Hobbayne

I love that pick on flats tone on the little bass solo on The Beatles 'Everybodys Got Something To Hide' Macca on a Fender Jazz, I read somewhere.

Maybe he thinks it is? If he bought in in good faith after being told it was? Some People don't know a Chinese bass, from a Chinese takeaway!

Happens all the time! I have lost count of the bands I put together, only to find that two or more members were doing stuff behing my back, causing the band to crumble!!

[quote name='shizznit' timestamp='1332164132' post='1584071'] Relic - They look cool, but try explaining to a non-musician why you have paid over £2k for something that looks like it was found in a skip. [/quote] Brilliant!

Oh yes, JJ Burnel definately influenced me!

Mersea eh? I used to go there years ago on my scooter for the mod weekends!

Also, I'm not a lover of those luminous bright coloured strings, WTF is that all about!

I dont like Warwicks, that shape does nothing for me! A Fender Precision however....

Trying hard to hear the bass part through my tinny laptop speakers. The chorus chords are E/D but the bass I think is playing an open E and something other than a D as I can hear some tension between the guitar and bass. Can someone have a listen to this and enlighten me?

I was looking at the antiquities when I was upgrading my old Squier, it was a toss up between them or the 57 re-issue SPB 1 which I eventually plumped for.

I never used to sing, I was completely off key all the time I tried. Then I joined a covers band about ten years ago and was asked to sing back up, when I told them that I couldnt sing they didnt care! There were two vocalists in there already, so I hid behind their voices. Fast forward ten years when I joined a new band, I was trying to get the guys to do a cover of Creedence Clearwaters 'Fortunate Son' and the singer couldt quite nail it. So I had a go at it myself to demonstrate it and really surprised myself! The band where so impressed they said 'Wow! you sang that really well, why dont you sing it?' So all those years singing week in week out, I trained my voice without me even knowing it!!

Its those little hammer - ons that catch me out!

I have been playing this for a while now, and have not really paid much attention to the bass part on the long guitar solo. Had a closer listen today, and instead of holding down the G Bb and C for 5 minutes, there is some nice bass work going on there, albeit largely mixed down in favour of the guitar solo. Some of the upper register work is really impressive and Leon Wilkenson hardly ever plays the same part twice.

Who was it that sung 'Silence Is Golden?'

When I was learning the bass, a mate played me the Beatles song, Rain, I had never heard the bass played so high up the neck prior to that, I loved it! [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ppKhsgYMxI&feature=fvwrel"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ppKhsgYMxI&feature=fvwrel[/url]

[quote name='Wil' timestamp='1331550442' post='1574449'] Beatles, for sure. McCartney has a gift with melody, no doubt about it, but he needed Lennon's cynical edge to reign in the twee factor. There were still plenty of Beatles tracks where he edged over the borders of good taste, though... Honey Pie, Maxwell's Silver Hammer... urgh. [/quote] Hmm, strange that the bass on these two less popular songs was played by George Harrison.

Timothy B Schmit from The Eagles, very versatile player from the country to the heavy rock stuff. Also a great fretless player here.. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4_eJQV-FM0"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4_eJQV-FM0[/url]

Bought some pickups off me, instant payment, no messing around! - Cheers!!

I was chatting to the girl on the BGM stand at the LBGS and asked her if they did an ipad version of the mag and was quite surprised to find out that they did! She was aware of the problems with the ill fated ibass magazine and was quite sympathetic to those who were being left in the lurch by them. Unfortunately, I couldnt buy a subscription for the ipad edition at the stand, and therefore, did not qualify for a free t shirt!

Cheers Doc!!

Does anyone know what size screws will fit these? I ordered one from Thomann and it didnt come with any.