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I hate bass ! Oh how I wish I had never been talked into it 38 years ago ! Still, could have been worse, I could have taken to one of those tiny little things they call 'guitars' . Fiddly little buggers that screech and wail like a bad tempered baby.

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Oldies but goodies Stan Clarke - Stanley Clarke/Journey to Love/School Days

I'm sorry laddies, you've been rumbled. We will have none of that 'back of the bike sheds' sniggering about parts of ladies anatomy in here ! Simply because god gifted certain members of the fair sex with extremely large/ well shaped top bollocks is no reason for an outbreak of 'fnarr fnarr' type humour. The Fun Police are watching, you have been cautioned.

I bought the Curbow off Conan a couple of months back, my first 5er and my first active bass. I have been pleasantly surprised by the range of tones I can coax out of a single pup. Still struggling a little with 5 strings tho, there are times when the left and right hands seem to playing different things

Mid 70's Jap knock off of Triumph basses Peavey Milestones De Armond Jet-Stars Cort Curbow 5'ers Italia Tipos All unfashionable, all in my collection Fashionable ? Anything with Fender on the headstock In that respect I'm happily unfashionable

[quote name='SpaceChick' timestamp='1341520772' post='1720547'] You mean the piece I am currently working on that starts on the 15th fret is a bad thing. [/quote] It's all in your imagination, everyone knows a bass doesnt have fifteen frets.

I can't believe I'm reading this torrid nonsense ! Look away from the glitzy lure of the vile octave and repeat after me ' root - five - root - five -root - five -root - five -root - five -root - five -root - five -' . It has been good enough generations of players and it's good enough for you lot ! Next thing you know there will be talk of playing beyond the fifth fret.....

Hmmmm that black fiver is looking very reasonable..... will have to work out how much OT I have to do to cover it

Anyone who doesn't get the bass intro from Thin Lizzy- Dancing in the Moonlight should be ejected from the place

Are you going to be playing them live or playing intros from the original recordings ? Just a thought. Oh and heres another Golden Earring - Radar Love

PIL - Public Image

Maybe 'Constructed in The UK' would be better ? Anyhows kudos to Mudie for coming here and talking, extra kudos for being honest about his sources etc.

[quote]here is a clip of Dutch bass player using an electric model.[/quote] Cracking band but not keen on the singer, YMMV of course.

[quote name='silentbob' timestamp='1339199422' post='1685399'] Surely punk is playing whatever bass you want and not giving a f@#k if it's the right one. [/quote] Ahhh you aint gettin into the spirit of things ! Even though you are right up to a point, it was actually 'playing whatever bass you could get' Most players I knew around that time were more concerned with volume than tone

[quote name='bluejay' timestamp='1338899153' post='1680749'] Am I the only one who likes to try out on the upright the easier basslines I learn on bass guitar? Pop or rock, or whatever I've been learning at the moment, I will try just for fun, unless the bassline's too fast or jumps around the fretboard too much for my present skills. [/quote] +1 I'm (slowly) working my way through the transition from tab to notation and I find it easier to work out the lines on the bass guitar, to get them in my fingers/brain, then try out on DB.