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Guitar Pro would be of some use - you'd be able to see how all the elements of a track fit together.

The guys above have nailed it. Know your fretboard; know which chords the bands are playing; know the progression and structure; play roots and elaborate from there.

The interesting part comes when the bass comes to the front - if you're playing a bridge, or somesuch, when the guitars aren't playing. Because it's not always about following the guitars

Your 88 Gunslinger is something else Lorne. Love the ST, great design - mine is a solid player. No twin, sadly.

Bought Graham's 1995 non-reverse Thunderbird V - top guy, plenty of good banter throughout; you couldn't ask for more. Exemplar of why Basschat is such a great place.

f*** yeah, I should have known it was Fibbers!

No surprise to find others nodding along to that one.

When are you on? I'll wander down.

I'd love to know which venue this is. We do have some in York where the sound is mud most nights of the week.

Would love twins... sigh, maybe something for the future!

I did see a stunning pair of Corts, 4- and 5-string versions, in a beautiful off-white - someone got themselves a deal buying those!

Bank Holiday weekend bump!

I think I need to play catch-up - I've never owned 10 basses!

My top 5 would be equally erroneous, I suspect. I will say that my Lakland DJ4 has been simply stunning, from having played a few jazzes, and I'm hoping I'll look back on it as one of better bass purchases

The Classic Vibe Squier is awesome, from
playing it.

Does it have to be a Fender or such? I'd go for a Lakland DJ again, given the choice - absolutely f***ing awesome.

The moment in the Creed vid where he gurns out "just one
moment" took me back to Vic and Bob!

Loved Kings, these are coming to work with me!

Don't fancy an Ironbird do you?

Loads of bits and pieces, some tabbed and some informational, on 12 bar blues - always worth having a poke; having a try; and then making your own value judgements on what works. It's part of the learning process.

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Kudos to OTPJ for putting something together. To be honest, if I'd known how awful the football was going to be today, that would have been a better use of my own time!

Google?

You're in the right place with Guitar Pro, but the best leap in nailing a cover is to - once you're comfortable - moving from the backing to playing alongside the original.

I would definitely get a metronome, they're readily available and are an invaluable tool. If you have an iPhone there are plenty of apps to do the same. One of those will really help with timings.

This is the sh*t, love it!

What a fantastic intervention! Good on Rob for making the effort.

All PMs replied to, bar one for the trade - my bad! Will look and get back to you.

£400 and must be new?

We're well into Squire Classic Vibe territory, and I don't think you could go far wrong there.

[quote name='faceman' post='849443' date='May 27 2010, 02:42 PM']it's deep and I love it.[/quote]

I'm with Bay Splayer in seeing the filth in this thread

You do indeed!

Ah, that's my BC Rich 1984 NJ Eagle - an absolute smasher!

I bought it from Shockwave a couple of years back as something to play live. It's very light weight, quick-necked, and offering a P-sound - I think Shaggy called his Eagle a "super precision", and I think that about sums it up.

I love it, and would recommend an Eagle to anyone - if you can land a good NJ or neck-through model then you're laughing.

Let's have a little bumpy.

I suspect the points will remain a personal choice, but it's a nice little player - and I'm hoping I've priced it to satisfy even the curious.

Very cool. You do have some awesome kit, Shockwave

Is this the one shown on Vesterfansite? The bass there also has the 'kill switch' - they might also have an explanation of it's purpose!

Love the panty shot.

I think we're always returning to this debate - about quite why such expensive investments would be sold, or arrive, in so poor a state.

Disappointed to hear this has happened to you. Hope you manage to raise the feedback appropriately with Andertons; it's their business, so you'd hope they'd listen and learn.

Anyone want to trade me something for my Ironbird?

Trades don't appear to be working for me, in the world of bass as in any other - I think I need some of this magic to rub off on me!

I did manage to invest five hours of my time this week in support a colleague, to receive not one, but [i]two[i/] responses - I got [b]f***[/b] and [b]all[/b]