Ambient/Post-Rock/Textural bass playing thread

[steubig]

lol^^^

 

[ugly_bassplayer]

ha!

i did get to hear some cool music (and a new fave band) based in a tb thread yesterday. possibly the first time in a decade.

That band is??

 

[ugly_bassplayer]

“help my friends realize their artistic vision” band).

Someone end me.

 

[steubig]

That band is??

thought you’d never ask.

 

[ugly_bassplayer]

thought you’d never ask.

Cool coincidence. I've been digging the crates of a lot of Japanese underground hip hop these last few months.
Very cool stuff over there.

 

[steubig]

Cool coincidence. I've been digging the crates of a lot of Japanese underground hip hop these last few months.
Very cool stuff over there.

totally.

 

[Spectrum]

One of my bands is definitely a dad band (I call it my “help my friends realize their artistic vision” band). I also like tort. I am a sleeper agent.

 

[monsterthompson]

but it keeps the riff-raff out

*Riff Raff has entered the chat*

 

[JES]

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[saltymonkey]

i think the jazzmaster bridge is similar. apparently a lot of the higher end players replace those bridges with something called the mastery bridge, which can cost more than the squier versions of those guitars, but really work.

The mastery works great. It doesn't move. Sets up and intonates perfectly. I don't know if it'll drop in to either of those Eastwoods but it's any easy and worthwhile replacement on a Fender or Squire VI.

 

[Bob_Ross]

thought you’d never ask.

"Chopping broccoli!" /danacarvey

That was pretty cool. Not only did I enjoy the music, but that's the first time in a very long while that I've found myself genuinely engaged by a band's video.

 

[steubig]

"Chopping broccoli!" /danacarvey

That was pretty cool. Not only did I enjoy the music, but that's the first time in a very long while that I've found myself genuinely engaged by a band's video.

i find them entertaining on many levels.

 

[JES]

The mastery works great. It doesn't move. Sets up and intimates perfectly. I don't know if it'll drop in to either of those Eastwoods but it's any easy and worthwhile replacement on a Fender or Squire VI.

In my brief time with a Bass VI, I installed a different bridge and it made a big difference. But I still think fixed-tail bridges are better for sustain on low strings with short scale lengths. Then again, I'm not happy with the E on my Silhouette, so maybe it's not the bridge.

 

[steubig]

Ha! Whenever the conversation gets to Favorite Bass VI Players ^^^he's the first name that comes to mind! His playing on Rypdal's Odyssey album is a high point in that instrument's repertoire.

Thanks for the video, I'd never seen Hovensjø performing before.

here's another. 4-string on the first tune, 6-string on second.

 

[monsterthompson]

What the heck. I didn’t need to hear/see this.
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New skiff is on the way. Maybe I’ll have some room for this little guy.

 

[JES]

The chainsaw is cool (as is the demon core) but in the end I decided I’d rather not try to do poly in Eurorack. I’m awaiting delivery on a new analog frequency shifter, though. That’s something that doesn’t come along every day.

 

[dukeorock]

The chainsaw is cool (as is the demon core) but in the end I decided I’d rather not try to do poly in Eurorack. I’m awaiting delivery on a new analog frequency shifter, though. That’s something that doesn’t come along every day.

I don’t try for polyphony in the ‘rack either. It’s be tempting if you could modulate each individual note separately, but my modular stuff is mostly for atmospheric weirdness these days, when I even bother to fire it up. The EssenceFM/Octatrack combo still has me pretty hooked for the time being. I do kinda miss having a couple granular choppy/glitchy modules to play bass through though

 

[dukeorock]

I doubt anyone would be interested (nor should you be!), but I’m being interviewed later today for a live stream thing, mostly slap upright bass related

 

[monsterthompson]

Interesting project:



404.zero was formed back in 2016 as an outlet for the ambitious audiovisual projects of Russian artists Kristina Karpysheva and Alexander Letsius. Approaching light, sound and space with a singular vision, understanding them as essential parts of a monolithic whole, the duo create awe-inspiring works of grand scale which are defined by an esoteric aesthetic sensibility and a distinctly cinematic quality.

 

[ugly_bassplayer]

@Bob_Ross
You previously mentioned that you did a mix session with the MOOD and said that you where never going to do one without it again.

I'm interested as to how you used it.