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Well, saw the show last night and I have to say it was the best 1hr, 45mins of TV I've seen in a long time. Thought the interviews were great - getting the story first hand from Rick Hall, the musicians and the artists brought the whole thing to life . I've probably mentioned this before, for anyone who really digs the whole 60's Southern Soul scene should read Peter Guralnick's book "Sweet Soul Music" - a superb read. [size=4] [/size]

Just to give all the Soul / Rhythm & Blues fans a heads up: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03x3vb9 There's a programme on BBC 4 at 9pm tonight all about Rick Hall's Fame Studio, which eventually produced the rhythm section for the Muscle Shoals Studio of the 70's / 80's. Hopefully there will be an interview or two with David Hood :-)

Meshell by a country mile....

In the case of Bruce Springsteen, his albums between "Born to Run" & "Live 75-85" are classics (IMO). Great songwriting, great playing by a band that has a sound that doesn't sound like any other band I can think of. If it doesn't float your boat, it's no biggie - we're all different when it comes to our tastes in music...

Check out www.scottsbasslessons.com - one of the most active teachers on the 'net .

Pretty much what Chris b said... I started to learn to read a couple of years ago. I'm still not great, but doing things a bit at a time really does help. Three books that I've used are: Music Reading for Bass by Wendi Hreovsic (Musician's Institute Press) Electric Bass Complete Vols 1-3 by Ed Friedland (Hal Leonard) The Bass Guitarist's guide to Reading Music Vol 1 by Stuart Clayton (Bassline Publishing)

The third finger acts as a "support" for the pinkie as they both share a tendon, in which case the third finger doesn't need to be anywhere specific on the fingerboard. I use 1-2-4 up to about the fifth fret and then use OFPF. I'll only use OFPF near the nut if a phrase needs to be articulated in that range, but even then I'll pivot so I don't knacker my fretting hand. A lot of it depends on you hand size - I've got small hands for a bloke, so if you feel comfortable using the 1-24 hand position beyond the fifth or seventh frets, go with it. It's all about playing the right notes and feeling comfortable at the same time.

For me it's any of these guys: Mike Visceglia (Suzanne Vega) Tom Barney (Steely Dan) Ewan Vernal (Deacon Blue)

What Bilbo said

This is a great Blues book from one of BC's American contingent: [url="http://www.amazon.com/Blues-Bass-Essential-Techniques-Supplement/dp/0634089358"]http://www.amazon.co...t/dp/0634089358[/url] D'oh! got beaten to it

You could also try the following: Mary Chapin Carpenter Suzy Boggus Martina McBride Alison Krauss & Union Station Trisha Yearwood Alan Jackson Kathy Mattea

Hi Ambient, I think it's got something to do with the offset Jazz body shape - the bridge end of the TRB body is a bit flatter (so to speak) and it just fits better in the Vertigo when the pad is in place. I found that when I took the pad out to accommodate the Jazz, it moved around a bit in the bag.

I've recently bought a Vertigo and I think the only thing I don't like about it is the fact that I can't put my Overwater 5 string Jazz in it without removing the pad at the bottom of the bag. Hence I only use it for my Yamaha TRB5 (which has an angled headstock and a 3 + 2 headstock). It's a lighter bag than my iGig (which I use for the Overwater) and I can put a Levy's leather strap with Dunlop straplocks quite comfortably in the front pocket.

Will send you a couple of used sets in the next week or so .

Great call on Suzanne Vega - I think her first album is an absolute classic. Love the minimal production on it, and there isn't any more instrumentation on it than there needed to be. That really captured and framed her vocal and song writing ability perfectly.

A Fender Berry Oakley "The Tractor" would be cool - his son Berry Oakley Jr still uses it . [url="http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=rPUruJrQWzBHrM&tbnid=0-4ZlBF-ep2gmM:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.talkbass.com%2Fforum%2Ff8%2Fberry-oakleys-tractor-440045%2Findex4.html&ei=wI3JUoPrDO_60gX6r4BA&bvm=bv.58187178,d.ZGU&psig=AFQjCNGE-IGJaTmbDN9m2XPW77YiEyM1wA&ust=1389027126598826"][/url]

In terms of strings, you'll get several different answers from the posters on here...IMO you can't really go wrong with either Elites or Rotosounds stainless steels. In terms of a "soft bag" (gig bag?), a Ritter or one of the Warwick bags should do the trick for you.

Good NYE gig in Berkshire, place was banged out and all the punters were up for a dance to a mixture of stuff from the 60's to the 2000's. Great night .

Jeff Andrews (one of Mike Stern's "go to" bassists) wipes his fingers on his forehead - I assume that the skin grease makes the tips of his fingers slippery....

This would be my line-up: Dennis Chambers - Drums Me - Bass Booker T. Jones - Hammond Organ Stevie Ray Vaughan - Guitar & Vocals Robert Cray - Guitar & Vocals Wayne Jackson - Trumpet David Sanborn - Alto Sax Beverley Knight - Vocals

I think I remember asking Joe in a post somewhere on here about a year or two ago if he had any plans to get a reprint done, but he never replied back .

Welcome aboard Ed - have picked up a few of your (excellent) tuition books over the years. Working my way through one of your books right now (Electric Bass Complete Vols 1-3) . Great to have you on here .

Have only just watched this via Facebook - very entertaining and very well done .

[quote name='Count Bassy' timestamp='1385130747' post='2284800'] I agree with what you're saying, but I also believe that these sort of websites also have a place. After all what's the difference between learning from this type of website and learning something from Tabs? When you're just starting out you want to play a tune, not spend weeks learning scales, and if your told you have to learn scales first then the chances are you'll get demoralised and not get beyond those first few weeks. PS: Sounds a bit like Paul Wolf's "How to play Bass" website [/quote] I think you may be right in the respect of people who want to able to learn some of their favourite songs fairly quickly. I can only speak for myself, but it seemed natural to want to know how this music thing works, especially when I was in my first band and I didn't have a clue what I was doing. The debate about whether to "learn your scales" or not will always divide opinion on here - it's been done many a time.