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Is it? cheers

dub....none at all, is there a technique of sorts?

....why do I struggle on timing with a few simple songs, this UB-40 song is a real bugger for me....and don't laugh but I have the same problem on Duran Duran Hungry Like the Wolf of all things ....girls on film is no problem though I'm guessing it's the differing combination of notes lengths within the bar?...is there an online metronome for timing maybe? Forgive the bad spacing on the bars but the notes are arranged correctly Bass comes in after first bar of sax intro. main riff, repeat thro out with variations. G|----------------------------------------| D|--7----------------5----------- 9-7--------| A|----7777--5h7-------9999------9-7-7-| E|-------------------7-7------------------| G|--------------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------5-3-3---| A|------7777----7---------5555-------3--| E|--5-5------5-5---5--3-3--------------3-| any tips guys?

cheers

....found a great deal on an ex display Hartke B-900...anyone used one? .....and an 'as new' Marshall B150 for good money too.... these amps weren't on my shopping list...any comments ohh knowledgable ones of the combo's

[quote name='jakesbass' post='705189' date='Jan 8 2010, 09:54 AM']car wash IS a blues derived bassline.[/quote] It is?....can you explain how? Simply, please I'm a simple soul. cheers

[quote name='wateroftyne' post='705176' date='Jan 8 2010, 09:46 AM']Umm... it certainly has thhe chords of the blues... that's about it, though. IMO.[/quote] OK, I'm getting there I think... this vid has helped, I can hear the funk in this blues.....a little

OK, I'm getting there I think... this vid has helped, I can hear the funk in this blues love the look of that bass too..anyone know what it is?

Many thanks for the replies gentlemen, I wish I'd never started this, maybe my question is wrong and I need to understand a lot more about music structure, in a year and it may come to me and I will think why did I ask this, but I gota say that 'questioning' the Blues seems almost sacrosanct .. Don't get me wrong I'm not complaining, I like a good blues tune they are bright and bouncy and good fun, I just have a wish to understand...saying [i]it[/i] influences isn't enough...that seems too easy. Most of the examples given, are to me, different groups take on the Blues, it seems take everyone has to do it at some time? Has anyone got any example of how a blues riff influences a known funk disco bassline...and I don't mean Slave doing the blues I was sitting down yesterday as I got home early from the car auction and started playing what to me are typical funk/disco basslines....Car Wash, Brick House, Slave Just a Touch Of Love then finished with Positive Force We Got the The Funk.... It seems to me, and yes, I'm a 100% rookie here just talking loud with very, very limited knowledge of theory, and flame me if you wish by all means, that Funk and Disco has it's own basic scale, based on a major it would run as root, 2nd, 4th, 5th, flat 7 and 8ths by the bucket load....which I think is a sort of a minor pentatonic scale but with the flat 3rd scale I think...oh dear it's getting technical.....and I'm struggling already for all I know this could be labled as a blues scale and I have answerd my own question? What I think is a typical blues A major riff of 1st,3rd,5th,6th and flat 7, another in G major of root, 5th, flat 7 and octave (8th)...couldn't find much in common with the tunes I played.....it must be me as I can't see it? thanks for your patience guys...and understand that I simply wish to understand

[quote name='teej' post='704740' date='Jan 7 2010, 08:41 PM'] [/quote] I wondered what the woman from the Tom and Jerry cartoons did during the week ? I agree that is fantastic

thanks for the replies guys

Funnily enough and right back at the start of the thread I concurr sir, I love John Taylor basslines, and Victor just don't float it for me. anyway, Trevor Horn.......underrated overrated, John Deacon.....

Why is Blues so important when learning bass, it must be me but it always reminds me of Croyde Bay Devon Holiday Camp, Butlins, Caravan Parks from when I was 7 years old, with bored looking bass players playing.....ba-bump-ba-bump-da-dump-da-dump sort of tunes with another guy on a Hammond Organ and a drummer. Seriously, almost every learning medium I have come across declares that blues is the mother of all modern funk/disco/rock, everything bar classical, but I can't hear the blues riffs in most of the funk and disco songs that I know and love. educate me please.

so not what you might call a deep low reggae dub type tone?

I have heard and read a few comments regarding Trace Elliot combos, and a recurring theme seems to be[b] the sound[/b][i][/i]....and that it's a fairly unique [b]sound[/b][i][/i].....so what is this sound? cheers for the help guys

[quote name='lemmywinks' post='702463' date='Jan 6 2010, 09:14 AM']The Hartke A series are great but build quality isn't as good as the old USA Hartke stuff. I have a little A70 which is loud and sounds great, however it's had a hard life and farts and rattles a bit now I'd certainly take the Hartke over the Electric Blue which although decent enough didn't sound anywhere near as good to my ears I'd still say go for a second hand head and cab instead of a smaller new combo. Have a look at Peavey stuff for something in your price range, there's usually a few for sale on here[/quote] thanks for the response's gentleman. Lemmywinks: head and cab....do these still sound OK at low sound output levels, say when home practicing, or do they need to be given some beans to get a decent tone?

[quote name='waynepunkdude' post='701952' date='Jan 5 2010, 06:13 PM']Where abouts in Medway?[/quote] Chatham...but just got the homebuyer survey thru today and things may have ground to a very sudden halt

I'm down in Essex, near Chelmsford.....soon to be In Medway though!

OK about me, I'm learning bass, been messing about for a 9 months or so. I love my funk, disco stuff, play at home, currently have an little Orange Crush B20, little 20 watt bass combo which has been great really for what it is, but I'm not liking the sound any more....'tis only a 'lil amp so the tone is always gona be muddy, weak 'n cold....I live in a detatched house so I like to wind things up when I'm playing ...for what it is this 'lil Orange is quite good but its more the tone I'm not liking, not the volume. I spend more time on my bass than I do my £5K bike so the bass interest is really great value therefore I want to spend £250 on a decent 'ish amp, warmer, punchier, louder, better all round really and something I can also input external into...all the usual....something I won't want to upgrade in the future. I don't really want to go s/h, I simply get plain pissed off with the hassle of [b]kissing 20 frogs to get a princess[/b][i][/i] I do it for a living buying cars and hate it....I want the reliability of buying new.....unless you can convince me otherwise.....I'm no different to anyone else and love the look of the Trace Elliot gear but everything I have enquired about in my budget, has some sort of issue...lemonade money, champagne taste. About my choice, well all these amps seem to get a good review, are all in a similar price range, the Hartke is my preference at the moment as it seems the best value??? Hartke [url="http://www.reverb-store.co.uk/product-detail.asp?prod=5453"]http://www.reverb-store.co.uk/product-detail.asp?prod=5453[/url] the Ashdown seems to be popular too, but I know nothing about them? [url="http://www.reverb-store.co.uk/product-detail.asp?prod=2958"]http://www.reverb-store.co.uk/product-detail.asp?prod=2958[/url] Ampeg [url="http://www.dv247.com/guitars/carlsbro-bass-bomber-bass-guitar-amp-combo--37693"]http://www.dv247.com/guitars/carlsbro-bass...mp-combo--37693[/url] many thanks as always for your input gentlemen

[quote name='Bay Splayer' post='696377' date='Dec 30 2009, 03:02 PM']just make sure you dont buy the ashdown mag 115.............. you might as well just plug your bass straight into a sheeps arse[/quote] ......are they a little woolly sounding?

thanks for the kind help guys, .....some great advice there....getting ahead of myself, knowing more about how a bass [u]should[/u] sound, expectations v ability etc all very good points. ..........I reckon I need to take some lessons....playing with myself (!) is not the way to go

[b]Tony Zemaitis[/b]......was a family friend in the '70s and lived a few minutes from us, he used to take me out in his scarlet E Type Jaguar when I was a young pup...real nice guy, but you wouldn't want to buy a car off him...it would of had a very hard life:) Got a full set of Perfect Vision records from [b]Steve Xerri[/b] and got some free beers too....his mate also had a bootleg of a The The german concert but wouldn't cut me a copy Very flaky link....my brothers friend was in a punk group, they had a new guy join on guitar, I'm 99% sure it wasn't keyboards, they fired him as they felt was not up it....his name was Gary Webb = [b]Gary Numan[/b] [b]Stirling Moss[/b] knocked me over at a car trials event in the 70's and said "sorry son" and picked me up and brushed me down. [b]Harold Macmillan[/b] pushed in the Passport queue at Gatwick airport in a wheelchair.....being pushed along by a real hot popsy of a nurse and a minder, reminded me of young Mr Grace from Are You Being Served? I had quick chat with [b]Terry Waite[/b] soon after he had been released, he was driving a blue MGB Roadster along Shooter's Hill, I was on my motorcycle in a traffic jam.....he is a giant of a man. Lots of motorsport boys 4 and 2 wheels, most of which are actually OK guys to chat with....with the exception of Carl Fogarty.