Mykesbass

Ok, I did say no nominations yet, but I'll give this until tonight, and gauge how much interest there is and then set a thread up to get the nominations.

[s]Ok, we all have opinions on these polls that keep appearing, but can we create a more measured, definitive list? Only one way to find out...[/s] [s]Here's my proposal: Any BC member can nominate one bass player, with a one paragraph reason why they think they should make the list. We then list all the nominees for everyone to vote on up to ten players and compile the list fro there. If anyone has any strong thoughts on how this could run please post on here, but no nominations yet, I'd like to get the format right first. We'll either end up with a great definitive list or if we can't get our own one together we won't be able to criticise others (like that's going to happen)![/s] Seeing as this didn't quite pan out as I hoped I've taken a very different approach. I am now compiling, over on my blog, a list of 200 essential bass players - no judgment as to best/greatest, but just a selection of players that are important for a whole host of reasons - innovators, prolific session players, those that had a serious impact on the band/bands they were in, a few soloists and so on. If, having seen my posts, there is a player I have missed and you feel strongly that I should include please send me a PM and I'll finish the series with a "How did I miss these" type round-up, but please wait to see what the subjects are, and who I've included first, thanks. Also, if anyone has any great non bass guitar/double bass ideas (i.e. electronic music) then I'd be really happy to hear those suggestions. Please take a look at the first one, I'll try and post every couple of days until I hit the 200 mark. [url="http://modlock.co.uk/200-essential-bass-players-part-1/"]http://modlock.co.uk...players-part-1/[/url]

Ordered the vinyl as soon as I heard them last night.

[quote name='Paco Jastorius' timestamp='1435420393' post='2808638'] Great song! I think in this record Carole Kaye plays the bass. Personally I love the version that Hugh Masekela himself plays on disc Hope, with Bakithi Kumalo on bass. The whole disc is wonderful! [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQBtH9hztks"]https://www.youtube....h?v=TQBtH9hztks[/url] [/quote] Yes, really like the newer version too. I understand it was the Crusaders backing him on the original, but at that point they didn't have a regular bass player.

Another one for giving a hand-held device a go - I have the Tascam DR07 and have been amazed at how easy it is to use, and what great results, albeit in probably a smaller, quieter setup than the OP's. Much cheaper option, and that's from someone trying to sell a 24 track desk!!

[quote name='Mykesbass' timestamp='1435405009' post='2808475'] languishing way down the bottom [/quote] Going to regret that in a reply to a post by Discreet!!

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1435404661' post='2808468'] Not bad, but... no Bob Babbit? No Joe Osborn? [/quote] Or Tommy Cogbill, and Duck Dunne languishing way down the bottom

If the rest of the band is clarinet, trombone, tenor banjo and upright piano you may want to consider taking along a tuba! On a slightly more serious note, as someone who likes listening to jazz, I'd go against what a lot of people have been saying. Don't try to emulate double bass on electric, just find the sounds and lines that you are happy with, otherwise you're not going to enjoy it as you'll be chasing an impossible compromise.

If you're going for whistling madness - [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b15F-_3bdj0"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b15F-_3bdj0[/url]

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQFBb64rhrI"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQFBb64rhrI[/url]

Hog roast?

78/79 made in Mexico? Now that is rare even by Ebay standards!!

Is it a way of carving some money out of the gross before the artist gets paid?

Including topic posts? :-D

A real beauty!

Loved this -was shown late night on Channel 4 in the mid 80s - classy bit of Elmer Bernstein: [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hddnMwcvmY"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hddnMwcvmY[/url]

I've got two P type basses, one a fretless Jon Shuker 5 string with a Nordstrand pickup, amarelo fingerboard and flatwound strings. The other is a Mighty Mite kit with maple fretted board, a Kent Armstrong pickup, and nickel roundwounds. There is no way I can make either sound like the other, despite using the same fingers!

Anyone tried Lonnie Liston Smith's Expansions? Never dared give it a try - sounds terrifying.

I auditioned for one once but didn't make the final cut.

Hot Rod took over Wizzard's equipment and are making pickups in Chichester.

Just seen one of these in my local shop - a lot of bass for £400! http://www.cortguitars.com/au/product/b4-20th

Met him a couple of times through work (we put out a couple of live CDs and DVDs). Absolute gentleman, and yes, treated his musicians brilliantly. Had a meeting with him in the Park Lane Hilton prior to him playing the RAH, and he insisted on the whole band staying in the same hotel as him. Also went to the end of tour party in Zwickau and had an absolute riot with the horn players, with Last making sure everyone got very drunk! The other little thing he did that amazed me was that he allowed fans in to the soundcheck, and once the band was up and playing he'd leave them to it and come off stage to chat with them. What a pro!

[quote name='lowdown' timestamp='1433762702' post='2793668'] Winner, Bill. Claim your prize. [/quote] which is six months in the Tower of London

[quote name='ColinB' timestamp='1433699939' post='2793207'] Nope. Just listened to it again and (in my opinion) it's absolute pants. Not a single redeeming feature.... and deserves an entry into the 'crap lyrics' thread for the bit about needing a small vacation - but it sure looks like rain - and if it snows the line down south will never stand the strain. Turgid. [/quote] No redeeming feature? String arrangement (Morse code motif at the turnaround, and the sweeping lines at the end are both glorious. The songwriting, ok, you didn't like a line, but the scanning of "but I need you more than want you, & I want you for all time" is, IMO, near to songwriting perfection. But, of course, each to their own :-)