Josh

Can't wait to see pics of that Stage II Lizzie!! Also your one of the very few people on here that are fans of Robert Randolph and The Family Band, fantastic taste

Try telling a Die hard MK fan that your not the biggest fan of slap, yet you have a King-Bass, it's the best reaction ever! Personally I find that it's a sign of maturity, once you've gone through the phases of wanting to tap like Sheehan and Hamm and slapping when no one else is playing or paying any attention, or when the teacher is trying to introduce your songs at your performances, you actually notice the subtle difference of just holding the groove as best you can, can give you an even bigger buzz than playing "Mr. Pink" in front of the mirror. I like slap, but the same for any focused player, I prefer tasteful slap, I.E Marcus Miller esque slap and thats pretty much self-explantary. I'll have a noodle around with it at home and make sure I can do it good enough so if I ever need to add into what I want to do, I can but that is hardly ever and I prefer it that way, I even refrain from popping here and there with just a simple hard pluck over the neck pick-up, simple and it sounds just right. Ohhh and try and teach a drummer how to slap correctly, it's more than a laugh!

[quote name='bubinga5' post='238199' date='Jul 12 2008, 09:20 PM']Hey people does anyone listen to house??? Chicago garage especially........Was listening to some house music today and was digging the bass playing..Im not talking judge jules or stuff like that, this was Masters at Work and Marshall Jefferson, Frankie Knuckles..The groove was amazing, and REAL bass playing. Im a big fan of Masters at Works cuts of Incognitos stuff..I couldnt tell you who was playing but it was bad ass!! Any one dig?[/quote] Any videos or links at all man?

[quote name='Mikey D' post='237910' date='Jul 12 2008, 01:14 PM']Also, he has a lot of playalongs you can download for free to practice with: [url="http://learningresources.berklee.edu/public/pfd/"]Hal Crook Playalongs[/url][/quote] That is pretty helpful, though I'm a bit confused with the sheet music, is that what's being played and is highlighting the notes that I can use or am I confused?

Loads of nice tasy licks Mike! Espeically digging 1:38-2:32 when your just playing with your index and ring finger exclusively, and that tone is just beautiful!

Hotwires just feel right!! Another +1!

[quote name='bass_ferret' post='236226' date='Jul 10 2008, 12:51 AM']must.....try....harder[/quote] Just type in Bass Solo on Youtube and then the balance will be restored!

[quote name='bass_ferret' post='236218' date='Jul 10 2008, 12:36 AM']Surprise my last flame didn't draw a response - everybody must have me in their ignore list I dont think it is fair to blame MK for all the slap w***ery that followed his success - and he is really the only slapper thats made it to the mainstream of british popular music (Larry Graham did it in the US and of course Marcus played some sublime slap on Luthers greatest hits). If you listen to the L42 albums rather than all the MK wannabe slap alikes on You Tube there is not really that much slap w***ery on their stuff, lots of nice fingerstyle and of course a lot of the slapping was underpinned by solid synth bass from Mike Pindup.[/quote] It was a rather modest post thats why man And so is this one.......something is not right.......I feel unsettled now........what next...TBBC admitting to a sordid relationship with a female Warwick representative?

[quote name='BigBeefChief' post='236144' date='Jul 9 2008, 10:45 PM']I reckon I could have Mark King in a fight though. He looks a big lad but I still fancy my chanches. Probably get in close and work the body. Or maybe just a headbutt to the bridge of the nose/eyebrow. Depends really.[/quote] Who couldn't you have in a fight Chief? Whoopi Goldberg maybe?

[quote name='YouMa' post='235628' date='Jul 9 2008, 12:15 PM']Why are so many Mark King bashers about,and why do people not realise what a fantastic decade the 80s was for bass guitar.I was still a stupid young kid in 1989,nostalgia aside does anybody agree with me?[/quote] I think it comes from the fact there are many players out there who post video after video of them playing nothing other than MK's chops and thus displaying little or no originality in which some players loose respect, I'm one for the latter. I am a fan of Mark King, I'm not a huge one like many, he is a great source of influence and I've learnt how to slap in his way because it felt much more natural and comfortable as opposed to the crappy Flea style I was using at the time, and I can play a few Level 42 songs but beyond that I have no desire to copy MK down to a tee, and like some, I'm more impressed by his fingerstyle work as opposed to his slapping, but a little triplet w***ing is nice now and again. Also I only recently aqquired a King-bass Black Beauty, so I'm sure some people will straight away assume I can do nothing but MK chops and have the bass right up underneath my arm pit and assume I wish on owning every single bass MK has ever had dealings with. Whereas the truth is, I first played a King-Bass a good few years ago thanks to a chap called Will Tottle, and thought it felt great and made everything I was playing on my bass at the time feel effortless and really just felt nice and comfortable and the LED's just make you smile. I bought this bass to see if it can do more than just give you MK's tone and set-up, and I have been pleasently suprised thus far and I'm also starting to enjoy playing again, which personally I think is a sign of a good bass. Mark King is one of the most influential bassists of the last 25 years or so and has brought a style of playing to the masses unlike anybody else, and I doubt someone like that will come around again, and he's still going strong and is a bloody nice chap....apprently.

[quote name='OutToPlayJazz' post='234581' date='Jul 7 2008, 10:54 PM']Firstly, Zing+Growl=Status! Rob Green was telling me that as you raise the strings away from the pickups, the frequency loss is much bigger than you think. Were you setting up your Sadowsky, Chris?[/quote] +1!! I thought the action on my Thumb was low, my King-Bass is ridiculously low, yet everything is still audible and the buzz is almost comforting, both plugged and un-plugged. The bad thing is I know I'll never get that kind of action on another bass.

Ever since finding out about Warwicks and Jaco, growl and bark have now been the key elements of my own tone, and for countless others. I thought I had found "It" with my Thumb, but something is still missing, and thats it not being a NT. But........since saturday I now have a compromise, and thats my King-Bass. It's not the growl of Wenge and Bubinga...it is it's own unique growl and I've got so much control of the mid's on this bass and the tonal variety is much more larger than I first imagined. Their defiently not just for Level 42 and Mark King clones, they can do everything in between as well.

Hold on a tick, didn't you want a 5 string or have you got that as well?? If it's the latter then Sir you are in heaven! On a side note Chris, my Thumb might be wanting a new(Old) home

Couldn't resist: Beautiful Sadowsky man!

[quote name='simondee' post='231019' date='Jul 2 2008, 12:06 AM']phwoooar is that an SSII? How does the fretboard stay so pristine??? [/quote] Nah Stage 1 man, Stage II's don't have soapbars, well very rarely. And also that's Lex's 2nd one, the first one cracked.

Mike that Sei is truely something else!!