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Dont laugh. The original earlier versions of the theme tunes for Coronation St and Emerdale Farm when it was on at lunchtime ( I worked in a TV shop for a while), both had good and distinctive Bass lines. Also the Hamlet cigar ads in the 70s. Air on a G string I think. Two of them are DB I know, and I dont play DB but a good line is a good line. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJ_c2UaccJE

[quote name='KevB' timestamp='1434724098' post='2802237'] We've just been offered a gig at short notice tonight, will put it to the test and report back tomorrow who looked offended. [/quote] Why not go the whole hog and play Bitch, the B side of the original single as well ? I always wanted to play that one, and it might just offend somebody somewhere sometime, I reckon its got a better groove than Brown Sugar, which I have played hundreds of times - although not recently - without anybody being offended. Mind you I wouldnt have given a flying f*** if they were, its a song not a speech. Stop worrying about it and just play it.

Both With uneducated players, ie ones like me who picked it up as they went along, never had a lesson of any kind, still flying by the seat of their pants donkeys years later, and think sheet music looks like [s]hyro[/s], [s]hieriogl [/s] hieroglyphics written by drunk spiders who had their legs dipped in ink. Its probably mostly in the fingers. With a guy who sight reads, has been taught technique, and knows what all the knobs on his amp are for, its probably more in the gear. Thats my two bobs worth.

[quote name='bonzodog' timestamp='1434276837' post='2798176'] I had a mullet when i was 16. My dad lined me up an interview for a job with a huge printing company that may have set me up for life but I turned it down because the MD insisted i get my haircut (he was the double of captain peacock). My dad went bonkers and 6 months later I cut it all off anyway when I realised I looked like a berk!! [/quote] Could have given you the job, then demanded that you wear a tie and get your haircut after you started. That happened to me more than once even though I didnt have a tie at the tinterviews. I don't do ties, not even at my wedding. Slightly OT I know, but apart from long hair, when do you stop wearing jeans ?

Naah ! do what you like with the hair, but you should grow out of prog rock, by your 20s preferably That from someone who got sacked from jobs and generally discriminated against because of my long hair and often beardy image in the 60s and 70s. Now I'm retired, still with a good head of hair, its a lot shorter.

The only problem I found with practicing without a drummer is you, or at least I, tended to fill in the gaps. Good to be able to do it but if practicing that way too much, for me at least, it became a difficult habit to break.

LEDs radiate radio frequencies. Not much but its there. You can sometimes hear it if you put an analogue radio near them, and often see it on the screen with cheapo CCTV cameras fitted with IR LEDs. Surprised it doesn't cause more problems than it seems to tbh.

[quote name='lowhand_mike' timestamp='1433782467' post='2793926'] dizzy miss lizzie, maybe its the way i play it but its relentless and our guitarist likes to do a few solos on it so i start to get cramp in my fretting hand [/quote] Tried it with open strings or the A and D ? Takes the strain off my left hand... Works for me with a lot of similar line bass lines as well. Roadhouse Blues is a struggle for me, Our singer used to do his speech over the riff which killed my left hand, I dont miss playing that one.

[quote name='spacey' timestamp='1433757749' post='2793591'] I wonder if Joiners have a "the best ten doors I ever hung" page ? It's a Job when you are paid as a session player. [/quote] Dali and Picasso had jobs where they were paid to be painters, doesn't mean they shouldn't be recognised for being exceptionally good at it.

Apparently its no true... [b] [url="https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=6&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CEEQFjAF&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewsthump.com%2F2015%2F01%2F05%2Fduke-of-york-strenuously-denies-he-had-ten-thousand-men%2F&ei=Cox1VcWnCcaxUazfguAJ&usg=AFQjCNFk7g3Nra16YQRlqDPKDqRgPzBibA"]Duke of York strenuously denies he had ten thousand men[/url][/b]

[quote name='lowdown' timestamp='1433758350' post='2793601'] Well, I suppose if you come across a joiner who has hung over ten thousand doors, it might be of interest over at joinerschat.co.uk, regarding the best ten doors that he has 'ever hung'. [/quote] Wonder if the Duke of York has a memory of his ten best

[quote name='Coilte' timestamp='1433700537' post='2793217'] Another +1. [/quote] And another.

Never been a fan, but we opened for them a couple of years ago, and as has been said, Sensible is a thoroughly nice guy with a great sense of humour. we were offered a tray of beers, but they never turned up.

[quote name='leschirons' timestamp='1433098031' post='2787842'] The next band? or the next asshole musician? [/quote] 95% of the time, after a while you realise you got both.

Its not just weddings though surely. apparently Light My Fire, and Arthur Browns Fire are popular at Cremations. Not many funerals have bands though. Anybody played a funeral ?

[quote name='Raslee' timestamp='1433075312' post='2787532'] Our first gig at a little local festival yesterday with our new traditional ska/reggae outfit "The Bluespots", the crowds seemed to dig it. Sporting the Sire V7 for its first gig too and it performed wonderfully...oodles of bass lows Obligatory dodgy phone footage from someone in the crowd [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6B1-icY3aZg&feature=youtu.be[/media] [/quote] Great name for a Ska band. it was while working on big old Blue Spot Radiograms as an apprentice that I got turned on to Prince Buster and Blue Beat stuff. Years before most people in the UK had even heard of it.

[quote name='Lozz196' timestamp='1433026798' post='2787251'] Similar theme, I put up a post about how every gig I`ve been at recently where the bassists tone has been really good, the bass has been a Mexican Fender Precision. Coupling this with the fact that the two top voted basses in the Herts Bass Bash Blind Precision Test last year were both Mexican it does make me question why I`ve sourced two 70s Precisons for myself - at consideraly more expense that two MIM Precisions would be I might add. I do love those basses but when my ears hear something they like, they like irrespective of cost/labels/country of origin. And it`s now happening far too often to be coincidence. [/quote] I have 1991 MIM Precision. Sounds better than my SB301, but doesnt play anywhere near as well.

[quote name='TheGreek' timestamp='1433018293' post='2787170'] Like many other BCers I've [i]possibly[/i] got too many basses - I try to manage this by having them out on rotation however some, inevitably, get more use than others, generally based on cost and how exotic they are. This meant that my Bass Collection Nanyo SB301 has been sitting in it's case, neglected and almost forgotten, for at least 3 years and even though I knew it was a great bass it just wasn't getting the use it deserved. So, time for rotation, out it comes today and even though it's got a sporadic problem with a crackly jack socket it sounded and felt great. I'd forgotten how easy this small bodied, beautifully balanced, lightweight bass was to play. The shallow neck profile is a real pleasure to play, and makes getting round the RW fretboard so easy. Within minutes I remembered how good the J/P pick ups are, producing a surprisingly good range of tones for, what is now considered, a "[i]cheap[/i]" bass even though it felt as good as some high end or custom basses I've owned. It was a real pleasure rekindling the friendship.. There are couple on eBay at the moment for around £200 - an absolute steal when you consider what else you're going to get for this sort of money. Makes me question why I've spent thousands on other basses in my collection. Anybody else got gear tucked away not getting the use it deserves? Anybody got a Bass Collection they need to pull out to remind themselves how good they are? [/quote] Yeah, As it happens I've got a Black Nanyo SB301, and was thinking earlier today that I haven't even seen it for a year or two. Definitely the most playable Bass I have, closely followed by may old 1973 Eros Jazz copy, which was the first Bass I ever bought. Cant decide whether the Eros is really great or whether it just fits my hands and style because its what I learned on, and was my only Bass for years - Till I bought the SB301 above.

[quote name='Bassman Steve' timestamp='1433020026' post='2787198'] Left Twix, right Twix. The Japanese Fenders are similarly described and there seems no difference, they just used different phrases at different times. [/quote] I thought one was made in Japan, and the other was assembled in Japan. Dunno if its true, but a Fender rep told me years ago that the earlier MIM Precisions were assembled in Mexico from parts made in USA.

[quote name='Count Bassy' timestamp='1432993077' post='2786873'] Apart from having no practices or gigs to look forward to it just seems such a shame that all that work has gone into the band was for nothing. [/quote] Its never for nothing, it just seems that way today. Your better, and have more experience of bands / asshole musicians now. Draw a line under it and start looking for the next one.

If its a wedding. I Knew The Bride would be my choice. Great song, cant see why more covers bands dont do it anyway.

Since 63 for me. 1st single i ever bought was Wanna be Your Man. but I lost interest a bit after Sticky fingers. loved Some Girls, but since that theres been nothing that really impressed me.

My advice, for what its worth, is go for simple lines and try to develop a feel. Once you get more advanced, its easy to get carried away and lose the feel and get too flashy. I'd suggest, Stand by Me, and some basic walking bass lines from old Chicago Blues stuff like Muddy Waters. Maybe some Dr Feelgood, JB Sparkes was great at simple basslines that only work if you get the feel right. But pick on stuff [b][i]you[/i][/b] like so as to be sure you enjoy it.