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[quote name='chrismuzz' post='1357074' date='Aug 31 2011, 12:34 AM']Looks like a Les Payl style bass with EMG pickups. Can't seem to find it on the net but it Looks really nice! EDIT: Never mind, glad someone more useful strolled along [/quote] Haha, thanks for the help anyhow

[quote name='Schnozzalee' post='1357063' date='Aug 31 2011, 12:24 AM']Its an ESP/Ltd, can't remember the model name but Mike Duda from WASP was using one when I caught his pick! EDIT: EC 414FM [url="http://www.espguitars.com/basses/ltd-standard-deluxe/ec-414fm.html"]http://www.espguitars.com/basses/ltd-stand...e/ec-414fm.html[/url] ESP make great guitars, japanese quality [/quote] Thanks, much appreciated

Anybody know what this could be? Thanks!

[quote name='blackmn90' post='1276312' date='Jun 20 2011, 08:16 PM']standing in the shadow of james jamerson, larry grahams slap book, any stanley clarke book, any book to do with bootsy, the new jamiroquai book, funk bass bible ect. Theres loads!!!! Just find out the bassists that are in the really funky tracks and research them. Totally forgot the bernard edwards book by stuart clayton[/quote] Thanks a lot, I'll be sure to check these out. [quote name='steve-soar' post='1276317' date='Jun 20 2011, 08:20 PM']23 Skidoo, Heaven 17, A Certain Ratio are your antagonistic funk influenced post punk bands, all anti Margaret Thatcher who as you know was prime minister at the time. Anything else I can help with give me a shout.[/quote] Thank you for all of your help! [quote name='Big_Stu' post='1276348' date='Jun 20 2011, 08:43 PM']Even though I don't like the damn things I would say that because of it's dominance of the market you could do worse than the book "The Fender Bass - an Illustrated History". It's going for a tenner on Amazon.[/quote] Nice one, I'll have a look thanks! [quote name='EssentialTension' post='1276379' date='Jun 20 2011, 09:12 PM']Hi Jordan, in my college I'm one of the supervisors of the EDEXCEL dissertation version of these projects - is that the one you will be doing? I'm not familiar with the requirements for the other exam boards. If you are doing the EDEXCEL dissertation, then, as you clarify your topic, you will want to turn it from a topic area or descriptive question into a normative question. For example, the answer to 'How has bass design changed over time?' might be merely descriptive but you'll be expected to argue a position or point of view and not merely be descriptive. So, a question like 'Was the development of the electric bass guitar the most important technological innovation in modern popular music?' enables you to describe but also requires some analysis and development of an argument which concludes whether the electric bass guitar was or was not the most important technological innovation in modern popular music. I hope that makes sense and is helpful.[/quote] Thank you for the information! I think we are doing the project under the AQA exam board, so I believe we have the chance to present our findings however we want, weather it be an essay, a practical application, design, model or piece of music etc. Certainly gave me something to think about though, thanks. Just looking for anything regarding the actual [i]history[/i] of funk bass playing really, info seems to be a bit thin!

Thank you very much, you've been more than helpful! All of those links are great and have certainly given me solid starting points. I'm thinking I will focus my project on the bass playing in funk, as it allows me to go into greater detail rather than keeping it generally about a genre. Thanks again!

[quote name='steve-soar' post='1276278' date='Jun 20 2011, 07:57 PM']My advice would be to go with an idea you have the most passion for, knowledge gain be gained afterwards. What does your gut say?[/quote] Thanks for the advice, I enjoy playing bass, and the style I most enjoy to play is funk, so it certainly feels like a good idea. On the other hand, I could go down the route of a specific genre of music in general, which could be a bit more broad, although I don't exactly listen to main stream music so the research material may be just as limited.

[quote name='steve-soar' post='1276263' date='Jun 20 2011, 07:51 PM']Why don't you come up with some more ideas and Basschat can give you pointers. You've got two good ones already. [/quote] Fair enough . I think I quite like the idea of researching the development of funk bass playing, although I would need to find some books and research material for it to be a viable project title. Google isn't too helpful right now! So, if anybody knows of books or resources which could be of help, please feel free to share

Hey all, For college, I am soon going to be doing an extended project. Which is basically an opportunity to research and present (either in an essay, a practical application, presentation or basically anything else) about anything you are interested in. So, I am thinking of conducting my project on something to do with Bass, and was wondering if any of you had any ideas to get my mind working? I was thinking that some possibilities could be 'the evolution of bass playing in funk,' or 'how bass design has changed over time,' you get the general idea... Any ideas would be very helpful! Also, any links to books, articles, websites etc which may help would also be gratefully received (I need to suggest 3 books I may use before I can begin the project.) Thanks!

Haha I've not seen somebody do that before. Gave me a good laugh...

Lovely! I do like black Ricks..

Mum and Dad got me a nice new hard case this year which I'm chuffed with, and a subscription to Bass magazine

[quote name='Jam' post='1068316' date='Dec 23 2010, 10:31 PM']I picked up piano when I was about 14 odd[/quote] I read this as "Picked up a piano" and was quite impressed by it As for me, I started to play trumpet at age 9, or 10 (I forget) at primary school then gave up a couple of years later when I got to secondary school. Then I did nothing musical until the age of 15 (Other than a 2 week attempt to teach myself guitar which failed miserably) when I was in a Product design class and some music was playing while we worked and I had a sudden urge to play an instrument and join a band! So I started playing bass .

Well I don't have any effects, but that's purely due to the fact that I haven't bought any yet. Which is odd because I'm a big fan of them in general...

I think it looks pretty good really, I like it. Never played a bass with fanned frets, I imagine it takes a fair bit of getting used to...

It's another case of "Each to their own" In my opinion. I for one am a big fan of slap bass (When done at least half-properly) and am always happy to hear/see someone play in that style. I even play (probably badly) quite a lot of it myself. However I do agree that it shouldn't be the ONLY, or even the main style of playing used when demoing a bass. Especially considering as originally the bass guitar wasn't designed with that playing style in mind, so they always have a lot more to offer than just a good/bad slap tone, which itself comes in large part from the technique of the player anyway. Fairly limited to the subject, I took my Ibanez into my local music shop to have some repair work carried out earlier this week, and while the guy was standing holding my bass explaining what they were going to do to it, he stood there subconsciously slapping away. It didn't bother me in the slightest, in fact I found it quite amusing, and I was pleased to meet someone who can play a bass (well, slap it) in a music shop which has a limited selection of bass gear.