Richard R

Done.

Worst case scenario: we cancel at short notice and Mike needs us to collectively stump up the deposit for the hall. Not the end of the world, and much better than the avoidable end of a basschatter.

Rock on! Or funk on, or jazz on depends on the band!

Welcome aboard! I'm sure someone here will help out on learning to play slap, probably best to ask on the technique thread. Bad luck to fracture your foot in lockdown, but if you will go skateboarding down the deserted Devon lanes...

Welcome aboard! And welcome back to the UK. Smiling while practicing, what an excellent idea! I shall have to try it in place of the angsty grimace of frustration that usually accompanies my fluffed notes.

The incredible shrinking bass player!

It's Keef on guitar! I recognise that hanging fag anywhere!

Well he wouldn't want to risk changing something that might affect the tone!

Welcome aboard 🥳. If you mean that the notes are ringing on longer than you want then yes, it's all about muting. Muting and controlling the length of the note is a very key skill. At least living in N Wales you have plenty of time to practice when the rain sets in 😉 As suggested above, a good tutor is worth finding, but I got a lot of the basics sorted with help from StudyBass. The free path is good and the lessons short and accurate. Here's the section on fundamental technique. https://www.studybass.com/study-guide/studybass-fundamentals-one/basic-bass-technique/ Have fun, don't feel you have to rush it, and settle in for the long haul.

Apparently women do. I don't understand that, or them for that matter.

You're quite right, we missed that cue completely. Anyone would think we were singers 😥

I'm in. I don't need them for the bass I have, but for the basses I will have...

That's not a song I know. However it's a nice riff, I will have to look it up. 🎶

That sounds excellent! And I shall hopefully recognise the song when you tell me what it is. That first phrase rings a very, very distant bell. Though it also sounds like something The Redhills play, and they aren't that well known.

@ped, have you been out in The Tardis again, setting up websites in 1980?

Actually, NO, NO,NO, a thousand times NO!!!

Missed this the first time round, surprised Sting didn't get mentioned earlier. Here's an utterly marvelous rendition of Solsbury Hil by the man who played the original guitar line. Anyone who is counting beats should just stop and listen instead 😁

Q was the publication when it came out. Well written, funny, and covered music I liked and music I didn't, but then went off to explore. But as others here said, it seemed to get narrower in focus, less interesting, and the last time I picked up a copy two years ago it seemed rather dated. Sad to see it go though.

Does it? 6 years more to go... @DJRAY

Oh yes, nearly forgot - check out the Events thread, as it looks like the Big Fat SW Bass Bash is happening later in the year.

Rumble 40 is a nice little practice amp 👍 In annswer to the second part of your post. There are lots of online lessons and what have you, some free some paid. StudyBass.com is one of the best free sites, especially for getting the basics right. That means a proper position so you don't injure yourself and understanding what a bass can do musicaly (other than sound awesome). Scotts Bass Lessons has a lot of free stuff which is good. His style is a bit manic, but what he says is spot on. The subscription works out just under £100 per year, or four face-to-face lessons, and is also structured well. Getting a few face to face lessons is well worth it at the start as well. The one thing that will make more difference than anything else is playing with other people. Hard at the moment, but seriously nothing beats it. Enjoy the ride. I've only been playing a couple of years, work gets in the way of practice, and I can't play with the band as I am the sound engineer. So I am utterly carp compared to where I could be, but still enjoying myself. Rock on with Paranoid!

Welcome aboard. I live in Birmingham, and went to Bournemouth only once in 1988. However I have bought various bits of gear from Absolute Music, and also bought my bass from there two years ago. Sight unseen used, lurking at the dusty back of their website, on a hunch it would be good. It was set up almost perfectly. Amusingly it is still on their website!! https://www.absolutemusic.co.uk/keith-brawley-kb-24-artemis-custom-bass-guitar-with-gigbag-pre-owned.html

Maybe I should review it again at the end of the week, when I have played the whole lot though again? I played Yes yesterday and didn't have a problem with it. 🙂

It would have been under F if the artist was The Four Tops. It's not as good as I hoped, or the reviews said it was. Whoever remastered the recordings for CD was brought up in the 90s with the loudness wars, and squashed the dynamics out of the mixes. Passages that were really quiet on the original are brought up louder and the overall range is reduced. It was a birthday present, and it is great in the car. But I almost cried when I first got it, settled back with headphones on and played one if the discs - it sounded so harsh and brittle. 🙁