Mykesbass

Might change my name to Tchaikovsky and give this one a go.....

Just made a right idiot of myself when Lauren Laverne played this on 6 Music just now. Hope some of you enjoy this just a fraction of the amount I did! Sola, Tabu-Tabu [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GriJwXNyolg"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GriJwXNyolg[/url]

[quote name='anaxcrosswords' timestamp='1427813579' post='2734546'] Items for sale in this part of the forum are often headlined with just the make/model, and for non-techies like me it’s very difficult to know exactly what’s being sold. I was wondering – very, very pretty please – if it might be possible to split the category into amps, cabs, combos and rigs? [/quote] [quote name='Coilte' timestamp='1427815157' post='2734574'] There is always "Google". That's what I use if I'm not familiar with a certain brand or model. You can also get reviews. [/quote] Not one for marketing then Coilte? It is a very good point from the OP - way too much jargon and reliance on model numbers and abbreviations that expect everyone else to also be in the know, so a simple name, model and what it is wouldn't harm the chance of a sale, and would improve the experience of users like anaxcrosswords.

Great song, but I'm intrigued by your right hand technique in the first video - flamenco guitarist in a former life?

Even wrong on most album sleeves!

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1427419268' post='2730284'] And that's the perception, which is too bad. My point or question is, how can you get younger people to listen to blues/rock? I think they would need to want to listen to live music first, I think that's the big hurdle. We are are a blues / rock band all older guys my age with a young female lead guitarist so it's a little easier for us. Blue [/quote]Interesting point Blue, I'll have to see if there's any research on audience ages - I'd hazard a guess they've got older.

[quote name='Bassman Steve' timestamp='1427390762' post='2729851'] Tommy Bolin anyone? 'ducks' [/quote] From the wonderfully titled "On The Wings of a Russian Foxbat" [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDzyVOYBlh0"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDzyVOYBlh0[/url]

Really in the eye (or ear) of the beholder, but for aching beauty I'd venture John Martyn Solid Air album or Jeff Buckley Hallelujah, the latter to my ear being so tender and broken, I can't believe it was so badly abused by X Factor! On the classical side, oddly, for an ardent atheist, I adore Mozart's Grand Mass.

[quote name='ezbass' timestamp='1427312871' post='2728818'] Off Topic I know but I have to make mention of your avatar Mykesbass, I remember A1 stores well, just on the corner of East Street. [/quote]yep, that's the one, worked there from the age of 13 - 1977!

[quote name='skankdelvar' timestamp='1427316092' post='2728905'] My conclusion is that the blues will continue to be performed and consumed but it is moving into the same closed box as Jazz. If that's the case, we should stop worrying and simply enjoy it as a curio. [color=#ffffff]*[/color] [/quote] Some nice points Skank. The one I've quoted is probably the crux of the matter, and the one that I hope can be addressed by a younger generation, much like the folk examples I gave (point taken about country though).

[quote name='AntLockyer' timestamp='1427306212' post='2728665'] I think there are some cool young blues artists playing the blues and being influenced by the modern world. Jarekus Singleton and Gary Clarke jnr both are modern I their own way. [/quote] Thanks - I'll check them out.

[quote name='louisthebass' timestamp='1427311761' post='2728802'] Another outfit a couple of mates of mine have introduced me to is the Tedeschi / Trucks Band: [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9I6lQNK6Ok"]https://www.youtube....h?v=R9I6lQNK6Ok[/url] Really like this band :-) [/quote] Love them (although poor old Derek could do with some stage presence lessons)!!

[quote name='louisthebass' timestamp='1427310531' post='2728774'] I take your point, and I assume what you're describing in your article is probably what needed to happen to Jazz when it broke away from the "Standards" and went from being an acoustic art form to being electric, thus spawning off Jazz Rock / Fusion etc.? There was (maybe still is) a lot of opposition to that change - maybe it was a good thing to happen (I like both sides of it by the way) and it's probably kept Jazz alive, but maybe that's another discussion for another time. Guys like Robben Ford and Robert Cray, have moved the Blues from what it was back in the past era so it's not the standard 12 or 8 bar format (in most cases) - I just can't help feeling that anything too far outside that would be a bit like putting too many flavours in a really nice dish? [/quote] Good point with the jazz reference that shows that the new can come along and doesn't have to kill off the old. Robben Ford and Robert Cray are both great, and Cray certainly moved things on, but, wait for it, that was 1986!! Scary to think where those 29 years went!

[quote name='louisthebass' timestamp='1427286558' post='2728239'] I had a read of the article on the link, and I think the Blues would be diluted far too much if elements of trip hop and dubstep and any of the other modern stuff came into it. It doesn't need it - I'd rather see a band knocking out a raw, gritty, traditional Chicago Blues than something that has moved it on into the 21st Century and (IMO) doesn't fit the genre. It comes across that I'm being too much of a traditionalist, but I was born about the time of the British Blues Boom of the early 1960's, and didn't get into it until about the late 1980's, so I think it is possible for a younger generation to get into people like Muddy Waters, the Kings, Paul Butterfield, Al Kooper, Mike Bloomfield, John Mayall, etc... The main problem is that there isn't any programming on TV and radio (apart from Paul Jones show on R2 on Monday nights) that promotes the Blues in this country. [/quote] [quote name='pfretrock' timestamp='1427288583' post='2728294'] So you missed Bernard Doherty's 'Ladies Night' on PlanetRock last week. He does have a weekly blues-power show. Last week's show was female blues artists. If anyone caught this show, do you know who sang Can't Find My Way Home, the last but one track? It was playing as I drove home, Doherty Pi**ed off at 7:48 ("See ya") and the last three tracks played unannounced. [/quote] First up, I think there is a lack of mainstream exposure - pfretrock, the show on Planet rock is only going to preach to the converted, or grab a tiny number of younger rock fans who haven't changed station when it comes on. Louisthebass - nothing wrong with you or I liking the traditional stuff, I just genuinely worry that the new generation of players are seeing us as an audience so are playing to us, not their peers, therefore the Blues isn't going to continue to develop and will never reach the level of popularity it enjoyed when the likes of John Mayall brought it into Rock & Roll for the first time.

Never played one but would love one - they look great and sound great (and distinctive). I'd also love one of their 12 strings. AIn't gonna happen though

That really is a great headstock design.

[quote name='bluejay' timestamp='1427058564' post='2725308'] Thanks for that - I'm tweeting your blog to Basschat's followers as we speak [/quote] Thanks Bluejay

I've just posted a blog Are we Loving the Blues to Death? in order to hopefully kick off a conversation about how we can help stop the Blues from stagnating (much as Country has by re-inventing itself as Americana, and folk has by, well, just being more modern and interesting I guess). I have voiced an opinion at the end, but it is more as a conversation starter rather than a strongly held point of view. I'd love to hear how others see this so please have a read and post either on here or on the blog itself. Thanks for your time. [url="http://modlock.co.uk/?p=112"]Are we Loving the Blues to Death?[/url]

[quote name='jonnythenotes' timestamp='1427025982' post='2724777'] Yeah.....Sorry Mykebass...getting my BB's and Albrts mixed up....thanks for spotting that..... [/quote] No worries, nice tune - just gone on to the set list

[quote name='jonnythenotes' timestamp='1427014063' post='2724591'] A great Funky style blues thing to demo is Honey Hush...BB King. [/quote] Do you mean Albert Collins Jonny - big BB King fan and can't find a version by him? Cheers, Mike

Solid body, flatwounds on fretless 5 string. Loud enough for practice and playing along learning tracks off CD, even down to a low D although C and the open B are a little quiet. I never plug in at home.

[quote name='Bronner' timestamp='1426519612' post='2718761'] Also re-listened to Son of a Preacher Man. Nice bass line on that one too. Clever because the bass is actually fairly busy, but doesn't crowd the vocals. The bass also really helps establish a kind of jubilant and playful feel, which is important to keeping a lively mood. I liked that song before, but never really noticed the bass until you pointed it out. Do you know the brand of bass that's being used (it's a nice tone for a slow song, especially if one wants to play busy but not anger the singer)? If I had to take a wild guess I would say those are flat wound strings, but I'm not really sure. [/quote] A 59 P borrowed from Chip Moman, a Memphis producer/session player.

[quote name='skywalker' timestamp='1426517745' post='2718719'] Nights in White Satin - Moody Blues Rolling in the Deep - Adele Smooth Operator - Sade Make Me Smile - Steve Harley Black Velvet - Alannah Myles Candy - Paolo Nitini Any of the Cream above + Wonderful Tonight Fly me to the Moon - Sinatra version Might not be everyone's cup of tea but I like them. [/quote] [quote name='Bronner' timestamp='1426518507' post='2718736'] No need to apologize for the songs you chose. Everyone likes something. Just listening to Sade, 'Smooth Operator' ... nice fretless tone and you are right, hard to imagine the song being as good without that bass line. Velvety tone, like the singer. Really good job by the bass of matching the feel of the overall composition with tone and line. Well done. [/quote] Exactly, and nothing wrong with a bit of Sinatra. Someone will be along shortly to tell you about Black Velvet though!