Stoner/Doom Bassist thread Pt. 46: In Soviet Russia Bass Plays You

[Samsquanch1972]

Originally Posted by Ron Now

I took lessons for 4 years when I was in high school. They were definitely helpful, even when I thought they weren't. However, I could see how the could be beneficial at a later stage in playing as when I was a beginner, I was still working on what kind of player I was, whereas once I developed a "style" it would have been nice to have a teacher to help me refine that "voice"

That being said, one of the most helpful tools in making me a better player and learning how to improvise and play in key was a loop pedal. Looping a progression and then finding different ways to play over it was super helpful in knowing what ways the bass and notes worked within the context of multiple layers. Also helped me refine tones that work in different circumstances.

Even if someone doesn't use it live, or pedals at all (not really an issue in this thread). I feel a looper is an indispensible tool as a player.

I had a Boss RC20 that I didn't bond with that well, it is on ebay now lol. But picked up a Jamman Stereo looper on the classifieds here for a great price and it is great. I really wanted for training like you said. I checke dout the loops of the guy before me and he recorded the cds from his lesson books on there and I thought dwow that is a great idea. Plus learning songs and changing the tempo. Awesome tool for so many reasons. Glad I didn't give up on loopers from not liking the Boss one. Plus it only cost me 50 bucks to upgrade from old school to current, well maybe even less if more people ebayers bid

[Lazarus.Bird]

I like the SG! Also just got an insane show offer. If it goes public I'll tell you guys about it :P

[Ron Now]

Originally Posted by Toastfuzz

I like boobies. Discuss.

When people first started talking about her, I was thinking to myself ok, she's an attractive young blonde...what else is new? But possibly due to that I see her everywhere now I find her much more attractive than I originally thought.

Probably seeing her do that "cat dance" had something to do with it too...

[Jason Hall]

Originally Posted by Lazarus.Bird

I like the SG! Also just got an insane show offer. If it goes public I'll tell you guys about it :P

Opening for Hanson?

[Samsquanch1972]

Double Cut

[Toastfuzz]

Originally Posted by bassboysam

"correct techinique" is very comfortable. the issue is that most people learn to play using very different techniques and the "correct" way becomes foreign and uncomfortable. I don't have perfect technique by any means but it is a lot more traditional than it used to be. Sometimes I try playing the way I used to and I can't even remember how I managed it.

It was hard at first to change but now it's second nature for me. It was probably the second most helpful thing i learned when i took my lessons. Number one was intervals and their relationships to chords.

See now thats my beef... you took lessons which told you that a certain technique was "correct". You painstakingly adjusted your technique to this new "correct" technique and now you are comfortable with it and can't even remember how you managed playing with any other technique... but when you first started, your original technique was just fine, and the "correct" technique was difficult and foreign.

I'm not debating that your instructor taught you a good technique. But I've so often heard people come out of a lesson or seminar and start talking about "THE correct" way to do something that its a bit of a pet peeve More than 1 way to skin a cat, as they say.

And I'm PMS'ing today, sorry if I'm coming off more argumentative than usual.

[blendermassacre]

i like all of them for different reasons. i love SGs, and the Gold color is awesome. Same goes with the LP. Surf Green with the black back is amazing to me. And, DC body shapes always make me happy... i don't know. i'm so torn.

[Samsquanch1972]

Originally Posted by beebassdude

lessons are great but you need to have an idea of what you want to get out of it. there has to be specific things you have in mind that you want to learn/improve on, if you go in just saying "i want to take lessons", that will help nobody.

and most of it just boils down to personal drive and time. in highschool i probably practiced close to 5 hours a day minimum on top of lessons. my lessons were mostly just used to ask questions on things i was doing on my own and get direction on how/what i needed to do to improve on them.

i still need to get off my ass and take 3-5 lessons with anthony wellington in maryland to further my funk soul brother training. i have some questions on certain techniques that i just cant figure out from videos and would like to see them done slowly, and hes the guy to do it.

I think that's what I need a guy I can pick his brain more than anything about theory. When I was a kid I had about three guitar teachers, but none could teach me the big picture, I was always like that annoying little kid, but Why, but Why, but Why. So I have been reading everything I can about music theory to see the big picture and think outside of just the instrument itself. The big picture is finally opening up after truly understanding intervals and baseing everything back on the major chord and the chromatic scale, that it all just starts from 12 notes. My priority now is ear training, timing, and always more and more theory and practice.

[The_Janitor]

Listening to Turbonegro - Apocalypse Dudes for the first time in a couple of years. Holy ****! One of the best rock albums of all time. No kidding.

[LOCOPELAND]

Speaking of bewbs. Holy crap, Katy Perry at the Grammy's last night. :O

I didn't watch, but I've read enough crap on various online forums this morning to make me search and whooooa nelly.

[JoeVictim]

Originally Posted by The_Janitor

Listening to Turbonegro - Apocalypse Dudes for the first time in a couple of years. Holy ****! One of the best rock albums of all time. No kidding.

+1. The band The Shrine that just came through with Graveyard, was rock awesomeness as well. And If you aren't hip with Annihilation Time, they were another great rock outfit. I need to repurchase II.

[Samsquanch1972]

Originally Posted by LOCOPELAND

Speaking of bewbs. Holy crap, Katy Perry at the Grammy's last night. :O

I didn't watch, but I've read enough crap on various online forums this morning to make me search and whooooa nelly.

Kate Perry also has those perfect legs, I call gals with legs like her's 1950s movie star legs!!!

[JoeVictim]

Originally Posted by Samsquanch1972

Kate Perry also has those perfect legs, I call gals with legs like her's 1950s movie star legs!!!

Or soccer girl legs... mmmm soccer chicks. (also swimmers)

[Samsquanch1972]

Originally Posted by JoeVictim

Or soccer girl legs... mmmm soccer chicks. (also swimmers)

Ha ha reminds me of when you are watching a good movie or show on tv and there is a smoking chick in a dress but they never pan down so you get a good view of her legs, I always think, either the camera man or the director is gay

[Lazarus.Bird]

New Orchid single: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0nFQxXmmx4

[Moloch666]

Another vote for the Double Cut!

[mbelue]

Originally Posted by Samsquanch1972

Ha ha reminds me of when you are watching a good movie or show on tv and there is a smoking chick in a dress but they never pan down so you get a good view of her legs, I always think, either the camera man or the director is gay

Ha ha that's a problem I have all the time. Caboose shots don't hurt either.
Don't forget directors: pervs buy tickets too.

[Samsquanch1972]

Originally Posted by JoeVictim

Or soccer girl legs... mmmm soccer chicks. (also swimmers)

I am sitting in my office cracking up at these posts, I just thought of another saying about legs. In high school when a friend was hoping to land some chick, we would say, no you don't want her, go down to the trailer park and get you a nice white trash girl, they would say, no, why would I want that, because they got no cash which means no cars, they have to walk every where they go, they always have great legs

[beebassdude]

Paging Nick "shameless salesman" Dunwich.

http://losangeles.craigslist.org/lac...607444222.html

that popped up (and no im not buying it lol) but i wanted to know a little more about slave heads (especially tube ones). this has the partridge transformers and the KT88s, but no preamp section. What would that mean tonally vs the regular ORMAT 200 with the same power section? need some more education for my amp stupid ass lol.

[Corey Y]

Originally Posted by LOCOPELAND

Pallbearer and Royal Thunder tonight! Should be pretty kickass. Getting more acquainted with Royal Thunder's stuff right now. Listened to them a while back and kinda wrote them off after a couple songs. Not sure why I did that, pretty groovy sh*t.

I wish I could go to that show tonight. It's not even noon on Monday and my brain is work fried.

Originally Posted by blendermassacre

please help me choose a guitar. i'm going to get a Xavier from guitarfetish.com, but I like three of them...and can't choose.

Natural LP Double Cut

I like the double cut. I used to have a black Yamaha like that, got stolen out of an old practice space, loved that guitar.

Originally Posted by The_Janitor

Listening to Turbonegro - Apocalypse Dudes for the first time in a couple of years. Holy ****! One of the best rock albums of all time. No kidding.

Somehow my brain forgot all about this album until right now. It does indeed rock.