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[quote name='lojo' timestamp='1406442811' post='2511440'] Love their take on "long time gone" [/quote] Ditto ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGv3Wswe0U0

They want 'attitude' but not 'bad attitude', which makes me think they haven't actually read what they've written... ... and the 'Absolutely no smokers of any kind' makes me want to get the job, learn all the songs, and then turn up at the first gig with a very large spliff on the go ... but then I guess I must have a bad attitude.

[quote name='Pixiechick23' timestamp='1406217067' post='2509435'] As this is already a post on strings, I'm just gonna be cheeky and tag onto it rather than make a whole new post. I need to restring my Tanglewood, badly [it's buzzing when I play cause the strings are so old] and was after some Rotosound jazz strings. Are they flexible or pretty stiff? I've never used them but I'm pretty sure the strings I have on now are Rotosound, just not the jazz ones. When they're not old they sound great but they're a little stiff, I'm after something with a little more bend to it if that makes sense? [/quote] Rotosound Jazz Bass 77 strings are high tension (i.e. stiff) monel flatwounds. Is that what you mean? What makes you think old strings cause buzz?

[quote name='Mykesbass' timestamp='1406231734' post='2509666'] Mark Kermode - don't know the name but is double bass player in a skiffle/rockabilly band [/quote] The Dodge Brothers ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3W7k2DJ7y9Y

You learn most from someone who knows what they are talking about, even though you do not always agree with them. You learn least from someone who does not know what they are talking about, even when you always agree with them.

I like the green pearl pickguard and in those pictures the neck looks rather slender.

[quote name='MoJo' timestamp='1405885922' post='2506180'] ... The only way I can do it is to play twice on the fifth instead of fifth-root... [/quote] You can make it easier some of the time by playing the root note as an open string.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTpL-lVhXkM

By the way, I believe the Macca line is nicked from Chuck Berry's I'm Talking About You - Reggie Boyd on bass: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2i8Z-c35y4[/media]

[quote name='MoJo' timestamp='1405890998' post='2506272'] Thanks......I'll get my coat [/quote] Get my coat too while you're there ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtXrbGR06nE

... and just to rub it in, Macca sang it while he was playing the bass line.

Nice, unusual but nice.

[quote name='alyctes' timestamp='1405863383' post='2505917'] Flatwounds? [/quote] Flatwounds may be less abrasive but there's no guarantee of no blisters, especially on upright.

[quote name='UglyDog' timestamp='1405859987' post='2505856'] So don't spend too much time and energy tweaking. Concentrate on your playing first. Most of your tone is in your fingers, after all [/quote] Yes, extremely good advice. Alongside which - a new bass/amp/whatever won't make you a better player.

[quote name='Leonard Smalls' timestamp='1405859013' post='2505836'] And I've only stuck my fingers together once... [/quote] ... how was that gig?

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1405853989' post='2505752'] [size=4]Surgical spirit is very good for general hardening-up of fingertips, but less so if fingers are already sore and damaged...[/size] [/quote] I certainly agree it's better to use the surgical spirit regularly and in advance of any blistering but in my experience it's also the most effective treatment of actual blisters. However, also be prepared to play with a pick if necessary.

[quote name='Mykesbass' timestamp='1405852647' post='2505727'] I looked at going to that date but it seemed like it was part of the festival where you had to buy tickets for various gigs - about £50 or so - ddin't fancy that. [/quote] Yes, it was part of Great Escape.

I missed them in Brighton recently. I was introduced to them by my son buying me CD for Christmas.

Surgical spirit from your local chemist's shop. Apply every few hours.

.. and [i]Lake Street Dive[/i] and [i]Joy Kills Sorrow[/i] together as superband [i]One Bird Theory[/i]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySt_VVZqcNk

Bassist Bridget Kearney also played with [i]Joy Kills Sorrow[/i] until 2012: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BETgmIZlNfY

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1405762434' post='2504995'] Yes, I think so. I can play much faster with a .50 pick than with anything thicker. But as usual it's just down to personal taste. I'm not quite so belligerent about it these days as I now play fingerstyle 99% of the time, anyway. [/quote] Well, let's not fall out over it and YMMV as they say, but I'm wanting to say possible speed of playing is not a matter of personal taste but is shaped by flexibility of the pick. More flexible means longer recovery time means slower maximum speed. Less flexible means shorter recovery time means higher maximum speed. It's physics. But as I'm not a physicist ... I'd be happy to be corrected.

My estimate would be that most musicians who ever lived played what people wanted to hear and most audiences want to hear material they recognise. The more original your material (and really original is a very rare thing) the less likely you are to earn a living.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1405642929' post='2504045'] No, they didn't! [/quote] Was it you?