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[quote name='Dandelion' post='1301458' date='Jul 12 2011, 07:20 PM']Can extensive practice ever make up for lack of talent?[/quote] The situation is a bit of a paradox I think because as you practice, any raw and basic talent you might have as a natural musician becomes refined and focused. People are put together differently and some people I'm sure are more musical than others but assuming you have as much drive as Jaco Pastorius did when he practiced then who can say what kind of dizzying heights you can achieve as a musician!

More proof that you can understand as much theory as you want but never be able to see the broader musical picture.

Guy Berryman's red P-Bass, easily!

[quote name='cycrowave' post='1283339' date='Jun 26 2011, 08:47 PM']MICHAEL EAVIS IS SECRETLY KILLING OFF TORIES[/quote] Classic Daily Mail headline if ever I saw one

[quote name='blackmn90' post='1283027' date='Jun 26 2011, 03:12 PM']What do you guys see as being the difference in skill and knowledge between amateur musicians and professionals?[/quote] Experience. That's the key IMO. Those people you see in the videos are great, MarloweDK has chops to kill for but unless those kinds of people can play in a band then their skills are redundant in a professional environment. A great blueprint for success is Pino Palladino. He's been playing non-stop for over 30 years and he's constantly still in demand because he has the experience and skill of his craft down to a tee. The guy doesn't even read that well as far as I know.

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIDR4YZU5Zc"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIDR4YZU5Zc[/url]

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' post='1281847' date='Jun 25 2011, 08:59 AM']What about some Rage Against The Machine?[/quote] I learned Timmy C's stuff back to front and inside out when I was a bit younger. Great fun to play! I was really looking for something on the challenging side, a bit more like Lowdown's Chick Corea suggestion except something that doesn't require 6 strings to play. [quote]Echidna's 'arf (of you) Zappa from Roxy & Elsewhere.[/quote] Much to my detriment I've never been a huge Zappa fan, although it has been a while since I tried last so maybe it's time to return.

Respect, you've got to get your music out there somehow so congrats. My girlfriend watches this so no doubt I'll be roped in to watching as well, I'll keep an ear out.

[quote name='Roland Rock' post='1281826' date='Jun 25 2011, 08:31 AM']RS, is that a diplomatic way of telling me that I have bad taste? As you say, it's a keeper, and it's already stripped to the bare wood, so if need be, i can always break out the Nitromors[/quote] No no, if anything it's me trying to tell you that you have impeccable taste! Sonic blue is one of my favourite Fender finishes, any man that owns a bass with such a finish I'll certainly envy

I don't know what year Graffiti Yellow came about, I have a feeling it was the early 80's but that was one of my favourite finishes, seldom seen nowadays too. Sonic blue is a great colour though, I think if you intend to keep the bass forever and aren't worried about the resale value then go with whatever you fancy!

[quote name='Big_Stu' post='1281650' date='Jun 24 2011, 11:14 PM'] This one, my only one righ now. It took me long enough to get it![/quote] Wow, that is really, really smart. What is it? EDIT - a John Birch! Could just about make it out on the headstock.

[quote name='burno70' post='1281230' date='Jun 24 2011, 04:51 PM']Yes 2 - A 70 something Fender precision in Dolphin, Liverpool, going for £2500 a couple of years ago. Probably the nicest bass I've ever played - and I generally dislike Fenders! The other was my friends Shuker Jazz, he bought and sold it really cheap, another fantastic bass but I just didn't have the spuds. Someone on here got a real bargain.[/quote] I played a '79 in there a while back, one of the nicest P's I've played but a wildly optimistic asking price of almost 2 grand. Maybe the same one!

[quote name='4 candles' post='1280226' date='Jun 23 2011, 09:52 PM']Howdy Im listening too michel camilo "one more once" live album- get some of this down[/quote] Hi Mark, I tried my best to get 'Not Yet' down... I know a good workman never blames his tools but I definitely could have used a 6 string for it! Me stuck with my measly 4!! Thanks for the recommendations everyone. I might try and post up some results to show how far I got with a few of them.

Really cool! I love the idea that you can go through life with one instrument that is inherently yours and yours alone. I love it!

I love Squarepusher and have been listening to him since I was 17 but I've never listened to him for his bass playing. Not that I consider him to be a bad player or anything, but in the broader context of his music, I often forget he's a bass player because his bass sounds so far removed from what I associate the sound of a bass to be like. I find a lot of his music really inspiring. He owes a hell of a lot to Daft Punk for that LED mask though

I do not get Ritters. Obviously they weren't made for people like me though, so that's fine! [quote name='silddx' post='1281160' date='Jun 24 2011, 04:04 PM']Er yeah! [/quote] That's not a bass, that's a toothpick!

Yes, a late 80's Musicman in White/Black pickguard. The best Musicman I've ever played, period, and all for under 700. I was totally stupid not to buy it.

Great electric and upright player, he did an album with ?uestlove and Uri Caine called the Philadelphia Experiment, it was superb, check it out if you can!

[quote name='chris_b' post='1279472' date='Jun 23 2011, 11:02 AM']Just love that drummer.[/quote] John Blackwell! Amazing player, solid groove.

[quote name='chris_b' post='1279294' date='Jun 23 2011, 02:05 AM']While Anthony Jackson was being slagged off in another thread, I found this. [/quote] I leant this one a while back, it's a stunning bass line. If you get a chance Chris you check out another tune from the same album called Heed the Warning, if you listen to the end then there are some of the most ridiculous fills I've ever heard on record, playing clean over the barlines and still managing to sound musical.

[quote name='Doddy' post='1279132' date='Jun 22 2011, 10:11 PM']I think she's a far better player than Tal,anyway. Her playing on the Prince DVD 'Live at the Aladdin' is great. Her solo albums are pretty cool too.[/quote] I don't think 'better' is right, different certainly. Tal seems to get a lot of criticism, I can never figure out why.

[quote name='Roland Rock' post='1279098' date='Jun 22 2011, 09:46 PM']Give Aretha's "Rock Steady" a go. Such a good groove in the verses, and some lovely fingerstyle funk in the choruses.[/quote] Ahh that was Chuck Rainey! Great shout Roland, thanks

I've not been gigging nearly as regularly recently and have found myself at a bit of a loose end bass playing wise. This is all set to change in a week or so when I'm going away to play for a week or two but in the meanwhile I've had the opportunity of being able to woodshed a bit, just me and my bass! Anyway, I need a few tunes to learn just to keep me preoccupied! Open to suggestions here, one or two killer bass lines. Jazz, funk, rock, R&B, anything really I'm easy. I'd be happy of a few suggestions.

I think Rhonda is a good player, but the solo seemed like the kind of solo 'expected' from the bass player of Jeff Beck and a little contrived. It's like the bass solo I've heard a thousand times before from a thousand different bass players, not particularly unique IMO I will always love her playing with Prince though, particularly stuff like this [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vITKFi2W_o"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vITKFi2W_o[/url]

[quote name='Chris2112' post='1278685' date='Jun 22 2011, 04:29 PM']Ah, the Kubicki. The last resort when the 1980's can't escape the player. [/quote] Fixed !!