mangotango

If you'd made that comment about someone from a different ethnic background, rather than a different regional background, it would rightly be regarded as racist. It's no better for that.

No, it's just the usual lazy stereotyping. 🙄 You'd have been much more likely to be a victim of car crime in Manchester than....oh, anywhere else in England. https://www.honestjohn.co.uk/crime/top-10s/10-worst-cities-in-the-uk-for-car-crime/?image=7

Very happy with this change...gives me the perfect excuse to go back to my home town for a few days to visit.

Shez Raja's Tales From The Punjab album - particularly this track. Long intro, but worth waiting for it to kick in......

Pure Sunshine in a piece of music....

There's always one.....

As has Anthony Jackson, at times. And as mentioned elsewhere, Steve Swallow on a 5'er. Both in my chosen genre of music. I have no problem with them.

Yep I remember that Liverpool-born player well!! 😁 The first gig I ever saw, the Fabs at the Liverpool Empire when I was just 7 - obviously an even bigger influence than I thought......

A little while back, the jazz/funk/world band in which I play went from a quartet to a keyboard-based trio, with the loss of the front-line horn player (trumpet). The rest of us began jamming as that trio, and found that we liked it, so that's how we're going forward. Suddenly, the bass had taken on a more important role, as I found myself taking a few additional solos and covering more of the sonic spectrum. To manage the latter, I tried out the Squier Bass VI that I acquired from Al Krow. The feedback from the other two was that it didn't really work - having the increase in the top end range was great, but losing out on the deep rumble that I had from my Spector 5-stringers wasn't so good. So I went all in and acquired a Cort A6 six-string bass. This is pretty much ideal for the job, but in getting used to the narrower string spacing than my 5's, I initially found myself gravitating towards a pick. (Those of you who have seen the words "plectrum" and "six-string bass" and have suddenly found themselves reaching for the keyboard to type in "Jaco only needed 4" or "that's not a bass, it's a guitar" - please feel free to seek another thread about whatever suits your point of view). The fact is that I am also a guitarist in a different band, so using a plec is no issue for me. However, instead of losing the pick once I became accustomed to the new bass, I have found myself using it more and more, though not on everything. I hadn't used a pick on a bass since back in the days of the Noo Wave, so at first I felt that it was a bit out of place in the music that I'm now playing . Now, however, I don't really care. I've even started using the plec instead of slapping on a few funk tunes - it sounds more solid (so obviously my slap technique had needed improvement, LOL!!) and cuts through better. I'm even planning to use it with the Spectorcore fretless (shock!!) on part of a new tune where it helps to give a better attack. So am I due soon to be ostracized by the bass-playing community? Am I doomed to wander the musical highway like David (but really Bruce) Banner at the credits of The Incredible Hulk, trying to flag down a lift to take me back to A Town Called Acceptance? Or more likely, do I just go my own way and not give a toss for the rising tide of public opinion? "You do you and I'll be me".....

Just acquired one. Still getting into it, but the outbreak of "I could do THIS, and THIS..." kind of thinking was worth the price of admission on its own. It's a COrt A6 and is a lot of bass for the money - through neck, Bartolinis, Hipshot tuners. Yes, it's a bit heavy, but actually lighter than my Spector 5-string fretted and it may just be what I need going forward. Watch this space.

Explain ukuleles? This. Giving this kid the opportunity to come along. He's 11. One day, he will grow into playing a guitar and become a Dan Hedges or Andy McKee, but for now he's having the time of his life and at least he's playing music, not stuck in front of some crappy computer game. (Yep, Old Bloke Comment. Sue me.)

Just bought Nubya Garcia's new album Source. It's jazz, but heavy with Reggae and Latin influences. Such a great mix of sounds. Quite frankly, it's the best thing that I've heard in ages....and it's her debut album. 😲

The jazz/funk/etc. quartet in which I play bass recently slimmed down (if such an expression can be used to describe anything involving me!) to a trio and I found myself in the position of being called on to take the odd bass solo or two by way of variation in some of the arrangements. At the first rehearsal in this new format, I used the Squier Bass VI that I acquired from @Al Krow to see if the whole concept was viable; the general consensus was that going up high for soloing sounded good BUT the Squier lacked a little.......testicular fortitude down the low end, certainly by comparison with the Spector 5-stringers that are my normal weapons of choice. So after trying to snag the Spector Legend 6 that Bass Direct had on their website (just missed it), I found this on The 'Bay. It's a Cort A6. I even found a video review of this bass by that Dan Veal bloke, which was pretty glowing and inspired me to pursue this. And so, after a rain-soaked journey through Storm Francis last night to pick it up, it is mine!! First impressions - the string spacing's a lot better than I was anticipating - there's room for moderate slapping, and everything else is comfortable, even up the dusty end (to which there is very good access). It's not too heavy - quite comfy in fact. Probably lighter than my Spector Legend Custom 5'er. And the twin Bart's give it a lovely growl, with a lot of bottom end. Just two things as a result; 1) Sorry Bas, but the Bass VI will have to go now. Really lovely instrument, but I have neither need for room for it after this. Yes, I KNOW that it does something completely different from this bass, but.... 2) Dan Veal - @Dood, I bought my Spectorcore and now this , after seeing your videos. Can you please stop making stuff sound so good in your reviews, at least for a while until my bank balance recovers.

Well, it all went OK. I only tried to start one song in the wrong key (had been changed the day before), but everything else pretty good. Now there's another one for the jazz originals band, same venue, 13 Sept, and potentially another for that band in Ilford in October. And now...I can't flippin' wait.