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Worship Bassists Unite

#421
Fassa Albrecht said:
Hey guys!

Just been asked to sub in for one of the regular bassists at church. I play at church anyway but this time I'm not with my 'own' group but the 1st team, who I've never done any work with before.
Any advice?
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If you keep your cool, they'll keep their cool. Don't get yourself too worried or too excited. It'll throw off your groove. Have fun and praise Him! :bassist:
 
#423
Brim said:
Definitely a 5-string...almost a necessity in today's worship music setting.
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Agreed!!! Do you play a Dingwall? If so, was it a major adjustment getting used to the fanned frets? Also, does your Dingwall sound as good as the sound clips that I have heard? I am very intrigued about these basses!

A Groove is a Terrible Thing to Waste! :cool:
 
#424
rfclef said:
Ok... that is how I play at church... lotsa roots, some passing tones and runs... mostly try to give the big bottom without getting in the way of the music or the worship. But I do not know most of the stuff we do a lot of the time.

You guys who play worship and in bands (are there any of you??) do you play lines for the same song different in worship service then in your "band" setting?
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I am a maniac. I play all over the place, whether it is in a band setting, or with the Worship team at church. I try to follow the Spirit, and play under the anointing, and honestly, it has never been a problem at either of the recent churches where I have played.

I play doublestops, fills, double the melody, tap, and anything else you can think of. But I DON'T overshadow the other music, or the vocals.

I sometimes feel that I overplay, but every worship leader that I have worked with loves the way I play, and encourage me to keep it up.
 
#425
bottomzone said:
Agreed!!! Do you play a Dingwall? If so, was it a major adjustment getting used to the fanned frets? Also, does your Dingwall sound as good as the sound clips that I have heard? I am very intrigued about these basses!

A Groove is a Terrible Thing to Waste! :cool:
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Yes I do play a Dingwall! They are fantastic instruments. The low B is amazing. It shakes the room. As far as adjusting, it was no problem. I have big hands though (I can do the A-string 2nd to 6th fret stretch for the B note fretted harmonic in Jaco's Portrait of Tracy no problem) so it definitely helps when playing down low on the 37" scale low B. The tone, all the design details (in-house machined rubber knobs, counterbored tuning peg holes, magnetically held-in-place battery compartment cover), the feel of the neck...it's wonderful. Definitely take one for a spin sometime if you get the chance. The only issue I had adjusting to was the string gauge / pressure and extremely low action (factory set). I had a Lakland 55-02 before and it felt "chunky" with fat strings and I should a strong string attack. The Dingwall Voodoo strings that ship as factory defaults as light-gauge...but it's for a reason according to Sheldon Dingwall. I've had to modify my attack and technique a bit for fingerstyle. Slap is off da hook with the mid-cut Blu-EQube switch (now obsolete with the new Mach bridge pickup shipping in current dingwalls). Check out the dingwall forums for more info (and Dingwall craziness): http://www.dingwallguitars.com/forum/
 
#429
i'm sure this has been asked before, but what are your tools of choice when doing worship? here are mine!

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#430
p0k said:
i'm sure this has been asked before, but what are your tools of choice when doing worship? here are mine!

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your spector is absolutely gorgeous.
my tools are lakland and ampeg as in profile.
come on back to me is a great song by third day that we play in services. we also do some keggy, creed, and other various artists as well as the traditional contemporary worship.

it is all about him.
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#431
I play a five string peavey foundation, not the fbass that was mentioned earlier in this thread. I have a questions though, lately I have really been digging Israel and New Breed (to listen to, not to play, I can dream though) and I am wondering what other urban gospel bands are there out there. Help out the clueless white boy.

lowsound
 
#434
I've been playing about twice a month for the past ten years at my church under the lead of a fantastic engineer/producer/musician. I've become infinitely better at recording/playing/fitting into a mix as a result.

I'm not into just listening to worship music (as it seems to be a genre to itself), but I certainly enjoy the act of participating in it. Currently use a pretty simple setup... playing the Zebra 'Bird with a slight bias to the bridge PU, into a Boss Limit Enhancer with everything near 12 o'clock, EQ, and straight into the DI (there's compression at the board, too). We use Aviom personal mixers for monitors, which I can't recommend highly enough.

I used to amp on stage, but with a lot going on in the band it tended to muddy-up the tone. The new setup is simple, mixes well, and the 'bird cuts the mix like a hot knife through butter ;)
 
#435
p0k said:
i'm sure this has been asked before, but what are your tools of choice when doing worship? here are mine!
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Nice!

My two main basses for worship are my Nordstrand SC5 and my Zon Sonus Custom fretless. I also use my Peavey Cirrus 6 and my Lakland Skyline D55-01 quite a bit.

Nordstrand SC5

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Zon Sonus Custom

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