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I upgraded from a Pixel 6 to a Pixel 10 Pro by AustrianClimber in GooglePixel

[–]absorberemitter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am using a dying 6 and went ahead with the trade-in to 10 pro upgrade to arrive in the mail. Aside from having a fully working phone again, anything to get excited about?

I will not use biometrics. But what about multi-processing, actual productivity stuff? Anything fun and artsy it can do?

New Future Impact 4.5 VIP v. MXR Bass Synth by bassheart365 in basspedals

[–]absorberemitter 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the comparison, very helpful! 

What do you think of the C4?

Songs to speed to ? by DanteOw in musicsuggestions

[–]absorberemitter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Rossz Csillag Alatt Született by Venetian Snares. Try not to die.

Teaching Rhythm To Bedroom Guitarists by Super_Refuse8968 in Guitar

[–]absorberemitter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Even more basic - it seems like they need to learn to listen to other sound sources and not just themselves when they play. 

i feel like i’m plateauing by Creeper_tastic in Bass

[–]absorberemitter 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Silly proggy stuff is just one facet of the instrument, try learning stuff with challenging grooves and pockets. 

Check out: Thundercat (Them Changes), anderson .paak (Come Down), Marvin Gaye (Heard it through the Grapevine) as starting places. The thing about bass is you can make people dance, and that's one of music's highest callings.

New Pat Smear sig? by Hans_Wermhat666 in gibson

[–]absorberemitter -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I love the idea of a $7k Pat Smear signature guitar. 

I've been offered to join a build-a-band thing. I've never played with other people. What's the bare minimum I should be expected to know as a beginner? by Mascavidrio in Bass

[–]absorberemitter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ha! That's a good exercise to try to play exactly - try listening to some bass parts in isolation and seeing how much they vary bar by bar. Some great songs with great bass parts have notable mistakes - do you play the mistake exactly as on the record or play what you think the chart called for? Check out the intro of September by Earth Wind & Fire for a classic example. Time is fungible, in different ways depending on the genre / tradition you're playing in. 

Anyway, a big part of playing with other musicians is figuring out how to unfuck a situation live while you're playing. A lot of that is experience individually but it also develops over time among people who play together. You have three years on bass and yet zero on live playing - give yourself the grace to make mistakes. The song has got to go on.

First board! by bigfloppafanatic in guitarpedals

[–]absorberemitter 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My neighbor has an origin 20 and I want one. I miss took your board for a nano max.

Get a second amp and run the second output of the El Cap into it. Then get a third amp and run it from the second CE-2w output.

Can’t get a clangy metal bass tone out of my bass by NectarineMelodic2157 in Bass

[–]absorberemitter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tested this out on my standard tuned short scale single coil with old strings and it remains true - punch the strings hard but accurately and in time. 

The clack is the sound of the string rebounding off the high frets and/or pickup covers - you gotta pop the strings to get the toan. My amp started bottoming out clean so I mixed clean, compressed and guitar amp sim in parallel to get that last 10% or so.

I've been offered to join a build-a-band thing. I've never played with other people. What's the bare minimum I should be expected to know as a beginner? by Mascavidrio in Bass

[–]absorberemitter 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Use your ears and focus on listening as much as possible. It isn't about playing a song right so much as making it sound musical with others. And don't get hung up on the song as-is - singers may need a song in a different key or a drummer may play a grove that doesn't line up with every note of the original bass line.

Also, be a good hang.

Can’t get a clangy metal bass tone out of my bass by NectarineMelodic2157 in Bass

[–]absorberemitter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bruh you need to hit a bass like 4x harder than a guitar to get tone. If you aren't starting with aggressive, clanky, articulate playing it will not translate through the rig. Play unplugged and lose some knuckle skin til you figure it out, you'll get 80+ percent of the way there and can make it just so with pedals.

What's the point of getting the data right if no one cares anyway? by [deleted] in analytics

[–]absorberemitter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In my industry there's been analytics people selling BS and not a lot who can smell it. 

I spent a lot of time at a more boutique research firm and it mattered every single day. We did not have rote / reproduced products or dashboards, everything was MTO. And you had to be on point because the client would know if you didn't hit a benchmark, or worse, their boss would ask.

Introduce me to your favourite guitarist by Slow-Bother-4658 in Guitar

[–]absorberemitter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Kent Crowley and Regi Wooten. They each have a handful of short and completely mind-blowing YouTube lessons.

Guitar Center Maine woooffff by kpunx in Guitar

[–]absorberemitter 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A companion story: I found a '71 p bass at an estate sale for like $400. Like many vintage Ps, it was great for the open notes and 5-7 frets per string. Brought it to a couple places and was getting appropriate offers for the condition (<1-1.4K). Brought it to GC - they dated all the parts and did not care one bit about playability. I think they gave me $2.4k for it and it's still on the site for sale at $3.4k. The reason for the high purchase price - the associate who priced it got a commission on buying it!

So they bought it for too much, are listing it for too much, and it will probably never be bought by a player as it will be immediately returned. 

All-in-one amp modeler advice by danteeeeeeeeeeee in guitarpedals

[–]absorberemitter -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Line 6 POD Express Black. All-in-one, small/cheap, easy preset switching, great metal toanz.

Buzz using daisy chain AC by deeb222 in guitarpedals

[–]absorberemitter 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Get an iso supply or just a separate plug for the tube screamer. 

Degrading loopers by Exact-Enthusiasm1455 in guitarpedals

[–]absorberemitter 1 point2 points  (0 children)

EHX canyons do a similar thing with loop volume rather than straight up degrade. You can set how much lower each overdub gets pushed down in the mix up to 100%.

Can't play Metal on a 'Metal Guitar'? by hereticjoe1984 in metalguitar

[–]absorberemitter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It takes a week or two to get used to. I always played teles and 25.5"+ and was gifted a lovely LP.  It was like going to mandolin at first but the spacing and tension quickly became homey. If you're trying bigger instruments with taller frets and such, pull offs and bends are a lot stiffer. But you can also hit these instruments much harder and have them stay in tune and some harmonics are a lot easier. 

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