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As an extremely 'amateur' classical string player I cant help thinking CB has missed a trick. He's an insane bassist but its just bass. Im sure if he'd pursed a stringed instrument he could be coining it like Hauser for example. (Hausers a solo cellist but is a bit of a pinup for the instrument). Anyway each to their own I guess. But there's no denying CB's an exceptional musician.

Never really thght about it..My primary objective tho is to sit in my own sonic space whatever Im playing and that is basicly, dry mid forward tone thanks to a light touch, dead Chromes, thru Ampeg with the bass rolled off. Always sounds tight out in the room/vid playback.

Just plugged the bass in and had a bash... FIYTIO....et al...Yes he was a very good blues player but Im a sucker for his slushy stuff... sooo well written. Classics all of em.

This. Playback of a festival I did with dead chromes making my usual burpy mid tone and you'd think Id been playing an Alembic with fresh rounds....Clangy and thin... how do they do that?

Havent really the time to watch it. Pray Jamerson and Carole Kay are mentioned somewhere?

100%, Ive been playing for 45 years. Bottom line nobody cares about bass or the bassist unless the tunes are literally a stand alone bass line, (Riders on the storm for eg or, 'A Forest' etc ) But if the singers mic goes south?... Its pistols at dawn and a court appearence for some unsuspecting sound dude....and yes Im exaggerating simply to make the point. Been to several theatre shows/gigs recently and the bass was just an indestinct mush, tells the story.

Cool thread. I'd add one more ingredient to this. 'Ghost notes'. Ghost notes are like ligaments, they bind rythmns together.

Havent seen it yet, I may have a look. On a purely recognisable and musical level I hope Rio and, A Forest are discused. Two eg's of old, powerful, melodic and in your face highly influential basslines.

My SQ P bass wears 20 yr old dead Chromes. Pretty amazing. A light touch just behind the PU and its like a J bass bridge PU wth a bit more heft, incredibly dry and in a funny way kinda dull....but, sounds glorious out front. Cant ever imagine playing fresh rounds again.

Interesting. Wonder if hes the same guy who imported all those CIJ's back in the mid 2000's, as you rarely see them for sale.. and to have so many?

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Its Sky Arts which I do like a lot, but which also means its producing content which is easily understood by everyone. This means there idea of a "Greatest bassline " will discuss work that the general public can easily understand.. ie something like Pink Floyds Money...or the Cures A Forest. Not necessarily clever in the bass sense but immediately recognisable as a very good ....'Bassline'.

How many of her friends are actually playing guitar? If she's playing with more than one and then an inevitable drummer then she will need some volume. Not my thing but a 100 watt Rumble would be a very good start and they are everywhere.

Love Pollock. Ive seen some have a goes of Pollock and they were woefully lacking. But if you think you can then well done.

Probably the easiest Fender to replicate. As an eg, a Bravewood with the right tuners is pretty much indestinguishable from an original. Just saying.