haruka kanata rocks, hehe, akfg rocks hard too, used to play a lot of their materials back when i was jamming with a jrock kinda band in foundation year.

btw, try buikikaesu by MTH, quite fun to play , not too difficult also, after which, u will be addicted to slap pop,

+1, youtube really makes self learning way easier each day, so many slap pop tutorials for any level of playing, i wish i started learning slap pop earlier.. if it wasnt that huge ego of mine that told me i was good enough a few years back.. (that was the bubble i lived in).. thankfully met some other bassists that really humbled me so much and led me to really explore bass for real.. Now i realize there're tons of other techniques worth learning in bass, heck, even slap pop i cant master yet... sigh..


example: for a G-D-Em-C progression, check how john myung did it in "through her eyes", really inspirational. To some of the bassists that think john myung has no groove, think again! .

Another thing to note is from wat Jaco said, that the treble clef is as important as the bass clef to a bass player, one must know the melody of the song before trying to improvise, as some bass player (me included), tend to come out with 'goreng' bass line for a particular song which might sound a bit like the "harmony", but in actual fact, they're so disconnected from the song..
Oh yea, don't forget about dynamics as well.

Wa lordie, u also kena the Pbass craze adee ar?

crazychris: u got go js music anytime soon???!!

chapree: ur curbow is the one with the extremely high action 1 ar?

Thalmes: can get at the guitar store near damansara perdana there

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The Guitar Store: http://www.theguitarstore.com.my/index.php?m=brand:brand=1

Cheers

wa, chris, u also using Pbass now? hehe

In Malaysia, if you stay outside KL very hard to get loh, in malacca rite, bass pickups almost non existent .

But electric guitar pickups almost everywhere also can get. can't blame the stores la, so little bass players, summore bass players dun normally change their pickups also. electric guitarists cant survive without changing their pickups it seems .

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The only pickups that i seem to have a problem is are active pickups though, somehow i just cant seem to find the sweet spot for these pups to bring out the best from a bass... any suggestions?

chris: ah.. i'm still curious why P bass's simple design creates such unforgettable tone. u like jaco's fretted or fretless jazzbass? the harmonics from them are timeless.. and it's from stock fender pups would u believe it, hehe.

chris: thanks for the video, were a fan of lakland because of tim foreman of switchfoot.. i still don't think the lakland came even close to the Pbass's tone though, lacking of that punchy uumphness..

oh btw, i need some help, why is it that my harmonics always get drowned in the mix 1 ar?

Woah, really good post just when im really thinking about it, thanks a lot man, really clear a lot of misunderstanding

suj, haha, long time no see, see time no long .

SMX still in times square ar, but change lot adee, it's near the snooker and pool supplies shop. bigger store now, yeah, i remember the free setup day . So, getting any new neck or bass soon? hehe..

how about tax for pickups? or no more tax adee?

i dunno eh chapree, everytime i play, i get muddy sounds, maybe i just suck really bad and can only play passive... . how to do proper finger position and proper angle leh? is it because i play too close to the neck?

yeah, do check SMX out, they have quite a bunch of recording stuffs there, u wud love it, m-audio, etc.. but guitar wise, less than last time, no trace of taylor .. still remember hw nice they were last time to let me try a 10k taylor .


eh, i got final year project thesis to write wei, still playing more than 3 hours daily ... hehehhee.. oh yea, do check out bentley and guitar store at damansara area. forget the bentley at bukit bintang, no point going there... nt forgetting js music, look out for aguilars... hehehe

haha, i only play near the bridge if i wanna play fast, developed this bad habit of playing near the neck most of the time coz last time watched some of the country players playing like on top of the fretboard with a p bass and the sound was quite cool, so wanted to imitate, and there u go... habit! Sounds good on a passive la, but on an active.. and i hate playing with fingernails, i think cud be why i get muddy tone.. thanks man, made me think a bit, hehe.

suj, nice pic of u with ur sweet rickenbacker .

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chapree, whenever u find good tone ar, dun forget to share u knw, hehehe .
Taylor's dealership really went to bentley ar? sad!

davidgary, if im using passive bass, then what should i do? should i leave the neck, bridge pup and the tone only at the medium level (with the amp at flat) and then only adjust accordingly on the bass, or should i leave it all at full level on the bass then only adjust at the amp side like what some of my friends do? (their argument is that passive basses sound best with all knobs full on the bass).

Also, what is the best configuration on the bass and amp if i just wanna use the bridge pups for that twangy jazz sound?

thanks in advance

hey, im fine, hw about u? yea, still in malacca, have we met before?

ooo, thanks for the help man . gonna try out when i can jam with a drummer, coz normally if i tweak my tone cantik cantik at home adee, when play with a drummer, always get drowned, hehe.


i dun think need to upgrade the pups lo, coz jaco also sticked to stocks his entire life . hehe, nah, jk, erm, u might realize that the single coil hum might be kinda annoying (those noiseless or hum cancelling pups), or u wanna search for a different sound (change ur onboard preamp to audere or smth), or higher output (quarter pounder, etc.).

btw, thalmes, u shud sayang ur sr200 for at least another year la, important thing is dont sell ur first bass! haha. normally after selling u sure sakit hati 1, sentimental value and all... but if u wanna GAS for an american std can la, but just dun sell the sr200, really great bass also ar imho.

Melina's fingers can generate perfect tone on any bass wei, hehe, dat's why . Speaking of which, wat happened to tempered mental?

sayang la ur sx so cantik also wanna sell . i made a vow not to sell my sx ever adee wei, really faithful little bass that until nw im still surprised at some of the hidden tone gems i can find from this cheap little thing, hehe.

Sorry yea lordie, i have to take back some of the words i used to describe my sx, hehe, after pairing with ur amp, really changed my life la. thanks lordie again, hehe.

haha, but the jag very hard to tweak wei, so many knobs, dizzy wei. the jazz bass only 3 knobs also i sakit kepala with the dizzying array of tones adee,


bro, thanks for sharing man, will check it out when my speaker ok again, kaboom the other day due to too much blasting. wanna listen to ur l2500 awesomeness, hehe .

erm, no, i mean, u might be tired of the hum the original pickups are going to produce unless u change it to noiseless ones .

Change the onboard system as in fit in a spanking new audere preamp, hehe, and u have to forgive me coz i always refer to the onboard electronics as preamp .

i remember raptor did a review of that bass on the star quite a while ago, hehe. wonder if can still see that bass hanging in the house of bass

Erm, mexican deluxe or mexican standard? i tried both of them in swee lee, and they are... crap. i dunno if it's because the pickups rosak or wat la, but the strings were still new, but sounds horrible at whatever settings i put... maybe japanese fenders are a better value for money?

Haha, we jammed before ah? aduh, u have to forgive me, i got pretty bad memory nowadays because of final year project . hehe. stress wei, wanna cry adee... we jammed where leh?

the generic single coil hum almost always present in j style basses, hw to explain ar.. erm, like when u leave just 1 pickup on (the bridge would be more visible), u will definitely hear that hum, it's quite ignorable for me la, but for some ppl dat hates it, they normally replace with hum-cancelling pickups or shield the electronics properly. it's a problem with grounding though imho, coz when u put ur hand on the strings, the hum is gone.

about the onboard electronics, im really bad at explaining, but here's the site: http://www.audereaudio.com/JZ3D.htm

oh yea, highway 1? it's pretty much a slot machine kinda bass, so i wudnt recommend it at all, lucky bassists might get a good sounding one with proper neck relief, action, and great durability, while the not so lucky ones would end up with ones that lack low end, sustain, bowed neck after awhile.. etc. even if u do plan to get one, please try those with badass bridge preinstalled, makes a whole lot of difference.

P.S., chris! wicked basslines u and ur friend both have. mind if i copy some? hehehe...

thalmes: yea, try any fender j-bass without discrimination, and choose the one that sounds best to your ear . make sure the playability's good also though, check for neck relief, action, fret buzz, intonation on 12th fret, harmonics, etc. dun just test those that are in ur budget tho, test really expensive j-basses so that u know what u are aiming for with ur budget, who knows, u might find a cheap fender gem that might sound as good, and plays better. Once u purchased ur baby, dun forget to flash them photos! hehehe.

thalmes: bass comes first, then only recording equipment, hehehe .

Good luck with the recording btw!

chris, and chapree: so darn jealous u guys got to watch stu hamm!! bought any hartke goodies?? hehehe. darn la, i had to stay in malacca dat time waa.... :'(. Which stack and combo did he use? which tube preamp? He used his favourite red urge ar? did he do the kick dancing while playing kinda thing??

lordie: deumuseth? wat happened to cardiac necropsy? hehe. warwick awesomeness, thanks for sharing man. btw, wat's with the door b****?

jcyh: so ur a basser, guitarer, drummist, pianer and vocaler, .

chris: haha, maybe la, but honestly, the only thing i like about kl is the guitar stores, music events and ikea . walau! ur fren so rich la, bought the ck music promotion package yea? so naish! u didnt buy meh? hehe

lordie: darn! so fun! all the best to cn man!

can just learn online, so many really brilliant bass tutorials, especially from youtube. i recommend learning from hackbass. His slap pop groove 1 & 2. all the necessary things u need to learn from slap pop is there. Muting, hammering, left hand slap, etc. Remember to start playing it slow and clean first, then only try to play faster once u can do it really clean and slow.

chapree: u are darn funny man, i cant stop laughing right nw, i dunno why, could be im high on fyp or smth, lol. helping a friend with fyp nw since i dropped mine! muahahahahaha, all thanks to my bass...