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#3,801
Hey campbems, is that a BTB on the bottom right? Whatever model it is.... man that's nice :woot:.

In other news, I'm stupid. The SR1800 is a bolt-on neck, correct? I never really looked, just always assumed it was a neck-thru due to the top design. Makes it look like a neck-thru to me. Not that it changes my opinion about the bass or anything. I think very highly of the whole SR line like I am sure the rest of you do. I almost pulled the trigger on the SR1800 when I bought the new one last weekend, but the demo model SR1200 I purchased.... it was just too good of a deal to pass up.


Also, I got my Sweetwater card in the mail today. It shall have a prized position in my wallet that allows for maximum speed of removal when I feel the overwhelming urge to buy something, like an SR4000. :D
 
#3,803
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This is the pics of the twin Btb 1405 I had and the bottom is the one I have now with the custom wood knobs I had made for it. Just got finished recording our 2nd album with it and this bass is awesome.
 
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#3,807
I don't dare to :-(. Didn't you notice, in my sig, I'm in the Crappy bassist with expensive gear ;-). Actually, really, I can't play a song, I just begun courses, so I'm in the modes (pun here), arpeggio, boxes and stuff like that. My teacher is currently putting some bases in my head and fingers before going through songs. His aim is to have me capable of improvising on anything anywhere on the neck. I hope someday to approach that.

But really, currently, if I posted something, that would simply be laughable at. Hence I refrain myself, I'm not that self-destructive.

But thanks to have lend me enough skills to do it :-).
 
#3,808
gregvds said:
I don't dare to :-(. Didn't you notice, in my sig, I'm in the Crappy bassist with expensive gear ;-). Actually, really, I can't play a song, I just begun courses, so I'm in the modes (pun here), arpeggio, boxes and stuff like that. My teacher is currently putting some bases in my head and fingers before going through songs. His aim is to have me capable of improvising on anything anywhere on the neck. I hope someday to approach that.

But really, currently, if I posted something, that would simply be laughable at. Hence I refrain myself, I'm not that self-destructive.

But thanks to have lend me enough skills to do it :).
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I am total noob at bass too. I have plenty of guitar experience. I can play the bass lines to a few songs, but I really need some theory. With what you are learning, you are well ahead of me.

I certainly need to join the Crappy Bassist w/ Expensive Gear club.
 
#3,809
Well, to be honest, I can do a few cover not too badly (One - U2, and recently I wish - Stevie Wonder, but that one is really fast, and I can only play the walking line, but still can't add all the ghost notes, shuffle double notes, fills and other amazing stuff you can hear on the track, too fast for me) but I'm a bit off, and still need to make one from begin to end without tripping somewhere, sigh...
 
#3,815
I don't recall Ibanez did something different than 34 inch, except the smaller scale recently. There was also a thread recently about a fanned fret, maybe a limited edition, or a japan only version, or even prototype only. Quite impressive that fanned fretted one.

I could easily see a back shot of this portamento. It's a neck through, right?
 
#3,820
The only difficulty with the side fret-markers is when playing at the extremes of the fingerboard (either end of the neck) the line of sight through the marker isn't where you need to put your finger (parallax). TBH I rely more on listening and muscle memory with this bass. It's a lot easier with my GWB35, because of the inlays, but I think the SRF plays better. Not sure whether it's the straight-through neck or the rosewood fingerboard, which is intact, not chopped up with inlays. The markers are actually the fingerboard binding.
I think a lot of thought has gone into the development of the Portamento, I'm very impressed. (Or as they say where I come from, "chuffed to bits with it!"):)
 
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