oldslapper

Bassist friend of mine was a Warwick and Ibby fan boy, recently got a USA fender 5 string. He plays nothing else now, complete convert. He has an endorsement with a manufacturer but hasn’t told them he doesn’t play their bass now. That probably doesn’t help your decision making and it’s quite a dull story, but he loves his jazz 5

Thinking of you at this difficult time. Try not to fret.

Using a click in live situations can be perceived as a criticism of ones abilities, however being comfortable with can open up possibilities of using other medium in a show, or midi files. It’s just another tool.

Good point. One experienced player I recently recorded with has her click emphasised on a part of the bar that wasn’t obvious to me. But she said that after some trial, and lots of error, she found her own way of using a click if it’s only going to her monitoring. She’s perfectly able to use straight 4 crotchets if whole band need it, and is also able to keep time without a click. Point is if they’re new to it, give them lead in time before gigging and allowing them find what works might be helpful.

I’ve played with drummers using click track. My experiences have been mixed, in that those who have practiced/gigged extensively with them have no problem keeping time and retain feel/dynamic (unsurprisingly). However a couple of (good) drummers decided they were going to use them without extensive practice were awful. So I guess be prepared for some “lead up time” and of course a willingness on their part to use a click. It can, for some drummers, be counter intuitive to have a click in their ears, acting like a critical parent 😂😱. I had one say that it took their freedom to be “expressive” away, a bit like peeps saying that theory “kills creativity” 🙄 what he meant to say was “it shows up my tendency to slow down when I get bored/get distracted/tired/remember I forgot to put the bins out/etc.

If I could, I’d play with other musicians every day. I love rehearsing, jamming & especially writing & recording with others. But I don’t actually like gigging that much. I do gig with a band, 8-10 gigs a year. But this weekends recording is more exciting for me than a live show. I also find the travelling & waiting around a PITA. Got lots of muso mates who live for gigging, which is fair enough. But does very little for me.

Dee was the reason I started to play bass. That whole album is a joy to listen to for his bass lines alone. EJ had 2 of my favourite bassists, with Kenny Pasarelli replacing Dee. So sad Dee’s no longer with us. Ooooh think I’ll be whipping out my 71-76 EJ albums just to listen to those 2 boys.

Wow! I usually dislike solos of any instrument over 10 seconds long, but that was the most musical drum solo I’ve heard, lovely. I get bored very easily which will account I suspect for my dislike of instrumental soloing. Back on topic, I do take my hand off the neck when I can ,usually to stretch my hand out due to onset arthritis.

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So there's one person's reason, to play a widdly widdly guitar solo. I'm not a fan of widdly widdly anything TBH. I sometimes play through a scale or two to warm up before a gig. I'm sure they're are many different ways I could do this.

For some people, that would be reason enough.

Why? People do so for many different reasons.

Unused line from "Stuck in the middle" apparently.

Usually last minute! I always intend to practice as soon as I'm made aware of new material, but suffer from the "I've got ages yet" syndrome, then before I know it, the gig/rehearsal is tomorrow. Then it's 24 hours of madness. Of course there are times when, once I have established song/key/version, I'll listen to said version, write down the arrangement & chord chart/notation & set time aside to play through on my bass until I no longer need said paperwork. I'll then play it through standing up, & in a variety of rock poses/lunges. This 2nd approach is usually over a period of time way prior to the gig/rehearsal/recording and is far less stressful than the former. However, I am unable to remember this, and so revert to 1st approach more often than not 🤨

It's always a punt when it comes to adding a new band member. You can only put in place so many measures that you hope someone will meet. Some people are great at "interviews" but not so good when it comes to the long term grind of band life (rehearsal, new material, managing gig admin, etc). Enthusiasm can wane, or unforeseen & conflicting expectations can surface down the road. You and your band mate need to decide what the most important criteria are, and make a decision based on who's the closest to meeting them. If it works out in the long run, then great. If not, then you've done your best. Sounds clinical, but it's easy to get bogged down in over thinking. Best wishes in your decision making.

Indeed, I thought so too. Favourite bit? Mrs Paul could record her vocals whilst cooking the dinner, washing the dishes or doing the ironing. Ah the 50's. 😂

I used to have this issue with my fretted P & fretless jazz. The jazz had a big volume drop when (frequently) swapped during sets. I ended up getting a fretless P & putting same pickups & wiring in both basses with same make & gauge of string. Job done for me. I get confused by pedals, so don't use them. But I can see how they may also meet your need, with the right amount of time to set them up you could achieve your goal. Hope you find something that helps.

Try some out (stating the obvious). I say this out of experience as I used a 30" scale on 2 successive gigs & ended up with terrible cramp in my left hand by end of 1st set. Went away when I went back to 34" next gigs. Possibly no connection of course.

I agree it didn't have a similar timeline as drums one. (I'm a Stewart Copeland fanboy, so he could have talked about his concrete decorative pig collection & I'd have watched it)😌 I enjoyed the bass prog though. Perhaps it was more of an observation of how "bass" has become more prominent in popular music. I didn't know anything about the evolution of EDM, which was interesting. So wasn't necessarily all about bass guitar. Looking forward to guitar one.

I maybe going out on a limb here, ....crazy as it may seem, but I reckon the programme wasn't aimed at bass players.😲 Let's face it, if it was, they'd have lost most of the audience within minutes. Can you imagine "points of view" the following week "Outraged of Esher here......how very dare you for not including Mark McPastoriflea in your so called show. His influence on the development of my playing has been felt across pubs in the Oxshott & river Mole region for decades...."