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[quote name='skankdelvar' post='352353' date='Dec 12 2008, 02:36 AM']I note that he's changed the one liner under his picture, the sly dog. Dibs for the toaster.[/quote] I think the big chief would prefer a selection of Jamiroquai's finest Ha. Ha. HAHAHAHA.

[quote name='kennyrodg' post='350296' date='Dec 9 2008, 11:33 PM']Just woul'dnt be the same if they changed the name though would it [/quote] Damn... The spunky Bass I really liked is sold out for six weeks. I thought Santa was going to bring it Anyway...here's one that's not shown on the website.. EDIT - forgot to say this one is 446 US$ Cheers AM

[quote name='mcgraham' post='350676' date='Dec 10 2008, 01:36 PM']There's a video clinic with Marcus Miller on bassplayer.tv (I'll find it for you guys this evening) where he spends a bit of time discussing the benefits of being able to 'read'. He tells a great story about George Benson (IIRC) which you really have to hear to appreciate. Essentially he says that reading is a great tool to have, and that it's worth spending just a few weeks getting to grips with music notation and practicing it to get it to a useable level (he's not saying fluent sight reading in weeks, just to a useable level). It's a fairly small sacrifice to make when you consider how huge the benefits are. Slightly OT, but I was playing with a jazz group at a wedding recently (essentially depping for them). The group could read very well over quite complex pieces, but their (collective and individual) ear was shocking. They were next to useless when it came to improvising and moving together as a musical unit; they really could not 'hear' past the end of their own instrument. The drummer was the only person that made it worth playing with that group; we really gelled as a section. In short, even with immense reading skills these musicians were lack lustre due to their poor ear. Conversely, some of the best musicians are those with a great ear and zero reading skills. HOWEVER! those who have a good marriage of the two are on a [i]totally [/i]different plane of musical ability. Definitely worth working on both IMO. Mark[/quote] Hi Really interested to see the video clinic. It is true in my experience that sticking too rigidly to written music can inhibit improvisation/listening ability. I know some musicians whom can play extremely technical annotations but cannot learn by ear/improvise and I know some musicians who can't read a note and don't know what notes they are playing but they can learn anything by ear and improvise. A combination of both as you state, is a different plane. Regards AM

[quote name='Huggy and the Bears' post='350655' date='Dec 10 2008, 01:24 PM']I wish I could read music! I'm dyslexic and whilst I am an academic, reading and doing at the same time doesn't work for me so I have always played by ear. I know what my strings are called and I know 5th frett equals next string. I have a naturally good ear and so when I hear something I know which frett/string it is but have know idea what it is called. I also know relationships between notes from experience. If I'm told a key of a song I generally work it out from the position of a note that i do know the name of, usually from the 5th fret. This works for me and I get by but I do wish I could read. Interestingly I find that it is easy to do this and it is great for improvising a new song or gigging with another band. My band sometimes I think i'm joking about understanding the names of the notes but last night as I argued that the guitarist was playing a wrong note, I tried to sound intelligent and told him to play a C flat to which I was informed that there isnt one! They laughed their heads off and told me I must mean a B. That sums things up I guess for me, I know what to play but don't know what its called, and the boys know what they are called but don't hear its wrong. Horses for course me thinks! Si.[/quote] Hiya Technically the note can be called either B or Cb depending on what key you are playing in. So, for example, if you were playing in Cb major key for example, the note is Cb, whereas if you were playing in C major key for example, the note is called B. This happens all over different keys, i.e. the same note can have different names, for example, G# in some keys is called G# but in other keys it is called Ab. In some keys, there are even double flats and double sharps, so G would be called F##. You recognised and described a semitone step difference. The name of the note is a function of the key you are playing in. So you can now tell your friends that, depending on the key, technically you are correct :-) Regards AM

Hi Interested to hear any opinions on preferred method of learning existing basslines. For those who play by ear, do you always know what notes you are playing on the bass by the letter or do you just work on imitation? Do you know what the notes are on each fret on all strings, or again, just work by ear? On the tabs that I've seen (which is not that many) it just shows the fret numbers and strings but doesn't show the actual note, so you still have to work out what notes you're actually playing, i.e. fret 5 on E string is A. Essentially, I guess my real question is do you prefer scientific approach versus natural musician? I am not drawing any preference of one over the other and my question is purely asked from idle curiousity. Regards AM

[quote name='saibuster' post='346603' date='Dec 5 2008, 04:30 PM']Ok after taking Bilbos advice, i got Mark Levine's ' The Jazz Theory Book' and i must say this book has it all. One point that needs to be said tho, i think that in order to get the maximum out of this book, the reader needs to have access to keyboards.[/quote] Hi Your keyboard comment was interesting, please could you expand on this?

[quote name='kennyrodg' post='349046' date='Dec 8 2008, 08:56 PM']High AM1. from start to finish it took a week.[/quote] Wow, so you can get Spunky within a week :-) Sorry, could not resist. Coat on, running for the door! No seriously, I'm really, reallly getting into the Spunky sound, I think I'll be joining you as a Spunkster soon

[quote name='BigBeefChief' post='350118' date='Dec 9 2008, 07:36 PM']Excuse me if I'm speaking out of turn, but I think me and AM would make quite the couple! BassChat's first romance perhaps?[/quote] Or first murder

[quote name='BigBeefChief' post='349153' date='Dec 8 2008, 10:11 PM']I'm seen as a quite the catch.[/quote] By whom, the authorities?

[quote name='Clarky' post='349144' date='Dec 8 2008, 10:05 PM']So are you saying you would prefer the Le Creuset omelette pan?[/quote] One was not referring to your choice of gift, but to your choice of groom

[quote name='Clarky' post='349130' date='Dec 8 2008, 09:55 PM']This has all the makings of one of those complex love stories, aaaaahhhh bless[/quote] Clarky Low blow moment coming....... Wait for it..... Well..... I DO set appallingly low standards and consistently fail to achieve them Ouch! Painful low blow mode off.

[quote name='BigBeefChief' post='349090' date='Dec 8 2008, 09:29 PM']I like walks in the country, red wine, cosy nights in, nights out, good conversation,the cinema and I love to laugh. WLTM a single non-smoker to share love and laughter with. No DSS.[/quote] Ah. I'd like to tranpose this and offer my interpretation, if I may. Walks in the country = Dogger/Cottager Red Wine = Alcoholic Cosy nights in = Broke Nights out = Homeless Can't stop laughing now.

Must admit, I'm getting tempted by a Spunky bass myself! The sound on the demo is sweet. What was time to delivery after you submitted your Spunky spec? Regards AM

[quote name='BigBeefChief' post='348911' date='Dec 8 2008, 06:33 PM']Listening to Jamiroquai causes [b]me [/b]to go out and harm dolphins. It's a classic case of the abused becoming the abuser.[/quote] Listening to you is making me feel semi-suicidal Right, now we've established you find Jamiroquai's music sub-optimal, what DO you like? I can't wait for this <snicker>

[quote name='kennyrodg' post='348823' date='Dec 8 2008, 05:02 PM']That's the reason i went for it,well that and the vid i showed you.It was cheap enough to take a punt on and i'm now very happy I did.It's turned out to be an absolutely stellar buy.The tone is as good as in the vid and the build quality is top notch.Its kicked my MM sterling into second place for the moment. Definitely a talking point when people see the headstock hehe. here's my "Spunky" tale [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=28002&hl=spunky"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=...2&hl=spunky[/url][/quote] Yes - the more I listen to the demo, the more I LOVE the tone. Wouldn't mind knowing the name of the song, but the vid doesn't say. Did you buy yours new and if so, what did you pay? PM if that's better... Also, what amp do you use with it? Thanks for the constructive suggestion (though you know I'm going to always think of you as the spunky guy ha ha). Cheers AM

[quote name='kennyrodg' post='348306' date='Dec 8 2008, 07:15 AM']Thats the point !!! [/quote] Actually it really appeals to me just for the sick humour factor. So, when someone walks up and says hey what type of bass is that? Just casually reply, a SPUNKY one. Ha. >>Note to self...must stop being childish and GROW UP!

[quote name='Huge Hands' post='348556' date='Dec 8 2008, 01:13 PM']Nice imagery there. Welcome! I always thought Stu Zender was a Warwick man through and through but I thought I read recently (probably in that BG Magazine article he later slated) that he had an old Fender he'd used in the early recordings? I am probably wrong of course. Oh and, er by the way, if recent experience on here is anything to go by, if you're a female and post pictures of yourself, you're likely to end up with threads where everyone tries to vie and hustle for your affections. Good luck! [/quote] Cheers for the welcome! (Same to everyone else!) Thanks for the tip, pics duly removed! If you have any more info about the use of Fender on early recordings, I'd be interested. Any research I've done suggests Warwick was the weapon of choice. Rgds AM

[quote name='BigBeefChief' post='348458' date='Dec 8 2008, 11:36 AM']Too Young to Die? The 1990 television movie starring Brad Pitt and Juliette Lewis? I must admit, I'm not familiar with it.[/quote] Hahaha. Would it be a reasonable assumption that Jamiroquai CD's kill dolphins too?

[quote name='agroupuk' post='332012' date='Nov 18 2008, 11:54 PM']I have gone through my music collection and then visited Ultimate Guitar Tabs (dot com) and got the tabs I need.[/quote] Thanks for the great tip. It now feels like all my Christmases have come at once! Learning by ear is great but sometimes it's just really handy to see annotation. Cheers AM

[quote name='kennyrodg' post='348024' date='Dec 7 2008, 06:35 PM']Well if thats the case then i humbly apologise. Sooooooo if you fancy a Jazzer and you like the tone in that vid then check this one out [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgIMPHGRFT8"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgIMPHGRFT8[/url] IMO as good a quality bass as your average Fender Jazz,sounds as good and a fair bit cheaper too! [url="http://willowsguitar.com/willow_sub10_1.html"]Here[/url][/quote] You are right, the sound is in the vein of what I like. However, I respectfully draw your attention to the name!

[quote name='BigBeefChief' post='347983' date='Dec 7 2008, 05:22 PM']I hate them because they look like peices of driftwood, their necks are (usually) chunky and crap, their stupid small body makes the necks feel overly long, they usually take batteries (batteries? In a musical instrument? What is the world coming too?), they are favoured either by people playing horrible shouty music about being pissed off with mummy and daddy or mulletted hi-tech wearers who think their session musicians, they don't sound very good, they harm dolphins, cause cancer and I'm a hate-filled individual who has abandonment issues.[/quote] OK, well now it's becoming clear that your sense of humour is drier than a Nun's chuff doing the splits in the desert, we can move on. Let's forget all the peripheral BS - you cannot *seriously* say that the sound of the Warwick in, for example, Too Young To Die is NOT amazingly sexy. Regards AM

right. Then it's easier to just say you hate them and why. I'm a new member, hence I don't know you from Adam and there was no indication that your post wasn't serious. Why do you hate Warwick so much, out of idle curiousity. I am leaning more towards Fender but purely on sound and versatility. Regards AM [quote name='BigBeefChief' post='347891' date='Dec 7 2008, 02:40 PM']You kinda missed the point a bit on that one! Ignore me. I should have explained better. Warwick do not use chemicals that kill Dolphins, nor do they use chemicals that cause cancer (as I have claimed in the past). I just f***ing hate them, so I make up lies about them in the tradition of all great school playgrounds. I assumed you wouldn't take me seriously. No one else here does. If I were you I'd get the Jazz, but then I would say that. If you do, I'd go for one with an S1 Switch (ie not the newly issued Fender Jazz). It gives you the versatility of a Jazz, but can also do a reasonable P impression. I'd also look for second hand on here. If you wanna get a Warwick though, again look for second hand on here. Warwicks seem out of fashion at the moment (in these environmentally aware times), so you'll be able to pick up a bargain.[/quote]

[quote name='kennyrodg' post='347752' date='Dec 7 2008, 10:46 AM']All seems a bit "Fishy" to me--an "I want you back" vid,mmmmmm me not so sure after all.If i'm wrong then fair play AM but i'm on the fence ATM or am i just a bit slow. :ph34r:[/quote] Kenny What is it you're not sure about? I posted the video link as a specific example of a great bass sound, which I really and genuinely like. Regards AM

[quote name='budget bassist' post='347678' date='Dec 7 2008, 03:15 AM']Though you could get a real bargain on a SS1 right now because of the general fall in warwick prices.[/quote] Tell me more!!!!! Also, I have been looking at FleaBay - might be a bit dubious though, buying a 2nd hand bass...what should I be looking for??