bagsieblue

As requested by PM for my benefit and others:

Impressive playing you've posted up there.

This is something I've started to try getting into as well.

Can I ask what scales / chord tones / substitutions you are visualising / thought processes / thinking about on the neck when you are playing?

Are you mentally thinking to outline / connect each chord change?
Are you thinking anything in terms of chord subs etc?

Sorry - all now sold.
Thank you everyone....

[quote name='Kiwi' timestamp='1346633161' post='1791463']
Drop Cetera a line - he has the largest collection of spectors I know about. He's in Surrey though.
[url="http://basschat.co.uk/user/106-cetera/"]http://basschat.co.uk/user/106-cetera/[/url]
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Yep - thanks for that, I've seen many of Cetra's posts and drooled over the stunning collection - wish he was just around the corner from me (in a non stalker kind of way) ....

All PM's replied to....

[quote name='skej21' timestamp='1346582105' post='1790708']
Nice! Any chance you got the dots? I'm doing this with a band and would love to have a look at pino's licks and this particular arrangement!
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+1
would like the dots for this as well if possible

Still all for sale - May Split Bump.... PM'ed back adriansmith247

Bump - make me an offer? - sale or trade?

Hmmm... it's tales like this that make me wonder if it's worth trying to get myself back into a band.
Traipsing halfway round the country to play to not very many people is soul destroying.

Do people really think that the smoking ban is that significant? - I do think it has had an impact but not sure how big of an impact.

[quote name='merello' timestamp='1346576701' post='1790625']
What a line! My Ford Focus 2004 or a bass!
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yep - got it up for sale but no interest - seems that 2nd hand car sales are about as slow as 2nd hand bass sales........

Anyone with a healthy (or should that be unhealthy?) Spector collection in the North West?

I've got an itch to somehow change one of my Warwick's (or a 2004 Ford Focus!) into a Spector, and would like to be able to try a few Spectors ideally one of the newer EMG CS-TW Euro 5 Strings.

If anyone would be good enough to let me have a few minutes on one, or more, then it would be much appreciated.

I've seen the Warwick Vs Spector thread and seen other posts on here.

Is the general opinion that the nearest Warwick to a Spector Euro 5LX is a Streamer $$?

Thanks Doddy - agreed the Rhythms are harder than the actual notes - the parts I find particularly troublesome are the more complex pieces (obviously) where there is a need to change, repeatedly, from one rhythm to another.
I think I've got 'Modern Reading Text in 4/4' somewhere, so will work through that as well

I'm a self confessed Warwick fan - always liked their basses, and learning to play bass as a teenager they were always the basses that I would tell myself "One day I'll have one of those" - well, now I've currently got:

Corvette Hot Rod 5'er - great Warwick tone but very, very, very bright - tonally and visually
Dolphin Pro 2 - stonking bass, definitely has the Warwick growl
Corvette Bubinga - typical Warwick with funky midrange
Fretless Corvette Proline - great passive fretless mwah sound

Although my go to bass at the moment is my Spector Euro 5 LX ! ......

Completely agree with Warwickhunt - the classic Warwick tone is the Stuart Zender sound on the early Jamiroquai albums

Reading Bass Clef is really all about practicing it regularly.
I'm now trying to avoid TAB like the plague - I think like a lot of 'shortcuts' it actually works out to be a longer way around.
I use the first 20 to 30 min of my practice sessions as a warm up by reading and playing Bass Clef - I find it warms up both the eyes for reading and also the hands.
Try to find bass clef only with no TAB - I've even cut strips of card of varying sizes to cover the TAB on TAB transcriptions that I have!

The Major's Bootcamp in the Theory section is a great resource to work through.

I feel I've made good progress on reading the dots but like pietruska I also struggle with reading rhythmns - I'd be interested to hear people's techniques to learn these better.

First 'proper' gig was Pantera, September 1994.
Manchester Apollo - in the 'seated' section.
Absolutely superb, Dimebag one of my favourite guitarists, Vinnie Paul also a favourite drummer of mine, Phil Anselmo great front man and Rex solid as ever on bass.
I particularly remember the atmosphere and raw power of the band.

What am I going to do with this .......bump?

Still all for sale - May Split Bump....

[attachment=116891:P8280014.JPG]Clearing out some duplicates that I have so:

Up for sale I have:

2 x Copies of Jaco Pastorius Modern Electric Bass - Both complete with their CD. Note from the picture the books are one and the same book, just the cover is different.

Also 2 x Live Music DVD's
- Jamiroquai Live In Verona
- Pearl Jam Touring Band 2000.

£xxx delivered in the UK for the job lot.

Bump

[quote name='Si600' timestamp='1345792406' post='1781498']
I don't suppose anyone has the notation for Anthrax's cover of Got the Time? It was in Guitarist when they still had a bass techniques column, so that's going back some years but if anyone has a copy that they could scan or photocopy that would be grand.

It's the solo I can't work out by ear, just need more practice!
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Reading this thread and I thought I'm sure I've got this transcription - and indeed I do!
From Guitarist Magazine August 1993.

I can't scan until I'm back in work on Tuesday - I can take some photographs of the pages in the meantime if that helps?
Let me know (and if anyone else wants as well) and I'll be more than happy to send it on.

Bump....

Bump.....

Bought some strings and a gigbag from Houtoe (Chris).
Simple transaction, goods as described, delivered in good time and well packaged.
Would be happy to deal with again.

......and bump...

Thanks for the comments guys, hoping this would be of interest to somebody.
I am happy for trade offers on basses as well, plus or minus cash adjustments.

Bump......