Huw

[quote name='paul, the' post='69316' date='Oct 4 2007, 12:30 AM'][/quote] I really like the look of that, but would much prefer a Jazz shaped body.

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I actually bought the "Standing in the Shadows of Motown" book, but alas all the lines are written in standard notation and I can't read it, so I gave up pretty quickly. That was a couple of years ago. Perhaps learning to read should be one of my first goals. Cheers.

Hey all, I haven't been playing bass too intensely for the past couple of years, focusing more on my guitar playing. Well, as events conspire against me (having my guitars stolen and landing a bassist role with a new band) I find myself with a need to get my bass juices flowing, again. If you'll pardon the metaphor. I've pretty much learnt the band's material with little fuss, but I can't really take it any further and it all sounds a bit flat right now. I think this is mainly down to the lack of my bass repertoire; If it's not a bassline from one of my bands' songs, I probably don't know how to play it. I think the last thing I learnt was how to fudge my way through Portrait of Tracy. Every time I sit down with my bass - even just for my own enjoyment - I don't have any idea what to play. It wasn't always like this; when you start learning, all you want to do is learn more and more new stuff. I must have lost that somewhere along the way. So I'm looking for a bit of inspiration here, boys and girls. Any songs or bass-lines I should be checking out or trying to learn that'll both sound good and actually help me learn new things? I'd really like to try some solo bass chordal pieces or maybe even some Bach. I'm basically trying to put together a list of stuff to listen to and then try and learn. Sorry if this is a bit vague, but I'm into a lot of stuff from motown/funk to crazy alt rock and metal. I'd love to have a go at some complicated slap stuff like sikth/mudvayne/wooten/claypool but I'm way off from that at the moment.

I love Les. Primus are awesome, but even I find some of the albums a little hit and miss. That said, I hated The Brown Album the first time I heard it but I love it, now. I really recommend the Oysterhead album he did with Stewart Copeland and Trey Anastasio, though. It's one of my favourite albums ever. Trey's voice on the first track sounds like Winnie the Pooh, as an extra bonus.

Hi everyone. I'm Huw, I've been playing bass and guitar for a good few years now. Despite this, I'm not as good as I think I should be. I've not played in a band situation for about a year, until recently when I was suggested as a replacement bassist for a local band, who's own had just left. After a couple of rehearsals I've been officially accepted, so now I really need to get my chops back. My only bass now is my CIJ Fender Jazz Aerodyne, after I was burgled earlier in the year and lost a couple of guitars and another bass. So that's about it; I'm into lots of different types of music and musicians, though I have a soft spot for Victor Wooten and Les Claypool despite not being able to play anything like them.