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[quote name='KevB' post='67360' date='Sep 29 2007, 01:52 PM']Caught it about halfway through. When I saw the bass I thought 'uh-oh, maybe he feels obliged to do a Jaco thing just cos of who he's playing with' but he has a style of his own and appears totally effortless, very impressive. The bass was fretted anyway so we'll let him off [/quote] I second that!!! At first I thought it was actually a Jaco tribute bass with the 'distressed look' or soemthing but then noticed the jumbo neck inlays and was like...ok then. His playing was technically fantastic although there was something i couldn't quite get about him, couldn't put my finger on it at all. I very mcuh enjoyed Tower of Silence. I also only caught the second half actually, a good mainstream example of the wisdom joe had accumilated over the years i think. Good stuff, more of that good stuff please BBC!!

As my forum name might imply, I've spent a fair time trying to suck the essence of jaco out of his records but people like him aren't good because of the amount of notes they CAN play but because of the emotion, train of thought and feel the pieces they play and write have. I firmly believe that it's far more likely to see someone play chromatic fantasy faster than Jaco did (due ot the sophistication of modern bass playing techniques) than it is to ever see someone match the sensitivity in the '76 album version of Continuum and other similar tracks. I have and never will get close to anything Victor Wooten has done, i've tried a few times at the "easier" bits of the 'A Show Of Hands' album. I just sit there for half an hour and end up saying to my self "you know what Ben, it'll take you a few years to get the techniques here down to a decent level of fluidity let alone get round to learning the piece 'as is'.........cuppa time?....I think so!" then go cry for a while. edit.... "I think there is a point to be made here. Many of these monster bass lines/solos are played by people in an improvised setting. Take Jaco's 'Havona'. He didn't have to 'learn' that bass line as he had constructed his lines around the tunes he had written and used a couple of dozen of his own stock licks. Anyone who has spent any length of time listening to Jaco will know that he, like all musicians, repeats himself over and over, using his own signature licks to leave his mark on a piece. But it is important to note that much of what he does is made up on the spot ('Teen Town' being an obvious exception). It is actually a lot harder to learn a passage that is played like that than it is to burn one of your own. In a more conventional setting, someone like Bruce Foxton would have written a line that felt comfortable under his fingers and that he could play without too much difficulty. Noone in their right mind would compose a complex line for a song that he could pull off only 3/10 times. Someone once said 'amateurs practice until they get it right. Professionals practice until they can't get it wrong'. Geddy Lee plays that solo lick off 'YYZ' perfectly everytime. It can't be hard for him as a, he wrote it and b, he has played it 200 times a year ever since. But have you heard him crucify 'Girl From Ipanema'? Easiest song in the world and he f***s it up! Francis Prestia is known as THE finger style funk player but that's all he does. He can barely put together a jazz bass solo, probably can't play a fretless in tune and definately can't read music. It is more important to play musically and to your strengths than it is to be able to execute every great line you have ever heard. Work on your technique, yes, but learn to play the music not the musicians! And don't get dispondent you can't pull off 'Red Right Returning' by Michael Manring. He probably can't play 'Ace of Spades' like Lemmy either (can you?)." Very, very well said (Y). Music is a medium to be used for expression, not to be coppied from person to person IMO. But if u want to do something new, it's important know what's come before.

One of my outandish claims to fame is that i know a bloke who's mother taught Norman's daughter to play piano. Fantastic bassplayer, am i right in saying he also did backing vocals at the same time live??

for future reference and for anyone reading the thread with similar problems i'll chuck this thread in here aswell about excess humming etc from amps and likely causes. very well writen and detailed. [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=194"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=194[/url] I had the same problem from an all valve amp and didn't want to venture forth so i ended up shopping it back instead hah

Thanx for that. I guess it's down to personal preference then.

[quote name='Nate' post='50342' date='Aug 24 2007, 06:47 PM'][url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6wG71TR2_0"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6wG71TR2_0[/url] Hope you're all good... N[/quote] Hadn't spotted you on the forum before. Any more videos coming at any time soon?? live jams like the greek or something ? Cwl vid Ben.

struck me as being very unusal, i don't know aboutt he genre at all tbh but it was definately different and therefore worth watching!! Is playing like that common int he genre or is that purelly your spin on things? Nice bass aswell btw. Cwl beans man.

[quote name='BOD2' post='49826' date='Aug 23 2007, 09:58 PM']From the horse's mouth [url="http://www.furmansound.com/page.php?div=01&id=WHY_PWR"]Furmansound.com[/url]. The consensus seems to be that these are not actually necessary in the UK as the UK supply is fairly "clean", whereas US power supplies are not. Note that if it's just "surge protection" that you want then there are many much simpler (and cheaper) devices available.[/quote] [url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/furman_pl8e.htm"]http://www.thomann.de/gb/furman_pl8e.htm[/url] where abouts in the entire bass/head/two cabs setup does this go :s??

Great list of things to check and maintian. May i add that a multiplug with a surge protector is a safe idea usually, doesn't help with the hum but i think it's a goor precaution in general. thanx a lot.

fantastic first impression my friend (y)

[quote name='warwickhunt' post='57349' date='Sep 8 2007, 12:44 PM']I stand corrected and have learned something new (for which I am grateful). In which case there is a 'best' way to connect the speaker leads... that is as was suggested; 2 outputs from the amp each running to a separate cab.[/quote] Thanx very much everyone. Heavy duty Speakon connectors are the way forward then i take it. Could anyone suggest a log lasting Speakon cable then please.

my 70s V4B was ht enough for you not to want your hand on the back for 5seconds. Could someone clarify whether daisy chaining or going straight from both speaker inputs of the head is best please..... with impedence selector on 4ohms of course. Cheers

research i take it bump.

Even though i started a thread already i thought i'd properly introduce myself. Name's Ben, from North Wales. I play in one welsh band primarily who've released a fairly low budget album this febuaryish. I played with a band before that who released a single that hit number 10 in the welsh charts. Will have had my own bass 4 years at christmas 2007 although i taught myself to play fretless bass around 5 months before aquiring my own fretted. I read standard notation, 100% theory buff, can play tap and slap but never do so live. Main influences (in order of phases i liked them) mike dirnt, flea, guy from muse (i forget), james jamerson, jaco. HUGE JACO FAN. Jazz dweeb by trade and playing the stuff is where all the fun's to be had imho. I play a washburn T24 that i put dimarzio ultrajazz pickups into with a router around 6 months back. The first steady rig i owned with my old basses was the Behringer BX4500 (vomits at the thought while looking back) which i bought sadly at the same time as a BA115. I later added an old Laney 2x10". The head was replaced in January with a 1970's Ampeg V4B, i've had loads of hastle so it's back to the shop for a refund i'm afraid. Hopefully laying my hands on an Ampeg SVT3-Pro soon. That's me. hI EvERYboDy !!