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Tony Levin recommendations?
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Tony’s solo cd’s are all faves of mine, especially World Diary-great bassist! BobbyD.
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> Anyone care to recommend some of Levin’s finer works? Not interested in his > Stick work, just bass.
I’ve got a cd called "pulp fusion, return to the tough side" – it’s all 70’s funk fusion [...]
new bass on the way
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Ed, ditto Riccardo. A very thoughtful and inspirational post. Everyone who ever has difficulty in doing whatever should read it. Sincerely, Steve Taylor – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->> Ed Cregger > Ed, your post has been just… Great. Encouraging people > to play like you just did is [...]
advice on my new bass
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So I splurged and got my second bass guitar, a Lakland Skyline 55-01 with a quilted maple top. After raising the strings a bit – I like my action higher than most – I am settling in with the bass. I just would like some advice on how to approach it – [...]
Cost of Bass Setup
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> How much do guitar shops charge for truss, saddle, and fret leveling > adjustments for a bass guitar (such as Fender) in the NW USA? I was > wonder if doing the first two myself would save me enough money to > make it worthwhile. Or should I just trust [...]
Anyone heard about the Dean Pace upright?
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> I’d really like to try one of these, but I have not seen them anywhere > and I don’t think they are actually on the market yet. Just wondering if > anyone had any inside knowledge of when they might be available.
Music 123 has an availability date of Nov 1st [...]
How old will your bass be?
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Rickenbacker 4080 29 in Nov Rickenbacker 4003 22 Fender Geddy Lee 4 (Both) Fender Standard Jazz 6 Ampeg Baby Bass I have no clue, my Grandfather left it to me when he passed away
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Reed Mathis
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > I was wondering if any of you have heard of a bassist named Reed > Mathis. He is one of the most amazing bass players I’ve ever heard, > and about 75% of what he does is totally unique; he runs his basses [...]
Guitar/Bass Guitar Question
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> Think about other bass players as well that you already know.. Sting.. > Paul Mcartney.. .. John Kerry
Was there a question here? Brian
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Think about other bass players as well that you already know.. Sting.. Paul Mcartney.. .. John Kerry
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Downtune a URB ?
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> I don’t play URB and don’t really follow it, but I went to a sax > player’s gig recently and it formented my question. I noticed that > the URB bassist (Rob Thorsen if anyone cares) was hitting a lot of > open notes. That means sharps of course, and [...]
Faking It!!!
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>> something like this somewhere. ie. practising rhythmic >> improvisation. It might help you get some feel for rhythm or it >> might not. > Thanks, I have very much feel for the rhythm, > Sorry, I didn’t mean to question that. I meant that practising > rhythm stuff might [...]