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  1. risingson
    The way I see it is that if he's been a bass player for a few years and played with a band then you've most likely got a good grasp on harmony and chords. All you have to do is build from the ground up and keep a good sense of space and rhythm, not completely dissimilar to his role as a bassist. Lead guitar is a completely different instrument to bass, I don't see them as being closely related at all and it admittedly takes years of concentration and practice to learn the idiosyncrasies of bends, playing over the G and B strings (which will throw him completely at first as the strings are a major 3rd apart and seem unnatural for a bass player used to playing on strings tuned 4ths apart). Tones really matter as well. I suppose he could work at carbon-copying lead parts to begin with and see where he gets to if he wanted to play the solos.
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    [b]Now for sale!![/b] A really, really nice Musicman Stingray 5, black/black/maple, 2010. It's spotless, no dings, no wear and comes with a Ernie Ball hard case. It is rock solid, a lovely example of one of the most distinctive sounding and distinctive looking 5 strings of all time. It's a 2010 model with [b]alnico[/b] magnets in the pickups, for those who are interested the pickup is far closer sounding to the Stingray 4 string rather than the earlier models of the Stingray 5 string which featured [b]ceramic [/b]pickups. My preference is towards the alnico pickup, simply because it gives the bass the character of a real Stingray as opposed to sounding closer to a Musicman Sterling which features a ceramic pickup and a harsher sound. Classic Stingray tones all the way, this really does do a blinding job of everything you throw at it. [b]£1050[/b], based on the Wirral, pickup from the Wirral or Liverpool preferable but a meet can possibly be arranged. These fetch near enough £1500 new right now and this thing looks like it's come straight out the shop! Will also now consider 60's style P-Basses (Fender Vintage reissues) as trades. Feel free to PM me any questions you might have and I'll answer as very best as I can. Thanks guys! Liam
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    I think that I might hate the tune itself but the bass line is absolutely superb! So well crafted, not nearly as straight forward as you might think, a lot of walking about and countering the melody with what the bass is doing.
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    Terrific bass, and welcome to the forum.
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    In my opinion, alarm bells should have been ringing before you'd even sent the first email[font="helvetica, arial, sans-serif"][color="#282828"] - people who describe themselves as having 'been in the business all their lives' generally make me want to buy a gun and shoot myself. [/color][/font]
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    Worth every penny - in opposite land.
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    Wouldn't be the 90's if it weren't for scooped graphic EQs on yer Trace Elliot!
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    Rule number one, take the advice you will see/receive on internet forums with the most gigantic spoonful of salt. At the end of the day people on sites like this (including myself) might ramble on about what I perceive to be the shortcomings of brand 'X', its shoddy fit and finish, bad electronics and all of that but it's best to use your own judgement to distinguish between a bass you want to buy and a bass you don't want to buy. I went and checked out a new Fender AM Jazz Deluxe the other day in a high street store and I was actually pretty taken aback by the quality of the instrument. The new Fender U.S prices are at first glance pretty rich (nearly a full £300 more expensive than when I bought my US Jazz 7 or so years back) but if this one bass was anything to go by, the quality of Fender may well have finally gone up. It was one of the most impressive Jazz basses I've ever tried out in any store, boutique or otherwise. My thinking on it is that if it sounds and plays good then you're kind of almost all of the way there with what you need from your bass anyway.
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    Rarely solo but I rarely play the same thing twice either live unless the bass part is fairly/very prescribed! Try my best to just stay in the moment, as cheesy as it might sound. I rely on my ears to do most of my work, to know about playing under and over chords using the right chordal notes and accidentals in the right succession and all of that. As much as I'm not over keen on his style of playing, I found Victor Wooten's idea that you're only ever one semitone away from a correct note an a really cool, optimistic way of looking at soloing and improvisation.
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    Abysmal... playing dare I say it?? Granted, maybe I don't get it personally, not my kind of thing but what a sh*te demo. Luckily I've played a Warwick Star bass before to know that they are superb instruments that sound phenomenal, this one especially looks gorgeous but god, that is an absolutely appalling demo.
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    [quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1361300422' post='1984217'] I know a couple of keyboard players that do that as well. Nothing's new! Irving Berlin could only play in F#. Didn't stop him becoming rich, famous and successful. In 1910 he bought a "transposing piano" for $100. To one side of the keyboard was a small wheel, and turning the wheel shifted the keyboard right or left relative to the strings, positioning the hammers over higher or lower notes than they would ordinarily strike. [/quote] Aye all true but the guy could write an absolute belter of a tune!!
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    Anyone who is under the assumption that they might be lacking in cash couldn't be more wrong. If they value JPJ's wealth at £50m then Page and Plant will take things to a whole new level on the monetary scale. No problems with a reunion. Why does everyone get their knickers in a twist about this? They're welcome to tour and earn more money, they're living icons of British music and we should be proud of them as a British band. The stage at which I'll take issue is when their tour manager elects to charge everyone £200 a ticket.
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    [quote name='hubrad' timestamp='1361206965' post='1982779'] I was thinking ME-6B; on a quick search I found plenty of references to the 6B and 8B. Probably depends just which time slot you look at. [/quote] Twas both! First the former then the latter. edit - by the way, it will have been a lot of outboard compressors in the studio he will have used, fairly certain most of his bass parts were straight to the desk so any good compressor will get you that really squashed sound, as opposed to just buying the boss unit.
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    It's nice to hear what a band might do differently during a live performance of a very studio-orientated version of a song but if I've got covers to learn then it's usually from the studio version.
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    [quote name='OliverBlackman' timestamp='1361102390' post='1980988'] This has happened in pop music, especially R&B. Musicians are either rapidly being replaced by DJ's or playing synth keyboards and triggers. [/quote] Bass players made similar claims in the 80's too about synth replacing them, yet here we all are!
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    [quote name='GarethFlatlands' timestamp='1361026501' post='1979987'] risingson - Cool cross between old school songwriting and electronic elements. I really liked the crossover between the regular and bass synth, and I especially dug the middle section from about 2 minutes until the vocals kicked back in, everything just worked really well together there. The vocals are way too high in the mix for me but that's all I can think of I didn't like. [/quote] Thank you very much Gareth. I completely agree on the vocals by the way.
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    [quote name='Merton' timestamp='1361020116' post='1979848'] Yes it was Did you notice his cheeky fills in Twist and Shout? We have suitably taken the piss on facebook [/quote] Yeh I spotted the fill and the comments! What a player, hoping to catch up with him next time I'm in the capital.
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    It was a pleasure watching a friend of mine Phil Mulford playing bass for most of it. The other bands that weren't the house band were hit and miss musically but it was a nice idea.
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    My favourite bass players are the ones who demonstrate a great musicianship. I like good tones but I much prefer identifying with their note choices, rhythmic inflections, the feeling of space and time in which they operate. I can tell that they're good by the way they work for their music and drive it forward.
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    [quote name='xilddx' timestamp='1360970032' post='1979379'] You got a bit of a crooner on the vocal there Good song this. And you're dead right, the bass is is perfect for it. Massive kudos for the restraint and tone selection [/quote] Thanks he's got a great voice for West End, which is quite literally what he's currently involved in but man the pipes on him defy sense, I've not heard anything or anyone like him. I prefer a throatier dirtier vocal for stuff like this but I can't detract from the lad. Good idea for a thread too.
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    I'm only as proud of the bass line that I've put down on a track as I am of the track itself. I've played far more 'complicated' bass parts on records we have made, but the three notes that I played on this tune are all I ever felt that it required for it to be a song that I'm very proud of. The rest of the bass is synth bass (which I also played )
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    [quote name='xilddx' timestamp='1360930942' post='1978452'] What a f***ing racket. [/quote] Haha! Yes indeed. "Alright mate, it's the guys from Warwick, we'd like you to demo a bass for us if you're available. Do you know anything slapped and unwholesome in the key of E?"
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    [quote name='51m0n' timestamp='1360934902' post='1978570'] So no one willing to jump in and claim that the Beatles output compositionally surpassed all the Motown output then? Interesting.... [/quote] That's a different topic altogether I think. The Beatles are not the only best to have ever existed, it's a sea of influence out there!
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    My last contribution then: I suspect that the Beatles made up one of the most important songwriting team in musical history, and will be remembered and written for hundreds of years just like J.S Bach and Beethoven for musical works of great importance. Those who have gone out of their way to misconstrue - or maybe even genuinely misunderstand - their importance in this thread will constitute a minority of people whose dressed up opinion as fact will fortunately not prevail. Quite an eye opener of a thread.
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    Hi Greek, I was a 4 string player for years and years before I finally got a 5'er. I think people can downplay the extent to which switching can affect their technique and style but it's just about the amount of time you're willing to practice and accept that low B string as part of your playing. It gets mentioned all the time in topics like this but I actually never play my 5 string like a 5 string, I always play it like a 4 string with an extra string if you see what I mean, i.e. being able to have the facility to drop a full 4th below your usual note doesn't mean you should do it all the time. For me, buying a 5 meant I was able to connect certain passages that I felt would benefit a lower note somewhere in it, it also makes position playing a little easier and finally it opens up the possibilities of what I'm able to with my bass guitar. A 6 string would be too much for me as I don't need those higher notes but the 5 extra low notes are perfect for what I like to do.
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