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It's interesting to note however that all of Stings songs are sung in a falsetto voice. Most people who have a good falsetto range could do a good impression of him if they practiced making their falsetto more powerful

I f I was spending that much I would just buy an Alembic, complete waste of money that one

We've had all kinds of requests. Most recently have been Black Velvet, Thinking of you (Sister Sledge) and Islands in the stream

[quote name='Jamesemt' post='609801' date='Sep 27 2009, 07:07 AM']I don't agree. I played guitar for 15 years, before switching solely to bass about 3 years ago. The main thing is just to start playing some basslines and just seeing how you go. The main thing (as can be added to guitar playing) is to learn bass lines by ear - internet tab is killing musical ears!! I've never attempted to play guitar on the bass. Although to be fair I consider myself a bassist who picked up the wrong instrument 15 years ago!! Just be aware that you may not go back to the guitar!!![/quote] I agree with this 100% I started on guitar when I was 10, when I was 19 I changed over the bass and joined a covers band, I played bass for 4 years and then went back to lead which I played up until about three years ago (I am 47 now) I never had any problem converting, I learned classicaly so the finger technique never presented me with a problem. You will pick it up very easily. If you have already played lead you will already know the neck and have the handspeed and technique its simply a matter of learning loads of bass lines which will give you a good idea of how they are structured within the music. I have seen guitarists play the bass like a guitar but its generally because they are idiots Just start listening to the groove instead of the solos

Bernard Edwards was a master of the ghost note. Tunes like thinking of you by sister sledge, such simple lines made to sound so complicated. When you break it down without the ghost notes its just simple octaves. I love his playing so much, his lines seem to bubble and pop

Dancing queen has a really nice line. Gimmie is pretty simple really as it just ghosts the bass synth. Double fingered octaves on the intro and outro and inbetween the choruses, and single octaves on the verses I find the easiest way to learn them is to learn the bassline off a midi file first and then go over the cd making sure all the little bits and pieces are correct

[quote name='maxrossell' post='656578' date='Nov 16 2009, 11:55 PM']I suppose I'll be bucking some trends here, but honestly in my opinion anything other than a Fender Jazz or P-Bass is a waste of time. I also don't get having more than four strings. The lower B just gives you five extra notes that most people never have a need for at the expense of a reasonable-sized neck, and the higher strings on those gigantic six or sevens just sound piddly and weak. Again, just my opinion, but whenever I see a bass player with more than four strings on his bass I expect either some seriously boring overindulgent widdling, or just a shoddy performance by someone who hopes that people will assume he's really good because he has extra strings. I really, really dislike the look of these overdesigned luthier basses that are made of sixteen different types of contrasting wood, all of which would be better suited to veneering a French dresser, and they all have fourteen strings and fanned frets and weird body shapes and pickups at funny angles and generally look a bit like someone nailed a ladder to a goldfish. And you never actually see anyone playing them live, presumably because there aren't many bands out there where the guitarists have twelve-neck guitars and the drummers have a 400-piece kit. After having spent some serious time in studios recently, I don't actually see the need for bass amp heads. Speakers, sure. But every time we tracked bass, we'd go through the gear we had to find a match, and every time without fail we passed over Ampeg, Markbass, Peavey and Mesa bass heads in favour of an old Marshall guitar head. And you tend to pay a little bit more for bass amps ayway, and they're usually overdesigned to the point where if something goes wrong it's out of commission for ten weeks. I don't get bass effects, either. Put it this way: A bass player with a load of effects on the floor is either doing something radically new and different, or he's just forgotten what the bass is for in music. Usually it's the latter.[/quote] Spot on that post

I did my own. Plastic wood, some wet and dry and a tin of stain. Turned out a treat. Although it was soon showing signs of wear as I was using roundwounds on it

[quote name='Earbrass' post='655881' date='Nov 16 2009, 12:30 PM']Anyone who uses "gay" as a term of abuse is going to have a hard time convincing me that they're not a bigot.[/quote] do me a favour, get a sense of humour

Thinking of you - sister sledge Spinning around - Kylie