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And DR played on Je'taime. Was an amazing time to be a session player.

Dont need to say anymore about the totaly original and hugely talented Sting. Grew up with him and Ive played all his fantastic music. But the day he started that pretentious soft thumb thing was the day quality bass guitar playing died... and now everyones doing it and it sounds like mush.

Ditto all the above, and dont forget, dial the bass back, dime the low mids a bit and crank the volume, and you'll have feet on the floor for ever. Good luck.

Sorry for the nerd assault. So is that a factory recall or was it refinished way back in the day?

I saw it too and left a nice comment. Impressive indeed.

Well well. Is that salmon pink underneath blue? Fascinating.

Aah.. Ditchling. Kinda Explains why I saw him at the 'Emsworth Food Fest', (yes the 'fete' above was a falsey to protect peeps but it was actually at the food festival about ten yrs ago), ...Wish I'd taken a photo now.. Herbie wearing a clear plastic poncho with the blue J bass.....in near torrential rain playing some very tasty danceable jazz funk. And yes at 59 I was still just a teeny bit starstruck..haha

Legend and a really humble guy too. Came across him a few yrs ago at a local village fete on the back of an old wagon.. three of them playing some funky jazz in the pouring rain! Twas very good.

Agree with the Doc. The shape and look have nout to do with the Wal mystique. The leccys are the secret sauce which no one sems to be able to replicate.

Bit of perspective. As a 17 yr old many, many moons ago, the idea of playing live in a band was beyond exciting and sadly thats why I royally screwed up big time on my very first public performance which was in a well known dingy night club full of serious young adults and we were supporting a well known very good local indie/punk band. Thing is I'd practised the tunes in the bedroom (Deni Deni was one) and then did a few run throughs at the leads house over a couple of nights.... great I thought, piece of cake, just need to sort my stage garb, cant wait. Well on the night the cold hard reality dawned.. First the darkness, couldnt see a thing, then realising we were using the main bands gear...Me, an Orange bass bin that u could not hear on stage and then the overal Noise!! I was seriously nervous to start with and then found I couldnt hear myself at all and between my terror and inability to hear much, got hideously lost. Guess the thing to take away from this tale is. That leap from the bedroom to the real life dance floor with stoney faced punters standing cynically two feet away from you expecting a show is a massive one. Taught me a heck of a lesson. Be totally prepared and thoroughly know what to expect.

This...Tho to place my comment in some sort of context. Its taken me many years to realise that for me and all the people I ever worked with there really is just one tone that does it all.. and I'll refrain from banging on about P basses cause you can probably achieve it with plenty other instruments. Anyway what I mean is. A hard punchy tone which is predominantly of the low mid variety will cover 99.9999% of all music. Ive even played Duran type material with the ubiquitos P bass and it sounded very close to JT's barky tone. The only tone that I might have struggled with is Geddy Lees but then that clanky scooped thing quite frankly doesn't sit well with me anyway, plus Ive never had to play any Rush ever. But everything else and I include Reggae too....a crisp low mid punch will always win the day.

This is always a grt topic as it happens for everyone in a different way. Might be good to know your age.

Totally agree. Everyone plodding thru the chart, going thru the motions and for me, the Proms is totally the wrong place for it.

Currently working up my 'difficult' jazz chops so my listening for the fun of it is 70's chart. Philly Soul, Bee Gees, even the Nolans get a look in... and all connected by.... great bass writing and playing.

My old Sq VM P bass. Kinda about the most boring instrument ever made. Perfectly put together, basswood body, feels like a toy, doesn't really have the Fender vibe but, with those Duncan factory PU's its all the bass I need. Nothings ever failed, fallen off or gone south.

Quite enjoyed TOTP2 last night on 4.. 1977. It was all so fun, musical and cheesy back then... great bass playing stuff. The Dooleys anyone?

Not sure there is a thing as an easy Motown bass line., Even the simpler ones have to be played with conviction and a fine touch. Took me decades to get Jamersons feel right, fun trying tho.

First time I heard Sylvia as a 12 year old I could not beleive it.. its probably one of a handful of tunes that has literally stopped me in my tracks.... still does. So musical, dynamic, so interesting.....They are a very interesting bunch of guys.

For the same reason I cant stand modern guitar bands that dont do solos or middle eights, bridges or any other manner of song writing technicalites that produce good music.

Long story but might amuse some if nothing better to do. Last day of term at middle school in 71 and they wanted kids to do something in Fri afternoon assembly on the school stage, anything that might be entertaining, so four of us thght,..."how bout be a band and mime to a record"? Bearing in mind we had a week to do this. So I got dad to cut out two leccy guitars from some old board and Friday arrived. No idea how this happened but I end up not with a guitar (board) but sitting on a seat with a snare drum in me lap. Teacher queues up my friends older sisters "Get It On" and off we go with the other three jumping about like twits and lil ole me tapping this bloody snare drum... thing is halfway thru the tune Im starting to do a solid four four hi hat snare back beat on the snare, never done it before never hit anything other than my bro now and again..haha. Next thing I know everyones kinda looking at me with big confused smiles cause we're only spposed to be miming, and anyway...'You cant play drums...can you'? Anyway seems I caused a bit of a stir and suddenly Im the next best thing to sliced bread. To get to the point of this tale. Moving on 50 years after a lifetime playing bass and I suddenly got the urge to play drums again, or rather I can play a straight back beat and a bit of jazz but it got me a few gigs with a couple of bands recently. Fun and games. If you have any thgts about having a go... well, have a go.. nothing to lose.

Nope far to gone, would need a couple bags of ready mix to sort my old "lived a life" face...haha. But then Im never going to be autioning for a band with anyone under 60... and my cruising days are long gone. (apprently you actually have to look good to do the ships, thats y they tend to only take on young guys)

Ha.. did this when it came out. Its not Les Nemes and whoever it is is playing an SB900 just like my old one. Neat little pop tune.

This. Sure he can slap like a demon, but he writes very musical tunes and is also a great singer AND entertainer. MK is totally the real deal.

Of course Nawlins, gotta stop having these senior moments! Anyway Ive just tried those two and its not quite right and such a nice walking run. Thanks again.

Hi all, Found this no name chart in the cupboard, any chance someone could tell me what it is. Thght it might be Baby Come Home but I dont think it is. All ideas much appreciated. Thanks everyone.