J_Bass

Thank you, that was very helpful!

Hi! Nice bass! I'm seriously thinking about buying one of these. Could you please tell me if it has fret markers, where the frets should be? Could you take a picture of the top of neck, where the dots and markers are? Thanks!

A guitar.

Thank you for the suggestions. The bass I want is here, that's the problem.

Thank you both. That's brutal. 20% on a private sale, it's insane.

So, if I understand correctly, if I buy a bass from BC from a private seller in the UK, I have to pay import duties anyway? How do they know the value of the item? Does the seller have to declare it?

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That's illogical. You're just trying to be right, now. Let's leave it like this, then.

I'm not trying to convince anyone, I thought it was pretty obvious that the famous riff is the melody of the tune. It doesn't matter who plays it, it's still the melody. The melody is the “tune” of the music and it’s what most commonly defines the song’s identity. It’s normally much more “obvious” than the bassline. It’s probably what you would sing if somebody asked you to sing that song. For example, the song “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star” has a simple melody which you can probably sing – but you were asked to sing the bass line you’d probably struggle! The bassline underpins the harmony of the song. It most commonly provides the root note of each chord, so that listening for the bass line is closely related to listening for the chord progression. The bassline helps provide the solid, predictable structure which the melody then wanders freely on top of. So, yep, it's the melody. https://www.musical-u.com/learn/how-do-you-hear-the-difference-between-bass-line-and-melody/#:~:text=The melody is the “tune,“obvious” than the bassline.&text=It most commonly provides the,listening for the chord progression. A good example of a bass line that a lot of people sing is McCartney's Come Together. That's a bass line.

They can call it whatever they want. Unless they are just referring to the sixteenth notes played at beginning (which it's obvious not the case), that is the melody. Played first by the bass, then by bass, guitar and keys. Just like Teen Town. It's the melody.

Thanks, but I already know how to play it. It's the melody, played by the bass, guitar and keys. Just like the melody it's based on, Jaco's Teen Town.

They're not singing the bass line, they're singing the melody.