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Does anyone have my old Sonus Special 5 lined fretless that I sold to Gwilym? Miss that bass - it really sings.

Funny…talking to Wunjo about sh*t slappers making a racket in the shop Saturday slap bass fog…hur hur...

It's a great doc…definitely giving the anti crowd a say...

Yup. Evolving Bassist, the Goldsby book and the Mingus fake book are all essential reading. I would also highly recommend Bob Magnusson's 'The Art of the Walking Bass'. It's an incredibly well written guide to walking. Nick

That's a great looking bass. Looks in fantastic condition. Assuming it doesn't weigh a tonne it's a great deal...

Just brushing up my technique, especially scales and shifting, and came across Zoltan Dekany's youtube channel. He's a bass tutor at Leeds College of Music and has put together several very clear and thorough free online lessons. Definitely worth checking out for beginners and more advanced players looking for a brush up... [url="https://www.youtube.com/user/zoldekany"]https://www.youtube.com/user/zoldekany[/url]

It's pretty clear to me that if you don't want to browse a bunch of basses that are not what you are after, use the SEARCH function. I think the for sale section is brilliant, me...

Seconded... [quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1415026552' post='2595780'] Nope to subdivisions - there are too many as it is, and one man's 'upper budget' range is another man's 'lower mid-range' etc. Stuff will fall into the cracks. [/quote]

That bass makes me want to throw up...

Yup - a possible solution to your issues is to have a belt and braces overhaul of how you play with your right hand. Adopting a new technique could see you using your muscles and tendons in a different way and the repetitive nature of the strain will disappear. Here are a couple of shots of Gary Willis playing with his VERY light touch, three fingers and a ramp. The key thing is letting your set up and gear do the work, no heavy picking. Low action is essential and ramps are very useful as they instil a muscle memory in your fingers to not dig in. It will feel weird at first but is worth getting under your belt. Also, as someone said above, it would be useful finding a teacher who can school you in this stuff Slow https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_xvmexPsCc Fast https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88l_qCfZwlU I used to play with a very aggressive right hand but saw the writing on the wall and now play with a much more measured amount of pressure on the right hand. Good luck!

Yes, proceeds to Children in Need. On that note, excellent stuff BBC. It's got huge stars in it and Mr Wonder is a major coup...

Being really nasty about terrible cover versions is excellent fun in my book…it's a huge, slow moving target...

Any generation that sees this stale musical fart as the definitive recording of this song deserves armageddon

It's one of my favourite songs begin rant... I watched this BBC auto-tribute earlier...Thankfully, lining up these blink and you'll miss them popstars alongside the venerable greats and getting them to sp**k up the odd line against a horrific, fat headed abortion of a backing track is so anathema to what makes the original a beautiful, delicate, artful thing, it thankfully hasn't tarnished my love of Beach Boys version. But f***ing hell…this is so horrifically overproduced, over thought, over peer-group-researched and broadly inoffensive it makes me ill. And I get the point - It's [i]meant[/i] to be a tribute to music and specifically the music that is recorded for and by the BBC, but really, the deficiencies of this recording are so stark when you compare this banal, please-everyone, rendition against the stellar original. I mean…. how can a song so gloriously personal and affecting be sung by different people, line after line…it's such a STUPID idea. Arrrrgh!!! And really, there are hundreds of other songs that would have been more suitable and less annoying. God Only Knows is one of the few songs that never needs to be recorded ever, ever, repeat ever again because the original is PERFECT. rant over Saying that, it's a very pretty visual treatment. But that doesn't make the choice of song any less ball-achingly annoying...

How weird, I've found myself suddenly looking with interest at early Thumb neck-thru 4 strings. Is it the case that an 89/90 Thumb neck thru is a very different beast from later models? I recall liking them as a kid playing basses in the Wapping bass centre but really hating any that I tried in the 90s and 00s. What happened to the brand? Are the early ones better? Also, is there a rule of thumb regarding neck dive on thumb basses or is it the case that yo iuhave to try it on first. Neck dive is a criminal fault in any bass in my opinion.