paul_5

I'm doing something very similar at some festival or other on Friday night in Liverpool. Ideally I'd use my short scale acoustic fretless, as it looks good and as it's got flats on it, it's got a lovely mellow tone that's not too boomy. The singer/songwriter has requested frets though (not sure if he's had a bad experience in the past), so it'll be the Jazz bass. Probably with flats. Of course, [i]he[/i] gets to play this: [IMG]http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd471/paul_510/314703_10151889485045332_1495178595_n.jpg[/IMG]

[quote name='steve-soar' timestamp='1342277494' post='1732702'] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaCJHoN_FZE&feature=related[/media] [/quote] Nice to see Steve Davis in there too. Classy.

[quote name='paul torch' timestamp='1342257696' post='1732335'] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EWZVlcaHFM[/media] [/quote] Wow, that's beautiful. Thanks for that.

anything by Frank Zappa and /or the Mother of Invention.

Noooooooo!

Scott Devine's website is ace - really well constructed instructional videos, for free. The guy is all heart. and groove. He's all heart [i]and[/i] groove.

[quote name='thisnameistaken' timestamp='1342182543' post='1730989'] Nonsense, I've seen loads of guitarists pick up basses from time to time. [/quote] Erm, that doesn't necessarily make them musicians though...

[quote name='Cyrene' timestamp='1342190626' post='1731267'] Not a patch on Grado. At the equivalent or any price. [/quote] True dat. Grados are the BALLS.

Being a good timekeeper is absolutely essential for a bass player. I've had studio sessions where the drummer and I have been recording to a click, but at some points the music has just [i]needed[/i] to speed up a fraction; the drummer felt it before I did, and increased a couple of bpm. I made the decision to follow the drummer rather than the click and we ended up with a great take. We had made artistically interpreted the score and had made music, instead of an audible representation of the dots and lines. I think it's only once you have developed solid timekeeping as a player that you can start to monkey around with it. And get away with it.

[quote name='4000' timestamp='1342166679' post='1730524'] Ah, it's not just me then! [/quote] [IMG]http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd471/paul_510/images-3.jpg[/IMG]

If it has been posted on here before, then I ain't read it, so thanks for the link. Nice 'Jazz bass GAS' article.

[IMG]http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd471/paul_510/552506_10151653658537923_1701026207_n.jpg[/IMG]

I've had brand new Hartke stuff that arrived ship-shape and Bristol fashion. The packaging is nearly as skid as the kit, so I'm glad you sent this back. Let Larry open a can o' whoop-ass!

I'll screw my courage to the sticking place and say "Flea da BOMB!" I've always loved his playing.

Jazz all the way baby! If you roll off the bridge pickup of a Jazz then you can get pretty close to a 'P' sound anyway. Well, close enough for a pub full of pissed punters, that's for sure.

Or John Giblin. John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin) is no slouch either. 'Motown' tracks will almost certainly have great bass playing on them - James Jamerson, Carol Kaye, Bob Babbit etc...

Yup, the bridge of a bass is a wonderful heatsink. You'd probably have to weld it on, but that would almost definitely melt the cable strands.

also, whilst you're just learning, now seems a good time to say "metronome, metronome, metronome"; there's nothing worse than a sloppy slapper.

Glad to hear that this has had a positive outcome. Now don't do it again!