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I think it looks great.

You can get a lot of uke for £100. I recommend having a look at this store:

https://www.southernukulelestore.co.uk/

The exotic-looking uke is a Fluke... I have one, it's a fab little instrument.

On 13/01/2019 at 11:09, Frank Blank said:

One thing I do know... you gots to love a quality come-back. 

I certainly do, but that wasn't one of them. 

2 hours ago, 4000 said:

These things move in cycles anyway. I can't help but think of Jamerson, who eventually started to lose work in the '70s because he wouldn't change his sound, which was provided by......a P Bass with flats.

But was that tone or his style of playing?

1 hour ago, The59Sound said:

It's not a talent. Having followers isn't a talent. 

I think you might have missed the point.

Attracting and retaining viewers on a YouTube channel is not something everyone can do or learn to do. It does take talent. Some people have a natural flair for entertainment, most don't.

Would you be able to generate material that would attract hundreds of thousands of viewers on a regular basis? 

There are kids on YouTube who have earned far more than I'll earn in my lifetime. All power to them.

...quite a decent living from all accounts:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/sweet-sound-of-success-for-online-bass-tutor-7hjktpgtm

4 minutes ago, The59Sound said:

So you agree with me, not bass playing. 

I don't know his playing to be honest. I haven't watched his videos, but clearly other people have and he's making a living from them.

58 minutes ago, The59Sound said:

Didn't realise that social media likes equals talent in your field. 

When your field is earning money from youtube it does.

3 hours ago, stingrayPete1977 said:

Do I win a prize for not even bothering to watch the video? 

You'll have to share it with me.

It has 325 k views so far... which is higher than his average views. It's earned him a few hundred quid.

Oh yeah... jazz flute!

A neat trick is to get the Aebersold playalongs and hit Spotify for the classic versions of the tracks. Volume 54 and 70 are good places to start (volume 1 and 24 are usually cited as the best places to start, but that's more for soloists).

22 hours ago, Frank Blank said:

Kind of Blue - Miles Davis

Birth of the Cool - Miles Davis

Time Out - The Dave Brubeck Quartet

Brilliant Corners - Thelonious Monk

Return to Forever - Chick Corea

The Shape of Jazz to Come - Ornette Coleman

Ellington at Newport - Duke Ellington

Getz/Gilberto - Stan Getz & Joao Gilberto

Mingus Ah Um - Charles Mingus

Saxophone Colossus - Sonny Rollins

Somethin' Else - Cannonball Adderley

Speak No Evil - Wayne Shorter

Maiden Voyage - Herbie Hancock

Out to Lunch - Eric

Go - Dexter Gordon

This list ^

Add:

Moanin' - Art Blakey

Django - Joe Pass

Miles Smiles - Miles Davis

Round About Midnight - Miles Davis... in fact all of the late 50s - early 60s Miles albums

Duke Ellington & John Coltrane

Blue Train...

too many

On 05/01/2019 at 21:03, Maude said:

Don't knock it. 

Off the top of my head New Order & Joy Division, Bauhaus, Gang of Four, Depeche Mode, David Bowie and The Kinks used a Melodica in their songs. 

If it's good enough for them, it's good for me. Although I prefer them fitted with the tube. 😉

Augustus Pablo 

On 03/01/2019 at 14:35, BigRedX said:

Well it looks as though I am the only person here with actual experience of owning a keytar.

That's me in 1985 in my synth-rock band (like a synth-pop band but all the lead instruments went through distortion pedals). I'm playing a Yamaha KX5 which was the first affordable MIDI keytar costing about £350 IIRC. It didn't make any sounds of it's own being simply a MIDI controller keyboard. Mine was attached to a Casio CZ5000 keyboard. The first batch of MIDI key tars in the 80s weren't really ready for serious live use. My band had to quite a few modifications to ours in order for them to be reliable enough to gig, most notably replacing the MIDI DIN connection with a locking XLR and finding something more durable for the ribbon controller covering. Of course while we had them apart for these modifications we also took advantage of the fact to paint them some more interesting colours. Mine ended up gold, and my band mate's red and black tiger stripes. 

I think that photo is from the first gig we did using the KX5 so I'm still concentrating on playing it rather than throwing too many rock n roll shapes. Also being the support band at that gig I seem to remember there being limited stage space. On a well-designed keytar the performance controls will add a lot more expressiveness to the sounds - IMO the ribbon controller was far more useful than a pitch wheel in that it let me do "hammer-ons" as well as conventional pitch bending. 

The KX5 got sold a couple of years ago after sitting 25 years unused in its flight case. If I was going to get another one, I'd be looking at Alesis Vortex Wireless. I wouldn't consider getting one with built-in sounds as they are too limiting. Using a controller keyboard means you can choose the sound module you like rather than what is built into the keytar.

Owen from The Birthday Massacre uses a keytar to great effect live and it fits in perfectly with the band's dynamic stage performance.

 

You look awesome! 

I don't really recognise the picture painted by the OP. Basschat is one of the warmest, friendliest places I've been a contributor to.

One thing that comes to mind is that it's easy to mistake the intentions that the author of a post had and to draw offense where none is due. Try to imagine they're written by nice people with smiles on their faces and winks in their eyes (but not in a Werthers Original way).

I've seen people do this to take advantage of free listings.

Have no intention of watching the video but "must play a precision bass" is short hand for "must play bass lines rather than jaco noodling".

1 minute ago, Brook_fan said:

What’s the history of the name?

Both are unofficial. "Longhorn"... it has a long horn. "Boner"... it has a long horn.

Fender played with the length of the upper horn for balance reasons. Some people liked it, but not enough for them to keep making it.

They're not all that common in that body shape... I think they only did them for two or three years

That's a longhorn "boner" Jazz.

Well. I'd paint that.

No, still there under this listing...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-Jazz-Bass-Guitar-1970s/273613510006?hash=item3fb4a2d576:g:rhsAAOSwujJcFnL2:rk:2:pf:1&frcectupt=true