To a degree it’s round complete tone is synthetic. Fundamental, even. It’s a mix of tape stringed tone and a synthetic note produced by Stuarts box of tricks which I cannot explain in detail, but the root of is in his web page “pedal in a bass.” One of the reasons I did that particular line was to try it out. Had to be simple but accurate. So, Joe. You’re absolutely right. And that definitely ain’t negative!
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Nice, that skit at the beginning was terrible/awesome, and the music was even better! Sick rhythms, and nice vocals, makes me think of Incubus (in a good way (is there a bad way to think of Incubus?)).
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GREAT bass playing on all those albums. Great share.
It’s Troy! I love his stuff! Everybody needs more Troy.
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@muff, on the slight risk of going a bit off-topic here: what tools do you use to compose/record? Did you play all the other instruments as well?
Also, who is Stuart? 
What is his handle in the forum? (Only been on the forum for about 10 months, so claiming some ignorance… 
)
And: yeah, it looks like I could be a “joe”, but, alas, I am not 
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Hi not Joe! 
I use a Mac with Logic. A Roland interface. Lots of amps and cabs, guitars, basses, keyboards and drums. Yes I played the other instruments as well. Some programming-the drums and tablas, and terrible minimalist keyboards.
Stuart is @bottomfeeder and there is a page on the forum.
https://forum.bassbuzz.com/t/pedal-in-a-bass/
also -
http://pedalinabass.org/
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Re, Mastodon. Man I love their last ep. Cold Dark Place. They are definitely getting better with each record.
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Good point, @joergkutter . . . 
Chris Squire is among my favorite bassists, and I’ve always admired his work. I think it’ll be awhile until I can play this piece, though. 
All best, Joe
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Yeah, it’s Saturday morning, but I just got home from last night, so technically, it’s still Friday…
Here’s an awesome cover of one of my favorite Aerosmith songs. Check out that double neck bass.
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You’re what we would call a “dirty stopout”, but only in a playful way I should add. Besides, as far as I’m concerned for the purposes of this forum, Friday extends right through the weekend. What’s the point of being badass bassists if we can’t party all weekend - of listen to each others music at a sensible volume, at least.
As a mark of how far my playing has come, I was listening to this in the car this morning and was working out the bass line in my head. Not the names of the notes - I’m not that good - but the relative positions and tempo.
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One of the first to use a double-necked bass was Jonas Hellborg in the 80s - one fretted, one fretless. Makes for an awkward plucking hand position tough…
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That thing must weigh a ton.
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Friday already 
psychobilly, someone ? with an upright of course
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Something quiet, contemplative, atmospheric from me today (no surprise there, I guess ) - a young Norwegian bass player, Andreas Oxholm (channeling a bit Marcus Miller perhaps, pork pie hat and all):
Happy Friday!
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A couple from me this week. Bands that changed how I though about “Rock Music”. Pere Ubu just kind of shocked me out of my punk, and The Cardiacs who shocked me out of everything else. Strangely the Cardiacs video was the one we all saw at the same time in the U.K. The next day I and everyone else I knew were just, did you witness that? It was the same reaction as the Pistols on The Grundy Show.
Please let me know what you think!
Edit: This could be a wormhole to a new existence. Or not.
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Or straight into a Terry Gilliam movie!?!
Whacky stuff 
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I like it !
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Nice! Someone has taken more drugs during the making of this clip than I ever have or will in my entire life
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