steve-bbb

[quote name='Ou7shined' post='1360133' date='Sep 2 2011, 05:09 PM']Sounds just like a 'ray in places to me. I downloaded it (by alternative means ) today and managed to get over half way through before wandering off and listening to some City of Ships elsewhere instead.[/quote] didnt even get that far ... managed to get through about half of the previews on the itunes thingy before getting distracted by something shiny

[quote name='Faithless' post='1358934' date='Sep 1 2011, 04:12 PM']Oh my.. It's just not funny. The thing is - you don't become better at something by [b]not [/b]doing it. If you needed a break, and now feel fresh coming back, then that's fine, but stating that you got better is just wrong. Not wrong for you, Sildx, but wrong for those upcoming players who read this and catch on this. I probably wouldnt be arsed to go into this, but stuff like this reminds me of hundreds of young players catching Jaco's quote on "Being able to do it without practising" the wrong way. If there are any upcoming players, who need info on practising and getting better [u]through [/u]working, then there is some material for you to check out: [url="http://www.joehubbardbass.com/332/bass-guitar-practice-principles-part-1/"]http://www.joehubbardbass.com/332/bass-gui...nciples-part-1/[/url] All questions are welcome via PM. Easy Laimis[/quote] I think the whole improving without practising thing should come with a caveat about AGE/EXPERIENCE clearly as a newbie player to stop practising will simply lead to little or no development whatsoever but for experienced players (in my case old and cynical) then stopping the practising i believe does help because it does give your brain chance to forget dirty habits that youve fallen into over the years i personally stopped playing for 15-16 years and just resumed six months ago - whilst my technique and finger strength have not returned to their youthful prime ( ) i have definitely noticed a few general things about my playing and mainly that i ma a lot cleaner and more precise (and slower!) through not playing - its as if i picked my bass up six months ago and my brain kinows how i 'should' be playing and has gone straight into that groove (rather than 'how i used to play' with all the dirty sloppy lazy technique that just creeps up on you unless you beat it back with the chair and whip) hope that makes sense

ashbory ?

mike pope solo frank gambale solo

nice crunchy status

[quote name='Johnston' post='1357391' date='Aug 31 2011, 12:18 PM']Just make sure the singer doesn't start to do the Waynes world ears at a girl he wants to pull. You will feel like killing him then and there. It's kinda hard to do the "I'm not with him" routine when on stage with someone. [/quote] ... if he does you could always deflate him with some carefully placed and skillfully executed "walking octave disco giant steps"

stopped playing back in about 95 when i sold all my stuff and didnt play at all until i bought my stone-clad trb 6 months ago - has taken about 6 months to get my fingers functioning in sync with my ear but the rest of it is like its never gone away

just to be contorversial i have this idea that if nile rodgers was to put down that tiny 6 string thing and pick up a bass he'd probably out-funk victor wooton

oh dear [url="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/worldfolkandjazz/8402191/Who-is-Esperanza-Spalding.html"]...President Obama and Prince among her biggest fans[/url] - i do hope BO doesnt start scmoozing her the same way that Tony Bliar did with the Brit Pop crowd she seems a very modest young lady too ... her comment about stevie wonder's treatment of her song and now she cant do it herself because he made such a good job of it!

she vgood and this playing/singing at same time malarkey ... im involuntarily stopping breathing just watching her do it

thats why walking bass lines were invented - if you keep walking you eventually end up on the root or the fifth somewhere

[quote name='bubinga5' post='1349808' date='Aug 24 2011, 02:32 AM']I really like this guys playing.... great soloing on that TRB [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGy2VEMzyeQ&feature=related"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGy2VEMzyeQ...feature=related[/url][/quote] the bass line itself is very nicely understated and modest and moves beautifully

[quote name='Pete Academy' post='1348323' date='Aug 22 2011, 07:49 PM']Amazing track. [/quote] it doesnt come much funkier than george duke with byron miller on bass and sheila e on drums

Track written and bass by Byron Miller

would be interested to hear what circuitry all you wizard peeps are using - started a topic yesterday which muzz answered and consequently did soem reading and am now becoming increasingly tempted to go for the hammer/thumper combo for my p/j build ta muchly

if youre fingers are very stretchy and bendy then maybe go for it but there are very few guitarists imo who perfect their technique by including this method - noteable exception being allan holdsworth - the overstretching thing just looks so unnatural and uncomfortable i have medium sized hands and tend to stretch as far as is comfortable or practical and then slide the whole hand position to avoid overstretching have a study of some video clips of players with smaller hands and watch how they adapt to see if you can pick up any ideas - one that seems to spring to mind is the guy in that swedish jazz band that poeple keep posting on here but the life of me i cant remmebr their name at the moments - he seems to have small(ish) hands but finds his way around a trb6 wit very little if any excessive stretching can anybody help me out wiht the band name please am having a sunday morning senior moment

[quote name='Muzz' post='1338627' date='Aug 13 2011, 12:05 PM']Well, it's all relative, but I'm a big fan of the Wizard Big P/J set - tons of output, so they might be a compromise between active and passive. Just a thought.[/quote] thanks for the tip i used to have a status matrix which had the P+J config and i liked that config and the range of sound available from it the p/j combo looks nice but then so does a thumper/hammer combo [url="http://www.wizardpickups.co.uk/shop.asp?category=Bass"]http://www.wizardpickups.co.uk/shop.asp?category=Bass[/url]

so whilst the cutting/milling/sanding/lacquering process of my single piece of elm is still in progress i can be researching which pickups and tone circuits to purchase anybody help point me in the right direction of how to make a choice on this - i know ultimately its down to my own ear and what sound i like but i want to make some comparisons of reviews/prices etc the only constraints are .... would prefer active tone controls but wouldnt rule out passive - have decided i want best of both worlds and am going to go for a P+J pickup config rather than a J+J (the body is a J shape cut form a single slab of 30 year old elm) which will have a maple bolt on neck(4) ta muchly

[quote name='scalpy' post='1338467' date='Aug 13 2011, 09:34 AM']I depped for a band, straight ahead pub rock stuff, only one bass moment in two hours, which I put a lot of work in for, learning the songs in funny keys because of the singer. Got to Alright Now, it's a well worn tune true but it is a fantastic bass moment just before the long full edit guitar solo, but he doubles the bass line before the foot on the monitor bit. Annoyed.[/quote] did he whip his hair back and forth?

you have two bass players?