louisthebass

[quote name='paulconnolly' timestamp='1332590236' post='1590363']
Just watched it and saved to disk for posterity. Great stuff!!

Tony Levin is just amazing, saw him with Crimson and ABWH too!
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I saw PG on the "Human Rights Now" tour in 1988 with his usual touring band (including TL) + Youssou N'Dour (who did a set in his own right that night) at Wembley Stadium. His performance of "Shock the Monkey" was particularly memorable .

Good call on ABWH - I saw them at Wembley Arena the following year. Great band!

[quote name='paul_5' timestamp='1332549971' post='1590077']
Those are brilliant tutorials, Scott - loving the approach and the pace that you've got. Have you considered taking the glove off to make it easier for stoodents to see your fingers in a bit more detail though? Just a thought.
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Hi Paul,
Not sure if you're aware of this?:

[url="http://scottsbasslessons.com/odds-and-sods/the-gloves"]http://scottsbasslessons.com/odds-and-sods/the-gloves[/url]

[quote name='kevin_lindsay' timestamp='1332541325' post='1589972']
Yeah, I'd hoped they'd feature the section with Jerry Marotta playing Tony Levin's bass strings with his drumsticks while Tony fingered the notes!

Great programme all the same
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Really enjoyed it - nice to see some of TL's bass playing get some airtime on there. I'd forgotten Larry Klein also played bass on the album - lots of Musicman basses on there too.... .

[quote name='ead' timestamp='1332402677' post='1587679']
I'm using one of the Overwater padded straps. Over 4" wide and with a short piece of elastic on one of the buckles that stops any "jarring". Can't see them on the site any more. IIRC about £40
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I've got one of these & they're really good, it's a shame that they don't sell 'em anymore. I've also got one of the original comfort straps when they were made by Tobias years ago (still going strong).

Another disciple of Scotts Bass lessons here - definitely one of the best bass teachers on YouTube at the moment, and an absolutely top bloke. Stuart Clayton's books are also really good.

If your budget will stretch, find a really good bass teacher in your area, and get a few lessons with them. Don't be afraid to quiz them a little bit beforehand on how & what they teach, as it's beneficial to both parties in the long run.

[quote name='JakeBrownBass' timestamp='1332351762' post='1587181']
You really should know your theory & reading IMO to be able to teach someone & make a living out of it.
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What the man said above - you really need those skills. No tab on pro gigs - it'll either be dots or a chord chart. Good people skills are also a must in professional gig and teaching situations.

[quote name='urb' timestamp='1332249475' post='1585496']
Great - love this album and Mr L's very fine playing on it - a soundtrack to my teenage years... old fart alert!
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+1

[quote name='daz' timestamp='1332190917' post='1584665']
Indeed that's true. I simply cant do them the way he did them. I cant do hammer ons like he did, I have to go my own way. Still sounds pretty good to my ears.

You can kill yourself trying to get it spot on, or you can play It as well as you can, in your own way, to your own ability, [i]and [/i]still be satisfied [i]and[/i] enjoy it at the same time.
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+1 to this - has taken me years to learn this classic bass part.

It's a different approach, I'll give it that.

Really like this - well played .

Have got a lot of respect for bass players who can play sax solos & heads on the instrument.

[quote name='jude_b' timestamp='1331934434' post='1581300']
Bass Player certainly used to have much better writing and good transcriptions - I still go back to the transcriptions they had in a Jaco edition years ago.
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Bass Player was a great magazine for about the first 10 years, but since then hasn't really got anywhere near.... Far too many ads & the interviews aren't up to their previous standard.

[quote name='Doddy' timestamp='1331932251' post='1581260']
A grace note is usually written as a smaller note leading into the main note,like this....
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Ok, that's cool Doddy - thanks for clearing that one up for me

I always thought the bracketed notes were grace notes where you slide into the main note?

A Yamaha BBT500 head & 2 x Epifani UL110's which weigh a fraction of my old rig which was a Trace Elliot AH500 head, a Peavey TX210, & Peavey BW115 cabs.

Quite happy with what I've got - I just couldn't imagine lugging around gear which weighs a ton anymore & ruining my back....

[quote name='Johnston' timestamp='1331825800' post='1579540']
What ever happened to Bassist??

It disappeared whilst I was on sabbatical from bass
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Bassist was a magazine that ran out of steam - when they started putting a totally irrelevant cartoon in it, the writing was on the wall (it wasn't even remotely funny). BGM is a much better magazine but that's just my opinion....

Tried one of these out last year and was really impressed - really not far off my own custom OW Jazz 5. Anyone who buys this at this price will get a real bargain

[quote name='Doddy' timestamp='1331833814' post='1579705']
Don't fall into the trap of camping out in the lower range. Too many people do when first moving to a 5 string and
rather than making the music sound 'heavy',it can end up sounding a lot emptier,depending on the instrumentation
of the music.
I'd recommend familiarising yourself with the extra string by extending regular scale and arpeggio exercises over the
five strings-it will allow you to play 2 octaves with minimal shifts-no shifts at all if you use extended fingerings.
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+1 - the other thing to bear in mind is that your plucking hand technique may possibly have to adapt to mute any ringing strings. Favourites are either moveable anchor or floating thumb.

What you do is start the scale from your first finger, second finger and fourth finger. In the case of the first finger, it's almost like a five fret stretch (1-2-4, 1-2-4, 1-2) the second finger is the bog standard major scale box position (2-4, 1-2-4, 1-3-4), and the fourth finger is 4,1-3-4, 1-3-4). The fingerings alter slightly for the minor scales.

If you watch his videos again you should be able to see what he's doing - failing that, drop him a PM on here or email him via his website. Scott's a great bloke and always willing to help.

[quote name='Walker' timestamp='1331816276' post='1579320']
I've been playing and gigging for just over a year now, using tab so I can get through our set list with no understanding of WTF I was actually playing.

I've spent the last month or so studying the major, minor and major and major pentatonic scales and blues scales - basically by dissecting them, making my own crib sheets, studying the intervals, learning the fretboard, trying to understand notation, discovering patterns, etc.

Bloody hell - talk about seeing everything I do in a new light! All my tabbed stuff is now starting to make sense. I can listen to a (simple) bassline and pick it out after a few tries, I can see how well known basslines have been constructed - everything is starting to fall into place. I can even improvise simple stuff if I don't have tab but know the chords the guys are playing. And that's just after a month.

I bought the Basslines 'Scales and Modes' book this week and that's really hit the spot.

There must be loads of newish players out there who have been a slave to the tab and never understood how even the most simple bass line is constructed - it only takes a few hours study and a whole new world opens up.

I havent been so excited about my playing since the first time I managed to jam with my band. Thanks for the advice on the book.
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No worries Walker - glad to have been able to help.

I've plugged the book quite a few times on here (not on commission for Stuart Clayton - honest!)

Hi all,
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Look forward to seeing you there

[quote name='uncle psychosis' timestamp='1331730178' post='1577826']
Hey folks

I've posted this elsewhere but it makes sense to ask in here too:


Annoyingly the stitching around the straps on my SKB hard foam case is beginning to fail. I like this case a lot, but this will be the second time I've experienced the same problem so I think I'll need to replace it with something else.

I'm a big fan of Hiscox cases---anyone know if a 35" TRB1005 will fit? I read somewhere that the Hiscox cases are a bit tight in terms of length. The "EBP" model claims to be for longer basses but I'd rather know for sure before buying one...

Any other recommendations for cases? I'd probably rather have something with shoulder straps and a couple of pockets but I'm more interested in weight/protection really.

Thanks
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Hiscox do the STD-EBP which might be what you're looking for if you want a hard case for a TRB5

[url="http://www.hiscoxcases.com/standardguitar_hiscox.htm#stdebp"]http://www.hiscoxcas...scox.htm#stdebp[/url]

Alternatively, if you're looking for a really good gig bag, the iGig will do the trick (my TRB5 fits in there really well, and the padding is pretty good). I got mine from BassDirect.

[quote name='arthurhenry' timestamp='1331728186' post='1577780']
Lump hammer.
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Or an AK-47 if you've got one handy.....

I've only ever encountered these things twice on gigs and they are a pain in the backside. Why venues with these things choose to hold things like wedding receptions or parties is beyond me .

Couldn't find a decent recorded version but this is a live version of an 80's classic:

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFwxBm_OHLM&feature=fvwrel"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFwxBm_OHLM&feature=fvwrel[/url]

I always thought it was Pino on the original?

Just to add to this - if you're playing standards, DB is the way to go (especially if you want to be taken seriously by the more ardent jazzbos). The instrument (DB) seems to tonally "sit" better in that setting, than electric.

Another electric player I've heard who plays really good walking bass lines is Jeff Andrews (Vital Information / Mike Stern).

No contest - post 1967 Beatles.