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Nice, I enjoyed that! I’d say the bubbling bassline is going to come when you get confident playing at that speed. It’ll just be a case of building up fluency. I had the same with Sir Duke, just sounded like note soup until I’d become confident enough with the riff to then enjoy it. To me it sounds like she’s using a pick, given the attack she’s getting on there too. The fills are definitely hammer ons and pull offs. I guess it’s to get it to sound quite machine-like and automated. The whole track is based around simple pentatonic, so practice those and enjoy! There’s definitely a Jaco vibe going on here too, with Teen Town being the closest I can think of. Some of the fills are certainly ‘inspired’ by that bassline. I’d also say that most of this stuff beyond the riff (the fills particularly) is likely to be improvised so getting the groove and feel is more important than being able to nail every fill accurately. Perhaps that’s just me.

The rule of thumb is to assume everything has been changed unless proven otherwise! There are lots of fakes out there waiting for an unsuspecting buyer. I’d also suggest now maybe the worst time ever to pay top dollar for a vintage guitar, especially given the precipitous fall in prices seen during previous recessions.

It is pink which isn’t too everybody’s taste.

I have owned about 50 jazzes from pre-CBS jazzes to modern ones and I have to say that the FSR Jazz Bass I picked up before Christmas is exceptional. Its personal taste, naturally, but the workmanship is top quality, and the materials excellent (I had a solid rosewood neck). The neck feels like a vintage bass and the pickups are warm. A high-mass bridge and through neck stringing add to the tone and it looks like the balls too. I tried quite a few and have to say that the guys at PMT were brilliant and let me play loads then offered me the online discount price in store.

The site is brilliant and the lessons fantastic. I haven’t had time to work though them but your gesture is incredibly kind.

Wish he’d do that for Spectrum. The grooves he finds on that record is absolutely incredible.

Photoshop. Thyme was stretched them out with image manipulation software and removed what they consider to be ‘imperfections’. Sad.

I work as a journalist for magazines around science, technology and engineering (mostly autonomous vehicles at the moment), and run a content agency where I work for brands and businesses (www.42group.co.uk if you’re interested - and yes, I’m a Douglas Adams fan!)

You’re just looking for an excuse to spend money. The thrill of chasing down a new bass is always there. (I speak from experience!) Walk away from the computer, put down the phone and it’ll pass.

Agreed. Plus when I was starting out I couldn’t afford anything more than a pointy headed Aria.

There are some really great gigs around Bristol I’ve been looking forwards to seeing - imagine they’ll all be cancelled for the foreseeable. Got a friend who’s agency works with sports teams and large promotors and they’re very worried about the impact on their business and livelihoods. Such a shame.

The skulls guitar is cool.

I never knew this thread would generate so many responses!

Cheers Frank. Ever since I bought that AER from you (we’ll, sort of) and the jazz I’ve considered you a man of exquisite taste. These look perfect and reasonably priced too. If you say they work, it works for me.

I’m going to be incredibly lazy now, but could you paste a link here? I need to get this sorted by the weekend and I just want a solution. I’ve asked my guitar tech who is a total genius but he’s a guitar player, so god knows what he’ll suggest 🙂

Candy apple red with a maple fretboard being the classic choice...

I recently purchased a very fancy boutique active 5 string which I took to practice. My band mates all loved it, talking about how they thought it sounded amazuing, sustained really well etc. However, on a couple of occasions it slipped off its strap and nearly crashed to the floor, so I need a set of straplocks. I’ve never used them, never bought them or fitted them. I’m a busy man and need someone to telL me what I need.

He looks cool. Well done! We’ve just found a new guitarist. The best guy it turns out supplements his employment income by selling a bit of weeding the side. We had to interrupt one song as a buyer had turned up to meet him. Still, he’s a lovely guy and he plays really well.

I’ve got a busted Zoom guitar pedal your can have?

They’re actually chains on the Suspension Bridge (I used to live next to it in Leigh Woods). Now if you’d have said the Severn Bridge...

They’re apparently 30 - 115 Status Elites!

I’ll share a picture later. Cut for a 3/2 headstock. They seem in good condition.