SpondonBassed

[quote name='drTStingray' timestamp='1485977832' post='3228232'] Amazing - I'm PBFS he used a... [/quote] I looked up the acronym you used and found this; http://acronyms.thefreedictionary.com/PBFS Can we eliminate some of those definitions please?

[quote name='drTStingray' timestamp='1485977832' post='3228232'] Amazing - I'm PBFS he used a Fender Jazz when I saw him with Emerson Lake and Palmer back in the 70s and also with KC before that? He also played rather nice acoustic guitar as well - I hadn't appreciated he'd gone back to the 1959 rudiments at some stage With regard to the tug bar, back in the late 60s when I got interested in these things, unless you played with your fingers bass players were rather thought of as dabbling guitarists or worse still, those clicky plectrum things on the 'bubblegum' pop music of the day, as opposed to proper progressive music (or jazz/R and B ) so it was really an anachronism from the late 50s. As is often the case with Messrs Fender and timely (or not usually) response to customer practice and need, they moved the tug bar to the top to facilitate 'proper' finger style bass playing in the early 70s just at a time when slap bass was taking off in R and B, and thus rendering it virtually impossible on a standard Precision without removing said tug bar. Of course, parking your plucking hand in one place by using the tug bar rather limits the change in sound you can get by varying somewhere between the bridge and the neck. But so do the chrome covers (even more so on a Jazz). All that said, a Fender without a tug bar in the traditional place for the era (and chrome covers) just doesn't look right to me but that's just me being OCD probably [/quote] Cheers. That sheds light on a lot of things for me.

[quote name='drTStingray' timestamp='1485978825' post='3228244'] Oh and at the time no one knew who the **ck Jamerson was, only that there were some tasty and audible bass lines on Tamla records with rumours of them being played by a housewife in her spare time. [/quote] Thanks. I had a right good larf at that! I bet she who will remain nameless knew where her tug bar was at all times.

[quote name='LayDownThaFunk' timestamp='1485974523' post='3228200'] 'Technical' players really aren't cool... Anyone who plays a 5 string is not cool. [/quote] I sort of agree with your first point but I'd suggest an amendment to your second point. Five string B E A D G - Cool Five string E A D G C - not In my humble opinion.

[quote name='Funky Ghost' timestamp='1485889749' post='3227557'] Look, I'm a non BRIT responding in this thread. How rock and roll am I right now? [/quote] If you consider that Madonna is an anglophile too and you think that she sings R&R then - very. [pulling your leg]

Heeheehee - carry on tugging.

[quote name='SICbass' timestamp='1485965317' post='3228094'] Blasphemy! [/quote] [quote name='Hobbayne' timestamp='1485965690' post='3228097'] Go and stand in the corner! [/quote] Harharharharharhar. Who do you think I am? Jack Horner?

[quote name='Stylon Pilson' timestamp='1474968758' post='3141835'] One thing that you should be aware of, if you're not already, is that the [u]latency[/u] of a Skype conversation means that it is unsuitable for simultaneous playing. [/quote] I prefer the term "laggy" to latent. I accept however that lagginess is not proper English It's one of my biggest pet hates with digital. A very well known Derby musician's retailer tried to convince me that there was zero lag on a bit of digital kit that they were showing me. I think they actually believed it themselves. I don't deal with them any more.

[quote name='Painy' timestamp='1485875225' post='3227405'] Hmmm. I think using the stage name 'Thundercat' might reduce his overall level of coolness somewhat though. [/quote] Next you'll be saying that this isn't cool... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcGNqrAtsgg I dunno, you whipper-snappers.

Abe Sr (bass) and Abe Jr (drums) are seriously good. On stage, the old boy jumps when he gets to his groove. Check him on YT if you can. It's so wrong to see a large man move that way that it works. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDwaAZp73tY[/media] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnXKm-Pqqpo[/media] About two minutes in he goes for it

Who T F made Leo the boss of bass anyway?

All that rabbit finally paid off. (@ fellow grandads - We all know rap is just the fashionable name for good old cockney rabbit don't we?)

I saw a clip of a chap playing electric bass under his chin like he was plucking a fiddle. I can't for the life of me find the clip now.

[quote name='kodiakblair' timestamp='1485722844' post='3226182'] Excellent result Spondon Bassed. [/quote] Thank you. I hadn't realised how rare those were for my guitar. I almost considered a clamp to allow single ball end strings to be fitted but I didn't like the idea. First off, it would ruin the simplicity of my instrument. Second, neck dive would become an issue. Hubrad says; "Sadly the Picato factory at Treorchy was closed just over a year back". There is still a web presence for the company so, like Hubrad, I hope they can continue to make rare strings on occasion. 'Turned out nice again though. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0qyrnGLnsw[/media]

Follow up; Hubrad sent me the set of Picato flat 45-130 DBE stainless steel strings at a bargain price. I fitted them yesterday and have been enjoying the sound and feel of them quite a lot. They complement my Ashdown T300 combo and Trace Elliot 1818 extension very well. The thwack and tone are what I was hoping to achieve but didn't know how. Cheers Hubrad!

[quote name='highwayman' timestamp='1485646292' post='3225620'] So, when reading from a bass music book I really want to develop my notation skills (which are ok for a bassist of nine months) but, if the notation and TAB are both provided next to each other, I can't help myself from reading the TAB! It drives me nuts! Anyone else find this? I'm wondering about solutions (I clearly don't have the willpower to not glance down), but I don't really want to deface the books with permanent marker or black electrical tape... [/quote] Might be too much work but should help with the learning bit; Print yourself some blank ledger lines and transcribe by hand from the book for those pieces you like. Then use your handwritten copy.. Good luck. I wanted to do this but my eyesight is going downhill in a way that makes sight reading impossible. I can read okay when not playing. I use tab mainly with reference to score if it is there but I'm not going to waste time on getting familiar with the dots. At 54, life's far too short to distract from the actually playing. Also I am getting my ear in, as they say, so that I can jam better with others.

[quote name='highwayman' timestamp='1485553802' post='3224972'] Ref the pickup on my Stingray: it has two screw 'humps' on the top, which I sit my thumb between - when I've tried taking it onto the E or A strings & back again those humps seem to be in the way. Anyone else found this? [/quote] Sometimes. It isn't so often now but I found myself having to will my hand into staying at a set distance from the bridge for the tonal qualities more than for returning my thumb to its roost so to speak. Funny enough though, I was playing through something today where I sacrificed tone for attack by using the neck pick up for a thumb rest. The tune demanded a sustained staccato. The strings deflect more here too so it is important for consistency, I find, to anchor for those notes on the B. On the Steinberger the screw heads don't really get in the way but I can feel them easily to confirm by feel where I am when needed.

[quote name='mentalextra' timestamp='1485555508' post='3224986'] Could someone define the meaning of cool in this context? I'm assuming we're all not just giving our personal heroes a name check, and that [u]'cool' doesn't have to mean supremely gifted[/u] either? [/quote] I agree.

Thanks Hugh. I just got some rare DBE strings from Hugh by post today. Within a week of posting a query about them on the forum Hugh sorted it at a modest price. Everything was concisely dealt with via PM and no children or animals were harmed.

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1485542331' post='3224851'] If you want that dull thumpy flats thing just buy normal Roto rounds and play one gig, job done [/quote] [attachment=236750:Handbags.png]

[quote name='StephenYork' timestamp='1485533609' post='3224744'] Agreed, it's not normally what I'd listen to them for but I'll give it a chance. Album is out on the 31st March so not long. I do need that hat! [/quote] If you like the hat then you might also like this gimp suit, as seen on George Michael's Freeek promotion. All it needs is a couple of thousand LEDs tastefully set into it... [attachment=236734:Freeek.png]

[quote name='PaulWarning' timestamp='1485536737' post='3224788'] try here [url="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjmPz2u6XVKsFdC8QJMCyxg"]https://www.youtube....XVKsFdC8QJMCyxg[/url] [/quote] Many thanks.

[quote name='ROConnell' timestamp='1485534206' post='3224755'] Can't believe nobody has mentioned Carol Kaye to be honest [/quote] Not cool. Not even. Very accomplished admittedly and I even like her stuff but the Jamerson controversy is anything but...

@ Lowdown - BIG wink Cool. I'd forgotten about the sovereign. Sorry Blue for the diversion but you wanted an education. The sovereign is a gold coin valued at one pound and it was in general circulation until 1932. Now considered bullion. Still admired by Cockneys and Essex lads alike. "Sov" is the same as quid and is used by folk who live within the sound of Bow Bells or who have migrated out to Essex. Just finished watching Eight Days a Week by the way. Nicely made. I noted that there was little sign of anyone trying to rip the Beatles off when they were in the 'States.

Bill Wyman. Cool to the point of dead boredom perhaps.