Reggaebass

18 hours ago, RichT said:

Robbie Shakespeare of Sly & Robbie

There’s a bit of a story about that one if anyone is interested, it was one of Aston Barrett’s early basses originally ,and when he started touring with the wailers he gave it to Robbie, Robbie thinks he might have played the Hofner on the Wailers Concrete Jungle recording 

Personally I’d just pay the return postage, mark it down to experience and get looking for another bass 

1 hour ago, ra0ulduke said:

One of my favorite of this short period is this one.

This is a few years later, if you like that style you might like this 

1 hour ago, 41Hz said:

Have sent the pics to guitarguitar and they are saying there is nothing wrong with it so won’t pay the return shipment cost, disappointing but a lesson learnt.

That’s a disappointing response, maybe point them towards this thread where experienced bass players are mostly in agreement that it’s not acceptable , really hope you can get this sorted 

That would be a bit too much of a mismatch for me to accept, I think they need to do a more in-depth search to find you one more matching from their stock, you need to be happy with after all or you’ll always be looking , good luck 

2 hours ago, ra0ulduke said:

 

Thanks rao, that’s a very early one by lee Perry, probably around the same time as Long shot  by the Pioneers ,

actually I just found this, 

In 1968, reggae pioneer Lee “Scratch” Perry launched his first record label, Upset Records, with the single “People Funny Boy

10 hours ago, jazzyvee said:

Third World - 96 degrees in the shade

I remember first seeing third world back in the day and was absolutely blown away with them, great band and 96 degrees in the shade is a classic 

The Johnny Osbourne album Truths And Rights has some organ , not sure if it’s a Hammond , at the beginning and at 2.43 onwards 

12 hours ago, Linus27 said:

Not from a playing perspective but more of a listening appreciation

Really good to hear this Linus, once you start exploring and listening to the different types and styles you’ll probably find what artists appeal to you, sly and Robbie have some wonderful songs , they did an album the best of 1978-1985 which is worth a listen, I guarantee you won’t be able to resist picking up your bass to some of Robbie’s basslines,

I’d  also recommend checking out Flabba Holt who is the bass player with  Roots Radics , different style of playing to Robbie, they backed Gregory Isaac’s for years and many other artists, and as some have mentioned There’s plenty of listening on the reggae thread, 

20 minutes ago, Stub Mandrel said:

 

Wow. Must be quite an experience hearing it for the first time as a bass player.

 

Timing is everything, surprising how many bands can kill it not in a good way).

 

Ive heard of talking heads but I don’t think I’ve heard that one, I’m finding it better to fret the A rather than using the open A like I’ve seen in some covers, nice Bassline 

I was watching a series on Netflix last night and briefly caught a song in it that I’d never heard before , I instantly liked the Bassline and found out that it’s Talking Heads and psycho Killer , I’m gonna give it a try, it doesn’t sound too difficult , very catchy 

Really enjoyed listening to this last night by The Mighty Threes, I believe they were only around for a few years 78-79 ish and were a trio of Bernard Brown, Carlton Gregory, and Noel “Bunny” Brown from the Chosen Few, they had an album called Africa Shall Stretch Forth Her Hand which is on YouTube and well worth a listen, after a bit of digging it looks like the bass player they used was ,Clinton "Bubbles" Rowe, who I don’t know much about, nice heavy Bassline 

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On 12/12/2025 at 09:53, SumOne said:

One of my favorite BMW tunes: 

 

 

And it is a great album.

I bought that album when it came out and I’ve still got it along with many others , definitely one of the best along with Uprising 

4 minutes ago, SumOne said:

House classics like these to try and play

Gat Decor is a classic, I remember when it came out, good fun to play I imagine 

This popped up on my YouTube 

Got to have a bit of John Holt now and again, from around 1972 Riding For A Fall, 

this video made me listen to the above, great footage and the voice is amazing 

Welcome Graham 

6 minutes ago, lowdown said:

  

I'm a bit confused. Your link says, 'The Legendary Pink Dots - Madame Guillotine', but my link below is 'Madame Guillotine - Legendary Pink Dots'.

I thought it was an attempt at a cover, then I noticed in the blurb on your link "Loosely based on Madame Guillotine" by The Legendary Pink Dots". 

 

 

Either way, it's quite absorbing and chilled because I nearly dozed off...(nothing to do with the track, it's just been an early start and a long day).

Ignore me, stand down, and as you were.

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks lowdown, it just came up on my YouTube while I was driving, it’s a pretty odd track I think but I quite liked the Bassline , your right about dozing off though 😁

Maybe they also have a limelight and have put the wrong pics up 🤷‍♂️

Anyone ever heard this before, I quite like it and the bassline 

This weekend I’ve been learning Hills And Valleys by Buju Banton , played well here by Frank Negrao , still working on the changes around 1.95 

Welcome ET, big fender fanboy here and I can honestly say that I’ve never seen one of those before, I’m following with interest 

On 04/12/2025 at 12:39, binky_bass said:

I do love a big, full fat, monster of a valve rig

Same here, you can’t beat it, if I had the space (which I’m working on) I’d have the biggest Ampeg rig I could get 

I like  markbass and used them for years before I switched to Ampeg, I do think they have a certain sound and the VLE and VPF controls I really liked,  if you don’t want to buy another amp I believe they do a few preamp/ pedals, but I’ve never tried them 

3 hours ago, SumOne said:

Don talking about something that has also annoyed me for a while - the often repeated online misconception that Reggae Basslines don't play on the one, and that the 'one drop' is referring to Bass.  "you can play on the one, you can play off the one, it makes no difference when you're playing over a one drop, the one drop is the drum pattern"

 

 

Yes, I thought the same when I saw the title , Ive heard it so many times, glad he put that out there .

Im quite liking this guy , he hasn’t got many videos yet but I think his channel could be interesting,