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Old 03-31-2009, 05:40 PM   #21 (permalink)
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quite.

I also run my gear through an octave pedal and a Bass Microsynth. that set me back
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Old 03-31-2009, 07:21 PM   #22 (permalink)
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Not a huge fan of the line 6's they sound too digital for me. Im looking for something with some accurate sounding effects. Might go to GC this weekend and play around.

p.s. yes actually i was in a jazz outfit for about 9 months back in Indiana. I just prefer a four string Bass is all, and i noticed you and dave say you play 5 strings. Thought I would throw that out there.
I was just reminded of when I went to a presentation by Steve Bailey, and he said something about when 5 strings first came out, he had a guy in Canada make one for him. He was playing for Dizzy Guillespie at the time, and he mentioned how those deep deep bottom end notes are like a big sofa to sink down into. That's mainly the reason I really like 5s. Can never really get too deep.
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Old 03-31-2009, 07:24 PM   #23 (permalink)
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I was just reminded of when I went to a presentation by Steve Bailey, and he said something about when 5 strings first came out, he had a guy in Canada make one for him. He was playing for Dizzy Guillespie at the time, and he mentioned how those deep deep bottom end notes are like a big sofa to sink down into. That's mainly the reason I really like 5s. Can never really get too deep.
True. very true. whenever I have a 4 string i want to detune, it sucks because i have to restring it with these huge mutherf*ck*ng strings and it sounds too crappy. that's why I like 5's.
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True. very true. whenever I have a 4 string i want to detune, it sucks because i have to restring it with these huge mutherf*ck*ng strings and it sounds too crappy. that's why I like 5's.
Yeah, I used to do that, too. But then it started fucking with my intonation. But I gotta admit, whenever I discovered 5s as a kid I was rather intrigued. I still have 2 4s tuned down to drop C#. My 5s I actually drop tune down to A.
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Yeah, I used to do that, too. But then it started fucking with my intonation. But I gotta admit, whenever I discovered 5s as a kid I was rather intrigued. I still have 2 4s tuned down to drop C#. My 5s I actually drop tune down to A.
Holy sh*t arew you in Korn or somthin'?
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that's pretty cool. reminds me of a mash-up of pantera and meshuggah. good recording quality too, what did you guys use? or did you pay for studio time?

my one concern with the method you describe above is that it's an easy way to trap yourself into a corner. you seem to have a good attitude to get around that though, so long as you remember that sometimes 'not' playing a single note is more challenging than playing the entire scale.



as for CO's 5-string hate, whatever my co-worker thinks they're redundant instruments too. i can understand people not liking the extra width of the neck, that's quite understandable and it 'was' an adjustment when i made the jump. on the other hand, crapping on the instrument because you think the extra string is superfluous is foolish.

for me it's all about tone, it's the same reason one of my guitars is tuned down to C. my approach is not that i'm playing bass so i should plunk down some root notes on my low-B, but to consider its full potential range and to apply it to the moment as necessary.
Hey, thanks a lot, man. Pantera was a very transitional inspiration for us. We actually used to be a classic rock cover band, playing 4 hour shows when I was 11-15. It definitely helped to develop necessary chops and hand strength. But then Pantera, Rage Against the Machine, Alice in Chains and puberty took over, and we went in our own direction with our original material.

I hear you on the whole genre-trap folly. That's always been a trap that we've been wary to avoid. Our full-length should demonstrate that pretty well. And I've always been grateful for bands that have had the guts to expand their repertoire regardless of initial scene notoriety. A good example I think is Between the Buried and Me.

Shit, we're getting totally off-topic here, aren't we? You think we start another thread?
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Hey, thanks a lot, man. Pantera was a very transitional inspiration for us. We actually used to be a classic rock cover band, playing 4 hour shows when I was 11-15. It definitely helped to develop necessary chops and hand strength. But then Pantera, Rage Against the Machine, Alice in Chains and puberty took over, and we went in our own direction with our original material.

I hear you on the whole genre-trap folly. That's always been a trap that we've been wary to avoid. Our full-length should demonstrate that pretty well. And I've always been grateful for bands that have had the guts to expand their repertoire regardless of initial scene notoriety. A good example I think is Between the Buried and Me.

Shit, we're getting totally off-topic here, aren't we? You think we start another thread?
Perhaps we can just keep talking here and completely ignore that lol
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**** YOU!! HAHA! I hate Korn...
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Yeah LOL i do too, they got too poppy. But they tune down to A flat, Sometimes to a 2nd low B.
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Yeah LOL i do too, they got too poppy. But they tune down to A flat, Sometimes to a 2nd low B.
Yeah that play 5 and 7 strings though. Makes it alot easier to pull that off.
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