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Jack Bruce.

John McVie. No flash, metronomic timing, a warm tone and plays for the song rather than the instrument. Gerry McAvoy. Holding down a three-piece as Rory's bands often were, without resorting to the volume knob, is an art in itself, and Gerry always nailed it.

There's an easy way round the turnaround/no turnaround issue. If you hit the I chord, you can walk up chromatically from the III to the V and reach it just at the point the V turnaround would be needed. Example in A: A-C#-D-Eb-E (V). If the song had a turnaround you're there. You...

I'm playing with a blues band at the moment and just took my reserve bass (a Cort GB334A, with a single coil and a humbucker) along to rehearsal as there's the occasional need for octave fills and it's a lot toppier than the Fender. Last time out, I took the Precision along and they all...

After playing roundwounds exclusively for years, I tried Rotosound flats on my Precision in 2007 (they're still on it, proving their longevity). I found that the bottom end was better and not being one to want to pop and ziiiiing, that suited the bluesy-rock band better. The one downside...