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SPECTOR® Club - Part 30

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#142
Looks like Scale the Summit just announced a new bass player. I love this band! Their new bass player has to be good to fill the old guy's shoes and he has great taste in basses. He plays a SPECTOR!!! :)

Check out this play through!
Mark Michell!
 
#143
bassgiant15 said:
Looks like Scale the Summit just announced a new bass player. I love this band! Their new bass player has to be good to fill the old guy's shoes and he has great taste in basses. He plays a SPECTOR!!! :)

Check out this play through!
Mark Michell!
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That was sick! When/why did Jordan eberheart (think I got that name right) leave?
I really like the sound he was getting out of that legend. Now I'm having 6er gas again...
 
#144
cjmodulus said:
That was sick! When/why did Jordan eberheart (think I got that name right) leave?
I really like the sound he was getting out of that legend. Now I'm having 6er gas again...
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From what i heard...Jordan didn't want to tour fulltime anymore.

Great sound on his legend! I agree with ya!
 
#146
bassgiant15 said:
Looks like Scale the Summit just announced a new bass player. I love this band! Their new bass player has to be good to fill the old guy's shoes and he has great taste in basses. He plays a SPECTOR!!! :)

Check out this play through!
Mark Michell!
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That's some amazing playing. But...Why doesn't the guitarist just use an Octave Pedal? He's playing the same line 90% of the song :P
 
#147
seventhframe said:
That's some amazing playing. But...Why doesn't the guitarist just use an Octave Pedal? He's playing the same line 90% of the song :P
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Shhhh! If metal guitarists learn that try can do that we might not be able to get metal gigs anymore!
Also, I'm pretty sure that song was originally by their first bassist. It will be interesting to see what kind of lines he brings to the new material.
 
#153
Each style of music has it's own "needs" creativity doesn't only mean shredding at 100 miles an hour, it means doing the right things when they are called for. If the bass is busy, the guitar doesn't have to be and if the guitar is busy, the bass doesn't have to be.
Playing root notes all the time can be daunting indeed. But also is playing 10,000 notes in one bar.

I recently went to see a show (Puscifer) and it amazed me how the musicians gave their bits right in the exact spots where they are called for. Sometime holding a root note is essential, and then when you do a sort of nuance it opens peoples ears a lot more.

$0.2
 
#155
seventhframe said:
Each style of music has it's own "needs" creativity doesn't only mean shredding at 100 miles an hour, it means doing the right things when they are called for. If the bass is busy, the guitar doesn't have to be and if the guitar is busy, the bass doesn't have to be.
Playing root notes all the time can be daunting indeed. But also is playing 10,000 notes in one bar.

I recently went to see a show (Puscifer) and it amazed me how the musicians gave their bits right in the exact spots where they are called for. Sometime holding a root note is essential, and then when you do a sort of nuance it opens peoples ears a lot more.

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Exactly. Serve the music. I saw An interview with Larry graham on YouTube back when I was starting, and he said something to the effect of 'when the guitars are busy, lay back, but when they play simple, that's when you get more complex.' that's stuck with me to today.

Basstovsky said:
Personally I'd rather be replaced by an octave pedal than play in a band doing nothing but root notes all the time...bleh. :hiding:
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Yeah, but at least the unison patterns you find in metal tend to be a little more fun. :bassist:
But yes, I'd get bored doing that too. I tend to try to do the most I can without going overboard and being too busy.
 
#157
So I'd been having some trouble with the B-string on my Rex, strung with Neons. I figured out it wasn't sitting right in the bridge and I needed to crimp the string. I went to my dad and asked him what tool would work best... He attempted to do it himself and this happened:
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Needless to say, the string is useless. :bawl: I'll probably use the remaining 4 strings on one of my 4-strings.

On the positive side, now I have an excuse to get new strings. The Neons seemed to mellow out really quickly. What are some good recommendations for a growly, aggressive string with a tone that can be clear but also gets some deep bass, punchy, and growly and can keep that tone for a while. I'm thinking the new EBMM Cobalts, some other kind of DRs, or Circle Ks (balanced tension sounds interesting). Any thoughts?
 
#158
evanatch said:
So I'd been having some trouble with the B-string on my Rex, strung with Neons. I figured out it wasn't sitting right in the bridge and I needed to crimp the string. I went to my dad and asked him what tool would work best... He attempted to do it himself and this happened:
Image04032012162606.jpg


Needless to say, the string is useless. :bawl: I'll probably use the remaining 4 strings on one of my 4-strings.

On the positive side, now I have an excuse to get new strings. The Neons seemed to mellow out really quickly. What are some good recommendations for a growly, aggressive string with a tone that can be clear but also gets some deep bass, punchy, and growly and can keep that tone for a while. I'm thinking the new EBMM Cobalts, some other kind of DRs, or Circle Ks (balanced tension sounds interesting). Any thoughts?
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FWIW, the crimp should be just above/right next to the ball, where it sits in the yoke. And you only have to crimp it one time/one direction for it to fit through. Not all the way around. Very little pressure will flatten it enough to fit in the thin direction.
 
#159
PhatBasstard said:
FWIW, the crimp should be just above/right next to the ball, where it sits in the yoke. And you only have to crimp it one time/one direction for it to fit through. Not all the way around. Very little pressure will flatten it enough to fit in the thin direction.
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Thanks for the advice. I'm not sure I understand what you mean when you say it be crimped right above the ball, though. The problem seems to be that the string won't fit in the saddle, so shouldn't it be crimped where it fits into the saddle?
 
#160
evanatch said:
So I'd been having some trouble with the B-string on my Rex, strung with Neons. I figured out it wasn't sitting right in the bridge and I needed to crimp the string. I went to my dad and asked him what tool would work best... He attempted to do it himself and this happened:
Image04032012162606.jpg


Needless to say, the string is useless. :bawl: I'll probably use the remaining 4 strings on one of my 4-strings.

On the positive side, now I have an excuse to get new strings. The Neons seemed to mellow out really quickly. What are some good recommendations for a growly, aggressive string with a tone that can be clear but also gets some deep bass, punchy, and growly and can keep that tone for a while. I'm thinking the new EBMM Cobalts, some other kind of DRs, or Circle Ks (balanced tension sounds interesting). Any thoughts?
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Evan - I think Cobalts would be a great match for your playing style. Besides I want to know how they sound on a REX5 and there's only about 3 of us REXers on this thread anymore. I was torn between the Cobalts (to take a growly beast over the top) or the DR Black Beauties (to tame a savage beast).
One of the other REX players said the DR BBs work great with this bass but if you were disapointed about how fast the neons tone aged I'd be even more concerned with the BBs since they probably start out about there.
 
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