[QUOTE=BenJammin;13460074]Hey kids.[/QUOTE]

What'd you think of J. Fay?

[QUOTE=User Name;13460092]What'd you think of J. Fay?[/QUOTE]

I didn't like it at all. It just sounded like instrumental country music.

I'm pretty happy. I have worked through two reading books on bass in my lesson, so my teacher is starting to teach me real-world bass playing. I got a walking bass line creation book and a book of bebop heads for bass to help me learn to improvize a walking line, and once I get into this pretty well he has a Victor Wooten book for me to work in. That might be a good reason to go ahead and get the sixer I have been looking at - Vic likes to play tenor.

[QUOTE=Akira;13460108]I'm pretty happy. I have worked through two reading books on bass in my lesson, so my teacher is starting to teach me real-world bass playing. I got a walking bass line creation book and a book of bebop heads for bass to help me learn to improvize a walking line, and once I get into this pretty well he has a Victor Wooten book for me to work in. That might be a good reason to go ahead and get the sixer I have been looking at - Vic likes to play tenor.[/QUOTE]

Playing tenor is a lot of fun. I strung my fretless tenor and I don't think I'll ever change it back.

[QUOTE=BenJammin;13460099]I didn't like it at all. It just sounded like instrumental country music.[/QUOTE]

Seriously? Just country music? Really?

Well, worth a shot!

can anyone tell me about how long it will take me to learn toplay an unlined fretless with correct intonation, i currently have a lined one...

[QUOTE=User Name;13460133]Seriously? Just country music? Really?

Well, worth a shot![/QUOTE]

Yeah. I was excited and then terribly let down.

[QUOTE=funkyhoney;13460152]can anyone tell me about how long it will take me to learn toplay an unlined fretless with correct intonation, i currently have a lined one...[/QUOTE]

That is all up to you.

[QUOTE=BenJammin;13460156]Yeah. I was excited and then terribly let down.[/QUOTE]

I sincerly apologize.


I haven't seen Jody around latley. What's the deal?

[QUOTE=BenJammin;13460128]Playing tenor is a lot of fun. I strung my fretless tenor and I don't think I'll ever change it back.[/QUOTE]

I <3 high notes. I would totally play tenor except that I can't see doing away with low E and G. Which is where a sixer comes in. Or tenor five, but fives feel wrong to me and lately I have wanted low G in 7th position.

I just had a great shower; I didn't even have to try.

[QUOTE=Akira;13460190]I <3 high notes. I would totally play tenor except that I can't see doing away with low E and G. Which is where a sixer comes in. Or tenor five, but fives feel wrong to me and lately I have wanted low G in 7th position.[/QUOTE]

Or an 8 string... <_<

I'm so gonna have mine strung up B-E-A-D-G-C-F-Bb. <3

And, yeah... a 5 does feel awkard. All odd numbers do, imo.

really? alot of times when i take a shower i have to try real hard... what's your secret?

[QUOTE=Pluperfect_Arson;13460157]That is all up to you.[/QUOTE]

i suppose.

i'd really like to get one and laern,i think iot would make my playing improve so much..

plus then i can play awesome quarter tones and stuff

[QUOTE=BenJammin;13460199]Or an 8 string... <_<

I'm so gonna have mine strung up B-E-A-D-G-C-F-Bb. <3

And, yeah... a 5 does feel awkard. All odd numbers do, imo.[/QUOTE]

High Bb? That is so unbelievably amazing.

[QUOTE=funkyhoney;13460207]i suppose.

i'd really like to get one and laern,i think iot would make my playing improve so much..

plus then i can play awesome quarter tones and stuff[/QUOTE]

It is all definitely worth a shot, and there are many possibilities with a fretless. I would love to purchase a fretless, but no means of availabe funds at the moment unless I started selling off gear, which I don't intend to do.

It is all about dedication and practise. Just start off slowly with the basics and develop a feel for it--though you said that you currently have a lined fretless if I am not mistaken--and then you should be good from there.

[QUOTE=BenJammin;13460199]And, yeah... a 5 does feel awkard. All odd numbers do, imo.[/QUOTE]

You know, at first, I never thought playing a five string was uncomfortable, but, having now switched to a six string, having an odd number would seem a bit funny.

[QUOTE=pukeboy66;13460201]really? alot of times when i take a shower i have to try real hard... what's your secret?[/QUOTE]

Not being a big fatty...


:p




I'm sorry. Really. That was mean.

[QUOTE=Pluperfect_Arson;13460223]It is all definitely worth a shot, and there are many possibilities with a fretless. I would love to purchase a fretless, but no means of availabe funds at the moment unless I started selling off gear, which I don't intend to do.

It is all about dedication and practise. Just start off slowly with the basics and develop a feel for it--though you said that you currently have a lined fretless if I am not mistaken--and then you should be good from there.



You know, at first, I never thought playing a five string was uncomfortable, but, having now switched to a six string, having an odd number would seem a bit funny.[/QUOTE]

yeah i think it will be fun and worthwhile, im hopefully getting one around christmas.
anyway, IT lessons over, i must depart :wave:

[QUOTE=Spaceman Spiff;13460229]Not being a big fatty...


:p




I'm sorry. Really. That was mean.[/QUOTE]

:lol:


ahahahahaha....

Hey :wave:

[QUOTE=funkyhoney;13460240]yeah i think it will be fun and worthwhile, im hopefully getting one around christmas.
anyway, IT lessons over, i must depart :wave:[/QUOTE]

Buhbye!

[QUOTE=Akira;13460216]High Bb? That is so unbelievably amazing.[/QUOTE]

I have no use for the low F# and I always dwindle in the upper registers of my Ibanez, so I know the Bb would get a ton of use. I'm waiting to hear back from Delano about making me a pickup and then the next planning stages will commence and I'll be pulling the trigger on this baby in late spring.

[QUOTE=Pluperfect_Arson;13460223]You know, at first, I never thought playing a five string was uncomfortable, but, having now switched to a six string, having an odd number would seem a bit funny.[/QUOTE]

I've only ever liked playing a couple of 5s. Whenever I'm on one, I start ascending and suddenly find myself having to move up the neck instead of being able to stay in the same spot.

[QUOTE=BenJammin;13460272]I've only ever liked playing a couple of 5s. Whenever I'm on one, I start ascending and suddenly find myself having to move up the neck instead of being able to stay in the same spot.[/QUOTE]

Yeah, I have started playing my high C more than I first thought I would. I don't like playing ridiculously high up on the frets all the time, so the C comes in handy for chords, tapping, and such.

Of course, now, my five string feels like a pile of rubbish, and I haven't touched it since. I have only played my four string once since I bought my five string, but then I realised the action was too high, so I put it away. :p

I love having six strings.

Can't wait to get my 6 string.
I've barely touched my 4 since getting my 5.
Same reason too, the action is terribly high.

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I never realized Eliott Smith was [I]this[/I] good.

[QUOTE=Pluperfect_Arson;13460288]Yeah, I have started playing my high C more than I first thought I would. I don't like playing ridiculously high up on the frets all the time, so the C comes in handy for chords, tapping, and such.

Of course, now, my five string feels like a pile of rubbish, and I haven't touched it since. I have only played my four string once since I bought my five string, but then I realised the action was too high, so I put it away. :p

I love having six strings.[/QUOTE]

Play your Ibanez for a really long time. Like... half a year, without touching another bass. Then get a 4 string. Suddenly, it's like a toy.

[QUOTE=One Groovin Clown;13460296]Can't wait to get my 6 string.
I've barely touched my 4 since getting my 5.
Same reason too, the action is terribly high.[/QUOTE]

I had also let my guitarist's sister borrow my four string for a while because she wanted to learn how to play bass. I didn't have a problem with loaning it to her since I was strictly playing my five at the time, so that is one of the other reasons I never played it.

I could lower the action, but I can't be arsed to do it at the moment. I intonated my six string last night, and, by then end of it, I didn't even want to play the damn thing. :p

[QUOTE=BenJammin;13460258]I have no use for the low F# and I always dwindle in the upper registers of my Ibanez, so I know the Bb would get a ton of use. I'm waiting to hear back from Delano about making me a pickup and then the next planning stages will commence and I'll be pulling the trigger on this baby in late spring.[/QUOTE]

I play the same. I am always up high playing chords or tapping or doing other things that I have no business doing as a bassist.

[QUOTE=DaveSavesTheDay;13460297]:wave:


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Mods took away bigger avatars.

[QUOTE=BenJammin;13460305]Play your Ibanez for a really long time. Like... half a year, without touching another bass. Then get a 4 string. Suddenly, it's like a toy.[/QUOTE]

I already do think they feel like toys now. :p