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We started doing Stevie Wonders 'Superstition' That repetitive riff (that is not officially the bassline) catches me out every so often, and I fluff it.

Ouch! My ears have exploded!!

Andrew at Chandlers near Kew Gardens is my go to luthier. Just a short hop from Kew Gardens tube.

I think its his R*********er on that track. IIRC they filmed the recording session and used it as a promo for Lady Madonna. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ya87u5SfK2w

Bloody hell, this bloke has nailed it! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnEoYkAK-wE

Hmm! How are they strung? Is it Ee Aa Dd Gg??

I love the look of Nicks 8 string Hamer in this Dave Edmunds video (Best seen at 1.34) We now have 5 and 6 string basses but I have rarely seen many 8 stringers these days. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HT0cwGYwUzA[/media]

If you already have wax then some earplugs can push it right down the ear canal. I should know, I went the the F1 race in Melbourne a couple of years back and did the same thing. I spent the next two weeks as deaf as a post and needed to go to a walk in clinic in Canberra to get them irrigated. (They dont syringe them anymore) The nurse though I had a perforated eardrum and told me I couldnt fly home. Luckily it was all wax, a big lump the size of a 5p coin fell out at one point.

London booked here

The guy who played 'Needles' in the Back To The Future movies is actually quite a good bass player.

I,m not too bad with laid back reggae but I struggle with Ska. I had to learn Too Much Too Young and Nite Klub and couldnt nail those quick runs smoothly. Also slap. I am with Bilbo on that, I have no interest with playing that type of music, so dont bother.

I have always played a 4 string P Bass, but I saw a Sterling SUB 5 string in the window at Wunjos for a really good price, and er.. I am fiddling with it and am finding myself getting lost and hitting the low B string thinking its the E. Anyone got any tips for folks moving from 4 to 5??

Anything by Jim Reeves or Patsy Cline. ZZzz

[quote name='Nicko' timestamp='1431683017' post='2773882'] Lyin' Eyes by the eagles was the one that I really hated in my last band. Cant stand the song. We currently have Are You Gonna Go My Way (Lenny Kravitz) which I dont mind as a song but really dont like playing. [/quote] Nice little bass line over the guitar solo in the Kravitz song. I play that one in my band and improvise it.

I dont like them. Ugly looking clanky things!

We do Dreadlock Holiday. It started off as a jam for a bit of fun, but it came together really well, so we kept it.

You could take someones eye out with that!

Yep! Same here. I usually tweak the gain on the amp if I need a boost.

[quote name='visog' timestamp='1431186122' post='2768600'] He's died again!... [/quote]

Another legend gone. http://www.notreble.com/buzz/2015/05/09/in-memoriam-rutger-gunnarsson/