Lazurus

I have one that I do not need, its the standard G4music one they supply with their basses, not a flight case. I am in Norfolk if that's any help?

Stuart

Ok I had this bump........... Obviously the sound post, been there since I got my bass (Used) a cheap Chinese.

It hasn't changed, enlarged or moved, but finding a Luthier in darkest Norfolk is proving problematic. Any suggestions??

I was in a similar position, type of bass (cheap) and a very high action out of the factory, I removed a string at a time to preserve the sound post, filed each notch in turn to my required height at the bottom of the fingerboard then onto the next. When each string was at the required height I then removed the bridge, keeping weight on the sound post, and removed the waste wood, smoothed the notches and added graphite.

The whole process was straightforward and very successful taking my heights to 7 - 10mm G to E.

I have also used 3mm bendy ply pads to raise the bridge, as the name suggests it is very flexible and "moulds" to the body shape keeping the integrity of the bridge feet without the need to sand.

Whilst not at a luthiers standard it all went well and gave the desired result total cost £1.00 for the A4 size sheet of ply.

How do you do that????

Many thanks

I was listening to this last night and it has a simple bass line in the back ground, for the life of me I cannot get it so has anyone got a score or Tabs to get me going?

Thumbs up for the J tone range, very affordable and do the job.

I find a lot of music is written in Bass tabs, can someone just confirm to a newbie that the numbers do correspond to the fret number on the given string?

IE 7 on the G would equal a D in notation.

Just for peace of mind please!

As a new guy myself I had the same string and height issues when I got my bass, I went for 7,8,9,10mm G to E and on advice changed the steels to Innovation silver slaps, works for me at my level. Has also been played a pretty good professional rockabilly bass player, he liked the feel and sure made it sound good.

Now thats pretty !

Great colour for a "new" one.

Well I love the bass line in Shake Rattle and Roll thumping out of my juke box, and I guess anything by Johhny Cash or Stray Cats. That would be great thank you.

Thanks for all the advice, I have reached a stage where the books are just not interesting me, the music is bland and I really need to find a couple of songs that I enjoy and can play along to, to rekindle my interest. I have always loved rockabilly / blue grass type music. The books are boring me so these are some great suggestions. Its a hard slog if you are not enjoying the sound you are making.

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Answered part of my own question....... I am not a fan of tabs but would like to play about with some of the bass lines he used.

Ok been doing some You tube browsing and need some help, several of the online lessons refer to the "Major" scale but do not explain what this is in relation to Rockabilly - can anyone explain in simple terms or am I missing something obvious?

Also I like Beg to the roots lessons but ever thing is noted in double bass abs, again an explanation on ho this notation works please.

Sorry if dumb questions

Once again your a star

Anyone got the score for Fever?

That's the sort of stuff, never considered searching guitar type progs and sites, my thanks.

Ok picked the bass up again at the weekend, I have decided to learn songs from genres that i like and play them in the style I want to. I am determined to keep learning sheet music..........So what I need now is some simple sheet music for well known country or rockabilly / rock& roll songs that I can play. I have scoured the www. and none of my books have anything suitable. Can anyone help out with some simple scores?

Has anyone got this in sheet form they can ping to me, would love to have a go at this one?

I think the setup is ok, 7 - 10mm under the strings G to A, Innovation silver slaps. I had a couple of hours with Ian from the Houndogs [url="http://www.thehoundogs.co.uk/"]http://www.thehoundogs.co.uk/[/url]
as we had them at our recent wedding, he sure made my bass sound pretty fine so the setup works for slap. I think it is more an attitude set up required.

Last Bump!

Thanks for all the suggestions, I think I came to the reality between my ambitions and my abilities and lost a little drive. I will climb back on the horse and see if I can find a local rockabilly / blue grass player who wants to earn a few quid, learning later in life is definitely harder.................

Did the flat top and quiff in my younger days, long since passed....... I think this picture was round 1980 or so

Think that is the way forward at this time........

:shok:I have been having lessons since last Autumn, stopped them recently due to getting married, honeymoon etc. now I have lost my motivation to get back at it....... my teacher is really good and I was making good progress albeit he is orchestral and I want to slap!!!

There are no slap teachers that I can find in darkest Norfolk, so any suggestions how to get going again, I have not touched the bass for couple of months........