Tat2dHeart
Only two strings away from an attitude problem.
Unless you get the entire band to dress like librarians.
John would require a weed-wacker to get his hairiness 'scaped into submission. The man has a pelt, I do believe.
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CWB: Big 10 Inch
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John would require a weed-wacker to get his hairiness 'scaped into submission. The man has a pelt, I do believe.
Tat2dHeart
Only two strings away from an attitude problem.
FM and Tat in geek-wear. My, this thread just keeps getting better and better.
I do the librarian look every now and again at the office. Next time I do - I'll have pictures taken.
Now I owe tattoo and librarian-wear pics.
I have a question for all y'all, as I am a baby bassist and new to electric guitars in general and require knowledge.
What are pedals used for?
What are pedals used for?
The Deej said:
To make the bike go?
No, kidding ofcourse.
Pedals (aka "stomp boxes") do all kinds of things. Some do one specific job while others do a bunch of them.
Some examples;
Distortion - to give a raunchier over-driven sound
Chorus - adds in harmonic notes to the note you are playing
Octave -adds the same note 1 octave lower to the note you are playing
Other pedals can record short sequences that repeat so you could record a few bars of a riff that repeat for a whole song and let the pedal "play" that for you while you lay a different line overtop of it.
That is just a few examples of many possible options. I have a Digitech BP90. It does a ton of stuff but I don't use it very much. More for experimenting as these kind of effects don't really apply in what my band plays. I just run clean into my amp.
I have a Digitech BP90 as well. I use it as a pre-amp and have assigned one channel for distortion.
counterclockwise from lower right hand corner, where signal enters:
- Xotic X-Blender, to blend the effects signal with the dry signal (I never play with 100% effects signal);
- POG II, which goes up and down one and two octaves and lets you blend those and add some other effects - basically you can create anything from Elvis-style ticky-tack to a church organ;
- EBS Unichorus, which is a chorus pedal that also has a flanger;
- EBS DPhaser - a phaser gives you that sweeping sound, kind of like you're playing through a jet engine;
- EBS Bass IQ, which is an envelope filter (lets you do several things including an auto-wah); and finally
- EBS Multicomp, with which I compress the effects so they're not too spiky; then back into the X-Blender to be blended with the dry signal and off to the amp.
All that, and I use effects on maybe 8 songs out of 40 that we play at a gig. But hey ...
I have the BP 200.. I use it for practice. . It has a jam along input, so I can plug in my laptop, and plug headphones into it as well...
The BP90 has a headphone jack, but not a jam along input. I am using it as a pre because my amp's EQ sucks. I am saving my pennies for an Ampeg PF500.
In my country band I use a Radial Bass Tonebone that gives me 2 separate channels of EQ & volume controls plus an additional boost switch for that important solo in Brown Eyed Girl (LOL). One channel is set flat and the other I rolled the top & high mids off to give me a fatter less hi-fi sound for some tunes (MY Girl). Signal to pedal then my Yorkville 210 combo amp.
For my edgier rock side projects I just got a Line6 X3 Live pedal board. I'm setting 1 bank of 4 presets for each band. With this I use the cab simulations, various effects (compressors, distortion, delay, reverb etc) direct into a Bryston 4B power amp then to a Peavey 410 cab. Each of these bands has a different overall sound so this way I can just plug in, call up the presets for that band & I'm ready to go.
For my edgier rock side projects I just got a Line6 X3 Live pedal board. I'm setting 1 bank of 4 presets for each band. With this I use the cab simulations, various effects (compressors, distortion, delay, reverb etc) direct into a Bryston 4B power amp then to a Peavey 410 cab. Each of these bands has a different overall sound so this way I can just plug in, call up the presets for that band & I'm ready to go.
The Radial Bass Tonebone is a useful device. I don't consider it an effect - more of a 2-channel preamp with a footswitch. I use the Tonebone for a once-a-month jazz gig on fretless. I stomp on the second channel for solos (volume and mids boosted).
Well that covers points 4 & 5, but what about the rest? You're theme song should have some sort of lyrics that at least allude to your evil attitude. (holy hell....what thread is my theme song posted in...lol)But good start anyway.
We'll have to find something to battle over.
Also, Lee reminds me with his cat (and raccoon, now as I'm writing), that it helps is you have some sort of interesting pet (huge extra points if it's something you created in a lab) with either a power, unique look, and/or general bad attitude towards anyone but you.
Science teacher is an excellent alter ego to exist under when we're not doing some sort of hero vs. villain thing.
My cat is a Maine Coon named Tony Bigfoot. I have a picture of him somewhere, with a tube stuck in his head--fight damage. No claws, no balls and no brains...
And that, my friends, is why I married a Librarian! Well, just one of many reasons, really...
I had a productive night with my bass toys.
I spent a few minutes playing through my big Ampeg/Mesa rig to get the ear for the tone I'm liking. Then I plugged in my MarkBass mini-me rig and dialed it in so that it sounded more like the Ampeg/Mesa. It's probably not that close but I did end up with an acceptable sound from it. My 18 y.o. decided that this moment was when he should sit down at the drum kit and work on some difficult syncopation that he's trying to learn. Having one guy playing a slow 4/4 on drums while a bass player is jamming "Stuck in the Middle" at regular speed does not work.
So I went upstairs and plugged my bass into my Amplitube rig and played through headphones using the GK app for iPad.
I was practicing some songs we are working on. I discovered that I have not been playing "Psycho Killer" quite correct. There's a riff in the chorus that she plays the fifths instead of the root. Now I know. It was an easy correction. Shift that bit to start on the same fret on the D instead of A string.
Then I worked on Freddie King "Let the good times roll." We played it at the last jam when I hadn't really practiced it at all and it just sort of came to me and the band pretty good. It helps that the lead guitar HAD practiced the song and could nail all the notes and cue the breaks. But since it went so well I thought I better tighten up my part. I'm not playing true to the record but I've found some nice riffs that I like under the chords that feel like they suit the song.
Couple of others too but that was the bulk of it. What did you practice tonight?
I spent a few minutes playing through my big Ampeg/Mesa rig to get the ear for the tone I'm liking. Then I plugged in my MarkBass mini-me rig and dialed it in so that it sounded more like the Ampeg/Mesa. It's probably not that close but I did end up with an acceptable sound from it. My 18 y.o. decided that this moment was when he should sit down at the drum kit and work on some difficult syncopation that he's trying to learn. Having one guy playing a slow 4/4 on drums while a bass player is jamming "Stuck in the Middle" at regular speed does not work.
So I went upstairs and plugged my bass into my Amplitube rig and played through headphones using the GK app for iPad.
I was practicing some songs we are working on. I discovered that I have not been playing "Psycho Killer" quite correct. There's a riff in the chorus that she plays the fifths instead of the root. Now I know. It was an easy correction. Shift that bit to start on the same fret on the D instead of A string.
Then I worked on Freddie King "Let the good times roll." We played it at the last jam when I hadn't really practiced it at all and it just sort of came to me and the band pretty good. It helps that the lead guitar HAD practiced the song and could nail all the notes and cue the breaks. But since it went so well I thought I better tighten up my part. I'm not playing true to the record but I've found some nice riffs that I like under the chords that feel like they suit the song.
Couple of others too but that was the bulk of it. What did you practice tonight?
didn't practice tonight - sorted through the mp4s from last night's jazz trio session and e-mailed the one I like most to Furry Monkey.
Also e-mailed some YouTube cuts for Sunday's practice to the guitarist in my regular (rock) band, we've got some dude sitting in and need to do a couple more tunes on the fly.
I could practice tonight, but my hands don't mind a night off after slapping the upright for two hours last night.
Tat2dHeart
Only two strings away from an attitude problem.
Finger stretches. Something must be working. When I put my hands palms together and stretch my fingers, my ring and pinky on my left (fretting) hand are more than 1/2 inch off-center toward the outside than my right hand fingers.
Scales. I'm starting to think I'll never learn all these scales. But I'm trying.
Walking bass lines. These are kind of fun. The turnarounds are still tricky though.
A few songs....Green Onions, Peter Gunn, Some Kind of Wonderful, Heroes, Psycho Killer, and Back on the Chain Gang.
I worked on "Secret Agent Man" for a bit. It's the only song that my band plays that gives me fits for some reason. It's not a hard song, just something about it drives me nuts...and I'm able to play Metallica's "Orion" (save for the last bass solo).
I also took the BP90 out of the signal chain. I was very pleasantly surprised by what I heard.
Besides the usual, warm-ups, sight reading, etc, I've been trying to figure out Cigarettes and Wine by Jason Isbell. This will be my 4th song I've learned. Only been playing for about 6 months now. I have the basics of this song down but there's stuff in there that is new to me.
Heres a link to Cigs and Wine in case any of the more better bass players here want to help
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Went to the grocery store the other night and there was this gal in line in front of me talking with the cashier lady like they were old friends. When they were done talking and she payed and left, the cashier gal, joking around, says, "I hate women like her. She's beautiful and she's nice." I'd been looking at my wallet getting money out and when I looked up, I see she was talking to me. "Women like that are hard to find huh?", says the gal to me. "Oh I don't know about that.", I say. "You're gorgeous and you seem pretty nice." 'Thank you." she says.
Then the lady in line behind me jumps in, "I was at work eating pistachios and one of the guys said if I keep eating pistachios I'll get fat."
That one kind of threw me so it took me a second before I told her, "You don't worry about that. You're pretty nice to look at too." "Thank you.", she replied with a smile.
I love going to the store sometimes.
Then the lady in line behind me jumps in, "I was at work eating pistachios and one of the guys said if I keep eating pistachios I'll get fat."
That one kind of threw me so it took me a second before I told her, "You don't worry about that. You're pretty nice to look at too." "Thank you.", she replied with a smile.
I love going to the store sometimes.
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