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That would be Chris White

Monkeess fav's-"For Pete's sake" and "Words".

Jim Rodford- Argent

Paul Samwell Smith-Yardbirds "Chas" Chandler-Animals

Bass playing was more than just a technical vocation for me. It became a lifetime of self discovery in a very short time after I took it up. I would pose the same kind question you did. At what point will I become a Bass player instead of just a guy who plays on a Bass. As time went on and I...

I agree whole heartedly. When I first started, it felt natural to use the three fret method but for some reason a red flag went up in my head that this was kind of like cheating or something. I never saw anyone else do that so I stopped doing it right away. I ended up only using three fingers...

I started just the opposite way. I went with the pick about 2 years ago and I feel as though I'm finally starting to come around. I still have work to do on muting. Finger style came pretty natural for me early on. I often wonder if being left handed while playing righty on the Bass has...

This may not be textbook advice but I found that if I'm looking for alternate plucking speed, I angle my index and middle fingers slightly toward the bridge while firmly planting my thumb on a pick up. Instead of positioning my fingers perfectly perpendicular with the strings, I gain better...

Do most things lefty. Write, eat, drink, deal cards, one handed driving. Put me down for #152.

Clarification of my previous statement. Not saying that it was during Revolver, just sometime after "66".

It had to be sometime after Geoff Emerick took over as first engineer in 1966 with the beginning of the "Revolver" sessions

I had read somewhere that McCartney would spend time with Geoff Emerick to perfect his Bass lines after everyone else left the studio.

I often looked at my callouses as developement and, or the breaking of early bad habits. First it was the index finger and then the ring finger. It took me a while to incorporate my pinkie due to a dislocation injury years earlier. When I finally had resolved that I need that thing for...

doujwray- Thanks for the clarification. His parts being Tuba like is how it was intended to come out. From what I can see, it was some of those Tuba-like parts that got the chicks "butts" moving. I started playing bass when I found their catalogue of music. I've always considered myself an "...

Just registered today. Hello everyone. I always felt that Paul was a team player who's particular style served the song he was playing. If I may, two songs stand out to me in regards to his versatility. "Thank you girl" and " Hey Bulldog". I've heard people say that some of his earlier...