everybody has said what i wanted to say mr. baudin. So i'll just tell you to keep up the good work. :thumb:

[QUOTE=quatre07]I have 1 question and 1 comment

Tapping??? I never got it, i've been playing for 2 years, very dedicated, very serious about it, majoring in music, going to berklee, commas every where. I have no clue where to start.


if you're ever in a San Diego drop me an e-mail.[/QUOTE]

Well that's just plain shocked me! That's all I did when I had the 7 string and I thought that's what you'd do aswell. I really shouldn't make assumptions...


Hey Jean,
I haven't heard much of your work, but what I have heard has blown me away both technically and musically. As you may guess from my above statement I did own a 7 string (Conklin GT-7), but have since sold it. I found that everything I made on it could be transposed onto my 5 string thus rendering the 7 string obselete for my purposes. Also i couldn't afford to keep it...

Anyway, are you planning on touring the UK at all?

Cheers

Hi Mr. Baudin,

I just have a few questions that have always sprung up when I've been looking over your website - i'd be honored if you would answer :D *grins madly*

First off, you have that briefcase amp type thing that you said you use for busking etc, what sort of reactions do you get when you bring out your ERB's in public?

Also, for that Bach piece, did you read from treble clef/bass/both/neither to learn it? how long did it take?

You also said on the site that one of the basses you're getting made has midi, so you can have drums, organ etc. sounds. It'd be interesting to know, how would you use this?

FINALLY, not that i could ever afford it, but what sort of price range would I be looking at if i wanted to get something like the Joust bass made?

Thanks so much! You're an inspiration!

Jack

Another nice pro here, you are so welcome :)

*thinking something to ask*

Did you started with 4 string basses and then go up to 5er, 6ers and so on, or you just jump up from 4ers to extended range basses? How did it affect to your playing style and your technique? (probably you have been asked for this tons of times but...).

I ask you this because I often feel a bit caged with my 4 strings cause I play lots of tapping stuff (in some way similar to yours) so many times I asked myself if I should go on and buy a sixer. Id like to know your point of view.

Thx mate.

P.S. As Ive checked out your stuff you could do the same with mine... haha :lol: Just kidding ;) Anyway, just in case: [url]http://www.soundclick.com/otherwise[/url]

Oh my god! that bass is the most beautiful thing I've ever seen :lol:!
knight riding an ostrich(?) ! The pacbass is also pretty sweet.

Tho I had not heard of you or nuclear rabbit untill yesterday you are now my idols!

No real question there :upset:

Oh btw, the "Ask a pro"s rock! Thx moderators:D

Hey Jean! I just want to let you know that you are a big inspiration to me! :thumb:

Is there anything you are working on at the moment? as in your solo work or nuclear rabbit, or really anything to do with bass :p

Where Did he get that Pacman bass?

hey mr baudin, its great to see you hear and i think youl have allread figured out that everyone on hear whos herd you realy likes your playing. i have a couple of questions

how much do you realy on musical theory to write music?
after god knows how long of playing do you find it hard to keep writing origional music, what do you do to inspire creativity?

hey i am lowsound, word. ps nice to see cods around.

lowsound

[QUOTE=Jean Baudin]I'm ancient (33). I don't know where you guys got the idea I was 18. :naughty: I started Nuclear Rabbit in [B]1988.... my band is probably older than some of you. hahaha.
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I'll try to post... but I try to keep my internet time to a minimum. If I spend more than 30 minutes online, my basses start looking at me longingly. :smash: :smash: :smash: :smash: :smash: - I've already exceeded my limit.[/QUOTE]

As old as me O_O.

I must say, you've got insane chops and probably the sexiest ERB I've [I]ever[/I] seen. I had a picture of you playing the Pac-Bass as my desktop for a month before my friends thought it was creepy. If you're ever thinking of donating your bass to the needy, I'm all over it!

jean your "Joust" bass is beautifil and when it is done you will have to send some pics over this way. and while everyone is cray about you pac bass and joust (Dont get me wrong i love them to), but i am also loving your 6string alembic. have you ever used that on any of your work.

jean i love the joust. it looks great. thanks for all the posts man

danmit i froze up, i couldn't type anything. i was too mystified, i feel like i have failed

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[QUOTE=Wintermute]This thread has been stickied. Why bump it?[/QUOTE]

People have their reasons... They may not always be obvious to others.


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In this case, they're definitely not.

[QUOTE=I0Play0Bass]Wow, I can't believe it! Welcome, Mr. Baudin, welcome! :wave:

So how's it feel to be envied by bassists worldwide?

By the way, you seem like a really down to earth guy. Thanks a lot for taking time to stop by our humble abode.

:thumb:

-Gav[/QUOTE]

okay, I'm back for a round #2.

hmm.... I don't know if I feel envied by bassists, but I appreciate the sentiment.

And no prob stopping by the mx abode. sorry, I didn't know about this place. :(

[QUOTE=I0Play0Bass]With your mad bass skeelz, you must get lots of girls. :naughty:

What's the funniest thing that's ever happened to you while playing bass?

/is a question whore :p

:thumb:

-Gav[/QUOTE]

I don't know if it's funny, but I get pretty crazy when we play so I tend jump in the crowd with my bass, kick stagedivers, slap kids in the front row and slam into people on the side of the stage. I've also had beer thrown onto my bass a couple of times. Nothing out of the ordinary though.

As for girls... :naughty: :naughty: :naughty: :naughty:

[QUOTE=good rats]Jean, I never thought you'd be here anytime soon, but here you are! Umm....hi. :wave: :chug:[/QUOTE]

howdy partner.

[QUOTE=Jean Baudin]I don't know if it's funny, but I get pretty crazy when we play so I tend jump in the crowd with my bass, kick stagedivers, slap kids in the front row and slam into people on the side of the stage. I've also had beer thrown onto my bass a couple of times. Nothing out of the ordinary though.

As for girls... :naughty: :naughty: :naughty: :naughty:[/QUOTE]



You know what they say about guys with big hands... and most of us have big hands....

:naughty:


strong fingers help, too. :chug:

[QUOTE=><((*>.oO(AnDy)]hello jean, y saw your video
the bach one), its icredibly amazing, i had showed it to every friend of mine,

that piece of bach you played was the most difficult song i have ever heard (i thought it was victors wooten's show of hands (as far as i know of basslines))
but when i saw yours ,, i wass incredibly impress

well , check my songs out, (would be a honor) if you have time obiously

[url]http://afc.dmusic.com[/url]

(sory 4 the spelling mistakes im from argentina)[/QUOTE]

thanks... I'll check out your tunage.

quatre left a good post asking about tapping, do you have any tips or tricks to let us in on? i mean i just took up piano lessons to get better at it , and i know quatre is taking piano as well

[QUOTE=quatre07]I have 1 question and 1 comment

Tapping??? I never got it, i've been playing for 2 years, very dedicated, very serious about it, majoring in music, going to berklee, commas every where. I have no clue where to start.


if you're ever in a San Diego drop me an e-mail.[/QUOTE]

Maybe it's not for everybody. Try something really simple and expand on it. I find that I don't enjoy something until I can see real progress so maybe you haven't found something you like to tap yet. Four periods and a run-on sentence.

[QUOTE=sheephead]Hey Jean,
I haven't heard much of your work, but what I have heard has blown me away both technically and musically. As you may guess from my above statement I did own a 7 string (Conklin GT-7), but have since sold it. I found that everything I made on it could be transposed onto my 5 string thus rendering the 7 string obselete for my purposes. Also i couldn't afford to keep it...

Anyway, are you planning on touring the UK at all?

Cheers[/QUOTE]

No worries, if you are playing regular bass stuff, you shouldn't need much more than 5 strings. The more the merrier for me. I've actually tried to bring my 5-string to a few shows and the kids in the audience started yelling at me because they wanted me to play the 9-string. I had to switch before the first song to avoid being pelted by converse shoes and spiked belts. :)

Would love to play in the UK - nothing in the works now but hopefully, sometime in the future.

Don't feel like you are confined to this thread man. You can post anywhere you want.

[QUOTE=Billy-Talent]Hi Mr. Baudin,

I just have a few questions that have always sprung up when I've been looking over your website - i'd be honored if you would answer :D *grins madly*

First off, you have that briefcase amp type thing that you said you use for busking etc, what sort of reactions do you get when you bring out your ERB's in public?

Also, for that Bach piece, did you read from treble clef/bass/both/neither to learn it? how long did it take?

You also said on the site that one of the basses you're getting made has midi, so you can have drums, organ etc. sounds. It'd be interesting to know, how would you use this?

FINALLY, not that i could ever afford it, but what sort of price range would I be looking at if i wanted to get something like the Joust bass made?

Thanks so much! You're an inspiration!

Jack[/QUOTE]

I haven't taken the briefcase to the streets just yet - but what I have done is at shows I'll go play in the parking lot and practice a couple of hours before the gig. The reaction I get is 30 fans asking me to play the Super Mario Bros. theme over and over again. As the reaction, most of them know about my instruments - some guys want to check it out and strap it on, others want pictures taken of them holding it.

I've actually known that Bach Piece since high school (but only the melody half). But just couple of years ago mapped out with both hands. I can play it much better than the video (as that was a rushed one-take). I learned it by ear and checked it against the written music on a couple of parts that I thought were iffy. It took about 2 months to "Map it out" (convert to the fingerboard) spending maybe 3 hours a week. I have since learned a few pieces that are more difficult than that one. There's a mozart piece that is more intense that I'm about halfway through and I was working on of the fugues that has 3 parts which was killing me. I also have some spanish guitar stuff tapped out and a couple of jazz standards. And tons of video game songs (zelda, mario, castlevania, final fantasy, etc.). And of course original stuff too.

I'll be using the MIDI basses (conklin 9 and 11) to add other textures to my music, so for example I can designate different strings to be different drums (hi hat, snare, bass drum, etc.) and play a drumbeat by tapping. Or have cello, piano or snyth textures to my music. Pretty neat stuff.

I get artist / endorsement discounts on all my equipment so I can't really say how much it would cost you for a bass like that. Plus there's very unique details on there that would be priced according to that bass (number of strings, exotic woods, inlay detail, etc.). I think a custom Ken Lawrence 5-string C-Brase w/ the tail and no inlays, fanned frets etc and is probably somewhere around $7000?

Oh, and glad to hear I inspired you. You're welcome. :)

[QUOTE=bassist-bmxer]Hey Jean! I just want to let you know that you are a big inspiration to me! :thumb:

Is there anything you are working on at the moment? as in your solo work or nuclear rabbit, or really anything to do with bass :p[/QUOTE]

currently, I'm writing for a solo album and nuclear rabbit is working with our new drummer to get him up to speed and also writing... so not much action from a public standpoint.

And happy to be an ispiration to ya.

[QUOTE=The Forgotten Bassist]Where Did he get that Pacman bass?[/QUOTE]

I had it custom made. Wakka-wakka.

[QUOTE=peeted]hey mr baudin, its great to see you hear and i think youl have allread figured out that everyone on hear whos herd you realy likes your playing. i have a couple of questions

how much do you realy on musical theory to write music?
after god knows how long of playing do you find it hard to keep writing origional music, what do you do to inspire creativity?[/QUOTE]

There's no shortage for creativity... in fact, I have to figure out how to limit it so I'm not all over the place. You want to spark some creativity: Turn on the TV, turn off the volume and switch it to a channel/show you've never seen before. Now write music to it. Try to match the mood/emotions of things happening in real time. Come up with a good idea? Now, go record it and expand on it. I came up with a great theme based from that crazy japanese host from the Iron Chef.

Music theory is always helpful when you have more than 1 thing going on at a time, so I'm always aware of it but feel free to bend/break the rules when necessary. Minor 2nds can be a good thing.

wow not only do i have anew hero when it comes to bass.

[QUOTE]Wakka-wakka.[/QUOTE]

he also uses the noise that me friend and i use all the time. :D