Jase Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 Hope this is in the right section. Right, I've been using PC's, software, editing suites, etc etc to practice with and work on covers for the last 6 or 7 years, in fact everything I do these days that's related to my bass playing involves a damn computer and I've had a gut full of unstable pc's and programmes. I really want to go back to the way I used to do it. By this I mean using just the recording, my bass and a pair of headphones to work out covers and practice etc, soooo I'm going to chuck the pc idea in the bin and try and find an alternative. I no longer own a CD player or cassette player, does anybody now of a practice aid where I can just lob a disc in, plug my bass and headphones in and work on covers and practice without the worry of something crashing!!!! Ta very much, Jase. (Frustrated bass player in need of old school practice methods) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tombboy Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 Me and my brother both had a vintage tube Blaupunkt lp player/radio thing which had a 16rpm speed. We'd just lob on the lp's at this speed.... instand half and down a full octave. Get to grips with the guitars and then gradually speed up the playing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skywalker Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 A cheap CD player or a laptop, plugged straight into my amp, leave out the bass lead so only the treble plays, plug in your bass and play the bass line straight over the music. Not all amps have a CD in socket, but the Fender Rumbles do - not expensive either. Hope this helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hit&Run Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 [quote name='Jase' date='Dec 21 2007, 08:30 PM' post='107845']does anybody now of a practice aid where I can just lob a disc in, plug my bass and headphones in and work on covers and practice without the worry of something crashing!!!! Tascam bass trainer? [url="http://www.tascam.com/details;8,21,17.html"]tascam[/url] I got one second hand for £60 locally, and they often pop up on [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/TASCAM-CD-BT1-mk11-Portable-CD-BASS-Guitar-Trainer_W0QQitemZ120200177816QQihZ002QQcategoryZ15199QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem"]ebay[/url]. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase Posted December 21, 2007 Author Share Posted December 21, 2007 Nice one Hit&Run, that's the type of thing I'm talking about Thanks for the input chaps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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