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[quote name='silddx' timestamp='1329945710' post='1550285'] 2.28 - 2.32 is my favourite bass lick in this vid. It's a beautiful phrase over the music and a lovely way to come out of the solo. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjVGJ3YFDc8 [/quote] People are entitled to their musical opinion but damn, that chick can play!

Banks don't tend to do serious set up work for bass. Basic stuff like restrings and minor adjustments but if you're looking for anything beyond that then look for someone with experience of bass setups.

Just have to vent my excitement as the Missus is not interested at all! You can also feel free to not be interested lol. After months of admiring and years of narrowing down what I like in a bass, I think I might have finally found THE bass for me... So I bought it last night! 2006/7 Non-Export CIJ Fender '62 Reissue Jazz Bass from John at Far East Guitars. The man clearly knows his stuff and after emailing to enquire of its availability at 2pm yesterday, it took less than a couple of hours to complete payment and have the bass posted this morning for arrival (before noon) on Monday morning. I can't wait to get my hands on it! I can't remember ever being this excited about a new instrument I'm just chuffed that I've finally made a purchase based on research and trial & error, so hopefully my extensively informed decision will pay off and it'll be a keeper!

[quote name='Pete Academy' timestamp='1329990227' post='1550782'] Can you compare Alex James to Nathan east? Workmanlike? [/quote] Good point. Surely describing a bassist who has played a handful of gigs in the last decade and spends most of his time eating cheese as 'workman-like' is a tad insulting to pretty much every working musician out there!

[quote name='Gust0o' timestamp='1329934502' post='1550040'] It's a free sex competition. You just have to go and f*** yourself. :-( [/quote] And so the sound of slap bass was born.

[quote name='crez5150' timestamp='1329771837' post='1547178'] This is why I never go to see bands at the local boozers.... [/quote] And this is why I never worry about bills... Because although I don't always enjoy playing those gigs, it puts money in my pocket and that's the reason I joined a covers/club band...

Nope. Usually end up thinking 'I can't believe you lot are stupid enough to pay us to come and play songs you already heard 10000000000000000 times before, that are piss easy to play and let us come back every other month and pay us to play the same set again!'

Just heard through the grapevine that Chris May will soon be unveiling a new range of basses (thanks to the success of the tanglewaters/aspiration series) known as the Inspiration series. Apparently theyre going to bridge the gap between the £800 mark at the top of the aspiration series and the full Overwater price range. Whispers are that the range will be around the £1200-1500 mark. Anyone heard anything of this? Can any confirm or offer additional details?

Whilst I try to keep some original lines the same for authenticity, i can also understand why some bassists choose to do something totally different... It's hard to be creative and push things forward if you stick close to the original all the time. We as musicians also seem quite hypocritical about covers. If a covers band move away from the original it's seen as a sin, but if an established act decides to do a totally different cover of a song, everyone raves about how great it is. Why can't a covers band have that freedom too?

[quote name='risingson' timestamp='1329493303' post='1543358'] 9/10 drummers I know would hate this suggestion but it would certainly go some way to helping! [/quote] True, but similarly I hate having to rehearse in a box room with crap equipment/sound because it's cheaper but we all have to make sacrifices sometimd for the 'greater good'...

Make the drummer use hot rods for rehearsals. It'll decrease the volume of the drums whilst allowing for a realistic bounce, unlike brushes.

[quote name='Gust0o' timestamp='1329298803' post='1540110'] This means that, unbeknownst to the two of us, we have inadvertently met at some point! It's a small world, and all that. [/quote] I've only been working there since mid-December, so maybe not. If not, hopefully bump into you soon!

Nice to The Civil Wars picking up two Grammys. Outstanding act with genuine talent and great musicianship in their original material and the occassional cover.

[quote name='Gust0o' timestamp='1329258233' post='1539841'] Banks is on Lendal, next to where Jamie Oliver is opening his new restaurant. They won't have more from than a dozen basses in - mainly Ibanez, Fender and Epiphone. [/quote] Correct. At Banks we currently have the following; Fender - Marcus Miller Jazz, Mex Jazz, Mex Precision. Ibanez - SR1200 Hofner bass and a couple of acoustic basses. Couple of Squiers/budget Yamahas/Ibanez. I'm hoping when I'm not the 'new guy' I can start to try and get a better selection introduced! We do have a good range of Martin and Taylor acoustics. Also have a Gibson hummingbird, J200 and J45 and about 40 Gibson electrics and a collection of Fender guitars. If you just fancy a chat with a fellow basschatter, drop by Edit: Whilst my sentiment is genuine, I'm not in on Friday so won't be around to say hello :s

LEDs in a bass are like electronic tags for criminals. Probably not necessary but a great way for other people to know your a total tw@t and to stay well clear!

Try doing a bass version of a track from the Charlie Parker omnibook for bass clef. Arrange the chords and put the melody in too. That would show off skills as a player, reader and arranger and will be quite comfortably in the 'high standard' category

Tried them out as potential replacements for my Aggy GS112s and instantly found they didn't improve on the sound I loved from my GS112s... Real shame, because they are so well put together I really wanted them to be great. Unfortunately just weren't for me. Sounds like the same thing happened for you!

[quote name='molan' timestamp='1328534974' post='1528566'] Oops - gotta go, a man is at the door with a Fodera sized package under his arm. . . [/quote] Sounds more like he's giving you a Godin Semi

Got to be Dakota by Stereophonics. Just an INSANELY boring song from all aspects and even the crowd looks bored until the token 10 seconds of screaming 'you make feeeeeeel like the one!' 'kin awful song!

[quote name='velvetkevorkian' timestamp='1328286394' post='1525040'] It's not taking the easy way out. As ever, YMMV, but to dismiss it out of hand is stupid. It has advantages and disadvantages like every technique. I think there is a limit to how fast you can go with two fingers. For most people, it's not a problem since they don't need to go that fast. It also makes it easier to play faster for longer, since each finger does less work. I don't know what style or styles of music you play, but for bands I've been in it's important. [/quote] ive played in lots of genres but ive never NEEDED the technique... to me its like slap. its interesting and has its place, but not a technique that every bass player NEEDS to master.