arthurhenry

Do you tune your strings in a particular order and is this of any significance? I always tune low to high, my reasoning being that if the E and A strings require any significant tuning, it will likely affect the tuning of the lighter D and G and they may then require re-tuning.

To my surprise I've got 68 of them, including 3 from the 90s and 0 from the 2000s. Although talk of physically owning albums is apparently old fashioned.

Similar to me, with the big exception that getting into the rock and metal bands of the eighties led me to their origins in the blues based rock of the late sixties/early seventies. I felt almost duty bound to discover the bands that had influenced my contemporary favourites and so got into Free, Cream, Hendrix, Zep, Floyd, Yardbirds, Who, Uriah Heep, Sabbath, Jeff Beck, Jethro Tull and more. The British bass players of that period are essential listening and it is thought of all over the world as a golden age for rock bass playing. Have a listen to Jack Bruce, Andy Fraser, Chris Squire, John Entwistle, John Paul Jones, Glenn Cornick and Geezer Butler - you won't regret it.

In many cases he talks more about the line than the tone. It seems a bit like a hurriedly put together list, perhaps based on which clips of isolated lines were available. Some good examples are included though. It would have been nice to see John Wetton and Dug Pinnick and Tina Weymouth and and and...... I will continue to pronounce his name 'Beet-o'.

No; I was making a point. In the interest of balance, they should do "Best bass players who are tightrope walkers".

Have they done a list of best male bass players?

That would be one way to end the pick vs fingers debate.

Thanks for your explanation. Who was offended?

Can you explain what you mean? It appears to be misogynistic tripe, but I may have misunderstood.

One notable omission from his collection is the second (humbucker equipped) version of the Tele bass. He does say he likes the sound of the Gibson humbucker, so a mark II Tele should be purchased, I think! Also, I take issue with the claim that Pink Floyd's Money was the first and only hit single in 7/4. Surely the first was All You Need is Love?

In this 2007 video, he clearly states that he notices a difference in sustain. He seems to have changed his mind since having so many others with which to compare.

Great choices, but Bouree as recorded on Stand Up, is most certainly in 4/4.

Mechanic.

They were together for only two years!

Caught a trailer for this on BBC4, but can find no info on the internet. Seems to be scheduled for Jan 2019. There are also programmes about drums and guitar. Here's a link to "On drums...Stewart Copeland!" https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/proginfo/2019/02/on-drums-stewart-copeland

He was a bit uncomfortable with a P bass, so he needed a Stella.

Me too, he always looks really cool.

Couldn't agree more! BP is just a copy of BGM with different adverts. Well yes; that's what it's supposed to be. There's been no effort to cover up the fact. It was nice to see Joel McIver acknowledge in his first editorial that BP is the "finest and most prestigious publication devoted solely to the low end." So why not rename the UK publication "Bass Player"?

That makes sense, I did wonder if that was it. Thanks for all replies.

Can anyone identify the bass used in the video for Wizzard's "I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday"? It looks very much like a Fender Jazz, but with angled Fender "Tug bars" in place of the pickups. Odd.

Yes; I did on page 1.

A (hopefully) humorous observation that on a fretless, much of the metal has been removed.

Oxymoron.

Steve Hillage

There's a wider point to be made here regarding general gig going apathy. Assuming these gigs were promoted locally in the normal ways (posters at venues, flyers, listings magazines and websites etc). Isn't it sad to think that almost nobody heard about the gigs and decided to to along and watch some new bands at their local venue? It used to amaze me that when I gigged in Leicester Square or Soho in tourist season, venues would often be almost empty. If an American friend told me she was gigging in Times Square, New York, for example, I'd imagine a packed venue in a vibrant, thriving area, but perhaps I'd be very wrong.