| Soundgear SR700 now de-fretted |
[26 Nov 2009|05:13pm] |
As a general rule I prefer fretless bass as a player, but most of the basses on sale these days have those confounded bits of metal in the way so when my lovely girl bought me a new bass earlier this year it came complete with frets.
Now this is not a big problem as it's a lovely, lovely instrument and for many things it makes no odds and in the case of playing metal the frets are really useful.
But as I don't play metal but do have to add the low end to people like Jo Lewis fretless is more what I'm after, so I decided I needed a fretless bass more than I need three electrics so one is now being sold.
Unfortunately the only fretless basses available in the price bracket available were, quite frankly, shonky.
Thus I took my trusty weapon to a local Luthier who, for the princely sum of £140 (including swanky new strings) took the frets out, replaced with strips of maple and then sanded, levelled and oiled.
I picked it up today and it is now even better than it was with frets on. I love my bass... not as much as I love my girl mind ;)
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| Wanted - Fretless four string |
[15 Nov 2009|09:20pm] |
I'm after a fretless four string bass, ideally active with some form of two pickup config and a reasonably slim neck.
Any suggestions, or does anyone in the uk have something for sale?
Oh yes, and I'm ideally looking in the sub £300 mark, so second hand is better.
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| London Jazz Festival |
[14 Nov 2009|02:00pm] |
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We are going down to London for the Jazz Festival. Tomorrow, we will be seeing Stanley Clarke (with Chick Corea and Lenny White) and Victor Wooten (with Bela Fleck and Reggie Wooten) in one gig!!! Also later, Allen Toussaint, and The Blind Boys of Alabama.
Marcus Miller is playing next Sunday, but we won't be staying that long. Shame, that would be a hat trick!
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| «БЛЮЗ НА ГРАНИ ДЖАЗА!» |
[04 Nov 2009|11:27am] |
По многочисленным заявкам зрителей КЗ МИР продолжает серию уникальных и неповторимых концертов.
Следующий ДЖЕМ-СЕЙШН представляет фееричный магический симбиоз Блюза и Джаза в исполнении лучших музыкантов страны: Игорь Бутман (гитара, вокал), Леван Ломидзе и группа Blues Cousins, Петр Подгородецкий (клавиши, вокал), Дмитрий Малолетов (гитара). В таком составе эти музыканты еще никогда не играли.
Такое событие нельзя пропустить!Подробнее о концерте
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| Help a starter out? |
[20 Oct 2009|10:21pm] |
Hey everyone! I'm new the community and am interested in playing bass guitar. It's been something I've been wanting to do for a while now, but recently I've been thinking of actually getting started.
I'm a little nervous to make my first trip to my local music store, as I want to be at least a little bit educated on what kind of bass I want (and can realistically handle/pay for). I'm small for my age (I'm 19 but only 4'10" and with small hands), so I'm guessing I might need a shorter scale, though I'd like to see if I can handle a standard 34" scale first. I'm especially interested in learning slap bass aside from playing jazz and rock.
So far with my options, I've been considering an Ibanez GSM20, a Squier Jazz Bass, or a Squier Bronco Bass. I was wondering if you guys could give me some personal opinions on these basses, the brands in general, or even other suggestions to a good starter bass? Also, since I don't want to end up getting extra equipment that I don't need, if there are any suggestions of what else I should get to get started would be great.
All help is appreciated! :) Thanks in advance.
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| БЛЮЗ НА ГРАНИ ДЖАЗА! |
[21 Oct 2009|09:13am] |
Концертный Зал Мир
совместно с лучшими блюзовыми и джазовыми музыкантами России объявляют конкурс!
«БЛЮЗ НА ГРАНИ ДЖАЗА!»
Вы молоды и талантливы? Хотите заявить о себе как о Джазмене или Блюзмене? Попробуйте свои силы!
Конкурс молодых исполнителей в стиле Блюз и Джаз.
В Конкурсе представлены номинации:Гитара, Клавиши, Саксофон, Ударные.
Чтобы участвовать в конкурсе, вам необходимо заполнить анкету на нашем сайте и прислать нам на jam@mir-hall.ru видео-запись своей игры на инструменте (либо дать ссылку на youtube)
Далее, на нашей странице начнётся открытое голосование за лучшего музыканта в каждой номинации.
Конкурсные заявки принимаются до 15 ноября 2009 года. Окончание голосования – 1 декабря.
По итогам голосования будут выявлены победители.
Каждого победителя ждёт приз:
Два билета на концерт «Блюз на грани Джаза» и Диплом о победе в конкурсе. 
Подробнее о конкурсе http://jam.mir-hall.ru/
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| Hi Everyone! |
[25 Sep 2009|05:51pm] |
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Yo. Im a bass beginner and I can use all the help I can get! If anyone can offer any advice for a baby bass player, I would be super grateful!
Akai
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| Ibanez soundgear SR700 - mini review |
[21 Aug 2009|09:31pm] |
Well I've had my new shiny bass since Monday, and last night it did it's first band practice so I thought I'd let you all know how the super slink bass is fairing.
First up, if your a Precision bass fan you're not going to like the SR's as a range as they make ya average Jazz bass feel a bit clumpy. So if you don't like slim necks on a bass this is not the bass for you.
Quick overview. The SR700 is the top of the normal (non prestige) soundgear range. It's a bolt on neck, mahogany body with maple top. It's made in that well known guitar making nation of Indonesia (?) and retails in the UK for about £500. Electric's are two bartolini humbucking pickups coupled to a three band eq. For more info look em up on the net.
So, playability: Now the soundgear basses have always had slim necks and the latest range is no exception. For me and my undersized digits this thing is ideal. The action is quite low out of the box and it's fantastically easy to play.
Sound: Now it's not the loudest bass play acoustically in the world. Next to the Aria it's replacing it's positively quite. I'm wondering if this is an Ibanez thing as my SA, although still nice sounding, is also not very loud. Anway, the sound is crisp, full, generally good. In comparison to the old roadstar II bass I used to own it's not got the dep woody tone, but has a ton more clarity and punch. Just to play on ya knee this is a really nice bass; comfortable, easy to play with a good sound.
Plugged in this bass gets even better. The active EQ means you could leave your amp eq relatively flat and work the sound from the bass if you needed to. It really does produce a very good range of good sounds. It's always going to sound more modern than a passive bass but it'll come pretty close without too much faff. The EQ is also strong enough, and easy enough to use, such that you can tweak your sound once the rest of the band are up and running to allow your sound to find a place in the mix.
Build quality, as you'd expect, is superb. Finish is pretty flawless and it all feels very well bolted together.
All round this is far and away the best bass I've ever owned and an absolute joy to play.
In comparison to my last 'descent' bass, which was a similar priced J&D brothers through neck bass this blows it out of the water in every direction.
I don't think I can really say anything bad about this bass, for me it's just ideal, plays well, comfortable to play sitting or standing, sounds good, well built... not sure about the thin laminate bit of maple on the head stock I suppose :)
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| Comparing sets |
[20 Aug 2009|10:44pm] |
I'm looking at buying my very first bass guitar. I tried to play guitar, however my fingers were too short to play a lot of chords. Not to mention that I dislike chords in general and remembering which strings to play and which not to play. I'm currently thinking of getting a packaged set, however I'm not sure which one to get. I'm trying to get some advice which is a better pick.
This Ibanez
Or this Epiphone
I've heard a lot of good things about Ibanez, especially for beginners, and it's about $11 cheaper. (Given that's not much cheaper, but I'm tight on money in general) However the Epiphone got a higher rating online and so I'm wondering which is the better buy.
Any input would be wonderful! Thank you so much!
(Also, this is being used as my "research". My dad refuses to let me get a bass without a lot of research. So extra thanks.)
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| Reasons to be cheerful |
[17 Aug 2009|08:09pm] |
The reason I'm selling my Aria is that my wife bought me this today :)
Tis an Ibanez SG500 and is lovely.
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| Swagbucks |
[04 Jul 2009|05:31pm] |
I came across the most amazing search engine ever. It's called Swag Bucks, and it's powered by Google and ask.com.
You search the net using either a Swag Bucks homepage or toolbar, and you earn Swag Bucks (digital dollars) to trade in for merchendise from your favorite bands, entertainers, sports teams, etc.
And it's completely effing free!
Chester Bennigton, Korn, Down, Pantera, The Used, Alice Cooper, Ozzy, Shinedown, Puddle Of Mudd, Trapt, Theory Of A Deadman, Avenged Sevenfold, Staind, Godsmack, Alice In Chains, Story Of The Year, Sum 41, Plain White T's, Kiss, Kanye West, Maroon 5, Akon, Chris Brown, Snoop Dogg, T-Pain, Lil Wayne, a bunch of sports teams, and tons more all have their own search system set up there.
You search, you earn, and then you cash in for things like t-shirts, accessories, video games, CD's, vintage signed gear, fan club memberships, books, gift cards, comic books, collectibles, etc.
Just click that banner to go sign up and then join as many 'teams' as you want! :D
But if you're specifically interested in the Chester Bennington search, I'd greatly appreciate it if you used the below banner, instead. It will get me a referral buck. :)
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| Any ideas? |
[22 Jun 2009|11:20am] |
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Hullo, new 'round here; but nonetheless, wondered if you lot could help me out...
Yup quite, I've been playing bass for 2 or so years now; not amazing, but not awful either. But recently I splashed out some birthday money on a 5-stringed acoustic by Michael Kelly, look HERE. And I love just jamming with it anyhow (messing in scales, with a drum synth or goofing along to songs). But so far the only formal tabs I've bothered learning are some by the Violent Femmes; they're the only band with an acoustic bassist that I know really. (Though I have hunted down all the moments Steve Harris uses one and learned those!).
So bassically I was wondering if you guys know any good bands that have acoustic bassists; I don't care if they're metal, rock, bluegrass, whatever; but it 'would' be nice to know some more.
Also, just any ideas on style, music you think might help (regardless of what bass is used) or whatever ye think might be useful to learning this great bass variation. Being a fairly unusual instrument, it's been hard to get any advice or imput, but if you could throw any scraps my way, it would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Superb_fail
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| Just to share a bit of knowledge. |
[17 Jun 2009|10:32pm] |
Best thing I’ve found for hosting music is soundclick.com.
Not as well know or popular as myspace but much easier to post links to individual songs.
The following are my bands re-hashed demo of that old Priest classic Living after midnight which was recorded in a studio, mix down by a stoned engineer with everything panned central so I’ve added some extra rhythm guitars.
Next is the first thing I did on my mac at home called Mutual Respect which is all my own work. The guitars on this were DI’d so not so great, but as a first effort I’m quite proud.
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| Help. |
[04 Jun 2009|08:09pm] |
So I been playing bass for a while now, I suck at it but thats besides the point. I have always played it tuned regularly like E A D G, but as of reacent I been wanting to play it really low, DOOM-ish you can say, a whole step lower, Electric Wizard fucking Saint Vitus, Pentagram type shit, so I was wondering how you go about doing that? Does a regular tuner work for that?(I tried but I don't know) thank you.
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