louisthebass

Nick was one of the cornerstones (imo) of this very site we all post on. I saw the initial posts on Facebook that Nick had gone missing as he was one of my friends on there, but hoped for the best. When it eventually transpired that he had passed away, I was shocked and saddened that he had gone at such an early age. My first encounters with Nick was in the very early 2000's on one of the old Level42 sites (think it was the Level 42 Digest, but I could be wrong - it was over 20 years ago), and then eventually on here. I also saw him a few times on the stands at the old London Bass Guitar shows, and just used to marvel at what an accomplished musician he really was. He always came across as a very welcoming type of guy, and always happy to help if he could. Thoughts are with his family and friends at this very difficult moment in time, and a tragic loss to the music community in general. RIP Nick Smith. 😢

I've got Janek's book, and can thoroughly recommend it. It's a very in depth look at Pentatonics, so be prepared to put work in to get the most out of it. It's split into 3 sections: Bass clef notation, Tab, and Treble Clef notation. It also comes with a link to all the audio tracks & some video as well.

Hi all, I want to close down an old band Facebook page, but when I go to do it, it looks like it will close down my own personal page as well. Is it me misunderstanding the instructions, or does it actually close your own page as well? Mods feel free to move this if not relevant to the discussion page, and thanks to anyone who can help?

What others have said - do the gig sitting down, no point in crippling yourself any further. I had to do a gig years ago with a bad case of Sciatica (not the name of the band lol), and it was the only time I've ever had to do a gig like that.

You could always contact Mark at Bass Direct, and see if he can tell you?

+1 For Richmond Guitar Workshop - they installed an East J-Tone in my Overwater Jazz in 2019 and did a great job.

Got that book, very thorough (as all of Joe Hubbard's books are) - a lot of study that will keep you going for years...

Rick Beato has done a few videos on basic music theory on YouTube, definitely worth checking out.

Hi all, I've recently moved from Surrey to Totton and have had to vacate the bass player role in my band "Sidewinder", who are based in North East Surrey. The band has been in existence for 20 years, and have gigged quite a bit over that time. The band rehearses in Leatherhead a couple of times a month (line up is vocals, keys, guitar, bass, and drums) and genres covered are Blues / R&B, Rock & Pop. They're a great bunch of guys and pretty solid musicians in their late 50's and 60's, so if you're in that age group and based in the SM, KT, GU, RH postcode areas, this may be the band for you. The band have a Lemonrock page with some demos and a typical set list (have tried to put a link on but it doesn't work). Recent gigs (pre and post) pandemic have been in Dorking, Farncombe, Redhill, Sunbury, and Reigate. If anyone's interested, email me at Louis dot lefrancois at live dot co dot uk and I'll pass your details on 🙂

I remember when the Dingwalls came out a good few years ago, and thought it was very weird indeed and not for me. However... Having seen Lee Sklar in action on his (on YouTube), and the sound and tone he gets out of his Dingwall's, I wouldn't mind giving one a try. They've definitely grown on me, and the only thing I've seen about them being difficult to play is adjusting your picking technique to even the tone the fanned frets produce at certain points? (playing to the angle of the pickups).

Was quite handy having a "Bass Specific" shop not too far away from where I lived at the time - only visited a few times, but bought my TH500 and my Mono gig bag from there (both still in use). Vic was a really nice guy, passed way too early ☹️

Pdbass is a great channel I started to subscribe to last year - have tried to insert a link, but the site isn't allowing me to do it.

Rich Brown's Browns'tone is a great channel 🙂

This is my much missed BB1100S which was my mainstay 4 string from 1989 to 1996 when I started playing 5ers. Best 4 string bass I ever owned, had to sell it as I needed money to fund a wedding.

My first ever 5 string - a Yamaha BBN5 bought from the Bass Centre when they were still in Wapping. Chris installed an EMG BTC circuit & new pots, and it was my mainstay until I bought a TRB II 5 string in early 2000. I later sold this to @Owenin about 2009 or 10 (I think). A good starter 5 string that served me well on many gigs.