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Buy a Rickenbacker, new or secondhand, you'll probably end up making money when you sell it.

Early 80s, I had a Columbus Jazz copy and a Carlsbro Stingray 115 combo. The Carlsbro had a 'Deep' button which used to make the room shake when I used it. Eventually I got fed up with carting it around and replaced it with a Trace Elliott AH100 and a 1x15 cab. The Trace is still my main gigging amp 20+ years later and now I have a real Fender Jazz bass.

+1 for Mongo Santamaria Pucho & His Latin Soul Brothers are also worth a listen [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYMTA8vuEuo"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYMTA8vuEuo[/url]

[quote name='merello' post='732228' date='Feb 1 2010, 09:10 PM']What about: EBS Session 60[/quote] I bought one of these two weeks ago from Bass Direct and I'm liking it very much. My objective was to buy a small combo for practice at home and for taking to rehearsals instead of my full rig and it does the job well. I've used it to rehearse with a jazz band, 3 woodwind, 2 brass, 2 guitars and a piano to contend with and there's still plenty of headroom. I was originally looking at the Eden N10 but when I played them side by side this had a smoother tone. The Eden was too trebly for my taste. Not sure how it would be for gigging with but it does have a DI out.

Latest batch of songs for my covers band Mama Do - Pixie Lott Move - Dreamgirls I Just Want To Make Love To You - Etta James Mister Big Stuff - Jean Knight Sir Duke - Stevie Wonder

[quote name='yorick' post='713404' date='Jan 15 2010, 09:05 AM']But he's not playing it..... [/quote] After the last photo was taken he balanced on his nose and used both hands to tap a Jaco Pastorius medley. Unfortunately the battery on my friend's camera died.

I bet none of us can do THIS [attachment=40227:Cuba_photos_007.jpg] [attachment=40228:Cuba_photos_008.jpg] [attachment=40229:Cuba_photos_009.jpg] A mate of mine took these photos when he went to Cuba a few years ago

[quote name='Ray' post='705678' date='Jan 8 2010, 04:23 PM']I used to play a Warwick Corvette Proline 5 string. When I joined my current band (old school funk/soul/jazz/R&B etc) I traded it for a Fender Jazz. The Warwick just didn't have the right 'vibe'. It was a lovely instrument though...[/quote] For reasons of 'vibe' I changed my Yamaha for a Fender Jazz after I started playing old school soul/Motown

[quote name='Low End Bee' post='691381' date='Dec 22 2009, 11:53 AM']Gloria. Get easier than that.[/quote] Louie Louie

Heres my band from earlier this year

Bilbo, I really appreciate all these transcriptions, they're helping to improve my reading skills.

[quote name='bassace' post='667169' date='Nov 27 2009, 11:00 AM']Just beware the bossy woman with the clipboard. She'll be in a total panic and won't have a clue! Happened to us a few times.[/quote] I've met her twice. Both occasions I didn't enjoy the gig.

Showaddywaddy, Queensway Hall, Dunstable, 1976

Cousin Dupree from that album is my second favourite Steely Dan tune

[quote name='thumperbob 2002' post='662457' date='Nov 23 2009, 10:25 AM']Roadrunner- Junior Walker- sounds simple enough but Jameson does some surprising things on this tune- as always!! Great Song- hope our sax player gets it. Bob[/quote] I love the bass intro to that song

Midnight Train To Georgia - Gladys Knight and I'm currently grappling with Sir Duke

About 10 minutes drive for me but our guitarist drives all the way from Worthing to Hertfordshire.

I've never avoided open strings, if it makes some things easier to play I'll use them. There is a difference in tone but I don't think it's big enough to worry about.

No effects for me either, I leave all that stuff to the guitarist.

It sometimes happens to me when the drummer is counting the song in. As long as I can remember what the first note is the rest of it comes back to me.

[quote name='thunderbird13' post='624921' date='Oct 13 2009, 01:12 PM']Cheers for that mate but the mistakes are alway in the same place and it tends to throw everyone else off[/quote] If the mistakes are always in the same place it's worth practising just that section of the song with the whole band. Start a few bars before where you make the mistake ( or at the beginning of a verse or chorus if you need a reference point ) and repeat that section over and over again until you nail it. Then play the whole song. We do this alot in my band and it really works.

Stevenage Workingmens Club. Long corridor from the car park at the back to the stage with three sets of doors along the way. Beside each set of doors is a notice stating ANYONE FOUND PROPPING THESE DOORS OPEN WILL BE REPORTED TO THE COMMITTEE. I love playing WMCs

Have a look at my band (link is at the bottom of this post). We mainly play 60s soul and Motown, guaranteed to get everyone on their feet