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Don't think its Yolanda Charles. Can't see him having a bassist on as a guest on his Hootenanay show. I might record it just in case tho

OK i'll give you that but his fame and popularity came from his fretless Stingray with Paul Young back in 80's

I did a search and he is shown with P basses, Jaguar basses, Jazz basses and of course his fretless stingray basses. His Gear rundown page lists all of them and in the past 5 years he has returned to his 80's fretless sound again with his own band PSP altho it mentions his sound it doesn't actually say what fretless he is using now. He became famous for his Stingray fretless sound back in 80's with Paul Young. Dave

Have to admit i think of Pino with a Stingray bass. Not so sure about Guy Pratt altho i think he was more a Jazz guy or maybe a Spector bass. ? Nathan East i would guess Yamaha but not sure. Dave

Any chance you could send me a wee pic

I'm finding the same thing with the Precision Deluxe i bought couple years ago. Its good and it does a lot of sounds but it still doesn't do that P bass thing even on passive mode with full P pick up its not quite as full. What did you use in your Bitsa bass out of curiousity Was thinking maybe a Squier and update the pick ups might be an option. Dave

I love my Jazz but i bought the PJ bass to get that "P" sound. I've tried the neck pick up on its own with my Jazz and altho its a close tone to a P it doesn't carry the same depth of tone with everything else on the amp remaining exact same. I'm a Jazz fan but a P bass definitely has a sound of its own. I think it simply sits better in a mix than a Jazz bass and it fills out the sound better. Jazz has more edge and clarity for my own personal taste tho. I might develop GAS for a full on P bass in 2019 methinks but it will have to be a good one Dave

Haven't read the full thread so my apoogies if stated before but is it not simply that the P bass is a tone that fits most styles of music and can be easily adapted using EQ. I've had P basses in past and recently went for the PJ config to give me best of both worlds however most musicians i play with do seem to prefer the P bass sound over my Jazz bass. They reckoned it has more depth of tone than the Jazz bass i prefer. That was until i played my Jazz thru my new Mesa rig and the depth of tone was there with the Jazz. I'm now at a point where i just don't know the answer to this question anymore Dave

Nile Rogers seems to be everywhere at the moment. Seem him / them on several shows in recent months. Not that i'm complaining as the band are first class and Mr Barnes is simply unbelievable and makes bass look so easy. Yolanda is on too but which one is that. The bass player or something else

I had one of the rack stands but the basses were very close together and i was always worried about damaging them when putting back in the rack. The one shown above on Amazon Konig Meyer version looks far better than one i had which was a cheaper one to be fair. You can also get these that might be another option

And that's what its all about so who cares how you get there.

With my broadband in our area down yesterday i decided to go and play some bass. As i was playing i noticed that i was actually doing the one finger per fret thing (as i was taught at the beginning in 1976. only 12-18mths lessons) I was laying around 5th fret upwards tho but as i started moving down the neck i found myself doing it far more than i originally thought. I am a bit lazy with my 3rd (ring) finger tho and i think i might work on that. I just realised when practicing without background music i play using mainly 1st, 2nd and 4th fingers. So maybe that original training or lessons has rubbed off more than i ever realy thought. I'm nowhere near Mr Malaman's technique but i have a life outside of bass these days Dave

At the beginning they were a very cult following band as their kind of rock had seen its day just as they were coming into it but they persisted and have quite a few albums now. While other bands went down the route of Iron Maiden heavy metal style they stuck with the prog based style of rock. Some fantastic songs to play. Met them in their early days and quite an odd band. Keys player Mark Stanway was fantastic and thoroughly enjoyed talking with him. Original bassist was the one i preferred. He had a nice sound with his Jazz bass before moving on to his Aria basses. Think it will be a very interesting project. Keep us posted on how you get on with them and any gigs up Scotland would be nice. Dave

I remember doing "In The Beginning" in my first proper band and it was great fun to play. Sounds like a great idea for a tribute band too. I'd go see that. Dave

Where you playing Lee ?

Would like to try that one too...........some day .........so many great songs out there. If i learned them all i would be a master of my bass

Yep agree with this. Its probably the only time i use it too.

Or "Never trust your lover to bring the paddle when canoeing"

With him coming from a drumming background he has a more rhythmic approach to playing. I struggle with his style to be honest. Enough so i don't even try nowadays

Got that last year and its a great book. Enjoy and have fun with it. Might even dig it out again just as a wee refresher

Its much the same as when you learned drums. You started slowly with what i believe were called para diddles or something like that and gradually learn to speed things up. I took lessons for about 12-18mths to get the basic techniques right but at 16yrs old full stretch at the 1st to 4th frets was too much for me but i tried to use the one finger one fret technique when i could and as i bettered myself i could do it but i do have small hands and have adapted my own styles over the 40yrs i've been playing. I would say that i do envy the guys that have perfect technique and wish i had simply stuck with it. Think it will definitely allow you more freedom across the neck if you can manage it. The VID clip with Rufus Philpot above is a great teaching aid and i might even go back and try this again just for the sheer heck of it. Dave

Main thing is that you enjoy it. Sometimes i enjoy playing really simple bass lines as i can relax and enjoy the set a bit more. Especially true in a new band or gigging with a new set for the first time. I like to get to a point where i don't need to think too much about what i'm playing and it comes naturally. Pretty sure you'll nail this song and have a blast. Let us all know how you get on. Dave

Bit simpler for me with Rocky Horror Time Warp. Not so much difficult to play rather than trying to remember all the bass runs and what comes next. Dave

Keys player decided it was too much hard work for him and left. We will be meeting up with a new keys player early January tho. He used to play with the band Racey in the 90's. Hopefully that works out and if he's a fast learner we can get gigging within couple of months. Dave

Happy Jack has a great VID clip on Youtube on exercises he has been doing before gigs. I've been doing some of the finger exercises before reherasals and works a treat.