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Very meta - it's called 'life' - get involved with an opinion, not an observation on process. UglyDog - get off the fence: KB - genius or not? PS no wrong answer... just boring ones

Female geniuses include Joni, Kate and I'll add Bjork just to get your goat... Evidence: Kate - 'Hounds of Love' - Admittedly not JG on this - Delbert Palmer and Eberhard Weber not too shabby Joni - where do you start? I'll go 'Hejira' for the bass angle with Jaco's sublime contributions Bjork - 'Vespertine' for all her saucy songs about shagging but they are amazing... (sorry no bass guitar AFAIK) So point of order denied.

Nah... not going to happen in the short-term for this model. It's a product into a market and they will see how it performs. The business model in this case is design over domestic hand-built so they'll see how that sells. As soon as I heard it was built in Indonesia I realised that this step is for many manufacturers is the price-reducing production shift. The fact that they've started with this means that any price change is a little way off.

Hmm... this thread is symptomatic of the decline of music, the industry and more importantly, the value of music. The OP is entitled to their opinion but then so am I and I say that based on empiric evidence of sales, critical success and positive Basschat posts, he's talking b*ll*cks. It's good to be contrary to stimulate debate - I do it all the time on these forums but sometimes posts like this are pointless. And moreover, I'd say who is rateable? And then I'd ask, what do these rated people think of McCartney or Jaco etc, and of course, they'll usually give their approval.

No love shown yet here for this update? https://ebssweden.com/content2/effects/ebs-billy-sheehan-ultimate-signature-drive/ I always liked his dry/wet mix concept but found the sound to fizzy - eclipsed by Darkglass's more open and refined grit, grunt and growl. What do the BS pedal fans think? **Edit: Just read that it's not out yet** Still some vids appearing:

I'm more 'clank' than 'thump' and this should be in 'Bass Guitars'

Sign of the times... Altrincham and Huddersfield also going... Shame. Good store... handy for pedals, leads, books and other shizzle

Better be good with a name like that...

Yes me too on all the above... I saw Chris first on the Yesshows Drama tour - he was awesome. I don't think he gets the credit he deserves for his sound innovation. He got into bi-amping early on, and blending a guitar amp for his treble pick-up (bridge presumably) and a regular bass amp for his bass. Great tone... I've read that the 'Ricko-sound' was in part due to him. Not sure how true that is. I'm sure the experts will chime in. For those craving some CS tones and lines, I recommend Miguel Falcao's channel for faithful reproductions and with the type of basses Chris used... https://www.youtube.com/user/miguelbass

Yeah bass is rubbish. So let's close the forum and all give up.

Funnily enough, just been gassing over Geddy's blue Ric's in his book then low and behold I find this thread... Lovely basses

I think it'll come down to value in terms of Indonesian build vs. design aesthetic. Certainly for a gigging bass it's light weight and that's a killer reason right there...

Well that's quite cool. So it's your 'transcribing technique' rather then your 'performance technique' or are you out there signing autographs as you play?

Erm so what exactly is going on there? Are you writing the music as you play it? #confused

This is really good advice. One way of looking at custom basses is that you become the designer... So that means you better know ergonomics, electronics, tone and playability... Which you might, if you're experienced with many basses, or a professional and have specific needs. But, if you're not, then there's scope for a sub-optimal design or combination of features which fail to live up to your expectations. So makers like Bernie Goodfellow who offer custom options on a reliable template know what they're doing - with every combination a winner, hopefully suiting your needs. Jon Shuker has more diversity and options so when it works that's great, but there's more scope for creating an idiosyncratic bat-mobile of a bass. My recommendation is to find a great bass you like from a maker and adjust the features to meet your needs, checking with the maker that it wont crapify your bass.

Read the thread before posting...

Mine came today - just scanned it. Beautiful book... Some of the Jazzes are really obscene and the Ricks... Gibson T-birds caught my eye too. I like his interview style too - bit of a fanboy for the whole bassist schtick. I'll file this with my Steve Howe guitar book which is very much in the same vein. Pretty much all of Geddy's key basses are here too but accompanied by scores of new acquisitions. PS He got an awful tone on record with his flappy Wal. Just saying... *shudders*

That's a more ramps than your average high-rise car park! Nice collection.

I'll chime in on Jon - very helpful and has done some great work on my GB which brings me to my suggestion of Bernie Goodfellow as another premier luthier. Good luck with the build!

I don't think anyone said you have to use a ramp. But like the other posters here, I got one on my GB and I love it. To the point that on other basses, I view the crevasse between the pick-ups as a right-hand smartness inhibitor.

I did a couple of times... he was using a Warwick Streamer 5 at the time? His lines were awesome... I think Hadrien F takes quite a lot of influence from DDP... In a good way.

Side 1 of Influences is ace! Basically four song mushed together. A sort of 'Close to the Edge' of jazz-funk. Really, really great... replete with awesome slap solo (with mistakes left in).

He's a bluff old cove... I remember the impact of him hitting the scene with his slap, but the impressing the hell out of a wider audience on TotP with his fingerstyle on the Chinese Way.

That rather dates you... (and me for getting the joke)