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Running Wild - Airborne

There's a few but they're not exactly common.

Last spring I had a play of a bass belonging to a member of a very successful rock band. I won't name them because they don't know their tech let me play it. It was set up horrible. It was a 60's P bass, looked beautiful but the action was about a foot high at the 12th fret. I couldn't play it be he does pretty well with it. A guitarist I used to play with had a play of an old Ronnie Wood guitar and said that was awful with a really high action. Maybe it's us amateurs who have got it all wrong with our low action

I just found Rusty Cage to be an endurance test. It's fast and doesn't give you a rest

Now I see. Weird rhythms. Something I need to get better at, it'll be a good exercise.

One inch man - Kyuss

Not sure what you mean there. The Pre chorus sounds like there's a couple tricky little bits but nothing too unreasonable.

That's some nice equipment. That'll explain the great sound

Diamond Eyes - Deftones

I really enjoyed learning Losing My Religion by REM so thought I'd try another of their songs. What's the Frequency Kenneth was an alt rock classic from my youth. Turns out it's not as easy as I expected. It's a good one though

There's very few metal bands using a 6 string basses. Dingwall aren't just a metal brand, they're just very good at it

I can't imagine Jackson or Charvel making a 6 string either. Their customers are generally rock and metal players rather than jazz or gospel.

Very nice. That's a great bass sound, what gear are you using?

It doesn't really seem to fit their business model of making lots of very slightly different versions of the same models they've made for 60 years. It's a model that seems to work very well for them. If they made a 6 string it would probably only be a £6000 custom shop job

16 Psyche - Chelsea Wolfe A dark, dark song

I've used a Peavey Zephyr (2 humbucker passive 5 string 35" scale) and a couple Stingrays (single humbucker active 35" scale)

That's not cheap. I can live with ugly,I'm no oil painting myself.

I don't know. Not something I'd thought of

I'm using the heaviest 4 out of a 5 string set so they should be right.

I like my Mexican standard P bass but tuned down to A# it's a bit wooley on the lowest string compared to 5 strings I've used previously. The obvious difference is the 1" longer scale length. Is there a 35" scale neck I can get put on the 4 string precision?

White Zombie - Creature of the Wheel

Fear of the dark - Iron Maiden

Just like heaven - The Cure

Brick by boring brick - Paramore

The entire Coldplay back catalogue