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[quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1449489006' post='2923887']


And ironically referenced with a wink in the opening of the Genesis song in the previous post...
[/quote]well ive never heard that before...interesting though nothing beats that SP's intro.
Have'nt listened to Genesis for years, love that keyboard mix.

[quote name='paulnb57' timestamp='1449351418' post='2922903']
The opening riff on Pretty Vacant by the Sex Pistols
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couldn't agree more....the angriest three note intro ever written.

My 0.2$
There are some musicians that have "it". Macca is one of them...so is Bach, Mozart, and of course Jamerson and dare I even say and to a much lesser degree, Adam Clayton ...
It's all about putting the right note in the right place at the right time. And if done with a flourish then so much the better.
I don't really think bass is there for our undulgence to show how flash we are, its there to support the tune and those who do it best are worthy imo of high praise.
Tin hat now firmly attached!

Yeah hards day night does it for me too....strange thing is I don't really like it but it is uniquely brilliant.

Guys a ruddy musical genius, and yes his bass work is amazing. That line on silly love songs is out of the park gorgeous... and the tone....just exquisite!

Probably a 1976 Ampeg V4b paired to a custom build EV 2x15....pretty spectacular if I remember - sold to another happy camper many decades ago. Doubt I could lift any of it now.

Hi everybody newbie here post wise..hope u don't mind.
All great advice so far but if I may.
First things first.....slacken all the strings right off..then slacken the truss rod right off (turn it left as u look at it) then slacken off the neck bolts and then re-tighten neck bolts then turn TR to the right until u can just feel resistance then stop, then tune strings to pitch and then do ur neck relief stuff. You will then know that everything is where it should be.

[quote name='kevin_lindsay' timestamp='1448209725' post='2913675']
Yup, "I shoulda Loved Ya" was T.M. Stevens on bass.

Another cracker - this time with Randy Jackson (of American Idol panel fame) on bass.

Narada Michael Walden "Divine Emotions"

http://youtu.be/1XCTNi_2AS4
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just love that bass line....kinda greasy,gnarly. Don't think I've ever seen a stingray bass so beat up...unusual with such a tough poly finish.

Guys, hope u don't mind this being only my second post etc but I just love this subject.
My 71 alder/rosewood P with original PU is heavyish and a bit of a funny one. G string is loud and very middly irrespective of PU height, with the middle strings middly but quieter and a low E with bags of low mid almost thunderous....very satisfying
Just wish there was a bit more balance across the board, makes for some funny attack patterns.

My current set of flats have been on for 8 yrs and they sound good to my ears, plenty of middle etc
Just to say I didn't like them much when new, much too twangy.

ha thought Id completely deleted the post...I'll start again.

Thought this might help anyone with the same prob.

Long story short. My 71 rosewood P bass has always had a very quiet E string..tried literally everything from PU's, strings to bridge etc including several trips to my local 'luthier'.
In desperation and after reading this and that on the web I took the neck off, slackened and tapped the truss rod nut and now it thunders the way it should, weird but true.
Very pleased.