Lowender

That first toon sounds like a parody song. The second one was ha real groove, just no melody.

Nothin' eh? Shoulda done a Jameraqui song. In drag. lol

[quote name='BetaFunk' timestamp='1388165932' post='2319058'] I think this is from around 1978....... [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQL90y3tcfc[/media] [/quote] That's actually a really nice "upright" approach to the electric. Really fine musician. He never soloed anywhere like that with Mahavishnu. One has to wonder if McLaughlin wanted him to purposely as as simple as possible since everyone else was so busy.

lo. I guess that didn't make much sense without the attachment. Maybe this'll work. https://soundcloud.com/nelson-montana/the-way-you-love-bass-re-do

This is in response to the Incognito track. I'm not sure if that's a key bass or a bassplayer. If it's a key bass, I give him credit for making it sound like something a bass guitar would play. If it's real bass, it's a super solid sound. So anyway...I decided to jam along with the track with a MusicMan SUB. lol And a little envelope.

The upright is really his instrument. I felt Rick was a little lost with what to do with the electric. But he's playing his ass off in that trio. Great stuff.

Interesting how most people pick bands with good bass players . Me? If I could play the way I wanted...it's be U2. I'd completely re-invent the band. And my career would be in high gear. Meanwhile, replacing Steve Harris, though it'd be fun to play all his parts, would just make me the most hated guy in metal.

I do too, for several reasons. I feel as if it's not "legit." (Using a P or a J as the standard). Plus, playing a short scale will lessen your stretch and , if it matters, it make it harder to play upright. And shorties tend to play a little out of tune in the upper register. But all in all, these factors are so slight they're barely noticeable.

Much like all stars jams, just having the best players doesn't necessarily equal the best results. Music is more than that. It's chemistry. I don't think the Beatles would have been better with John Lennon being replaced by Yngwie Malmsteen.

Agree about Ward and the Wizard. Wonderful. Though I'm not sure that style would fit a modern context. Agree about Chad Smith. Not the biggest RHCP fan or even Flea, but the guy can groove like a mofo. I don't like death metal but some of the drummers are amazing. I do a lot of recording where I play both bass and drums so that's very satisfying. The only problem is I tend to fill in the same places, so sometimes the bassist and drummer get in each other's way. lol Gotta watch that. : )

I thought it was going to be Joe Jackson's "Steppin' Out!" lol. That one's a workout, though it's a key bass on the record. (Not sure if a bass player played the exact part in concert).

[quote name='Alfie' timestamp='1387629583' post='2313957'] No one has ever come up to me after a gig to say, "I love the height you wear your bass". Either I am doing it wrong, or it really [i]really [/i]doesn't matter. [/quote] So as long as someone doesn't directly SAY something to you, it doesn't matter? Someone may not say, "Hey, you have bad breath." but if you do, it still has the same effect whether it's said or not.

[quote name='Dingus' timestamp='1387567891' post='2313555'] We have had this discussion before , and some folks got a bit upset when I suggested that there is nothing inherently cool-looking about wearing your bass slung low. The simple fact is that very few bass players who wear their bass below the waist can play very well . That is not a coincidence. You can't play with good technique if you are fighting to be able to spread you fingers and use your hands properly. The bass should be , as Essential Tension rightly says, at approximately the same height standing as when you sit with it resting on your leg , i.e around waist height with the top bout angled under your left breast. Where does the assumption that wearing the bass low looks cool come from , anyway? Who came to that conclusion and why? I don't want to look like a disaffected youth or pretend that I am an American skateboard punk who doesn't get on with his parents. I like watching Antiques Roadshow, I think that most kids nowadays need a clip round the ear and I'm worried about house prices, and the height of my strap reflects that. [/quote] "Cool" can't be justified or explained. You either get it or you don't. And if you don't, you ain't.

Too high looks dorky, too low looks douchy. But if you can pull it off, why worry what other's think? Personally I like it midrange -- going up or down a notch depending on my mood. (I find I play differently with the bass at different heights). But age has nothing to do with it.

One observation -- I equate a lot of this stuff to "street drummers." There's a style of drummers who play in public who are untrained and unschooled but groove their asses off. But it's in a particular style. And they tend to approach everything in a similar manner. That's the only thing about a lot of these tracks. The grooves are great but they tend to be redundant. There's little or no song structure. It's like they find that magical rhythm and settle into it, which make ssense because it's meant to be music to dance to. But it'd be interesting to hear that groove with a little more melody, a hook or a chorus. Then again, I guess that's called "disco." lol