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[quote name='BassManKev' post='283514' date='Sep 14 2008, 08:49 AM']your fingers or style are worth more than anything you could buy[/quote] Unless you havn't got humbuckers

Think Stingray HH or Warwick $$ or Sandberg I reckon. Sandberg P with a Humbucker...you could not get more phat than that

something with big humbuckers on it lol...naw seriously.....

Thats pretty sweet...I def. would recommend putting two humbuckersin there...would be awesome.

blood and thunder - Mastodon First song I learnt to play while singing and I didn't find it too hard so it can't be.

Listen to music you don't normally listen to. May inspire you.

My old bass teacher had a chapman stick. I never asked for a go though, if you listen to some of the pieces on youtube it sounds fantastic but you have to be soooo good.

[quote name='woodster' post='280122' date='Sep 9 2008, 06:01 AM'][url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLPyGNIK4X8"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLPyGNIK4X8[/url] I never get tired of watching this awesome track......[/quote] Isn't this track on F-Zero GX? , kinda funky, and reminds me of Dream Theatre in a Jazz context. The bit that starts at around 5.30 pretty cool...until she destroyed it with a pitch blend...

[quote name='Weird War' post='275310' date='Sep 2 2008, 11:37 AM'][i]Sometimes, to go forward, you have to go back[/i][/quote] back to the future? I'll get me coat

> People who hate Fender cos its Fender > Fender ^_^ > The fact I have a Fender > People who hate basses sounding like basses > Spectors > Graphite > Bass solos in the middle of songs > People who hate metal and never give it a chance

They're bad, but they are ALOT better than the older ones...

runaway...what a track

lookes like it could possibly have a bit of neck dive...

*cough* google *cough* stuart zenders site *cough* wikipedia*cough*

This is why top artist should all keep blogs, containing a short list of what instruments they have used on certain days for certain tracks. I can think of a few examples where a player has used two, sometimes even three different basses on a single track...

lol, this is turning into a bit of a search and rescue the information session. Anything anybody else wants to know bout flea while we have our noses stuck in the history books?

Soul to Squeeze for a bit of chillout

Generic funk that was on the telly...Have no idea what it is...

Flea never played a MM on record apart from when using a 5....I think for BSSM he used a Spector?

Distortion and wah wah pedals are the order of the day!!! LOL

Simple answer for your question - go to shop, try out basses, buy the one you like.

My first bass tutor was actually a classical guitarist, Philip Booth, who as a person and as a muscian one of the most delightful people I have ever met. To me he represents a quality of musicmanship and skill that if I ever reach (doubtful) I would hope I would of done pretty well for myself. Stevie Wonder to me is just amazing, great song writer. Michel Camilo is again an amazing composer and player, and just flirts through styles with ease. BUT OVERALL I think I admire musicians with a great sence of melody, melody always draws me whether its bass, keys, strings, orchestral...whatever!!!!