miles'tone

And there was me thinking they'd designed a new bass. Silly me.

Best.

I started with Indie, then funk, I was then a jazzer for a few years. Now I'm 45 it's primal punk beats. I thought we're supposed to mellow with age. I'm just getting angrier..

Spotify premium is the way forward. Cut the guff.

[quote name='BassAgent'] Have you ever had that experience with a band (not necessarily Radiohead)? [/quote] Yes, I've become obsessed with The Fall's back catalogue. Never got them or even liked them but now I 'get' them.

Up in the sky by Oasis. Most tunes off their debut are simple and rockin' actually.

[quote name='BassApprentice' timestamp='1497000083' post='3315165'] Thundercat, Michael McDonald and Kenny Logins on The Tonight Show - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8AgdI4eyFc Great to see bass players getting primetime slots! [/quote] WTF! It's like I just had a crazy dream. Amazing!

[quote name='Al Krow' timestamp='1497031275' post='3315475'] Hey - would this guilty pleasure of mine by the Stone Roses earn a place on this list? http://youtu.be/ct-qa6SjRZo [/quote] Yes, and this will always be one of the best to me as it was the bassline that made me NEED to get a bass and try to be a musician for the first time. It's the bassline that got me started. Priceless. http://youtu.be/vY9g-PgSiGA

Don't ever agree play songs you hate (unless you're getting paid well for your trouble). A "jam" becomes a band then you're in a band where you can't stand half the set. Life's too short.

I just quit a band this weekend because the band leader has recently felt compelled to record his every pant-wetting squelchy fart and send it to me via WhatsApp. I'm just too old for that sh!t. Pun intended.

Only if I still took the drugs like Nick Oliveri used to. http://youtu.be/bAXPUN2z2CE

[quote name='hiram.k.hackenbacker' timestamp='1495715232' post='3306082'] Agreed. Far too many to choose from. Here are but a few.... http://youtu.be/jrqMdja4eYs [/quote] Yes! In fact this popped up on another thread recently.. http://youtu.be/aYzjH7DciiA

I don't actually believe there is a "best" bassline but whenever I'm asked this question, John Paul Jones always comes first to mind. http://youtu.be/NJa0Zhdxmro

The pianist's name followed by 'Trio'. Never fails. You might actually work again that way. 😄

[quote name='Muzz' timestamp='1495559818' post='3304843'] I dunno about weight being an arbiter of tone...or 70s, per se. I had a 78, all original down to case and ahtrays, and it not only weighed as much as a boat anchor that's let itself go and put on weight, it was also one of the worst, most lifeless basses I've ever played. It sounded...brown. And not a good brown, like you get from a rich walnut; more a runny, beige brown, like you get from a poorly spaniel... [/quote] 😂 😂 😂

3 beats high and risin' Autumn Bleeds The Ted Rogers Trio-two-one *Edit* (oh yeah, you're only 20 odd..) "The Lonious Monks" ftw

Medicine, Martyr and Dood

I saw the Stone Roses in 1990 and was totally taken by Mani. He looked the coolest, was the most animated and seemed to be the down to earth link between band and crowd. I sold my old piece of sh!t car the following week and bought my first bass and amp and I've never looked back!

My fretless P is BEAD and it's actually my only bass now. I find I mostly don't miss the G and all those extra low notes are much more useful to me. Your vintage bridge will handle the low B no probs - I have the same one on mine, threaded saddles. **put masking tape either side of the nut so you don't scratch your neck's finish** I just a took tiny length of rolled up sandpaper, about the width of the new string (can't remember what grade but it wasn't heavy) and just gently rubbed the sides of the E now B nut slot, taking great care just to widen the slot, bit by bit, checking againt the new B, and not to lower the nutslot. Don't want any fretbuzz by making it too low! Same for the others if they need it. The rest is just a little set up. Easy really and well worth it.

[quote name='bazztard' timestamp='1495364858' post='3303204'] yep blues funk or blunk I call it What Is and What Should Never Be is a great example of this. Just beautiful [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYzjH7DciiA"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYzjH7DciiA[/url] [/quote] Thanks for that, amazing playing and tone. Front pickup only I wonder?

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1495329807' post='3303031'] You guys still have hippies? Blue [/quote] 😂 nice one Blue.

I bought the 5210 combo for £320, everywhere else is selling them for £865!! Tone heaven! Well chuffed with it. DPD just left it on my doorstep though. I had to leave work to take it in the house as my elderly neighbour couldn't lift it. Driver just dumped it and drove off! All OK in the end though.

Bloody 'ippys

[quote name='bazztard' timestamp='1495209089' post='3302196'] The last song Soundgarden played that night was Led Zep's In My Time of Dying, which was a first (I think). After praising the Detroit crowd he said "I feel sorry for the next city" he knew [/quote] We'll never really know but it does sound like it was a stellar gig and crowd. Maybe it was so good, such a euphoric experience for him that the lonely hotel room comedown took him so low that his demons had him.

At the moment I'm suffering drummer latency and we're in the same room.