chris_b

I prefer anonymous black cabs at the back of the stage.

Interesting. I had a JJ Cale project that got rained off by the first Covid lockdown.

The Band, The Meters and Little Feat were fantastic "ensemble" players. You could probably include every Funk band in that list. Funk is a team genre. Also the studio bands like the Funk Brothers, the Swampers and Booket T and the MG's with Isaac Hayes at Stax.

I record a lot of Sky Arts. Recently watched programs on Chess Records, Joe Cocker, Aretha Franklin, Blues in Chicago and Chuck Berry. Mumford and Sons is on at the moment. Great channel.

I was making allowances for the recording. I like his style, it's just slap solos don't do it for me. I still loved that drummer.

Dozens of basses feature in the styles of music you listed in your first post. Don't limit yourself. Try as many as you can find. Don't get tied up with the minutiae of particular sounds. Find a bass that you like to play, put a good set of strings on it, get a good sound out of it, then off you go.

LJ is one of the better purveyors of slap, in my book, but I'm not so sure about this video. Even LJ in a solo gets me yawning. Loved that drummer, though.

Here we go again. If these cabs sound as good as they almost certainly will, then who gives at rats derrière about the logo!!

Get a box from a cycle shop. You'll have to trim it to size, but they are very strong.

That's DSP. All big touring PA's use it, so why not bass.

If it helps, I once knew a bass player called Robert.

If someone dies of Covid they are a Covid death. If they die of something else, even having tested positive for Covid, they are not a Covid death! And why is there a time limit?

Put the strap over your right shoulder, like some guitarists, Albert Collins etc, do,

I've been in very few bands that didn't play at least one original song. That includes the cover bands. If I get a vote in a band, I'll judge the song not who wrote it. Labels are a pointless distraction, unfortunately, too many originals bands aren't original at all. The better bands (of any style) play songs that are interesting. IMO a good covers band beats a bad originals band every time, and vice versa.

If your tendons hurt when you play, try warming up before you start. If you want to play with a straighter wrist then get a longer strap and lower your bass. If your hand is hurting because of an acute wrist angle, develop a lighter touch. Do all three before you spend a fortune on another bass.

You are right, but at the start of new product lines there are always teething problems. I think we are only talking about one bass. If so, that's not the end of the world. How the issues are managed and resolved that will affect the reputation of these Sadowsky basses, not one bass with a problem.

Just talking!!

I don't have anything to do with the Army and I'm absolutely certain we don't need a nuclear deterrent, let along a totally modernised one, but I'm still paying for those. . . . and don't get me started on how much our Politicians are costing us!! IMO the cost of the BBC is insignificant in comparison.

Like it. The "rough edges" compliment the feel of the song.

Yep. I guess my preferred bass sound was "imprinted" way before Music Man came about. The SR5 was a good bass to start my 5 string conversion. It took a few years, but in the end I decided I preferred wider string spacing, single coil pickups and the unrolled fretboard had begun to bug me.

The bass is loud. Maybe too loud for some but it doesn't bother me. I'd try a mix taking the other bass lines out. IMO you don't need them and an emptier sound might be more interesting. Also maybe add a little more low mid to the bass line. Some of the notes drift in the bar but the first beat is always spot on. Did you adjust the timing on the first beat? I like the drums, maybe add some hi-hat.

The only problem with that is, as soon as the advertisers are the driving force, the quality of programs takes a serious dive. I have no problem with the licence or the programs the BBC puts out. Anything that divorces the program makers from commercial considerations is a good thing in my book. Is this non-payment a new thing? I always got paid by the BBC, but that was rather a long time ago.

Apart from a cover for my BB2, all I’ve bought since March is food, paint and sandpaper.

Great Christmas songs. . . . . . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1-94xkttAo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jid4mF8zrfY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k79LgndsO-I

My first 5 string bass was a Music Man Stingray 5. It was good but not as good as the Lakland that replaced it. These days there are many more choices for good first 5 string basses, like Sire, Squier and Lakland Skylines.