"Flakey"

[The Ridge]

hey,
im new to this forum so to start off with hi everyone.

I'm currently the member of a band, and weve been recording some of our own material and although my bass playing isnt very good (truthfully im appaling but i just love too play *smiles*) ive always got quite a good sound. Yet recently, everything i have been playing has sounded as my mate and guitarist in my band describes as flakey, im getting what sounds like a lot of background noise through my amo and the sounds im making are so unclear there you can hardly hear it.....

could this be a problem with my technique, i was told that sometimes i strick the string to hard but i dont know so i thought i would come and ask some experts.

thanks for any help



The Ridge

[Bruce Lindfield]

The trouble is we can't see what you're doing - so can only guess...

But maybe a session with a good teacher, face to face, would resolve any "issues" quickly!

[morf]

If you use an active bass, check the battery, check if your strings are dead as well.

[hunta]

Is it only on the recordings that it sounds like that, or does it sound bad through your amp too?

[The Ridge]

simple answer is both do. Weve manage to well tune the flakeness out of the recording stuff but when we are just jamming and playing, it drives me insane.....

[mambo4]

Lots of noise + cant hear the bass well?

that screams electronic problems, and my first suspect would be dying batteries in your bass, if it has them. What's your bass/amp/rig setup?

I would ask the guitarist if you could use his rig to test your gear. by switching various components in your signal chain, you can quickly isolate the source.

Plug your bass into his amp, use his cable (assuming his stuff works). if the noise is gone, you know it's not your bass.
then switch your cable in with his, to eliminate that. If your amp is seperate form your cab, see if you can plug into a different speaker. try to isolate the source of the problem.

[osciphex]

Your original post is too vague. You need to either record yourself playing or describe the problem better.

[Bruce Lindfield]

Originally Posted by Bruce Lindfield

The trouble is we can't see what you're doing - so can only guess...

But maybe a session with a good teacher, face to face, would resolve any "issues" quickly!

Originally Posted by osciphex

Your original post is too vague. You need to either record yourself playing or describe the problem better.

So, we've gone full circle...

[Earthday]

"Plug your bass into his amp, use his cable (assuming his stuff works). if the noise is gone, you know it's not your bass."

Just make sure not to play too loud or you could blow his speaker.