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I loved both rudimental songs was all ready for the proclaimers to blow everyone into weeds only to be embarrassed for them....made me cringe...very unlike them i thought?

Are those chords you have written shorthand and just roots... or i'm even more puzzled than i was before if the first posts chords are incorrect? Many thanks for your patience on this one!

Whats a kbd?

BB414...... all the bass you'll ever need sir!

Ive owned oodles of squiers never had a bad one yet!

Sonny thompson....chic drummer?

Good point!

Many thanks excellent explanation....wouldn't of thought such a simple song could seem so complex? was it macca whom said something about the power of band is in the bass?

Thanks for trying hny

seriously there are usually plenty here for sale at 'good prices'....happy hunting

Good price for you or good for seller!?

What is the neck like on these, as in size, typical thin 'n racy jazz neck or more P like? many thanks

Ive often wondered why fret span distance of adjacent frets gets closer up the dirty end. Then i learnt about the 17/18's remaining string length 'fret rule' and a bit about equal temperent and how any fretted note is slightly high due to the stretching of the string on a fret...(lower action better then?. I rarely play an open note, I'd rather keep everything 'stopped' by a fret its just me, keeps things tidy to my way of thinking, not because my ears are super senistive (!) but i found myself thinking why we tune to open notes when more of the notes we play are fretted ...wouldnt it be better to tune to a fretted note. the only issue i can see us that of setting up intonation? obviously there are more important things to worry about like playing the right note in a song...but humour me and explain.

J&d 1975 vintage jazz has maple neck...118 quid see other thread

Thanks guys.

You lost me a little in the the guitar part is the same but the chords are different? Still you got me thinking....last night I watched a number of videos of acoustic covers & 'Duran's unplugged' although sometimes hard to follow & none appear to be playing an Eb...but as they say "your mileage may vary"? Also if you watch the second video of 'how to play' although in a different key - where there would be a G played instead of a D - the D is still played....with twiddly frills over it, but root of chord stays the same, but I'm no guitarist! I suppose unless I get a copy of the sheet music (I've tried) we will never know for sure, but none the the less, I've learnt that a 4th over a root can indeed work and needn't be a dissonant note when used over a power chord, and I'm now a convert to the lydian scale

You could of course be correct, I have looked at 6 tabs but none have the Eb shown, but internet tabs are often incorrect!

chorus type bit is G# then G....I didn't post the full tab .

Early VMJs (very early being 07/08 ish?) were indian built with mixed build quality.,,,not sure if any VMJFs were indian built and hence had patchy quality....my VMJF was lovely and a 2011 from memory....a Cort built example.

[quote name='andydye' timestamp='1388135271' post='2318729'] I call it a C chord with E as the bass note [/quote] Or CCWEATBN.....for short!.... but I've noticed this only works for C 1st inversion....bugger.

[quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1388135392' post='2318731'] Mostly but sometimes it is about the bass movement (D, D/C, D/Bb etc) and sometimes it is a lot more sophisticated with polychords etc but, as a rule of thumb (and if you are trying to get a handle on the issue), the assumption that it is effectively an inversion is generally a useful starting point. This is where a knowledge of theory becomes useful as you clearly already know that the E is the major third of the C chord and, thus, the chord is inverted. If you see thirds, you will know that is what you are dealing with. For soloing, you play to the chord in front of the slash but remain aware of the root movement so you can sound hip. [/quote] excellent answer as usual bilbo...thanks

The vintage tony butler bass you can buy does have a tone control wired as normal.....the example vintage put out for the press didn't. strange but true.....unless it isn't! ps great looking bass that v4tb

And.....(I want my cake and eat it) what do you call that E....as its now an 'artificial' root....for want of a better term? Thanks again.

I know if i see a C/E chord the bass would usually play an E.....I know 'cos I've been told that by 'bloke up pub'. On a more theoretical front. Does this also mean the chord has been inverted.....so in this case E,G,C a 1st inversion? Cheers guys

I understand that, good explanation. but here the Eb is over (under?) a power chord....Bb5....so a Bb with the 5th being an F. So if the Eb is played under and in addition to a Bb5.....wouldnt that then be a Eb5add9? I may have all that wrong though my basic theory usually is?!?