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    How do you play reggae?

    in Theory and Technique

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    On 30/11/2018 at 21:43, thepurpleblob said:

    It all started with a cover of I Shot the Sheriff... 

    I can play the notes. I can even play them more or less in the right place. But it sounds rubbish. I just don't have the feel at all. 

    Solutions appreciated. Yeh - I know it's a bit of a stupid question

    Where are you having the problem? Is it playing with a band? Timing? Or tone?

    I Shot the Sheriff is not an easy song in its Bob Marley version (Eric Clapton's is a bit easier!) It's super-busy. Bill Laswell made an interesting observation about Familyman.... he's locked in mostly with Bob's vocals. 

    The key is to listen to a lot of reggae. It follows a lot of rules that blues based music follows so people think it's easy... but unless you know the music inside out, you're going to sound a bit fake... One thing to get used to is the one drop (not universal, admittedly). The drummer does not place emphasis on the "1", which might give you trouble... you just have to get used to that.

    How do you play reggae?

    in Theory and Technique

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    23 hours ago, StringNavigator said:

    If Reggae was fair game for Britz, they would not have to seek instruction in how it should be done. Do you need to ask how to play a Beatles tune or one by the Bay City Rollers? No. Because in those two cases you are not stealing someone else's culture.    

    I had some trouble with Twist and Shout once I realised I was a different colour than the people who first sang it. Or is it a different nationality? Or religion? The Isley Brothers (who were the first to chart with it) were Seventh Day Adventists...

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    Which pickup is in this '69 Fender Mustang?

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    41 minutes ago, BassAgent said:

    Well, I checked the bass today. It's not a '69, it's a '72. The neck (including tuners, frets and neck plate) is 100% original. So are the finish (which is a lot prettier in real life), the bridge and the control plate. The pickup, pickguard and pots are replacements and they haven't been very subtle in putting them in. The soldering on the pots is sloppy, the cavity for the pickup is kinda ugly and the knobs are hídeous. Looking through that, however, it has some real potential. It plays great. The original shielding copper plates are still there. I want to buy it (depending on the price) and reinstate its beauty..

    I would offer no more than the price of an early 1970s mustang neck.

    The pickguard has been there for a long time by the looks of it... the body finish has aged around it and will look really odd with a correct pickguard. At a guess the routing for the pickup will have been done with the equivalent of a butter knife/soup spoon and it will need patching and a refinish to restore it to originality.

    On the other hand, if it plays well and you get it cheap enough, t-cut it and insert a couple of Novak dark star pickups... oh my!

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