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Nuclear rabbit

Stinkoman20xx

Stinkoman20xx

Oct 19, 2003
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#1
THis band rocks my feeble little world. Their bassist is amazing to say the leat. I was watching him tap and i would of sworen it was a stick but it was a beautiful conklin 9 string. this guy has some much groove and technique im amazed he is not more highly spoken of. I cant remember a bass player that has inspired me so much has him so im going to go pracitice now. :bassist:
 
#2
Yeah, NR rocks. Check out some of my pics:

http://www.chromatic-fantasy.com/2003-09-25-nuclear-rabbit/index.html
http://www.chromatic-fantasy.com/2003-09-19-nuclear-rabbit/index.html
http://www.chromatic-fantasy.com/2003-08-23-nuclear-rabbit/index.html

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- Dave
 
#9
thanks for the compliments everybody. thedeadking - It's always great to hear that I'm an inspiration to somebody!

in addition to the nuclear rabbit stuff, I'm working on a solo album but kinda taking my time writing... as I want to have some music recorded with the 11 and fretless 9 (which are being built). However, it will probably sound more like a movie score than a bass solo album. :eyebrow: I should have a couple MP3s up in the coming months on my website (www.jeanbaudin.com) - I might put a video up of me playing one of the Bach Invention's too

If any of you want to hear the 9-string a la carte', there's a new "loop" each month on [Invalid or Expired Link Removed]. January through June are archived there now.

the ombudsman - both my parents came from france (versailles and paris) but unfortunately my french is limited to a little bit of comprehension. It's actually, Jean-Andre' Baudin. :ninja:
 
#11
The loops at the Conklin site really show some great ideas.
I acctually wasn't a great fan of tapping on bass, but your approach definitly clicked it on me a lot more than guys like Sheehan or Stu Hamm ( which are also spectacular of course, dunno, they just never hit a nerve!)
 
#16
boofis/flea-bass - if you have some specific questions ask away.

Most of my style has evolved in a weird way and to be honest, I wouldn't recommend my "techniques" to people... hahaha.

For example, when tapping I often "merge" parts - meaning I don't dedicate my left/right hand to bass/treble since I have such a wide range within the span of a few frets. Instead of looking at it as two parts being played on two hands, I look it as one part being played by one hand with 10 fingers ( :eyebrow: ). I will have my index/middle fingers on my left and right hands doing the bass line and my pinky and ring fingers doing a melody. This makes perfect sense to me and it allows me to flow parts between hands better (not having to dedicate a hand to treble / bass like a pianist) - I have shown this to a few people and it confuses the hell out of them. Of course if the range is too far, I'll use standard tapping (left hand = bass, right hand = melody or right hand = bass , left hand = melody) - but being that I have 9 strings to work with I'll try to keep things "horizontal" instead of "vertical" - and the tone of the notes just sounds better that way.

I also slap with my fingernail(s). Which developed from my main bass having 30+ frets on it. This has a few benefits and a major drawback. It allows to mix tapping/slapping fluidly (since my slapping isn't restricted to the bottom of the fretboard). I can also do it a lot quicker because I don't have to stick my finger under the string - however, break a nail and I can't "pop" anymore. (I have been popping for years with my fingernail and whenever I "break a nail" I just go to the next finger down. I have played some shows popping with my pinkynail!) - I've had a couple of students try the fingernail thing and it hurt too much and they broke nails too quickly so it's another thing I don't recommend.

I probably have a dozen other weird things I do but I already surpassed my word quota for the day. :) If I type anymore than this, my bass might get jealous with my computer. One day I'll write them out and post them on my website.
 

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