musicbassman

Ted, you bear an uncanny resemblance to Mad magazine's character, Alfred E. Neuman. Is there something we should know ?

Which hand are you muting with? Left? Right? Both/either?. If you are left hand muting you could try lifting off the fret a millisecond sooner. This creates an absolutely momentary slight fret buzz and can change your sound substantially in the mids. Then maybe go on to think about your RH hand position or exact amp EQ afterwards. Just another opinion.

Quite right Paul, it was Ruiners comment that should have been quoted there.

Yep, the key word in my sentence which you omitted was potential - meaning that men are naturally on guard (i.e. making sure they don't show weakness) in most social situations - and this could be seen as being socially awkward to an observer.

This is the male condition. Men naturally see all other men as potential enemies, whereas women see all other women as potential friends. It's written into our genes. Harsh, but true. 😳 .....err....... have a nice day !

There's a knitting section as well ??? This site gets better and better...

Landscape's bass player was the excellent Andy Pask - obviously not on this track, though. I used to go and see the band when they were unknowns working round the pub circuit in North London around 78 - 79. Andy was a very talented player and a bit ahead of the game. I understand he went on to write the theme tune for 'The Bill' - so that must have been a useful bit of pocket money for a few years 😊

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cWur1ghSlM Sorry, you'll have to click on this, it can't be embedded here.

Sounded out for a potential dep gig, and I was pleased that I knew a lot of the band's material (covers). Then asked if I knew 'Can't feel My Face' by the Weeknd. Had to confess I'd never heard of it. BL seemed more than a little surprised at this. Later, a quick search on YouTube and I'm embarrassed to find it has over ONE BILLION views. So obviously I'm becoming an old git. 😨 Still, bass line on this is fun, so should be a good one to run through. 🙂

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A great track. I reckon there's three bass tracks on this - first is pretty straight fretless which you can hear on the verse parts and right at the very end where he's noodling about. Then there's two tracks with heavy delay and maybe other treatments on - first is very Pino - ish and quite straightforward, the second is pretty extreme. You can hear places where the bass tracks sit on top of each other - 3.46, 4.57, and 5.50.. That's how I hear it, anyway! Have fun.

I think the most important thing is to make sure the backing always suits the style of the lyrics...

Bass players, eh? This has to be the finest JMB ad I've seen in a long time !

Isn't this forum great? - 5 pages of friendly discussion about one of the finer details of bass playing 🙂 I put Olympias on my '82 JV Squier about 18 months ago. They get better and better - rather a 'sticky' feel to begin with. I would say they're medium tension - weights are 45.65.80.100 The big thing about flats for me is that they're so versatile - If you're playing with fingers then digging in changes the sound substantially - but then they also sound great with a pick. Or pick and palm mute for the Carol Kaye Beach Boys sound? Or play with light thumb and palm mute for a real DB sound. Only thing they fall down on is slap - but like I really care....😁 Here's my bass. Had it from new in '82, converted to a PJ in '83. It's turned out to be the most playable and versatile bass I've ever owned. And it's done some serious bass miles in the last 37 years - I'd be lost without it.

Ah - the wonderful Percy Jones. I think my ears fell off when I first heard this in 1980.

Are you going for the Joe Dart look? Seriously, I wonder if that guy's going to suffer for his head-bobbing traits later in life.

Try learning or playing along with something that stretches you way outside your comfort zone ? My current plays are 'Hanging On' by Knower and 'Delorean Dynamite ' by Todd Terje For me, both are very hard work. YMMV.

Hang on, let's not get started on the old adage about long men and long... errrr....members. Anyway, that correlation is more accurately between the length of your fingers and the ....errr...other length. All to do with mother's hormone levels during pregnancy, apparently. So if you notice a male bass player who's playing really badly but still has an over-confident grin on his face, then look at the size of his hands to see why that might be..................

I had a 1963 Philips tungsten filament bulb - with it's original box! Had proper bayonet fitting, original price sticker (1/6d) and everything. It didn't work, so I foolishly threw it away. Just think what it would be worth now. 😥

If you want subtle and sensitive lyrics, then Spinal Tap's your best bet.

Oh, this is pure gold. Have a listen. And microtonal as well ! - a bit sharp in some places, a bit flat in others ! As they say on Jazz Club - Nice ! 👌

She's just getting clued up so she'll absolutely know for sure that you'd bought an original '59P for £20k, when you'd told her you were actually only buying a Custom Shop reissue for £2K....