[kj] OT - Bass play

[Jiri]

This is interesting to me, a fool with no musical talent (save my ear) 
but who likes to screw around with his guitar and KJ tabs. So bear with 
my ignorance: why do bass necks warp more/are more finnicky? I'm 
interested in the physics of it...suppose it has to do with heavier 
strings and length--but what do I know...

-One Who Rarely Wants the Bass Player to Turn Down (another reason to 
love the Joke!)

Christof hamille wrote:

> Bigger isn't always better.  Especially for bass.  It is the size of 
> the magnet that is important.  A lot of bass players have a 4x10 cab 
> in their set.  What makes them different than guitar is the humongous 
> magnet attached to each cone that also adds considerable weight.  
> Being a bass player sucks.  You are usually the most unnoticeable 
> person in the band, strings cost much more, equipment is heavier, bass 
> necks warp more and everyone wants you to turn down
>
> chris
>
>> From: "Pat Tofield" <pat at latenitelabs.com>
>> Reply-To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)" 
>> <gathering at misera.net>
>> To: "'A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)'" 
>> <gathering at misera.net>
>> Subject: RE: [kj] OT - Bass play
>> Date: Sun, 15 May 2005 10:19:21 +0200
>>
>> It can sound great IF you play higher up the neck to compliment the
>> doubling of the lows and have a reasonable amp / speaker system to play
>> it through. (by reasonable I mean big!)
>>
>> Also the music has to have 'space' for the effect because it can get
>> lost in the mix easily. It's usually a good idea to run the effect
>> output through a separate channel of a mixer so that it can be tweaked
>> to bring it out a little better.
>>
>> I would steer clear of cheaper octave dividers as they usually sound
>> dreadful - imagine farting in mud and you'll get the idea!
>>
>> Cheers
>> Pat
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net]
>> On Behalf Of sade1
>> Sent: Sunday, May 15, 2005 8:31 AM
>> To: real gathering
>> Subject: [kj] OT - Bass play
>>
>> Anyone play bass? Raven around..? Youth.....?
>>   I'm curious as to how a bass guitar would sound if an Octave
>> pedal were used and played an entire octave lower? What's a good
>> cheapie-brand(Boss?)?
>>  Can you even hear it, or do we enter the subsonic realm of
>> whale-calls?
>>   I actually have two basses and was gonna combine'em - one
>> normal, one low (dropped an octave), and see if it's worth it.
>>
>>
>>
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