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I bought the Jim Dunlop Roadpro Bass String Winder from Amazon just over 5 years ago and have had no problems with it. (It cost 29p more then than it does now!) Having used fingers and then a string winder, I definitely prefer the winder.

I remember him selling certainly one, possibly two, of his basses via Bass Direct. If I could remember exactly when it was I might be able to find the material on the WayBackMachine; it doesn't feel like too long ago, but it could have been about 4 years; time seems to fly by... There was a photo of him holding the bass, and a signed declaration of his ownership. The one bass that I defintiely remember was a Gibson used on many Kate Bush recordings. I can't remember the exact asking price, but I'm sure that it was a pretty tidy amount.

It didn't work for me either. But the material is available via https://archive.org/. Just put freebassparts-pv24.pagesperso-orange.fr into the Wayback Machine's "enter URL or keywords" box at the top of that page, then hit Return. The last entries in the Internet Archive are from 2023. It's a little slow, but I've just downloaded a pdf, so it works.

I posted a review of “The Lost Art of Country Bass” a while ago; it could be of interest:

They do seem to be liked by surf music groups; here's another example, sounding good to me:

Alarm bells are ringing loud and clear. There is a ton of stuff on the internet, but if you look for properly structured good teaching material, that pares down to very little indeed. However, that very little is excellent and probably all you need. talkingbass.net has already been mentioned. I would add https://www.studybass.com/ which is free and superb.

The author Ken Follett:

Going off on a slight tangent from the start of this thread... I bought a set of LaBella LTF-4A about a month ago. The E, A and D strings sound great, but the G is very lively, and doesn't seem to quite fit with the other three. Is this normal or have I been a bit unlucky?

Legend, "A tribute to the music of Bob Marley" (http://legendlive.co.uk) are coming to town next month. Without wanting to get into any sort of tribute band debate, anybody seen them - are they worth going to see?

Stumbled across 'Rocket to Kingston' by 'Bobby Ramone' the other day. What do reggae aficionados think of this? If you don't know about this album, the clue is in Bob Marley's face pasted over that of Dee Dee Ramone...

Found it: https://www.dodgebass.co.uk/transcriptions-2/transcriptions (Thanks for making these transcriptions available Dodge.)

A resource that I have benefitted from greatly is StudyBass, the creation of Andrew Pouska. It is structured and free. Andrew doesn't just know the theory, he knows how to teach. https://www.studybass.com/study-guide/

Hi @dodge_bass, can you post a link to your website? Thanks.

If you don't specifically need a book and want something excellent at no cost, then this site should do you very nicely: https://www.studybass.com.

Now sold, but you can get a good look at it from the photos: https://www.bassdirect.co.uk/bass_guitar_specialists/FGN_JMJ_2_Azuki.html

Another vote for BassBuzz / Josh Fossgreen. He explains things well and seems to have a lot of bass wisdom. He has a certain style, which will not be for everyone, but the content is excellent regardless. He has just released this video about GAS and how to beat it.

I don't gig so this is probably a stupid question, but here goes... Since the sound of a band is vital - it virtually defines some bands (think JJ Burnel's bass tone in The Stranglers), and could lead to a bad word-of-mouth when it's terrible - why don't bands have their own sound engineer, someone that they can rely on to ensure the band's sound no matter where they are playing?

The Hal Leonard “Bass Recorded Versions” series: https://www.halleonard.com/series/BASSRV?dt=item#products I imagine that they can be got from Amazon.

Good advert for Vanderkley bass cabs - looks like Fodera use them in-house. (Or perhaps in the house of one of the team.)

It's been a while since I last checked in here; listening to this today brought me back. (I did a search to see if it had already been posted, but found nothing.) This used to be available on Spotify, but it's greyed out now; darn! According to Wikipedia, "Three members of the group were murdered throughout the group's tenure"! Knowledge - "Dreadlocks Time"

Does it really matter what they sound like acoustically? If it looks ok, and it feels ok, then "sounds phenomenal plugged in" says everything, that's what a solid body electric bass is for after all.

I think this video by Andrew Pouska (the person behind StudyBass) is a gold nugget in all of the bass tutorials on YouTube. It teaches two fundamental ways of how to study. This should help beginners, or anyone who wants to learn but has never been taught how to learn.

I reckon Basshunter's Boten Anna fits this thread.

Bangin' folk rock from the British Isles (not in English); the video shows the lyrics so you can sing along...