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[color=#000000][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3]Hi, I'm a 36 year old bass player with over 20 years of playing experience. [/size][/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3]I'm currently into my 2nd year of a music degree at university in London.[/size][/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3]I can pretty much cover any genre to quite a high standard. [/size][/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3]I have good equipment, can sight read to a reasonably high standard, and have a professional attitude. [/size][/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3]I am very reliable and won't mess you about. I am looking for gigs specifically for the Christmas and New Year period, and possibly beyond, though my studies do take up quite a lot of my time.[/size][/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3]I have a lot of experience of doing function band gigs, and have previously played on a couple of P+O cruise ships.[/size][/font][/color]

[quote name='Fat Rich' timestamp='1383989906' post='2271529'] I find the standard phenolic fingerboards a bit too clacky so Rob has put rosewood boards on mine. You still get the stability and note definition of the graphite neck but with some warmth from the wooden board, the perfect combination to my ears. I've never seen one but Rob could probably do a wooden board on a Stingray neck, but it would make a fairly costly neck even more expensive. [/quote] I didn't realise status did that, interesting I knew modulus used to with their Chechen fretboard basses.

There's a guy called Todd Johnson, I think he's got some books out on 6 string playing. If you want to let me know any particular songs you want tab for, I can see if I can do it, I've got the Patitucci book, and can tab that for you or something.

[quote name='Scott S' timestamp='1383944361' post='2271229'] Hi mate. Yeah, I became all excited a couple of years ago when I bought the Patitucci book off Amazon...only to be gutted when it arrived and it was in standard notation instead of tab, lol. [/quote] Learn to read Just work the notes out, you'd have to listen to the track anyway with tab for the rhythm.

I really fancy a 6 string wood and tronics - someday

Don't forget that Jaco's tone came from a Jazz bass with I don't know how many coats of epoxy resin on the fretboard.

I know a lot has to do with electronics, but listen to Michael Manring and Steve Lawson, then listen to Pino or whoever, you can hear a difference in the sound, I don't have a carbon fibre/graphite necked fretless but I do have a fretted, and it does have a sound of its own.

Did you ever get the other problems sorted out, Letts basses ? I never liked the way that guy used to pop up posting about how fender basses were rubbish and his luthiery was was so superior.

Hope the above helps .

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[quote name='lowdown' timestamp='1383904230' post='2270529'] I believe Wilton Felder played Bass on "I want You Back", he also played Sax with the Crusaders. (with the wonderful Pops Popwell on Bass) Also I think there was a demo version knocking around somewhere, with James Jamerson on Bass Pops On Bass here/Wilton Felder on Sax. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqGw7YBFH-A [/quote] Yeah, it was Wilton Felder, I have some Michael Jackson transcriptions somewhere if anyone's interested.

There's a john Patitucci book that's been out for ages, it has transcriptions from his first 2 or 3 albums. It's not tab though, it's standard notation.

[quote name='keeponehandloose' timestamp='1383864028' post='2270289'] i like this [/quote] I was sat in a class room at college with maybe 5 or 6 others (all really good players), the guy told us this and we all just sat there looking at each other thinking wow, that's so easy to remember !

Slightly off topic, but interesting non the less A good way to remember the series of flats and sharps in a key is to picture a 6 string bass. Start with the G string, one sharp, next string is D, 2 sharps, next A 3 sharps, E 4 sharps, B 5 sharps, you run out of strings then but next it'd be F#. Flats picture the notes at the 1st fret, C none, F 1, Bb 2, Eb 3, Ab 4, Db 5 then it'd Gb which has 6.

[quote name='Shonks' timestamp='1383857136' post='2270163'] not only did I report it several times I actually chatted with a rep who only insisted I press the report button even though I told him I had, but I was talking to a guy who would only recite from some ebay book of 'dealing with your customer quotes' , it was like banging your head against a brick wall..... Some poor sod just spent £331 on a second hand Encore [/quote] I desperately wanted to contact the buyer, but you can't.

I reported this to ebay 3 or 4 times over the last 2 days, they did nothing whatsoever about it.

[quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1383674236' post='2267523'] Me too. I can't bear Dream Theatre, Yes, etc. I love Rush and Genesis, but that's far as my prog travels take me. I think it's because the 'clever stuff' is secondary to the songs and the atmosphere. [/quote] I've never liked Yes they always seemed a bit pretentious somehow. Dream theatre either until a few weeks ago, I've owned CD's of their's for ages, and tried to like them, but never could. Then I started listening to them again a couple of weeks back, and have gotten into them a bit. I have to say though, they don't seem to have songs that stick in your memory.