iamthewalrus

[quote name='Bloodaxe' post='836264' date='May 13 2010, 03:32 PM']Ask them for their set list & go off & learn it. A few goodies to have in the bag if they're not in the list: The Thrill Is Gone - BB King (has a surprise 6th) Tore Down - Freddie King, loads of others (stop-tastic!) Crosscut Saw - Albert King (Rhumba) Let The Good Times Roll - Louis Jordan, BB King & others (II-V-I turnaround) Stormy Monday - T-Bone Walker (straight I-IV-V), and The Allman Brothers (not) - you'll be needing both. Bright Lights, Big City and Baby, What You Want Me to Do - Jimmy Reed Key To The Highway - Clapton amongst loads of others (I-V-IV) Killing Floor - Howlin' Wolf, Jimi Hendrix (aka The Lemon Song off Led Zep II) My Babe - Little Walter (Swinging I-V-IV verses, Walking II-V-I on the solo) Boom Boom - John Lee Hooker. Pete.[/quote] Good list of Blues classics there, can I add: Further On Up the Road (have only heard the Gary Moore version on Blues Alive) Hoochie Coochie Man - Muddy Waters The Welfare (Turns its back on you) - Robert Cray

Two totally different players in different sounding bands, I don't see how anyone can compare the two apart from the fact that they do the slap thing in their respective bands. I've probably gained more respect for Flea in the last few years than I probably did in years previous - if you'd asked me 20 years ago who I thought was the better player, I would have said MK. Now I think they're on a par with each other.

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[quote name='Sean' post='817017' date='Apr 24 2010, 10:04 AM']A friend of mine has been to see this and says Neil Murray reads it. Monster of a set list with some tricky phrasing in places; hats off to you and huge kudos if you take it on.[/quote] Went to see the stage show at The Dominion in London - we had good seats down the front & I could see Neil Murray playing in the band up on stage left (as you're looking at the stag). I know he uses an ESP PJ bass & I'm pretty sure I saw a Sei 5 or 6 string fretless being used as well. You can't go far wrong with using a P-Bass, I think John Deacon used those for about 95% of Queen's records anyway. Good luck with the gig! Cheers, iamthewalrus

Mine was a Tobacco Sunburst/Maple neck & board "Craftsman" P-Bass (bought from "Macaris" in Charing Cross Rd) into a Carlsbro Cobra 90w Bass combo. Haven't got either anymore, but certainly don't miss them. Cheers, iamthewalrus

[quote name='mrsteely' post='805255' date='Apr 13 2010, 07:42 PM']Using my thumb has improved the sound no end, thanks iamthewalrus. Steely[/quote] Glad to be of assistance Doddy has a pretty valid point - the upright is a totally (& tonally) different animal to the electric bass. Cheers, iamthewalrus

Place your fleshy part of your plucking hand near the bridge & pluck downstrokes with your thumb. The old rock & roll double bass was probably more felt than heard. Cheers, iamthewalrus

The most exhaustive book I've got where scales are concerned is one of the Jamey Aebersold series "Major & Minor" (Vol. 24). It lists all the commonly used scales which are too numerous to mention & also gives you the format (in whole & half steps) how the scales fall. Plus you get a CD to jam with (mainly Jazz II-V-I's). No tab, but just learning this stuff is an education in itself. Cheers, iamthewalrus

I must be showing my age by starting this thread - I was 24 when I did that course! I had a feeling that there would be a few students from the 90's on here, & I imagine that the course I did probably pales into comparison with the courses further down the line. The main things the course concentrated on was rhythm reading from the Louis Bellson book (Modern Reading Text in 4/4 time), arpeggios, the modes of the Major scale & some real finger twisting inversion stuff! One guy I remember on my course was a guy called John Woods - he was the bass player for a Blues Brothers tribute band called the Boogie Brothers - I saw him play a few times with that band (last time was at the Hammersmith Odeon supporting the original Blues Brothers band from the film). I think Jaz Lochrie (bassist for Paul Rogers & Bad Company) also graduated from the full time courses there. I remember Rob Burns & Joe Hubbard from the 2nd Bass Centre Weekend at the City of London Poly in 1988 - both top quality bass players. Tony Muschamp & Tim Landers were the other two bassists who did the classes over that weekend. Those were the days! Cheers, iamthewalrus

Hi all, Not sure how long this particular thread will float for, but let's see... Having been a member of this forum for a while now, I cast my mind back to the late 1980's when I did a 10 week part time course at The Bass Institute in Acton. The Bass Institute was originally started by an ex B.I.T. student Tony Muschamp alongside The Guitar Institute (Alan Limbrick) & Drumtech (Francis Seriau). Tony wrote some articles for "Guitarist" & eventually "Bassist" magazine before becoming involved with JJ Hucke Guitars. The course I did was the 10 week Intermediate course (2 hrs on a Wednesday Night) in 1987, & I was wondering if there were any fomer students or attendees on here from those days? I know Derek Baxter & Joe Hubbard later joined the teaching faculty before Tony moved on to starting the London franchise of B.I.T. at The Bass Centre in Wapping. Anyone else on here? Cheers, iamthewalrus

Nice looking axe, any chance of a full front pic (ooer missus!!!) of the bass? Cheers, iamthewalrus

Have had a look on YouTube, & the tune's called "The Chicken Man" - hope this helps? Cheers, iamthewalrus

Have followed this thread with great interest as an owner of a custom OW. IMHO let's give Chris a bit of leeway with this project - if it doesn't work out he could always pull the plug on it (as Musicman did with the OLP brand). Those of us who have either dealt with Chris face to face, or on the phone know he's a top bloke, & he's not the sort to sell the brand unless it meets the OW standard of a first class finish. Cheers, iamthewalrus

[quote name='Pete Academy' post='794034' date='Apr 2 2010, 09:22 AM']Here you go, folks... [url="http://bassmusicianmagazine.com/category/latest-bass-musician-magazine-posts/"]http://bassmusicianmagazine.com/category/l...magazine-posts/[/url][/quote] If this is a new format for the magazine, I hate it - not user friendly at all - bring back the old format (if it ain't broke, don't fix it). The old format was much better. Cheers, iamthewalrus