Hobbayne

A harley you say?................Wheres the wheels!! (Chortle)

Has anyone had to learn a bassline to a cover? and sat down to listen to it and thought to themselves "That sounds tricky!" only to find out, when you,ve tried to play it, it is, infact quite simple? Here is my top 5 candidates.. 1. Monday - The Jam 2. Down In The Sewer - The Stranglers 3. Everybodys Got Something To Hide - The Beatles 4. Baggy Trousers - Madness 5. London Calling - Clash I,m not just talking about finding the notes on the fretboard, but also the timing and the feel too!

[quote name='KevB' post='1016994' date='Nov 8 2010, 10:39 PM']I read somewhere that Harrison didn't like the bassline at all, too fussy, too many notes. I've always thought it a classic myself though.[/quote] Thats actually a true story, if you get a chance to listen to George do "Something" on the "Concert For Bangladesh DVD, take a close listen to Klaus Voorman on bass, he keeps it much simpler while retaining some of the melodic runs as well!

C Bb Is happiness real Bb Am7 Ab Or am I so jaded I can't C Bb Am7 Ab see or feel like a man been tainted C Eb Numbed by the effect aware of the muse too in- F Ab Bb touch with myself I light the fuse I'm the changing man /B /A /Ab Bb oh I'm built on shifting sand yeah I'm the C /Bb /A Ab changing man ooh I'm waiting for the bang as I light a bitter fuse... (Or something along those lines)

Trying to squeeze a seven piece soul band onto a small stage in High Wycombe!

Take a listen to Hey Bulldog and savoy truffle for some less familiar stuff by The Beatles, the bass is almost the lead instrument!

Just come across [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Ernie-Ball-bass-guitar-OLP-99p-start-NO-RESERVE-/140473476077?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item20b4df23ed"]this[/url] These are cracking guitars for those on a budget! made in China under the Ernie Ball name. I should know, I,ve got one! Well set up, this really do the biz! (Not mine BTW)

[quote name='JPAC' post='1010656' date='Nov 3 2010, 12:45 PM']How long would fingernails have to be before they affect playing?[/quote] Not very long at all! I'm a finger player and keep my nails real short, and as soon as I get that percussive clicky sound of the nails hitting the strings its time to cut 'em!

Mmmm....!

[quote name='Stingray5' post='1008850' date='Nov 1 2010, 06:47 PM']Only thing is, the site appears to be broken at the moment.[/quote] Their account has been suspended

[quote name='Al Heeley' post='1007769' date='Oct 31 2010, 08:06 PM']Our band insists on doing 2 Sham 69 numbers "We're all going down the pub." They seem to be real drunk lads anthems.[/quote] Are you referring to"Hurry Up Harry?"

Just reminded me that it was Carol Kaye who played the original recording

Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison, an oft requested song, This is especially bad for me as I have to sing it!!

I recently had to learn "Nowhere Man" and eventually figured it out, as the bass was buried in the mix (or my crap stero) and found it quiet fun to play. A lot of nice little chromatic runs and 8th notes he was only about 21 or something back then so I take my hat off to him. However, I do agree that he is up his own arse these days!

Horace Panter played some great bass lines, and was always leaping about and jumping around the stage! some of his better bass lines were recorded with him 2 feet off of the ground! Check out the Old Grey Whistle Test DVD!

[quote name='keeponehandloose' post='1002914' date='Oct 27 2010, 07:43 PM']I remember reading somewhere that one of the reasons he got that fat recorded sound was the use of a 5" speaker used as a mic.Somehow it was wired to act as a microphone and placed in front of the cab,dont know if this is possible but its a good story.[/quote] And a true one! Cut and pasted from Wiki... "'Paperback Writer' was the first time the bass sound had been heard in all its excitement," said Beatles' engineer Geoff Emerick in Mark Lewisohn's book The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions. "To get the loud bass sound, Paul played a different bass, a Rickenbacker. Then we boosted it further by using a loudspeaker as a microphone. We positioned it directly in front of the bass speaker and the moving diaphragm of the second speaker made the electric current." I had the chance to visit Abbey Road studios a few years back All that history and I was surprised how small it was!

[quote name='martthebass' post='1001490' date='Oct 26 2010, 06:24 PM']I had a JV '57 reissue back in the day. I got it only a couple of weeks after they came out so like yours it was a first issue with the big Fender on the headstock. Like a fool I sold it a few years later to get a MIA Jazz (think it was a 1980 or thereabouts in sienna burst). I was a fool it wasn't a patch on the JV. The JV is probably the only bass I've ever regretted parting wuth (and there's been a few). Do not make the same mistake [/quote] Oh yes the Squier JV series I bought a fiesta red 57 Squire P Bass back in December 1984 Lovely maple neck as I remember. I had it resprayed in 1985 and had it fitted with a black pickguard. A couple of years later, I foolishly sold it!! My 14 month old son loved it!!