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No, not overrated at all, not meaning to be rude but it boggles my mind that you dont hear any innovation or imagination, I think maybe you have not heard much Beatles material or just heard the small handful of Beatles songs that appear on radio and tv. I would suggest the following as great examples of Mccartney's melodic genius with his bass playing, please note this is just a few that come to mind , there are many more examples... Something, Hey Bulldog, With a little help (from my friends), Rain , These are all lines where he could have played it very straight but chose not too, on Something he uses the bass as a melodic instrument and uses a great inventive counterpoint line to really enhance the song and emphasize certain important parts of the song, on Hey bulldog his bass really drives the song creating a great sense of urgency and energy within the song whilst also being very melodic, on With a little help (from my friends) the guitar work is very sparse and leaves a lot of room for the bass which Mccartney uses to enhance the song with his great melodic bass part which adds melody during the verse and drives the song during the chorus, Rain is another great one where Mccartneys bass really drives the song and brings it too life. McCartney along with Jamerson really expanded the role of the bass within music and changed the way that people played and thought about bass, people realised that they no longer had to ride the root notes if they didn't want to do that, they realised that you could have the bass feature prominently in music and you didn't have to be buried in the mix.

Hi all I have a Violin bass copy that I am very fond of,the bass has a Hofner style floatign bridge, however unlike my Hofner I can never quite get the bass intonated and am after suggestions for a bridge with a little more intonation adjustment options to replace the floating bridge currently on there, a tune-o-matic style bridge would be perfect but I cant find one with narrow enough spacing (this bass has 14mm spacing)the bass has a centre block (semi hollow) running the length of the body so drilling holes is not an issue if necessary

Funny that, I found myself hitting the mute button whenever she came on, way too nasal for me and a bit screamy sounding , still different strokes and all that , I agree with you about The Record Company though

The Contemporary (the mid priced version) is good, it has a bound fingerboard and the same pickups as the full price german version but is semi hollow vs fully hollow (the german version) so although it sounds really good it is not quite as woody sounding as the german version, sound is nice and warm and thumpy.

Thats a great idea I will give that a try

Thanks for the replies guys, really helpful

Thanks I will give that a try

Hi All As a bass player who is generally competent but far from exceptional I am trying to extend my repertoire and was wondering what songs are considered "must know songs" for jam nights ? thank you in advance

Hi all Am after some suggestions on fills/flourishes for songs, am a reasonably proficient bass player but when it comes to fills and flourishes I tend to fall back on Root, fifth octave or root, 4th, 5th and sometimes I throw in Root and minor 3rd , I think it is fair to say my ambition outweighs my ability when it comes to fills so am after some suggestions for some tasty fills I can use , thanks in advance

I would give the Cobalts a miss personally, they are designed to sound like a roundwound so dont really give a good representation of flatwound strings, a bit like trying groundwounds to find out what roundwound strings sound like

Could be the camera angle, a lot of the time I fret practically on top of the fret (bad habit I know) but I have no issues with choked notes, I don't think its fake imho

Daddario tapes are very similar tension to the TI flats, I didn't like Labella tapewounds , they are low tension but i got completely buried in the mix with those, avoid Rotosound as they are probably the highest tension tapewounds

This pretty much describes me , I don't let it get me down though, im competent enough to get through most situations just not what you would call a great musician

Yeah I agree about the practicalities, i'm not a tall person and not well built and the cab was nearly as tall as me

Don't post that often but a rehearsal the other day inspired me to. On forums people often talk about the differences that different basses provide, different strings etc, I think the most overlooked aspect is the rig being used, had a rehearsal the other day and we used one of the bigger rooms, I was pleased to see an 8x10" Marshall bass stack, I forget the actual bass head but it was something that looked like it had survived a few decades , anyhow plugging in the tone was incredible, big, rich and warm, lots of low end and deep,deep lows without being woofy like a lot of setups I have played through, anyhow point is amps/cabs/combos are often overlooked but have a huge impact on tone.

Yes , have done all that and lowered the pickups slightly to rule out the possibility of the pickups being too close to the string. I am thinking it is probably a duff string , the chorus effect should not be happening and the G has a lot of excursion (you can actually see it hit the frets when plucked)

Thanks for the replies , I tried a set of extra light Daddario xl nickels as I have heard good things and they are relatively affordable , they sound great however I have some issues with the G , firstly I noticed it has more excursion than the previous strings (TI flats) to the point where it buzzes on some frets, I then noticed it has a chorus effect going on, checked the string wasn't twisted etc , wondering if the excessive string excursion is related to this strange chorus effect?

Hi all Am after a string recommendation, have switched my bass from flats to rounds recently however whilst I enjoy the added articulation solo i find those frequencies getting lost in a live situation, I have considered slinky flats but have ruled those out as I have read reports of premature fret wear with those strings, I want to try something different from flats. Extra light gauge (95-40 or 95-35) is an absolute must as my hands don't handle stiff strings too well (arthiritis), if I can lose some string noise when doing slides then that is a bonus but not necessarily a must, the most important thing to me is that the string sounds aggressive and cuts through. I have considered Daddario half rounds but I have heard reports that they are more flat sounding than round sounding so i think they may be too dark. Thanks

Not faster for me, for me playing with a pick is like trying to swim with wellies I just find it really awkward, shame as I like the sound of a pick

Thanks I will give them a listen If you are not familiar with Peter hook the below... Monaco -what do you want from me Joy division - Love will tear us apart New order - Sunrise

Hi All Wondering which bass players play in the upper register like Peter Hook. Have been learning What do you want from me by Monaco which has a fantastic upper register bassline by Peter Hook and it occurred to me that melodically the upper register opens up a lot of possibilities, after finding out if there are other players that are similar to hooky in there upper register work , thanks

Lol thats entirely possible, never claimed to be although I am probably better than I give myself credit for

Yeah I would agree , funny thing is when I have been going for a while (just recently started becoming a little disillusioned by them) and first time I went, I ended up being on last for 1 song which I accepted as it was a busy night and I accepted as it was the first time I had been there, now months on and no longer the new guy it is obvious that I am just not part of the clique so I get the 3 songs and no more unless the place is completely dead.

Jam nights - cliquey - Anyone else found this? The concept is appealing and the chance to play some songs you have not played before is in theory a good way to learn and improve , the reality is that most of the jam nights I have been to you see the house bands first pick their favourites that they let play several songs then the remaining people wait half the night to go up and play maybe 3 songs, I generally enjoy jam nights but the cliqueyness is so off putting