BillyBass

That is something you don't normally see, three blokes and a bird, but the bird is on drums!

That would be one of the bands that @mcnach from this parish plays in.

Led Zeppelin: In My Time of Dying "my dying dying dying....cough Thats got to be the one hasn't it!" I think its Bonham that says 'Thats got to be the one hasn't it"

This takes me back. I followed Adam and the Antz around the country, when they were still playing stuff like 'Plastic Surgery' and 'Beat my Guest'. Andy Warren was a bit of a hero to us. I saw the Monochrome Set a couple of times too, quite good they were.

Coincidentally, I spent the first lockdown, in Barnet, going through the SBL diatonic harmony course, learning the modes etc. And I see you put your knowledge to good use in the YouTube clip. Very well done!

I stick to 105 for the E string because I believe it will handle being dropped to D better. Am I wrong?

Or how about: 'The Pit Fillers' Those old enough to have read 'Viz' might remember its meaning

I've been experimenting with different picks recently, I bought the 1.5 mm red stubbies and thought they were good but prefer the 2mm smaller stubby, which is in a mauve translucent colour. It has the same bit in the middle which really helps with the grip. I also bought a pack of three Dunlop Primetones, but the ones with the rounded ends. I also like these but so far the 2mm small stubby is the one I'm most comfortable with, they are about a fiver for 12 https://www.gak.co.uk/en/dunlop-big-stubby-guitar-picks-6-pack-2mm/25215

I've had good experiences with both sellers, but I've never bought basses from them, just pedals and heads. Peach Guitars had a great selection of basses when I visited in 2019, whereas Guitar Guitar in Camden had very few basses, it was all guitars.

I bet! How is the pick technique progressing?

Yep, that one annoys me too. Also from Holiday in the sun: I wanna see some history, Cos now I've got a reasonable economy

He is the bassist I admire more than any other, my bass hero if you like (followed by JJ Burnel). I learnt Limelight over the latest lockdown, mainly using Songsterr bass tabs. There is quite a bit of divergence from the Songsterr bass tab and the isolated bass clip in the link, particularly during the guitar solo, so that was useful for me to hear. I was told once that all online tabs have to include errors, for reasons of copyright? I like the phrase 'traditionally flashier instruments' at the end of paragraph 6.

You just need a daisy chain cable. Analogue pedals are usually ok with sharing a power supply though it helps if the 9v outputs on your power supply are isolated. Digital pedals prefer their own dedicated supply but you can always try it and see if you get much noise. https://www.andertons.co.uk/guitar-dept/guitar-pedals/pedal-power-supplies/tourtech-5-way-dasiy-chain-pedal-power-cable The above is for a 5 way but search around and yo'll find a 2 way somewhere.

I reckon the only person at the venues you play that cares about your age is yourself. You wrote that you could do a 2 hour gig and I presume you can remember the songs, so what's the issue?

On the subject of Bob Seger, Rosalie was done better by Thin Lizzy I think.

Revisiting this thread and I notice the above posts. Yes, my mistake, was thinking of Stepping Stone. I never saw them play unfortunately, left school in 1979 and went to my first gig shortly afterwards, a year too late😢

I remember reading that Robert Trujillo's then 12 year old son played bass for Korn on a tour. I was quite impressed but after hearing the clip posted by @SteveXFR I"m even more impressed. How could a 12 year old boy throw filing cases down a fire escape for 4 minutes straight? Not bad.

One of my customers is a cellist. Retired now, but she used to play in an orchestra. I commented on how professional I thought classical musicians were etc and she commented that she was impressed by us lot as we can improvise. In all her 40 odd years of professional cello playing she never had to improvise. It was always doing what the conductor said!

No, not unfair but creativity and an ability to play an instrument are two quite different skills. If you can do both then marvellous, you are in the premier league. If you can play an instrument but aren't, perhaps, quite so creative, then you are doomed to a life playing in covers bands...like me. My main issue with Juliaplaysgroove is that she does it all on a £350 bass. Whereas I need my next GAS fuelled purchase to continue to live.

We haven't played in front of paying customers yet, that will hopefully come later. We play a few songs together that I have found very difficult and it is normally me that decides on those songs. I want to be pushed and by picking something out of my comfort zone I am obliged to develop and stretch my comfort zone. The day I stop learning on the bass is the day I finally put the instrument down. I would like to learn how to slap as it's another weapon in the arsenal so to speak. I am unlikely to use it much with my current band and, RATM and RHCP aside, there isn't much slap music that I listen to but having an ability is never a bad thing.

Do you have to be so judgemental? I posted something pointing out difficulties I was having and you seem to have taken it personally. You don't know anything about how much time I spend practising so don't lecture me on what I should be doing with my time. And no, I'm not a great bassist but I am trying to improve; I normally get about 2 hours of practice in on days off work. 'By the way' is something we decided to learn and have a go at. We managed one rehearsal with it before the last lockdown in December. I was under the impression the open E in the riff was slapped, maybe I'm wrong.

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True but if you don't like most slap bass music but need to learn it for a song your band covers, as in my case, it is difficult to find the motivation. I generally have the action on my basses higher than optimum for slap; one of the first things Phil Mann says in his course on slap in SBL is that a low action is essential. So that means either using two basses or fret rattle and buzz, particularly when using a pick, or leaving the action higher and struggling with slap...which I'm not a fan of anyway. I will knuckle down and learn it eventually but until then I'll try and wing 'By The Way' with finger style.

I'd love a TT-800 and perhaps a Barefaced 210S to go with both my One10s, that would sound amazing I'm sure. Not necessary though and she would kill me, so its not going to happen. The fact that there don't seem to be any TT-800s in the country and probably won't be for several months does make it a bit easier.