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JazzyYama

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  1. It isn't a bass, but I thought I'd give a brief update on the Santos Series C-40SCE Deko. Seemed to have a few dings on the body (splinters of wood rattling around inside), but cosmetically ok, looks nice. At least one of the frets wasn't fully down. I decided to try a preliminary set-up - the neck was fairly flat (with a very faint kink in the wrong direction) so tried to adjust the "two way truss rod" to give a slight bow - this seemed in fact to only offer adjustment in the direction I didn't want, and ended up succeeding in only removing the nut from the end of the truss rod. Given the neck pretty flat this wasn't fatal though, so I tuned the strings up to pitch to see if it might help and it is more or less playable. I'll try and record the sound, interested to hear what the fishman sounds like.
  2. Thanks for the updates here, I chanced my arm with the nylon string - I was surprised to see it had a truss rod too. Has anyone found any of the decoration only items to be totally unplayable yet? [i]- I now see the comments about neck weirdness, oh well, lets see what happens[/i]
  3. I seem to remember that he played on bbc2 on[i] later with jools holland[/i] at least once. That sort of exposure can do wonders for a band, look at imelda may for example
  4. [quote name='Vinny' timestamp='1398462783' post='2434507'] Check out the documentary 'Plus...Tubular Bells' he talks about his bass playing with Kevin Ayres. [/quote] cool thanks!
  5. There is a track I quite like the bass line on, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhH7pNZn17Q Is this a good bass line, I guess it maybe too busy for most people's taste?, how would I approach creating or playing a part like that? I'd like to have a go with this kind of approach, is it simply based on well known patterns or a bit more improvised? Any hints or tips from the world of theory or whatnot to getting this sort of effect? I appreciate this is kinda vague post, but just grateful for any pointers of how to go from being someone that knows where the root notes are, to playing parts like that.
  6. I really like my Korg Pandora, and the Pandora mini could be worth a look at
  7. I've got one of these 5 string beasties - very impressive it is too - the main reason I went for the 505 rather than the 305 is seems like much better quality of pickups.
  8. [quote name='jezzaboy' timestamp='1385980764' post='2294199'] Touch wood and all that guff but I have gigged mine a few times and had no problems with it. I use it every night in the house as well through the headphones but can understand the lack of confidence once it goes pop. [/quote] I think it was the pop, plus the product safety recall combination (on a different product of theirs) that did it for me - http://www.tcelectronic.com/bh250/bh250-product-recall/
  9. I bought one, worked for a day then sparked loudly from the back panel - decided it wasn't for me. I'm always nervous of gear with volts in.
  10. excellent stuff, went to see her in concert at the start of last year, cannot fathom why she didn't become a global superstar.
  11. I found this suggestion in a forum regarding shielding the power supply in a Fender Bronco 40 amp to eliminate hum: http://forums.fender.com/viewtopic.php?f=44&t=84174 I hoped there'd be a few people experienced in working with amps here that could advise whether this at all sensible or worth doing? I notice a bit of a hum, I think the earth wires in my house aren't that great as I've had noise problems with other amps in the past but would love to find a safe solution.
  12. [quote name='BetaFunk' timestamp='1383522797' post='2265551'] Wonderful. I remember buying a ticket for a choir seat at the Festival Hall and being a few feet away from NHOP. What a treat and maybe that's (from a purely selfish point of view) one of the things i love about jazz is that i paid 7 quid for that seat while up the road people were probably paying 10-20 times that to listen to some old farts banging on about some old brick in a wall. [/quote] Aye, it is wonderful there are so many great musicians around. I remember feeling very lucky going to a small jazz cellar bar late one night on a day that the lincoln centre jazz orchestra were in town playing a large concert hall, and several of their players just turned up with their instruments for the joy of playing. I do feel a bit depressed when you see the level of skill and dedication displayed by some struggling jazz musicians compared to the rewards on offer for tv talent show contestants
  13. I'm just gonna sit this down over here and contemplate the subject of the thread... [url="http://www.youtube.com/embed/hOA-Xh40-M8"]http://www.youtube.c...bed/hOA-Xh40-M8[/url]
  14. Got a Yamaha p-250 - weighs about the same as a small car, but awesome bit of kit imho.
  15. No closer to making a decision on the amplifier yet, but have to say, I'm absolutely loving the guitar - TRBX505 feels like a really well put together instrument.
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