Bilbo

You can also find a s/h GK MB150 for £250 if you look around.

[quote name='Clarky' post='823759' date='Apr 30 2010, 10:11 AM']Thanks David but a bit far for me - was thinking of a one hour lesson on a Saturday morning. Catford on a Saturday would probably be an hours drive each way and Mrs Clarky would not approve of a three hour absence (kids homework and all that), especially if I then disappear off to the match in the afternoon ![/quote] I would kill for a teacher that close! And since when has a child's education been more important than yours?

The Funk is in the thumb. More thumb less pops.

Write out a chord chart - you don't need to be able to play the guitar or piano. You can figure it out on teh bass. If you can write out a bass line, you should be able to figure out the chords. If you can't, you don't know as much theory as you think

Just sold a bass to Dan. Good communication, prompt payment. A man of his word. A man who can be trusted. Would deal with him again without any problem.

Probably Dave Holland. I have about 70 cds with him on and love pretty much every one of them :wub:

I tend to think of genius in terms of stretching the envelope. For that I have to mention Michael Manring (I have only one of his recordings and never listen to it but I am impressed with his vision and focus). Trouble with a lot of the suggestions so far is that it is easy to see a chain of events that made their innovations almost inevitable. Charlie Parker and John Coltrane got the kudos but their ideas had precedent (Lester Young, Stan Getz, Dexter Gordon, Wardell Grey). Same with Mingus (Ellington), Gil Evans (Claude Thornhill), Miles (Roy Eldridge). Many of these innovations were the consequence of a collective at a time when exploration was encouraged and nurtured. No one person is responsible, even if teh cult of personality says otherwise. Its when someone comes out of left field that I am impressed. There are very few. Monk definately - his concept was complete and entirely his own. After that, I struggle.

[quote name='Stylon Pilson' post='822023' date='Apr 28 2010, 03:14 PM']dinner ladies[/quote] NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

[quote name='urb' post='822007' date='Apr 28 2010, 03:05 PM']I hope all my articles aren't that predictable...[/quote] After reading these magazines for 20 years, I started to see a pattern developing

[quote name='beardybass' post='821440' date='Apr 28 2010, 06:47 AM']Something to think about though isn't it. Bass players are like the 'token (insert adjective here) character' from Hollywood movies, everyone likes us, but as soon as things get heated, we're f***ed![/quote] Yeah!! Like the crew member that beams down to the planet surface with Kirk, Spock, Chekov and Bones. If he hasn't got a name or a line, you just know he is going to die!!

Just to save you all a lot of money and time: Bilbo's patented universal bass player interview: 'I started playing the bass at aged (*insert age here), after my (brother/sister/father/mother * delete as appropriate)) bought a bass and left it lying around. I picked it up and immedaitely began playing lines from the songs I was hearing on the radio, songs by (The Beatles, Rolling Stones, David Bowie, Motown artists, Pearl Jam, Stone Roses) * delete as appropriate). I was hooked. I had decided that this was what I wanted to do with my life. I joined a local band and after (insert number here) gigs, I got the chance to play with (* insert random artist here). It was as a result of that opportunity that I got the (* insert another random artist here) gig and became the player you hear today. I prefer (*insert bass manufacturer ere) basses but I have my basses modified by (*insert random luthier here) to my specification. I prefer (*insert random pick up) pick-ups and a (*insert manufacturer) here but I have to stress that the sound is in your hands and not in the mechanics of the bass. Amps-wise, I prefer (*insert random manufacturer here) because of their (warmth/clarity/general awesomeness * delete as appropriate) Whilst recording the (*insert randon cd title) CD, I went direct into the desk and simultaneously miked the speaker up with a (*insert random microphone manufacturer here) microphone. I used a little compression and a touch of reverb but otherwise the signal is clean. I don’t like cluttering up my bass sound with unecessary bells and whistles. I like it pure. Influences include (* insert a list of random artists here). It is difficult to explain where the feel comes from. If you need to have it explained, you’ll never understand it. My advice to people starting on the bass? Practice, practice, practice.' Now, start saving the money you no longer need to spend on magazines and study music. Not musicians, not gear, not the music business. Music - scales, chords, melody, harmony, rhythm. Everything else is entirely interchangeable.

[quote name='Bigwan' post='821901' date='Apr 28 2010, 02:02 PM']You'll want to be getting a backup... the caps on the Wal circuit boards of that vintage aren't the best and WILL give up (that's from Pete himself). It's only a matter of time...[/quote] I would worry about that if I had the faintest idea what it meant.

[quote name='pete.young' post='821198' date='Apr 27 2010, 09:15 PM']You call me, and I lend you one. That's what.[/quote] Good call, Pete. Likewise!!

Its not the instrument, its the music. There are loads of old jazzers Off the top of my head: Milt Hinton, Ray Brown, Ron Carter (70), Steve Swallow (70), Larry Ridley, Bill Crow, Henry Grimes, Francois Rabbath, Henri Texier... There's a lot of grey hair over here!!