Some improvised bass solo stuff, based on a theme. Freshly strung with TI jazz rounds, played through my Phil Jones Briefcase. Recorded in HD on my iPhone 4S (first video with it, wooo!)
@ThoughtPatternss - I worked on the solo to Giant Steps for a while actually. Got about 10 seconds in (which seems short, but it's a lot of notes!) and then gave up. I've done parts of some other Coltrane solos too. Spiral. His solo to Mr. PC is probably my all time favorite sax solo. I tend to have too short an attention span to transcribe a full solo though...
@Romans10Verse9 - No, just recording audio from the iPhone's mic here. If you want to hear this bass line-in, check out my vid '88 Fodera Monarch Elite - Bass Quickie' -- Most of my other videos (with other basses) are recorded line-in.
@oskrmnss all pickups are magnetic. they "pick up" the vibrations from the string and turn them into electric signals that the amplifier can then amplify. whether the pickups are active, which means they run on batteries, is a different question.
@MazzeoLucho - I guess (although you're asking this on a video that I recorded on an iPhone?). I don't think the graphics card really matters (I have no idea what I have...) -- the camera/optics quality is what matters, and the Macbook Pro webcams will be the same as what I have.
@zekuhryuh - Yes and yes. I'm really impressed with this camera! Even the front facing camera (which I think is still VGA?) seems better than my EVO, which was 1.3mp. And the audio quality is fantastic. If you're purely recording audio (TapeMachine app on android, or FiRe app on iPhone), the quality is about the same, but for whatever reason, when you're recording a video on android the audio is much more compressed and crummy.
Just wondering. Are you using flatwound or roundwound? And I just wanna say I love you'r video's and I look forward to them all. Take care and Merry Christmas - Gavin
Isn't it beautiful when your bass as such an infinite sustain that you end up turning the knob to "shut her up" ? ^^ I play a Fame Baphomet NTB 5 (EADGC) and while neither my bass nor my skills are anywhere comparable to that which is featured here, I now know the joy playing a nice instrument brings... so I suspect you enjoyed yourself ;-)
Not to completely go off topic from your great playing, but this was taken with an iPhone 4S? Dangit, got to get myself one of those... Is the audio also from the iPhone? If so, then it also has great sound recording!
Dude did you buy a fodera =??? Awesomeee i really enjoy your playing ! and what better companion that a great bass you know i got into listening Mshell ngdeocello after listening to your cover a few years ago and now i can tell you that im a better bassist as a result of expanding my musical library so thanks dude
Metallica, Dream Theater, Opeth, Iced Earth, Sabbath, Ozzy, Mudvayne, Buckethead, Queensryche, Sonata Arctica, System of a Down, Voivod, Tool. I think those are the main ones...
That fodera is beautiful man, as is your playing. You aren't using a line-in here are you? If not, have you ever considered using one? I would Love to hear the "true" sound of that bass
@DiFFicult0CURE - I wouldn't call myself a fanboy. I just like Apple products. They have excellent designs and I'm attracted to the tight integration between apple products. I'm a geek, so I have plenty of non-apple gadgets too ;)
