Hi! I got a couple of questions from one of my readers and thought I share my answers with you! The questions are about right and left hand techniques. Here’s basically my take on that. Feel free to comment (below the post) or send an email about this or other topics to ubasslessons@gmail.com Right handFortsätt läsa ”[Q & A: Playing Technique] Right and Left Hand Playing Techniques”
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[Rehearsal Report] Jammin’ with my Kala UBass | Blues: ”Long time no PLAY”
Hi! Yeah! Finally I have once again played with my old friend Mattias Pettersson! We started to play back in the late 90s. We had blues bands and played in the rhythm section in a small big band. Later on we had a band playing a lot of jam based music. I guess it mustFortsätt läsa ”[Rehearsal Report] Jammin’ with my Kala UBass | Blues: ”Long time no PLAY””
[Studio Report] – Record the UBass using mics! – Part 2
Hi! Time for part 2! Ok. Let’s listen to, and talk about, four of the five microphones I talked about in the previous post. I will let you make up your own minds what microphone you like the best. But I have my favourite 🙂 What microphone you prefer can depend on quite a fewFortsätt läsa ”[Studio Report] – Record the UBass using mics! – Part 2”
[Studio Report] – Record the UBass using mics! – Part 1
Hi! I’m trying out new ways to record the UBass. Up until now I have used only the DI in my Headway Preamp into my Universal Audio Twin-Finity 710 (tube/solid state) preamp or my Fishman preamp into the same UA preamp. Recently I started to put a mic on the speaker cabinet (different ones dependingFortsätt läsa ”[Studio Report] – Record the UBass using mics! – Part 1”
[Studio Report] CD project: ”Speaking UBass!?”
[Studio Report] Duo Recording with Nelson Faria
Hi! This Tuesday [April 24] morning I recorded with the great Nelson Faria. Read about him here and at [www.nelsonfaria.com/music] I will post some ”audio/video-snippets” from the recording but we’ll start with a couple of pics 🙂 Please note that I recorded the UBass both direct (from my Headway EDB-1, see this post) andFortsätt läsa ”[Studio Report] Duo Recording with Nelson Faria”
Ubass Preamp ‘Shoot Out’! – part 1
Hi! Well ‘shoot out’ might not be the best description since I’m only testing three different models but it’s kinda catchy don’t you think 🙂 I have written about preamps before in earlier posts but haven’t really done any serious comparisons sound and feature vise. These are the ‘contenders’: – Fishman Model B Bass PreampFortsätt läsa ”Ubass Preamp ‘Shoot Out’! – part 1”
Jammin’ with my Kala UBass | 14 ”When You Wish Upon A Star”
Hi! This time my UBass has to wait until mid song to appear (and be heard)! This is our version of a great arrangement of the Disney classic ”When you wish upon a star” (from the movie Pinocchio) that Swedish jazz guitarist Ulf Wakenius and Swedish trombonist Nils Landgren did on the CD ”Christmas withFortsätt läsa ”Jammin’ with my Kala UBass | 14 ”When You Wish Upon A Star””
A new great post about playubass @ ubassappreciation!
Thanks to my friends at UBass Appreciation for your latest blog post about this blog! http://ubassappreciation.wordpress.com/2012/01/06/a-must-read-blog Stay tuned for more blog posts soon… /Magnus
Q&A: Playing Fretless UBass? Here’s some tips for you!
Hi! I got a question about my view on playing in (or out of) tune on the fretless UBass. I decided to share my answer with all of you. Q: Do you find that you’re fingering in between frets rather than directly on the fretline like you would with a regular fretless bass? A: SorryFortsätt läsa ”Q&A: Playing Fretless UBass? Here’s some tips for you!”
Play UBass! 