Gamers who play musical instruments

G.a.s. is real. I get it.

SallyNasty wrote:

G.a.s. is real. I get it.

I told myself that if I can get good enough to perform Haitian Fight Song in front of my professional musician siblings, I will buy myself my ridiculous Forever Bass (probably something like an Ernie Ball Stingray Special), but until then, I will just have to get really good on what I have now.

SallyNasty wrote:

G.a.s. is real. I get it.

Oh yeah.

I don't have any money to spare right now, but that doesn't stop me from browsing sites and Facebook Marketplace in the interim.

Because when I can I "need" to pick up something humbucker equipped to expand my sonic palette so I want to know what the options are.

Paleocon wrote:
SallyNasty wrote:

G.a.s. is real. I get it.

I told myself that if I can get good enough to perform Haitian Fight Song in front of my professional musician siblings, I will buy myself my ridiculous Forever Bass (probably something like an Ernie Ball Stingray Special), but until then, I will just have to get really good on what I have now.

Good policy. But hey, no harm in looking. Just not in practice time.

Well shit. I think I talked myself into buying another bass.

The guy selling the Japanese Fender P-bass has one that quite nearly matches my J bass exactly and I have some cash from selling a few of my leather creations. I am meeting him at my local music store to test it out on an amp. If it turns out to be everything advertised, I will probably get my local pro to do a full on setup.

@paleo

Just realized this is probably the first post I've made in like over a year!

Anyway, I just picked up the Fender Kingman AcoustiElectric bass. I like it but the strings are SOO squeeky! Just ordered a set of flatwounds to see if it calms it down.

I started playing a year ago! I've never devoted so much time to an instrument. I'm Lovin' It! I diddle a bit on the Uke, but that's it.
I now own 4 bass guitars. Yamaha TRBX 304, the Kingman, OscarShcmidt U-bass and Kala UBass.
Here's my little playlist of covers I've don
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

I used BassBuzz Beginner to Badass course and I highly recommend it to anyone who is interested in learning bass!
Here's my little bass family.
IMAGE(https://i.imgur.com/tt8T480.jpg)

Your Oscar Schmidt looks like it is giving me the double birds.

So I lost out on the Japanese Fender, but did end up picking up a used Mexican Fender Player Series P-bass this weekend. A dude in West Virginia was selling it because a member of his church band traded it to him for a guitar but he didn't play bass. It looks practically brand new aside from a single paint chip about four inches from the bridge. Since I was picking it up locally, he let it go for $500. So now I have a Fender P and J. Now all I need is a Stingray to fill out the Leo Fender Holy Trinity.

The action on it is nice and low and there isn't any fret buzz, so I don't think I will need to get it set up. I am phuqing around with it right now playing all manner of unholy music to let it live a little. I bet being a full time church band probably made it feel a little constrained.

Practice your G major to "Friend of the Devil" or C major to Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah (or Buckley's or Rufus Wainwright's or ...).

Mixolyde wrote:

Practice your G major to "Friend of the Devil" or C major to Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah (or Buckley's or Rufus Wainwright's or ...).

Or I might need to go get a pick.....

https://www.bigbasstabs.com/rolling_...

Paleocon wrote:
Mixolyde wrote:

Practice your G major to "Friend of the Devil" or C major to Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah (or Buckley's or Rufus Wainwright's or ...).

Or I might need to go get a pick.....

https://www.bigbasstabs.com/rolling_...

Or Primus's cover of Devil Went Down to Georgia.

does anyone have any suggestions for studio headphones? I live in a townhouse and I want to be able to practice at night without annoying my neighbors.

I have Sennheiser HD-600's and they' sound amazing and are comfortable wearing for a long time.

They are open-ear though, so sound does leak through around you. If it's just about the neighbors, they don't leak through that much though.

Open ears are better for listening and practicing anyway IMO

I use Samson SR850s which are surprisingly neutral for the price.

I have a pair of presonus HD7 and a pair of AKG k271 headphones. The first ones are open and the second are closed.

For practicing or recording long stints I way prefer the open pair. For shorter more critical listening the closed are better as it minimizes outside noise sources.

I’d say find a pair of open backed headphones you find comfortable to wear longer sessions and go with them. Sennheiser is a trusted brand. AKG is another.

Is there anything more relaxing than noodling on a bass in the middle of a boring conference call?

Wife packed the car for our weekend getaway and when we opened the trunk, my guitar fell out onto concrete and cracked the finish. It hit just on the right spot of the gig bag to where it even could damage the guitar - goddamit.

Now she is mad at me for being mad. This is going to be a long weekend.

It was a cheap guitar, not one of my best. It's fine. But it still sucks.

Sounds like my wife. It's OK for her to get super mad at my honest mistakes but not vice versa.

wait. Are we all married to the same woman?

We are getting along now but I'm still sad. My stuff is always pristine and this little chip in the varnish on a black guitar is upsetting.

SallyNasty wrote:

We are getting along now but I'm still sad. My stuff is always pristine and this little chip in the varnish on a black guitar is upsetting.

Thanks dude, I'll try this.

It wasn't an accident, Sally, you were just feeling a bit too much rock-n-roll at the moment, and you barely restrained yourself from smashing your axe in some Female Doggoin' rock god explosion of glory.

People pay good money for relic-ed guitars with chips and scratches. You've now got genuine road scars!

In all seriousness that does suck if you try keep things pristine, but a guitar is both a tool and a living thing.

That chip is a story. Make it one about the weekend you went away that got off to a rough start, but turned out great.

having 3 years of drum experience. Played in several local metal bands, nothing more, but wanna improve my skills so badly

TrevorB wrote:

having 3 years of drum experience. Played in several local metal bands, nothing more, but wanna improve my skills so badly

Playing in bands ain't nothing. Welcome, and while there isn't much drum chatter here maybe seeing others work at their instruments will help motivate you.

And maybe some other drummers come out of the woodwork too.

Had a great bass lesson yesterday. Working on walking bass and improving my right hand technique. I am trying to be really mindful of muting strings to prevent sympathetic vibration that muddles the sound.

I ordered a copy of the Real Book and will try to learn some of the standards. I already sightread music okay because of my violin background in the past. Bass clef is an adjustment, but not enough of one to be a real impediment. The amazon description didn't make it clear if it was the bass line or if it was just the melody transcribed to bass clef. In any event, they do have the chords above each measure though so I guess I can just walk bass through each measure if I decide it is too ambitious.

TrevorB wrote:

having 3 years of drum experience. Played in several local metal bands, nothing more, but wanna improve my skills so badly

Play anywhere! I played a little set in college and had my set destroyed with a basement Flood. Came back to it in my thirties and now play in a cover band and on Sundays with the worship team at church.

I recommend trying one or more of the online lessons you can get. There’s a ton of free content and you can pay for it if you want something more structured. Stephen Clark and Drumeo have been my favorites so far but I follow a ton of drummers on YouTube.

Paleocon wrote:

Had a great bass lesson yesterday. Working on walking bass and improving my right hand technique. I am trying to be really mindful of muting strings to prevent sympathetic vibration that muddles the sound.

I ordered a copy of the Real Book and will try to learn some of the standards. I already sightread music okay because of my violin background in the past. Bass clef is an adjustment, but not enough of one to be a real impediment. The amazon description didn't make it clear if it was the bass line or if it was just the melody transcribed to bass clef. In any event, they do have the chords above each measure though so I guess I can just walk bass through each measure if I decide it is too ambitious.

AFAIK there are different versions of The Real Book for transposing instruments but non-transposing instruments all get the same version.

So guitar, piano, bass etc are all the same book. You get the progression and the head and transcription.

Long shot, but maybe someone over here knows.

Bought a small chapel some years ago, and with the chapel is a bell tower - quite high with two big bells.

The foundry that made these bells are quite interested in buying them back, and I don't really have use for them. Anyone knows what a fair price would be? An estimate weight of the two bells was about 600 kg together of bronze.

TIA!

Peoj Snamreh wrote:

Long shot, but maybe someone over here knows.

Bought a small chapel some years ago, and with the chapel is a bell tower - quite high with two big bells.

The foundry that made these bells are quite interested in buying them back, and I don't really have use for them. Anyone knows what a fair price would be? An estimate weight of the two bells was about 600 kg together of bronze.

TIA!

Not sure about where you are, but just the bronze alone would be worth about $5.50/kg on the scrap market here in the US. My guess is probably more in Sweden. And bells are pretty sought after by collectors. Here is a link to a quick eBay search I did for "bronze church bell"

Edit: This one seems most equivalent. 700lb.s or about half your 600kg. Starting bid at $8500