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[quote name='lowdown' timestamp='1449855813' post='2927601'] [media]http://youtu.be/UbkqE4fpvdI[/media] [media]http://youtu.be/TgntkGc5iBo[/media] [/quote] That's just aimless chicken noodling...

2018 - Wembley area.... Rush (featuring Mike Portnoy handling touring duties) Peart will be on the album of new material.... Portnoy will be the hired-gun 'Chester Thompson' for the tour. Peart will go on record wishing him well and giving him his blessing. Maybe even appearing in an ironic concert video waving off G&A... No-one will give a stuff about the new material, giving it a polite clap for it getting them all back in the studio... But the place will erupt as the opening legato lick of 'Spirit...' is played... Basschatters will grumble over lack of Rick and G's voice....

[quote name='Bassjon' timestamp='1449521390' post='2924362'] I listened to a Jaco live solo once. I didn't understand it. There was no time signature, it was just random runs with a couple of harmonics on the end. Then waiting for a few seconds then doing it again ..... and again. [/quote] Yes - much as I love his music I recognise this... his solo in on the live video of 'Shadows and Light' is like this - unsettled and neurotic. Might be the coke.... but his earlier work testify to his ability to play beautiful arrangements and parts, as well as inhuman stamina on super-fast grooves....

John Rutsey, "at last!"... * rubs hands together.... *

Real deal for me too. four sides to Jaco for me: Solo - highlights: Eponymous and 'Word of Mouth' Weather Report - highlights: 'Heavy Weather', couple of track from 'Black Market' and I've always enjoyed their 2nd eponymous too Joni - highlights: 'Heijra' - sublime and the others too, live album 'Shadows and Light' is great Sideman - highlights: Pat Metheny's 'Bright Size Life' But the last category along with his unofficial solo output deteriorated rapidly as he succumbed to substance abuse and bi-polar so don't let this sad end overshadow his earlier tour-de-force output....

Agree with the general awesomeness of Relayer - TGOD and Squire's lines within it.... but (gasp) the production is not as good as say, ;'Fragile' so it makes some of lines a little hard to hear with all the rest of it going on!

Basschat, Of the new niche of home hi-fi bluetooth multi-amps (including bass obviously), which is the best? Blackstar is half the price of the Ashdown... And the Ashdown seems to be limited in its availability.... i.e. it's not but let's go with the idea... Anyone in the industry had any experience yet? visog

Love the song... video is a bit Mighty Boosh at the end...?

I'd go with the sound advise presented above... go to the Bass Gallery and try a few different ones out... Sei, Overwater and AC are awesome. The scale IMO is not very important... but the string tension is... so make sure you're aware of what you're playing if you like it (scale length x string gauge). You don't need to spend £4.5 to get a great bass. You just need to have the patience to try a few to see what suits you. All the names suggested are good. I'd add Goodfellow, who I can testify to, make great 5's where the B becomes part of the whole and can be played all up the neck without a difference in tone to the other strings. Bare this in mind when you play 5's which have a good natural 'b' but the fretted notes become 'flubby' up the neck.

So I'm hearing good things about Sire and of course there's the endorsement from Mr Miller himself. I've seen the other threads (about fretted) but wondered if anyone has tried or owns their fretless basses? How do the shape up? Sound? Playability? Anyone compared them to Squier's vintage modified fretless of a few years ago? visog

[quote name='CamdenRob' timestamp='1447919335' post='2911405'] This is very true... I picked up a Roscoe fretless sixer last week from the BC marketplace for a ridiculous price. [/quote] Good score... it may actually justify buying a top-quality fretless 6 like a Roscoe and getting it fretted and the nut done to turn it back into something usable for us mortals...

[quote name='Dazed' timestamp='1447857706' post='2910984'] It gets worse as I even think I'd like fretless!! Yours Doomed Up North. [/quote] Well you'll have the pick of the stock 'cause not many people want one and they end up cluttering up bass shops all over. Bargain hard and you could get quite a deal.

Yes legato here too. Just as the OP asked. Great for zipping round the neck or adding a fast lick or articulation. Here's Scott Devine's free lesson on the matter which is good: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKd0n4nn19c I'd be interested hear how any other BCers bring out the sound without great gobs of distortion ah la Billy Sheehan?

This is lovely BTW...

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1447621107' post='2909057'] Absolutely love Eberhard, have done for years, and pretty much everything on ECM records. Thanks for posting. [/quote] Just avoid L Shankar's 'The Epidemics' - worst use of talent ever! (L Shankar, Steve Vai & Percy Jones)

[quote name='BlueJazz' timestamp='1446381852' post='2898887'] Hi Guys, You might like to watch the video below. All the harmonic combinations possible were comprehensively codified by Slonimsky in his book, which you can find here: [url="http://www.u.arizona.edu/~gross/Slonimsky/Thesaurus.of.Scales.And.Melodic.Patterns.Nicolas.Slonimsky.pdf"]http://www.u.arizona...s.Slonimsky.pdf[/url] for free. The video below shows you how to make use of just one of these harmonic patterns for a 7b9 scale over a major dominant scale e.g. G7 Fascinating but a life's work of practicing and soloing Happy harmonising ... BlueJazz [color=#EAE2EE][font=Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=2][url="https://youtu.be/-Pr68duMGn4"][color=#EAE2EE]https://youtu.be/-Pr68duMGn4[/color][/url][/size][/font][/color] [/quote] Thanks for the PDF - been after this for ages. Can't see the link to the soloing application?

Oh man.... that is awesome. Glorious!

So the Ken Smith looks like a nice design but @ 1:35 we see a very nice single cut from the exotic and rare (on this side of the pond) Surine basses: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Vl_qn5-Qos

Shark pro-active (4-string, two hyperactive pick-ups)

...early teens bass players have more chops than you've ever had... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3w0JZpaHDz4 Tone's a bit middley though...

Yes - Hadrien who kicks things off is a monster! Played with Chic Corea's Vigil for a while as well as John McLaughlin. But he's the only one I know of... I'd recommend Eric Czar who does some amazing vid but not sure if he plays with anyone of note. visog

Remco Hendrix is in this vid too: http://basschat.co.uk/topic/268362-got-bass-chops/page__st__30 Scroll down for ep 2...

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I'll go Bruford and Squire in early Yes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqCD1iRVrRE And of course on 'Fish Out of Water'

So not pitch to midi and works for bass - any experience? £500 or so... Keith Lemon here demonstrating... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvzEVazR4Uo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anU7-MjnlQA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPHUyxsTVT0 And finally an Andertons vid from today using guitar but don't let that put you off... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKuixTNLe5A Experience and opinions welcome... visog