I happen to LIKE those knobs, very different and interesting. I guess Peccary's a purist, for P-Basses at least.
However, I do like P-knobs, they just WORK well and that trumps aesthetics (even though P-Bass knobs are aesthetically quite pleasing too!)
Yeah, rock often it's said to lock in with the kick — just remember that doesn't necessarily mean you have to play a note every time the kick hits. Play off the kick, against it, around it, directly with it, try hitting a root every time the kick hits, then every other time a 5th, then root on the one kick, and a 3rd 4th then 5th with each subsequent kick even if that means going over the bar line until you get back to a kick on the one (and root)... that again with a 7th thrown in... that'll help build leading tones.
Just make sure you're locked in with the kick.
Geeze, I just came up with my own exercise, I should try all this myself.
Anyway, BuddytheReow had some good threads about learning to play bass when he first got started on bass.
https://forum.pedalpcb.com/threads/where-can-i-learn-to-play-bass.10906/ BtR 1
https://forum.pedalpcb.com/threads/teach-me-bass-for-all-you-bass-heads-out-there.15989/ BtR 2
MichaelW had some good threads on appropriate circuits to build for bass after he got his bass; here's his flats-search thread:
https://forum.pedalpcb.com/threads/...-need-a-recommendation-for-flat-wounds.13485/
There are a number of threads for "
What's a good [insert circuit type here OD Dist Fuzz Flanger Chorus etc]
for bass?"
Just type "BASS" in the forum's search engine and click on the TITLE box ❐ and all manner of threads come up. "Some good ones, even." — Snagglepuss
I do have lists as BtR alluded to, but they're just that, lists with no context around them of how they're used, for what music, for what various people prefer in the sound they're going for. Say the word, and I'll still post them.
Oh, and whether you want to learn jazz or not, it'll kick your ass and improve your playing so try it... but listen to the ride, it's the time keeper in jazz, not the kick.
You're supposed to outline the chords for the other musicians (all listeners, really), so if it's a Bb add9 know what notes you could include to move through F to a Gm7 — what are the common notes in those chords ie guaranteed to sound good. Are you moving the listener's ear from the Bb add9 towards the Gm7? Consider ignoring the F-root and playing A under the F-chord for a solid descending line.
Pro bassists weigh in on the differences between how guitarists and bassists approach the instrument.
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It might be worth studying the likes of Tal Farlow — one of my favourite guitarists who understood bass and leading bass tones in chords.
Charlie Hunter plays a hybrid guitar/bass, might be worth checking him out.
Others to check out though less so for bass and more for chord melody, but still utilising leading tones so you could extrapolate for bass, check out guys like Joe Pass and another favourite of mine, the amazing Ed Bickert.
Lately I've been working on my tone, how my finger strikes the string and damn it's subtle between getting a good rich thump instead of a thwack at the leading edge of the note — which itself isn't a bad thing, especially when trying to cut through a mix, but right now I'm striving to master a deep dark chocolatey thump...
