parker_muse

Very much into Bowie at the moment, i'm addicted to China Girl. Great song, wonderful bassline and great hooks. Great music. Heroes also has 157 plays in my itunes! Jesus christ!

I only ever set foot into Aroundabout Sound in cheltenham, as it is run by two of the nicest people ever. They let me play for hours and i buy a pick, strings, leads, etc. Top people, good range of basses. Talk for hours with the male owner, plays either a Goodfellow or a Jazz from the first month of production (the most mojo'd bass i have laid my eyes on) into an EBS stack. He knows what he's talking about, and just gives plain honest advice to you about every single bass. Even gives you some tips as your playing!

We'll live and die in these towns - The Enemy. Top tune by a top weller/killers influenced band!

Tales from the Riverbank - The Jam.

I pay £20 a lesson with my Tutor, Steve Dunn. He's great, i've learnt so much in how to construct lines etc. Paul Cooke off these forums has the same Tutor so he can vouch for him. I think its very reasonable for £20 an hour, so £35 seems steep.

G ----------------- D -----------4-6-7 A ----4-5-7------- E 5-7------------- This is A maj bar any silly mistakes by me. The 5th is the fifth note in the scale, so its an E in this case, the 7th fret on the A string. The 7th is the 7th note in the scale, so its a G# in this case, the 6th fret on the A string. 5ths go down aswell, so an octave below the other 5th. This would be the open E string. Does that help? I've only just started theory myself!

Okay, try that then!

Mixolydian scales are genius for funk! I find, when not slapping, using this scale just works amazingly. The notes are in places that you can do good fast runs and mix it up nicely. Don't you like pretty heavy music sarah? Try diminished scales. I think these are the ones with the flat 5ths? Am i right? Just think of the opening riff to black sabbath by black sabbath. Thats the root, octave, then the flat 5th. It sound bloody terrifying.

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Bass is the best (and guitar) for scales as they are the same on the fretboard wherever you play them (as long as you stay in standard tuning, naturally). I use; Blues Major Minor Diminished Sus

'Snakes and Ladders' by The Negs. You won't know it because my guitarist wrote it!

[quote name='ped' post='263191' date='Aug 15 2008, 04:11 PM']A cool customer indeed[/quote] I hope that was about me Ped!

[attachment=12201:meh_old..jpg] This picture is me about two years ago trying to look oh so handsome and dreamy. It didn't work, evidently. [attachment=12202:Shitfaced_1.jpg] This picture is me at a new years party, after about 12 tins of Guinness. [attachment=12203:dippy_glasses.jpg] This picture is me with a couple of very good mates. I'm the one in the middle if you hadn't gathered. This was after a lot of special brew. Oh youth.