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Some geezer at one of our gigs a while ago said any bassist playing with a pick is not worthy of the name and shouldn't be let near a stage.

Oi! Don't you dare be slagging off Grace Jones!

Anyone seen "Brain's Lessons" - Brian Mantia's drum tutorial DVD? There's some damn funky drums on there, the gogo beat stuff is awesome too.

Cool man, extremely fast and clean picking! Have to agree with Sammy, the vid response is hysterical!!

[quote name='Leonard Smalls' post='420132' date='Feb 26 2009, 03:08 PM']Aye - loved early Adam and the Ants (Xerox, Whip in my Valise, Dirk Wears White Sox etc), and love Monochrome Set even more...
Here's their myspace page - check Eine Symphonie and He's Frank for those who don't know them!
[url="http://www.myspace.com/themonochromeset"]http://www.myspace.com/themonochromeset[/url][/quote]

Ah, the Monochrome Set! Lester Square is a cool guitar player with a cool name. We dig the 'Set in our house.

[quote name='Kirky' post='420041' date='Feb 26 2009, 01:04 PM']+1. The main thing I noticed when trying all the lovely basses at the Yorkshire Bash was how low the actions were on all the modern instruments. Seemed to me to be much harder to influence the tone with my fingers, and I felt like it was all dependant on the electronics of the instrument and amp. WoT's basses were the notable and glorious exceptions.[/quote]

+2

I also like a medium action. I can't see how it's possible to play so delicately with stage rush. Fingers, and nail length for that matter, are SO important in your sound, the variables in your equipment all become, well, more variable, more toneful.

Did she have an album called Nasty Gal? I remember seeing it in the Album Cover Album at school, and liking that cover rather too much

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Can do no wrong? Vivian Weathers

Well said mate.

Prince is damn funky too.

"Funk" originally meant the smell of sex. All sorts of music can be funky. If you are going to "funk" you need to play sexy. Approach it like you are making love to the drummer who should be equally sexy. In terms of playing in a band, funk is much more about what you leave out than what you put in. In the words of many very funky people, the funk is a lifestyle. It's not easy, that's for sure!

I have a POD X3 Live so I can get almost any sound I want! But the sound of a growly, punchy, deep bass sound played perfectly in sync with a decent sounding kick drum is what floats my boat.

Waitrose usually have some ethically sourced farmed bass but I prefer wild bass caught on rod and line. Expensive though.

In terms of musical equipment, almost everything I buy comes from ebay. I buy the odd piece of kit from Thomann and Digital Village though. I almost never buy anything from a physical shop. I will except the Bass Gallery from that statement though.

That's brilliant! Your work ok with you taking the time off?

[quote name='yorick' post='418361' date='Feb 24 2009, 01:26 PM']I was going to suggest the Zoom H4...... [/quote]

+1 We recorded a gig with the drummer's H4, the sound quality is amazing.

They look great! But if you want a bass sound, I would look elsewhere

Hello, I really like it, but I think it would benefit from some more punch in the mix. The vox would sound cool with a little dirty compression. The songs, the words and the image come over as forceful and confident, but the mix doesn't back that up, the mix sound a bit twee to my ears. Very cool looking singer. I reckon you should get someone to remaster it.

Just my opinion, hope it's constructive. Only saying it because I think you've really got some potential there.

It's a nice tune well played, but yeah, you need a singer.

Christ, I wish I could play like that when I was 14! It's really good, keep it up.

The singer is very good, very good band in fact.

Hello Mate,

Excellent tunes. I am sure I've seen you play live, since we were actually playing the same festivals as you and in the same year. Our agent looks after Oojami and lots of world music outfits. [url="http://frusion.co.uk/"]http://frusion.co.uk/[/url] if you're looking for an agent.

I am sure we'll bump into eachother at the festivals!

Nice one!

EDIT: Ah you are with Frusion already! We have a connection

Just doing that typical YT thing where you play along with a number. These two are from the band I play with.

I'm torn between the sounds, one seems nicer than the other but I'm not sure it's the one I wanted it to be.

Cheers.
Nigel

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Although I'm strictly a four-stringer, that does look gorgeous! Well done for standing it next the the radiator

Nice one, mate. Everyone's really helpful on here so if you need answers to questions this is the best place to be. I've learned loads on here, incredibly knowledgable people!

[quote name='basswesty' post='415720' date='Feb 20 2009, 07:46 PM']I did a bit of a mixture of the Atlanta version and the album version, in other words its the Atlanta version with a dropped D. I just thought it sounded nicer dropping to D. Its really nice to sing too.[/quote]

Exactly what I do too. Beautiful song to sing, I agree. Cheers.