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I play bass...but not well enough.

Char Aina

10:53 / 20.12.02

i need to complete my set, and rather than figure out ALL the songs in my collection, i want to play from tab.

louis prima specifically. any songs appreciated, but especially 'beep beep', and 'just a gigolo'. actually, 'angelina' fucks as well.

do any of you cats know any free resources for such things?

Seth

11:07 / 20.12.02

Music forum? Any mods (or rockers) out there wanna shift this?

Char Aina

11:18 / 20.12.02

i am sorry, i was stupid to think that this might be a topic for conversation.

Charles Darwin

11:49 / 20.12.02

You may wanna try Creative Prodigy keyboard. It features compressed musical notes insteat of the 8 musical notes to allow you to compose songs.

rizla mission

11:49 / 20.12.02

Bass Tab Archive.

Enjoy.

Char Aina

13:09 / 20.12.02

unfortunately there was no louis prima there. bugger.

Lea-side

13:11 / 20.12.02

Come on, its only got four strings.....

Tuna Ghost: Pratt knot hero

17:10 / 20.12.02

Not always.

Has it been anyone's experience that most people seem to think of the bass as follows: "It's just like a regular guitar but with fewer strings! It must be easier to play and to get good at!"

Jack Denfeld

18:06 / 20.12.02

Yeah that bass tab archive is great. Find the tab for Axiom by Rancid. Really challenging.

Lea-side

18:50 / 20.12.02

yeah, yeah, i know. i actually play bass myself as well as guitar and am fully aware of of the differences. i was aving a larf.

plus i fucking hate those fretless 5 string jobbies. wankers ;-)

give me JJ Burnell over Flea anyday....

Char Aina

22:33 / 20.12.02

fretless should be four strings, but five fretted have their uses.

to quote flea, "you gotta have some smash to go with your flash", and if all you are is a good bass, then you will suck ass. its the unpopular kid with no talent who bought his way into the band by having a van all over again.

i love rancid, by the way, but i am trying to get into some more mellow shit, and as my ear sucks, i cant be arsed figuring it out.
i need shown, or to write it myself.
i should work on it, i know.

mixmage

01:53 / 21.12.02

my first bass was known as "The Banana"... a big, yellow, solid thing that never gave up... who can tell how many bands had that guitar in 'em?...

after a year of owning it, my best mate's brother [HK Punk] let me in on the PX mythos of her... it's still around, if you wanna pick her up!

rizla mission

10:13 / 21.12.02

plus i fucking hate those fretless 5 string jobbies. wankers

You can say that again.

In fact, you can keep saying it all day and I'll applaud every time.

Hope I'm not being closed minded when I say that it's generally time to retreat to the bar as soon as a support band unpacks one of those..

Less searchable M0rd4nt

10:51 / 23.12.02

This is groovy. I may actually find the motivation to unpack my bass now.

The Return Of Rothkoid

13:19 / 23.12.02

Am looking around for Prima stuff. Have you considered getting guitar chords and then using them to figure out a suitable bassline?

I've got an old bass in pieces around my place. Maybe there's a good Christmas chore. Hmm. I think it'd look good in seafoam green...

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