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9 minutes ago, Waddycall said:

Yep, sure is. I believe there are some that are between frets!

The neck has probably been defretted. 

8 minutes ago, Belka said:

I've heard the rumour about Steve Bailey playing Duff's parts on Appetite for Destruction before, but I'm not sure I believe it myself - perhaps he did play some stuff that wasn't ever used, or perhaps pre Pro Tools/Logic he was overdubbing mistakes. 

Wow, I wouldnt have guessed that in a million years. Never really thought of Steve Bailey as another other than a fretless guy. 

The playing on appetite is tremendous whoever it was. 

On 19/06/2021 at 15:50, Waddycall said:

The side dots are at the fret positions - not between and they’re only at the 3,5,7,9 etc positions.

That's how a fret less neck is meant to be. 

Glad you are enjoying it. Let the joy of fret less begin. 

After what you have gone through to try get that bass, I hope you get it.  If not @LukeFRC makes a great suggestion with the Shuker.

Let's be honest in the 70's & 80's it was common place for session musicians to record the albums instead of the band.  The band could play it live but when the red light was on they couldn't nail it.

I made this video for you before I knew you were a 1/2 down, but the same finger will apply a fret up.

I thought I should put it as an unlisted video on YouTube, so that no one thinks I am sending dodgy videos.

1 hour ago, cetera said:

Great fun bassline.

Here's a quick youtube vid I uploaded a while back, may help? 

 

 

As with anything it's about playing it over and over again and building up speed. Good luck!

I take it you have your bass tuned down a half step? 

41 minutes ago, Dan Dare said:

Personally, I find his presentation style a bit in yer face, but I suppose that's what you have to do to stand out and get views.

I think you have hit the nail in the head there. It's what he has to do to get views and earn a living. 

If you look at his earlier YT videos they are much more about the bass playing. He got his big YT break when doing a Fiver video for Davie504 and then a bass battle with Davie504. I think the path was then clear that to make a living out of music he would actually be able to eat from making YT videos, rather then solo bass gigs. 

I think it's totally normal for you to be feeling frustrated & disappointed. I would be feeling the same. 

Unfortunately buying anything from abroad in 20/21 is a risky endeavour. 

I hope your bass is found. 

1 hour ago, Angel said:

And that is fine, we are all entitled to our own opinions.

Personally I don't like showboating when it is terrible, indulgent drivel (like many bass solos I've seen live over the past 40 years!), but when it is musical, when it has groove etc, yes, I really like that sort of thing.

A bass player that I really enjoy is Charles Berthoud, he plays solo stuff on Youtube etc, and he has a mindblowing level of technique, but he keeps musicality at the centre, and gets a great groove going. To that end I really enjoyed this cover of Uptown funk. If you don't want his preamble, playing starts at 40 seconds.

 

I agree, I really like Charles  Berthoud. I've said in another thread I think he is the most technically accomplished bassist I've ever seen,  as much as its not a competition, he may actually be the best bassist I have ever seen. 

Ah nice to see that bass went to a bass chatter. I love Nordstrand pick ups and preamps, when I saw that on the bass direct website I thought to myself "who asked Carey to build them a bass, but then said I want Aguilar pups in it". 

Glad it still sounds great. 

9 hours ago, AndyTravis said:

Not so much a break.

There’s a section in Sultan’s of Swing and Knopfler says “and then the time bell rings” or something and the drummer taps out the “time bell” on the ride - really sweet.

Good shout! There is also an incredibly cool snare fill in that song. 

Another Primus one, this time from Brain. Drum break is around the 2 min mark. Outstanding. 

Not a break, but I love the drum only intro on this track. 

In chronological order of influence, and almost autobiographical :

Mark Hoppus - Blink 182

Flea - RHCP

Les Claypool - Primus

Victor Wooten

Janek Gwizdala

Pino Palladino

1 hour ago, Jus Lukin said:

Must have been a big stage if they had a Third Riser.

That is a quality pun right there. 

It's all part of the fun of the gig. Here in Glasgow the crowd gets very rowdy in this time and in general it builds a great atmosphere. 

I like how Blink 182 used to do it, the would just be honest about it and say this is the last song then we are going to go away but come back again and play a few more songs. 

Bargain price for a great bass! GLWTS

On 08/06/2021 at 15:00, Machines said:

Drag the slider to end of video. Click restart.

No ads.

I am happy to watch 5 seconds of an ad so that the content creator makes some money, most channels I watch regularly have less than 1M followers, I look at it the same way as buying EPs etc. 

I look the opening music for Bosch. The synth and drums are awesome. 

https://youtu.be/vMWc4Ol7yCM

7 hours ago, Stub Mandrel said:

I suppose I am wondering what makes some basses not sound muddy when you get down low.

I would say the answer to this is all in how the bass produces the mid frequencies. Scooping out some low mids will probably help with clarity, but when put in a mix with guitars it might get lost. 

5 hours ago, BigRedX said:

I think it's probably more likely to be the player rather than any particular feature of a bass that makes chords on this instrument sound good

This 100%. Before investing in a new bass, throw a set of low tension strings on your bass and see how it feels. 

Then is all about trial and error, my advice would be create yourself a backing track to play to and find the chord voicings that sound the best. 

On 12/04/2020 at 23:00, Graham said:

Fugazi on the Repeater album

I love Joe Lallys tone in general, the argument is the album that really flicks my switch. 

Given all my basses are Alphers made by great guys in Yorkshire, I guess it would have to be a Ginetta. 

The crazy thing I have found is that when I fall in love with an instrument a lot of the time a Big factor has been the strings. When I put different strings on I haven't liked it as much....

Makes me wonder how many times have I played a bass and thought "not for me", and if I had thrown some low tension strings on it I might have loved it.