chris_b

A few years ago I was thinking along the same lines. I was playing with an acoustic guitarist and an original rock and roll band so when a "double bass sounding" Rob Allen bass came up I jumped at it. IMO it sounded pretty fantastic and perfect for both bands. The only reaction I got was indifference, and lukewarm indifference at that! I sold it shortly after and neither band noticed I'd changed back. My main basses are a P bass and a Jazz so they fit in anyway, but that's the first and last time I spend money on trying to get a better fit for any band.

Is that blu tack keeping it up like that?

I've heard guys sounding fantastic playing MM Bongos, so anything goes.

I know one player who occasionally uses an old ESP jazz. I guess I would make it sound totally different, but he gets such a good sound that I actually thought of buying one to find out if the magic would rub off on me. It would have to be a 5 string version, and I've never seen one of those for sale.

That works on several levels. Why is it that the bass player is always the clever one in the band? dictionary definition: clever - quick to understand, learn, and devise or apply ideas; intelligent.

You mean like: I don't get on with a 5 string. . . . . . . . means I'm not going to put the effort in to make this work. D Class amps and Neo cabs don't sound good. . . . . . . . means I've never understood my EQ. Jaco only needed 4. . . . . . . . means I am trying to justify my lack of ambition. Wood makes no difference. . . . . . . . means I don't understand physics. The sound in my head. . . . . . . . means I'm more worried about how I sound than how I play. I'm getting the hang of this. . . . . . I'm here to make the guitarist sound good. . . . . . . . means. . . . . . . . hey, that one actually is true.

I know a guy who tunes C F Bb Eb. I don't know why he chose those notes. He sounds OK but still doesn't have a G string, which would be the deal breaker for me.

Just name the band after a fictitious band member. The Alf Sprog Band, The Tim Smith Band, The Johnson Boris Band, The Harold Wilson Funkateers etc etc.

If the guy is collecting, get him to bring ID and sign a receipt. Take a photo of him and both docs.

Cut to the chase, you either need a 5 string or you don't. If you really do need a 5 string, find the one you like and get it.

A couple of years ago I saw Sam Wilkes playing at the Jazz Cafe with Lewis Louis Cole's Knower. I haven't seen many bass players with that amount of talent and ability. edit for spelling, oops

Did you twist the string when putting it on? Do you hear the rattle through the amp? If you can I'd send the strings back. If you can't I'd keep it.

Very nice amp. Let me know when you get bored again!!

Go to YouTube and click on settings (one of the buttons on the bottom right corner), then click on playback speed, then click on 0.75. That will slow the song down from stupid fast to just fast. Keep playing along until it becomes easy, then put the speed back to normal. How long will it take? That's up to you. There were more than 10 takes when recording this and the story goes they sped it up after the track was laid down. Apparently even Norman Watt-Roy had trouble playing it after that.

I played 2 SC's for several years. A great sound and always lots of compliments, but when I switched my main bass to an active Jazz I started looking for a little more top end. I finally put an SM on top of the SC and, voila, there it was was a great full range tone. The SM reinforces the mids and adds some sparkle at the top end.

The only thing that moves on my Val Doonican tribute band gigs is the rocking chair.

If someone sets out to write and perform a song intending for it to be a hit and it becomes a hit, then IMO that is a job done well. I don't like a lot of music but I know that my opinion doesn't make it crap.

The mid 70's to mid 80's was my decade off, family, job, house, etc, so I missed out on most of the names listed here first time around. Since then I've played a lot of 80's songs and every one has been a well crafted piece of music. IMO it's the good music that defines an era not the bad music.

After the negative reaction to my post, seems like some of you are coming around. In the UK there are 12 million people aged 65 and over. The country can't stay locked down for the length of time that it's going to take to develop a vaccine and then make enough to treat 12 million people.

There's a Lakland 55-02 in the classifieds. These are fantastic basses.

I would imagine all environmental laws relating to excessive noise are still in force, so outdoor gigs, just because the pub has a garden, are probably a non starter.

My understanding is that live performances are still not allowed. I guess the herd immunity comment is aimed at me? We have 3 options. Apparently 60% is the number to achieve herd immunity and if the current killer strain doesn't mutate that's what we have to reach, from our current level of 5%. So that's somewhere in the region of another 40 million cases. Not a happy prospect. If this virus does mutate then it can become like the common cold and be an annoyance. If it mutates the other way, like the 1918 pandemic, it could come back more dangerous. The scientists don't know enough about the behaviour of Covid-19 yet so all possibilities are still on the table.

Around here several pubs are open to serve customers, but you then have to leave the premises and stand around on the pavement social distancing, except most of them aren't.

I totally agree, but it's impossible to lockdown the world until a vaccine is developed, so lives and economies have to start again, with all the risks that Covid-19 brings.

There's going to be a second wave no matter what, and a third and a fourth until something like 60% of the country has had the virus, then herd immunity kicks in. Right now about 5% have had it, so there are a lot of "spikes" to come, unless it mutates into a common flu virus. Right now I just think, let's get it over and done with. Some people will die, most won't and the survivors can get back to living. If the current situation carries on, and the country tries live on credit for much longer, our kids and grandchildren will be paying for this into the next century.