Cool man. Personally I like to get lower than higher but the way you have your basses set up is pretty neat. I feel like a dork now, only playin a 5 string! But thats cool too. I keep mine tuned down ADGCF. What kinda music do you play with the high strings?
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favorite body?
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john turner
You don't want to do that. Trust me.
my band is sorta progressive, not quite so heavy metal as dream theater, more like old yes/old rush/old maiden. lotsa long songs, odd times, harmony vocals. along with yes, rush, and maiden, people have said we sound like queensryche, and sometimes dream theater and even u2 sometimes - get that "moperock" thing happening. and sometimes, we are really heavy - there are sections where both guitarists are playing heavily distorted guitar and guitarsynth simultaneously and i am playing clean, distorted and synth bass stacked, and footpedal synthesizer.
some of the stuff we do is the heaviest stuff i've ever heard, though we don't do it too much. if you're heavy all the time, tends to loose it's impact, and besides we tend to not like that heavy stuff too much. mostly into harmony guitars and three part harmony stuff. both guitarists play 6 and 12 string guitars, guitarsynth, the one guy plays steel guitar, the other also plays keyboards, i play bass and bass synth and footpedal synth, the 3 of us all sing, the 2 guitarists do most of the lead vocals and i do all the "stunt" vocals, like vocoder and harmonized/electronic voices. and the drummer plays a big a$$ kit. including a nice big gong.
in fact, that pretty much sums us up - "the drummer plays a big a$$ kit. including a nice big gong."
thanks for asking. hopefully sometime this month you will actually be able to download some of our song clips - i am going to try and get some more recent mixdowns up on our site soon.
some of the stuff we do is the heaviest stuff i've ever heard, though we don't do it too much. if you're heavy all the time, tends to loose it's impact, and besides we tend to not like that heavy stuff too much. mostly into harmony guitars and three part harmony stuff. both guitarists play 6 and 12 string guitars, guitarsynth, the one guy plays steel guitar, the other also plays keyboards, i play bass and bass synth and footpedal synth, the 3 of us all sing, the 2 guitarists do most of the lead vocals and i do all the "stunt" vocals, like vocoder and harmonized/electronic voices. and the drummer plays a big a$$ kit. including a nice big gong.
in fact, that pretty much sums us up - "the drummer plays a big a$$ kit. including a nice big gong."
thanks for asking. hopefully sometime this month you will actually be able to download some of our song clips - i am going to try and get some more recent mixdowns up on our site soon.
john turner
You don't want to do that. Trust me.
hopefully soon - i have to mix everything down, i am going to try and get some decent mixdowns together in the next few weeks, and get them on the site.
thanks for asking.
actually, we have a mediocre mix down on the site right now, it's a little too bass-heavy, and many of the parts have been redone, but here it is...
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thanks for asking.
actually, we have a mediocre mix down on the site right now, it's a little too bass-heavy, and many of the parts have been redone, but here it is...
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that´s some stuff you guys got there... I like what i heard...
Will I be able to order the cd without a credit card or will I have to get my mom & dad to loan me theirs?
Will I be able to order the cd without a credit card or will I have to get my mom & dad to loan me theirs?
Man, JT, I would love to hear some of y'alls stuff! Just gotta get some working speakers on this stupid computer. Last question. What kind of amps, combo's, cabs etc. do you use that can cleanly handle a low F#? Thats really low! laterz.....
Fender P and J bass styles are my favorites. To me, the P style screams "classic" while the jazz style equals "modern" for some odd reason. I don't go for all of the odd shapes (explorers, violin basses, Jackson Kelly, etc.). The runner up would be the Yamaha RBX style body.
I love the conklin bass bodys theyre awesome looking and feeling and i like the soundgear bodies but the rest of those things suck 
i like the fender basses, even though bodys arent spectacular, i just like the solid look of em, i really like the epiphone thunderbirds, those rock, i want one of them, or a realy good fender jazz bass
Damn. I forgot to mention the Warwick Thumb-5 BO BN. That's my all time favorite! ohh and Jenna Jameson. 
john turner
You don't want to do that. Trust me.
i use 4x12" hartke aluminium cone guitar cabs, and yamaha pa subs (1x18" speakers). i use a few different preamps, that i switch between, and sometimes use in series - aguilar db680, marshall jmp-1 guitar preamp, ada mp1 guitar preamp.
the pa subs do a good job with the low F#.
I love the shape of the Tobias Growler and Renegade. Very sleek.. And the MTD 535 is beautiful also. Plus my yamaha rbx765! Very comfortable although heavy.
john turner
You don't want to do that. Trust me.
cool, thanks. and probably by the time we are done with it, (we are doing 2 cds, ~70 minutes each) you will probably have a credit card of your own
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>i can't decide, should i go 7 string or 4 string?
decisions...decisions...decisions
Ah, John, take both, I'll handle the girl.
Anybody else need a cold shower?
decisions...decisions...decisions
Ah, John, take both, I'll handle the girl.
Anybody else need a cold shower?
john turner
You don't want to do that. Trust me.
My favorite body?
Fender jazz bass. It's never been improved on, IMO. Oh yeah, and Annette Bening, Nicole Kidman, Sharon Stone, Rita Wilson, Diane Lane, etc.
Fender jazz bass. It's never been improved on, IMO. Oh yeah, and Annette Bening, Nicole Kidman, Sharon Stone, Rita Wilson, Diane Lane, etc.
>can't do that, she's my roadie too!
John, I think I speak for all the other guys here when I say, that if we ever catch you making that sweet thing carry anything heavier than her purse, we'll track you down and beat you senseless with your own bass.
John, I think I speak for all the other guys here when I say, that if we ever catch you making that sweet thing carry anything heavier than her purse, we'll track you down and beat you senseless with your own bass.
john turner
You don't want to do that. Trust me.
hey, don't look at me, she volunteers. she's pretty tough, too, and strong.
you guys are going to pump up her ego so much she's going to become impossible to live with. just kidding, actually you guys can't compare to the "spoiling rotten" that i have been performing the past coupla years. but in my defence, i say "look at her" and i'm sure you would spoil her too.
you know, i can't think of a "professional" body that i like as much as my hers. to top it off, her name is barbie.
back to basses, nobody has helped me yet, 7 or 4? which one? based on the pics of course.
she's pretty tough, too, and strong.you guys are going to pump up her ego so much she's going to become impossible to live with.
just kidding, actually you guys can't compare to the "spoiling rotten" that i have been performing the past coupla years. but in my defence, i say "look at her" and i'm sure you would spoil her too. you know, i can't think of a "professional" body that i like as much as my hers. to top it off, her name is barbie.
back to basses, nobody has helped me yet, 7 or 4? which one? based on the pics of course.
Originally posted by john turner
back to basses, nobody has helped me yet, 7 or 4? which one? based on the pics of course.
There are basses in that picture? I missed them the first time...where are they?
Are they real?
(The BASSES! Geez)
-GM
