18 Apr

Bass, not boring

Posted by TimSmith in music, Opinion.

There’s an amusing collection of Top Ten Church Worship Lies over at Music Academy. While trying to keep within the spirit of the post (ie not taking life too seriously) I would like to stand up for all us bassists who would dearly love to employ more effects in our playing.

I’ve got a Zoom 506, not a great pedal (auto-hiss as standard according to one friend with some justifiction) but most of the time I use it just as a tuner, sometimes adding some octaver. It’s so old that Zoom don’t even have a page for it any more! Just a mention in the History section.

How I dearly want to use the distortion/flange effect I used on a recording in my band at Uni. Perhaps I’ll slip in some wahwah here and there and see if anyone notices.

Until then, I shall work on introducing the Ukulele.

2 Responses to this post.

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    Posted by Tim Bowdler on 18.04.10 at 9:31 pm

    Hello

    Sorry, I’m the guilty one. If you want you can also check out http://www.lieslieslies.net for more of my unreasonable rantings. Do apologise.

    Tim Bowdler

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    Posted by TimSmith on 18.04.10 at 9:31 pm

    No worries!
    I did try the distortion/flange and the bass synth patches at the music practice last Friday.
    Neither went down very well…..

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