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Does It really happen -yes, badass

It's funny how here everyone says lighter touch, but go to a Geddy Lee tone thread and see what people say there haha

Thanks man, I'll try that out. Yeah I can get a pretty good sound for Tempus Fugit by putting the bass through 3 different flangers with all the knobs set to 0.

You don't NEED theory to be a great musician, none of the Beatles could read music and they're considered arguably the greatest rock musicians, if not best of all genres. However they probably didn't learn because they initially didn't have the resources to learn, and by the time they became...

After a while I find I only use the lines as guides for position changes and I can "feel" where the notes are without looking

I'm playing Squier prescision bass (it has his name on it so it must sound like him, right?) through a Fender rumble 15 and I heard he uses fresh flatwounds for every concert, so I was wondering what flatwound you would recommend. I have to show a friend the bassline for Roundabout.

Most musicians hate bassists who play softly, especially if their amp is really loud but they play too soft to compensate. Everything sounds better when the bass is loud.

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Just got a squier vm, shop around though because some are pooly set up and some are really good. Also be warned that after playing a fretless you will never want to play a fretted again

I think there's a rumour that Hofner basses don't have truss rods (I don't know if this is true), the Hofner 500/1 was famously used by Paul McCartney, as well a Rickenbacker 4001...perhaps that's where the confusion stemmed? :D

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*weird symbol that looks like an f (4 on top, -4 on bottom)* 4-(2-r)^2 dx? Then antidifferentiate between 4 and -4? We're learning this in year 11 maths, what is this for?

Yeah I'm not blaming him for not being able to learn a song straight away, and I agree that Noel suited his style at the time, but really he was onl in the band because of his hair :P And I disagree that Billy Cox was more pedestrian, listen to the extended jams at woodstock, Billy really adds...

No help at all but I was playing a squier vm jazz fretless the other day with this same problem and it's between the nut and tuner because it stopped when I dampened there

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There's an interview wih Chris Squire on youtube where he vents his frustration on the ineptitude of Redding. I think personally he was ok, but there were definatly better bassists out there that Hendrix could've chosen.

I tried an epiphone viola and (with roundwound on at least) it sounded awful. It had an incredibly boxy sound which is not good for bass imho

Better tone, better singing voice, more *musical* basslines, arranged all Yes vocal harmonies (pretty complex), British... Gotta go with Squire.

Perhaps don't go for a fender, there are basses that are perfect for beginners at half that price, my first bass, a nobrand, cost $160 and was amazingly great value for money.

refretting/dressing required?

+1 Yes, oh my god *drop*

Does anyone know if it'd affect a pacemaker or medical condition?

Ric, because I'm in a similar situation :P I like jazzes a lot but rics are probably a bit more versatile, though it depends on what style you mainly play (I play lots of prog/psychedelic as well as jazz)

I don't think Yes songs are that difficult to learn the bassline to, although they seem tough initially. For example when I first started to try "Tempus Fugit" I though it would take months to get, but I got the main riff 95% clean in about 10 minutes :D. Although the thing that made Chris...

Before I could walk properly with two fingers I naturally did the John Wetton "flicking" of the strings, ie plucking and then flicking the string with the back of my index finger. I also find a lot of the techniques in guitar such as playing octaves strumming but muting the string in the middle...

Overrated: Geddy Lee (I know he's technically a god but musically his bass lines are too show-offy IMO, and his tone lacks enough bottom end for me. I know heaps of people are gonna disagree but yeah...) Underrated: Kevin Parker from Tame Impala (he plays all the instruments on Innerspeaker and...

Songs for the deaf, then rated r are my favorites as they have more variety, structure and energy about them. The other ones are good but a little more ...I dunno...generic? Also I personally find Kyuss overrated

Not really funk, but sleepless by king crimson is fun to play and is not too hard so it's a good starter.