Geek99

Is it, dare one ask, any good for metal ?

Doesn’t he say he does that already ? perhaps I misunderstood

I would have thought that the best approach was both. Learning by ear to survive real life and also notation / theory to learn things that you cannot directly listen to, and to communicate with others

It was somewhat tongue in cheek

It’s something about my particular physiognomy. He was right

My teacher told me that my automatic choice of leading finger was leading me to swing time. He was 100% right i now lead with my middle finger

I point you to the work of Duck Dunn, watch the two Blues Brothers movies and you can see a groove genius at work - his work is simpler to learn than James Jamersons and more groove than funky imho. before I get flamed, I hugely admire both of them

I’ve never left it, but with your last paragraph you are straying to The Dark Side and I urge you to avoid it like the plague Yoda would be proud, stick to the righteous path of bass, avoid the six string w**kery

They’re quite good enough for me and so very quiet. Result

It’s not about being a people pleaser, you’re being a bassist-pleaser and supplying us with valve-porn. It is righteous work