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Agreed with previous posters... Time to stop blaming bass/strings/action/genes/ozone layer and just play the music you hear in your head..

Who buys flatwound bass strings as a Christmas present? It's a bit specific isn't it? Anywho, I'm skeptical... I come from the John Entwistle/Chris Squire school of 'clank' to get some sort of tonal definition in the mix. On the jazz side, Stanley's not averse to trebely super-wounds either. And Jaco used roundwounds. So 'boo' to this thread.

Sound good to me although so many options could be baffling. Pity this guy didn't try out the options in fingerstyle. I think they look like the Geddy Lee style Wals... I think they're quite expensive though so try before you buy I guess. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcWbVd36Y0I[/media] Edit: Actually I've just seen more vids under the Username. Definitively worth checking out.

Jimmy Earl - great player and licker.

Hmmm those look simple... BTW the same thumbnail twice?

[quote name='Lord Sausage' timestamp='1387049450' post='2307834'] Another lecturer introduced us to this, which we loved. Then made us play it as part of our ensemble exam. I had great lecturers! [media]http://youtu.be/kRkkJKf-hnA[/media] [/quote] It's a great album. John Wetton's tone, playing and singing on this is great. Allan Holdsworth is his usual genius. Bill Bruford is killing and Eddie Jobson plays some massive fat paddy synths too. A classic. Pity this was it for this line-up.

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbIIoQtbB2k"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbIIoQtbB2k[/url] Man that's fugly..

You need a Rick in that line-up! Chris Squire and Geddy both get awesome crunch tones out of theirs... Good vid BTW... intrigued that the Stagg held it's own alongside others costing x10 as much!

Talking of ramps on Warwicks... here's Jazzmunki (is that a euphamism?) demonstrating his neat 4 finger technique which a ramp helps. Matt Garrison developed this and Mr Munki here does a great funky job of applying it... [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCHMqajchDM&list=TL8DWzH0CVPb75BvvhgYPrFwyHxRa7Gris[/media]

So I've got a TC Electronics BC500 rig and a GB with more DB boost than you'd imagine so my question is, would a tube bass pre-amp round out the clean sound of the TC rig? Would it offer me any more tonal options? Advice please...

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1386064313' post='2295090'] An early winner for 'euphemism of the day'. [/quote] ... or you could be 'waxing the dolphin' which is equally bad...

I think you can use any wood or plastic really. Gary Willis has a couple of vids which may help: [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKffNbWXRfQ"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKffNbWXRfQ[/url] Bernie Goodfellow did mine in the same wood as the top of my bass which is Walnut: [url="http://www.gbguitars.co.uk/gb_spitfire_gallery3.asp"]http://www.gbguitars.co.uk/gb_spitfire_gallery3.asp[/url] Fourth row down, fourth across...

"What do you think?" A darned sight better than the normal single cut... But then the Dolphin is even nicer so what's the point? P.S. Nice Photoshops skills...

[quote name='RoRi' timestamp='1384533959' post='2277884'] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-21VQuPnXk[/media] [/quote] That drumming is insane.... Sort of a drum 'n' bass groove... Scott Devine's has done a pretty nifty tune in this vein too: [url="http://scottsbasslessons.ontraport.net/c/2/10999/940199/2/35/73164/1384181446"]http://scottsbassles...3164/1384181446[/url]

[quote name='cybertect' timestamp='1378412575' post='2200051'] I've been having fun with this little app for IOS: Sight Reading Machine [url="https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/sight-reading-machine/id662692296?mt=8"]https://itunes.apple...d662692296?mt=8[/url] Handy sight reading practice when I have a bass to hand or just on the train. It generates a tune and plays it; you can configure it to select a wide range of parameters such as tempo, key, note lengths, etc. Notably, it comes with presets for both 4 and 5 string bass. [/quote] +1 for this. Great little app. Loads of sight reading parameters to experiment with. Great that it plays it for you too. Just what I needed to generate endless reading fodder...

You can pay Fender to do it for you and call it relic-ing! I feel your pain. You either want no dings on a bass or loads of them!

[quote name='bh2' timestamp='1383748793' post='2268515'] Take a listen to this... [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiE0GkVTWKo[/media] Inspired me to defret my 62 Jazz, although I have been playing fretless on and off since the early eighties, I was about to give up playing alltogether, then I found this album! RIP Mick... Thanks for the gong link... I've just rediscovered Mike Howlett from another thread. Not fretless though. [/quote] Good heavens! That's good.... MK rules! (That's Mick Karn in this case...) The drums are great too...

[quote name='White Cloud' timestamp='1383908529' post='2270599'] Here is a great example of Percy Jones. It saddens me that a British bassist recorded this before Jaco's breakthrough on the Weather Report album "Heavy Weather" - yet went almost unnoticed. Its maybe a reasonable assumption that if Jaco had recorded this it would have been lauded as earth shattering. I think Percy is totally underrated and almost ignored by the main stream bass press in the UK. [media]http://youtu.be/ZQYkBwfzHAc[/media] [/quote] +1... agree with the sentiment but I think Jaco's breakthrough year was '76 and this is '78. Masques is a favourite of mine too...

Actually I seem to remember also having an MP3 of his jam with Jonas Hellborg....?

Still there... just search... [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UR5iUopTlxY"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UR5iUopTlxY[/url]

Pedulla MVP 4... pea-green. Been in the shop for years. Made a cash offer of £500 which was accepted. On way home, brakes failed in Ford Orion (not a pleasant experience on the M602). AA rescue and following repair, you guessed it, £500 so no MVP. :-( It was a beaut' too - through-neck & P-J Barts.

[quote name='merchant' timestamp='1382616280' post='2254422'] We have a winner!!!!! That's it, Bolin basses. Boy do I want one of the single pickup restless ones. Ah well. Cheers everyone [/quote] No, cheers me. Do I win a Bolin bass or something?

Needs more 13th chord stabs!

For me, it's not exactly, 'tearing it up'... more like, 'having a run through...'. A bit dull I'm afraid...

P.S. I've no idea how (or why) I remembered that. Wonder what else is clogging up my brain.