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gah

Maybe he's as good as this guy...

I bet he's not.

This will be awful. If I lived closer I would come along, film you cringing and make a fortune on youtube.

Sometimes I just like watching musicians' faces.... I'm not sure I've seen a bunch of musicians feeling it more than this, but special mention for the drummer...

lol. Cultural appropriation by Tony Tribe?

Try these for size...

Where are you having the problem? Is it playing with a band? Timing? Or tone? I Shot the Sheriff is not an easy song in its Bob Marley version (Eric Clapton's is a bit easier!) It's super-busy. Bill Laswell made an interesting observation about Familyman.... he's locked in mostly with Bob's vocals. The key is to listen to a lot of reggae. It follows a lot of rules that blues based music follows so people think it's easy... but unless you know the music inside out, you're going to sound a bit fake... One thing to get used to is the one drop (not universal, admittedly). The drummer does not place emphasis on the "1", which might give you trouble... you just have to get used to that.

I had some trouble with Twist and Shout once I realised I was a different colour than the people who first sang it. Or is it a different nationality? Or religion? The Isley Brothers (who were the first to chart with it) were Seventh Day Adventists...

The Doors used bass players on most of their later material... here's a nice article about the making of Riders on the Storm... https://www.uncut.co.uk/features/the-making-of-the-doors-riders-on-the-storm-4035

No?

Guitarchat is somewhat underutilised for the moment... is there any way the off-topic and general discussion sections of the two sites could be combined? That would give the new site sufficient traffic to give it a chance of attracting new contributors... maybe.

The target demographic is on youtube now.

Whichever you do, do some practicing at volume with a backing track. Nothing like going into a rehearsal studio after bedroom only playing to unnerve you.

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You can get new portaflexes... https://www.bax-shop.co.uk/bass-guitar-amp-head/ampeg-pf-50t-all-tube-bass-guitar-amplifier?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIjouF6vbH3gIVFc-yCh0xqQA6EAQYAiABEgKt8fD_BwE That's what Jamerson used.

omg.... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1963-AMPEG-B15-NC-PORTAFLEX-ANDY-BAXTER-BASS-/183514257563

Ampeg B15 if you really must. But you should be able to get the sound with some sort of preamp or software amp modeller

I would offer no more than the price of an early 1970s mustang neck. The pickguard has been there for a long time by the looks of it... the body finish has aged around it and will look really odd with a correct pickguard. At a guess the routing for the pickup will have been done with the equivalent of a butter knife/soup spoon and it will need patching and a refinish to restore it to originality. On the other hand, if it plays well and you get it cheap enough, t-cut it and insert a couple of Novak dark star pickups... oh my!

1. Is he enjoying it? 2. Is he making money?

To be fair it looks like he had monitor problems...

Yeah, that's where they put them for a while... here's a strat:

Yeah, but it was a bit rubbish. George Benson's version is better if you're after an upbeat version...

bizarre