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Havent really the time to watch it. Pray Jamerson and Carole Kay are mentioned somewhere?

100%, Ive been playing for 45 years. Bottom line nobody cares about bass or the bassist unless the tunes are literally a stand alone bass line, (Riders on the storm for eg or, 'A Forest' etc ) But if the singers mic goes south?... Its pistols at dawn and a court appearence for some unsuspecting sound dude....and yes Im exaggerating simply to make the point. Been to several theatre shows/gigs recently and the bass was just an indestinct mush, tells the story.

Cool thread. I'd add one more ingredient to this. 'Ghost notes'. Ghost notes are like ligaments, they bind rythmns together.

Havent seen it yet, I may have a look. On a purely recognisable and musical level I hope Rio and, A Forest are discused. Two eg's of old, powerful, melodic and in your face highly influential basslines.

My SQ P bass wears 20 yr old dead Chromes. Pretty amazing. A light touch just behind the PU and its like a J bass bridge PU wth a bit more heft, incredibly dry and in a funny way kinda dull....but, sounds glorious out front. Cant ever imagine playing fresh rounds again.

Interesting. Wonder if hes the same guy who imported all those CIJ's back in the mid 2000's, as you rarely see them for sale.. and to have so many?

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Its Sky Arts which I do like a lot, but which also means its producing content which is easily understood by everyone. This means there idea of a "Greatest bassline " will discuss work that the general public can easily understand.. ie something like Pink Floyds Money...or the Cures A Forest. Not necessarily clever in the bass sense but immediately recognisable as a very good ....'Bassline'.

How many of her friends are actually playing guitar? If she's playing with more than one and then an inevitable drummer then she will need some volume. Not my thing but a 100 watt Rumble would be a very good start and they are everywhere.

Love Pollock. Ive seen some have a goes of Pollock and they were woefully lacking. But if you think you can then well done.

Probably the easiest Fender to replicate. As an eg, a Bravewood with the right tuners is pretty much indestinguishable from an original. Just saying.

I had an original DS with two K140's and it was useless. I think they were originally guitar cabs.

I like Yamaha a lot tho Ive never owned a bass. Unlike the majority of 'Luthiers' they're a legacy engineering company first and forememost and I guess approach every project from that angle, and as I think we all agree it shows in the quality of their stuff.

It was kind of decided for me. Increasing problems with my ears have meant Ive pretty much given up playing live. Even playing my cello without significant muting is difficult, tho it comes and goes. Seems yrs of loud music has basically destroyed them, and the weird thing is it creeps up on you without you even realising.

Not hate but relentless disappointment. Up until I decided enough was enough, every single Jazz bass I ever bought or tried out, including a super light and resonant Mex RW which seemed very good but I just cannot get on with the shape and the constant knob twiddling looking for that P bass thump which for me just isnt there.