Heathy

As you have a keyboard player, hopefully you can progress without either guitarist. You may find that you don’t even need one!

Great vid. I wish I’d seen that years ago. The importance of the plucking hand is understated in a lot of teaching.

John Deacon!?!

The flip side of this is that if people aren’t dancing it’s all our fault!

Absolutely. Have seen numerous bands where they saved the greatest hits for the encore, which to me seems arrogant/contrived. For me, an encore should be something unexpected.

I put the bass down for three years when doing my accountancy studies. As soon as they were complete, and I was looking forward to getting back into playing bass, I accidentally slammed a car door on to the index and middle fingers of my right hand. This stalled the big comeback by a few more weeks.

Bought a Warwick bass from Jason. He replied very promptly to my questions, with loads of pictures which was really helpful. Top seller! I’m a very happy boy! Many thanks Jason.

Hi All A few months ago I purchased an American Jazz Bass 5-string. It's great apart from there being a notable drop in volume when both volume pots are full on. I have had a number of jazz basses in the past and this has never been an issue. I recently put in a new wiring loom with a VBT configuration (personal preference), but the issue is still the same with the balance pot in the centre notch. Any movement to either side and the signal strength returns. Any ideas as to what might be causing this? Cheers

The guitarist hates him. Looks like he’s thinking “here he goes. Every bloody night…”

I believe the answer is ‘Waterloo Sunset’

Unboxed an SWR cab at a gig once.

People like Jacob Collier are bad for music. There isn’t a bass solo in existence that wouldn’t sound better played on another instrument. The best bass sound ever is on ‘Superman’ by Black Lace.

Subscribed to this over the weekend. After 37 years of playing, there were a few eye openers for me in the very first video. Looks like a good investment, but I’ll keep you updated.

I played a Kubicki X Factor throughout the 90s. Since then it has been mostly Fenders. I suppose my signature bass would be based on the Kubicki, but would be passive and have a more traditional body shape.

I would take it back. It’s either fit for purpose, or it isn’t.

Numerous easy solutions to this I expect. Here’s one: adjust the angle of your hand so the lower part of your thumb is also muting the A and E strings. I have recently adopted this type of approach after moving to a 5 string. Thumb isn’t floating, but neither is it anchored onto the string.

I would find that kind of Diva behaviour unacceptable, regardless of how good he is. Right or wrong, my reaction would probably be to dig my own heels in!

I’m sure that anyone buying this won’t need the second pillow.

E string sounds out to me on the isolated track (Listen from around 1:20). However, still an amazing line, and works in the mix.

‘Something’ by the Beatles.

A popular modern choice is likely to be Thinking Out Loud by Ed Sheeran.

As a teenager I spent hours studying the cover to Iron Maiden's Powerslave. So that's mine for sure.

Personally, I would say that Denim is the mark of a man.