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The Bass Zone / Re: She Caught The Katy transcription error in Bass Player
« on: August 05, 2012, 10:07:46 AM »
Quote from: nofi on August 05, 2012, 05:36:37 AM
strict adherence to transcriptions take all the fun out of bass playing. especially duck type bass lines. you gotta' have room to improvise if you want, although you may find an ally in uwe.
   I'm all for having the freedom to interpret bass lines, but playing that line as it was written by Mr. Fox has the same effect as nails on a chalkboard for me. Also I was hoping to get the ball rolling on a little more musical discussion on this board than what I've seen. I have a bunch of my own transcriptions that I wouldn't mind having some constructive criticism on if I could figure out how to post. (photobucket?) Hey Herbie what's your favourite ale?

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The Bass Zone / She Caught The Katy transcription error in Bass Player
« on: August 04, 2012, 04:13:23 PM »
If anyone's checked out Brian Fox's transcription of Dunn's line in the Sept. issue of Bass Player you may notice a slight mistake. The Em7flat5 bars should be simply E diminished and the last two notes should be C natural and D flat. This is in bars 20, 36, 64 and 80.

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Gibson Basses / Re: Gibson and Slap Bass
« on: August 04, 2012, 02:55:18 PM »
I know I'm jumping in late on this, but if you're talking slap bass you have to mention Louis Johnson. He thumped on a Ripper at one point in his career. If you haven't heard of this dude you owe it to yourself to check out the brothers Johnson. He also recorded on an obscure album called thriller by some guy Mike Jackson.

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The Bass Zone / Re: Bass solos....
« on: August 02, 2012, 04:52:01 PM »
Great players are kind of always soloing. Even within the structure of a "bass line" there is alot of room to add variation upon themes. Seeing Phil Lesh's line for Scarlet Begonias in Bass Player illustrates this point. His playing still provides a foundation while at the same time adds rhythmic variation and makes room for melodic outbursts. Jamerson could also be very subtly nuanced in the way he put his lines together as well. Andy Fraser definitely never played the same lines over and over again. That's what separates good players from great ones. Jazz Rock our whatever category is irrelvant. It's all music.

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Bill's Shop: Projects, Mods & Repairs / Re: Reboot: Non Reverse Cataldo Bass
« on: August 02, 2012, 10:10:47 AM »
Yes tb+ ceramic mag les Paul buckers. I'm not sure how big the routs are cause there are big plastic surrounds around the pickups. I'll leave it to my tech to figure out what's involved. Could have got a single pickup T bird from Lull I guess but the Cataldo seems like a huge bargain compared to basically the same type of bolt on neck bass. And having a raised center section that is a cosmetic feature which imitates what was a functional design seems silly to me. Bass should be on it's way. Will report back when it gets in. Is it cool to post transcriptions on this board?

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Bill's Shop: Projects, Mods & Repairs / Re: Reboot: Non Reverse Cataldo Bass
« on: August 02, 2012, 06:23:43 AM »
That bass is shipping to me! It's going to sound great crankin' through a Sunn 2000s! This is my first post. Figured this was the place to be where there is a whole lot of info about Gibsons. Other than this bass my stable includes a 66' EB3, 69' EB1 and a 2007 Les Paul Money bass (blue). I'm interested to see if the Thunderbuckers might be a good swap for the Money bass. Cheers everyone.

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