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I had an epiphany regarding this subject a couple of years ago after starting this thread - http://basschat.co.uk/topic/128886-bass-poll-your-opinion-greatly-appreciated/ I regularly use cheap Richwood basses with The Animals. Last year when we toured with Steve Cropper he showed an interest in my bass as he loved the tone - it was one of my Richwoods!! More recently I designed a bass and had it hand built at the cost of £2000. I'm now coming to realise I STILL prefer the sound of the Richwoods!!!! The only issue you might face is the cheap guitar prejudice some people (usually guitarists?!) have. One guitarist I work with says he'd ask for his money back if he went to see a big name artist and they weren't playing Gibsons or Fenders. This REALLY winds me up, but it's out there unfortunately!

[quote name='Funky Dunky' timestamp='1407840413' post='2524469'] Hi Scott, thanks for posting this. Unfortunately I'm getting "an error occurred" when I press play. ps - any tips for avoiding sympathetic harmonics when slapping? I'm using the bony part of my thumb, I'm whipping it off after the slap and I'm attacking at the edge of the fretboard, but still getting an infuriating "HOOO". [/quote] Hi - sorry for the slow response!! Did you manage to get the video to play in the end? Re the sympathetic harmonics whilst slapping - this does happen especially on a 24 fret bass. Usually in the context of a bass line it's not a big issue. You can improve it sometimes by slapping slightly more 'on' the finger board. Could you post a quick sound clip or send one (or a video) to [email protected] ? Ta Scott.

Nice 1 Greg!

[quote name='BruceBass3901' timestamp='1402994798' post='2478556'] This is as you state, very funky! Is the backing track available at all? [/quote] Cheers! :-) Yes - backing track available free [url="http://www.scott-whitley.com/Backing%20Tracks/Scott%20Whitley%20Slap%20Lick%202%20backing%20track.mp3"]here[/url] - [media]http://www.scott-whitley.com/Backing%20Tracks/Scott%20Whitley%20Slap%20Lick%202%20backing%20track.mp3[/media]

[color=#333333][font=Helvetica, Arial,]This one's FUNKY!!![/font][/color] [color=#333333][font=Helvetica, Arial,]LICK 2 of 'The Slap Bass Lick Library' free bass lesson series...[/font][/color] [media]http://youtu.be/8xSVKoyaYvg[/media] Backing Track download [url="http://www.scott-whitley.com/Backing%20Tracks/Scott%20Whitley%20Slap%20Lick%202%20backing%20track.mp3"]here[/url] - [media]http://www.scott-whitley.com/Backing%20Tracks/Scott%20Whitley%20Slap%20Lick%202%20backing%20track.mp3[/media]

[quote name='Marc S' timestamp='1402906460' post='2477634'] Thanks for posting these videos Really useful Yes, that bass looks nice too [/quote] Cheers Marc - my pleasure!

[quote name='alembic63' timestamp='1402869368' post='2477491'] Nice video Scott and a lovely,lovely Bass Ive had a Bass built by Brian myself and can vouch for the quality of his work, but Ive got to say that Bass is beautiful ...... Ian [/quote] Ta Ian! Brian's ace :-)

[quote name='timhiggins' timestamp='1402757609' post='2476595'] Great lesson Scott, and I love the use of the d flat !...what is the bassyour playing ? [/quote] Cheers Tim. The bass is my SWB-1. I came up with the design after years of trying/modding almost every type of bass under the sun and had it built by Brian Eastwood. Here's a link to a video all about it... http://youtu.be/U7B-BkFKaTk

[color=#141823][font=Helvetica, Arial,] Exciting news for all you slappers!! [/font][/color][color=#141823][font=Helvetica, Arial,] The Slap Bass Lick Library is here, and I've just created Lesson 1!!![/font][/color][color=#141823][font=Helvetica, Arial,] Best of all it's FREE [/font][/color][color=#141823][font=Helvetica, Arial,] [url="http://youtu.be/Kr9V3l8E2VA"]http://youtu.be/Kr9V3l8E2VA[/url][/font][/color]

Hi basschat folks!! I've just finished a new free bass lesson on how to make your playing more lyrical. Hope it's helpful. :-) There's much more to making good music than just playing the right notes... http://youtu.be/TASP2Thuk6s

I've been busy this afternoon making a channel trailer for my Youtube Channel.... ...so here it is :-) http://youtu.be/C4Uj49VHPuM

Hi! I've got a couple of free slots free for one to one tuition either in person or via Skype. I normally charge £80 per lesson but am making an offer of £40 per lesson for Basschat members. Here are a few of my free video lessons which should give you an idea of my teaching style. Thanks for checking out my post :-) http://www.scott-whitley.com/free-bass-lesson-library/ [url="http://www.scott-whitley.com/free-bass-lesson-library/"][/url]

Good morning!! Just got back yesterday from a short tour with the Animals and found myself too tired to do anything except sit at the computer lol! Sooooo... I decided to create a 'Free Bass Lesson Library' type of thing on my website. It puts all of me free bass lesson videos into one easy to navigate place. I'll keep updating it as I make new videos. Just one very small ask - If you like or find any of my lessons useful PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE share in at least one place (Facebook, Twitter, Email etc). It takes me hours to produce these free videos and any help spreading the word is VERY MUCH appreciated!!! :-) [url="http://www.scott-whitley.com/free-bass-lesson-library/"]http://www.scott-whi...lesson-library/[/url] [url="http://www.scott-whitley.com/free-bass-lesson-library/"][/url]

[quote name='iconic' timestamp='1400871113' post='2457814'] Sugar....content blocked....bloody youtube! [/quote] [quote name='hollywoodrox' timestamp='1400982860' post='2458854'] Same here " not available in your country" im in devon !!!!! [/quote] Crud - it's because I play along to a clip of a Chilli Peppers tune. I will see if there's a way round this and try and get the beggar playing again. Sorry about that :-(

[quote name='bengreen49' timestamp='1400952461' post='2458544'] Cracking bassline/playing. Would take me months to work that out by ear. [/quote] I just take stuff like this two or three notes at a time, rewind, rewind, rewind, rewind, rewind..... Next three notes, rewind, rewind, rewind, rewind, rewind..... ...etc. lol! :-)

Just had to work out & learn the bass line to Rabbit by Chas'n'Dave for a gig tomorrow. Oh my word - what a GREAT bass line that is!!! What fun!? :-) Peacock's a genuis. Check it our lol.... [media]http://youtu.be/USn8ha3NPkQ[/media] ...Definitely going to be doing a bass lesson on this asap.

Just had to export a bass tgrack for a friend of mine who's transcribing it. As I was listening I thought I'd share it (I think) sounds kinda cool! It's the Farida FJB-6 on it (with the EMG BTC Control). See what you think :-) https://soundcloud.com/scott-whitley/ill-be-with-you-again-bass-only ................and for reference, here's the full track with drums, guitars, piccolo bass etc.... https://soundcloud.com/scott-whitley/ill-be-with-you-again-2012

Sounds beautiful mate!

Just finished this first free video lesson on Bass Harmonics (yes I'm getting very busy with this new camcorder lol)! This first lesson looks at false/artificial harmonics, breaking it down into really easy to digest chunks. Hope it helps :-) Scott. http://youtu.be/xdWNe-iqPaE