miles'tone

It's a journey for sure. Beauty at it's hardest 😉. I wouldn't change a thing though. No time for bands anymore but music is it's own reward at the end of the day. Bass playing finds a way! ✊️

Best is a Harley Benton mahogany bass uke and a set of the Galli-Kala flats for it. I take it everywhere as it lives in the car. I'm playing and learning 10x more now. Best £150 all in I've ever spent. As a very busy dad of 2 with autism, It's really made a huge difference to my overall mental health. My fam is reaping the benefits too as I'm a much less frustrated and now happier daddio these days 👍

Just my bag. Cheers!

Spot on. I certainly don't have as much rhythmic vocabulary as I should anyway. I can demo, clap, or say what the rhythm goes like but for the most part I wouldn't know what to call it. Food for thought, cheers.

First and foremost It's the rhythm of one's bass playing that holds a band together and propels the rest to glory (whether they deserve it or not 😄). Rather than being a frustrated guitarist playing bass, I've always thought of myself as a frustrated drummer. Basically I play the drums on on bass, with the chord tones of whatever is going on being my kit. That's a very simple description of how I go about it but people always seem to like it.

Feel the same. Really good. He's also thrown me the bone on a couple of his essential jazz albums, which I've never heard of. Looking forward to getting into those this evening.

I couldn't say for sure when, but it was a thing on Talkbass years ago. They seemed to enjoy poking fun at their younger members who asked this question a lot. Maybe we adopted it to poke fun at Talkbass in general. We should probably stop now.

That's a good point Bleat and a great idea! Especially seeing as we also have the Gold Tone Micro Bass (when I'm richer 🤞...) which lands between the two. As an aside, feel free to hit me up on any ABG questions you may have. I've owned and gigged quite a few over the years and may have some useful insights on the matter. Always happy to help. Cheers 👍

I've really got into the U-Bass world this year, I now own a fretted and fretless. I personally would like to see a Ubass specific place to go in our gear section, like we have for double basses etc, as any U-Bass threads do get lost in the usual traffic stream. There's many different ukulele basses coming onto the market now and also string choices, designs and their development are getting more comprehensive month by month it seems. I use my bass ukes more than my bass guitars and upright at present simply because I have them always at hand. In the car, in work... they are so good for on the fly ideas and practise. Every bass home should have one! Maybe there's enough of us now to warrant the creation of a U-bass sub section (I know that there's at least a few of us lurking in our diminutive closets 😄). Just a thought for the Basschat massive (especially the mods 😘) @ped @Kiwi @Woodinblack Thanks, Miles

Hey all. I have a Batking fretless acoustic bass uke, thunder brown strings installed. Managed to get a little relief on the neck... My pocket Mingus sounds brilliant now 👌 🦇👑

Ooo I love that! Well done sir! 👏 @fretmeister

Another Primal Scream fave of mine is their cover of 96 Tears which was the B side to Kowalski, the first release with Mani on bass. Nothing too complicated but it's another fine example of his good-time feel.

I think it's either an Aria Cardinal or Thor Sound.

Nice words 👌 Mani's passing has really thrown me to be honest. I didn't know him, never met him yet the positive influence he had on my life is massive. I saw the Roses live in 1990 before I became a musician and for me, Mani stole the show (no easy feat considering the company he was with). I couldn't take my eyes off him. I decided that day that I was going to be a bass player. I sold my car, bought a bass and amp and stayed in for nearly 2 years going at it. Growing up, none of my family were musicians, my folks didn't even listen to music yet along came the Stone Roses and kind of gave me permission to follow my dreams and be in a band. I can't stress how much that meant. Their interviews were as good as the album and equally inspiring. Right time, right place and I was the right age (17/18). I suppose they were like my generation's Sex Pistols in a way. Everyone who saw them picked up instruments and formed bands. Mani was the everyman firebrand who made the Roses so relatable to so many. It's wonderful to see how loved he is these past few days. Hard to accept that someone that seemed larger than life with so much talent, character and infectious positivity is gone. Right at the time he was planning on making waves again and start getting back out there. Seems so unfair. But such is life... I have been smiling a lot at one memory though... I was right at the front for his first gig in Manchester with Primal Scream, his "homecoming" and comeback all in one. He came out wearing a Man Utd shirt and his Rickenbacker, massive cheeky grin as he started playing the first couple of bars of 'Adored for fun and the place erupted! All chanting Mani! Mani! Mani! for a very long time. He had to tell everyone to calm down so they could start the show! Bloody brilliant! So long superstar x

One of my favourite Primal Scream Mani tracks is Exterminator, a filthy train of thought groove full of feels and swagger that is the man himself personified: Also, a shout out for one of the lesser championed Roses songs, How Do You Sleep. Mani's bass on this one always makes me smile. So fluid, so freakin cool!: X

Yes that line is all Mani 👌

After years of never giving up on the Roses getting back together, I'm so grateful he had this moment. The first time they took to the stage again, unified. A free gig they threw at Warrington Parr Hall. Gives me goosebumps every time.

I'm gutted. He's the reason I first bought a bass.

I'm loving my uke basses too. Just laying down a nice little hack that I thought of and actually worked. To solve the common complaint of the fat poly strings being far too grippy, I slid some paper under the strings and gave the strings a light rub down with 800 grit wet and dry paper to take off the glossiness of said strings. Worked a treat! I can now slide about as much as I need to. Took less than 5 mins. I have a Harley Benton mahogany, and a Batking fretless btw. I keep them in the car to learn new tunes on while I'm waiting around for my boys to finish scouts or whatever dad's taxi run I might be on!

Ozric Tentacles - Live Underslunky. Zia Geelani's bass playing on this album is kind of my ground zero. Peak Ozrics line up (imho). A corkin' live album.

Hey thanks for that @BassApprentice, I just read the article on it. Sounds amazing on the clip 👍 https://yamahaguitardevelopment.com/2024/12/07/yamaha-guitar-development-custom-shop-miki-santamaria/

Oof, I love that! Lane Poor pickup too. Prototype then? More info needed!

Great list! Pressure Drop - Toots and The Maytals