User:Halogod35/Forum/Bass
John Taylor would be proud.--*Yasmin Parvaneh* 06:25, 7 June 2010 (UTC)
I will leave you with some of JT's random wisdom about the bass just because I love reading/listening to him talk about it.
Hi John. My question is, have you ever produced, or considered producing, a beginner bass tutorial/training video? Thanks, Todd “Hi Todd..Not really. I suppose I could have done that when I put out the Peavey signature bass a few years ago, it was discussed. There’s a super-cute interview with me around from ‘82 talking about my playing and my parts on the first album. Try you-tube. Teaching someone else to play an instrument is a whole other deal than just being a player, and frankly, I still have so much to learn, I still think of myself as a student. I’m happy and surprised, actually, to tell you I’m enjoying the bass guitar a whole lot these days, just enjoying playing it. And that’s the best way to learn..Best, JT”
Hi John, I have a bass-question for you. On Alleva Coppolo web site there´s a picture of you playing a beatiful KBP-4 bass and you are also mentioned as one of featured artists. Unfortunatelly, I have never seen you live on stage with that bassguitar. Why? Or are you using it at least in studio? Are there any songs (by Duran or other JT projects etc.) recorded with that bass? … Thanks for answer …Petra “It’s my home bass.. it rarely leaves the house. I love it.. it’s very old school!-JT”
Dearest John, I hope this finds you doing well. I was curious, would you say it’s easier playing bass after learning guitar, or vice versa? Does it vary from person to person? And, does being able to sing (mainly dealing with pitches, not necessarily “singing well”) help at all? Just wanting to know where to start. xo Amanda “Well Amanda..I always think that a good guitar player makes a decent bass player, but not necessarily the reverse, so a basic knowledge of guitar gives you a better understanding of music than does bass. Bass is more about rhythm anyway, and pulse, it’s more instinctive whereas guitar is more intellectual…(am I losing you?)… everyone can sing enough to get by, I believe, if they want to, and besides, in popular music, contemporary music, a strong attitude will take you a long way." -JT
An unusual but hopefully interesting question for John. As the Bass Messer who made me go to my local music store and spend all £100 of my Chistmas Money on a Bass Guitar 22 years ago (Im Now 34). Ive had an original Aria SB1000 (1983) for a few years now . the pick up has died and Im getting a new one made … Ive decided Im gonna get a custom paint job (DD stylie) What Pic, album cover , logo, anything would you decide to have to celebrate yours and DD’s history – Ive got a FEW ideas (well im going crazy to be honest LOL) but the nat finish is going the distance and its gonna be a one off SB that Only I have . Me Me Me …LOL. Thank you for your time and enornous inspiration over the years. Pauly C “Hi Pauly..If it were up to me, and you have the real deal, vintage Aria.. I wouldn’t touch it. Don’t mess with it friend, that custom stuff will age it faster than light. It’s one thing for yours truly, who can afford to have a bass built just for one tour concept, but if that’s your main instrument, LEAVE IT ALONE!!!My advice, take it or leave it!-JT”
Hi John, Question for you: I have recently started to play Bass and play every day for at least an hour. I have no idea when strings need changing! Is it only when they break or is there a noticeable change in sound. If so any recommendations on manufacturer? Kind Regards, Chris (Suffolk, England) “Hello Chris. There are two schools of thought here, and you will probably want to find a middle way. Two of the greatest bass players as far as I am concerned, Motown man James Jamerson and the equally legendary Chic bassist Bernard Edwards, NEVER changed their strings. They both liked the build up of sweat and residue, and they liked the dullness that creeps in after hours of being played without a change. At the opposite end to that spectrum, the John Entwistle hard rock style requires a bright, hard, bouncy sound, with a lot of sustain, that usually means you have your roadie change all four strings in between each gig. I can go for weeks without changing my E string in particular, I usually leave the decision of when to change strings to my sonic valet Beetmoll Troy- who makes his decisions usually based on fear- that a string may be about to break. In the studio I have worked with producers who like my strings changed fresh, daily, and others who like the dullness only old and tired strings have. JT”
This question is for John if you could pass it along. Hey John, I read the article in Bass Player magazine that you were on the cover of. The article was explaining the difference between a fretted and frettless bass but I don’t quite understand what it was telling us. Is it the difference in sound? The bass guitar is my favorite instrument to listened to so I was hoping you could put it to terms for me. Thanks for all the great music you guys bring out to us fans. Oh by the way you look great on the magazine. Thanks, Teresa “All orchestra instruments are unfretted. The violin, viola, cello and double bass. I guess the guitar was the first instrument to have frets, but I’m not certain. Then at some point in the nineteen-fifties, Leo Fender (again I’m guessing) decided to produce an electric bass guitar that you could hold- and put frets on it. Up until that point, any music you might have heard with bass on it, big band jazz, blues, symphonies etc., the bass you hear would have been an upright double bass, without frets. Basically, having frets makes the instrument a whole lot easier to play. The frets ‘pinpoint’ the note for you. A player has to be a lot more precise with his fingering on an unfretted instrument. As for sound differences, an unfretted bass has a more elastic sound, the notes tend to wind into one another. The consensus is that Jaco Pastorious is the greatest of the fretless bass players (check out his work with Weather Report or on Joni Mitchell’s ‘Hejira’). I was a fan of Mick Karn’s work with Japan (esp. ‘Quiet Life’,and ‘Gentleman Take Polaroids’) and he inspired me to play fretless now and again. You can hear me playing fretless bass on “Lonely In Your Nightmare” from RIO and “The Seventh Stranger” off SEVEN AND THE RAGGED TIGER. I played fretless live on the reunion tour when we played “Tiger Tiger,” but honestly, it’s not my favourite way of playing. Other than achieving a particular stylistic effect, I would rather play fretted. JT” " Enjoy! --*Yasmin Parvaneh* 17:41, 7 June 2010 (UTC)
(Reset indent) I'm going to (finally) get my own bass. It's gonna be Epiphone Thunderbird Pro-IV TB ^^ - J.P.Talk 01:57, 28 July 2010 (UTC)
"Some Beginner Tips August 5th, 2010 Hi Katy! This question is for John. I’m 20 years old, and I recently took up playing bass myself. I’ve only been playing for about a month, but I’m completely in love with it. (Many thanks to you for inspiring me to pick one up) But there’s a few things I have trouble with, as is to be expected. So my question for you is, when you first started playing bass, what did you have trouble with, if anything? Did you ever get frustrated with it? Were there certain things you thought “I’m never going to get this!!” about? Or did it all come pretty naturally to you? Thank you, Meghan “Hello Meghan, One thing I always recommend to anyone who wants to play bass – Buy yourself a simple rhythm box, something you can just press ‘play’ at different tempos and jam along with. Also try james Brown records. Ideally someone in the house (child, friend, partner) plays drums. It’s a dull instrument to play solo for too long, and you’ll soon lose heart without a rhythm partner. Also: if you are going to jam for a while using your fingers, keep vaseline close. I don’t pick up my bass these days without a tub of it nearby. I’m sick of blisters. One more thing: Practice tuning and keep your instrument in tune. Otherwise you’ll never sound much good and won’t understand why.-JT”"--*Yasmin Parvaneh* 04:29, 21 August 2010 (UTC)
Here it is! A bit darker than expected, but still transparent black ^^ - J.P.Talk 09:11, 6 November 2010 (UTC)
You said you've tried the bass. How much did it cost at your local store? - J.P.Talk 15:06, 12 November 2010 (UTC) |