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Pop Life, Gett Off and Peach are a few of my favourites.

I stumbled on this. I must have watched it about 50 times this week, simply flawless. I don't even like this kind of music normally but Jesus this is amazing. The harmonies in the first song. http://youtu.be/jFycqnOpifQ Should be in off topic maybe?

Truly shocking, my girlfriend told me about half an hour ago and it genuinely stopped me in my tracks. I loved Prince, in the 80's and early 90's especially. I remember watching documentary on him around the time he did the Batman soundtrack, amazing musician.

I cant believe this.

A Squier Bullet Bass and a Gorilla amp. Wish I still had the bass.

[quote name='Gottastopbuyinggear' timestamp='1460922050' post='3029846'] I have a P with flats and a J with rounds. Been gassing for a while for another P to put rounds on, but also been gassing for a Squier VM Jazz (in natural, blocks and bound). Had absolutely no way to try and justify a second J, even to myself, and then you come along and resurrect this thread that I've not seen before... [/quote] Sorry! Its a natural,blocks and bound one too. I cant put it down!

I've just got a Squier VM Jazz and it has flats on it, sounds amazing! Why haven't I tried this before?! To my ears the flats give each pickup more character when solo'd.

Just done a px with Karl. Top bloke and a pleasure to do business with. Enjoy the P bass and hope Feverley Hills was kind to you!

Pinkerton is one of my favourite albums. The songs are amazing and it sounds like a ton of bricks! I saw them in the Blue album tour at the Irish Centre in Leeds, Rivers Cuomo was on crutches as I recall. After the green album I lost interest in the new stuff they put out. That Beverly Hills single was awful. I still love their first 3 albums though.

Just sold Will a bass preamp pedal, it was a pleasure throughout. Will paid straight away and communications were great. Top bloke! Cheers!

[quote name='keefbaker' timestamp='1458501367' post='3008140'] It's a lot less heavy and this was £1600 so, only on the second hand market. Also I don't understand why you WOULDN'T want those options. [/quote] I agree, great bass. Its sad to see comments like the one you were referring to though, a NBD thread should be a joyous celebration of your new instrument. You must be over the moon! I was at the bass show and saw these, they looked amazing. Enjoy!

I've been through a ton of basses in the last 20 odd years. The keeper (for now!) is a simple Fender Precision MIM 2013. It's a solid workhorse of a bass and I can't find fault in it really. I can just plug it in and play, the bass is a simple instrument. I'm more bothered now about how it sits with the band mix, I used to overthink things, now I concentrate more on getting better as a musician and my contribution to the band.

James Taylor - Fire and Rain Elbow - Powder Blue Jeff Buckley - Morning Theft Its not the lyrical content, it's just the space in time that they haul me back to.

I had some of these in a Squier VM Jazz with an East preamp fitted. That bass was an absolute tone monster!

[quote name='TimR' timestamp='1453295747' post='2958167'] It's your job as a bassplayer to make the bass line work with the rest of the band. I've played in bands where the drummer has trodden all over the bass line with his right foot. You can either have a massive argument and raise the temperature of your urine, or you can use it as an opportunity to play a better bass line. [/quote] That's fine if it works for you. I can definitely see your point of view. I can't get away from the fact though that 2 people in the band will then be playing something not quite right in relation to the original. Especially if we are taking it that the bass and drums are the foundation of the song/band. Maybe I have musical OCD!

[quote name='TimR' timestamp='1453293156' post='2958110'] You get a good sounding band? Unless the bass part is part of the melody, you can actually play whatever you like. [/quote] Our opinions differ it seems. I feel that the bassline an integral part of how the song sounds whether you realise it or not. I try and keep to that.

What if all band members did [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]something that approximates?[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]I agree that auditions are different to rehearsals though, but the approach to learning songs should be the same. Learn the songs, before you get in the audition/rehearsal room.[/font][/color]

I have only been to three auditions (all in the last 12 months or so), I turned the first 2 down and accepted the third one. I made sure that I knew the songs inside out, this means that I could adapt what I was playing to suit the band once the song had fired up - tempo, dynamics and feel etc - things that are usually set by how good the drummer is! I have been in bands from the position of auditioning prospective members and the other thread on here at the moment should give an indication of how to prepare (or not in many cases). If someone comes into the audition and does the songs 'on the fly' then I can tell a mile off. Obviously this can be a good thing (it can show how adaptable the player is and that they have a huge amount of experience and a jukebox memory of songs) or it can be bad in that it displays a certain amount of disrespect to the band who have offered you an audition, booked the room, organised the different times for auditionees and any other factors that come along with organising the slot. I just think that if someone can't put in the effort to do the songs properly when they are auditioning (when they are hopefully trying to make a good impression) then what will they be like week in week out at rehearsals if they get the gig and new songs are to be put together? I don't think that covers should be a facsimile of the original, most of the time the original artist cant even do that, but the most identifiable parts of the songs should be intact. The covers bands I have seen who get the finer points are the ones who I enjoy the most, the ones who have members who are playing from hearing it once or twice on the radio and then blagging it are the ones who are destined to forever play in the venues most good bands are trying to avoid. This is all just my opinion obviously.

I'm not really bothered either way about them. But I do like some of the names they come up with. PeteLoaf is my favourite by a mile.