Ambient/Post-Rock/Textural bass playing thread

[cosmicevan]

Jack size is important too. I use switchcraft pancakes and make my own cables. The pancakes are good and flat but the circles are big enough that on some pedals you cant use 2 of them or you cant fit a TRS expression plug. Making your own is really easy...if I can do it...its really easy.

 

[steubig]

Jack size is important too. I use switchcraft pancakes and make my own cables. The pancakes are good and flat but the circles are big enough that on some pedals you cant use 2 of them or you cant fit a TRS expression plug. Making your own is really easy...if I can do it...its really easy.

yep. i’ve made my own for years, which is why the george l’s stuff was so attractive. at this point, their right angle jacks arr driving me crazy, so i’m gonna go pre-made.

 

[lordradish]

Of interest? Microfreak AND Zoia?
MATRIXSYNTH: Arturia MicroFreak Noise Engineering Algo Techno Test + Free Patches (Feat Empress Effects Zoia)

 

[steubig]

 

[ugly_bassplayer]

Of interest? Microfreak AND Zoia?
MATRIXSYNTH: Arturia MicroFreak Noise Engineering Algo Techno Test + Free Patches (Feat Empress Effects Zoia)

Started tweaking the Microfreak, and IMO , this thing is crazy cool.
I haven’t yet RTFM but I’ve turned knobs and plugged some pedals after it.
It gets along very well with effects, even dirt pedals. (Read dirt is very sensitive to impedance and sometimes just plain sucks with anything else thats not instrument level impedance)
3.0 firmware update is massive. I also got used to the keys very quickly, only you cant rest your fingers on it like a normal keyboard.
Already used lots with my SP. Sequence, sample, chop. Boom done.

I have alot of reading and learning to do on this thing.

remember:

« Baby Steps »

- Dr Leo Marvin and Bob

 

[ugly_bassplayer]

I’m assuming that’s you on IPad duties?
very cool little clip. Dang, even the drummer has a Hydra.

 

[Bob_Ross]

with the ct5, you have the ebs stuff going into both jacks?

Yes. They fit, but in a limited number of possible orientations. Really odd jack locations on that pedal, right? Those Switchcraft pancake plugs that Evan mentioned would never fit!

Yes, a pile of cables add weight fast.

LOL! As I noted recently in another thread on TB, I own 175lbs of cables that I don't even use!
And airline weight restrictions are asinine: If I fly with my bass in its ATA-compliant flight case, I have to pay extra due to the weight. If I fly with my bass in one of my less-than-ATA-compliant cases, it not only isn't as well protected, but I still have to pay extra because the total dimensions (length+width+depth, summed) exceed the airlines' max allowable for checked luggage! I miss the days when I was touring with a 4-string headless Steinberger L-2 that I could bring as carry-on and stash in the overhead bins.

Ask me about the gig I did on Martha's Vineyard where the plane was a 4-seater... ::::

 

[ugly_bassplayer]

Yes. They fit, but in a limited number of possible orientations. Really odd jack locations on that pedal, right? Those Switchcraft pancake plugs that Evan mentioned would never fit!




LOL! As I noted recently in another thread on TB, I own 175lbs of cables that I don't even use!
And airline weight restrictions are asinine: If I fly with my bass in its ATA-compliant flight case, I have to pay extra due to the weight. If I fly with my bass in one of my less-than-ATA-compliant cases, it not only isn't as well protected, but I still have to pay extra because the total dimensions (length+width+depth, summed) exceed the airlines' max allowable for checked luggage! I miss the days when I was touring with a 4-string headless Steinberger L-2 that I could bring as carry-on and stash in the overhead bins.

Ask me about the gig I did on Martha's Vineyard where the plane was a 4-seater... ::::

Airplane security\weight\prices ....logic......=dichotomy

Packing for fly gigs SUCKS!!!! Prove me wrong!?!?!

And yes, I’ll ask about the Martha 4 seater.

 

[steubig]

I’m assuming that’s you on IPad duties?
very cool little clip. Dang, even the drummer has a Hydra.

not me. instagram feed of a band made up of people from denmark and germany. seemed appropriate for this group.

 

[Bob_Ross]

And yes, I’ll ask about the Martha 4 seater.

Heh...

Venue was providing backline, so all I had to bring was my bass (the aforementioned Steinberger, which somehow fit on the floor of the cabin underneath my seat, though I'm pretty sure the guy behind me was stepping on it for the entire flight) and two small Anvil cases with my cables, pedals, tuner, tools, spare parts, strings, etc.

Those two cases were smaller than an American Tourister suitcase, but larger than a Zero-Halliburton briefcase. They weighed between 15 and 25lbs each, fully loaded.

The problem was, one of them weighed closer to 15lbs, and the other one weighed closer to 25lbs, and since each one had to go into a wing storage compartment on opposite sides of the plane, the pilot insisted that they had to be perfectly balanced. So I had to repack my gack cases four times before the pilot was satisfied that the plane was balanced and could fly safely! There I am squatting in the middle of the tarmac, moving a DI from one case to another, dividing up a half dozen patchcords evenly, swapping stuff back and forth... Four times!!!

For the return trip I hitched a ride with the PA company and took the ferry. Lesson learned.

 

[ugly_bassplayer]

not me. instagram feed of a band made up of people from denmark and germany. seemed appropriate for this group.

Airplane addendum:
We have 5 gigs in Sweden. 5 gigs.....5x40 mins.....not that long.
I took 9v batteries to power all my limited pedals. Choose wisely and avoided ones that used power cables only.
Saves weight, money and times. Brought extra 9v just in case.

Princess rhythm guitar dude....buys a 10-15 pound ISO transformer that converted 240v to 120v.
I wanted to smash his skull in with that brick during bagage check.

@Bob_Ross
As if 15 lbs would make a huge difference when passengers on the left or right of the cockpit have probably a much higher weight discrepancy.
(But I'm not a pilot. So my opinion is worth zero on this)
Atta boy for taking the other way back home.

 

[theunknowndude]

My only gear related flying story was I was on a trip with my parents from England to Australia after seeing Europe for 4 weeks... (think this was around 2005ish) come random stop over in Singapore decided I wanted to buy a Stratocaster... somehow got cheap check in for luggage (Ie not even in cabin) but half expected it to be in pieces on the 7 hour flight back to Adelaide as it was in a cardboard box and nothing else. Miraculously it survived untouched.

 

[lordradish]

Sadly, I have never been fortunate enough to have a gig we had to fly to, but my band almost did get a gig at Red Rocks opening for Lettuce that fell through.

 

[steubig]

Sadly, I have never been fortunate enough to have a gig we had to fly to, but my band almost did get a gig at Red Rocks opening for Lettuce that fell through.

don't worry, it's not always glamorous

 

[ugly_bassplayer]

don't worry, it's not always glamorous

Definitely.
Glamorous was definitely not the first word that came to mind on fly gigs.

I seriously doubt it will happen again though.

 

[lordradish]

don't worry, it's not always glamorous

Oh, I know. There's just something about traveling far to play that feels really good to me. That said, I've never really toured or anything like that, I've never played outside of the northeast, except for a few sh**hole country and classic rock gigs in Florida.

At this point, with my weird synth stuff, I almost feel like I'll have to go to Europe if I expect to play in front of anyone.

 

[steubig]

Oh, I know. There's just something about traveling far to play that feels really good to me. That said, I've never really toured or anything like that, I've never played outside of the northeast, except for a few sh**hole country and classic rock gigs in Florida.

At this point, with my weird synth stuff, I almost feel like I'll have to go to Europe if I expect to play in front of anyone.

pre-pandemic, i think there were all sorts of small venues/series and little festivals that you could probably have done. east coast is a little easier than the west coast due to the driving distance between towns. san diego to l.a. to san francisco to sacramento is easy, but then portland to seattle is a bit more difficult. at least from what i can tell.

afaik, europe used to be easier, but money is tighter now . . . and of course pandemic action is probably making things harder.

low budget travel is gonna make any of it easier.

a semi-tangential thought: lots of venues closing down out here (and i think out east as well) . . . but i do think that when things get safe, there will be a sort of flowering. hoping for the best . . .

 

[HotelX]

Epidemiologist looks to the past to predict second post-pandemic 'roaring 20s'

But the vision he lays out for 2024 and beyond is one filled with experiences pined for in isolation: packed stadiums, crowded nightclubs and flourishing arts.

“In 2024, all of those [pandemic trends] will be reversed,” he said. “People will relentlessly seek out social interactions.” That could include “sexual licentiousness”, liberal spending, and a “reverse of religiosity”.​

 

[JES]

Epidemiologist looks to the past to predict second post-pandemic 'roaring 20s'

But the vision he lays out for 2024 and beyond is one filled with experiences pined for in isolation: packed stadiums, crowded nightclubs and flourishing arts.

“In 2024, all of those [pandemic trends] will be reversed,” he said. “People will relentlessly seek out social interactions.” That could include “sexual licentiousness”, liberal spending, and a “reverse of religiosity”.​

I want to believe.

 

[lordradish]

pre-pandemic, i think there were all sorts of small venues/series and little festivals that you could probably have done. east coast is a little easier than the west coast due to the driving distance between towns. san diego to l.a. to san francisco to sacramento is easy, but then portland to seattle is a bit more difficult. at least from what i can tell.

afaik, europe used to be easier, but money is tighter now . . . and of course pandemic action is probably making things harder.

low budget travel is gonna make any of it easier.

a semi-tangential thought: lots of venues closing down out here (and i think out east as well) . . . but i do think that when things get safe, there will be a sort of flowering. hoping for the best . . .

Funny thing about all of this as I read it, remembering saying, in my early 20's, how I couldn't wait to just live in a van and live on Chef Boyardi and just go on tour. I turn 50 in April, and my godless, that sounds like hell to me now. But I still wouldn't go back and tell 21 year old me to not do it. I would like to show 21 year old me my current gear, now, as he most certainly would think it was just the acid.