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In addition to the above advice, I would recommend that you apply lessons learnt as a bassist, ie theory, scales and don't scoop the mids etc.

[quote name='silddx' timestamp='1331066190' post='1567202'] it's a meeting of minds. [/quote] This...

Currently I'm in two 'bands' and they are slightly unusual. The first one is a church music group that I played bass for 8 years and guitar for 6. There's 3 people on each instrument and we have a rota. It's a big band and so one has to be a bit disciplined in keeping parts sparse. There have been some magic moments but currently there are a lot of people who stare at the music and don't give off any vibes. More later. I also jam with 3 friends and we rotate instruments. I'm technically the bass player as I have more experience. We improvise instrumentals for 4 hours at a time. We have been up to 1 a month but one guy moved abroad so it's been 2-3 a year. He's back so we should pick up again. There are more magic moments than not and here's why. We knew each other via a musician board and we had arranged massive sessions in central London with as many as 10 guitarists drinking ourselves stupid (I know). Three of us got together to jam in a living room (with edrums, headphones). At the very first ahem rehearsal we discovered that we were completely on the same page musically. It didnt matter what combination we tried, it worked. Ok I can only do one drum beat but it worked. We decided to rehearse in a studio and the magic was still there. After a year or two a friend of one of the guys did the big puppy eyes thing and begged to come along. He was a bedroom player and initially killed the magic stone dead. We worked with him and after 5-6 rehearsal he got it and there's magic most times. The reason IMHO is that some players communicate. I don't mean shout out chorus but stop dead, change feel, change tempo and it's instant. Someone does a bum note and someone else fills in/plays more. The only way I can explain it is that there's a line from me to the other person or persons or there's not. In our band there's a line from each person to each person most of the time. In the church band it's barely there with one person most of the time nowadays. I know what I mean.

What I cannot understand is that the band replaced a DB player with an electric one and wondered why it didn't sound the same.

Mick Karn had a unique way of playing, note choice and timing... If you want to learn fretless you are IMHO going to have to learn how to play fingerstyle. You can do that on your fretted, whilst saving up for a fretless. The aforementioned Squier jazz is ok and excellent for the money.

I have just sold Gavin a pedal. He kept me informed at each point of the transaction and did what he said he would do, when he said that he would do it. I know what I mean.. Good to deal with.

Thanks.

AKA CS AKA Chris I did have a feedback thread years ago but I don't seem to now.