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The Lakland 94/02 is a great utility bass. If I was a bigger name I would want the 3 vintage basses in the clip on hand for their classic tone. As it is, all I want is some flexibility from my main instrument so the LH3 55-94 is a great bass for that. It's a Rory Bremner/Alistair McGowen bass- you now who/what it's mimicking but when played side by side you can spot the difference and express a preference. The LH3 gets the bass nearer the Stingray tone than the Bart would allow. I preferred certain traits of the Barts but others of the LH3. I sold the Bart pre so there's no going back now! The video is a great example of how flexible the bass is. A P always sounds like a P, a Jazz has 3 sounds with the neck only p/up getting in the P bass ballpark, and a Stingray always has that Stingray bite no matter what config you use. So, as the clip mentions- 3 ball park classic tones but what it doesn't mention is the bass has a sound of it's own when all pickups are blended (on the video playout) I always get compliments on my full sound- it's a great bass for someone who plays different styles of music but doesn't have 4 basses.

[quote name='molan' post='170507' date='Apr 6 2008, 12:10 AM']PS - Did anyone else notice his clapping appallingly out of time on the intro?[/quote] Funny you mention it, but I did notice he was way back on the beat- not randomly out of time tho. Maybe he had a brain freeze as the camera panned across him!

[quote name='Bassassin' post='170260' date='Apr 5 2008, 02:14 PM']it's sad that this seems to be the series' blueprint - a few flavour-of-the-moment chart botherers & NME darlings, a "heritage" act & one of Jools' R&B mates for him to jam with[/quote] Spot on! Each to their own but The Only Ones seemed like a waste of airtime- bad pub band IMO

For a while it's been the afro-american gospel-influenced musicians who have been nailing it for me. Some do it better than others and even the best can overplay. (Andrew Gouche got slated a while back for overplaying as MD on an awards show) Usually it is the drummer who does the OTT fills across the bar etc- I personally love it but this bass performance wasn't the best although I know what he was aiming for.

God- I've just watched it again and I can't sit still watching him. Awesome. I'm having that figure from 2:55 as well!

I watch this clip almost every other day- the guy is grooving like a monster. It seems this Chicago church have some great musos playing there. I think this is the ending of a piece called Joy to the World? There is another clip somewhere with another guy playing the same song and he interprets it differently. This is like a cross between Bootsy playing Sex Machine and Anthony Jackson. Awesome groove!

[quote name='BigBeefChief' post='169292' date='Apr 3 2008, 05:14 PM']Keeping to topic, I usually just play a few instantly recognisable lines and then put the bass back down. People who don't play bass don't want to hear something technically great that they've never heard before. They want to hear The Chain, Money, that White Stripes song (yes I know its not a bass, but non-players swear it is), Peaches etc.[/quote] Add the intro to 'Play That Funky Music' to the list of non-bass lines people request.

My God, when I was about 14 I used to gaze at that gatefold for hours taking in everything. Listening to that album with it's (slightly over the top) crowd mics blaring, listening to a band at the top of it's game and staring at that image absolutely brain washed me. One of the best in-concert shots ever. Captured 70's USA arena rock perfectly. It was the bass feedback before God of Thunder and Simmons' make up that made me want to play bass. Obviously very impressionable back then!

Louis Johnson is credited with playing bass on this one. No credit for synth bass but Greg Phillinganes was on keys. [url="http://music.barnesandnoble.com/Off-the-Wall/Michael-Jackson/e/074646607022/?itm=1"]http://music.barnesandnoble.com/Off-the-Wa...46607022/?itm=1[/url]

[quote name='uptonmark' post='161514' date='Mar 21 2008, 06:00 PM']paul young early stuff especially the two albums no parlez secret of association pino palladino.... fretless god[/quote] I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down. If you can bear it, loop the end of Earth Song by Michael Jackson and whack an octaver on!

Good eBay tip off. I've just ordered some Hi Beams. Has anyone noticed much of a difference between Hi Beams and Fat Beams? I initially went with the Marcus Miller-endorsed factor but actually seem to prefer the Hi Beams.

Stew!

[quote name='allighatt0r' post='156226' date='Mar 12 2008, 05:44 PM']There was another one if i remember rightly "10 Easy Steps Bass" The teacher was Pat Hughes I think Very nice 75 jazz reissue He did do some slap lessons[/quote] He seemed to be pretty clued up and keen- the other guy who did some lessons on a MusicMan seemed to not so well prepared.

[quote name='coasterbass' post='151619' date='Mar 5 2008, 11:54 AM']Flea - On You Oughta Know, Alanis Morrisette; and again on Butterfly by CrazyTown[/quote] Butterfly is a RHCP sample- Pretty Little Ditty from Mother's Milk. +1 for Marcus Miller. The no1 slap sound for commercial funk. Louis Johnson sticks out like crazy on 80s sessions. Nathan East sometimes stands out for his taste and sense of melody

He's been one of my subscriptions for a while now- he's churning out a lot of stuff these days. Comes across as a pretty cool guy.

That's what happens to me when I try out a bass at The Gallery and I know Alex can hear.