BetaFunk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwHi10qX8u8

Another 1980s spin-off band from the 'House of Clinton' http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unEByuEydiw

[quote name='roceci' timestamp='1388484735' post='2322426'] Yes a funk thread! Bootsy kills on this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQFYJXMVxTc [/quote] It could well be Bootsy i think that might be Billy Nelson on that track. Billy, Bootsy & Jeff Bunn all played bass on that LP. Great stuff though whoever it is!!!

[quote name='Dingus' timestamp='1388508583' post='2322855'] I was very sorry to read on Wikipedia that the bass player/ singer featured on this track was murdered in 1992, apparently. [/quote] Yes indeed. Here's another taken too soon. The great Lady T with Rick James http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JunJqXglfI0

The pub down my road closed. It used to be the place to go. Times change. We move on.

[quote name='KiOgon' timestamp='1388487314' post='2322477'] Excellent VFM: [url="http://www.guitar-bass.net/reviews/vintage-icon-series-vj96mrjp-fretless/"]http://www.guitar-ba...6mrjp-fretless/[/url] [/quote] I had a Vintage VJ96 and they are fantastic value for the money. 10/10 P.S. It is also the lightest full scale bass i've ever owned.

ex-Parliafunkadelicment keyboard player goes Woo!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Egmx7flGsWw

Mass Production .......... Oh Yes!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sha3GJ9wmRc

Slave - A slice of 70s Funk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1tKTjRgJuE

[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1388444014' post='2322163'] Isn't that Benny Hill..? [/quote] Sorry, but any excuse to play this gem http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twJohGfOIz0

[quote name='MikanHannille' timestamp='1388353769' post='2321211'] This looks rather nice. [/quote] That's a very strange site. It seems to think that i'm in Slovenia but the language is in Afrikaan. Even when i change it to English it reverts back to Afrikaan.

[quote name='thisnameistaken' timestamp='1388193304' post='2319444'] You know you'll only get a limited sound from flatwound strings, so why not just put them on a cheap passive bass instead of a vintage P? Here's my thing: I've got a Korean Squier Jazz that I put LaBella 760FLs on, and replaced the tone pot with a push/pull that will put it in series (and replaced the tone cap with a .1uF so it'll do reggae), but yeah, with the tone wide open it's got a genuinely perfect soul tone, can't imagine anything ever sounding any better, and so I wonder: Why does anybody spend so much to get that sound? [/quote] BTW, what's a 'genuinely perfect soul tone'? It may be best to actually explain before continuing.

[quote name='thisnameistaken' timestamp='1388437593' post='2322060'] I've got one bass I keep strung with flats for when I want that sound, it's just it's a pretty primitive sort of sound isn't it, so you don't need an expensive bass to get it. [/quote] Just like any other strings then.

[quote name='Immo' timestamp='1386508708' post='2300808'] - are heavy - have a good sound which sits tight in the mix - have quite comfy necks - have a decent quality for the price [/quote] All the above apart from the neck. Mine had the thickest neck i've ever seen on a bass. It was not only chunky in width but also in depth. A strange beast indeed.

[quote name='steve-bbb' timestamp='1388429735' post='2321920'] no ... THIS is proper dressing up [media]http://youtu.be/rsLLrjnew84[/media] [/quote] Yes you are correct. That really is the real thing.

Al Kent.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6bVCdBvft4

This is proper dressing up is this....... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQcgkt6P8AM

Looks like i've found the manure supplier..... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I29NdBMDl_c

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1388407789' post='2321600'] Outstanding. You could also play 'Piece Of Crap' by Neil Young. Or even 'Who Hid The Halibut On The Poop Deck' by Yogi Yorgesson. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPKFcPvSxsk[/media] [/quote] I like that discreet. That will definitely be on my set list.

[quote name='Woodinblack' timestamp='1388406776' post='2321577'] What do you mean its a baritone, why you... oh, hang on.. [/quote]

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1388406622' post='2321572'] If you fill it with horse crap it will be good for country AND western! *Runs away* [/quote] ...and i could play the intro of the film Get Carter on it as Dung...Dung, Dung, Dung, Dung. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YO0dHPhDuLs I thank you!!!

I'm amazed that this thread didn't turn out to be the usual 'it's a baritone' 'no it's a bass' debate. Well done BCers for resisting.

[quote name='Geek99' timestamp='1388404019' post='2321517'] It will be better for rock if you do that. ... maybe you should just fill it with [u][b]actual [/b][/u]rock, then it will be perfect for it. [/quote] I did want to fill it with hardcore but after searching for 'hardcore supplier' on the internet i think i'll just stick to concrete.

As someone who watched a lot of Pub Rock in London in the 70s i would have loved, no make that payed money to see anyone offer advice on how to play to The 101ers or The Stranglers. I can just see what Joe Strummer's reaction would have been to a bit of 'advice' and Hugh and JJ just standing there while someone told them of their musical shortcomings before they threw him through the pub doors.

[quote name='Mr Stinky' timestamp='1388403482' post='2321504'] Is it really that important to use the correct fingering? [/quote] No, you can use any finger but just make sure you poke him in either eye with it then tell him to %^*& off.