timhiggins

5 hours ago, stingrayPete1977 said:

What about the two blokes no one could name from oasis, cold play, snow patrol etc etc? 

All sadly died of boredom !

4 hours ago, bubinga5 said:

Its ok to have a nod to Marvin. Its still relevant.? We should know in the UK. It was more about the musical content than the lyrical content for me. 9.20 check his voice out. OMG that is proper gospel power.!

You miss understood me i agree the subject matter is as relevant as ever and the performance outstanding ,for me especially Cory and the Apostle's who for my money are among the best jazz/gospel/new soul players in the world...what i was alluding to was the 'out there ' look in Cory's eyes when he normally looks straight as a dye ! ...could just be he's feeling it and in the zone...  

That's great but i cant help but wonder if Cory

 took getting in the 'Marvin' mind set a little to literally ! 

Here is the chord chart if its any help

i use to blag it when i played it and no one ever seemed to mind 😀

https://www.scribd.com/document/388881705/Silly-Games-Chord-Sheet-docx

I agree with what's been said already regarding the slappy punchyness of ash and the more mellow sound of alder ,i find alder has a naturally more scooped sound

i have 3 jazz'z ..2 of them [ a sire v7 and a fender ] are ash with maple necks ,and have a similar punchy sound 

the other which is my go to bass is also a fender which has alder body with maple neck , i guess thats my favourite combination although i do like the ash ones for recording funky stuff

my v7 although heavy sounds great but that's not the case with all of them as a friend of mine has one the same spec as mine and it's a fair bit lighter probably about the same as my alder fender.. 

I have owned and played a few Harley benton bass's and they have been great 

weight wise i found the Harley benton JB to be much the same as some sire v7's or squier vmj's which although not light was still perfectly acceptable,

any of the bass's stated above would be a good call in my opinion but if you go for a Harley benton i'd go for the cheaper one as it will be a decent bass ,and you can decide later on if you need another once you are back to playing

it's also worth considering the HB p bass which is even cheaper and cool sounding too

the soundclips on Thomann's site well help you decide what you like.  

this is my one 

I have a gb74  and love it great gigging bass, lightweight ,fast neck 

mine is possibly the model after mcnach's one ,and has slightly different controls

the knobs are.. volume ,pickup blend, bass and treble on stack ,mid boost cut ,and the only switch has 3 positions  

1. single coils front jazz position [ front of humbucker ]

2. jazz, and humbucker

3.single coils using back of humbucker

hope that makes sense 

Looks like hazbeen has a really big Koch !

Is it Cher ?

3 hours ago, Reggaebass said:

Great show Tim , I’ll be listening in every week now.

Thanks mate glad to have you on board 👍

Is this a passive instrument ? 

2 hours ago, Reggaebass said:

That’s certainly 2 for my playlist , love the little riff at 2.36 👍

The Techniques track is on our reggae show playlist for tomorrow at 4.00 if you're feeling inclined

'The Nick and Tim reggae show' on 

North herts fm

...took a while to come up with that title 😁

21 minutes ago, Ricky 4000 said:

 

Nice, thanks Tim. I've learned that ^^^, and to be fair its sounding pretty good to my ears, using my R-4000 with flats. What a sweet little bassline that is. 😎

Found this one too, really nice tune, and fun to play along sympathetically on the electric bass. 👍

I'll get the J bass back out and persevere with it a bit more...

Great stuff ..its made me want to dig my acoustic out

Clinton Fearon and the Gladiators are superb

18 hours ago, Reggaebass said:

Totally agree Tim   Alain m is a great reggae bassist, he’s played with many top bands in Jamaica, that’s his 74 jazz that I just missed out on buying a few years back. 

Damn !!    I dont normally buy into the vintage bass thing but that one does seem to have some magic

I would say the jazz bass is the most popular bass in reggae with more classic stuff recorded on a jazz than anything else 

your vintage will be fine  ..are your strings new as thats the only thing you don't really want for reggae also a lot of the overtones you hear will disappear in the mix so try playing along with tracks ,

for your amp settings try cutting the mids and high's a bit ,and a slight boost on the bass keep your instrument tone knob on about 20 percent.

This fella is great and can get good results from plenty of different bass's but his jazz tone is my fave..

5 hours ago, Ricky 4000 said:

Maybe...

For the 'tragically white' among us (you!), check Devon Bradshaw out here:

https://youtu.be/zmyplWLwIKA

(and what bass is he playing there?)

Also what is Robbie playing here with the neck pickup so far forward? Surely a special 'reggae bass'??

https://youtu.be/lKDlhewmwDg

Finally, anybody know who were the rhythm section with General Saint & Clint Eastwood?



I love that ^^^ Lyrics still just relevant as they were in 1980!

The album credit is split between to Sly n Robbie and the Roots Radics.... my guess is its Flabba Holt on his famous jazz that he never changed the strings on ...rounds

That is a handsome beast it's like the super pimp's cadillac of bass's in a very good way !

if it was a 4 i'd have it.. good luck 

and this 

Loving this at the mo   

Trades ?

What trades did you have in mind ?

A friend of mine uses a p bass with flats through obc 2x12 with orange head [not sure of model] ,and he gets a really warm old school tone

having said that when i used it with my jazz with new rounds i found it a bit to mid and high punchy for my taste 

so i guess you should try one first.. not sure they are available anymore though.. 

This is another of my favourites to play ..groove starts about 1min40