Going Back To A 4-String For Some Of The New Album

[andrewberkemeyer]

See you at Birdland tomorrow! I'm so pumped!

[thepartimemusician]

High action is where the tone is i agree Janek. you are the MAN on the Bass for me, i play guitar, now studying Jazz heavily .
Always have your podcast in background for inspiration. Thanks dude.

[gcvrsa]

When it comes to instruments, I definitely don't ever want to have more than 2 instruments that are alike, and the second one really only for backup purposes if I were on tour, which I personally really don't do (although I'd like to). At home and around town, I definitely want more than one instrument, but I don't want my instruments to be all the same. One of each type is enough—which for me means one fretless StingRay (currently my main instrument), one fretted StingRay, one fretless Jazz V, one fretted Jazz V (formerly my main instrument), and I'm thinking of maybe the NS Design Radius 6, one fretted and one fretless, of course. I definitely agree that a different instrument with a fundamentally different feel and sound and setup is a good thing to break out of ruts and challenge you to break new ground, as well as cover genres you might not usually play, but which are essential to maintaining one's flexibility as an artist.

[christophercheney]

That new Vital Information record is effing dope! Nice work fellas! My basses, aside from my 12 string, are low actionish,

[KyleS.]

That's interesting that you talked about losing your calluses when playing on nickel strings. I've never been able to build up a good callus on my right hand ring finger (I aspire to play metal fingerstyle like Alex Webster and Steve Di Giorgio), and I wonder if my using nickel strings has anything to do with it. Maybe I'll have to finally give steels a try.

[Dax_Smith]

Hope you’re having a killer tour. Did your pedal board change at all from the west tour to the east tour? How high is your high action? Curious if the measurement. It seems subjective. I could hand my bass to someone and they would think it’s low and a different player would say it’s high.

[iksajotien]

Yo Janek, you said a few words in the material about bouncking back from lack of inspiration and motivation about how you approach writing the musi for new album, how you write for the specific musicians and how the material should fit them. Do you plan to record an episode when you will talk more about your inspirations? I guess ideas for compositions can come from different places, not only music. I'd love to listen more about you as a composer!

[jakobthyness]

Interesting comments about the Bass Safe. I used to have one, but finding a gig bag that would actually fit inside was really difficult. it’s far too small, and the shape is not great. It should work with the majority of decent gig bags, instead of requiring you to scour the net for one small enough to fit inside. And as you mentioned, the buckle closure is really flimsy. It’s a briliant idea, poorly executed. I sold mine during the pandemic, but if SKB redesigned it to actually work, I’d get a new one in a heartbeat.

[jar]

First four notes played were from James Bond theme…! Ok send me the secret mystery prize.

[cfibb]

What scale is that bass, Janek? Do you know if Mattisson does 32" or 30" scale basses?

[DeepThought]

well maybe low action is bs af... but shouldn't we be able to control our self? I'm just thinking
it's dynamic of our sound, we must be able to be HUGE and small, and I think it depends on circumstances! should we really be dynamically different all the time? just asking

[gcvrsa]

I'm happy to be part of the 0.3% of women watching this channel, but hopefully you will do more to attract women to your channel.