Bilbo

Steve Swallow and Janek Gwizdala are both EADGC 5 string players. Can't say I like the extended range in either direction myself - low B is tooo heavy for may tastes and I find the notes that are high on the C string are a bit too pingy!! I guess it depends on what music you are playing.

I got one on ebay a couple of weeks ago for £33 (bid not buy now) There was one on there for 99p but it had days to go.

Nope.....I have enough trouble remembering my own name

She should also know that people look slimmer if they play a black bass. Everyone knows that.

[quote name='Les Paul Lover' post='812391' date='Apr 20 2010, 11:41 AM']Bilbo, thank you for the offer, but your bass is plain black - she won't like it like that!!!!! Sorry![/quote] Like I said; some of the boxes...

[quote name='Stag' post='812107' date='Apr 20 2010, 12:29 AM'][i]A collection of men who like biscuits[/i] [attachment=47779:DSC01098.JPG][/quote] And facial hair. My type of party....

I have this for sale. Ticks some of your boxes but not all of them. PM me if you are interested in having a look! Its up for £400 ono to Basschatters. Its a lot of bass for the money but its your call entirely. I hope she finds what she wants either way.... [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=76888&hl=status+energy"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=...l=status+energy[/url] [url="http://www.guitarmart.co.uk/advert/G04326"]http://www.guitarmart.co.uk/advert/G04326[/url]

[quote name='Patrickhadow' post='811722' date='Apr 19 2010, 07:35 PM']i would love to have a go at this book but it's so expensive! 30 pounds from amazon and you cant get it on ebay unless you want to ship it from america![/quote] Its really worth every penny, mate. I would recommend it above any other publication and, once you have it, you won't need anything else. Its an investment that will pay for itself many time over. I get that its a lot to pay out at first, though. Sell some old cds!!

[quote name='silddx' post='811702' date='Apr 19 2010, 07:24 PM']There's a part in Tempus Fugit by Yes I simply cannot work out to my satisfaction. It's the part that comes out of the version of the main riff he does an octave lower, in the verses. It goes E F# G A. The run is so easy in theory, but Chris Squire's doing something so liquid with those notes that I'm convinced there are other notes that are kind of ghosted, but I can't get close to it. It's the oiliest, greasiest bit of bass I can remember hearing and he does it slightly differently every time. The riff everyone loves in that number is child's play next to that ostensibly dead simple little run. Amazing.[/quote] Are you playing it with a pick?

And there was Andy Summers cdof Mingus tunes. Vernon Reid from Living Colour was ex-Ronald Shannon Jackson's Decodingf Society and went on to play on Hal Wiliner's Mingus/Paitch tribute, Weird Nightmare (superb stuff). Steve Vai has appeared on Al DiMeola's recordings. Jack Bruce has as much of a jazz presence as he does a rock one. Colin Towns of Gillan fame has had a long career as a jazzer (form 'I'll Rip Your Spine Out' to tv themes and big band arrangements). Neil Peart's Buddy Rich tribute big band, Bill Bruford, ex-Yes, is all jazz. The list is pretty long. I guess it depends on where your definitions of rock and jazz start and stop.

I have just gone through this and need to say that I wish this was around when I was learning. The Major's charts and play-a-longs are a fantastic resource for anyone who is trying to get started but who hasn't got a teacher (or can't afford one). There is enough material here to get anyone started and to keep them entertained for a good few weeks. I was caught out a couple of times on the last pdf (my turn to feel foolish, Pete). Quality material. There is no excuse for not being able to read at least at a functional level. As Marcus Miller said 'why wouldn't you'?

This is ROn Carter on Wynton Marsalis' Hesitation off his first LP. Try Spotify. There is no piano on this so it is clear as a bell. Play this a few doazen times and you will start to internalise the changes. Note Carter doesn't start until the middle 8/B section so don't get confused.... [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=35615&hl=hesitation"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=...p;hl=hesitation[/url]

I don't know but I have heard that ehy are tightening their act up and taking photos of people that bring stuff in so, if an item is stolen goods, they can trace the low-life that brought it in. I have heard it worked on at least two occasions I am aware of but, whether it is fool proof or universal I don't know. My kid brother got a result once on a synth module; got something well under market price, but I have not heard of anything happening bass/guitar wise.

Teen Town, Donna Lee, Joe Frazier, Bach, Dixe - tried them all, got nearly there with them all but never hit a home run. To be frank, I know I could if I spent the time with them but what's the point? I even learned Parker's Passport as an alternative to Donna Lee but have never got it down to my own satisfaction. Got a Match by Chick Corea is another one I never nailed.

Play jazz, then you die! Or is it, die, then you play jazz? Change streams. Find a musical outlet that takes you somewhere new: folk, jazz, world etc. Find a reason to get excited again. Having just taken up the double bass, I feel reborn. Practising the Bach cello suites at the moment: crucifying them but its really exciting to be going somewhere new. Or change instruments

You deserve it, mate. Did you know I play the double bass now? Apparently

Jakesbass (Jake Newman) is in Aldershot - look for his feedback. He is a natural teacher and will get you to where you want to be.... He has taught many on here (including me) with great results.

1982, methinks, at The Star in Stoke On Trent. And then today......

Get rid of all the mids on your eq, pluck near the neck, turn volume up and pluck softly rather than 'dig in'. Oh, and use a fretless......

Three resistors blown, apparently. All done for £20! Picking it up today (could have got it back last night but didn't get the message). Marvellous!!

Sounds like it may not be a big deal then. Thanks for that, guys. The bloke I have given to for repair was recommended by a friend so I am not expecting anything untoward in that sense. It all sounds like it may turn out ok.

Yep - I have no idea what that means but, yep. [url="http://www.swrsound.com/support/manuals/html/bbheadom.php"]http://www.swrsound.com/support/manuals/html/bbheadom.php[/url]

Just seeing your name, MacD, reminded me of another 'discovery' (I had this one ages ago but hadn't listened to it for a long time until last week when it caught my ear big time). Dave Murray's Latin Big Band: Now Is Another Time. [url="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Now-Another-Time-David-Murray/dp/B00007MB80/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1271083209&sr=1-1-fkmr0"]http://www.amazon.co.uk/Now-Another-Time-D...mp;sr=1-1-fkmr0[/url] Really, really strong playing. Loads of energy. Not a smooth big band like teh Viallge Vanguard or Bob Mintzer's unit. More like the Mingus Big Band, looser, more edgy. Very Latin based.