Mrbigstuff

just to point out. These basses aren't collectable and were mostly rubbish! By the mid 80's fender had completely reduced the quality of parts used on their japanese range so they were no longer as good as the US versions. The reason the early JV's are so sought after is because they were better than the US versions, a mistake in marketing which ended up really costing fender. It's because they are a moment in fender's history that they are so collectable. And to conclude, if it seems cheap theres usually a reason.

[quote name='LukeFRC' timestamp='1329679705' post='1545839'] Never mind that, I want to hear more about this [/quote] indeed.... demanding pics

[quote name='gub' timestamp='1329675735' post='1545714'] seems to have gone now and didnt get chance to see it! [/quote] imagine a jazz bass in shell pink, in great condition...... Then imagine some douchbags ranting about legal issues surrounding how the bass came into the owners possession.

[quote name='cocco' timestamp='1329469268' post='1542808'] I went to school with The Automatic. Not that it's going to earn me any cool points. [/quote] why didn't you stop them!?

ed sheeran was on the higher dip course at ACM same time i was... Never met him though

would love to see it complete

When i started playing (11) it was all about looks. Take the shiniest

audio technica ... although i do like the really high end beats (£300 ones) Also most AKG is good around that money although they have slightly less bass than the audio technica's.

another +1 on the jazz theory book. Not quite theory but the latin bass book is a great way of exercising the methods gained from the jazz theory book to rhythms most aren't familiar with.

start with using either sibelius (most overpriced software in the world) or musescore (free). These have playback functions so you can hear if your rhythms are right or not.

why not get a custom bass body made and buy a modulus neck

sandberg is way beyond fender deluxe! I owned the most beautiful looking deluxe 5 but it was heavy, the tuners were crap and the preamp had no balls or variation. I've always been impressed with any sandberg i've played

i can't believe i've only just checked this out! There is some great playing is this clip, but unfortunately mtv.com won't show the full episodes outside the US. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S73kNF11fu0[/media]

so if you had F7 going to Bb7 you could play F F# G A. The F# is a chromatic between the F and G and the A is a chromatic of the Bb7 chord if you were to start the chord on the Bb. Basically a chromatic note is a semi-tone away from the target note and is heavily used in walking lines

Great start linus. Now try using more chromaticism and start the chord on another chord tone other than the root. Also once you feel comfortable, try to avoid repetition.

i would say its simply; time feel, articulation, phrasing and confidence. All things that can be practised. Time feel: Practice different rhythms to a metronome or clave. Articulation: Whatever your playing, try playing the notes soft and hard Phrasing: Listen to lots of music and attempt to replicate it, transcribing is often used for this. Confidence: Ask people to tell you how good you are

there is also w3 near ravens court park. It is mostly a younger crowd (early 20's) but everyones a professional musician so its too a high quality and you can play tunes such as the chicken, watermelon man ect. without bilbo brutally killing everyone in sight

[quote name='Linus27' timestamp='1328708730' post='1531425'] Thank you. [/quote] should have mentioned that this gig was packed last month so i would advise getting there 30-45 minutes before the first band to get a seat. Also for me funk jazz was what got me into the more traditional oscar peterson, bill evans and miles davis ect. I think its because i could relate to the funk parts and then as my ears accustomed to the jazz side, so did my tolerance of the genre, now i love it!

http://www.stefanredtenbacher.com/2012/01/08/the-funkestra-proudly-announce-their-monthly-gig-at-the-farncombe-cavern-on-the-outskirts-of-guilford/

any office chair without/ removable arm rests

In 30 years il be raving how i just bought an amazing condition svt from a collector and how rare it is after all the rest were destroyed while gigging...... And then I'll destroy it while gigging

what about a theatre piece? something sightly different. Either that or take a standard and re-arrange it. I don't think stevie wonder or jaco tunes are quite going to cut it for a teaching job

am i right in thinking that it would be only a bit over a pound if everyone took part.... amazing! although I'm sure it wouldn't be so clean after a while

thanks to this post jake i now find myself in a position of learning the emma bunton version despite the fact i've got loads of better things to do unfortunately got a new mac and no sibelius so can't transcribe it for you

i think its a kellogs body with an andrex neck?