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Listening to Formula 3 right now was not familiar w/ them except in passing. Thanks. Those Italians do it different.

Interesting list. Glad to see Percy Jones & Mick Karn squeeze in. Alphonso Johnson SHOULD be on the 101 List these three cats may not have virtuoso chops but boy do they put down the lines...

Going in the way-back machine alot. (Fred Frith "Gravity") but I'm checking out Tal Wilkenfeld's new singer-songwriter stuff and it's GOOD. (except for the "official" video...WTF?) Check out the live shows her guitarist is tasty

I remember in the 80's I was in a house with no one else and there was an old drumkit so I set it up and bashed about it with great abandon and no one to critque or give me grief. I sounded like the Magicband but oh what fun and a good workout. (Beefheart told the drummer on "Icecream for Crow" , "I want it to sound like bb's in a piepan."

I just inherited a bass ukulele. It's an Ibanez AEB5E-BK 3U01. Hey, it's portable, I can play it at a party or the park (oops. not for awhile) without amplification, NOT like my Stick or electric bass, and...it has a U in it's name, so there. (and wimmen LOVE bass players)

I was gonna say this is getting too deep for me but then my arrogant nature took over. My general introduction to people goes like this: I went to school for music and i've been cooking ever since. When I left school I couldn't bear the thought of playing "Tie A Yellow Ribbon 'Round The Old Oak Tree" on a Saturday nite, and since the music I played had "No Commercial Potential", I wound up doing the OTHER thing I'm passionate about, cooking. They paid me well, when I was cooking other's recipes, and VERY well when I had my own restaurant. (and I had more GROUPIES than I ever had in any band...) But again, I wont do McDonald's. I'm happy playing my own music because it keeps me sane.

Two guitarists needed a bass player so I traded in my Fender Mustang (orange w/ red racing stripes) for a Fender Jazz sunburst torty pickgard maple neck w/ black block inlays. Mom & Dad bought me the Mustang fr Christmas & put the rest of the $ in for J.B. trade. We never did the songs but I just wanted to play the bass line from Inna Gadda Da Vidda for 17 mins. or the bass line from 3rd Stone from the Sun, or Sly & The Family Stone's "Sex Machine". Right from the beginning I just wanted to hold down the bottom and let all forms of Mayhem ensue. Actuall influences and who I studied and or emulated is another story.

There is such a fine line between in the groove and forced. Like the line from "Spinal Tap", "There is such a fine line between 'stupid' and 'clever'." And I swear to G** it can't be taught. So many people trying to participate n the music bizniz can't funk for their Mama's sake. And yet the Pocket People die by the wayside. Back to/ sidetrain of "Normal People" and BassChat(ers). The bass players that GET IT. AND GET PAID.  and the rest should go home and make 1000 perfect omelets. (That's how I paid the rent)..

Are you guys aware of who Pete Cetera is? One of the coolest rock bands EVER with horns? He, along with the keyboard & guitarist shared singing duties and CUT IT UP in the 60's/70's (sorry Pete, I lost interest in the band after Terry died...it lost it's BALLS) Guys, listen to Chicago Transit Authority (esp. Pete, "I'm A Man") and the guitarist who when Jimi Hendrix met him, said, "I wish I could play like that".

He wasn't the lead singer but he sang all the high parts and played some pretty darn good bass...guy by the name of Chris Squire

I love the perfect pitch pun...My buddy's daughter wanted one last Christmas I took him to my fav (independant) music store & found a nice one she has moved on to keyboard (not many ukelale patches in THAT one) but really... I like the low end and there is no portable bass...the Stick is even a pain in the derrière... I have a battery Roland Cube, it's FIVE WATTS (but it has 4 speakers and The Roland Chorus). So I can go to a campfire or whatever but it's still not THAT PORTABLE... but...I can't...stand...the SOUND...of those things I won't even bother to check how it's spelled. SOMETHING LIKE THAT SHOULD BE EASIER TO SPELL. Like EUGHK. One more thing I don't like those little bass thingys they sound like smuush

I'm one of those "I've got to work with what I got" guys, you know, disabilty, retired from working in the cooking biz, no income coming in, soooo....I have a NORD LEAD ll that I try to get those PFunk Bernie Worrell sounds outa its what I got. But I have loved the Moog since the day it was born

The Jazz Bass and Reggae. Was that the topic? If you accidently move the knobs put tape over them. (all real bass players know you don't need knobs) I have played Reggae with a Jazz, w/ a fretless P., w/ a Pedulla 5 string fretless P/J, and now with a 12 string Grand Stick Dual Bass Reciprocal. (that's for u cats that didn't read my introduction. DBR). Oh, and I also have a ESP LTD w/ active p.u.'s and a Hartke bass that only has the J p.u. working that I tore the frets outa the right way that I paid $30 US for (the P p.u. worked when I bought it but there were no strap buttons...that musta been the reason for the price), and an Ibanez 8 string that I took the frets out of the wrong way and I CAN PLAY REGGAE ON THOSE TOO. I said you don't need knobs on your axe someone here tell how to play with the flesh of your fingers...Oh bullocks I'm not trying to be a twit. Put your pick down and stroke the string with as much flesh as you can for "tone". Check out any upright players technique it'll work fr Reggae

 I'm listening to (and learning) Lost Stars from the movie Begin Again. THE KEIRA KNIGHTLEY VERSION NOT THE BLASTED FOUL (Oh I Love His Falsetto) Adam Levine version (sound of wretching although I sinisterley love it). My girl can seriously sing the offal out of anything so we gonna do a duo this year (Dangerous Adventures) & some other covers and some extreme Corporal Punishment . Oh by the way Begin Again is  a good movie  I SAY SO. 

I went to Negril back in '86 before all the Sandals-type places took over we got outa the plane in Montego Bay grabbed a taxi & headed toward our destination by the time we hit our first pit-stop for a Redstripe & tinkle we hooked up w/ our first bag of Ganja & proceeded to SLOW DOWN. The Island took over we got to the S. End of Negril found our boy friday picked out our dub tapes & high quality bud & I FELT THE MUSIC. We were there 10 days but the effect hasn't warn off. Reggae has to be FELT. I don't recommend any type of trendy chemical amusement aid but they all worked for me and I know going to Jamaica is expensive and dangerous as a field trip but to play Reggae you gotta BE IN THE TING.

I saw them for the "Songs of the Free" tour in New Jersey. Just the 4-piece Andy made sounds that would put the Edge to shame Sara Lee was Awesome I didn't stop dancing the entire nite. One of the best shows ever!

Okay this had to be the most incredible show I ever saw. It was Capt. Beefheart's last tour it was for Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller) @ the Beacon Theater NYC and his opening act was James Blood Ulmer. I don't know who JBU's drummer was but I never seen anything like it. AND the guy sitting next to me was recording Beefheart (wasn't interested in JBU) I held his mics while he changed batteries, he took my address & sent me a cassette. (no return address-very paranoid dude. But I have Beefheart's last tour)

When I was trying to emulate C.S. I had a '72 Jazz Bass & was using Ernie Balls rounds. RotoSounds were astronomical. Thru a Fender Bassmann with a 2x15 cab. Turned ALL THE WAY UP. Tried to play w/ a pick but they kept flying outa my hand. I just played really hard with my fingers. 

1 hour ago, Bluewine said:

I love this stuff. Joe graduated from Montclair HS in 1965. I graduated in 71. 

Blue

...where he took up welding. Yes and he built a talkbox out of Fender Twin Reverb and when he tried it out he rattled all his fillings out of his teeth. Us Jersey Boys anything for a laugh...

I'm a new Yankee on basschat so if this book has been mentioned forgive me. I recomend it to EVERYONE. "The Indie Band Survival Guide - Randy Chertkow & Jason Feehan - St. Martin's Press NYC $18.99 US 2nd ed. is 2012 I don't know if it's been updated  again but it talks about everything you can do on your own or when you may need help. If any ofthe moderators review this & reccomend mebe it can help some of us thumpers out there

She's got a clothing line on one of home shopping networks. I mean, c'mon. 

I was a real big fan of John Wetton...until King Crimson was no more. Oh, and coming from a jazz background, when I picked up the upright, Charles Mingus. Talk about gritty. And BTW, I became jaded w/ the jazz world (seemingly stuck in the Real Book) when I was introduced to the album "Starless and Bible Black". THAT was progressive.

OK I like the new Gong. And there's a band from my stomping grounds - Princeton NJ USA called Cactus Karma that sounds like National Health/Henry Cow sorta. Dave Stewart definitely. I'm trying to do/sound different on Stick will post when I get something recorded. Funny, no appologees here my biggest initial bass influence is Criss & the main reason I wanted a Stick was the T.L. SOUND but I sound NOTHING  like either of them. And the Stick community kinda depresses me 'cause it usually sounds like treacly covers with no balls (am I gonna be censored?), testicles? What do you chaps call them in polite society? , or Bach stuff. I will search my other stuff & post accordingly.

Guitar. I can't play chords on guitar. Grubby little paws. Why all my guitars are "Joni Mitchell" tunings. One of the reasons I play the Chapman Stick. Left-hand chords in inverted 5ths I can play. Right-hand chords from above I can play. OH. You said instruments you struggle with. THE CHAPMAN STICK. I love the struggle though. And keyboard. And Roland HandSonic. Life is not lived without struggle. Or strudel.

There's always the Roland HandSonic (I have the older HPD-15) I bought it 'cause I wanted tabla. It's good if you like to bash about on something bigger than typewriter keys. And I also trigger it via MIDI with...AN ALESIS SR-16! I haven't embarked on the computer DAW merry-go-round yet - I've got Audacity installed but haven't recorded anything. Kinda off topic but I use a ZOOM H2 as a "notebook" for ideas outa my mixer.