MacDaddy

Disagree. I think that to be inspired and improve, you have to reach for the top. Wether you get there or not is moot, but it has nothing to do with realism. As one Bass Chatter put it 'you don't need to learn how to slap, to play Brown Sugar'. Had I thought that when I started I would not have bothered with those Billy Sheehan & Stu Hamm tuition videos. The only thing I knew I wanted from my playing when I started, was fun.

"Now & again, not every day, but now & again, when you see them 'all day breakfast' signs, go in & have one."

i use one of these for a synth type sound: http://www.flattleyguitarpedals.co.uk/index.php/products-bass/bass-poison-ivy if you are coming to the SE Bass Bash you're welcome to try iy.

have you got a link ?

Free Falling - Tom Petty

yeah. He wasn't sectioned, so could make / receive phone calls during his treatment / recovery. So we all kept in touch during the weeks he was in, and totally ripped the pish. Which I like to think helped.

Then there was the one where the band were locked in the pub afterwards as there were pitched battles and fights occurring outside. This was the one which featured an air of suppressed violence all night, and at best a light smattering of applause, but a punter saying 'you were great! You didn't get bottled or nothing!'.

the one where unbeknownst to the band at the time, the vocalist had done literally nothing the previous few days except smoke a large bag of weed, which resulted in some sort of mental breakdown during the gig, and his Mother taking him off stage and straight to a mental health facility.

"we've had 2 requests. I can't do the first as the bass is too wide..."

Snapdragon Folding Bass (MacDaddy)

Every once in a while, run a wet wipe along the cable to give it a bit of a clean. Regularly gigged cables tend to get quite filthy.

To a particularly bad originals band: "Play a song we know!" Followed by: "Try playing a song you know!"

Here's what Classic FM have to say on the matter... https://www.classicfm.com/discover-music/why-learn-to-read-music/

Same as, they do look cool, and I've gigged a Rickenbacker but the only other thing I liked about it was the slim neck. I'd be interested to have a go on your T-Bird, are bringing it to the SE Bash?

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if I owned this I might

she were a gud ol' Yorkshire lass, and she liked her Huddersfield.

It's always nice when companies actually give a rats about their customers.

It's about time someone mentioned Norm, and the Rhythm Stick bass line. A case of more is more. That song would not work as well without a busy bass line.

erstwhile Basschatter and style icon, that's me!

Well not with that attitude 😉

Speak for yourself! I think it's not putting in the practice and study which is the issue. How many of us have the time to spend 8 hours a day practicing? Or even the willingness to? As one esteemed Basschater said to 'you don't need to learn how to slap to play Brown Sugar'. One of Steve Lawson's teachings is 'there are no secrets, here's how it's done'.

Richard Page? Mr Mister were on last night's Top of the Pops 1986

Could have quoted other posts, but yours will do 😜 Not knowing theory/being able to read, will stop you getting a gig where it is needed. But knowing theory/being able to read, will not stop you getting a gig where it is not needed.

Arrived today. It's smaller than I was expecting, which is good.