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one more page here. Add a Gilmour, a Mc laughlin and i'm done.

[quote name='SoVeryTired' timestamp='1350571641' post='1840702'] Option 1 for the experience, contacts and money, all of which lead to a more succesful option 2 in time. [/quote] what he said.

I went to five, after several years on a warwick corvette 4, with a nice warwick thumb. Then i sold the four and tought the 5 was MY bass. I played it exclusively for 2 years. I enjoyed it but then came a strange feeling that my playing slowly becoming sterile, stucked in a "vertical" way as if i had to play only in a four frets area, and couldn't expand it on the rest of the neck. Then one day, i took a 4 from a friend too noodle with and then came the light: suddenly i felt free and my left hand started to move on the horizontal highway. That sounds strange but it is. I sold the thumb, had a nice Cort artisan B4 and never looked behind. That was more than 10 years ago.

Best of... pleasure !

and don't forget the: mmmm, mma, maann gi gimme your ba, bass. i'm a gre great bassplayyyer !

Oh yes. The music lesson is the good title for the book.It's a real music and life lesson.

[quote name='Doddy' timestamp='1349821453' post='1831119'] I love how the 'slap is boring' is always backed up by a 2 minute clip of a concert that lasted for,what?.....2 hours? That section was just a bit of fun/entertainment that the players enjoyed...and so did the audience on the night,judging by the reaction. Yeah,slap bass is boring and unmusical....but no more so than fingerstyle playing or pick playing.The technique in itself is not unmusical-that would be down to the player. As for boring-that is down to the listeners own taste. [/quote] agree To the op: you can ckeck "palmystery" album from Wooten, if you didn't; of which this tune is from. Great album with a very musical use of slapping, especially on this tune. Then it's also a matter of taste. I saw Marcus on his last tour. That was a blast, but i found Marcus repeat himself in slap thing, the same impression than others in this thread. Perhaps it's me and start to be boring by Marcus...

[quote name='jonnybass' timestamp='1349784298' post='1830412'] I would secnd the Effortless Mastery book, personally didnt go in for the meditation etc, but I now look at my gigging by pre/post reading the book. Same goes for my practicing. By going for 'Just five minutes practice' has got me back to a level of playing before the arrival of the Missus, the full time job and the two kids.... [/quote] Same as you. I didn't really get the meditation point. But his description about "problems" really talked to me. And i'm now less in fear, and more in "doing the most beautifull sound you can " kind of way.

This book can help you: "Effortless mastery" by Kenny Werner. It describes the exact problem you perhaps have: you want to sound the best you can, and play songs with fear to forget parts. That idea turns in your head during your playing and finally makes it happen: you forget things.

Awesome !

Zoom H2 here. perfect.

[quote name='silddx' timestamp='1349569293' post='1827913'] Well now, I used to think if I got a '64 Jazz in shell pink or gold flake, it would mean I would be the porn star's bollocks. But you know what, I tried some old Jazzes, and some were just about ok. But I realised that if I was going to do this I would paying a small fortune to drive a pale blue three wheeler in the F1. So I ended up with a Warwick Streamer ChromeTone made 40 years later. I call it my 'year of RE-BIRTH' bass, the re-birth happening when BC member Dominic brought it to my house last year and I handed over eight hundred smackers. Let me tell you, it pisses all over the good '64 Jazz I played, and it's still got a '4' in it [/quote] i like your view about it and will make mine if you minds: I've had a Ken Smith burner 98' as a gift for my 40' birthday on april this year, by my lady and her son. And this bass is so good and fit so well to my taste and comfort that is my "re-birth" bass. And a real GAS killer too.

[quote name='Doddy' timestamp='1349734870' post='1829979'] I've never sat down and learned licks per se. I've learned and transcribed tunes and solos,and invariably they contain licks which work their way into your vocabulary,but I've never learned just a lick by itself. Pretty much everyone plays licks,even guys who claim to improvise everything.Sure,they may not have taken a Marcus or a Brecker lick,but everyone has certain things that they play often that are their own lick.Some guys do it more obviously than others though. [/quote] That.

very nice and tastefull bass. Congrats !

I'm done with bass gas: I made my custom jazz with my hands, and i dig her sound. My main bass is now the ken smith burner my lady and her son offered me for my 40 birthday. And this bass is just PERFECT. Tone, feel, comfort. These are my two basses and if i still like watching nice bass pics, i don't need bass anymore. Except peharps one day a Kala U-bass, just to have a little bug to carry during holidays or travel.

i learned it with this video from Adam Nitti. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=hDzRqeS0ruQ"]http://www.youtube.c...8;v=hDzRqeS0ruQ[/url]

Floating here too. This technic added to the ramp was my right hand revolution !

one more franco-groove: Electrodeluxe http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X405dknHQd4

Great story. This Clarky guy rocks !

Here is mine ..

salut ! Roooo qu'elles sont belles...

[quote name='Doddy' timestamp='1348241963' post='1811339'] The ramp by itself does not improve right hand technique and allow you to play with a lighter touch. Dynamic range and technique come from the players hands,not the ramp. [/quote] the ramp didn't make my technic, but improved it in such a way that i would made one for any new bass i would have.

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1348232258' post='1811179'] [font=Arial]Just an opinion, but I think a ramp is a bit of a pointless gimmick. [/font] [font=Arial] [/font] [font=Arial]Your technique should be good enough to make a ramp superfluous, and you should be able to play hard or soft without hooking your fingers under the strings anyway.[/font] [/quote] it'not a matter of good or bad technic, it's just improve the right hand technique and allow to play with a lighter touch and increase shades in the bass "voice" , and chords technics to play latin grooves.. at least to me. i play jazz and try to expand the chords technic in my playing.

what bassbus says. the ks burner i had for my 40 birthday had one. it really helped me to reduce my attack and improve my playing flow. So i made one for my second bass.