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Jet was quite creative back in he day. But my favourite Shadows bass player was Alan Jones. He was solid with great timing and taste. Always had perfect note selection. He played the original Shadows stuff very well and excelled on the more complicated stuff that Hank did back in the 80's. The ShadowsXXV from 1983 is a great showcase for Alan's bass work. I did not discover Alan's bass playing until about 10 years ago. I live in Canada and the Shadows have not exactly been household words here. My main influence on bass (upright at first) was the great Bob Moore from Nashville who logged 18 thousand recording sessions from the 50's to the 80's. I'm a part time player but if it wasn't for him I would have given up on the bass years ago. Having a mentor is a great help when starting off on any instrument.

Neither. Fender Vintage '63. Great reviews. One of the best P bass pickups Fender ever made. I have one. Excellent full bass sound with just a touch of midrange.

Quilly: I don't think it's anger. It's more like energetic defensive reactions from those who don't have Fender basses. 😉 They have not figured out yet that resistance to Fender is futile.

Sam: Quote of the month!

I am revisiting a couple of instrumentals by The Shadows with the wonderful Alan Jones back in his prime...."Going Home" and Summer Love '59". I need to keep reminding myself about the importance of being "in tune" with the music that is being played. No matter what Alan Jones plays, he does it with such great musicality, tone, feel, authority and timing. Every note is placed perfectly. I always get the impression that if Hank Marvin played bass to these two tunes, he would play the same thing Alan plays. I live in Canada and discovered Alan Jones' playing on YouTube about 10 years ago when I watched a live show with Cliff Richard in Birmingham back in 1984. I remember thinking ..." now THAT is the way I want to hear the bass played!" Still feel the same way even though the only Shadows music I play is for my own enjoyment. I am retired and play mostly country and acoustic music in a couple of bands.

The instructions on the string package seem like good advice for installing any electric bass string. I have had no breakage problem with the set I installed a few weeks ago.

I bought a set of the Ernie Ball Cobalt flats for my P Bass recently but found them too "ringy". They felt good to play though. So I switched them over to my Gibson EB-4 and they sounded quite good after I adjusted the volume and tone on both pickups and my amp. No complaints. I'm leaving them on to see how long they last.

Good to be here for the ride. Thanks.

😀 Thanks.

Welcome from another newbie geezer! That's quite a career you have had so far. Looking forward to hearing your take on topics in the discussion forum.

Thanks for the welcome! Yeah....the big bass is wonderful to play.

Thanks Dad! I have visited this website many times as a guest and enjoyed many of the discussions. Especially the comments about the behaviour of bass soundwaves in relation to the rear porting of amps. Also the bunfight re alleged bad bass playing on videos and the love/hate over P-basses. As you can see from my introduction, I am squarely on the side of the P-bass as a mainstay but I chose the Gibson for its superior hardware, versatile, powerful pickups and easy playing rosewood neck. I traded in a Squire Modified 4 string Jazz bass for it.

Thanks!

Good to be part of Basschat. Some interesting and informative discussions. I play electric bass (2019 Fender American Professional Series P-Bass with upgraded tort pickguard) in the house band for a Country Music Club. My backup bass is a standard Gibson EB-4. I use Ernie Ball Series 3 flatwound strings on both. My upright bass is a 1993 Eberle ply (Pirastro Perpetuals) and I play it regularly with the Davis and Grant bluegrass band. I also freelance with fiddlers and other acoustic music bands. With the P-Bass I use a Traynor SB110 amp either on it's own or as a monitor using the line out to the PA. Depending on the venue, my Eberle goes directly to the PA using a Schatten RB1 bridge pickup through an LR Baggs ParAcoustic DI or a Radial Soundbug. I also have an ATM350 mic which I use directly into the PA. On the upright bass, my main inspiration for more than 20 years has been Bob Moore who was part of the Nashville "A team" from the late 50's until the 1980's. I also like to play electric bass for my own enjoyment to several instrumental recordings by the English group......The Shadows. Thanks to YouTube I have become a big fan of Alan Jones' bass playing from when he was with them. Other electric bass players who inspire me are Duck Dunn, Glenn Worf, Lee Sklar and Canada's John Dymond (Bruce Cockburn etc). I retired from my career as a radio reporter/announcer with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in 2004 and have played bass in bands as a part-time hobby since 1998.