miles'tone

Sierra Ferrell - Trail Of Flowers has been a welcome highlight. She's the real deal, and has an old soul from another time. Love her. Gruff Rhys - Sadness Sets Me Free. It came out at the beginning of the year but is still on repeat in my car, setting me free. A beautiful record.

Bit the bullet and booked some one on one lessons with a working pro bassist for January. Onwards! 🙂

Sorry, couldn't resist ☺️

No diversion. It's all about learning to play better, thanks for your ideas!

Looks like there's one still inside peeking out of the grill.

Ben bought a Höfner and some bits off me. Nice easy deal with a great Basschatter. Cheers Ben 👍

Thanks Ruby, that's tonight's viewing sorted then! Much appreciated 🙂

Thanks for all your stories and suggestions guys, I really appreciate it. I'm going to go at it the traditional way and put the time in. Playing by feel and ears is where I want to be anyway. Using the side dots wasn't a problem at first because I was always standing side on, playing Rockabilly. It did become a problem later on when I was playing (ahem...bluffing) some jazz gigs as it led to some nasty neck and shoulder pain as mentioned above. I'm loving the Discover Double Bass youtube channel - there's plenty of great lessons on there to keep me busy. Cheers!

I have an upright that I've not played at all for many years. I used to play out with a band and got by with using side dots. Now I'm keen to start again and learn "properly" without the side dots, but I'm considering using some small dabs of nail varnish for my thumb to feel on the back of the neck to help me learn the different positions. Is this a done thing or has anyone else here used this method? Is it cheating? Makes kind of sense to me though! Looking forward to your thoughts and experience... Cheers.

Great 👍

😄 I once had an Avenger that had a Rover V8 gear knob that I acquired from a scrappy. At the time I was convinced it felt like it made it go faster 😂

Actually, that sounds like my dream bass! I love a fat neck, especially with the 70s nut widths. My old '65 was a serious bass of doom but given the choice (one day..) a narrower neck lightweight 70s P would be the one ('72 to tick the YOB thing while I'm at!)

Nice basses. I believe Jamiroquai is Jay Kay and whoever he chooses to hire. Since the now late Mr. Smith left in 2002 anyway.

https://www.apollomusiconline.co.uk/sx-p-bass---candy-apple-red-2344-p.asp

Shame, but at least you have a band again. There'll be other gigs.

Have a look at some 80s MIJ Tokai Jazz Sound basses. They are up there with the older MIJ Fenders. Great basses.

D'addario 5 string black tapes are great and low tension. Perfect for an ABG I would think. They last forever too.

Reminds me of being a youngster running up some stairs to catch a train...my pointy headstock Westone actually cut its way out of the top of my gigbag and slammed into a step, snapping off said pointy bit. I liked it better afterwards to be honest! 😄 @Steve Browning my current bass is fairly new so nothing to report so far (won't be long knowing me).

Iris was my mum's name ❤️ I hope wee Iris and the fam get sorted with this soon @AndyTravis Nice one @Clarky 👊

All I can offer is to frequent the open mics around your way. You'll always meet new people and new people bring new opportunities. Never say never 😉

We Gouda Get Out Of This Place - The Animals

Your memory?