6, 5 or 4 String bass?

[Shifty]

I prefer 4. i own a 4 and 5, and on my 5 string i never use the B string. only times i really use it is when im just screwing around. But if i wrote my own music im sure i would use it.


What about you guys?

[noob3]

bath tub bass only

[kahljorn]

11 string all the way guy

lol just kidding i cant even play instruments because i suck. I really wish i could play 11 string like jean baudin though that'd be ridiculous.

[FartinMowler]

I like my fretless four string. If I could afford a new bass I doubt I would go for a 5.

alway's wanted a Rick

http://www.rickenbacker.com/images/4001C64.jpg

[Shifty]

I like my fretless four string. If I could afford a new bass I doubt I would go for a 5.

alway's wanted a Rick

http://www.rickenbacker.com/images/4001C64.jpg



oo nice. if im not mistaken that was one of cliff burton basses right? Im hopin after a new amp ill be getting http://www.ibanez.co.jp/img/eb/m/SR1000EWN_NTF_1M_02.jpg played one at the local music shop and it sounds nice. price tag is hefty tho :(.

[FartinMowler]

Nice looking bass...most important thing I've found over the years is the quality of the hardware/pick-ups and neck (does it feel right for you). The $500 bass isn't a very good bass anymore, meaning that you need to spend alteast $1000 to get quality...picking up a used older cool bass and putting some money into it slowly is fun and educational :/


My friend has an original Fender Telecaster bass that sounds amazing...simple bass that he put an active pick-up in.

http://vintageguitars.org.uk/graphics/fendertelebass1.jpg

[Shifty]

Hmmm cool. might half to try upgrading an older bass like you said. maby it will be easier on the wallet.

[noob3]

best bass is a guitar with a octaver into a bass amp :lol

i'd post some licks but i dont have any way to record onto my computer :/

my 4-string mexican jazz (which was under 400 and VERY VERY GOOD btw) is like missing 2 tuners, 2 saddles & the nut is cracked :/ but if I replaced all that shit it'd sound better than an american I think :o oh and the pickups too but they arn't broken but replacing them would have a big effect on the overall tone :0

my sg into the octaver sounds nuts though :0 VERY fat!

[noob3]

ps - to anyone buying new nuts, tuners, bridges, basically any hardware:

www.warmoth.com

[zeldasbiggestfan]

I use a 4. But if I ever get a 5 Im sure Id just use the B string as a thumb rest. Only if I really needed some low ass shit.

[noob3]

only queers need to rest thier thumbs, just play with a pick like any goddamn decent bassist

[Sacks]

Fact: Picks are for bass wussies.

Fact: Noob3 should suck my balls for making such a claim.

[Shifty]

Pick is only for a certain sound! and zelda, use ur pick up as a thumb rest....

[noob3]

picks are for that certain sound which is the "audible bass" sound :lol

[FartinMowler]

thanks for the link...I rarely use a pick :/

[noob3]

nothin beats a bass with some sort of gain (fuzz or OD baby) & a pick :0

[Sacks]

Noob3 are you the bassist for NoFX?

[noob3]

r u that ancient bassist from the shitty cover band of all old men playing another one bites the dust for other old people

ps - u can call me peter hook if u want to, baby ;)

[Black Flag]

for real, cool kids play with picks

also:

http://www.electricalguitarcompany.com/images/standard_bass/popup/1.jpg

[Black Flag]

:eek

[noob3]

is that what ithink it is

[Sacks]

r u that ancient bassist from the shitty cover band of all old men playing another one bites the dust for other old people

ps - u can call me peter hook if u want to, baby ;)

Hey fuck you buddy I wail! >: HARD!

[noob3]

how the fuck do u wail with ur fingers?

[Sacks]

I use a pick on my guitar is what I do, punk. >:

[noob3]

what are you the guitarist for linkin park

[Black Flag]

what do you think it is?

[Sacks]

Man what! YOU TAKE THAT BACK RIGHT NOW! I don't even think Linkin Park HAS a guitarist! >:

[noob3]

what do you think it is?

idk the neck has a strange color which makes me wonder

[Black Flag]

that's cause it's aluminum

[FartinMowler]

Can't say that I've ever seen an Aluminum necked bass...looks sorta like a Gibson body

[noob3]

is it a kramer or a *GASP* TB?

it WAS what I thought it was ^_^

[Black Flag]

no there's a guy that makes them

it's a really small company and steve albini helped design the guitars, which sound awesome and they're what the guy in uzeda used on their newest album

http://www.electricalguitarcompany.com/

[noob3]

shit :0 ill dl that album

if albini designed em theyre probably just as good as a tb? but i doubt he's gonna use one on any shellac records so it makes ya wonder..

everyone ever like uses a TB :0 even 6fs but i bet u know that eh!?

which 6fs cd have you been jamin to? jen likes law of ruins but (i like lor too) but ive been getting down to PARANORMALIZED for the bassy goodness

ps - fuck this thread we're taking it over!!

[Black Flag]

i've been listening to both of those and severe exposure a lot

[Black Flag]

http://www.tgrec.com/links/tg25/photo/saturday/images/61.jpg

you should've shown up earlier on saturday at the festival and you could've seen it in action

[noob3]

D:

[FartinMowler]

I guess I should download some Shellac...it get's mentioned on this site enough.

[noob3]

me and blackflag saw them live!! if you want to hear some badass bass (with a pick no less), fartin, shellac is where to go! download The Admiral, The Mineral Song, Copper and uh

Ghosts has cool bass

just download all thier cds & then the b side collection and u'll be set

[Black Flag]

Todd Trainer strongly suggests their early singles to anybody curious about the band

[FartinMowler]

I was doing a search and found this...nothing new to me but it's a very good read and written by Albini

http://www.ram.org/ramblings/philosophy/fmp/albini.html

[GADZOOKS]

Copper is a good song although it hard as hell to find any shellac besides online.

[Black Flag]

what are you looking for?

[FartinMowler]

I've found every song you mentioned with soulseek...It's almost like a heavy version of the Sex Pistols.

[GADZOOKS]

I have 1000 Hurts but I can't find At Action Park or Terraform.

[Black Flag]

if you pm me your aim name i can send them to you

[FartinMowler]

I like my friends bass style much better...http://www.capitalpunishment.basepair.org/cp-0.m3u

[Shifty]

if you pm me your aim name i can send them to you
PMed you about it.



Fartin that tune the beginning sounds alot like soemthing From ff3(american) Where there on the train but tahts just me. good tune tho! Your friend gots talent

By any chance fartin does he have any more?

[GADZOOKS]

HE MEANT ME YOU CREEP. TAKE CARE OF YOUR BABY.

[Shifty]

i dont give a fuck if he doesnt want to do it then he wont. And i am takin care of my baby. Why dont you get a girl and try to get laid?

[GADZOOKS]

I bet that's what someone said to you that got you into this mess in the first place :lol

[zeldasbiggestfan]

:lol

[FartinMowler]

i dont give a fuck if he doesnt want to do it then he wont. And i am takin care of my baby. Why dont you get a girl and try to get laid?

shifty has problems :(

[Shifty]

That i do.

[Black Flag]

the lesson of this thread is those electrical guitar company guitars are super rad

i just wanna win the lotterry so i buy a guitar and a bass and record a bunch of weird aluminum gang of four covers

[noob3]

dude we could do that right now :0

but more woodulent

[Courage the Cowardly Dog]

I prefer my 4 but if you know what your doing you can make some ood shit with the multiplied stings. I know a guy who made a 16 string, it looks like a giant electric bass harp.

[FartinMowler]

I could watch this vid over and over...some bassists go on and on about Flea, but I find the slap style boring.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXN6AbI6BHw