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Waterfall - Stone Roses

Turquoise - Donovan

Don’t forget that this what these guys do for a living, both performance and teaching. Therefore, it is (or was) in their interests to put the time in. Don’t feel bad about not being able to have the same dedication, their drive often comes from a different place. Of course, I realise that there are those who can and do have this level of commitment without the financial driving factor, but I imagine the vast majority of us do what we can, when we can so that we can also pursue the other activities that make up our lives. In addition, there are potential physical limitations that might stand in the way of that high level of dedication to a practice regime. Having had a lot more time for practise recently, coupled with the added drive of a new bass, has resulted in me acquiring tendonitis in my left forearm (too many one finger per fret, across the things and up the neck exercises). If you don’t rely on playing for putting food on the table and paying the rent, do as much as gives you pleasure (surely that’s why one does it). Regarding vibrato, I come from a guitar playing background where side to side vibrato seems to the de facto technique. However, when I came to play fretless bass (I don’t remember using vibrato on fretted when I first started and turned to fretless really quickly), I naturally used and use the nut to bridge action and I don’t know why (perhaps I was tying to emulate Pino). It’s certainly more controllable than sideways movement and, therefore, more subtle and pleasing to the ear IMO.

Mood Indigo - Duke Ellington

Stir It Up - Bob Marley

Royal Orleans - LZ

Good spot, that man. To be fair, having scored a right bargain, the money saved could be spent on a basic set up. Although, as you say, a local BCer might well be willing to check and sort it.

You won’t have gone wrong with that Yamaha, they just done make a bad instrument at any price point IMO. My first foray into bass was with a Yammy BB300. I did, however, return to the guitar full time . But I saw the error of my ways and returned to fold many years later and my first (second time around) bass was a Yammy RBX 270 (I think). To echo @PaulThePlug’s comment, this is Basschat and we even have our own emoji for posts without ‘evidence’...

Live Wire - AC/DC

Ride the Lightning - Metallica

Southern Cross - CSNY

The ‘59 DC bass looks interesting https://www.thomann.de/gb/danelectro_dc_longscale_bass_cb.htm

Oof! That is all sorts of lovely. 😍

Big in Japan - Alphavillie

Dead Babies - Alice Cooper

Here I Go Again - Whitesnake

Deja Vu - CSN&Y

And obnoxious. The whole scene seemed more about the rivalry (Oasis vs Blur, etc) than the actual music. For my own tastes, Britpop in the '90s is where music went to die. YMMV.

You're an absolute legend for listing this! From one of my favourite top 10 (probably top 5) albums of all time. Back OT: Tracks of my Tears - Smokey et al and the Q Tips

Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds - EJ/F4

Night Nurse - Gregory Issacs

My 33” scale Maruszczyks came with their short/medium gigbags and just fit comfortably. My Mustang fits in these very nicely length wise (the Mustang is 108cms long) with about 2-3cms to spare. https://www.public-peace.de/accessories/gigbags-suitcases/bass-gigbags/electric-bass What with the stupidness that currently is post Brexit, European shopping, it might be worth asking Bass Direct if they could source one, as they do the more premium, leather ones already.

Stamp Your Feet - Donna Summer

Mr Short Scale, Scott Whitley, agrees with you.

Goodbye Pork Pie Hat - Mingus