs to get back to fusion! Jazz standards bore me and as great as Jeff is, I won't be tuning in!

Wrong forum, but that wasn't what made me go

That price is quite frankly outrageous!

[quote name='Conan' post='964460' date='Sep 22 2010, 01:37 PM']So how come with all that gear, his sound is essentially the same for every track? [/quote] I'll have you know it takes a vast array of pedals and [b]three[/b] amps to accurately recreate that specific wooley and uninspired sound! :snob:

I really like the look of that strat!

Hartke are excellent, and Larry Hartke is a man who will stand by his product! He did that "certifiable" advert campaign a couple of years ago with his telephone number attached so players could ring him and chat about amps! Very cool! Overall, they are just good amps for a good price. Stuart Hamm went back to Hartke a couple of years ago after a long time playing Peavey.

Absolutely gorgeous Kubicki there!

Oh that poor boy! His head must be all over the place already playing all those root notes and pumping 8ths! While we're here Matski, any chance of showing us some photos of your Kubicki?

It's not that I don't like Sadowsky basses, as far as basses go they're alright. Solid, useable basses that get the job done in an unspectacular fashion, if you're looking for jazz bass or modern jazz bass sounds. A bass I don't like would be well, a Gibson or a P bass or something (so no, I doubt I'd like a Sadowsky P bass either, it is an inherently poor design IMO). As far as jazz basses go, they're not the best and they're not the worst. Although the Sandberg California J basses sounded and felt much better than the Sadowsky Metros through the same amp for considerably less; perhaps there is something to be said for A/B'ing these things!

[quote name='Mark Latimour' post='964258' date='Sep 22 2010, 11:19 AM']That's not what he said though, is it?[/quote] If you want to be pedantic over the word "bad" and "unspectacular" then no, it's not what he said, I took the point to it's logical extreme. I did this because I consider myself to be somewhat discerning over what I'll play and I don't have time for anything that is "unspectacular" in any sense. To continue down that avenue, even if I'm tracking bass parts to a click track, if I'm not happy with my sound at that stage I won't be happy with the end product. Perhaps this is why I find Alembic electronics so interesting - a sound for every occasion!

[quote name='birdy' post='964242' date='Sep 22 2010, 11:08 AM']The thing with Sadowsky's is that they can sound unspectacular when played solo and really shine when part of a mix in my opinion. Some basses sound amazing solo and rubbish in a mix.[/quote] I can't say I've ever known a bass to sound good on it's own and bad in the mix or vice versa. A good bass sounds good, period. If it doesn't sound good all the time, why would you buy it when there are so many basses that can?