Samashton12

1986 Yamaha RBX100 Some P bass Copy Epiphone EB0 Epiphone Thunderbird (Arctic White) - My pride and joy, Identical to a Gibson. Thats it.. So Far

Incredibly jealous mate, the greatest bass player I've seen played one of these.. a local guy who played round Liverpool.. Treat her well!

Anyone got one? Seen a white/maple/tortoise one before They look rather interesting Thanks, Sam

Welcome, Emily

The VM offset's are fantastic

[quote name='xilddx' timestamp='1372853393' post='2130680'] Can you sing improvised stuff you want to hear? Either in your head or out loud. [/quote] I dont sing, ever yeah, i just have difficulty translating that onto a fretboard :/

Hey Guys, Looking for help from a few of you BC veterans Any useful resources for helping with Improvisation on the bass? I can improvise in basic terms i just feel i'm stuck in the same "box". I'm self taught and have only ever learnt my basic pentatonic shapes which i adapted from guitar? Any help would be appreciated Thanks, Sam

[quote name='the boy' timestamp='1372807709' post='2130333'] Thanks for that, you are right. It's much better and I really enjoyed it. [/quote]

Kings of Leon's new one when it gets released in September And of course QOTSA's new "...like clockwork"

[quote name='paulconnolly' timestamp='1372785153' post='2129971'] Too late. Got it for £45. Just kidding [/quote] I nearly cried, upon first read, not seeing the just kidding part

Jared Followill - Kings of Leon

Dlloyd, you're correct in saying its not the best version, nothing beats the original, I just seen this a live take on it and found it rather brilliant.

Even his distorted tone at the end of that (before the bends) sounds cool, although I love the ending artificial harmonic in the original. Possibly the hardest to play, too.

A new signature?

I was there with friend, he said its been there for months, it'll be just my luck if its gone.

I was browsing a tiny local music shop the other day and in the window i saw an old 70s defretted, no name Japanese P copy, on sale for £75. Being curious i had to have a go. The experience was,, Weird to say the least. The bass was perfect, it crackled slightly, but what do you expect from an old £75 bass? It was for the simple reason that my fingers had no boundaries, no frets to stop me. For a few moments i was in awe, but coupled with the love of this new found freedom but also a dislike for change. It was a completely different animal. I regretting putting it back. So I'm going to finally retrieve it next weekend! Thanks, Sam

My cat always finds its way into my Thunderbird case or various boxes.. It tried to climb into my PC case when i was building it!

[quote name='dlloyd' timestamp='1372754535' post='2129410'] Not quite what I meant. A few years back Jaco's first wife, Tracy, posted about it on the JacoPastorius.com forum (which has long gone). She said he used to drive her nuts with that tune... I find slightly it hard to believe it wasn't a completed tune when he went into the studio. To the OP... Portrait of Tracy isn't that difficult to play. You just need to break it into manageable sections. I spent a few weeks working on it and pretty much nailed it, and if I can do it, anyone can. The only part I can't do is the stretched artificial harmonic D# (second fret B with the sixth fret harmonic). I just can't reach that far. I use my thumb at the neck pickup instead. [/quote] I face a similar problem to you, but i hit the B on the 7th fret of the E and harmonic the 11th? it gives the same note I've found., and guys i have started learning it! i am up to the D# artificial harmonic part at the moment, the harmonic chords were putting me off but i sat for hours last night repeating them and now i seem to be able to play them! Thanks, Sam

I feel honoured.

I'm sure you've all seen this before but i find this utterly fantastic. So i'd thought i'd start another pointless thread to admire it as i seem to be heading into a massive "Jaco phase" recently, surprising since i play Indie and Alternative. I see it as a benchmark for what i'll never be able to play, as it will be rather impossible to be as technically sound as him. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25DXcFg1TFo"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25DXcFg1TFo[/url] Thanks, Sam