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Bilbo
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They do look attractive. And expensive.
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Great jazz trio gig last night at the Fox in Bury - Phil Brook on guitar and a new guy (to me) Jack Hunt from nr. Diss on flute (sitting in). NIIIIIIIIIIIICE!
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I really think the size of your hands has nothing to do with any of this. I have always played with what is usually called a 'one finger per fret' technique on my left hand (fretting). However, because I am on a fretless, the accuracy required for all four fingers to actually HIT the exact spot where the correct note lays is simply not there physiologically so you have to make small adjustments depending on where you are on the neck but also where you are in the phrasing of an idea. In addtion, depending on the line you are playing, you sometimes need to play the next note on the same string as the last one whilst, at other times, you need to play it on a different string. All of this changes the position of both of your hands and your fingers quite significantly. Having it all under your hands in one position is a technical ideal but not always possible or desirable in practice. It is your ability to move your hand between positions without losing the internal integrity of a phrase that counts not the size of your hand. I suspect this is not really any different on a 36" scale to a 33". Small hands, big hands. I think its a red herring.
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'So What' - Miles Davis 'All Blues' - Miles Davis
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[quote name='lowhand_mike' post='174440' date='Apr 11 2008, 11:45 AM']for example i have no idea how For the love of money goes.[/quote] Betcha do!! It's been used on 'The Apprentice' ads - heavily phased/flanged bass line with a girl group vocal 'money, money, money, moaney'!! - Google it and you will recognise it, I guarantee it. It was written by Anthony Jackson so he must be getting some new royalties for it!
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Celebrity Gear - once used by the famous
Bilbo replied to Born 2B Mild's topic in General Discussion
I had a Trace Eliot AH250 and two cabs that were used by double bass players Arild Anderson (Masquelero and other ECM work) and Miroslav Vitous (Weather Report etc) on seperate occasions, one at St Davids Hall in Cardiff, the other (Vitous) at the Brecon Jazz Festival. Apparently, mine was amongst the best gear in the area at the time (mid 80s) and I would also let them use it for free (free tickets that is!!)! -
Jazz trio - shocking :wacko:
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Welcome,. Maine - Marillion, eh!! My kid brother loved them (has a daughter called Kaylieigh!). We saw them at Reading with Fish all made up (was it in about 1482)! Halcyon Days!
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12 String XG Chapman Stick with PASV-4 Villex Pickup
Bilbo replied to Steve Woodcock's topic in Basses For Sale
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The problem with finding your true path is in recognising that you are already on it.
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[quote name='urb' post='173375' date='Apr 9 2008, 06:58 PM']Er... I love jazz too Mike[/quote] GOOD for you !!!!!
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[quote name='Machines' post='173277' date='Apr 9 2008, 04:36 PM']48Kg ?! What is it made from, concrete ?[/quote] AA plywood construction with dado and rabbit joints throughout. Whatever THAT is!! It does come with wheels tho' so its not all bad!
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Find a second hand Eden Metro Combo (£6 - 700) - it will do everything you want and more. I have used it for small group jazz, big bands, pit orchestra work, funk, pop and rock gigs, festivals and the Hammersmith Odeon (Labbats Apollo). It did it all without going above about 5 on the master volume. Great EQ, great sound - can't go wrong. [url="http://www.eden-electronics.com/products/combos/indiv/metro.asp"]http://www.eden-electronics.com/products/c...indiv/metro.asp[/url] Only shortcoming is it weighs 48kg but I can get it into my car on my own so no real worries only an occasional bout of laziness on my part.
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I also use my pinky to do that volume control trick that ol' Steven Stewart from The Enid used to do. I can really motor with it and, on a fretless with a reverb/echo, it can sound very cellolike.
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Whatever works. Knowing where the notes are is only half the battle. Knowing how they relate is probably more important. However, your diagram is a perfectly credible way of learning the basic locations of notes (assuming, of course, it is correct!!). Anther option is to learn to read music and the fretboard knowledge comes from that. But your way is fine.
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Without being contentious, I can't see how you can play WITHOUT using your pinky. One finger per fret plus two more frets by stretching (obviously not at the bottowm of the neck - see my avatar). If you don't use your pinky (other than due to a disability), you really are cutting your potential by 25% or more (because it is the finger that can stretch the furthest).
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I guess these guys have bad days like the rest of us and must get a bit hacked off with local rhythm sections that don't deliver what they want/expect. This all happened at least 10 years ago - I'd like to have a crack at him again - if he pulled a stunt like he did last time, I would have something to say this time (I am a little more confident now!!). I know he's bigger than me but, when you faced down a serial killer, you know you can do ANYTHING
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I did a gig with Jim Mullen years ago - everything he called went like s*** off a stick and he didn't use charts, just expected you to know everything (I didn't). He was a nice enough guy but I felt that his perceived unwillingness to work WITH us as a trio resulted in a poorer experience for us and the audience alike. Jim looked good, tho'.
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No, thats not Jeff Berlin on my avatar, its me. Its just that I have a big gut and questionable facial hair too! The bass hangs there because it has too! I just found out that mine IS an Energy 6 as there is a picture of it in G-77's post here (post no. 6): [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=14286&hl=status+energy"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=...l=status+energy[/url] The bass I have is the one on the far right (as you look at the picture).
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Probably old news to you young folk but I have recently discovered this website - CD Baby - where you can download MP3s of all sorts of obscure stuff at very reasonable prices - great way of hearing new stuff you ain't gonna find on the High Street. You can listen to most of the stuff before you commit. I have just downlaoded Janek Gwizdala and Matt Garrison cds for around a fiver each - all kosher! Recommended!
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Kenny Wheeler's 'Music for Large and Small Ensembles' and the great 'Double, Double You'. Superb!
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Wayne Shorter - Footprints Live Michael Brecker - Michael Brecker, Don't Try This At Home or Pilgrimage
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I have a Status Energy (I think - see below) 6-string bass that I am considering trying to swap for a similar quality 5-string (not much use for the dusty end of the 6). My confusion on the model revolves around the fact that, unlike some other basses, this one doesn't actually SAY what it is anywhere on the bass and I am no geek and have forgotten! I have looked for similar basses on the 'net and the ones I found that looked the most similar are Status Energy 5s. I bought it for £800 (new) from Anderton's in Guildford about 6 years ago so the price for an Energy would be about right. Its got a wooden, not graphite, neck, two active pickups and a volume and two tone knobs. The sound is very clean and it is fretted - don't really like it on both those counts but I know others do like that kind of thing! To say it hasn't been played much is an understatement - the battery in it is the original!! I basically do 4 gigs a year on it and record using it when my Wal is not available (i.e. when it is downstairs and I can't be a***ed to go down and get it). Other than that it stays on the wall. The bass comes with a hard case (Hiscox I think - I am in work and the bass is at home so I can't check). I keep meaning to take photos of it for posting but never get around to it! It is on the wall behind my right shoulder on my avatar. I will get some proper photos here if I decide to go for it. Anyone got a similar quality 5 they are minded to move (fretted or fretless)?
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Gil Goldstein - now there's a talent 'Zebracoast' is a great cd and it introduced me to Carles Benavent, a great plectrum wielding giant of nuevo flamenco bass playing and to nuevo flamenco in general. Goldstien also did the arrangements for Mike Brecker's 'Wide Angles' cd (I think he got a grammy for it). Has worked with Pat Metheny, Jaco Pastorius, Pat Martino, Billy Cobham, and Lee Konitz. In l981 Gil started performing with the Gil Evans Orchestra. With Gil Evans as his mentor, Goldstein began developing his own arranging craft, eventually writing for artists including Milton Nasciemento, Randy Brecker, Pat Metheny, Wallace Roney, David Sanborn, Al Jarreau, and in 2003, winning a Grammy Award for his work with Michael Brecker. Check him out if you can (there's loads of stuff on Youtube).
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Recommended - Shadows & Light - Joni Mitchell - great songwriting and great performances (Jaco) Suntan - Michel Camilo Trio - its what a six string bass is for (Anthony Jackson) Bright Size Life - Pat Metheny (Jaco) Abercrombie, Johnson, Erskine - John Abercrombie Trio Live (Marc Johnson) Conference of the Birds - Dave Holland Miles Smiles - MIels Davis (Ron Carter) Rejoicing - Pat Metheny (Charlie Haden and Billy Higgins - lush!) Grasshopper - Wayne Johnson (Jimmy Johnson - no relation) Allan Holdsworth - Road Games (Jeff Berlin - the height of his career) Morrocan Roll - Brand X (Percy Jones NOT doing Jaco) I could go and (and probably will)
