Piers_Williamson

kick (INXS)

promised you a miracle (simple minds)

there's a guy works down the chipshop (Kirsty MacColl)

Why don't you do it again (the Quo)

born to be wild (steppenwolf)

senses playing overtime (pre fab sprouts)

blue (joni Mitchell)

Every day I have the blues (BB King)

white room (cream)

Black night (deep Purple)

Mud Giants EP (Mud)

Too late sorry. Give that one to odysseus

songbird (Kenny G)

Going Loco Down in Acapulco (Billy Ocean)

Statement of the case (the sign of 4 aka Pat Metheny... very obscure....chucking pianos down the stairs quadruple album fun)

Abraham Martin and John (Marvin Gaye....and one of the best Motown songs ever)

Norwegian Wood (Some beat combo)

elephant talk (king crimson)

Docktor Docktor (UFO)

And with a false moustache.....

Cue the GAS for a six string. Mind you, that might look a little OTT!

Lots of good points have already been made. On the practical side, my experience of playing electric bass in a big band is you may be given a very tight spot to play in where inevitably you can't hear yourself that well (albeit that anyone over 6 ft away might be able to hear you a lot better). An ability to tip your amp up is good, or lift it off the floor on a milk crate. Some small combos (Hartke?) are designed to do that . However, floors (and walls) are also really good sound reinforcers. Staging can be good or bad at reinforcing sound (depending on what you are trying to achieve in the room). I have played a little Phil Jones combo which would be good with upright as well, as well as a 1/10 Markbass combo (louder). the key with both is they are quick to set up and don't take a lot of space.

Thanks for the tip. Got myself a copy and as an Ealing boy, I've finally figured out where he lived until his Lord of the Manor days.

I loved that, but isn't it one of the most boring bass lines to play in the world?