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Four bars that work for the whole song (or almost the whole song)? Sweet Dreams are made of this Seven Nation Army Tainted Love The above three have the same relative chords, and one can play the bassline to seven Nation Army to Tainted Love. Same for Stray Cat Strut. Anything short that works with a looper should work with a programmed TRB303. I started up with a list of songs that had an iconic first four bars - which is not what you requested! Billy Jean - Michael Jackson Beat it - Michael Jackson Cars - Gary Numan Don't you want me baby - Human League Peaches - Stranglers Rescue Me - Fontella Bass Hit me with your Rhythm Stick - Ian Dury Oh what a night - Silly Love Songs - Wings

It's not really a chordal instrument. Don't be misled by the similarity to a guitar. Yes, the frets mean that one can play chords, but they were designed to be melodic instruments. Most of bluegrass mandolin seems to feature fast melodic runs. Vivaldi's mandolin concertos are again melodies not chords.

I do wonder how bassists manage to switch between instruments! I think that that addition of a high C or the loss of a low B would confuse me! I admire people who can switch.

Here, an Ashbury Lindisfarne octave mandola. It seems to be what you described- guitar body, double courses of strings. And it sounds gorgeous!

Did you manage it? It is surprisingly possible, I have found. I am also pretty sure that there is a key change or a mode change in there, but I cannot say what is happening in technical terms At 3'20 it seems to revert to the original key, but I cannot hear when it left it!

Here, another Rotosound advertising jingle.

You have got me thinking. Is the bass funky-sounding (single coil J-bass, steel round wound strings?) - or is the funk from the fingers, the tight timing, and by playing the strings nearer to the bridge?

I think that is clear that, if you are an attractive yet unrecognisable bassist, Rotosound requires that you share a photo of you gazing longingly at the product, while wearing false vampire teeth and playing a bassline that would fail the audition for a function band. Only then can your tout your wares on this thread.

Not at all - I am enjoying it hugely! And, if I get a bonus point for every Like and Reply, at this rate, I will be a Bass Chat High Master and General Big Cheese on this forum, in spite of not even knowing the difference between a good-looking model and a bassist.

1967 Advert - "that is the Who with Rotosound strings!" 2023 Advert - "who is that with the Rotosound strings?"

I wish!! (See what I did there....?)

You're not taking the question seriously - which probably tells me all that I need to know about the likely answer! Is the man that tall bassist who makes cheese? Is the person in the hat the young German girl who works for Thomann and demonstrates basses on their YouTube channel?

My basschat feed has an advert across the top of it, for Rotosound strings. Lots of attractive, young, happy people smiling because of their string choice, and a couple of older, professorial gentlemen, making music. Are they well-known musicians, or models chosen for their good looks?

Is the question "why have I fallen in love again with the basses that I have put up for sale?"? Clearly, you bought them because you liked them at the time. So, no surprise that you still like them. But maybe you no longer need two of them. It's a hard choice - the same happened with me, when I showed my dad the Boulder Creek 5 string acoustic bass that I was about to sell... after 10 minutes of playing, it went back in the case, for me to keep.

Right angled Jack plug, wrapped around the strap here. I have some straight Jacks but realised that they were not ideal

Apologies. I had assumed that bridges and piezos were always separate. My lack of knowledge resulted in some poor advice.

Cut the bridge in half. Then, the bridge can fully rest on the piezo, with no arching to leave a gap between bridge and piezo) Or have the bottom slot recut so that it is flat. Or make sure that the bottom of the bridge is flat.

If your PC passes all of the tests, there is minimal latency - milliseconds. The tests are designed to eliminate the users with latency issues.

For chatting, WhatsApp. For playing music and sharing it live, JamKazam - but even entry level requires a high specification set up (ethernet rather than WiFi, a fast PC. If you fail the speed tests, JamKazam won't let you join).

@ezbassyou wouldn't last 10 minutes in a church band, then! So, is a pitchfork similar to a tuning fork, but slightly sharp?

I think I _am_ him!

That's a bit harsh, although I see where you are coming from. Church bands don't really have a concept of playing a song right. Rather, they play up to their own ability, and what they feel. So, if the original version of the song has a bass riff between verses that they can't play, then there won't be a bass riff. I am perhaps the only one in the band who has a recent background playing covers, and understands the concept of playing in the key, and version of the recording. The guitarist is more of a soloist who expects others to hear and follow his chordal embellishments - he is so instinctive a player that sometimes he is unsure what he played, when I ask. That makes it nearly impossible to follow him perfectly (but if he is happy with D in the bass when he goes to an Em to C, then I can play with him). It also means that playing covers note-perfect is more of a challenge for him. He is a good guy, with a narrower skill set. I am perhaps a bit of a plonker, but with experience of more bands, and reading, chord charts, and tab - but minimal ear playing.

@dmc79 @Ralf1e I was on a roll and added more words while you were commenting. Of course, the other way of looking at it is that they saw my obvious distress and anguish, without understanding why - and therefore gave me the space to stay away from the band. When I spoke with the randomising guitarist he said that he felt that in such situations there is little that can be done in the heat of the moment. He also explained that he does not like to by tied to a piece of paper (or, as I call it, use the music), and prefers to do it by memory so that he cango with the flow. So, I understand his reasoning, but I am unsure how to follow him when he does his own thing. Perhaps it is best to promote unity, by leaving the band.

General issues. ○ We have a rota supposedly showing attendance 3 months in advance, maintenened by the Worship Leader. It is regularly allowed to run out, leaving the team to ask on Friday whether they are playing on Sunday. ○ The rota should include one person from the church choir. The WL regularly forgets to invite someone or they can't make it and tell him- but he forgets to invite a replacement. ○ We did a Worship Central course but the last one clashed with the August summer break. He never rescheduled it. ○ The song chord charts are often late, or never sent. Apparently I am the only one who asks for them ○ A guitarist plays from memory, while the rest of us use the chord charts. Occasionally the guitarist will play differently to the rest of the band but won't tell us that he is doing his own thing. ○ 3 ½ years ago, I was told that I would be on the rota for guitar. A year ago, I gave up waiting for it to happen. ○ the WL said that new singers would be given 3 rehearsals before they were allowed in a service. It never happened. ○ I have frequently mentioned these issues, but they are not dealt with. I have concluded that it does not matter to them. Specifically ○ The guitarist for that rehearsal played something that other than what written. "What are you playing for the bit that says C G C?" ",oh I am not playing that" (,(but did not say what he was playing). ○ The WL was the drummer, and was speeding up. I told him so - and he said that he knew, and carried on. ○ The WLs wife sang, and one phrase was so off key that I stopped, and asked the WL what had happened (I thought that I was in the wrong key). He said that it was "a bit pitchy ". ○ When I asked for clarification and guidance, they carried on playing. ○ When I packed up (which took about 3 minutes) they carried on playing. They did not stop to ask what the issue was. ○ Over the next day, I got two WhatsApp messages saying not to turn up for the band . I have been asked to meet up with the leaders. So lots of general issues, that make me wonder how supportive the band is, and if I want to be part of it. Indeed, if I have the ability to play with elastic drummers, fretless singers, and guitarists who go off piste in the songs. Walking out was not my finest moment, but I am not impressed with them either. Right now I am off to visit my dad, in a Covid ward where he is on oxygen. Somehow, that feels worse his mild stroke and heart attack that hospitalised him on Christmas eve, and his next hospital visit on new year's eve. My feeling is that I just wanted to play in the band, and not have to deal with the hassle of the band.

To me it sounds like a fumble, especially when I listened to the stems of the whole track, and heard that other specific bars felt a little inconsistent and imprecise. There is a whole BC thread on errors that made the released recording, and September got a mention there too.