Bilbo

Good point: The cds the tunes are from are usually listed on the threads and most of tehm can be bought as individual tunes in itunes etc. Anything you are particularly interested in but can't find? PM me.

If anyone has any requests for transcriptions, let me know. I will do what I can, time allowing (for free - I am not in this for the bread). Be reasonable: I am NOT looking for people to dare me to transcribe impossibly difficult charts. I just want to help if I can and to advocate for the value of reading and transcription.

I have posted about 30 transcriptions here under the Theory and Technique section. SOme of them are very readable for learners (straight quarter notes etc) and they get harder and harder. Just put 'transcription' into the search tool here and there are loads available for free. With Spotify around, most of this stuff is readily acccessible even if you haven't got the recordings. PM me if you have any trouble.

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White. Cos.

[quote name='steviedee' post='813485' date='Apr 21 2010, 10:13 AM']That's really cheap I lost the rubber foot from my endpin and it poked through the material in the bag,[/quote] INteresting. Mine has a hole for the endpin already built into the material.

Steve Swallow and Janek Gwizdala are both EADGC 5 string players. Can't say I like the extended range in either direction myself - low B is tooo heavy for may tastes and I find the notes that are high on the C string are a bit too pingy!! I guess it depends on what music you are playing.

I got one on ebay a couple of weeks ago for £33 (bid not buy now) There was one on there for 99p but it had days to go.

Nope.....I have enough trouble remembering my own name

She should also know that people look slimmer if they play a black bass. Everyone knows that.

[quote name='Les Paul Lover' post='812391' date='Apr 20 2010, 11:41 AM']Bilbo, thank you for the offer, but your bass is plain black - she won't like it like that!!!!! Sorry![/quote] Like I said; some of the boxes...

[quote name='Stag' post='812107' date='Apr 20 2010, 12:29 AM'][i]A collection of men who like biscuits[/i] [attachment=47779:DSC01098.JPG][/quote] And facial hair. My type of party....

I have this for sale. Ticks some of your boxes but not all of them. PM me if you are interested in having a look! Its up for £400 ono to Basschatters. Its a lot of bass for the money but its your call entirely. I hope she finds what she wants either way.... [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=76888&hl=status+energy"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=...l=status+energy[/url] [url="http://www.guitarmart.co.uk/advert/G04326"]http://www.guitarmart.co.uk/advert/G04326[/url]

[quote name='Patrickhadow' post='811722' date='Apr 19 2010, 07:35 PM']i would love to have a go at this book but it's so expensive! 30 pounds from amazon and you cant get it on ebay unless you want to ship it from america![/quote] Its really worth every penny, mate. I would recommend it above any other publication and, once you have it, you won't need anything else. Its an investment that will pay for itself many time over. I get that its a lot to pay out at first, though. Sell some old cds!!

[quote name='silddx' post='811702' date='Apr 19 2010, 07:24 PM']There's a part in Tempus Fugit by Yes I simply cannot work out to my satisfaction. It's the part that comes out of the version of the main riff he does an octave lower, in the verses. It goes E F# G A. The run is so easy in theory, but Chris Squire's doing something so liquid with those notes that I'm convinced there are other notes that are kind of ghosted, but I can't get close to it. It's the oiliest, greasiest bit of bass I can remember hearing and he does it slightly differently every time. The riff everyone loves in that number is child's play next to that ostensibly dead simple little run. Amazing.[/quote] Are you playing it with a pick?

And there was Andy Summers cdof Mingus tunes. Vernon Reid from Living Colour was ex-Ronald Shannon Jackson's Decodingf Society and went on to play on Hal Wiliner's Mingus/Paitch tribute, Weird Nightmare (superb stuff). Steve Vai has appeared on Al DiMeola's recordings. Jack Bruce has as much of a jazz presence as he does a rock one. Colin Towns of Gillan fame has had a long career as a jazzer (form 'I'll Rip Your Spine Out' to tv themes and big band arrangements). Neil Peart's Buddy Rich tribute big band, Bill Bruford, ex-Yes, is all jazz. The list is pretty long. I guess it depends on where your definitions of rock and jazz start and stop.

I have just gone through this and need to say that I wish this was around when I was learning. The Major's charts and play-a-longs are a fantastic resource for anyone who is trying to get started but who hasn't got a teacher (or can't afford one). There is enough material here to get anyone started and to keep them entertained for a good few weeks. I was caught out a couple of times on the last pdf (my turn to feel foolish, Pete). Quality material. There is no excuse for not being able to read at least at a functional level. As Marcus Miller said 'why wouldn't you'?