Post your practice fragments!

Very well done @wellbi !

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I couldn’t hear it initially. Then I turned the volume on/up on my phone :flushed:
Nice job @wellbi

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@JDDaniel Nice playing! Nice axe as well is that a Kickass bridge on there?

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Not sure which video you’re referring to(?) but the only bass I have (I think anyway) that has the kickass bridge is my Mike Dirnt Signature P-Bass.

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@JDDaniel red Fender jazz. Your first video posted in this thread. Back in Aug last year……

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Found it…it is a “4-Saddle HiMass Vintage” bridge.

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So I finally made a recording setup.

https://youtu.be/NlAA5jcgNHI

The neck cam is great, but I have to figure out the “body” cam better.

It’s just a little practice bit. Any advice regarding recording setup or technique is appriciated.

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Sounds nice @wellbi ,
Nice tone from your bass,
Cheers Brian

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Sounds good @wellbi !

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OK. Just managed to get my preamp feeding into my Behringer mixer/DI and that into GarageBand.

The setup is:
Donner P-clone with GHS Precision Flats
Harley Benton Bass Expander preamp (preamp on, compressor on, threshold set 50%, comp set 25%)
Behringer Xenyx 302 USB
GarageBand, clean

Halfway through I flipped the famed “$0 Producer Switch”.

I’ll actually try to record something rather than farting around. Just testing for now.

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Nice to hear you @MC-Canadastan….and so it begins.

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Cool way to throw that producers switch in with your first mix :+1: :+1:

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Nice job @MC-Canadastan
Got one up on me with the BD-21. I’ve had mine out of the box, stared at it and then put it back in its box. Technology terrifies me. Give me guns and ammo any day :joy:

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Oh yes, I’m definitely more mechanical and chemistry-centricl than electronic.

When I hooked up all this stuff, I twiddled buttons and dials this way and that way, sat there thinking WTF there’s no sound, etc. It turned out that the problem was a loose wingnut on the steering wheel. I forgot to insert the RCA jacks in all the way.

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:joy::joy::joy:

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bass guitar warm up - YouTube

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You play very well with your thumb. Is that from years of playing guitar? or something that you just picked up and it felt correct.
Good job either way

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There’s not a single E string note, I cannot reach it atm. … so this is a little jam around notes I can actually reach without my elbow exploding. It’s still fun even limited like this

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After a while some bass playin’

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So, here is my first attempt at recording a cover of Ocean’s Avenue by Yellowcard. Timing is off in a lot of places due to a combination of me needing a lot more work on it and recording it while watching the Songster moving tab and then adding the song sound file. Also have a few flub spots Mostly, I just wanted to show off my DIY bass some more. Starting to really grow on me. Sound is straight into the DI.

I will get it better, I promise!

https://youtu.be/psqCG7qmaFs

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