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#336,742
ectoflanger said:
The other day I concocted one of the most unlikely bass/amp pairings as a result of waking up from a dream with a song in my head- it was a bit pensive and melancholy and at first I didn't want to do it. But then I went into the living room and grabbed my Precision and proceeded to put a bass line to it through the Yamaha THR5 that I had previously only used with guitar-

Note the Xvive A58 receiver- these are the bomb!

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I grabbed the living room Precision and started on the bass line-

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One might ask what about your T-Bird? Thing is I am very deliberate and protective where I keep it and when I unlimber that one to play-- not going to grab it first thing in the morning when I'm still groggy and half-disoriented, And in this case I was feeling depressed -

The Precision on the other hand was already in the living room where I sometimes liked to play, instead of my bedroom where most of my music equipment resides. And I wouldn't set the T-Bird in a chair or lay it on the sofa while I take a break as I did with the Fender- not that I don't esteem my Fenders but they're a bit more ruggedly built-

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But I will be using the T-Bird for the rest of the demo track for "Paradigms". - until then it remains safely sequestered in the back corner at my bedside-

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With regard to the song- I learned a lesson that I should record the vocals immediately as on Garage Band in my cell phone. I had the song in my head for 24 hours trying to come up with a chorus or bridge. The next morning I finally came up with a bridge but immediately forgot the original melody until later that evening some of it came back- but alas it had lost something in the translation and didn't have the same magic.
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I love my A58!
 
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Man what a way to arpeggio! The guitar chords are diifficult to articulate so fast but the pace and accent is so cool. Taking a lot of practice to get this one down. Believe I'll use elements from the studio and live versions for an attempt at a coffee shop/open mike presentation.

The chords themselves are interesting - the first and last in the descending sequence, E minor and C major, are types of triad inversions, each with a high G on the 1st string, third fret - don't know what one would call that technically as my music theory is a bit rusty- then a normal open D major stuck in between, than back as the pivot chord before the sequence starts again-

One thing of note is that in all versions the phaser effect helps fill in when the chords are strummed after the intro with the exception of the D which is arpeggiated as the pivot chord-

And lest I forget- that bass line is pretty rocking!





 
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Happy Birthday, Marshall!

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So I'm playing a gig in Depew NY tonight took me two hours to get here in typical white out conditions. So far the only thing making it worth while is a market place seller in Buffalo met me at the venue and sold me this killer 8 lb 1974 Precision Bass. Made the trip worthwhile. 😄😎
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Miles_ONeal said:
Happy birthday, Marshall! Doing anything special?
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Thanks Miles. Wife and son are taking me to this place. It’s just down the street, but we haven’t been there before. There’s one in Roseville and the one here.
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ectoflanger said:
Man what a way to arpeggio! The guitar chords are diifficult to articulate so fast but the pace and accent is so cool. Taking a lot of practice to get this one down. Believe I'll use elements from the studio and live versions for an attempt at a coffee shop/open mike presentation.

The chords themselves are interesting - the first and last in the descending sequence, E minor and C major, are types of triad inversions, each with a high G on the 1st string, third fret - don't know what one would call that technically as my music theory is a bit rusty- then a normal open D major stuck in between, than back as the pivot chord before the sequence starts again-

One thing of note is that in all versions the phaser effect helps fill in when the chords are strummed after the intro with the exception of the D which is arpeggiated as the pivot chord-

And lest I forget- that bass line is pretty rocking!





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After he left Traffic, he played a show at UCSB opening for the Doobies. He blew everyone away. The Doobies were well off their game that day. Mason was simply amazing.
 
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