Mykesbass

[quote name='CrackerJackLee' timestamp='1479633060' post='3177898'] Carol has shown the union receipts... Motown hired her... They paid her for something... You can't prove your conspiracy theory... But she paid taxes on those receipts...! One gets tired of hearing bass players three time younger than her complaining about her without proof... LOL! They're young enough to be her grandchildren... and they have no accomplishments to compare... Carol Kaye was in demand by the greatest producers and artists of our time... She played on the records she got paid to play on... and she has no reason to lie... why would she...? Paul McCartney learned from her playing... Back in 1969 I bought her books to learn how to play bass... Where were you people in '69...? or 1957, when she started recording hit songs..? All I see here is jealousy... What do you know about Berry Gordy's business arrangements...? And this thread was started as a TROLL THREAD...! Spreading lies about a good woman who pioneered the bass guitar... None of you will ever add a fraction of her achievements with Leo Fender's Bass Guitar... Like Southern California, Leo Fender, Rock 'n Roll, The Beach Boys, Chuck Berry and Carol Kaye, none of you will ever come close to copying America's achievements... I can see and hear why you are jealous of Carol Kaye... You want us to worship British Rock bass players... but really... can you hear the soul in your music...? you're all so stiff, there's more rhythm in the beat of a copper... [/quote] I don't think you read my post. The original wasn't mine. I responded as I felt you had misinterpreted the final paragraph. Have a second read and see that the OP could quite easily be being supportive of Ms Kaye.

[quote name='CrackerJackLee' timestamp='1479625043' post='3177866'] Why would you start a post on Carol Kaye to malign her? You must be an insecure and jealous little creep... jealous of her bass playing... When the Fender Bass was still a new instrument, Carol Kaye was playing bass like a boss... Motown hired her in L.A. to record Motown Hits... do you think they paid her for nothing...? You don't even have facts... you're just a rumor parrot... Johnny... I've never heard of you...What hits have you played on...? You must be the A'HOLE of Australia... Carol Kaye, the woman, played bass on hit records for super stars even before you were spawned... And except for this post, you will die a legend in your own mind... [/quote] Wow, nothing like making something fit your own agenda. The way I read that last paragraph the OP's question could easily be rhetorical. They are saying she has no need to make these claims if they are not true as she has already proved her worth with other, fine and verified recordings.

[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1479589585' post='3177753'] Not so radical as all that, I'd say. There are many 'reasonings' that are entirely valid, I'd say. [/quote] Well I'll leave it to someone else - just remembered why I stay out of Off Topic.

[quote name='skankdelvar' timestamp='1479588943' post='3177745'] Not particularly. [/quote] OK, won't try and reason with such a radical view.

[quote name='skankdelvar' timestamp='1479586237' post='3177713'] Because I have different priorities. On things which do not relate to musical education in schools. [/quote] So if you remove musical from the last response, are you happy funding education with your taxes? If so, do you really feel that you should be able to pick and choose on such a level as to how education is delivered? Music has a profound effect on literacy, much music theory is intrinsically tied to mathematics, and it has a great impact on the soft skills that children need to learn (the latter being much in demand by groups including the CBI and Russell Group universities).

[quote name='skankdelvar' timestamp='1479503324' post='3177148'] I don't begrudge [i]your [/i]taxes going to fund musical education in schools. Just mine. Plenty of [url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Music_charities_based_in_the_United_Kingdom"]musical charities[/url] out there if anyone wants to send them a tenner. [color=#ffffe0].[/color] [/quote] Why do you begrudge your taxes being spent in this way? How would you prefer it to be spent?

Another sad 2016 loss, and another victim of pancreatic cancer. Fabulous artist, and a great shame she didn't quit e make the breakthrough she deserved. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRENaUQc5No"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRENaUQc5No[/url]

This will probably come in at less than £200 - I bought one of their kits and carriage and duty were very reasonable [url="http://byoguitars.com/Guitars/Mighty-Mite-P-Bass-Neck-wMaple-Fingerboard__MM2907.aspx"]http://byoguitars.com/Guitars/Mighty-Mite-P-Bass-Neck-wMaple-Fingerboard__MM2907.aspx[/url]

Stunning (and I'm a proper old stick in the mud)!

[quote name='Bassassin' timestamp='1479328154' post='3175745'] Having owned a few later Arias I can confirm they are good-quality instruments and great value for money. And that's the downside, certainly as far as valuations are concerned, because for some reason they don't sell for much - I'd think £150 is about what I d expect this bass to sell for. [/quote] Very much this. Aria suffer with being very unfashionable (barring one line of 80's models), and as so there are two prices - what they are worth, and what they fetch, with the latter being significantly lower than the former Enjoy a very well made, low cost bass, just don't expect much if you want to move it on. Oh, and welcome to the forum.

Listening to this - what fabulous phrasing:[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJd2Y51nTtE"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJd2Y51nTtE[/url]

[quote name='vinorange' timestamp='1479216443' post='3174791'] I've tried contacting them and it's gone a bit quiet........Not sure if they are still trading. [/quote] I think Mike Walsh is concentrating on building basses again, but he's a really nice guy, and has a good reputation on here. Try getting him via Zoot Basses [url="http://www.zootbass.com"]http://www.zootbass.com[/url]

Is it worth speaking to the guys at Purple Chili?

Get a fretless 5 - mine is the only bass I use and love it!

Ah, set off nicely by the formica table

This one may be a little over-indulgent for some tastes but hey, let's celebrate some amazing writing! [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yp8gr05o-co"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yp8gr05o-co[/url]

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeHiio1sTTI"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeHiio1sTTI[/url]

[quote name='SICbass' timestamp='1479049017' post='3173515'] Keep the playing simple. You also won't get as much sustain out of your strings as usual. It's usually less of a problem than you might think. I've done gigs at skiing events where, even under lights, the stage temperaure was barely above freezing. Just keep your hands warmed up between songs. I did try one of those little metal boxes that hunters use. They're lined with something fireproof and you leave a slow-burning piece of charcoal in them. They fit in your pocket. To be honest, I didn't really need it in the end though. [/quote] The gel type versions of these available in Millets and other camping/outdoor shops.

[quote name='arthurhenry' timestamp='1478940772' post='3172801'] How is it that songs with chord sequences such as I, V, IV and I, V, VI, IV continue to be written and recorded? Surely any songwriter or artist with any integrity or artistic worth would avoid such overused, over-familiar changes in favour of something less cliched. [/quote] [quote name='gjones' timestamp='1478964880' post='3173023'] A great songwriter can make the simplest, off the shelf, chord structure, into a great song. [/quote] [quote name='arthurhenry' timestamp='1478969529' post='3173059'] Completely true, however, some songwriters take the most overused, off the shelf chord structures and turn them into dull, formulaic fodder for the masses. [/quote] Which is somewhat different to your initial post. Artists with integrity and artistic worth will continue to make great songs from the simplest of chord structures.

[quote name='TrevorR' timestamp='1478857412' post='3172126'] Or even better... listen to The Little Willies' version. Norah Jones on lead vocals and a sleazy, greasy, downbeat feel... stunning! [/quote] Like that a lot!!

I love the irony of this post being in off topic "But you don't really care for music, do you?" I'd like to think he'd see the funny side too!

Country music probably epitomises the ideal of "playing for the song", which, as you've probably gathered by now means nno embellishment from the bass. Would love to work out the ratio of bass to guitar notes on this clip!! [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwws6XPZ1JM"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwws6XPZ1JM[/url]

[quote name='RhysP' timestamp='1478636801' post='3170550'] Bass guitar has been being used as an upfront melodic & solo instrument in folk rock music for decades. Check out some of the superb playing by Rick Kemp (Steeleye Span) & Dave Pegg (Fairport Convention) back in the 70s, [/quote] And on some of their later stuff - here's a lovely bit right at the top of this Fairport track - lots more nice playing through the rest of the album. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hN-Z5H7TJQE"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hN-Z5H7TJQE[/url]

[quote name='Conan' timestamp='1478623074' post='3170386'] Yes I know, many of us think that this is impossible. I also realise that many people do not like folk or traditional music. But... have a listen to this from 1 minute in. It just might change your mind (or at least give some food for thought) [/quote] Like it a lot, and the bass playing is fantastic and used to great effect, but is it lead/melodic? To me it wouldn't be anywhere near as effective without the vocal being there.

I am a fan but I much prefer this: [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJEZWsnIECo"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJEZWsnIECo[/url]