Ultraviolet

Hi bass player available in the Orpington area... [u]urgently[/u] looking for other musicians to jam / practice with! Like all music really, anything with a Stax type bottom end! any takers?

[quote name='Paul Cooke' post='195458' date='May 9 2008, 02:37 PM'][url="http://www.bassisbodacious.com/"]http://www.bassisbodacious.com/[/url] [url="http://www.bassisbodacious.com/order.asp"]http://www.bassisbodacious.com/order.asp[/url] still available took about a month for my copy to come from America... and that was only a couple of months ago...[/quote] Hi mate yep, I thought so too. I ordered from the site but then had a refund saying the book is out of print - they are about to launch a new version. in the meantime, any other ideas? Fancy scanning your copy in for me so I can practice while I'm waiting? cheers, UV

Hi I've been trying to track down 'What Duck Dunn' as I'm enjoying playing his stuff. Anyone know where I can get a copy (it seems to be out of print according to the Bass is Bodacious site)? Or are there any other good books for learning more stax/motown that you can recommend? I'm in SE London if that helps. Cheers, UV

All I've been playing about a year, mainly learning from CD/courses with some lessons upfront to get the very basics right. I finished the first course - took around 15 weeks. This was 90% fingerstyle (1 chapter on slap), taking you through various styles. I was playing fairly well by the end, although relatively simple stuff. I then when straight onto a advanced slap course - mainly because I like the style and fancied the challenge :-0 It's been a really struggle - the tempo of the exercises is pretty fast, and some complex timings and techniques - left hand slap etc. I figured even if I can't play the advanced slap stuff very well, at least it will help with finger strength, fretting, reach, technique etc. The trouble is, it's a really slog - its taken me 6 months to get through the basic section. Was this a tactical error? Should I have perfected fingerstyle first, then gone onto slap? Or will it all come good with enough practice (which is my hope). At the moment, my playing is way off the pro on the CD.... Neil