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After my trip in Ireland (my next thread soon !) I went to my mother's home for her birthday. Four of her five children were here. She is 20 (plus 39 years old, but i said nothing, he ? ) And i had for her two beautiful gifts from Ireland : white sweet bathroom towel and a white embroidered cushion, the twice with green clovers. She was happy.
The tomorow, i looked at the room of box and other thing we put in for a long time. And my heart jumped, my eyes became illuminated. I saw something i have forgotten for a long time : my bass amplifier. It is a 50 W Crate with i played so long time during my high school. I remembered all concerts i gave with my band.
I took it ! I'd love to play again with and heard the sound of my bass into its boomer. After a difficult trip with it by train and Metro and again train with this heavy box, i noticed the mutilation : a potential switch were broken, cutted at its base.
I bought another, i made three soldering points and rebuilt it. I link my bass, switch on the amplifier. And...
A deep and sweet sound in my ears went ! aaaaaaahhhhhhh.... I love this bass vibration. I make one or two parts. I can play now Posts: 1189 | Registered: Dec 2004
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I was eventually able to parse that, though this sentence, "The tomorow, i looked at the room of box and other thing we put in for a long time." escapes me. I believe you're talking about a storage room where you keep boxes of old things and rarely-used items.
Anyways, I, too, play the bass. What kind of bass do you own? What kind of music do you prefer to play?
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Je souhaite que je pourrais parler français meilleur. I had to get help from Babelfish just to write that sentence. *sigh*
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Yeah ! You understand well ! It's exactly a storage room the words i needed
About my bass it is "just" a Jim Harley. You can see her in my blog and by a clic on the picture have the real size.
I love her 'cause her sound is extraordinar for such a bass. My bass teacher always said she sound very well. added to that, I well worked on the heights of my strings to have a quick precision for my hand movings.
I saw Desdemona've got a pretty one too. What's yours, Primal Curve ?
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I play Bass also. At home, I have a cheap Squier with a Fender amp. But for performances I use a really nice Ibanez. Ibanez basses are incredible.
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It's okay. There are a few flaws I discovered in it after a few months of playing. The bridge is off by about 2-3mm so playing slap is tricky (sometimes the strings hit the metal part of the pickups or slide off of the fretboard- quite frustrating). It's an okay bass. I just wish I could afford what I really want.
What I really want is this baby right here (except with a rosewood fretboard). I used to want a Music Man Stingray, but after playing the classic Fender J . . . I just couldn't see myself playing anything else. Great sound, nice, low rumble- and not fugly. My second pick would be a Rick. I played one of these in a local guitar shop and just couldn't get over how fun and funky it was. Great sound too.
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AAAAAahhhh Fender Jazz bass !!!! My favorite (after mine of course ). I have the choice of my actual bass with this so good ampli Crate or a fender Jazz bass with a little 30W ampli. I prefer take the good ampli because of playing in a band. And finally i think i was lucky with my bass. She sound so well !
GaalD, I think you are right about Ibanez. I never am unhappy with such a bass. But the sound of fender is particularly hypnotising for me.
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I've used a Fender J as well, they are great, but I don't really like pick guards, since I don't play with a pick. My current bass is pretty bad, slaps and pops have the worst sound on it.
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quote:Originally posted by Primal Curve: Who does play with a pick?
Chris Squire
but back on topic
I play a Mahogany Carvin LB75 and really want a Tobias Killer B5, Maple with pau ferro freetboard
I used to have a little Crate like yours, Choobak... it was a great sounding amp, especially for the price.
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Yeah, I love the block inlay on the fretboard of the Geddy Lee. If I had the money, I'd have a custom bass made up with mother-of-pearl block inlay on a rosewood fretboard.
Alas, I'll barely be able to afford the American Deluxe models and will just have to deal with what they produce.
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"Who does play with a pick?" I know some people who do and I think most punk rock bassists use picks. " I can play faster and with a better sound with my fingers" There's one song from the Red Hot Chili Peppers, I think it's Parallel Universe, where Flea (the bassist) uses a pick. If you think it's hard to play fast with a pick, listen to the bassline in that song.
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There are probably mulitple guitar players and drummers on here. We could have multiple bands And then have a Hatrack battle of the bands Posts: 853 | Registered: Feb 2004
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I think you need to have played a song togethor to be considered a rock band Or at least have met each other. Are you the same Annie as the one who posted above?
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Sorry. Semi-obscure reference to Spinal Tap. I wouldn't do Jazz fusion if you put a gun to my head.
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I actually played a gig like that once and, believe it or not, it was kinda fun. I still have the recording...
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Once I had to sing for a formal party, and I was doing "Fever," accompanied just by my friend on bass. He was a little flaky and threw it all together at the last moment, so I introduced the act by saying, "What we've got for you here tonight is a little bit of free jazz, and what that means is that we didn't practice."
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You do know that even saying that someone died in Harry Potter and that it made you cry is a huge spoiler? I've already read the books, but someone else's comment in another thread along those lines gave the whole thing away to me.
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Not that you will understand half of what we're jibbering on about, but at least it will give you some context.
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