Mykesbass

Good call!

OK, just for fun, overrated in my book has to be Bryan Adams. A 27th rate Bruce Springsteen, and yet everyone loves THAT song. Underrated - an amazing band who had a fabulous hit in the 80s but also have a great body of work that nobody else except @BigRedX have heard of, Furniture.

Bit of a throwback to my Big Band rhythm guitar playing days, enjoying Ella Fitzgerald sings the Duke Ellington Songbook. Lovely!

OK, I'll knock that ball in a slightly different direction, albeit staying on German TV. This to me is how live performances ought to be.

I shouldn't work...and it doesn't 😖

Like that a lot. I think French is my favourite musical language (despite a lack of understanding)!

Could have been seeing Hamish tonight in Chichester 😕

Caught this on Huey Morgan's show this morning - blooming gorgeous!

You have one hell of a worm infestation there.

Is there an echo in here?

Documentary last night on BBC4 and now on iPlayer. Equal parts fascinating and sad (just to see/remember how quick his downfall was). Bonus is there are two more stills used in the documentary of Elvis with a P Bass that I don't think have been widely circulated before! https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b09kkkbx/elvis-the-rebirth-of-the-king

So is that drummer. Snare is tighter than a very tight thing in the middle of tight week.

Heard a track from a Misty in Roots Peel Session this afternoon on 6 Music. Couple of complete sessions on youtube. Here's one for your collective pleasure.

Not a fan of Hank then 😄

Great track.

Interesting pickups. Great work. Oh, and nice vintage sewing machine 😎

Just added a bit of rock to my list - Ramble On. This could keep me busy until lockdown is over!

You want a good job on Ray Charles do you know the John Mayer Trio album with Pino and Steve Jordan?

Working on three at the moment, purely to get into the habit of learning parts and to improve my chops. Added to the Narada Michael Warden track I posted earlier, I'm also working on Too Hard to Handle - Duck Dunn original - can finally remember it between session (did put up a lack of memory thread, as this has been a big issue for me), and Gil Scot Heron's The Bottle. Need to add another two tomorrow to start really building up my knowledge base!

What @Lozz196 says. I've only had limited experience with Mark Bass, but there is an inherent warmth/dullness (according to your take on it) built in. It really isn't down to it being lightweight, as there is a world of difference between many of the lightweight brands. So many on here love the Tonehammer. Me, I couldn't get a decent sound out of it! Try out as many as you can (yes, I know, not the easiest thing to do even without lockdown) and have some fun doing it!

Some lovely old school tone from Bob Babbitt:

Did you see the great BBC 4 series by his brother Stewart?

Me I guess. I played guitar first, and then, aged 12 had a year of double bass lessons. Was obvious I was neither going to get a double bass, nor my dad get a car in which he could transport me and it around, so slipped back to guitar for another 28 years. When I opened my short lived guitar shop, despite not stocking a large number of basses I did gravitate towards playing them in quiet moments. A regular customer came in with a drummer and heard me playing and asked if I'd like to be the house bassist at their jam night. Said yes, and been solidly a bass player ever since.

When lockdown is over and if he still has it I'd be happy to pick up if you wanted to arrange a courier.

I'm still very much pencil and paper, and to be honest, I think that will be enough for now, gotting down some key notation. Thanks again.