RCMJ

Bump one more time!

OK final bump - £1200.

Well worth it!

Bump.

Will accept £1300.

Collection probably essential due to weight - Watford area.

OK Bump £340 - It's pretty much unplayed folks! Mint Condition. 

Bump - £200 Price drop. Will accept £1400.

Thanks for looking!

Bump...will accept £375.

EBS Fafner II Bass Head.

Fantastic amp, in fantastic condition and previously used only in a smoke free studio environment for recording and reamping.

I am only selling as I need to downsize so I'm not interested in trades. 

Dave Marks gives much better explanation about the Fafner's capabitilies than I ever will so please check this video out to see what the Fafner II head can do.

Collection only, or local meet up - Watford area -  I guess the buyer would want to try it out first anyway.

This bass is in as new condition having been mostly kept in its case in a smoke free studio room environment, and has only been used a few times. 

I'm selling as its simply surplus to my requirements, it's a great bass, very playable, lightweight with a nice feeling neck and capable of a wide variety of sounds, but I have too many instruments so it has to go - for this reason,  I am also not interested in trades.

Bolt on Neck

4 string with Bartolini Pick-Ups

Case Included.

Collection preferred, (Watford area) - 

Shipping - I'll have to work out a price based on location 

OK here's another, the little syncopated figure of semiquaver/quaver/semiquaver:

OK perhaps the simplest, maybe I should have started with this one:

http://rcmjbass.blogspot.com/2020/09/sixteenth-note-practice-1-e-a-aka.html

I am slacking a bit but here's another: 

OK after a little pause, the next in the series...dotted quaver and a semiquaver:

Another new one: https://youtu.be/RzCBv4tKDRg

On 28/05/2020 at 15:53, visog said:

Or 'Duddle-duh!' Nice. Great. Keep 'em coming. All permutations please...

Next one is up, more to come!

So, here's my current project, following on from the videos I made with quavers: (see here: http://rcmjbass.blogspot.com/2020/03/rhythm-playlist.html,)   I've now started on a series of videos to illustrate semiquaver rhythms.

I guess I should have called it "Quarantine" though!

17 hours ago, stewblack said:

I faced a stark choice. Getting older and gigging with multiple bands I could not trust my memory to juggle so many sets. First I learned to play from chord charts but I added depping to my list and the number of songs rocketed. 

So I decided to dedicate the last of my fading brain cells to learning to read. This way if a song appears on a set list and I have it in my archive I can refresh my memory of it quickly. 

Effectively using transcriptions as an extra long term memory. 

Oh and it's a joy  Really great fun. 

I've found exactly the same thing!

I now always write out whatever set I do with a particular band, if I don't get a call for a year or two,  I'll still have it written out and can jump in with the barest of preparation ( although I guess the preparation is the process of writing out all the charts.) and often no rehearsal.

OK I am still working on Carol Kaye's stuff: 

On 24/09/2019 at 15:24, Twigman said:

I used to be able to read treble clef  - I am OK getting the pitch right but reading rhythm eludes me.

Bass clef is still a mystery to me ( I can never remember the stave).

I wonder if the play a long videos I made might help you, I made them to help people learn some very simple rhythms. I explain a bit more on my blog page: http://rcmjbass.blogspot.com/2020/03/rhythm-playlist.html

Come and check it out , and please do let me know if it's useful, or not....!

Hi folks,

I've uploaded a new video as part of my continuing mission to help bass players learn to read rhythmic notation.

This latest one contains most of the basic quaver patterns you can get across two beats (at least in terms of placement) with each one played twice.

I've used a pick, which might also help illustrate getting picking patterns together in terms of upstrokes and downstrokes, but whatever works, you can play finger style or slap or whatever:

Here's my channel which I started just earlier this year:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsZ-ndJ2jXTFm4ELq9HCqJA

There's some basic rhythm exercises, some bass duets (I've done a bunch of the Carol Kaye ones, some Bach and some Telemann) and few blues play a longs...but there's a lot more to come so please come check it out  and say hi!

 A sad loss. 

Matthew Seligman also played on the Stereo MC's album "Connected" which was a massive hit in the early 90's, some very simple but tasty grooves on that one. He also played some great fretless with Peter Murphy (Bauhaus) on the Love Hysteria album which I loved at the time.

On 11/04/2020 at 09:29, Coilte said:

Carol Kaye is one of the most famous pick players. In the link below (see tip numbers 26 and 27) she gives detailed instructions on pick playing. Plenty here to keep you occupied for a while. 

https://www.carolkaye.com/www/education/tips1.htm

You can't go wrong with Carol Kaye! She has so many great performances to her credit and her educational material, especially  those pick rudiments can be applied to many other musical styles.

One of the first books I learnt from was Fred Paterno's "The Literate Bassist" which got me going with learning fingering patterns and reading notation, rather than TAB, which I am super grateful I never bothered with!

It seems Hal Leonard have reissued the book recently which is surprising as it seems a little dated now, some good content though nonetheless.

Anyway, I've been revisiting all my old books due to extra lockdown time and this blues is pretty cool: