gjones

If the guy emailing you actually thinks you're going to head off to the States to join his band, then he's crazy as batshit. If you actually go, then you're crazier than he is.

[quote name='Beer of the Bass' timestamp='1433154701' post='2788239'] Send them some pictures of the most portly bass player you can find, and tell them the pictures are of you! [/quote] Did somebody call?.

Thanks for that. I've booked for the Edinburgh show.

Ultra shortscale neck.

WTF? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FENDER-PRECISION-BASS-HEADSTOCK-/121648860953?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_77&hash=item1c52d64f19

I own a Behringer BDI 21 and it does give a nice punchy rounded vintage sound with roundwounds when I play it with my Precision.. It costs just over £20 from Thomann and is amazing value. It tries to emulate an Ampeg SVT. By the way, there really is not a lot of difference between P bass pickups. I've tried a set of no name cheapos, a set of 70's seymour Duncans and a set of Fender custom shop pickups and you'd have to be a bat to tell the difference (ie they all sounded effin great throught the right setup).

You need bootsy666 to build you one of THESE!!!!! http://basschat.co.uk/topic/259954-custom-8x15-bass-cabinet/

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1432477636' post='2781823'] No playing music in bars doesn't command respect. I was really addressing disrespect and those that make a mockery of live music. Sort of like if someone came into an office goes up to someones desk and starts mocking what he's doing for a living. Blue [/quote] I live in Edinburgh. It's a big tourist destination and people from all around the world visit it all year around. All the tourists we perform to really enjoy the music we play (mainly Blues and Rock 'n' Roll) but the ones who are most enthusiastic are from the US. I think you just bumped up against a random idiot.

Learn a lot of standards and write down the basslines in a BIG book. If you can do backing vocals it helps. A friend of mine (guitarist/singer), who has his own pro band, uses a lot of dep bass players. He says his favorite type of bass player is the one he doesn't notice. Because if he notices the guy, it's usually because he's playing a wrong note.

This is the way to deal with assholes http://youtu.be/dv1bM0pp_o4

You can get a lot of different tones from a jazz bass. From mellow to very nasal, depending on which pickups you select and how you use the tone control.

I have set of flats that I occasionally fit to one of my basses, play a gig with, then immediately remove and replace with roundwounds. They make my basses sound indistinct and woolly. If that's the sound you're after then I suppose they're great. But they're not for me.

[quote name='neepheid' timestamp='1431598011' post='2772917'] In the kind of gigs we tend to play "Being a headliner" simply equates to "playing last" as far as I'm concerned. [/quote] And by that time everybody has gone home.

I played through a 100w briefcase amp. It sounded very clear and defined but it only just about kept up with a quiet drummer.

I overheard two cyclists talking to one another today. I heard one say to the other 'I've always got one less bike than I need'. It reminded me of myself, in regard to basses. I've had a lot of them over the years but however many I've owned, it was always one less than I needed.

Firstly, you're probably playing with too much treble in your sound. Secondly, try not to hit the strings too hard (turn your amp up and play softer instead). Thirdly, concentrate on damping with both hands. If you're not playing a string, you should have a finger damping it, and that can be from your left or your right hand. A rule of thumb would be, if you're playing the E and A strings, your left hand should be damping the D and G strings and if you're playing the D and G strings, your right hand should be damping the E and A strings.

I know many singers that, even when they have the evidence of a recording, can't hear that they're singing flat.

I had the same problem. A shim under the neck altered the angle of the neck enough to sort the action out. My particular shim was a cut up credit card which was thick enough to do the trick.

[quote name='icastle' timestamp='1430791103' post='2764618'] Call me old fashioned but I'd much rather listen to a bassist and guitarist working together than someone trying to do both. [/quote] Yes....and badly at that. Although I am open to the possibility, that the reason the guitar and bass part sounds so unimpressive, is because the big lump of a thing he is holding is so difficult to play for a human being with normal hands.

He's still going. This is him playing live in Italy where he now lives. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7wQFtYY_Sw[/media]

Not a huge fan of Rush but when I first decided I wanted a Jazz Bass, I heard so many great reviews of the Geddy Lee signature, that I went out and bought one. And I wasn't disappointed. They are lovely instruments. My one was Japanese and new, in 2009 when I bought mine, they cost around £800. The new ones are made in Mexico and you can get one from Thomann for under £700, which sounds like a great deal to me.

He's still going, living in Italy and knocking out some great tunes. He changed his name after he had a dream (or something) but he's still as talented as he ever was. This is his website [url="http://www.sanandamaitreya.com/thp/"]http://www.sanandamaitreya.com/thp/[/url] This is a track from Wildcard, which is a great album from 2003. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRLxQ49MeSM[/media]

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1430650966' post='2763328'] Hmmmm ... helpful if you're a drummer, I'd guess. I found myself automatically listening to the bass player. [/quote] So did I. When I first watched it I thought it was the bass player who was playing ahead and behind the beat. Of course to make playing ahead or behind the beat effective, some instrument has to be playing right on the beat. The effect won't be noticeable if everyone is playing behind or in front of the beat. It will just sound like everybody is playing on the beat.