Fodera Monarch Elite - Invisible City

[Kuuuks]

Very Low action giving you a lot of fret buzz...

[TheKaappari]

Foderas have such lovely woody tone. I used to think they were thin sounding but i have grown to love them

[Sheepbend]

Not just on this but the Ken as well.

[Sheepbend]

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

[GBagley]

@Sheepbend - Roundwound. They're Thomastik Infeld Jazz Rounds (on both basses). Thanks!

[ThoughtPatternss]

Have you thought of transcribing Coltrane leads and the like on bass? That would be amazing.

[GBagley]

@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...

[mrfreezebass]

I used to own this bass, such an amazing tone. Sure was heavy, but worth it. Is it still tenored?

[GBagley]

@mrfreezebass - Yes! It's super heavy, but it contributes to the awesome tone, so it's definitely worth it :)

[GBagley]

@mrfreezebass - It was B-G when I got it, and I strung it E-C. Had it that way (8 months-ish) up until recently when I re-strung to B-G.

[mrfreezebass]

@GBagley One those, "I wish I had never sold that bass" situations. Ah well, glad its still making great music. Sounds great!

[abshmusic]

The Stambaugh custom bass, wich you do not have anymore, is much better.

[rage1331]

@abshmusic In your opinion maybe. Don't you think the user of the bass would know what he likes best? And besides, a Fodera Monarch Elite is a pretty awesome bass.

[abshmusic]

@rage1331 Yeah. Perhaps the Stambaugh is the coolest bass I have ever heard.

[GBagley]

@abshmusic - mmmm....disagree.

[HandofMisery]

Can you play any Jeroen Paul Thesseling stuff, or the like?

[GBagley]

@HandofMisery - Hadn't heard of him. Outside of a handful of my favorites, I actually don't listen to or play a whole lot of Metal.

[HandofMisery]

@GBagley He does a lot of fretless stuff, he's a wonderful player.

[Sheepbend]

@GBagley Who are you'r favorites?



[oskrmnss]

So... have that fodera active pickups? or passive?

[Puccinoxmo]

Really nice bass !!

[Wierdoinc]

invisible cities are very impractical because you can't find the restrooms

[TheMedicMac]

I'm the best!

[Romans10Verse9]

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

[GBagley]

@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.

[Romans10Verse9]

@GBagley

Excellent man, I've actually checked that vid a couple times. Your tone is deadly! keep rockin my brother :)

[zekuhryuh]

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!

[GBagley]

@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.

[DiFFicult0CURE]

I love the new Fodera! Your playing teaches me something new everytime. Btw, you sure are an Apple fanboy eh? :P

[GBagley]

@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 ;)

[MrPokeahole]

Wowwwwwwwwwwww. That was amazing.

[Vik1786]

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

[GBagley]

@Vik1786 - Back in June, yeah. I did a couple other videos with it. It's an amazing bass!

[oskrmnss]

has ur bass magnetic or non magnetic pickups?



[jaj145]

@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.

[oskrmnss]

@jaj145 thanks man, thats what i tried to ask, i speak spanish... so i didnt know how to ask if the pickups are active thanks a lot :D

[MrShway88]

I want to see ur face

[GBagley]

@MrShway88 - Maybe you should watch some of my other videos then ;)

[abshmusic]

Finally...

[nicorbit]

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 ;-)

[imakedookie]

because of you i now love major 7s. and sharp 4s. :)

[GBagley]

@imakedookie - Yes! Minor 2s are cool too.

[supermanakasean]

can you play all the small things

[GBagley]

@supermanakasean - No. It's too hard.

[yhtomitalmighty]

@GBagley lol @ the guy that wanted you to play all the small things! congratulations on the new fodera!

[MazzeoLucho]

what do you think about the macbook pro for recording ?

[GBagley]

@MazzeoLucho - I love my macbook pro. Does great for recording.

[MazzeoLucho]

@GBagley can i record like you with a 13" Macbook pro with an Intel HD 3000 graphics card ?

[HandofMisery]

@MazzeoLucho You should do fine, but don't expect anything amazing from the HD 3000.

[GBagley]

@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.