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songbird (Kenny G)

Going Loco Down in Acapulco (Billy Ocean)

Statement of the case (the sign of 4 aka Pat Metheny... very obscure....chucking pianos down the stairs quadruple album fun)

Abraham Martin and John (Marvin Gaye....and one of the best Motown songs ever)

Norwegian Wood (Some beat combo)

elephant talk (king crimson)

Docktor Docktor (UFO)

And with a false moustache.....

Cue the GAS for a six string. Mind you, that might look a little OTT!

Lots of good points have already been made. On the practical side, my experience of playing electric bass in a big band is you may be given a very tight spot to play in where inevitably you can't hear yourself that well (albeit that anyone over 6 ft away might be able to hear you a lot better). An ability to tip your amp up is good, or lift it off the floor on a milk crate. Some small combos (Hartke?) are designed to do that . However, floors (and walls) are also really good sound reinforcers. Staging can be good or bad at reinforcing sound (depending on what you are trying to achieve in the room). I have played a little Phil Jones combo which would be good with upright as well, as well as a 1/10 Markbass combo (louder). the key with both is they are quick to set up and don't take a lot of space.

Thanks for the tip. Got myself a copy and as an Ealing boy, I've finally figured out where he lived until his Lord of the Manor days.

I loved that, but isn't it one of the most boring bass lines to play in the world?

Obscure one from Ian Dury/Norman: My old man...one of the first songs I learned. Oh, and Millionaire's Waltz by Queen/JD

If it helps get this over the line I am in for two sets

Bookend!

Ask Jaco (oh you can't). Didn't he replace the stack knobs in the Bass of Doom with vvt, because they sounded louder?

So as not to be thick about this....are these going to be the kind of 'rubbery' straplocks like these? If so, I'm in!

These are scarily 3 of the last 4 tracks I have learnt. Try adding Walk between the raindrops for a slightly unpredictable walking line. Has anyone got any tips on how to make learning Deacon Blue a bit more interesting? Did Walter Becker just compose the lines session players would find too boring? Or am I being sacrilegious about Steely Dan?

https://www.andybaxterbass.com/collections/fender-jazz-bass/products/1960-fender-jazz-bass-sunburst A good comparison from Andy Baxter's site. Meanwhile the item in question appears to be about to be sold!

I took photos of Judie Tzuke and Rhino with his Alembic in about 1983, and then saw him about 30 years later with a Status and Quo (if you see what I mean) at the O2. I guess you would have to call him a versatile player 😃

That was before he discovered his inner 'Quo' then?

Jaco (again) on Joni Mitchell Shadows and Light, as well as Pat Methingy and Lyle Mays and the rest of an incredibly talented band