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Topic: Fender BASSMAN® 100T with E9 PSG |
Gary Reed
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Jacek Jakubek
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Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
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Posted 23 Aug 2019 5:36 am |
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I have not tried that particular model of bass amp but I can't see how you can go wrong with it. I play steel through a Traynor tube bass amp sometimes and it sounds good. It will probably sound good even if you don't have extended low range strings on your E9th steel.
Gary, I'm curious about the diagram in your photo, is that some kind of song writing formula? Looks interesting. |
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Gary Reed
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Posted 23 Aug 2019 5:32 pm
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Hi Jacek,
The Nashville Notation/Number System can be search for on this forum and you will find a treasure of information.
Basically it’s an easy system for musicians to use that are called upon to change to different key of the same song at a moments notice.
The arrows depict acceptable travel paths to a chord when looking for ideas.
Heres the Nashville Notation/Number Sys. With C
C Scale Chords :
C Dm Em F G Am Bdim
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Some use below:
1 2m 3m 4 5 6m 7dim
Apply this to any major scale
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Jacek Jakubek
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Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
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Posted 24 Aug 2019 1:56 am
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Thanks, Gary
I knew about the Nashville number system (your description is great an concise), but I haven't seen it written like that showing the arrows going to the different chords. It might be something worthwhile to play around with, I will have to print out the diagram.
Thanks for the larger size image.
As for the bass amps, check out Traynor bass amps. They probably sound just as good as the Fender you are asking about but not as costly. If I'd be looking for a new amp I'd get one of the new Traynor tube bass amps (they also make head/extension cab versions.) |
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Ian Rae
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Redditch, England
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Posted 24 Aug 2019 3:11 am
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I have often wondered why bass amps are good for steel - it seems to be generally accepted without any explanation.
It may be because when we play chords on steel we generate a bunch of difference tones which we're not aware of musically but which are all at frequencies below the notes we're playing. A bass amp will handle these better with clean sustain that a regular guitar amp.
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