Hobbayne

I can sympathise coz I,ve been in the same boat! Having said that, Xmas was only two and a half weeks ago, so I wouldnt worry yet! Maybe you can text them again or maybe ring them. Give it another week or so and maybe text them saying something along the lines of "I havent heard anything from you guys so I assume you no longer need me?"

When I first started playing bass, I was emulating the Bruce Foxton - Jam sound as he was my hero at 17 years old, so I used a pick from day one. However, these days mainly play fingerstyle, but can still use a pick when the need arises. On the original version of "The Chain" by Fleetwood Mac, John Mc Vie uses a pick on the bass on the famous F1 bit, but plays fingerstyle on everything else. If you ever get the chance to hear the live version, he plays it fingerstyle and TBH it sounds terrible It just doesnt cut through like the album version.

[quote name='Bass Culture' post='1084316' date='Jan 10 2011, 03:07 PM']Yeah - Jaco sounded sh*t with them, didn't he?![/quote] Bruce Foxton used them in The Jam and JJ Burnell in The Stranglers so I read.

[quote name='BurritoBass' post='1084555' date='Jan 10 2011, 06:00 PM']Hey Bulldog - The Beatles for some reason I can't think beyond that tune.... must be good![/quote] Agreed, Bulldog is Macca at his best! Beatles - All My Loving R.E.M - The One I Love Stranglers - Down In The Sewer The Specials - Too Much Too Young Blur - Girls And Boys

I've been using them since the early 1980,s when there was not the choice we have today, I still buy them as I don,t have a problem with them.

Here you go... [url="http://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/m/mark_ronson/somebody_to_love_me_tab.htm"]http://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/m/mark_ron...love_me_tab.htm[/url]

[quote name='Chris2112' post='1074646' date='Jan 1 2011, 07:00 PM']To me, Bakithi Kumalo is easily the best fretless bass player around. His stuff on Paul Simon's [i]Graceland[/i] and [i]The Rhythm of The Saints[/i] albums is as good as it gets. The best stuff is probably on [i]Graceland[/i], where there was more of a focus on those South African sounds and the bass was a real driving element like it is in Mbaqanga and Zulu pop music. This is the one for me: [/quote] I didnt know much about this fella, but yes, I love his stuff on Graceland!!

I was gigging last night and recorded it on the Sky plus, don,t think I,ll bother now!

Don Henley - New York Minute Featuring Pino Palladino on fretless. The Eagles did a great version with Timothy B Scmit too. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6L3oonOm0Ug&feature=fvsr"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6L3oonOm0Ug&feature=fvsr[/url]

[quote name='the_skezz' post='1074439' date='Jan 1 2011, 03:25 PM']The Stranglers' [b]'Down in the Sewer[/b]'. And perfecting the bassline for one of the band's originals, ended up being slightly out of time on the recordings and I want to get it right for the live shows.[/quote] I play the main riff off of that to warm up before a gig. Also the intro to "Princess Of The Streets"

[quote name='Buzz' post='1074068' date='Dec 31 2010, 11:28 PM']That thing looks lovely.[/quote] Er, to a 15 year old it might!

[quote name='Bassassin' post='1074325' date='Jan 1 2011, 01:09 PM']It's an arcane term which originates from the era when ivory was widely used in musical instrument construction & finishing - for example piano keys, nuts & bridge saddles on stringed instruments - and of course frets. At the time animal gut was used to manufacture strings so wear was not an issue, hence frets made from ivory - Jumbo Frets.* *[spoiler]This may be a lie. [/spoiler] Jon.[/quote] I thought today was January 1st not April 1st!

Four of us squeezed onto a tiny stage in a pub in North London, a bit of a throw together of musicians from different bands doing old standards to pissed up people who only wanted Johnny B Good and Sweet Home Alabama Still, had the chance to play with a great drummer who actually played on a record I bought as a kid!! [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjHBgrVBrNI&feature=related"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjHBgrVBrNI...feature=related[/url]

Current Fender Precision - 1977 Sunburst Rosewood Board [attachment=67496:IMG_1052.JPG] [attachment=67497:IMG_1053.JPG] Previous Precision - 1996 Candy Apple Red 50th Anniversary Edition with through body striniging and graphite reinforced neck [attachment=67498:000_0022.jpg] [attachment=67499:000_0028.jpg] 1984 Fender Squire JV series 1957 re issue originally Fiesta Red with a white scratchplate before respray and my 18 month son playing it after modification. [attachment=67500:chrisgtr_001.jpg] Before Modification

Er what exactly is GAS?

Keith? Not Bill??

I have to practice "Do You Really Want To hurt Me" by Culture Club to get it it right for tomorrow night, as reggaes not my strong point. Almost done its easier to play than it sounds

[quote name='ahpook' post='1073179' date='Dec 30 2010, 09:34 PM']can you explain the Root-P4 etc part please ? (tho i feel i'm going to feel silly when you do)[/quote] I think he means the root note and a perfect 4th, although I may be wrong.