funkypenguin

DR Highbeams. They sound and feel great and they seem to work especially well with the Seymour Duncan's in my warwick

She's an absolute stunner Shep. really glad the shorter scale and E-C has worked out for you and gotten around the muscle/tendon/pain issues

Jaw = Floor......

Wow!! thats stunning Shep, thats one of the nicest buckeye basses ive ever seen!

soundclips when she arrives please!!!

[quote name='OzMike' timestamp='1349449681' post='1826523']
That Aristocrats stuff is fantastic, thanks for putting it up!

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Even better live, i caught their show in Manchester earlier in the year, the best band ive ever seen. Guthrie, Bryan Beller and Marco are all absolute monster players. Among the very best in the world without a shadow of doubt

That Billy Cobham video is fantastic!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKGl4gjoO9A&feature=related

Only recently discovered Alex Machacek, great guitar player. For those into music based around improvisation check out the CD 'Improvisation' featuring Machacek, Matthew Garrison and Jeff Sipe. Its heavy listening but the standard of playing is off this planet

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7oQPCmbWA8&feature=fvwrel

Warwick offer thru-neck and exotic tops too, some of the examples in the custom shop gallery are jaw dropping. More to the point they offer superb build quality, fit and finishing. They are expensive, but you get german build quality. Ive yet to see a warwick thats anything less than beautifully put together

BIG props for their customer service too. Im not the original owner of my bass but when i emailed them with a few queries regarding maintenance i had a comprehensive response within 24hrs. Couldnt have asked for more from them

Wish i was going i found out she was playing too late to get tickets

If you have a 6 string, try john patitucci's Tone Poem

Shes a beauty!!

[quote name='eude' timestamp='1349080029' post='1821330']
I've been promising to do some for ages, may as well wait for bass 3 to appear later this year and then pull the finger out...

Eude
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Hold fire.....bass 3 Eude?? do tell....

Our resident bass wizard scott devine also talks about them on here

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6z2JWMwooQ

My old tutor Ollie Collins uses that set up at the moment and he says its one of the best rigs he's ever used. Tried it myself in a lesson and tho same cabs with my trace head and they are brilliant...as soon as i get back from my cruise contract i'll be selling my trace cab and buying a pair of Vanderkley 1x12s

[quote name='bluejay' timestamp='1342435119' post='1734689']
Loving it all! Please post links to any videos from the Jazz festival, in due course
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Only just remembered this Bluejay!! Here are a few clips from MJF, the first 5 minutes or so are from our set!

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmA6aoI_BV4"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmA6aoI_BV4[/url]

Im playing two gigs at the Bridgewater Hall cafe in manchester in the coming weeks. The first is a Jazz/fusion set on the 10th of October, the second is a soul/funk set on the 25th of October. Both are lunchtime gigs, both are free entry more details here!

[url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/188205-2-lunchtime-gigs-at-the-bridgewater-hall-manchester/page__pid__1821879#entry1821879"]http://basschat.co.uk/topic/188205-2-lunchtime-gigs-at-the-bridgewater-hall-manchester/page__pid__1821879#entry1821879[/url]

Please come say hello if you make it to either gig!!

Another gig plug!

I'm playing 2 lunchtime gigs at the Bridgewater Hall cafe in Manchester city centre, 5 minutes walk from Picadilly Station/Gardens. Both gigs are free entry and both start at 12:45

The first is a jazz/fusion set performed by the KAB Trio (10th of October). Its a similar set to that we played at the Manchester Jazz festival, a mixture of instrumental tunes and some vocals featuring our wonderful keys player Kim Wellens. She's a brilliant pianist and vocalist so please come and watch if you're available

The KAB trio can be heard on mine and Kim's soundcloud pages

[url="http://soundcloud.com/kim-wellens"]http://soundcloud.com/kim-wellens[/url]

[url="http://soundcloud.com/funkypenguin-1"]http://soundcloud.com/funkypenguin-1[/url]

The second gig is a soul/funk set featuring Yasmin and the Wild things, who can be heard on youtube! Its my friend Yasmin's first project as a band leader so support is much appreciated this gig is on the 25th of October

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7qDg2USFcE[/media]

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtRVCsas48s&feature=relmfu[/media]

Please come say hello if you do come along

Are you teaching them harmony or music theory as a whole (melodic dictation, treble/tenor/alto clef etc)? If you're teaching them harmony i would recommend they take the time to look at the Mark Levine book. It was a compulsory purchase for our whole Harmony/Composition class at salford and alot of my classmates that arnt that into jazz music found it really useful. Alot of the progressions/concepts in there are applicable to most pop/rock music (major/minor II-V-I, I-VI-II-V etc.). Its a brilliant resource

If you really dont want to give them a Jazz book i would recommend A Geometry of Music. heres a link

[url="http://www.amazon.com/Geometry-Music-Counterpoint-Extended-Practice/dp/0195336674/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1349103429&sr=1-2&keywords=Music+Harmony"]http://www.amazon.com/Geometry-Music-Counterpoint-Extended-Practice/dp/0195336674/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1349103429&sr=1-2&keywords=Music+Harmony[/url]

Stunning version of 'Some Skunk Funk' featuring the Brecker Brothers

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIGsSLCoIhM"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIGsSLCoIhM[/url]

Fair enough, dont listen to it

More Aristocrats. Saw their show in Manchester earlier in the year, they took the roof off. Such an amazing gig

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFVL-0i1Haw&feature=related"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFVL-0i1Haw&feature=related[/url]

[quote name='The Dark Lord' timestamp='1349001043' post='1820450']
I have no idea what fusion is, but the clips above that I listened to are diabolical. To me, it's not even music. I 'm happy if you like it and that's your thing, but an utter waste of time to me.
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In what way is it not music? not having a pop, im just curious at to why you think that

try this

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLXpEt42W-8&feature=related"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLXpEt42W-8&feature=related[/url]

[quote name='lowdown' timestamp='1348855676' post='1819249']
Yep, i grabbed that a while back - and a very fine transcription it is, of a very fine tune.


Garry
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Cheers! glad you liked it.

Garrison is more than worthy of a place in this thread. Im determined to see him play live at some point in the future! Family starts around 0:50

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOTPcVibjhM&feature=related"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOTPcVibjhM&feature=related[/url]

Two tracks by my favourite fusion composer/performer HIromi Uehara

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbjJI7qK-UA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6pgM-NVfWg

My transcription of XYZ is up in theory and technique somewhere if anyone is interested in having a crack at it

Speaking of the Kingbass, It seems there is yet another incarnation out now! The Kingbass Paramatrix...with what seems to be one of the most complex circuits this side of an Alembic...

Played for 5 or so hours. Harmonic work and 2 fusion transcriptions among other things, an interesting and productive day!

Jon Stockman, Karnivool's bass player has one of my favourite distorted sounds. He's also a damn good bass player, some great bass parts in Simple Boy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cjvtx3HMUks

Keep the videos rolling in!!

Im a big fan of Guthrie Govan, as a player and as a writer. I'm in the middle of transcribing the bass part for this tune for anyone that likes it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ks1qSYBun2E

A good friend of mine (also a stick player) introduced me to Greg Howards music a few months back, here's my personal favourite, Still Water

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWqO2T0bh7w

[quote name='rmcki' timestamp='1348503212' post='1814442']
I've been thinking about it for some time in the short list is.[list=1]
[*]Dingwall ABZ 5
[*]Warwick Thumb 5
[*]Overwater Inspiration 5
[*]Fender Marcus Miller 5
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I was thinking maybe the Thumb but i do have two other warwicks so maybe something different.
I was hoping to get so ideas from the forum.
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Of those, if not a warwick i would go for overwater. You can get a top end build for that kind of money (might be worth looking at the Scott Devine Perception )