SteveXFR

Only one more day until I'll be in possession of my new (used) Euro 4 LX. A particularly lovely looking red one from Eldon Tyrell (top bloke). My P bass may become neglected.

I wanna be your dog - Stooges

Thanks, that's all useful. I'll look up that chord book. If the chord is minor, does that mean the diminished second is a semitone above the root?

Good point. Chromatic passing notes usually fit well.

I've been sent some tracks by a new band, I'm writing bass parts for them and it's quite different to my previous, riff heavy, Sabbath influenced bands. I know what Im doing with that style and it just comes to me with a couple listens through a track. With this music, It seems I'm following the chord root quite a lot and I'm wanting to add some interest but it's not going well. The odd octave and fifth is going in here and there and some rhythmic variations but everything else I try just seems to sound worse than following the chord roots. The music is metal, but a very different style to my usual. It's post hardcore, borderline metalcore with rhythm and lead guitars (heavily overdriven) plus synth, drums and vocals. Can anyone give me some tips? Here's an example of something similar And a bit of this

Of course it failed, babies don't have the strength to cope with Thunderbird neck dive. If you'd used a Jazz bass back then, at the end of this month you'd be stood at the side of the stage watching them headline Glastonbury.

It broke floor tiles. I nicked the keys for Starbug

That is a great photo. Keep encouraging

In some cases, it's definitely not in the blood. My daughter is an awesome bassist. If I try really hard, I could almost be described as someone who can wear a bass. It's great watching your kids gigging. My daughter is always out gigging now. It's a very proud parent moment seeing a venue packed with people there to be entertained by your offspring and them having the best time absolutely smashing it. Keep encouraging them and supporting them. Here's XFR Jr playing at The Cheese And Grain in Frome with her band, Butane Skies. You can tell they're used to a smaller stage

I've always found bands to be friendly towards fans and more than happy to have a chat if they have time. I was at a gig last year to see Mondo Generator, a band fronted by ex Queens Of The Stone Age bassist Nick Oliveri and he was really cool, just hanging out chatting to fans right from when the doors opened until he went on stage. While the local support act were on, he was stood next to me head banging away. That's how it should be done. Craig Charles does things a different way. Grumpy b'stard. I was only trying to tell him he'd dropped his wallet.

Wave after wave - Cult Of Luna I love this song. It has to be the most perfect example of post metal, it just keeps on building up.

Inside - Stiltskin How did I remember that one hit wonder from 35 years ago?

Combustion - Meshuggah

Global Warming - Gojira

50 million year trip - Kyuss

Hate The Police - Mudhoney

Closer - Nine Inch Nails

And some incredibly expensive production gear and a very good sound tech and that smug expression

Fairly sure I'm buying a Euro 4 LX from a good person from this forum.

Does his Sterling have all stock electronics, tuners etc?

When I'm El Presidente it will be law that all musicians with signature gear must use it for all performances and recording. That'll get rid of at least 3/4 of them. I'll also ban Joe Dart for his smug expression while playing so this bass will be double banned. Viva El Presidente

Silver Dollar - Julie Christmas

Diamond Eyes - Deftones

I'm mostly looking at Euro series Spectors now but also feeling a little drawn to a Dimension 4 HP. It should allow lighter strings and give more consistent tone across all 4 strings. I think I need to try one. There is one on Reverb at a very reasonable price but I'm slightly concerned that if I don't like it and want to sell it on, it has a limited market.

It's not an uncommon setup. I first saw it used by Lou Barlow from Dinosaur Jr. Using an Ampeg SVT and Peavey 5150 guitar amp and it sounded absolutely filthy! So much better than overdrive pedals.