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Wish I'd spotted this earlier! Great job - lovely fretless tone, and overall sound mix wise. Very enjoyable listen. Scott. ...just enjoying "Twang on you stringy diamond" :-)

[quote name='yepmop' timestamp='1356211685' post='1908117'] Much appreciated Scott - thanks [/quote] [quote name='wal4string' timestamp='1356303076' post='1909089'] Many thanks Scott, good to have you back. Have a very Merry Xmas. [/quote] Cheers chaps :-) Have a great New Year.... Scott.

Thank you - glad it made you grin SpaceChick lol :-)

Hi all! Just for a giggle I've recorded a rather silly bass cover of the Christmas classic, "Jingle Bells". Should make you smile at least lol ;-) http://youtu.be/OXZPDiwr58I

[quote name='iconic' timestamp='1356110484' post='1907067'] After watching that slap bass lesson'ete I've signed up, cheers Scott [/quote] Nice 1 iconic - cheers! Scott.

Hi there! As well as the public free videos I produce, I also produce a free weekly exclusive video for subscribers to my website. The one I'm uploading today is entitled, "Know Your Arpeggios". To get it just hop over to my website at http://www.scott-whitley.com and enter your email address. Remember it's all FREE :-) Cheers, Scott.

Looks great - just wish I could read dots lol!

It's been over a year since the first 5 SLap Bassics lessons but I've finally got back 'in the saddle' and have continued the series. As usual hope it's of interest:-) Scott. [media]http://youtu.be/vXPcq6Jp-gM[/media] And here's a playlist of all 6 lessons so far... [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GObmwIYwnMQ&feature=share&list=PLQUnrb9MwyJz43LYhnOuRbWOZozKmpuq6[/media]

Hey thanks :-) I did enjoy making it I have to admit lol.

I use the EMG BTC like brensabre79 and can't reccomend it enough!! The stacked one drops straight in with room for battery etc. Occasionally the large post need swapping out for mini-pots to accommodate the thickness of the battery. I use these in ALL my basses now :-) Agreed on the mid control. More mid - just cut treble & bass then turn up slightly, less mid - do the reverse :-)

[quote name='randomname25' timestamp='1355058726' post='1893417'] Would this only work with humbuckers or would it be possible to do this with J Pups? Cheers [/quote] Isn't that kind of how J-Bass & P-Bass pickups are already? The string sitting in between two poles rather than directly above one. Not exactly the same I guess.

[quote name='bassman7755' timestamp='1355072537' post='1893649'] Audio level seems very low ... [/quote] I'll check that out - thanks for the heads up! Scot.

[quote name='Angel' timestamp='1355055654' post='1893347'] Watched the first video, very interesting. I'm impressed with the economy of your technique, it's something I'd be very keen to get to grips with. Initial impression having tried is that it's going to be tricky! I really like the piece of music that you fired up with as well. I started looking at the second video, but them thought I'd concentrate on the technique in the 1st one for now. I nipped over and subscribed to your site as well! Thanks for posting! [/quote] Thanks for the feedback Angel, and for subscribing :-)

[quote name='Angel' timestamp='1354811391' post='1890728'] Yup, that sounds like me! I'm at work right now but I'll be checking these out later, thanks. [/quote] :-D

I don't know if anyone mentioned it already but the Dean Evo XM is an awesome short scale bass - I'd be well happy o gig one, and will do when I eventually get one ;-) [url="http://www.djmmusic.com/ItemMatrix.asp?ic=DGB-EVOXM-BASS&MatrixType=2"]http://www.djmmusic....SS&MatrixType=2[/url] I'm guessing someone [u]must [/u]already have mentioned the SX stuff..... http://www.rondomusic.com/bassguitars4.html

Recently stumbled upon an incredible backing track for Level 42's Love Games. I enjoyed playing along with it so much this happened lol... http://youtu.be/_AlsD_xbKKM

Hi again basschat peeps! I've recently finished some more free bass lessons, this time the subject is 'Advanced Sap Bass'. I've really tried to break things down into great detail rather than simply demonstrate fast then slow. Hope these are of interest, please feel free to share the videos anywhere you like ;-) Cheers, Scott. [media]http://youtu.be/mrmKLrOQgXY[/media] [media]http://youtu.be/i2euDlSSVbA[/media]

[quote name='Tandro' timestamp='1354626413' post='1888277'] Thanks for the reply. The reason I had to ask those questions is because I need to 'dumb' this thing right down for me. As you stated, only a very few people appear to possess perfect pitch. But I just always assumed that for someone to hear a bass line, and then just instantly (or almost so) regurgitate it on their bass woud need to have perfect pitch? I mean if not, how would you even know which is the first note to start on instantly? If it is that you need to 'fumble' around for the first note initially so that you have a basis on which to find the other notes in the line based on familiarity and relative pitch, then OK I get that. Maybe thats the 'secret' for the non perfect pitch people. If you are someone who does not have perfect pitch, but yet can hear a line and immediately play it like jakesbass (no idea if he has perfect pitch), then please tell little ole me how the heck you did that. But as All Thumbs stated, there is more to come. Maybe I'm jumping ahead of him, sorry Thanks again though for the insights! [/quote] Hi - just a quick reply... 'Relative pitch' is where it's at for most of us, and is on the whole just as useful as perfect pitch (in some ways perfect pitch can be a pita for some who have it believe it or not!!) Let's say you're out at a party and the DJ does that thing where they drop out the track for a moment whilst everybody sings (a fav' at the min is 'Sex On Fire' for example). A lot of the punters will carry on singing pretty much in tune won't they? But they don't have a clue what key it's in right?! Now if one of the 'in tune' singers walked out of the room still singing the song and sat at a piano, if they haven't got perfect pitch they'd need to use the piano to find notes that match what they're singing, or the key they're singing in, Does that make sense lol? Down the line the aim is to hear melodies as intervals. Easy example is the East Enders Theme tune - first part is an ascending major scale. Soooo if I heard the East Enders Theme for the first time I'd hear it as Intervals 1 2 3 4 5 6 4 but wouldn't have a clue what key it's in without a bass or something handy. If I had a bass handy I'd sing the first note (which in this case is the tonic/root/1) and play every semitone on the bass until it matches the note I'm singing. Then bang - you can instantly play the melody on the bass. Hope that's not too complicated an answer. Some of the following ear training lessons will touch more on the interval thing & the diatonic chord system, and this will reveal many more 'answers' I hope ;-) Cheers, Scott.

No prob's and thanks :-) [quote name='Tandro' timestamp='1354334572' post='1884993'] Are you saying that you will eventually be able to put a song on, hear the bass line and sing it, and then just 'play it' on the bass with not too much fuss or fiddling around to find the notes? [/quote] Yes! Sorry for that bad edit - not sure how I accomplished that lol. [quote name='Tandro' timestamp='1354334572' post='1884993'] And then you spoke about knowing which key to play in after you've found the notes you sung/played? [/quote] That's correct. So you learn to sing the line, but then you need to find what key it's in on the bass. More to come...

Hi basschatters! I've been busy making a bunch of free youtube lessons recently. These particular lessons are designed to help and inspire you to develop your ears. Here's the first lesson - "Singing what you play" Hope it's of help to some of you :-) Scott. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDcAjpDUQg4&feature=share&list=UURbA5YtMuQ9ax8v1IxWFH2Q[/media]