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I've got my first lesson tommorow. Looking forward to it 😎 Been putting in 2-3 hours practice each day and still improving. Hope to get some good pointers and a routine set out during the lesson.

It's a spoof 😂

Thought I'd share since the bassline is so badass 😎 The album as a whole is worth checking out if you're into funky neo soul/jazz/beats...

Strength: Erm, enthusiasm?? Weakness: Only been playing a few weeks 😳

Now, Laura Lee sure knows how to move with that bass... 😳 That, and some really tasteful playing and tone out of a stunning Jazz Bass 😎

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Umm, well, I've recently dusted off a bass that's been sat in a gig bag for 15 years and hasn't had a string change ever 🙄 😀

Been practicing lots this past week and have seen huge improvements already! Patience and perseverance really are the key. I've also booked in a lesson for next week, so I'm looking forward to that. I've never had a lesson before, at all, even in all my years of guitar playing. To put that right, I've booked a guitar lesson in also 😀 I have decided that these next 12 months will be dedicated to improving musically as much as possible. I hope to also get to the point where regular jam sessions become a thing. I'll also be using this thread as a log, so please bear with me 😄

The best cover I've heard recently 😂

... with this bassline. So simple, but so smooooooth.

One of my all time favourites:

An absolute classic:

Effortlessly soulful, funky and groovy... It's just badass, like Miles was:

One of the smoothest tunes out there... It's like butter.

This has to be one of the funkiest soul-filled tunes Parliament/Funkadelic ever did. Funkin' For Fun - It's so good to your earhole:

Favourites? Too many to name... As for something new, this tune is crazy soulful - Vulfpeck's collaboration with Joey Dosik on Running Away. I've lost count of the number of times I've replayed it recently:

Back in the early 80s the Chili's did a good cover version of Sly and The Family Stone's If You Want me to stay: Same album, they also did a cover of The Meter's Africa, but renamed to Hollywood... They were produced by George Clinton at the time 😎

A more controversial submission... I think FnM's is superior to Sabbath's, but then again, I grew up with version. Killer tone on both bass and guitar, and powerful vocals from Patton:

Dub Side of The Moon by the Easy Star All-Stars is excellent: Robert Glasper's cover/medley of Everything in its Right Place / Maiden Voyage is pure class:

Hi All It's a new bass - as in, brand new. I'm now going to have it professionally set up this weekend, so hopefully this will be resolved following that! Thanks

Hmm, doesn't seem to be the tuners. Also, I can't seem to get the allan key in 😑 I'll need a longer one than I have lying around...

Greetings I have what seems to be buzz that's coming from inside of the neck. I could be wrong. It's most prominent unplugged and on the lower open notes. This is on my new P Bass and it hasn't resolved after a week's worth of playing. I've also noticed that getting the E in tune is a bit of a bugger. Could this be truss rod related? Danke

And then there's this... That beat... The whole thing just makes me smile 😀 (Not everyone's cup of tea, understandably)

Well, I was minding my own business when I came across this... So, I guess this is what I'm listening to 😳 All three of these are on another level: