U2start.com | U2 & Guitar Gear: Q & A

Originally posted by thechicken:[..]
With that money(700) you could get a delay around here or an overdrive, not both.
In the US maybe you could get both.
Yeah, as you said, the multi effects you be probably better for you. I think it really comes down to how good you want the sounds to be. It is not that the multi is bad, it is just that the individual units are USUALLY better.

Thank y'all for the help, I´ll get a ulti effect 'cause that´s what fits in my pocket and I realised I´m not that good yet

... Once again, thanx you were very helpful

anstratdubh1979

15 years

If you have the "It Might Get Loud" DVD, you will learn something fun...

In the film there is a picture of the window of Stuyvesant Music Inc. In that picture of the store window, you see an Explorer bass.

But it then cut to a show of INSIDE a guitar store. In that picture of inside of a guitar store is actually inside of Stuyvesant. THAT Explorer shown hanging on the wall in the picture is apparently the exact Explorer that The Edge bought.

The IMGL producers and director mention that they saw the picture of the receipt in U2 By U2. They found the owner of the now closed store. The owner said that he took pictures every week of what was on the wall to keep records. He looked at the picture of Edge's receipt, went to his files and produced that picture for the Director/Producers of IMGL.

So that is sort of cool/sort of fun.

anstratdubh1979

15 years

BELOW is the promo picture for the new Warwick Adam Clayton Reverso Signature bass guitar. There are a few places in europe taking orders now. Pricey but nice! It's around 6,000 Euros - YIKES!

Just thought the Adam fans would like to see the piccy.

Details on the bass:
[LIST]
[*]Warwick Adam Clayton Signature Reverso E-Bass
[*]Signature Bass
[*]Mahogany Body
[*]3/9" Quilted AAAA Maple top
[*]Flamed Maple with Ekanga Veneer stripes
[*]Tigerstripe Ebony Fretboard
[*]24 Frets
[*]Scale 864mm Long Scale
[*]Nut width 36,5mm
[*]1 x MEC P active Pickup
[*]Warwick 2pcs. Bridge
[*]Finish Natural Satin
[*]incl. Rockcase and Adam Clayton Signature.
[/LIST]

LikeASong

15 years

Originally posted by thechicken:As far as I am aware, when you have something like Em/D, it means that it is a regular Em chord, with D as the bass note, or if you prefer, with the D as the lower note of the chord. According to this diagram, this is not what is happening.
A good example would be like:
A regular C major chord:
C(with C as the lower note):
x 3 2 0 1 0
x C E G C E
^
Now, a C/G(with G as the lower note):
3 3 2 0 1 0
G C E G C E
^

Hope it is clear.

Yes, yes, it's clear and ok. But try to imagine (with standard eBGDAE tuning) a Em/D (with a D note on the bass): since the D is on the 10th fret of the E string, that means that you can also play it on the 5th fret of the A string... which, as you will probably know, means the same as playing the D string open

......Em/D............Em/D...............Em/D...........
e----0--------------0---------------0--------
B----0--------------0---------------0---------
G----0--------------0---------------0---------
D----0--------------0---------------0---------
A----2--------------5---------------2---------
E----10-------------0---------------0----------

The underlined, italic and bold Zero, 0 (=the D string played open), is the lowest D you can achieve with standard tuning. Therefore, saying Em/D is as right as saying Em7, since (in this case) they are equivalent chords.

PS. A better way to play both the Em7 or the Em/D, in order to add some extra depth and interest to the chord, is playing it like EADGBE = 020030, with the B string pushed on 3rd fret. I always do it like that, moreover it's a fantastic fingering if you're doing a Em7>>G progression

thechicken

15 years

Originally posted by LikeASong:[..]Yes, yes, it's clear and ok. But try to imagine (with standard eBGDAE tuning) a Em/D (with a D note on the bass): since the D is on the 10th fret of the E string, that means that you can also play it on the 5th fret of the A string... which, as you will probably know, means the same as playing the D string open

......Em/D............Em/D...............Em/D...........
e----0--------------0---------------0--------
B----0--------------0---------------0---------
G----0--------------0---------------0---------
D----0--------------0---------------0[/i][/b]---------
A----2--------------5---------------2---------
E----10-------------0---------------0----------

The underlined, italic and bold Zero, 0[/s][/i][/b] (=the D string played open), is the lowest D you can achieve with standard tuning. Therefore, saying Em/D is as right as saying Em7, since (in this case) they are equivalent chords.

PS. A better way to play both the Em7 or the Em/D, in order to add some extra depth and interest to the chord, is playing it like EADGBE = 020030, with the B string pushed on 3rd fret. I always do it like that, moreover it's a fantastic fingering if you're doing a Em7>>G progression

Very true, except that is wouldn't be a Em/D. If you wanted to make such chord, you would have to move the other notes up an octave, in a way that the open string D would be the lowest note.
If the D is not the lowest not, then the chord is not a Em/D.

scotto

15 years

Originally posted by anstratdubh1979:BELOW is the promo picture for the new Warwick Adam Clayton Reverso Signature bass guitar. There are a few places in europe taking orders now. Pricey but nice! It's around 6,000 Euros - YIKES!

Just thought the Adam fans would like to see the piccy.

[image]

Details on the bass:
[LIST]
[*]Warwick Adam Clayton Signature Reverso E-Bass
[*]Signature Bass
[*]Mahogany Body
[*]3/9" Quilted AAAA Maple top
[*]Flamed Maple with Ekanga Veneer stripes
[*]Tigerstripe Ebony Fretboard
[*]24 Frets
[*]Scale 864mm Long Scale
[*]Nut width 36,5mm
[*]1 x MEC P active Pickup
[*]Warwick 2pcs. Bridge
[*]Finish Natural Satin
[*]incl. Rockcase and Adam Clayton Signature.
[/LIST]

I love Adams playing,tone and stage presence but that bass is ugly.They certainly won't sell very many with the price and looks of it.I also think the tone he gets with his Precisions and Jazz basses are alot better.

LikeASong

15 years

Originally posted by thechicken:Very true, except that is wouldn't be a Em/D. If you wanted to make such chord, you would have to move the other notes up an octave, in a way that the open string D would be the lowest note.
If the D is not the lowest not, then the chord is not a Em/D.

That's what I meant with "with standard tuning, the open D is the lowest D you can achieve"... But ok, then we agree... partially. There's always the discussion about if a " X / Y" chord means that Y should be the bass, or simply an added note. I support the second idea, because sometimes you simply can't hit some notes without changing your tuning (or moving 12 frets up, as you said); for example, there's a spanish song which features a chord called G#m/F#, which obviously you can't play with the F# as the lowest note; the fingering for that chord is the following (EADGBe) : 4 6 6 4 7 4
There, the F# is added on the B string, on the 7th fret. You barre the 4th fret with the index finger, hit the 6th and 6th frets with the middle fingers, and the 7th fret with the pinky. It's hard but it's the only way to do it right.

This is a bit confusing but I hope you got me

The /X doesn't have to be the lowest note of the chord!! (in my opinion)

WojBhoy

15 years

All this theory...I just like playing what sounds good =P

I've been playing a fair bit of acoustic stuff using the open E tuning Edge uses for Stuck In A Moment on the 360 tour recently, lot of fun even for a fairly simple idea. Just thought you should all know!

thechicken

15 years

Originally posted by scotto:[..]

I love Adams playing,tone and stage presence but that bass is ugly.They certainly won't sell very many with the price and looks of it.I also think the tone he gets with his Precisions and Jazz basses are alot better.

You have said it all...bring back the jazzes!!

haytrain

15 years

Originally posted by WojBhoy:All this theory...I just like playing what sounds good =P

I've been playing a fair bit of acoustic stuff using the open E tuning Edge uses for Stuck In A Moment on the 360 tour recently, lot of fun even for a fairly simple idea. Just thought you should all know!

I've been playing it in standard....what's he tune in for the show?

anstratdubh1979

15 years