miles'tone

Funky Drummer - James Brown

Wu Wei - Chinese Traditional ☯️

Landfill Compactor - Twenty Trucks

Born Slippy (Lava, Lava, Lava...) - Underworld 

White Shirt - The Charlatans

Across The Universe - Les Beat

Stink Foot - Frank Zappa 

Back To Bap - Amy

The Bartók and The Thief - Stereophonics

Check out this Adam Neely video on left hand technique - this is essential advice. Enjoy!

I Want You Bach - Das Jachson Fünf

Lofted - Lighthouse Family

Sarcasm - Get Scared 

Til There's Nothing Left - Will Young (sorry)

Tense Tory Love Song - The Stone Roses 

12 hours ago, ardi100 said:

I thought I was heading downhill after moving country and a couple of local ish groups didn't work out. 

 

Answering one advertisement changed everything. Despite not having done anything significant in 14 years, I'm now in a band with talent and aspirations that I had pretty much given up on. You really never.know what's out there!

Congrats mate. That is good news indeed.

18 hours ago, Geek99 said:

I met him once, a very charming man 

Yes he was 👍

I met him when I was 17 in 1989. He put me at ease (read: calmed me down 😄) and was lovely. Very patient and generous with his time. Top bloke.

24 minutes ago, bakerster135 said:

 

I believe it was due to Johnny Marr mostly playing with a capo on second fret or tuning up to F#, and as Andy's basslines were quite busy it allowed him to get around easier while still being able to use the E string open.

 

Obviously he could've also used a capo, but as any bassist who's tried that likely knows they don't tend to work too well on bass and often end up muting one of the open strings.

I've often wondered if Johnny Marr wrote and played in that tuning to suit Morrissey's natural vocal range at the time. It worked for them anyway. 

Andy Rourke 😗👌

It was only relatively recently that I discovered that most of his beautiful, melodic and highly memorable driving bass contributions to The Smiths were performed using regular (and pretty high tension) Rotosound 66s, but tuned up to F#! He made it look easy.

Fabulous talent.

6 minutes ago, Reggaebass said:

Another massive influence from my youth is Robbie 

Same. It was the young Robbie's basslines that inspired my recent Hofner Violin acquisition, rather than that other bloke 😎 

1 hour ago, snorkie635 said:

If you reckon almost 100 instruments equals 4 wives' worth, you must have a hell of an understanding wife! 😵‍💫

No, I've only got 7 basses and I'm on dicey ground as it is. I'll choose more wisely next time! 🤣

8 hours ago, cetera said:

Just logging all my gear and realised I now have 87 basses and 10 guitars. 😲

Should I buy 3 more basses to hit the magic 100 total? Or sell the 10 guitars and concentrate on basses only? 🤔

 

First world problems and all that jazz.... 🤣

Wow! Amazing...

That's like, 4 wives worth.

9 hours ago, Beedster said:

Having started this thread a year or so back, and since then seeing even madder price inflation despite the cost of living crisis, I suspect the question should be 'Is any electric bass - even a true vintage - ever worth over £1500?', or is it all simply a dopamine-driven ego trip eagerly capitalised on by the sellers and dealers? Mid 80's Fenders and even Squiers in the £2000 bracket, Wals that could be bought 10 years ago for around £1500 now selling at almost ten times that, Mex Fenders selling used for more than a new MIA a few years back....? 

 

Mad isn't it? 5 years ago I struggled for a while to sell an above average spec Fender Custom Shop '62 P for £1800, and now you're looking at that for a nearly new American factory reissue. 5 years ago people apparently had more money too.

One Step Beyond - y'know