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Yesshows > Yessongs if you ask me (I know you weren't but anyway)

Get Relayer if you want to hear something awesome Avoid Topographic Oceans. Well, maybe except one time.

All of them are none of John Entwistle, James Jamerson, Kim Gordon/Deal

Badly

He can be a bit careless in that respect.

7/15

Hah

12/15 (assuming you were right on the previous 11)

Yeah, of course. No sprinkles though.

11/15

You lot should get these no trouble. Inspired by calls that the Reverb quiz ( https://reverb.com/uk/news/quiz-can-you-name-the-bassist-by-the-bass ) that's recently resurfaced is too easy and doesn't rely on the player's actual bass for identification, I threw this together with some shonky photoshop skills based on recognisable bass guitars as much as possible, failing that their playing style should give it away. Insufferable bragging rights to the first person to get all 15, doubly so if you can name make/model for all the basses as well.

14. Turns out Kim Gordon and Kim Deal are different people

Yep I'd need 25 years to learn a Gentle Giant song.

Brilliant isn't it. As well as the aforementioned Gentles, there's also Jakko Jakszyk, Lee Pomeroy and probably a load of others I should recognise (as well the host of talented regular fans of course)

Do any of them start "Hey groovehacker"?

The following appeared in a recent Guitar World interview with the great Rocco Prestia from Tower Of Power: "Looking back over your 50-year career, do you have regrets? Sure—I should have involved myself more in the business and leadership side of TOP, instead of just going along for the ride. I might have gotten into writing sooner and helped with decisions on some of the directions we went in. I also should have learned to read music. Not being able to read handcuffed me drastically, because there’s so much work that can be had with that one skill. I gave up on it early; I just didn’t have the patience required, and then my career got underway. I’ll follow chord and even notated charts as best I can, but best for me is when someone calls out the changes." (https://www.guitarworld.com/features/rocco-prestia-looking-back-on-50-years-with-tower-of-power)

Now is the perfect opportunity to avoid tab and go straight to reading music. If I was to give one piece of advice to me starting out 100 years ago, it'd be try to avoid tab if poss. That and if your strap is twisted, whichever way your turn it will be the wrong way.

Going to see what all the fuss is about.

Apologies, I had just been reading/posting about it on another thread and it was toppermost in my mind. The Canty book tip still stands though!

"Fingerboard Harmony For Bass" by Gary Willis Or, Laurence Canty's "Electric Bass Guitar: The Complete Guide"

I'm sure Scott Devine would approve Meanwhile, can anyone explain what "a linear approach" is, as mentioned in the title of Mr Willis' book? easy words only please.

Speaking of Bela Fleck, here's the Twelve Time Signatures of Christmas

I saw Magma last year, and they played Hhai/Zombies after the hour-long opening number (a medley of the greatest hits of the Theusz Hamthaak trilogy). Incredible, and transcendant and cathartic as you say.