Reggaebass

Hi , can I ask in way was your E string different from the others

Just bought some strings from David ,it was an absolute pleasure to deal with him, great communication and quick delivery, top man, thank you very much, Tony

There’s a bit of a story about that one if anyone is interested, it was one of Aston Barrett’s early basses originally ,and when he started touring with the wailers he gave it to Robbie, Robbie thinks he might have played the Hofner on the Wailers Concrete Jungle recording

Personally I’d just pay the return postage, mark it down to experience and get looking for another bass

This is a few years later, if you like that style you might like this

That’s a disappointing response, maybe point them towards this thread where experienced bass players are mostly in agreement that it’s not acceptable , really hope you can get this sorted

That would be a bit too much of a mismatch for me to accept, I think they need to do a more in-depth search to find you one more matching from their stock, you need to be happy with after all or you’ll always be looking , good luck

Thanks rao, that’s a very early one by lee Perry, probably around the same time as Long shot by the Pioneers , actually I just found this, In 1968, reggae pioneer Lee “Scratch” Perry launched his first record label, Upset Records, with the single “People Funny Boy

I remember first seeing third world back in the day and was absolutely blown away with them, great band and 96 degrees in the shade is a classic

The Johnny Osbourne album Truths And Rights has some organ , not sure if it’s a Hammond , at the beginning and at 2.43 onwards

Really good to hear this Linus, once you start exploring and listening to the different types and styles you’ll probably find what artists appeal to you, sly and Robbie have some wonderful songs , they did an album the best of 1978-1985 which is worth a listen, I guarantee you won’t be able to resist picking up your bass to some of Robbie’s basslines, I’d also recommend checking out Flabba Holt who is the bass player with Roots Radics , different style of playing to Robbie, they backed Gregory Isaac’s for years and many other artists, and as some have mentioned There’s plenty of listening on the reggae thread,

Ive heard of talking heads but I don’t think I’ve heard that one, I’m finding it better to fret the A rather than using the open A like I’ve seen in some covers, nice Bassline

I was watching a series on Netflix last night and briefly caught a song in it that I’d never heard before , I instantly liked the Bassline and found out that it’s Talking Heads and psycho Killer , I’m gonna give it a try, it doesn’t sound too difficult , very catchy

Really enjoyed listening to this last night by The Mighty Threes, I believe they were only around for a few years 78-79 ish and were a trio of Bernard Brown, Carlton Gregory, and Noel “Bunny” Brown from the Chosen Few, they had an album called Africa Shall Stretch Forth Her Hand which is on YouTube and well worth a listen, after a bit of digging it looks like the bass player they used was ,Clinton "Bubbles" Rowe, who I don’t know much about, nice heavy Bassline .

I bought that album when it came out and I’ve still got it along with many others , definitely one of the best along with Uprising