List of Bass players

Yeah, Noel Redding played for Jimi Hendrix. Hell, even Hendrix himself was known to session with the bass. He was quoted as saying he enjoyed bass almost on par with guitar. Rather interesting !
 
I don't think prince was a bass player either y'know? I could be wrong, but i remember his bass player being female. :lol:
 
I believe her name is Rhonda Smith. She also played in the Martin Short show band. One of my favorite groovers all-time.
 
reyrey said:
eddie van halen is not a bass player,his bassist is michael anthony
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Yeah bro. u r right. it's michael anthony. Saw this guy who did some tapping stuff and thought he is eddie van halen.

There is 2 other female bass players. Meshell Ndegeocello and Mcdivnity
 
just an honest opinion ben, no offense.

please get your facts straight, your info right.
the compressor does NOT even out the frequency. where in the world did u get that info from? and saying it balances the output is really misleading, it is NOT a rack effect that's called a compressor/enhancer. yes i'm a little technical here.

quote: "Give it a try and you will be surprised that you sound much better with a compressor on. Those without compressor can sound slightly muddy sometimes when you try to play fast."

you will sound muddier with a compressor ON. what you need is a good EQ. also, you will not sound BETTER with a compressor ON, unless you know how to set it to your playing style. this is very misleading to many bassists out there who are starting off and learning how to use their fingers to get a nice tone.

also, your last paragraph in the compression entry was... horribly out of place. nvm.

like what the other softies said, many of the players you quoted are not neccessarily bass plays, or bass players that have accessible recordings. maybe prince picked up the bass a few times, but where can i find those recordings?

quote: "Octave - Interval that composed of 12 frets" misleading. interval of 12 semitones.

quote: "Pentatonic - 5 notes within a scale" misleading. scale that is made up of 5 notes.

quote: "Mute - To muffle or lightly touch the strings (Ghost note)" ghost notes should not be associated with muting. misleading.

quote: "Tap - Hold the notes on the fretboard" huh? i hold the notes with my left hand but no sound come out. how?

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i brought this up because i noticed that a lot of young softies look up to you for knowledge and information, and i feel that what you have been posting may lead them down the wrong path and prove to be a hazard for their musical journey. (i further advice you to improve on the language if you'd like to teach through a blog, incorrect grammar can change a lot of meanings or prove confusing to people reading the articles).

I also noticed that you jump here and there on your "internet bass lessons". this is very misleading to people who are self-learning as they may lack the basics required to advance. for example, it is commonly known that many bass teachers refuse to teach slap technique to students in the early stages, even when the student begs for a slap lesson. this is because the slap technique takes time to perfect, and requires the basic techniques on bass such as right hand dexterity and left hand control (of ghost notes and such). i am personally glad that none of my mentors in the past encouraged me to learn how to slap, even tho they did so very well and could have easily given me quick lessons on the technique. further more, your influences include a lot of high rollers that play complicated basslines, bass riffs as well as bass walking. but i've never seen you play the bass.

i hope you respond to this with care and that no one takes offense to all that i have said, i'm sorry if this post is a little harsh but please take it as a critique.
 
If you set your compressor settings (particularly attack and ratio) properly, you can get punchy sounds.
And punchy sounds tend to "sound better". But of course that is subjective. A punchy sound can make you appear to sound less muddy, especially if the signal is very hot, since the transients come through at very high levels, while the following signal is squashed.
I don't know, maybe that was what ben was reffering to...
 
hey, nice to see you posting =)

yeah u got that right, compressors can bring out the punch. however, i'm wondering why ben did not stress on which compressor to use to get that tone, and how to do the settings. i use a very traditional compressor, the MXR DYNA COMP, and it is somewhat incapable of doing such a thing as the attack and release settings are not tweakable. furthermore, the dyna comp is inexpensive and proves to serve the main purpose as a compressor, hence many musicians out there may be using similar products.

my main concern is that ben's articles are misleading, not WRONG. yes they are helpful, but there are many helpful bass sites out there, i prefer to quote my friends a webpage when they are enquiring on the big picture of, e.g. compression, instead of spewing what i can remember. this is because a full webpage has lots of info and all the ORs the IFs and the ELSEs, but i may forget facts, JUST like how godchuanz pointed out that ben may have refered to that particular compressor setting, and i totally overlooked it.

get my jist?
 
The intentions are right, and I commend you for that , Ben. Must one must remember, "The Road to Hell is Paved With Good Intentions" .

I'm sure after some brushing up on facts, and getting a detailed and concise lesson plan for the bass lessons, your site would prove to be a much more comprehensive and educational bass site.

Keep up the good work and keep on improving :wink:
 
The Van Halen bass player is (or was) Michael Anthony but Eddie is known to have played bass on the majority of tracks since Sammy Hagar left. He also played bass on some tracks for Steve Lukather's solo stuff too.

Currently the Van Halen bass player is, according to Eddie anyway, his son Wolfgang.
 
Ben tried to explain the "compressor" terms as best as he could as a musician.
Looking it from a sound man's point of view, he would have failed in his explaination, but most musicians don't even know how to describe a compressor. Using wierd terms like "squashing" or mixing up limiters and compressors. I have re-explained the terms of a compressor and I a bit sian to re-explain. However, I will try my best to elborate in simple terms.
Signal Processor: Compressor
Threshold: Level which the compressor acts.
Attack: Speed at which the compressor reacts once the signal crosses the threshold..
Release: Amt of time taken for compresion to stop once the signal crosses under the threshold.
Ratio: Sets the gain reduction once the signal crosses the threshold level
EG: (2:1)An increase in 2db will be reduced TO 1db.
(3:1) An increase in 9db will be reduced TO 3db.
Knee: Soft/Hard. Controls the character of the compression near the threshold(sudden fast or gradual slow transition)
Peak/RMS: Controls whether the compresion will be peak or RMS(average)style.
Output: Sets output level to compensate for any loss in volume during compression

A limiter however, just has a higher threshold and is used for speaker protection to prevent loud "pops" or power surges that may damage the speakers.
 
Now what a compressor can do.
It reduces dynamic(loud to soft)range.
Hence the more noticable softer note, and the compressed louder note.
Punchy settings are typically a slower attack, short release.A ratio of up to 4.
Depending on your input, your threshold level has to be set properly( not when the signal has reached its highest peak)more like 3/4.
More substain is simply adjusting a longer release time so that the signal is "held on" once the signal drops below the threshold.
 
rylche said:
The intentions are right, and I commend you for that , Ben. Must one must remember, "The Road to Hell is Paved With Good Intentions" .

I'm sure after some brushing up on facts, and getting a detailed and concise lesson plan for the bass lessons, your site would prove to be a much more comprehensive and educational bass site.

Keep up the good work and keep on improving :wink:
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Hi, thanks for your encouragement. Much better than the rest.
Btw that is one of the reason why I wrote on my blog instead of posting at SOFT as this is wat i feel about the compressor.

Since there are so many more technical people around and no one is writing, so I start the ball rolling and as we go through, we can fine tune and learn.

Dun think it is necessary to pull any one down lah.

Agreed with the grammar part but of cos if i could I will write better. Note that I am not earning $$$ from writing this blog just an interest thingy.

Btw If anyone notice, I was posting abt list of bass players (and I amended eddie van halen with michael ) and not ask you guys to read on wat I wrote abt compressor. i.e the intention is not to share abt compressor but I happen to write abt it from my understanding.

I am not writing as a professional writer nor journalist. Hope to clarify this point.

I still glad that some people are encouraging but not all
 
I have nvr intended to make it from beginner to adavcne . Just what i feel , I will write. Thanks so much for your supports.

Btw I don't agreed that a bass player should reach certain level before teaching how to slap. Beginners can know the idea behind it as well.
For me, It is a blog to tell people what are the techniques available and the basic concept. You shd not limit a person to learn a certain technique as it can serve to motivate them to find out more abt bass playing. (even basic instructional video touch on slap)

I believe there are many gd bass players here but pls do more to educate. You learn from your teachers then share it. think like Open source.

Of cos I also encourage that new players to get material from books, DVD or get a good teacher.

I agreed that there are much more website that provide gd and better lessons. I'm not trying to take over or out do them. Hope you guys can see that it is an interest and I am fine tuning as well.

And I am writing on my own blog to my understanding. Nothing in the web is truly 100% accurate although I will try.

Since you guys are better atexplaining and playing the bass, why not take up the role to share? Selfish? or only know how to talk?
Truth is even for some teachers here, they dun dare to teach too much, afraid that their students will outshine them. Think abt wat i said lah.

for compressor can check out wat billy sheehan said.

Not offended lah.. just disappointed with pple who talk more than do.

Cheers
 
benjso28 said:
I believe there are many gd bass players here but pls do more to educate. You learn from your teachers then share it. think like Open source.
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Maybe they are just quiet.

benjso28 said:
Since you guys are better atexplaining and playing the bass, why not take up the role to share? Selfish? or only know how to talk?
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i think its because they are just quiet.

benjso28 said:
still glad that some people are encouraging but not all
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Again, you forgot about the quiet ones! :(
 
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