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Cheers Shano!

Skinny, my man, thanks a million! I'd forgotten how addictive doing these bass videos is. I've been wanting to do this song for absolutely years. Hope you're well, a chara.

Yes it is, Amigo! Glad you like it. Kiitos paljon.

@@MichaelJSynnott Hei, did not absolutely expect that but… Ole hyvä!

:-D Hah! Nice! I had to use Google Translate to get 'Kiitos paljon'. I speak a handful of languages but Finnish is not one of them.

@@MichaelJSynnottYou should visit Finland, I am sure you would love it here but do it during summer, it gets nippy here during the rest of the seasons.

Praise indeed! Thanks very much! Incidentally, the cat in your profile pic looks exactly like my late cat, Mira.

@@MichaelJSynnott I have seen a lot of great bass covers of this song and i'll tell you Mike yours is up there with the tops. Great bass tone too! The cat in my profile picture her name is Mimi. Sorry to hear that Mira is no longer with you. I do hope you have another kitty.

@@Mark72672 Well, thank you so much for that comment, Mark - I truly, truly appreciate it. Mimi is beautiful. I brought Mira to be put to sleep at age 16 a few years back and I've not been able to bring myself to get another cat since. Perhaps one of these days. Thanks again, man!

@@MichaelJSynnott Yes I understand. I've been down that road before Brother and I know it's not easy. The last time just 2 years ago with a cat that had been with us 18 years. I too had that same feeling. But I just love them too much that within a month or so I had another one with me. Perhaps one day again for you Mike sooner rather than later! I hope. 🙂

God damn you can play dude!

Oh, you're going to love the one I'm going to put up tomorrow!

@@MichaelJSynnottSubbed so wont miss it!

Cheers Conor! Un abrazo. 🤗

I'd better get to work on my tats and biceps then! 🤣 Cheers for the comment.

Muchísimas gracias a usted, Señor Delgado. 😁👍

Dude, I do that all the time when it makes sense to do so, for damping purposes, tonal purposes, or to make string transitions easier. You'll actually see me do it several times in this very video! I'm never concerned about how my technique looks - everything is done to service the tone and timing.

Cheers matey! Yep - Somebody To Love is a fantastic song - great suggestion. Appreciate your comment on my ABBA Dancing Queen video too. All my videos are brutally honest, seat-of-the-pants first takes with no video or audio post-production meddling other than compression and EQ, so plenty of rough bits at more than just a cursory glance.

@@MichaelJSynnott that's great. I have to do several takes before I get some what near how it's supposed to be. Lol

@@AstrosElectronicsLab 😁

Cheers Ned!

Thanks Stefan. He was a truly brilliant bassist, combining incredible feel with fantastic melody - playing first and second inversions instead of roots, and sometimes tracking the vocal melody at exactly the right time. I believe he was also ABBA's primary arranger and that he scored the orchestral sections. A musical genius. I have many ABBA songs in my bass repertoire, and they are all a joy to play. The final chorus of Dancing Queen always brings tears to my eyes when I play it, the notes he chose are that brilliant. Thanks again, Stefan.

@@MichaelJSynnott Yes, Rutger played varying with a lot of taste. And the 2-3 guitarists Abba hired also was very good (e.g. Janne Schaffer one of my favorite guitarists). Abba had the money to get the best 😉. As a curiosity I saw Abba playing live in a "folk park" in a small village called "Storebro" (900 habitants) on the countryside in Sweden around 1977 I think. Only the four members with backing tracks. Only about 300 people in the audience. After they got famous. Incredible that it took place. Probably because Bjorn grew up not far away from there. See you in Spain some day or another and play some fun 🙂

Thanks Skinny. Yeah, they're always brutally honest first takes, warts 'n' all. Plenty of fluffs in this one, and I rushed a couple of the more intricate parts, but I stand by it. It's a decent representation of my live playing ability. Thanks again, Brother! Un abrazo.

Howaya Ned! Great to hear from you. I'm putting another band together at the moment, but we'll not play very often; maybe once a week max. The oul' day job is keeping me very occupied, in a good way. Hope you're well and happy, and thanks for the comments. You've always been a great man for supporting other musicians. 🤘🤘

@@MichaelJSynnott Good Stuff, Keep the Hammer Down Onward and Upwards Boyo :)

Ooh, I hadn't thought of that one, Niall! I've never played it. I'll give it a listen and see if I can figure it out. Thanks a million for all the comments and positive feedback.

Yeah, she's a beauty. She's my number two after my Warwick Thumb. She's a Mexican and she plays beautifully. I replaced the pups with active EMG JXs and put a Babicz high mass bridge on her. She's really lovely. Thanks a million!

Thanks man! I did it without a click track - just the raw backing track - so I'm pleased myself with how tight the performance was.

Thanks a million! It's a fantastic bass line, for sure. Graeme Clark is an incredible bassist and writer. He wrote and recorded this when he was 19! 😮 I truly appreciate you taking the time to comment, Daniel. 🤘🤘

@@MichaelJSynnott Indeed he is incredible, so young but so talented!! ✌️☺️

Ta.