Are you talking dynamics or harmony, Graham?

People overdoing it on the playing as they venture up the neck?

Too much playing or too much noise?

If I have a folk bass player I love (if there really is such a beast) it would be Dave Pegg because he plays bass as an instrument that is part of the group of players rather than plunking notes at the bottom.

If we ever come across each other in a session - give me the nod and I'll stop playing music and start playing root notes for you and the rest of the players can make the music move. :)