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I picked up two of the same G&L Tributes. Great instruments if you're budget minded. Going to swap in a fretless neck on one of them!

True this- I believe Paul's playing (bass/piano/guitar) is accessorial to his compositional role in the group. Others here have noted that he plays perfect parts and melodies for the songs. Agreed, all in service to the songwriting. Rating his technical ability seems like a missing of what his...

You might enjoy some of Steve Hillage's solo work- I've recently been rediscovering some the similar bands from the early 70s Canterbury scene- lots of tasty frets/no frets bass goodness. Lots of great playing from the other instruments too-

6 Ugh, really does sound belligerent. I'm not particularly partial to the word "axe" either, for similar reasons-

Ha! Friend turned me on to them maybe mid 90s? Picked up Erpland and another I think called Underslunky something... ('kay, back from visiting Google) "Live Underslunky." Great tunes- kind of a contemporary revival of the Soft Machine/Curved Air/Hatfield and The North "Canterbury sound." A few...

One I recently discovered, Nik West, and another we lost back in the early oughts, the amazing Bianca Halstead from Betty Blowtorch. RIP.

Wow! -three pages before John gets a mention. Thanks though bdplaid!

Ha! was just thinking of her. Can I throw in Sheryl Crow as another 4-string part-timer?

I'll just cite two here at risk of dissing innumerable others- first Rick Laird, house bassist at Ronnie Scott's and who played with Wes Montgomery and Sonny Rollins and probably best known for playing in the original Mahavishnu Orchestra. He probably was a household name back then (at least in...

If you want to keep it more in the pop/rock vein try playing around with Roger Waters' stuff on "Hey You" or Billy Idol's "Eyes Without A Face.". Sting did some cool fretless stuff with The Police that make for good practice. I'll sometimes try playing along with some of Mo Foster's lines on...

Our machines feed the furnace- if they take us they will burn us! -Greg Lake

Hoping some of my TB bretheren and sisteren might be able to step up here- ...looks bleak so far but I come across some occasional inspiring success stories in this forum! Late 80s Spector NS-2, gloss black, rosewood fingerboard, all original equipment except after-market tuners. Cracked...

Sadly, seems over these couple of years of high-profile talent loss, we largely don't hear of these events until these greats have gone on. Quite a scare a bit ago about John Wetton- ...a reminder to try and appreciate people while they're with us.

Hmm- it's taking some discipline to bring this list down to just five! ...probably dishonoring a bunch of people by omission but lessee... 1) I'll echo stringthrough about how Jack Bruce and White Room really hit me (and later a few other tunes from that great Wheels of Fire album!)- just the...

Haha! Tried out for a JT band years back- ...didn't get the gig but can't remember auditioning ever being as much fun!