Galilee

Give me a break, it's not McDonalds. I just have 10 songs to learn in a week (plus full time work, family, etc.) in a style of music I've never really even listened to, let alone played. I'm not planning to churn out shed loads of mass-produced country songs using major pentatonics with a few minor thirds thrown in, I just want to prepare for the audition in the easiest way possible.

I've used other people's Peaveys and I think that they're excellent for tone. I'm currently hankering after one of these Max 700 (or Firebass) heads that people are selling on here, but I can't decide between one of them and a new Tour 700 Head, as there only seems to be about £100 difference in price.

I was pretty happy with what I have until I came here and saw what everyone else has....

Thanks for all of that. I'm not looking to play it 'by numbers' (although, at this stage, getting through the unfamiliar songs is the first priority) it's just that, when I 'feel it', I want to be able to add something simple that's going to fit.

Thanks. I just have 10 songs to learn for an audition and, as they're all pretty similar in construction (3-chord songs, 4-chord songs), I figured I could just chart the chords and make up the walking/filling/passing stuff on the fly using the appropriate scales.

I've done lead vocals and bass for years, and I still sometimes find my fingers following my mouth or vice versa. Just make sure that you have the bass line completely 'in your fingers' before you start trying to sing over the top. If you seek out cover songs where the singer is also playing an instrument, you'll find these easier as they're generally written that way (Rush songs are usually like this, uncomplicated bass when there's singing going on*). [size=1]* I'm sure someone'll post something off youtube that proves this wrong....[/size]

[quote name='The Funk' post='385077' date='Jan 19 2009, 03:43 PM']Major pentatonic, innit - dropping in minor 3rd as passing tones every now and then.[/quote] Ace, thanks.

[quote name='bilbo230763' post='385063' date='Jan 19 2009, 03:31 PM']S'all music, mate. Use them all and take it to a new level..[/quote] Just play anything? I'm sure I'd take it all [b]down[/b] to a new level if I tried that.

Does anyone know what scales I should use for fills and passing notes in country rock type stuff like The Eagles, Lynyrd Skynyrd, etc? Is it just blues scales, or are there special country variants?

Oh dear, that is horidable.

Sounds like some enterprising individual needs to set up a consolidation site for these things. Compare the best prices for bass players, from all these different suppliers, in one place, that kind of thing.

Fab. * be warned, if this turns out to be a Warwick Vampyre style rip off, I'll be posting a harshly-worded thread.

[quote name='M4L666' post='380645' date='Jan 14 2009, 08:10 PM']Slayer anyone?[/quote] Yes please. What are you offering exactly?

It's from SKOM. Amazing how nervous some of those guys were, big names most of them.

[quote name='darbs' post='378246' date='Jan 12 2009, 08:53 PM']cheers guys looks like i'v got alot of sh*t to go through but i guess it ul be worth it[/quote] No, no it won't.

[quote name='Russ' post='375397' date='Jan 9 2009, 04:58 PM']Did you notice that the Rockbasses, in addition to the nicer headstock, also have the proper Warwick 2-piece bridge now? Much better.[/quote] I did notice. Visually they're nowhere near as far away from 'real' Warwicks now.

They're going to see shed-loads more of those Rockbasses now they changed the headstock logo. Some lovely stuff there.

I doubt that you can play very fast with just your thumb though?

I saw NIN on the With Teeth tour and, even though I love their music dearly, the concert was just boring (perhaps with the exception of Hurt). Maybe it was just me...

Only gays use picks.

I've always gone for a percussive sound like that. I think it comes from learning the bass before I could afford an amp and having to hit it hard to hear myself.

[quote name='Tee' post='372212' date='Jan 6 2009, 05:22 PM']PS has anyone seen Iggy Pop's advert for insurance or whatever it is, on the TV? WTF [/quote] Indeed, what was that insurance company thinking of? Not many people are even going to know who it is, so they'll just think it's some half-naked nutter spouting rubbish.