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Well must say this has got me thinking about those sunny uplands we had in the pub scene back in the 70's. But Im so long out of it now I no longer know what tunes go where and whats what anymore in the gigging scene. So Mustang sally is still a crowd pleaser? And do pubs still have bands? I would have thght young people would rather just play with their phones rather than listen to half of that list. And do middle aged peeps like me still go to pubs to listen to music? I await to be educated.

Well, Im stuck in the 60's 70's and early 80's cause I like in your face melodies that pin me to the floor first listen, if that makes ME an old fart then ..'Hallelujah'. Here's a question. Whats with the closed eyes and not interacting with the audence thing and not just with this guy but all modern 'guitar' acts.

Welcome to the secret sauce. A P bass played with a light touch into just some raw basic electronics is the most effective bass tone on the planet. Mid loaded, tight and crisp. With rounds and specially with dead chromes, its a tone that works with just about everything.

Ive owned tons of Fenders and old Squires, but the current sleeper for me is the CV70's P basses. Blimey, the one I've got in walnut is literally perfect. Kinda chunky but light weight, tone, finish....and with the baseball bat neck is hard to put down......Not even |Fender do the thick 70's neck. Perfect

Thats the exact backline (albeit reversed) that the Damned used when I saw them back in 78.....Algie Wards P bass sounded thunderous.....What a great looking stage.

Interesting thread. Last pa I had to deal with had a pair of ATC mid radiators atop a pair of JBL 4550's fed by a bloody great Soundcraft board....Made a nice racket from what I can remember. Sadly any gig money we made was spent booking five people into a chiropractor twice a year! Goodness how times have changed...anyway carry on. 🤕

That vid brings back some smoky brightly lit memories. Bands back then were good. That pop hit they're doing (know it well) at the end is a tricky little thing with those harmonies.....really well played.

Good to hear it all got resolved.

For ever there's always been someone trying to find away around this painfully simple concept......hard bloody graft. Its the only way.

Again as with so many good things in life especially music collaboration, its the sum of its parts. Could never really get into them and grew up with them as a kid from when they first broke. My best friend at the time has had a deep musical love affair with them for 50 years. They are musically very clever and they are great 'rock' musicians but Geddy Lees playing and style of playing leaves me cold and empty inside. They are a monumental phenomenon with huge musical depth and gravitas who's music will be revered in 100's of years time .....For me? No thanks.

Ha.. its all a walk in the park compared to Talkbass. This type of blasphemus behaviour over there would downright dangerous to ones health.

Well this is a forum so discussion is encouraged and that means dissent is never far away..haha! With the exception of 1999, for me his music never really gets going, never really sounds cool compared to the likes of MJ, Luther, Barry White, EW&F and a whole raft of black groove artists that have shaped my playing experience over the decades... I guess he's just too quirky, experimental if you like for my tastes. Anyway tin hat firmly affixed..

The only bass I regret selling on. 75 P bass....lightweight ash, super thick neck...darn it.

They are a very clever lot indeed. Each tune is almost a unique genre in its own right..Stacks of themes. and off the scale chord progressions and melodies. Love em, and huge fun to play. Just don't ask as to what the name means....

45? haha how I remember those halcyon days..haha. Did my last turn at 61 two yrs ago and packed it all in and gone back to my classical roots. My problem was the amount of 'new' music people want to play, not enough melody and good writing for my tastes, but man, you've got years ahead doing the bass thing. Go for it.

Yep. When you've got chops at that level..it all comes down to personality and ur ability to sort a chart with ten minutes to go till the red light comes on..... in other words. Professionalism. Without all that your just another YT sensation.

Seems strange thinking of a child prodigy on electric bass but that's what she is. Chk out her Tube vids from when she started, incredible talent....Bk in the day a kid like that would be playing a stringed instrument and going places but its a new world and she's chosen bass.....it's impressive and takes some getting used to.

That Eagles thing I grew up, superb song writers, musicians, singers..a sad day.

I was the opposite. I'm a surly misery guts loner...so stuck all day in a bus with a bunch of party animals was tortuous to say the least ....getting up on stage at the end of the day was like entering flippin nirvana...When I was doing the pub/club circuit I would just rock up at the last minute, plug in and get on with it.

Oh dear...reminds me why I packed it all in and took up cello. Far better class of clientele what what..haha..and yes why not after 40 years of that silly nonsense and worse, never again. Mind you, the Albert Hall can go south pretty quick too so I've heard, something in the tea apparently. Careful..haha

What can be said. He was of a time and remained kinda current...Huge legacy..and a huge figure in 20th century music entertainment. The last of that post war group of stylish crooners, Sinatra, Davis-Junior. Dean Martin, Perry Como, and othes who laid out so many templates for today. Nerdy tidbit...He used the same pianist, Ralf, throughout his entire career... ps. Only seven comments on this a musicians website. Kinda poor huh?

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Forty odd years ago they were like hens teeth and I think always have been ...Don't suppose anything much has changed. On point female singers who can sing in tune and who are band orientated and not from... 'Diva Central' are about as rare as it gets. Anyway good ole Elkie was always my bench mark, so just for fun...Good luck.

Practise more.

Any bass is pointless if you look into the crowd and their either chatting , looking away or simply waiting for the band to finish for the DJ to begin. In other words irrespective of how many strings, they all sound the same to the punters who after all is why we do this.