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Wow!! I don’t know what to say! That’s incredibly kind. I’m not far from Manchester, 30 mins drive. Totally overwhelmed. Thank you so much.

Thank you DeeDee - how thoroughly decent of you. I will check out options for lifts and see what’s possible.

Hi Al and thanks for the positivity! I’m quite diverse and like everything from funk to metal! So versatile bass is the best!

Hi Josie! Not too far from Stockport - thank you for the kind words.

Thanks for the welcomes and kindness! Currently based in the North West but can get a lift or sort postage. Just determined to start over.

It says GB 334 A on the back of the headstock - I can hardly find any of them on the web!

Hi Thank you to anyone that reads. I’ve had a forced long lay off from bass playing, following going to rock bottom, after almost dying, after a long tough health battle and the recovery from being smashed by a HGV. Losing the life passion of music was unspeakably depressing. I’m coming out of hell and desperate to reignite my life passion. I can now hold a bass again through sheer determination! However, I have no bass equipment and just need something basic to get restarted. Can anyone help? Thank you for reading.

[quote name='ambient' timestamp='1416570371' post='2611518'] Not our personal music, but music that we come across ? We are all musicians after all, and probably listen to an awful lot of it between us over the course of a week. There's so much music out there, probably more than there has ever been before at any point in history. The problem is finding it. I've come across a couple of guys on here due to my particular tastes in music, they've just been chance things, and we exchange PM's etc. So it maybe be a way to make new friendships ? I personally discovered 2 great new ambient music composers yesterday, the guy who's my dissertation supervisor introduced them to me. [/quote]Great idea. Sorely needed.

I am listening to this right now. It's awesome. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhjG47gtMCo"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhjG47gtMCo[/url]

[quote name='Bassassin' timestamp='1416267342' post='2608610'] Old Vince has definitely still got it. Never as good without Dunaway, Smith, Bruce & Buxton though. Jon. [/quote] Damn straight! Dunaway is massively under-rated!

[quote name='BetaFunk' timestamp='1416262712' post='2608548'] Aah, that's more like it. [/quote] Check out this bass and drums! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DJKd7y3ISc

[quote name='BetaFunk' timestamp='1416262186' post='2608537'] Great if it's your thing but to me it just reminds me of teeny pop from the 70s. [/quote] Try this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3JYbtki664

[quote name='elcastillian' timestamp='1412173441' post='2566442'] Here's an interesting song re' behind or ahead of the beat. What do you think [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrZRURcb1cM[/media] [/quote] Great thread. Great music is about groove! This song is a classic example. If you listen closely to the hi-hats, they are being played in perfect on the beat timing, but the bass drum and snare are leaving enough space for the bassline to work into. If you listen to the where the accent on the snare falls in the bar and where the accent on the bassline falls in the bar, that's what really creates the feel of this song. Along with the phrasing. This is why I do not subscribe to the school of thought of quantising everything - those who want to quantise everything straight onto the up and down beats just do not understand the concept of groove. Or phrasing.