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[quote name='4000' post='1249096' date='May 29 2011, 12:58 PM']Does Les Claypool get the same sound playing his Ric and his CTs? No.[/quote] I don't think there is much difference in Claypools tone no matter if he's playing his Ric,his Jazz,his Carl Thompson or his new Dan Mahoney. In another thread,someone mentions that in Ed Friedlands instrument demos they all sound similar and to me,that is totally understandable.

[quote name='skidder652003' post='1248469' date='May 28 2011, 05:45 PM']Its just a personal bug bear of mine that i dont feel I can call myself a bass player untill I can do something on the bass that my guitarist cant! [/quote] Read music?

[quote name='Pete Academy' post='1248380' date='May 28 2011, 04:13 PM']I think there's definitely natural ability. Victor Wooten was gigging at five years old, and was part of an intensely musical family.[/quote] I bet they all seriously practised though. Victor has admitted staying up all night learning 'Portrait of Tracy',and I'd guess he's done that many times when he was younger.

[quote name='dc2009' post='1248327' date='May 28 2011, 03:34 PM']but IMO it even begins with what bass you get, and what the electronics are.[/quote] I think it ultimately starts with the player. Put someone else playing Tim Commerford's gear and it won't sound like him.Likewise,Tim C will sound similar to how he does on his fancy rig with pretty much anything. There is a video of Billy Sheehan playing a Danelectro at a trade show through a Pigtronix Philosophers Tone pedal,and he sounds just like Billy Sheehan.

I think that more important than the 10,000 hour 'rule' is what you practice. If you spend 3-4 hours a day playing riffs and lines that you can already play and enjoy,you won't benefit as much as someone who studies new material for an hour. As far as the 'natural' talent thing is concerned,you still have to work at it.All these people that are call 'a natural' at what they do have usually spent a lot of time working on it but all you ever see is the end result-you don't see the hours and hours spent practising.

[quote name='twowheeledwriter' post='1247349' date='May 27 2011, 05:14 PM']It must be my Friday afternoon mood, but the idea of Neil Peart being relegated to percussion in favour of double drummers made me chuckle (no offence to all the percussionists out there...). Are you sure he'd take the job?[/quote] I think he's lucky to be offered a job at all alongside Sucherman and Castronova...I think they're both way better players.

It really depends of the key of the piece. Sharp keys like G,D,A etc will usually have the accidentals written in sharps,while flat keys like F,Bb,Eb etc will usually be written as flats. So,in the key of E major you would have a C#,but in the key of F major you would have a Db. Of course,sometimes you get variations but as a general rule,this is how it goes.

[quote name='LawrenceH' post='1247297' date='May 27 2011, 04:26 PM']Something largely overlooked is slap being unusual in that it's more straightforward to play something in that style that sounds 'complete' on its own. A lot of bass lines need rhymthic and/or melodic context to appreciate them, whereas slap incorporates more of the role of the drums and you often get a kind of counterpoint between low and high within a single part. So a solo video makes more sense.[/quote] Unfortunately though,when slapping a lot of players seem to lose all of their harmonic ability and stick to root,octave,minor 7 patterns.

Simply,your chops is your ability.

[quote name='Truckstop' post='1246931' date='May 27 2011, 12:21 PM']I would say a precision is the top pickup and a telecaster has the bottom one? Truckstop[/quote] The first version Telecaster bass had the early Precision style pickup-in fact the whole bass was very similar. The second version of the Telecaster bass used the humbucker up by the neck.

[quote name='dub' post='1247103' date='May 27 2011, 02:08 PM']After doing a google search of some basses, I was struck by how many you tube posts come up with people playing slap. While it's great that someone takes the time to make a video demonstrating a bass, the vast majority are non stop slap. I'd just like to hear a bit of everything, a few notes longer than 20ms, some eclectic bass styles. And why do so many people miss out their heads in these youtube clips. Are they ashamed? Is slap bass illegal in some countries?[/quote] Because they think that slapping shows off their (often weak) chops.

[quote name='cheddatom' post='1247046' date='May 27 2011, 01:32 PM']Some bands sync all their pedals to the same tempo, but i'm not sure how easy that is[/quote] Tap tempo?

[quote name='martthebass' post='1246247' date='May 26 2011, 09:06 PM']Think Sledgehammer was on a fretless Cutlass (can't remember if I or II but deffo graphite neck).[/quote] It was a Sabre with a custom Graphite neck after the original neck warped.

The basic technique isn't that hard-it's just a case of hitting the string with your thumb near to the edge of the fingerboard. Where it gets hard is when you start playing around with different rhythmic combinations. Check out Ed Friedland's 'Slap Bass' DVD.

[quote name='LawrenceH' post='1246118' date='May 26 2011, 07:29 PM']Drums - Akira Jimbo, the man is hilarious and brilliant.[/quote] Akira Jimbo is ridiculous. I saw him on his first clinic tour-there were about 15 people there and he had to use a translator at times,but he blew everyone away.

[quote name='Jakester' post='1244862' date='May 25 2011, 09:55 PM']Well, blimey. That didn't go well. I knew it was going to be a challenge, but not quite as bad as that! It's a bit early to be making an absolute decision, but given how tough the learning curve was, and because I can only keep one bass, I'm leaning towards moving the 5er on already. I found I really didn't need the bottom end as I thought I would in the tunes I was playing. It was nice to have the E at the 5th fret rather than open, but that was really the only discernible bonus for me. The low-B just felt.... indistinct - there wasn't the bite that the 4er had, despite being the same pickups and wood. I'm going to sleep on it (not literally - that wouldn't do much for resale value! ) but I'm deffo leaning towards the 4...[/quote] Give it chance,it takes longer than a day to acclimatise yourself to the extra string. When I first played a 5,I was consistently hitting the wrong string for a few days. I get the feeling that you were hoping to camp out in the lower range and found out that it didn't fit-it rarely does. If you don't want to use the added range,don't...but it's a good option to have,even if it's only one or two notes per gig.

Tough one. Assuming I was playing bass..... Guitar-Mike Stern or Mike Keneally Keys -Hiromi or Chick Corea or Larry Goldings (because Richard Tee isn't available) Drums-Dave Weckl or Steve Gadd or Tommy Igoe or Gregg Bissonette or Jojo Mayer Trumpet-Arturo Sandoval or Randy Brecker or John Faddis Sax-David Sanborn Or Bob Malach or Bob Franciscini.

The 'Best of Marcus Miller' transcription has a bunch of tunes from 'M2'-'Power','Nikki's Groove', 'Lonnie's Lament','Boomerang','3 Deuces'. It's also got stuff from most of his solo albums (except the first 1),as well a some tracks he did with Miles, Sanborn and Dave Grusin.

Tanglewood Rebel.....not the 4k,the earlier model with a slimmer body and with the neck and headstock finished in the same colour as the body. I've still got it,only it's strung up in tenor tuning.

I saw one of these a few weeks ago and although it's quite nice,it just seems......wrong,somehow. Almost as if Fender couldn't decide if they should make a '51 style or a more modern style Precision,do they just lumped the two together.

Envelope Filter or Octave....or some dirty synth.

[quote name='bubinga5' post='1244613' date='May 25 2011, 06:59 PM']Which particular Micheal Jackson stuff are you referring to Dod.?[/quote] All those cool Greg Phillanganes synth bass parts....PYT,most of Bad and Dangerous,Alex Al's awesome synth pat on the live version of 'Jam'.

[quote name='silddx' post='1244515' date='May 25 2011, 05:17 PM']Great I know exactly what it is, I just don't understand why it is necessary or what problem it is solving.[/quote] I think it's for people who can't be arsed to work out the various permutations on their own.

I think Guitar Shop is a great album. Soulive are great and they don't have a bass guitar,Steve Gadd's last album used Organ bass,loads of Michael Jackson' stuff was Synth bass. There is bass there,it's just not played on upright or bass guitar.

[quote name='SS73' post='1243850' date='May 25 2011, 08:32 AM']Quite a few SVT's n 810's too.[/quote] I think a big part of that is because SVTs are a very common rental amp. As far as Fenders go,it's entirely possible that some people just really like them and/or don't give a sh*t about 'boutique' instruments.