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BLUES BAND with brass section looking for a good bass player based wirral, liverpool, warrington widnes runcorn area to get involved, a mix of quality blues non of your normal pub derg, and originals. band has been going for 17 years, great bunch of very talented guys, very well known on the blues cct, very tight and powerful. so if you want to get involved and bring something to the table as well then PM me and i will pass on your number i can send vid clips if wanted..

OOOHHHWWWW Go on then left to right.. L2000 series-E ( very early one of the first) L2000 series-E ....Hog body soon to be stripped L2000 Transition just as they brought in the new head stock, But with the Series E body and electrics L2000 Early 80s just before Leo got told off for using his own sig on the headstock UPDATE... The black one on the right, "The hog" is now getting a rebuilt and is stripped, check out the "Repairs and Technical". to see how its going.

i have a load of fave female singers, but one for me which just exudes pure talent is liane Carroll and all that while playing stunning piano with such feeling and emotion, both just flow out of her and to top it all her husband Roger Carey on bass who has the ability to make most bass players just want to pack in, in one word i would say "beautiful" playing. take time to check him and Liane out, and If you get the chance catch her live throughout the uk then go... its an experience https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WbOQcSokAY http://thestinger.org.uk/article/57c5ccacedb1e2294d6cf69d

Loads of top end bands already mentioned, funk and if you want to broaden it out to modern "Fonk" then its such a broad genre it just depends where you want to go, Nils landgren already listed i have everything he has recorded but check out his later bass player magnum coltrain price's stuff as well, here he is explaining the difference between funk and fonk, depends where you want to go, ...let me explain that, ...once you have exhausted all the main old funk bands you will find you ear and taste will channel you one way or the other, for example i now find when im writing for my funk band im putting in more Latin funk, this is finding its way in via fantastic bands i really like, like New cool collective, but you can now stick funk with anything, rock funk, smooth funk, funky grooves, rap funk, funk jazz, old school funk, funkysoul, is disco funky ? yea , all practically built on funk, the list is endless.. there are some great bass players on here all helping pushing the boundaries of funk all the time and some like gaz going right back the other way to its raw roots with the soundstylistics stuff https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGEVm_DRiCE. Another guy on here Alix, i went to see haggis horns but the band that was on before them Alix's band hot diamond aces were really good doing their own thing,https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STcnel5eNag. if modern funk is your thing then check out some of the great bands on Freestyle records, https://freestylerecords.co.uk/ ....and jalapeno, http://jalapenorecords.com/ Great grooves to play on bass to get your chops up then check out down to the bone, nice stuff to play along to and will help you get grooves down. sorry to waffle on, hope it helps.

MMMMMMMMM ....goodfellow, full of yummy fat sounding goodness.... KGB birkenhead makes some very nice basses, all out works of art or as basic as you want, just tell him what you want, and he will build it,.... http://kgb-music.co.uk/gallery.htm

Try 200 motels, guaranteed to empty any room quicker than shouting "coronavirus"

barney miller, great bass line by Chuck Berghoffer check him out, https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/chuck_berghofer/credits/ song.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roHYXrLhmHc

A 10 year old thread back to life 🙂 Jap crap, here ya go, 1960s Zenta TEZ, super rare early Matsumoku made, couple of three and four knob ones floating around but not many of these earlyer two knob ones, Controls are pot 1 Vol pot 2 tone pick up selector switch. whats great about this bass is the back pickup, it has a great honky sort of sound being closer to the bridge than the later ones, really usable, worth doing a vid for just to hear it, the front neck pick has that deep hollow sound that sounds a bit distant not very usable for me, when both pick ups are on it still has that hollow sound though if muted while playing aka rocco prestia style then you do get that nice thump to the notes, i can see where a blend knob would be a better option here as i would like the have 75% bridge and 25% neck just to add a bit of bass to that honk without rolling the tone off,. Quality wise some good bits and some bad bits but it has lasted well so may be not so bad bits, , 1 it has a multi laminated neck, on saying this it has a lowish action, tuners not bad, have had allot worse, bridge is a bit naff if you play too hard as i do you can move the string on to the next slot on the barol,, pickups though not strong do have a sound all of there own quite good infact esp that rear one, it also has nice big fat extendible pole pieces via a slot screwdriver, neck binding very good body binding front and back very good, and has a zero fret, and a solid 6 bolts for the neck, all in all not bad, usable and looks super cool, im thinking of using it in the next band vid. im just wondering if i can get a bigsby for this.

Hi all, sorry i have been soooo bizzy, i will give kev a bell this weekend to see if we can fix a date for this year. pref when its a bit warmer and people wont get snowed in.

Bass player wanted for Fusion jazzy stuff Warrington. Its all original stuff so the world is your oyster ! If interested let me know and i will pass on your number and give you a contact number.

Some mods that might help, given the pickups are ok....worth a try maybe. on some wiring the earth runs through the pot to the actual plate, so the control plate is the earth run to the jack socket, anything to save a bit of wire !, you could try to tighten all the pot screws and jack socket screw ? If you feel like a bit of a project then here are two mods that made mine much more reliable for over 20 odd years with no problems, ever. It also sorts out that crackly sound jazz's get when the jack socket gets a baggy ring, owww errrrr misses 🙂 1, put a stereo jack socket in, this then will have a pin you can solder to that has a prong contact on to the sleeve of you input jack, as well as the ring of the socket. 2, Run a solid piece of twin and earth copper wire over the top of all the pots right to the lug of the jack socket, then solder to top of pots and jack socket, with a bit of wire sleeving on it between the pots. then solder a link to the other earth lug on the jack socket, ( or just bend the end of the long one and do it in one) This is the Hogie 1, Mod simple, tidy, solid, reliable. 100% good sig. ( image is only to show the earth mod)

the few in our set that are a bit old school but never fails to fill the floor, is Higher and Higher and Proud Mary and shake your tail feather. for some reason these cross generations, young and old love them.

i would love to see this set SET 1 Agadoo Mr Blobby The smurf song Iv got a brand new combine harvister Muscat love MacArthur Park Ob-la-di ob-la-da convoy Barbie Girl The Birdy song SET 2 I Never Promised You A Rose Garden puppet on a string id like to teach the world to sing Billy dont be a Hero. disco duck. Mandy ( barry manilow) Some times when we touch. Witch Doctor - (Ooh Eeh Ooh Ah Aah Walla Walla Bing bong) itsy bitsy polka dot bikini monster mash ENCORE 1 ......check out the two hand tappin on the guitar before van and steve v, ENCORE 2 And this to end on, ...im sure Paul Young would want to forget this and wipe it of the face of the earth, Sorry Paul :-)

passed on, good luck.

It always amazes me that a back line of a band learn every note and are usually solid but for the most brass players who are reading always manage to fu@k up and play without commitment to notes and they are reading ! i think im going to adopt Mr Toscanini work practice and get my whip out 🙂

Bass player needed for wirral based band gigs waiting. practice this week vocals, keys, guitar, drums and you. any age, all easy stuff, pref someone local, please pm me your number and i will pass it on 1, Living For The City.............. 2, Superstition....................... 3, Turn Your Love Around........ 4, Piece Of My Heart.............. 5, Natural Woman or .............. I Can’t Stand The Rain or ....... You Might Need Somebody... 6, I Can’t Go For That............ 7, Steamy Windows............... 8, Pink Cadillac...................... 9, Beggin’.............................. 10 Boogie Oogie Oogie.......... 11 Locked Out Of Heaven...... 12 Lost In Music.................... Set 2 1, I Can Make You Feel Good.... 2, If I Can’t Have You................. 3, Valerie.................................. 4, Never Forget You ................. 5, If I Ain’t Got You................... 6, Master Blaster ..................... 7, Band Of Gold....................... 8, Forget You........................... 9, Signed, Sealed, Delivered .... 10, Le Freak............................ 11, Uptown Funk...................... 12, Run Away Baby.................. 13, Get Lucky.......................... 14, Good Times....................... Encore 15, september 16, Nights On Broadway (Candi Staton version)

Poll open....

I am interested to see how many musicians think music is getting worse, cant just be me. i will be honest i don't know what is in the charts right now, i think as we get older we choose a direction and tend to explore that to the point of it getting so involved everything goes by the way side, i am very guilty of this, on saying this i do believe music is getting worse. here is a vid, i wonder how many people agree with this, and the big question for those that agree is there a way back ? i realise this topic is going to open a few cans, so i am going to try add a poll to see if you agree with the vid or not. Be interesting to see the outcome. The TRUTH Why Modern Music Is Awful. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVME_l4IwII

Some tracks we use to do in the funk band i was in, nice grooves . you dont hear much of black nasty but well worth the hunt.

There is going to be arguments for and against this topic, i think its sad that you are not even allowed to even talk about a chord in a song with out some sort of copyright infringement, on saying that we can argue that yes you can talk about it you just can not make money talking about it, so once your video on you tube starts to make money for say a million views then that money would be taken away from you because of copyright infringement, i am wondering how deep that rabbit hole can go ? for example at your next bass bash if you paid for a famous bass player to come and chat about playing bass, if he talks about other bass lines other than his own then going on the above would he have to give his cash to universal music group ? going on this maybe he would, . i have a feeling its about to get worse, i have a vid on youtube showing how to connect two digi mixers, not in the manuals, never been done before, it took allot of working out, if my vid gets enough views to make money, (not that i did it for that) could that then be taken away as i am using a branded product to make that vid ? i think so, it would be never ending, sad really, just another way to stifle creativity, your thoughts ?

GOD DAM :-) .... perfect, how about a modern version thats powered, im off for a scoot about now, cheers

Not bass gear...unless you use a wedge as a monitor, but a great idea anyway, how about stage monitor wedges, that when you clip two together they make a box to stop them falling all over the place in the van and to save space, you could even make them stackable and get 4 of them in a nice neat box, it cant be hard can it ? would surly sell like jaffa cakes.

im going to go for the SWR red head. When fender took over, im not sure whether they made it any better or worse, but i think people just did not like it cus it was fender ? but in any case sales fell when they took over, now ... here is my thought on it, i may be wrong ! i think the original pre fender super red head had a great following being helped promoted by the likes of marcus miller which helped define his sound, Now... the bass community is a small patriotic bunch that likes to follow our fave product and in our own way help support that product, and the red head had its following, it had been going a fair amount of time before being sold to fender for 8 million in 2003, so, long enough for most bass players to have heard of them before fender and they either passed it by or went with it, so its established core users were already there, ... when fender took over they had ideas of revamping and selling more units, as is the idea of most bigger company's when they take over a smaller company, ...you can guess what happend, yea, they never got their sales they wanted and so about 10 years later fender axed it, and i think nearly all swr products, a shame, i think for the red head i dont think fender had anywhere to go with it, as swr had already engineered a product that you could not squeeze anymore power out of a small box with two 10" speakers, so in terms of power v size and features and sound it was already at its pinnacle. I am not sure if there is a market now for a new red head as most bass players will see right through it as making cash from an old name, but i would not mind seeing a new incarnation of it just to see what could be done, weight cold be one thing !.. i love my super red head and will use it till it falls to bits or blows up, i don't think there will be another to take its place, we will see....... here is fenders list and history of swr products. interesting. https://support.fender.com/hc/en-us/articles/115002366263-Vintage-SWR-Products