thebigyin

Hi Fellow Basschatters, I have a Jap Fender Jazz Bass.....don't know exact year but was told mid/late 80's.....bought second hand bit scuffed and battered in places but none the less my pride and joy. Right the Question.....between the Bridge pick up and the Bridge there's a thin metal earth strip (I believe) is this common or do I have some unique Bass lol......personally I've never seen this before......doesn't hinder me or Bass in anyway....just curious.....thanks.

He doesn't Drink and tends to make silly mistakes at rehearsals aswell.....I'm beginning to think it's Nerves? But we'll soldier on till the end of the year and see what happens.....Thanks for the interesting views and perspectives.

Thankyou for all the feedback there's certainly a lot to consider, cheers.

The mistakes range from a bum chord to major howlers like playing the wrong part to a song ect, I counted at least 6 mistakes our last gig.

Hello, We're individully all experienced musicians.....but our Guitarist can't seem to play a full gig without making several mistakes......be it bum chords or forgetting song arrangement ect, upto now we've turned a blind eye but after a year together it's beggining to get a bit much.....would you bring it up? He's fully aware he's made the errors and thinks nothing of it, saying he's sorry but eh never mind.....bare in mind he's a very good friend but has quite a volatile temper lol.....at times his playing his very good but we've never got thro' a gig without some sort of Howler.

Well said Loz196 I'm 52 still fronting a heavy rock band and lovin it, foot on monitor, posing ect why not you got to entertain the audience.

Some good stuff on bring back the 70's

Cry of Love

Paul Rodgers.......Vocals. Rory Gallagher.....Guitar. Jerry Jemmott.......Bass. Ian Paice.....Drums. How's about that for a mash up.....bit of Rock, Soul and a whole lotta Blues.....be it if Rory was still with us.....God Bless.

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Hello and Welcome aboard.

DOKKEN......Tooth and Nail and Under Lock and Key....lol.....a midlife metal crisis.

The Bass opened my ears to many genre's of music.....it is without doubt a beautiful instrument.....will have to check out some 'house music' Bass Grooves...thanks.

Rainbow Rising fantastic stuff.......got to have Sabbaths Vol 4 in the mix tho'....but there's so many.....sabotage, heaven & hell......also Deep Purple Machine head.....Judas Priest Sad Wings of Destiny.......AC/DC Powerage/Let there be Rock.....could be hear all night lol. Long Live Rock n Roll.

I agree he's the GEEZER.....his playing on 'Heaven & Hell' fantastic.

We tried something different to the 'run of mill covers'.......eg.......Got to give it up, Hollywood, Johnny....by Thin Lizzy...........mother mary, shoot,shoot, natural thing.....U.F.O.......I got the fire...Montrose......Runnin' Free....Iron Maiden.....something a bit different.......Guess what.....Died on our Arse. So now we've had to throw In black night, paranoid, jumpin jack flash, tie your mother down, jailbreak, don't believe a word and others....lol

I Love you so much I haven't had a S**t since Tuesday.......it'll knock 'em bandy.

Hello and Welcome to the Forum.

Personally I think someone who is naturally gifted will always be better than someone who isn't, even if you put in the hours ect....naturally gifted people it just comes so easy to them....that's my view anyway....just try to enjoy your instrument and do the best you can!

Welcome Aboard mate....it's a great forum....you'll get plenty of help.

Hi Dennis....welcome aboard.....Fender Jazz or Fender Precision can't go wrong...lol...mind you I love 'Fenders' so a tad biased.

Welcome aboard Max.....enjoy the ride....lots of info and people willing to help on here.

About 11 songs first set and 11 or 12 second set plus 2 or 3 encores.....depending on crowd reaction.

Just got into Dream Theater.....be it 25 years late lol.....the word 'Prog' put me off....images of yes, Floyd and Genesis made me shudder so I ignored them....a mate of mine played me some and I was hooked....I think Petrucci is just a Riff Monster some of the classiest Heavy Riffs I've ever heard.

Think I'd be lost with more than 4 strings often tempted to buy a 5 or 6 but in all honesty....don't really tear up no trees with 4....so would be a waste of hard earned cash.