Wall of Mouths

Yes, I should probably do that, though my local guitar shop doesn’t stock them. They said they could order one for me, but they kind of implied (through threats and obscene hand gestures) that they could order one _if_ I wanted to buy it… I’m short of the cash at the moment, anyway, so there’s no hurry, whatever I do. Whereas there would be if I had the money, obviously. ;)

Thanks for your views, by the way

Sure, I have a basic solid-state amp, and the only effects I (infrequently) use are my old guitar effects, none of which really ‘do it’ for me, so I’m looking for a ‘tone fix’. I’m not particularly interested in getting any full on distortion, though if what I get manages that as well, then all the better. I’m interested in building up a strong core tone, and want to avoid the route I followed when I was still a regular guitar player, which was to mess around with lots of different effects (coming up with some cool whacked out sounds, but nothing I could ‘call my own’ ;)). I’m not interested in whether the sound I get is an accurate emulation of a particular amp (so buying a bass POD seems a bit pointless), but I’d like something that I can DI, which the Bass Driver obviously can.
Umm, anything else you want to know?

Has anyone got a Sansamp Bass Driver? I’m thinking of getting one.

Who, me? I live in (sunny) Southern England, don’t drive (or fly) and have no money… Getting round those problems, sure! ;)

Sounds cool, Floornail. Anything online?

JSar666 wrote:

Are you insinuating that I’m a date rapist and therefore don’t like red-haired women because they require more knock-out juice? :eek:

:eek: indeed! But I think such a person would use some sort of tranquilizer to spike a drink with, rather than carrying around an anaesthetists’ trolley, complete with gas cannister and mask, so I’m inclined to trust you ;)

3ddo-on-the-balcony wrote:

But, let’s have a challenge for the mighty Michael McKeegan: what’s yóur favourite bass?

<eyes closed, fingers crossed> Danelectro Rumour, Danelectro Rumour…

Yours, Ever hopeful..

d

JSar666 wrote:

I just have to say… I don’t like red-haired girls. Pasty skin, freckles, can’t stay in the sun for long… apparently they need 10% anaesthetic to be knocked out for an operation, but I’m not a doctor, so blah

Do you mean ten percent _more_ than anyone else, or just ten percent of whatever’s normal? Why does that even matter?! I NEED TO KNOW!! ;)

(calm blue ocean, calm blue ocean)

I’m sorry, I’ve just never met anyone before who based their opinions of someone on how much anaesthetic they would need for an operation.

Jsar666, you unsettle me…

Yes.

Further evidence that we have better taste than lesser mortals..

tatty seaside town wrote:

yeah and we all know what the best bass is of course! and also: when you play status bass, you get all the girls!
i hope especially for the redhaired ones :)

Please note the above is false.

Except for the bit about redheads.

Forty-Three?! Ahahahahahahaha!

<coughcough> erm, congratulations… :P

But you’re right: where are all the other basses? (Or should that be ‘Bassi’?…;) )

What’s everyone got? These are things we need to know, people.

I heard someone describe something the other day as Steaming Rose Fodder. I think that’s a great name for a band. ;)

My bass is actually a Danelectro Rumour (you may laugh if you wish, but petty name calling is beneath me…) I actually really like it. It looks good, and has a pretty good neck, though perhaps a little too ‘clicky’ to be ideal. I’m saving up at the moment to get some active eq for it, but at the rate I’m going it’ll probably take me a few years! It’s funny, because it’s made out of a really cheap wood (basically hardboard..), but it is so light that I actually prefer it that way. It’s got quite good resonance, all things considered. If you don’t know what they look like (and they don’t make them anymore) they’re _very_ similar to the Mosrite guitars (see the thread about Andy’s white guitar). I bought it initially because it was cheap, but given the choice for swapping it for a guitar worth twice the price I would stick with it.

Incidentally, I want to make a new scratchplate for it. When I get the EQ, it’ll mean drilling an extra hole in it, so I’d rather keep the original intact. I also don’t like plain white scratchplates. Does anyone know anywhere in Britain that will make them up for you? Failing that, any suggestions for the best material to make one myself?

cheers

oh, and if i were to choose between a status or a stingray, I’d go with the stingray, though I’d prefer four-string

tatty seaside town wrote:

I think guitar and bass are totally different instrument. Although i can play the bass i wouldn´t say that i can play guitar, although i know the chords and can play actually. But its a different feeling.

Oh, definitely. Actually I used to mostly play my guitar as if it was a bass anyway.

I’ve always been a bassist, just only realised recently ;)

It’s all swings and roundabouts, really, as far as I’m concerned. There are some technically bad players out there who are very good musicians. Not just that they’re happy doing what they’re doing, but they’re good at it, just not in a necessarily technical way.

I agree it’s frustrating when players say that a particular technique is ‘boring’ when what they really mean is that they can’t play like that/ can’t be arsed to make the effort to learn it. As a personal defence, I’m more interested in making the effort in other areas. I think it would probably be a mistake for me to move away from guitar, only to end up practicing righthanded tapping on the bass! I could have done that before, but that’s not why I switched.

I once knew a really decent guitarist, good all round (all round Metal, that is ;) ). Excellent rhythm control, full on blazing solos, restraint when he wanted it. He could play along with anything just by ear. But he didn’t know any scales, and only the most basic chord names. He could play it all fine, he just didn’t know what any of it was called! His answer to any question about what he was playing was: ‘er, it’s SOME of the notes of the chromatic scale. But not all of them…’ :cool:

As for technique, I’m not _quite_ sure I followed what you were saying, Tatty (if I may call you Tatty). It doesn’t matter to me which finger I _start_ on, just starting each beat (or every other beat) with the _same_ finger helps(not necessarily the first), and that is possible using the sequence that I do. That’s what I was trying to say, anyway, though I agree that total independence is the dream to aspire to. :)

Strangely I don’t find skipping two strings any more difficult than one, but since that’s hard enough as it is with 3/4 fingers I don’t suppose it counts as a success!

The problem with triplets is why I do the alternating thing. Because you’re always moving from one picking finger to an adjacent one, you don’t end up with that gallop effect. Plus each ‘sequence’ is of eight notes, so you always start the beat with the same finger.

I’ve never played with a pick, (tried it, obviously, but didn’t like it) and I’ve only played with two fingers for about a year now… so everything feels like beginning. ;)

I love it when people ask how long I’ve been playing for, and I tell them about a year, and they’re really impressed (NB. I’m not actually that good), but what I don’t tell them is that I’ve been playing guitar for about ten years, so a lot of the stuff I kind of knew already… ;)

There’s only two things (on guitar _or_ bass) that I can fingertap, and that’s only one-finger tapping. I just have to accept defeat, I think.

Hi there. I can sometimes play with three fingers of my picking hand. I do need more practice, especially with string skipping, which is practically impossible for me at the moment. Do you just use the three fingers in the same order all the time? like (first finger=i, second=m, third=a): imaimaima ? because I find it easier, and more effectice, to do it this way: imimamami (I think anyway, it’s harder to write than to do ;) ) you can even do it with four fingers quite easily like that (still no string skipping, though!) l=little(!) imimamalalama.

or I could just write it like this: 1232343432321 ! Possibly not as quick as using the three or four fingers in order, but less difficult to synchronise, and definitely faster than just two.