louisthebass

Here's a couple of bands you might be interested in checking out that fit the bill:

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-anT06rljZY"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-anT06rljZY[/url]

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQcPB1WkISI"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQcPB1WkISI[/url]

Another vote for Overwater here

What about getting the drummer to use HotRods instead?

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Also this guy is amazing, well I found them educational.

[url="http://www.youtube.com/user/devinebass?feature=g-u-u"]http://www.youtube.c...s?feature=g-u-u[/url]
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Best teacher on the net

[quote name='born to be loud' timestamp='1338626866' post='1677281]If you want to keep in the Aguillar family the Tone Hammer would be a good option but is too new to find many used.
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+1 This weighs next to nothing - love mine!

[quote name='chilievans' timestamp='1338963805' post='1681624']
Morning all.

I hoping for a little help. I've been playing for a year and a half and I'm happy enough with my actual playing its the improvising and writing side of things that I want too improve. I know my scales and modes and can play them all day long but when it comes to applying them to music things get a little muddy. My bass lines tend to be very basic boring
What can I do to get passed this?
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This will help:
[url="http://www.basslinepublishing.com/the-bass-player-s-guide-to-scales-and-modes.html"]http://www.basslinepublishing.com/the-bass-player-s-guide-to-scales-and-modes.html[/url]

I've got 4.... My main two are my Overwater J5 & my TRB5 which are my gigging basses. They both get an equal amount of time over the year, but the one I tend to play the most is my Crafter ABG5.

Reason the Crafter gets played the most is that I tend to do the vast majority of my practice on it, & I can play it without upsetting the neighbours or having to plug it into anything.

Wow! It looks like the deck of an aircraft carrier it's that wide!

My tiny digits have enough dealing with a 5!

This is really good:

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Sw_trDFJw8&feature=related"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Sw_trDFJw8&feature=related[/url]

I have - popped in there 3 weeks ago & bought an Aguilar Tone Hammer 500.

Good shop run by nice people .

I got to 17Khz before I couldn't hear anything. Was surprised I could hear as well as that (as I'm pushing 49 & have only started wearing plugs in the last 3 years).

[quote name='1976fenderhead' timestamp='1337879809' post='1666947']
So after many years neglecting slap technique I've decided to dedicate sometime to it as I'll be between bands soon... Not something I care much about for my own style but I figured I should be able to effortlessly do some cool licks here and there just to impress the easily impressionable...

So, what should I look into? I'd like some proper structured programme, like a book with a DVD or CD, or something like that. Or suggest me the best guy doing free videos on youtube or something... Basically, save me the search and point me straight to the top quality resources Thanks
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Might be a good idea to check out some of MarloweDK's vids on YT if you can't have any private lessons.

Alternatively, there's the Alexis Sklarevski "Slap Bass Programme" DVD. Book wise, Stuart Clayton, Jon Liebman, and Tony Oppenheim have all produced slap technique books that will take you from basics to advanced.

I joined a few weeks ago, quite a good site for bass only chat.

Haven't got it, but the Mark Levein (sp?) book is considered to be a bit of a bible when it comes to jazz theory.

If you're looking to learn jazz bass lines, Scott Devine & Dave Marks have got videos on YT - bookwise, get the Ed Freidland books on the subject.

I've been using this book a lot & can hopefully help you out with what the author is trying to put across...

The 5 scale positions all come from the major scale starting on different scale degrees starting on the lowest note on your bass:
7-1 starts on the major seventh closely followed by the root note of the scale.
2 starts on the major second of the scale.
3-4 starts on the major third of the scale, closely followed by the perfect fourth.
5 starts on the fifth note of the scale.
6 starts on the major sixth of the scale.

What you are basically doing is playing all the available notes within a given scale position, so if you were in G, you would play the 7-1 scale starting on F# on the E string & play all the notes of the G major scale up to B (major third an octave above) on the G string. The same principle applies by starting the scale forms on A, D, & E on the E string until you get to the F# an octave above on the E string where the 7-1 position starts again.

If you know your modal scales, you could think of them like this:
7-1 - Locrian, 2 - Dorian, 3-4 - Phrygian, 5 - Mixolydian, 6 - Aeolian.

When learning this in all keys, you have to remember that different keys will start on different scale forms, but the same principles of playing these applies.

Hopefully this hasn't been too boring to read, but if I can help any further with this, by all means PM me.

[quote name='GreeneKing' timestamp='1337444411' post='1660159']
It would be a BB2024MX and look like this:

[url="http://peterb4407.smugmug.com/Other/SmugShots/20297576_MJZnTm#!i=1855338483&k=FDkfz3x&lb=1&s=A"][/url]
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I'm liking this.... Want one!

[quote name='ssab' timestamp='1336930841' post='1652894']
Hi All,

Anybody got any links to this
Modern Reading Text in 4/4: For All Instruments by louis Belson ??

Thanks in Advance.
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Have a look on Amazon, you should be able to get a copy for under a tenner.

Only found out at work about 2 hrs ago.... Absolutely gutted he's gone .

One of my all time favourite players - I lost count of the number of hours I spent learning his lines on all the Stax classics & The Blues Brothers stuff. I'm just glad I managed to see him play with the Blues Brothers Band when they toured in 1988 at the Hammersmith Odeon.

His playing with Booker T. & the MG's was part of my childhood - my parents used to put on the "A Soulful Christmas" album every Xmas. Total cheese, but I loved it & it brings back a lot of happy memories....

R.I.P. Duck - we will miss you.

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Fixed
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Thanks Shep - have read the article & found it to be very interesting. The only thing I seem to suffer from (at the moment anyway) is Sciatica, which a course of physio helped with when I had it really bad about 18 months ago.

It's good that you recognised the physical issues when you did, & at least you should be able to carry on playing .

I've had great customer service from Bass Direct, Bass Gear, & The Gallery - you can't go wrong with those three.

I clicked on the link & it doesn't work? I'd really like to read this.

It's a really good DVD, my favourites on there are "Pass the Peas", "Family Name" & "Whole Lotta Love".

John Blackwell & Rhonda Smith just groove forever on that DVD

I'm probably in the minority, but I actually quite like the magazine for the most part. The lessons are pretty informative (always a good thing), the interviews are ok. I don't really read the magazine for the gear reviews as I think what may work for one person, may not for another.

BGM (to my mind) is still a much better magazine than "Bassist" was in it's dying days. However ...... If BGM [b]ever[/b] resorts to a totally unfunny cartoon to fill it's pages, then I'm not buying another copy.

[quote name='lobematt' timestamp='1336312117' post='1643805']
I'm not sure of anything specific, I'd say just try and play anything you'd normally play but using the extra string to get comfortable with it being there. Try and extend your scales and arpeggios down onto the B (or high C whichever way you went!) and that way you'll start to learn the names of the new notes on that string. Once you're a bit more involved with it you might not find it as daunting and will be able to utilize it in your normal playing!
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What the man said above.

Got mine this morning