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who one earth designed the pick guard? Trouble with people who design basses...there not designers so have absolutely no concept of what works as a shape or what shapes fit together... you just end up with some weird shapes that look like they have drawn them in 2 minutes.. Its like the F Bass..The BN5 has a lovely shape....But when they added that Jazz,ish lump of a pickguard, it just looks terrible IMO i would still play it though..

[quote name='agoulding' post='1081759' date='Jan 8 2011, 02:37 AM']Right, very recently I visited my father who hasn't really taken an interest in my bass playing exploits. Infact, he saw me play for the first time EVER literally weeks ago, and I've been playing for nearly 8 years. I don't see my father much and tbf, he was shocked and also very impressed. He said to me i was "wasted" doing what i am doing (I am a simple store operative at marks and spencer) which is fair enough. I don't doubt my playing abilities, I know for a fact i can make something of them. He said it himself, he even said i was more talented than Ellie (wtf?!). Now, I look up to this guy, even though he has never had a big input in my life. He has never encouraged me to do anything, never acknowleged me for anything i have done, but i look up to him because he has been there and done it. He's a great guitar player and has been playing longer than i have been on this planet. So it's only natural that I still listen to him, right (point aside he is my dad, but i see him as much as rick waller sees salad)? My point is, upon seeing me play, he said i could get very far with my playing and I should pursue it as a career. This really, really inspired me and I am currently working on material. Something struck me though, I didn't really like what he said, he said my music lacked feel. So Im asking you guys, what is feel? surely if you have written something and it means something to you, that is feel, and that is all that matters right? do others need to see the meaning or purpose behind your music?? sure, some people may be able to se it/hear it, but youre the only one that knows deep inside what its all about? Aaaaaand one mooooreee thing. Have you ever experienced anything that has really given you the drive and inspiration to "go for it"? and what inspires you more than anything??[/quote]Well for a start off. its great ur dad is encouraging you to take the bass further.. im thinking not many parents do...You gotta do what your passion tells you to IMO... anyway, yes mate, what you have written is' having feel'...but its maybe different from what your dad is suggesting...i could be wrong?, but he may be saying a physical feel with the instrument...im no expert, i can only relay what i erm...feel...or dont... I think feel comes from a bit of playing.. listening,, a bit more playing... some people get a good feel from a certain type of music, without wanting to sound cheesy, feel comes from your soul.. or.. the connection from your ears, to your brain, to your fingers..then back and back again.. its what you really want to play for me.. lots of guys can get feel from any music.. i really believe if you really love music in any capacity...you have got feel... because it will eventually come out in your playing... i always thought of Paul Turner to be a player with no character...fantastic player, but no Zender.. Zender had groove and feel.. for me its your interpretation of your personality...its why i love Meshell Ndegeocello so much..lots of players i love have got personality..i just happen to like hers... just like a certain type of speak, slang, or walk, or the way you hold your self....feel is in everything...... your feel is you.. the more you play bass and listen to stuff... the more the music you have experienced the more it will come out in your playing... there are guys/girls who will give you a way better explanation on here.....im waffling..

i dont know these chaps, but i think Jakesbass or Bilbo (among many others) always have great advise..(always thought Bilbo came out with such great advice) Out to Play Jazz also, i believe he knows his stuff... im sure these guys could sort you out.

a few corkers from the vaults...ok under my bed... Skyy [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrD2172EkF4"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrD2172EkF4[/url] The great Partrice Rushen.. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRKMkdwhIkQ"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRKMkdwhIkQ[/url] More of my wife..and some bloke.. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vphSSRJS7kk"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vphSSRJS7kk[/url] Johnny Hammond... so reminds me of Lonnie Liston Smith... [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hk6UDgK87Bs"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hk6UDgK87Bs[/url] Candi Staton [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSqgAP67vAQ"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSqgAP67vAQ[/url] Gwen Mcrae.. this is the woman of groove and disco... the is the first bass track i ever learned....its so special to me this track...from 7 years old dancing with my mom in new zealand..what a track. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XURndIIZHy8"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XURndIIZHy8[/url] [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGahV4WWz1E"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGahV4WWz1E[/url]

Risington... That Chaka tune is great.. im gonna sit here and listen....Passion of soul groove... thats what that tune is this is a great Lenny White tune with her... [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDXa-034zaQ"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDXa-034zaQ[/url]

[quote name='BurritoBass' post='1081692' date='Jan 8 2011, 12:14 AM']I think it's quite a talent to get a bassline note perfect but I always prefer the creative process of putting my own stamp / twist on something.[/quote] i agree and i dont.... sitting down and listening to a bass line just takes time with the bass a CD and the internet..... being creative over that bass line within tasteful limits takes much more..IMHO

1oopus has posted some great ones..! the prince tunes are awsome... that Sade tune is..XXX Incognito's Jacaranda is pure Jazz Groove.. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYV0lVUe03o"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYV0lVUe03o[/url] Talkin o Prince.. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9Awmy0KArU"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9Awmy0KArU[/url] [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4hf7sfEwr0&feature=related"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4hf7sfEwr0...feature=related[/url] I vote this the funkiest Prince tune... [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSslrXQxR7w"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSslrXQxR7w[/url] Some great Little Louie Vega... [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZDCbxJUAtE"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZDCbxJUAtE[/url] Remixed by the great great Bimbo Jones... the best house producer this side of MAW...Stevie Wonder produced this track by Mr Mendez...i like to think you can tell... [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MojT07Lsmho"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MojT07Lsmho[/url] IMHO these guys can groove... [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bN9Vaml0dZE"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bN9Vaml0dZE[/url]

I had a SR5.. but it didnt sound like this..i dont know why but a stingray is just appealing to me now.. sounds like a Jazz with more punch.. i played one once in a pub through an TE, and it sounded great, but the jazz at the time sounded better.. dont know why i havent noticed it before but the fatness of the SR4 is very cool... 1oopus posted this vid and the bass sounds so so good.... [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StP0_zbDIMo&feature=related"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StP0_zbDIMo...feature=related[/url] i could be sold to an SR4...

I will start this off by saying, im up for anyone playing an exact version of a bassline... But... it always gets my goat when someone says..."yeah but its not quite the bass line is it"?? i had a discussion with a guitarist this evening whos in the Latin Funk, Disco band im involved in... he likes...and likes everyone else to follow the exact blue print of the original...i aint got a problem.......ok i have got a problem with this... A bass line is written by someone else, but why not simplify it, or throw in some fills, or feel of your own...i like to think im a very tasteful player, who understands what (i think) sounds good... maybe were having musical differences... when im playing, sometimes i will just just suggest a bass line or chord without playing the whole thing in an intro or some parts of a song....thats what i like to do, and i think it gives it a little live something that original doesnt have... Ive heard bass lines played ..better than the original...slightly different...simplified.... as long as your within the structure and get the feel of the track... Chic's Good Times...i will throw a double stop of G C sharp in there high up... not a total DS but played G to C very quick..does he like it... nope... Rant over

Well, she is a solo artist... isnt that the point... Would you say that of Victor Wooten?

[quote name='Chest Rockwell' post='1081411' date='Jan 7 2011, 06:56 PM']youse guys and your widdly widdly stuff. i feel like some kind of hobgoblin oik that should never touch a bass, but then just cos Sinatra and Pavarotti rocked the heights, didnt mean James Hetfield couldnt bring something to the table. All that stuff is very impressive and clever, but when does it stop being a BASS and start becoming a piano or a violin or... Have a look at my bass world... [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikLDoO2Yv4A"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikLDoO2Yv4A[/url] (of course, if I had the time, energy and talent, I'd be making youtube videos of myself playing that intricate awesome stuff too!! )[/quote]In this big bass world there is room for all of us....

Been loving this girls bass playing for a long time...at 32 shes pretty sh*t hot... IMO an unsung female bassist.. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeZK9BD90F4"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeZK9BD90F4[/url] [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ibplDxz7VI&feature=related"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ibplDxz7VI...feature=related[/url] [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCzdKOadJUs&feature=related"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCzdKOadJUs...feature=related[/url] she could teach me a thing or two..

[quote name='SteveK' post='1081323' date='Jan 7 2011, 05:27 PM']Not sure if this is the kind of thing your after, but, 'killer' bass line anyway, imo. Courtesy of TM Stevens. I'm surprised he doesn't get more attention on these boards. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tYIbLrco24"]I Shoulda Loved Ya[/url][/quote]I love him..great producer... strangley unknown to most...He has worked with the best...

[quote name='fatgoogle' post='1081191' date='Jan 7 2011, 03:25 PM']I go to school i come home and get nearly 30 suggestions ive got a lot a listening to do. . Really liking brand new heavies, maze and kool &the gand so far. Very good. Thanks everyone. Keep em coming.[/quote] HA! thems the worms.. Check these out [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDbRKB7oLEQ"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDbRKB7oLEQ[/url] Mezzoforte... [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywI0QrcVeZo"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywI0QrcVeZo[/url] The drummer plays bass with his drum sticks..Johann is the man though... [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uc4oPqmCbFA"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uc4oPqmCbFA[/url] im now wormless..

I have always loved this guys playing on a budget rogue 6 string bass ...Hes unassuming, got groove, impecable timing and musicality.... looks like he is so relaxed.. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XyTKjtL65o&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XyTKjtL65o...der&list=UL[/url] Unlike this guy... i dont like to knock any ones playing, but the fact he bigs himself up so much?? his vids speak volumes... [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfpjwSFcFbQ"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfpjwSFcFbQ[/url]

[quote name='Roland Rock' post='1080164' date='Jan 6 2011, 05:33 PM']Hi Sam, My immediate reaction was to recommend pre-disco Kool & the Gang or Fatback Band, but they might be too much like full on jazzy funk. Maybe Gil Scott Heron [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_b2F-XX0Ol0"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_b2F-XX0Ol0[/url] or Labie Siffre [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DByyEuYEvc"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DByyEuYEvc[/url][/quote]Roland i love Labie Siffre's album Remember my Song..... that tune is smokin!!!

This is very much in the vein of that Erykah tune... Possible the funkiest intro to an album ever.. Live and original version.. you gotta wait for 4.00 till it gets juicy.... [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJbNJJNDdUU&feature=fvst"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJbNJJNDdUU&feature=fvst[/url] The original. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMzkMhWJ3_g"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMzkMhWJ3_g[/url]

Come on i gotta post a Maze track!! Gotta love Frankie Beverly.. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waSM0rXDLys&playnext=1&list=PL376ECF60EB5F24EC&index=28"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waSM0rXDLys...EC&index=28[/url]

Pretty much what has been said above, some great suggestions there..... i could add Incognito, Jeff Lorber..Ive been getting into Eumer Diadato lately, hes wicked.. Norman Brown.. My particular favorite is Maze...just back to back greatness!...Or some of the later Bobby Womack is great..

Consider it opened..

I had one..The US model... Fit and Finish.. well made... Was heavy, but this can vary..Bit of an uneven gap in the neck pocket....High gloss everywhere... I didnt like it on the neck at the time..(for feel)..some do... IMO the high gloss (especially on the fretboard) tends to deflect tone unlike a porous unfinished wood...giving it a very fast attack... nowt wrong with that.. Fret work was good... Overall VERY solid bass... Weight was too much for me..think it was close to 11 +....... Still would of liked a bit more finess on a bass of that price..it felt as if it had been rushed...But as we all know things can vary on Fenders.. Sound Loud! very high output.. LOTS of mids..Classic ash/maple jazz single coil sound....Cut through like a mother.. I used to play everything on it.....Can imagine the rosewood would suite me better.. Playability Very good.. The neck was the best thing about the bass..Better thatm my ole CS 1970...Could get the action very low...Its just the weight that put me off a little Overall..great bass...Workhorse bass, that looks the biz.. ..The Custom Shop wiped the floor with it, but the price tag says that... stupidly I bought mine unplayed, so as always try before you buy.. I wouldnt get another US model....MIJ all the way...Just as good half the price...IMHO..

Just wondering if anyone has listened to there playing without any backing...i was playing on Garage band and was suprised how messy my playing was with nothing behind it...its not the timing but the lazy fingers thats not as clean as i would like... Something to work on i think..the Modulus seems to show this up more than my ole Fender but thats a good thing... There is really zero room for mistakes and lazyness on a Modulus I dont think it helps that i tend to improvise alot when messing around, so a certain direction is not there... and as a byproduct after time, there comes a certain amount of lazyness.. doest help im not in a band...... excuses ....yes!! Im gettin sloppy!!