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I'd agree with everyone on this page so far on the players they've listed. Pino is amazing, and it goes without saying that Chuck Rainey is a genius. Same for Willie Weeks. But... I really like Guy Berryman from Coldplay, he can do no wrong in my eyes... say what you want about the band, but can you argue with his bass lines? There's loads of bass players I love, I think the whole idea of people slagging off the likes of Flea or Pastorius is such a redundant argument, simply because it serves only to anger other people who like these sort of players. You can state stuff as fact but ultimately, it's only your opinion... IMO

They helped me out a lot with the new bass amp when I got it when I was last down there, and were generally very helpful all round. Want to get back there soon and look for a new bass

I think they're absolutely superb, what a great idea. I know when I was younger I would have killed to have had one of these basses. There are a lot of kids and adults alike out there that look to Flea for inspiration, the very notion that he cares enough to put his name to something that is a.) usable as a bass for beginner and intermediate players, b.) insanely flashy and c.) with the guarantee that Flea plays one of these basses himself now, is admirable. Those who are commenting on the cheap look of the bass... you've missed the point completely (not everyone can afford a Fodera now, can they?). I say best of luck to him!

Our drummer went to Hitsville, he's a massive Motown fan. He said that if you clap inside the reverb chamber, the resonance is instantly recognisable as Motown reverb.

Sting - Seven Days. Anything by Oceansize... some interesting 11/8 in on the opening track of the most recent album

[quote]Well, here’s a blast from the past – I haven’t seen this type of 1970’s style bass for many years and back in the 70’s they were usually accompanied by a pair of wicked side burns, a pair of ludicrously wide Birmingham bags (trousers to those who weren’t around back then) and completed by some 4 inch platform shoes that caused the owner to totter around like Frankenstein.[/quote] Christ, what kind of spanners run this store? I think a chimp could have given me a more accurate and detailed description, with about half the bulls**t. There's generally a reason why I don't value the views of such shortsightedness -_-

[quote name='bluesparky' post='411553' date='Feb 16 2009, 10:34 PM']I'm going to stick my neck out and say that i've made a point of not reading any of the above posts, comments or discussions so i could leave my own opinion without being influenced by anything anyone else has had to say. Personally, yes, i do love listening to Jaco, his first solo album is one of my favourite all time CD's. When i first starting playing i listened to it relentlessly and played a couple of his / weather report tracks in bands and loved it. Some of his stuff he's played on is too "out there" for me, i just don't get it, but his playing has always remained an influence on me. I've worn out CD's listening to Heavy weather, word of mouth, birthday concert the famous joni mitchell live concert and Jaco Pastorius the album. The highlight is the chorus riff on "come on, come over", awesome - that's exactly how i want to play, funky, fun and to the point. I use that riff as a warm up everytime i practice. The book by bill milkowski is a great read too, very well written and a good insight into his life. Sorry if i'm repeating what anyone else has said..[/quote] Nice post I agree with everything. I think people generally get too caught up in how technical Jaco was, but I think that's really missing the point of him altogether. From what I can personally gather from his playing an interviews is that (for the most) he maintained a strong melodic approach to bass playing and music, intertwining this style with an often fast paced jazz playing (the term 'fusion' often gets tossed around at this juncture but I kind of resent it). I guess that could be confused with technicality but at the end of the day, that's just Jaco

Hendrix, Johnny Marr (The Smiths), Larry Carlton, Kevin Shields, Hiram Bullock, Johnny Greenwood, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Jon Herrington, John Frusciante (back in the day), John Mayer spring to mind. The likes of Steve Vai's music and playing leaves me cold, feels very souless and not really the sort of playing I admire. Just my opinion, like

Cheers matey for the kind words, where abouts are you from?

[quote]I wonder what he'd have done with Waterfront , had Simple Minds asked him to help out? Would he have had enough humility to realise the bassline was already perfect for the song or would he have felt compelled to do more??[/quote] That's a good point but do you ever think that Jaco could have been put in that position? That wasn't Jaco's selling point, if you wanted someone like that then hiring Jaco over someone like Chuck Rainey or a decent session musician would have been insane... sort of like asking for trouble.

Hi guys, I've really been enjoying some of the music people have posted in this section so I thought I might take this chance to show you how I make my money! This is my band, we're called Biker Groove (no laughing... I hate the name as much as everyone else!). Feedback and stuff would be great, I haven't really had any opinions from fellow bassists yet! [url="http://www.fastersound.co.uk/groove.html"]http://www.fastersound.co.uk/groove.html[/url] [url="http://www.myspace.com/bikergroove"]http://www.myspace.com/bikergroove[/url] Cheers, Liam

Jaco could do funk and then some. The breakdown in Opus Pocus = funktacular.

[quote]There is a guitarist (forget who - I'll have to go & hunt him out) who plays not only the E bit also the A with his thumb: a country or possibly blues guy, plays in DADGAD a lot & therefore has 4th chords under his thumb (whilst he noodles with his other fingers: perhaps he plays jazz?)[/quote] Don't know if anyone's a fan but John Mayer is a regular practitioner of this when playing acoustic stuff!

Except it's really not guitar playing. It's bass playing.

I know what you mean about the thumb thing because recently I've been doing a bit for effect (it's way more common for guitar players to do it if they're playing complicated chords and need a root note on their E string) but it's not an effective way to fret a note in my opinion, for the simple reason that the contact between your thumb and the string produces a different sound than properly fretting the string with your index finger would, for example. It's not really normal practice. I've seen Marcus Miller do it when he plays 'Power', but because he's gotten his left hand technique up, he can utilise the technique a little more dispassionately. I'd practice not doing it first before choosing to use it in future. Hope that helps EDIT: I forgot to mention, you might find if you keep fretting notes with your left hand thumb that you encounter wrist strain as well, which is definitely something to be avoided!

You can but try. Just sell yourself to them and see what happens. I'm in LIPA in Liverpool which was opened by Paul MacCartney and Mark Featherstone-Witty (who opened the Brit School) and I know being part of something like that lends itself to some great opportunities. Go for it ^_^

[quote]let's face it, most of the reason she's well-known is because she's a) young, and b ) fit.[/quote] That's pretty unfair. It might just have a lot to do with the fact she's a good player. [quote]That was a terrible clip, do you think he was nervous?[/quote] I think some players just aren't suited for solo playing and fit much better in a band situation when they feel like they've got nothing to prove. Maybe he was having a bad day!

Ha, I knew I shouldn't have mentioned Carol Kaye!

She's an amazing bass player but she hasn't done herself justice by what she's said in the past concerning her part in Motown.

Pfft. Bass players aren't normal people. The mere fact I'm discussing musical dynamics on an online forum whilst I should be in Uni learning only serves as a testament to this.

... or maybe it was Carol Kaye. I should hide now

[quote]but as you may have guessed, I'm not a classical musician.[/quote] I guessed. Neither am I though... I dread to think how much worse of a tosser I might have been if I was a classical player Dynamics are important though, especially for a bass player of all people because it's such a dynamic instrument. Each to their own though, of course.

[quote]Indeed - and he was replaced, in Jeff becks touring band, by one Tal Wilkenfeld.[/quote] Love Tal's playing, she's very talented. I like Richard Bona too, he's technically incredibly gifted but he's still a bit to weird for my taste. The whole scatting/playing thing really doesn't do it for me. Jimmy Haslip on the other hand...