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SOLD Squier Vintage Modified 5 string Jazz Bass £265 SOLD
musicbassman replied to musicbassman's topic in Basses For Sale
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You already clearly have a very professional attitude to your playing, and that's half the battle already won! I wish you the very best
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it's just been announced that pubs will reopen indoors from Monday 17th May. Good news, but I can't imagine that there'll be a huge amount of work for bands in the short term - landlords just have to be open, and won't be worrying about trying to offer entertainment incentives to attract punters. Other opinions are available - discuss. 🙂
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Four years of lusting ends in sadness.
musicbassman replied to 12stringbassist's topic in General Discussion
I've just offloaded a faithful old Peavey Megabass cabinet on ebay and replaced this with a Vanderkley 212, which not only sounds better but is literally half the weight. The annoying thing is, I pulled my back whilst trying to weigh the b####y Peavey on the bathroom scales, so I could state the weight in the ad. 🥺 I then decided maybe it would be best NOT to state the weight. in the advert 😁 -
Let's talk about pitch correction.
musicbassman replied to leftybassman392's topic in General Discussion
If it can prevent nightmares like this stinker at 0.29, I'm all in favour 🙂- 194 replies
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Not a P bass if it has a J neck?
musicbassman replied to hiram.k.hackenbacker's topic in General Discussion
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Do you prefer the sound of plucking or rolling?
musicbassman replied to TJ1's topic in General Discussion
If you're somehow 'plucking from underneath' (and not as a part of slap and pop technique) then I'd suggest you are using a very unusual technique akin to fingerpicking on the guitar, which most bass players wouldn't recognise. Please tell us more ! 😮 -
Do you prefer the sound of plucking or rolling?
musicbassman replied to TJ1's topic in General Discussion
Now I'm confused. You'll have to explain what you mean. -
Bought a Vanderkley cab from Mark. Top guy, excellent communications, all good Thanks Mark 🙂
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Bass player's interest in how many different basses he's taken to the pub gig = 100% ! 😁 Other members of the band's interest - 20% 🙁 Punters interest = 0% 😑
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"I'm no David Beckham" - bass version
musicbassman replied to Nail Soup's topic in General Discussion
"So, you play in a band, do you ?" "Yes, but I'm no lead singer or guitarist" "Drummer ?" "No" "Keyboards ?" "No" "So you must be the roadie, then ?" 🥺 -
So, take a very talented guitarist called Joe Parrish and give him the complete scores for the incredibly complex 'Rite of Spring' by Stravinsky. And then lock him away in a studio for a year or two. And he comes up with something so seemingly impossible you can't believe it. The sheer dedication alone is jaw dropping. And note for note, it's absolutely accurate to the original score. Enjoy.
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It doesn’t have to be in English to be good, does it?
musicbassman replied to ubit's topic in General Discussion
Here's Pino D'Angio from 1981 with 'Ma quale idea' Does that massive bass line sound familiar ? Too good a bass line to waste. This Madison Avenue track is from 1999 😋 -
Mr Brightside - The hit that just won't die
musicbassman replied to Nail Soup's topic in General Discussion
I'm well into my sixties, and Mr Brightside is................. a beautifully crafted piece of pop rock dealing with one of the oldest of love emotions, jealousy. I think some of the complainers on here may be suffering a bit from jealousy themselves, and secretly wishing they'd written it themselves. And if I'd written it, I'd certainly be very proud to tell everyone 🙂 -
Earliest Ever Footage of Slap Bass
musicbassman replied to Bean9seventy's topic in General Discussion
I hope you're not being serious. That's a song called 'The lady in my Life' from Michael Jackson's Thriller album, which was recorded in 1982. The bass player was Steve Lukather. 🙂 However, it would be interesting to find the earliest genuine footage of the genesis of slap playing. 👍 -
Not wishing to rain on your parade, best wishes to you - but I can't imagine this has gone down too well with the neighbours. Did you get planning permission for this ?
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Nicely played. Sounds like a mashup between some standard MOR 70's soul and Vulfpecks 'Back Pocket'
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And the prize for 'most sinister guitar' goes to...
musicbassman replied to binky_bass's topic in General Discussion
Well....... it's certainly.......errr...........original. And if it was on display in the Tate Modern, people would be queuing up to say just how very clever it was. -
Blimey - 'tis a small world. I lived just up the road from Halligan Heap Studios (Benwell Road) from around 1975 - 1981. Halligan Heap was a smelly dive as I recall, with appalling (nonexistent) ventilation. Only recall using it a couple of times. There was also another rehearsal/recording studio just the other side of the Tube station run by a guy called Curly Clayton. He appeared to be a bit of a recluse, but I understood he'd been a well known jazz guitarist back in the day. He lived in a tiny windowless room wedged in behind the studio.
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I made a triping error once - I tried eating the stuff....... Never again. 😝