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great clip, gaz on bass there who is a member on here is an encyclopedia on the subject of hammond and funk he has a vast knowledge regarding the subject, in fact i think he has done more than his fair share of keeping that whole subject alive, and still does, i know he is working with jay the old great trombone player from jtq a really nice guy ( his brother is dominic who played trumpet in jtq) on stuff to archive, see jays site...http://www.vinylizor.com/ word is, an Acid jazz autobiog the story and history of is on the way :-) im looking fwd to that. the Perceptions.. and the sound stylistics well worth checking out.

mmmmm that might be me then, i have a genuine interest in all things music, take punk as an example i dont listen to it, but ok yea i got that ....when it was going on, so over the years i have built up thoughts ideas about it and have my conversation down pat ready to go, when someone comes up with interesting conversation about it with a new view then yea, im open to good views, and if they are good i might reevaluate my own views and take some of their ideas on board, what im trying to say is, i dont mind talking music at any time, i enjoy good music banter, But an xmas curry ? ? yea ok, i can live with that as well 🙂 Might Draw the line at that Led Zep bootleg with the guitar tuning up tho, that was just Sh!te. 🙂 Each to their own and all that.

Hi all, i have been a massive fan of the Hammond groove past and present and have amassed a good collection over the years, I think the bass pedals ( or keys ) playing over them years has influenced my playing no end, i love the hammond bass pedal groove, simple, fat and usually very catchy. I was lucky to catch Jimmy Smith at the Ritz in Manchester on his last time over here before he sadly passed away, an experience indeed. i have now realised that most of the music i really like has hammond in, tower of power, Jtq, soullive etc and now when im writing music without really thinking about it i have added hammond i have written about 60 songs and nearly all have hammond in, some dont even have bass but the hammond is right there, i had a massive collection of George benson and on them Lps i was checking out who was on keys Jack Mcduff, Ronnie smith, Ronnie foster etc so started checking out their stuff which led me on the hammond trail, allot of fantastic playing. Any more hammond fans here ?

A few solo albums spring to mind as being fantastic Most of my solo albums are bass related, so a quick mention of my faves of them already said Mark kings solo album is up there with moses Francis Rocco Prestia,s Everybody on the bus, Gary willis, Bent And the best of them all is an unlikely choice, when yes members were all releasing solo albums i had the lot, everything, the one i kept, is Allan whites solo album Ramshackled, its just stunning for lots of reasons, great bass playing by Colin Gibson, everyone on the LP is top draw, very catchy songs, Well done Allan.

dont busk it, unless every one else is. if every one else has made the effort to learn the song right , then respect that and learn the song right or you will be jamming over everyones hard work = disrespect. in a perfect world, learn the song, understand the groove, and find the places where you can if wanted add your touch, if your bits go tits up, you can always jump back on the groove and in funk its the bass groove that carry's the song so you can be sure that bass line has already been thought about by quite able bass players, so , the chance of coming up with something better on the fly is doubtful.... fun yes, but doubtful. thats how i look at it.

Its not a typo, i did take it to the porn shop :-) what was i thinking about ! ! replaced, cheers greek, ---------------------------------------------- Be sad if he was not at the gig, but hell, al still enjoy it :-) i have had a pic of him in my studio for years, would of been nice to add a little photo in the corner.

Yea i think it helps understanding rhythms, a knowledge of understanding where to land the emphesis, can only be a good thing. im not a very good drummer but i can get the drums and congas down for my tracks i write enough to give to our drummer in the band to understand where the groove is with the bass line, he then rips it to bits makes it 10 times better but all the time keeping the all important bass line groove beats or as "lowdowner" says where to lay off. So yes it did help my playing, i would say allot. Its a funny thing, when you hear a drum beat, right away in your head you could write bass line that would fit perfectly to it. the clever bit is then getting the chord structures to go with the line you have. 🙂

I am not missing it this time, i have just taken all the wife's jewelry to the pawn shop, and sold the mother in laws wheel chair. she did put up a bit of a struggle dragging her out, but hay, my need is greater than hers. :-) London as well on the 30th I am really hoping to get that long awaited, nay... NEEDED photo with Rocco. Fingers crossed See yall there.

Your right, no doubt about it for me heavy basses project better, more depth and a more solid sound imho. i cant use any of my light basses for live any more, i feel like i have to turn the amp up, its like i have gone back to passive single coils, strange i have a few basses of the same make so the same pickups different woods the heavy ones for me are far better. but each to their own.

Dave McKinney, Flow Dynamics, if you like funky tracks check him out, the cd is killer

yee harrrr, cheers dad and lowdown, sorry im a bit of a tectwit

Dad beat me to it, cheers dad, yea seen the " jensenmann" thought you might have had the FF, in which case i have some parts.

her paintings not selling well then ? Have you ever seen the plastic ono band live ? i had the dvd and its the funnyst thing ever, the shocked WTF look on eric claptons face when she is sitting under a white sheet moaning is priceless. I'm with you eric, WTF indeed, you should booted her off the stage while you had the chance, im sure you will always regret that.😜 Mods..... the new smiles are rubbish, bring back the old ones

cheers Jensen ( an FF ?) thanks for that, yes seen that site, i wanted to find someone who uses it, for feedback and what they thought of it, might be the wrong place but you never know ! Cheers

just checked that out, cheers

was just scooting around on the net and came up with this, The Audiovox 736, could it really be the first electric solid body bass ? 15 years before fender Interesting read, https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/on-ebay-the-worlds-first-electric-bass-guitar-forgotten-and-made-in-seattle/

Hi all has anyone got the automation option on there topaz project 8 ? if so do you have a copy of the tracmix software to put on to a PC ?

On my bench is my soundtracs Topaz, the bulbs in the analog meters have been out for ages, as it happens it was an easy fix, it helps with having a detachable meter bridge, Has anyone here got the VCA automation option on there tapaz ?? Whats on your bench at the moment ?

can only agree with most of the posts already, but to add some more... Zenders bass lines in most of the early stuff was the song, end of. Jk, the band and the mixer the producer and even the label paying for it all, all had the good sense to wrap most of the music around them bass lines, and for very good reason,,,, they were catcher than a trawlers net, check out too young to die, killer bass line played so well, 1 or 2 tricky bits in that ! im not to sure the last cd was held together so well at all with out zenders bass gluing all the tracks together, its sounding very studioy cold,,, auto the opening track is top draw, but after that, i was reaching for the FF button,

had a few drum machines over the years. the best one i have ever had and still use is the Boss Roland DR880 for lots of reasons. 1, The sounds... i have a roland TD12 expanded electronic kit, as good as the samples are in it, the dr880 drum samples sound better and more to the point still bang upto date, 2 editing and programing songs into it is a breeze, the bass pre amp in it is great, you can plug your bass into it and play with the beats via headphones, loads of kits loads of bass sounds as well if you want fat moog its in there, slap bass, double bass, big fat kick a$$ synth rave bass, its all in there, usable guitar fx sound good bla bla bla another great reason you can send the bass drum and the snare and the overheads to dedicated outputs so in your daw or what ever you use you can then record them on to seperate tracks so you can edit the bass drum and snare and eq them or get them up in the mix when you need to without affecting the rest of the kit, just this alone opens up all sorts of doors like sampling a bass drum or a snare and swapping it, or doubling up on a bass drum with another one, adding reverb to just the snare, compressing the bass drum by its self with out effecting the rest of the kit, options are endless. If mine broke tomorow i would have to go out and get another the same day, my studo NEEDS it, most of the tracks i do are done on the dr880 they are that good you can release tracks using them. in fact here is one i have released using it, might give you an idea. good luck with what ever you get but for funk...... try it, you wont be sorry.

The LP for me that took slap to a new level was Level 42 Level 42 i only got the early tapes later on when it was rereleased not even knowing about the first untill i read the foot notes on the LP, i know this is about uk slap players but just as an interesting point, while slap bass has been around a long time for double bass players, the earliest i know of was the ink spots releasing a track called "slap that bass" early 30s and even later on joe haymes released it also, tho on the jo haymes version there is no bass slapping the part was done in finger style tho no doubt on the ink spots version i can hear slapped notes or pulled at least. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRo2Htl73bc

Loads of great covers out there, agreed there is no point doing one unless what you have is something new to hear, i use to do a great cover of a cover of i want it that way by shoshana bean. the two backing guys are bang on. also remember doing a good version of ABBA's summer night city by nils landgren, worth checking out for the cd version from funky abba. a million versions of Crossroads but i think Ry cooders is the one to beat.

James Taylor Quartet, Whole lotta live 1998 Manchester Academy, i was made up when they released the cd seen them about 10 times, this was for me about that time the best line up, tho snowboy was not on percussion, but great gig great vibe and the place was just sparkin.

haha, for you or your partner :-) A tool chest, i struggled for years without one, i ended up with boxes inside boxes of tools , i saved so much space buying a full 3 part halfords industrial, was that impressed i now have two sets, one for tools and one set for electronics, and still saved space, A boss bcb60 pedal board, trashed a few pedals over the years from them just floating around in bags, got this and i do not know how i did without it, lid off plug in and play and they are still like new. A good wide strap. nuff said. A boss DR880 drum machine, for more reasons than i can fit into 5 mins of typing, i cant live without one now.