lukeward2004

Alun, that is a real cracker mate - love the cherry on black with Maple, looks the biz!

+1 for all the above advice - I personally prefer the MEC pups and pre in ym Streamer LX5, and my previous Stage 1 5 had MEC standard electronics so it would have been interesting to hear the difference between the two. Ive agreed to trade my P Bass for a Streamer Stage one 4 string, with stock MEC pickups and pre so im looking forward to getting busy with it!

Hi Mate, Unfortunately my drummer is away from the 12th November and we cant make the 16th - sorry mate!

OOOH Bumflaps - 16t November - I'll have to double check the dates with the rest of the band but ill find out and confirm on friday mate as im with natalie on thursday night...

I can help you out with this as we cover this with Project13 - I didnt use a transcription, just did it by ear but can tell you what I do. Im crap at writing tab so listen to the record to get the rythm and sound out the notes I write out here, it will all become clearer: The song starts with that funky slide, followed by 3 notes leading into the verse parts - A, Ab, A#,B Verse: B, A, B, C#,D, G, G Octave, G, E, A, B And so on so forth - the whole song is fairly easy once you have the notes down, the challenge I found was getting the feel and note lengths spot on - obviously you will never get the song to sound like it does on record because you will never sound like Marcus Miller, but you can get close to it!

Thanks guys, im in the studio with the full band for our first rehearsal on thursday night with this new material - im relaly looking forward to it! I must say, ive heard some of natalie's other new ideas and they arent up to much - but Way of Life is really kicking anus!

I am a massive fan of Streamer basses - and your two are no exception to that! Lovely! Here is my Streamer LX 5, my main bass and my favourite tool in action at a gig recently:

Dear Valhods, Thank you ever so much for your kind words, I must admit its not often we recieve fanmail of such a constructive nature. Firstly let me comiserate you on the bad news you clearly recieved recently - it must be hard trying to find like minded musicians who can truely understand you, what with your laid back approach and gentle demeanor. Furthermore, we would like to welcome you back to the stage at the next event we play at [insert pub name/location here], as we feel that you clearly have a lot of valuable input into the way we should act and operate. As grown men, we understand that for some people it is hard to swallow that some folk just have more talent than oneself. We also understand that some people have too much time on thier hands, and thats why we would like to offer you the position of Triangle player in our band. We where all deeply touched by your sensitive, kind and caring email - and we can see from just the first message that you are a very special boy. Regards, [insert band name here]

Actually, ive had conversations with Jen before over the internet - she seems like a lovely girl and a great basssit to boot. She has a myspace page which she tends to keep up to date....cant remember the link though.

Im with Kiwi on this - Nerves are about your state of mind and the level of self belief/confidence you have in yourself. I no longer get nerves as I have a lot of gigging experience, and ive played to some really tough crowds - ive been slated big time by people who dont know what they are talking about, ive been heckled, booed, even had someone throw a drink at me once because the crowd just decided they didnt like us and wanted us to feck orf. The important thing is to keep going, no matter what, dont react, and at least try to look like you are enjoyign yourself. The last few gigs ive done have been great fun and ive played with a smile on my face (amongst other gurning) and i find the crowd are listening to the bigger picture - you can get away with a few bum notes! Glad you enjoyed the gig, and you wont have any worries with Hartke - im probably going to look to sell my 410 XL cab soon as I want to get hold of something lighter, like a Tech 4x10 or 6x10 (havent decided yet) - also going to have a Hartke 3500 with 12ax7m tube pre available soon - if you are interested then let me know!

Heres a few recent ones from a gig last week: Yes, im 22, and im going bald already!!!!!!!

+1 - I find the best bet is to keep it straightforward to start with and dont get too busy with the notes you are playing - concentrate more on hitting that note bang on time and focus on the length of your notes, listening carefully to the hihats and bassdrum/snare so you can lock into what your drummer is playing. Some great funk tracks that Inspired me: Prince - Get on the Boat/Jam of the year Larry Graham - POW/Hair Jamiroquai - Whatever it is (I just cant stop)/Little L/Cosmic Girl/Too Young to Die Stevie Wonder - Higher Ground/Superstitious/Master Blaster The Commodores - Brick House Chic - Good Times/Le Freak/Everybody Dance

Hi Gilmour, Neil Thom is a good mate of mine - he's playing full time for a covers band called "Jamie and the First Class", gigging every night and making a shedload out of it. He is the only guy ive ever known who could rock your socks off whilst totally p*ssed beyond belief! Neil's brother Rob is one of my best mates - he was the singer for my last originals project and I will be playing for him with his next project, check it out - [url="http://www.myspace.com\anglefiction"]www.myspace.com\anglefiction[/url] Rob Thom is now playing Guitar for Natalie and the drumer for Project 13, Lee Alloway, is on the skins as Glen Child moved to New Zealand a year ago. Anyhow, thanks for the nice words - the original bassline was walking around the 3rd, 5th and octave notes in the chord, and wasnt just moving up the scale, it was inverted down on the 2nd and 3rd measure, but natalie preferred the simpler quarter note approach that went on the record. Still, I like the groove, it moves along well and its a different approach considering Natalie's first album was more rocky. I prefer the new sound to be honest!

Hi Guys, Ive just got the mix back from the production company that Natalie has used for her second album - and im rather chuffed with it! Have a listen, see what you think - it was recorded with my P bass through my Bass Pod XT. [url="http://media.putfile.com/Natalie-Long---Way-Of-Life"]http://media.putfile.com/Natalie-Long---Way-Of-Life[/url] Your comments & thoughts are appreciated! Cheers Luke

Christ, that has Mucho Mojo! However looking at the weight, It would require arnold schwarzernegger to carry it to and from gigs!

That is a sexy Jazz you have there mate - only thing that would make it better would be a maple neck with black block inlays and binding, like th Geddy Lee Jazzers have! Sublime work my man!

OMG - I wish my grandad had a Jazz Bass like that, id make sure he left it to me in his inheritance! Instead, I havea collection of old WW1 and WW2 medals he won for helping to save the world from the Nazi's - selfish bugger

Nick, Im sorry to give you the sad news, but you simply do not own enough basses to qualify for the basschat membership - get out. Just kidding mate, you have a fantastic collection - but how many of those basses get played daily? Out of all of those, which are your "regular" gigging basses? Or do you just rotate them like a football squad??!!??

Nice, a much improved bass you have there - looks rather swish to boot!

Mike you sly bugger! Nice collection there mate, id love to get to grips with that Warwick, looks like a beast of a bass!

I recently got rid of all my stompboxes in favour of a Bass POD XT, which has a fantastic filter sound, better than the DOD FX25, MXR Auto Q and EHX Dr Q I have used previously. Its also incredibly flexible - as is the nature of the bass POD - in that you can get almost any sound you like out of it, given time learning how to manipulate it.