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[quote name='julesb' timestamp='1474564416' post='3138875'] Kavis is a brilliant album by him and the song kisla is one of my favourite pieces of music. Kai eckhardt on bass [/quote] I was listening to that this morning, fantastic !

[quote name='jonnybass' timestamp='1474580106' post='3139063'] Loved those vids..such a unique tone to a fretless guitar. Wonder why it isn't more popular. [/quote] Possibly the time and effort that would go into getting good at it. After all, how many fretted guitar players can you honestly say have good technique ?

Sit in front of a mirror whilst playing, or video yourself. Watch for any tenseness or awkward positions. Your strap should be long enough so the bass sits on your lap (ideally). If it's too long, or too short, that can cause problems. You may be having to reach too far down for your bass, or if it's too short you could be limiting the blood supply to your arm.

A bass is a bass, is a bass. As long as it's set up OK, what does it matter how much it cost ? It's how you play it that counts surely ? I recently did a dep jazz gig on the drummer's £60 Aria bass.

Why not just use the side of your hand, and play with your thumb ?

Really nice ! Check out Dave Fiukzynski, he plays fretless guitar too.

If I'm doing anything like this, then I would want chord charts as a minimum, preferably notated charts. Two of the bands I gig with have lead sheets, charts (chord and notation) in a drop box. Simply log in, and download/print-off what you need. Though use of a mus** st**d is the norm .

[quote name='MacDaddy' timestamp='1474286907' post='3136780'] i don't think there is anything sexist about a woman having a big bass rig. It would be sexist to say women should not have bass rigs at all. [/quote] I was referring to the first part of the post.

[quote name='ivansc' timestamp='1474227717' post='3136399'] So long as they are black and carpeted, what woman would know if your bass rig changed? Ahem! https://www.facebook.com/lee.caveberry this old pal of mine might, I suppose. Her "big rig" is a recently-acquired Little Mark III with a 15" cab. Mind you, it IS yellow in parts...... [/quote] Rather a sexist comment.

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1474135216' post='3135889'] Last time I did, it was 1976. So, no I don't smoke weed. Every musician I know that smokes weed is broke. And alcohol never enters my body. I must seem pretty boring to most. Blue [/quote] You sound quite sensible to me .

TC Hall of fame. The Steve Lawson tone print is beautiful.

Bass strings ?

No. Assuming I've even heard of him or her anyway, he or she possibly got it for free if they're in a big band.

Vinyl record cleaner also does the job.

I was at this gig. Both mike and Steve were on top form.

Surgical spirit works. Whatever you use, test it first in an unconspicuous area.

Won't they order the colour that you want in their next consignment ?

One guy I play with occasionally is 85, he's an amazing jazz player. A guy I teach is 79. You're never too old to play.

The best and easiest one to use is the TC ditto. I used to use 2 together. They're great little things. Others like the ones by Boss I found to be awkward to use live. There's lots of resources here - [url="http://www.loopersdelight.com/tools/tools.html"]http://www.loopersdelight.com/tools/tools.html[/url] And here - [url="http://looperpedalreviews.com"]http://looperpedalreviews.com[/url]

I love his playing, though sadly discovered it only quite recently. I've got a couple of his solo albums, and one by rain, tree, crow. What I like is the fact that he's different, in a sea of people all sounding alike. I like difference, it should be applauded.