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[quote name='Pete Academy' post='885604' date='Jul 4 2010, 05:43 PM']Janek can groove like buggery when he neeeds to, as in when he does a pop gig. A great all-rounder IMO.[/quote] Yep, saw him with JEM a couple of years ago, and although I was slightly distracted by the lady herself, Janek was holding it all together in the band, nice and simple, just the way I like the bass to be.

[quote name='ThomBassmonkey' post='885773' date='Jul 4 2010, 08:25 PM']The shop I teach at's main competitor is crap, their priority is to sell a guitar rather than help people. Not long ago we had a 9 year old child that wanted to start learning, he didn't know what kind of guitar he wanted to learn, their advice was to buy a full sized spanish. So he did, then took it upstairs for the free lesson with them and straight away the guitar teacher told them that they'd made a bad choice (when they just followed the advice of the shop)[/quote] That makes me mad, so many young people must get put off in a similar way.

I've often wondered about trying DB, but have been put off by the price of a decent one. Do you mind me asking Chris, was it a decent one or a cheaper model. I've always wondered if the cheaper ones are worth a punt.

It's scary that people like that are some young people's first contact with working musicians. I've recently taken a young lad under my wing, searched hard on here to find him a great first instrument, a nice Yamaha, so nice I nearly kept it for myself I hasten to add, and he's loving it. Hopefully a new young bass player has been started off on his way, and I'll be just as careful when finding him a decent teacher. The last thing a new young player wants is some pillock telling him his gear is no good and giving him duff info. What a turd.

I've just flogged the best Precision I've played in years for £125 quid, and all because it said Squier on the headstock. Superb old bass, playability and tone in spades, I'll really miss it a lot, and it's way better than many of the Fenders I've tried in recent years. Says it all really.

Awesome, looks like a good do, and better than some of the holes I've played recently. Nice rig by the way.

I like my strings loose and flappy like my women. DR Highbeams or TI flats as pointed out before fit the bill perfectly. Although I still have a soft spot of Super Slinkys.

I understand Matt Garrison is doing Bassday in Manchester in November, so I'll look forward to checking him out.

Good god mate, you've got some quality gear under your roof, I hope your insurance is up to scratch

I enjoyed the clip a lot. I'm a big Janek fan, but never really given Hadrien much of a listen. By the time it had gotten around to his set at bassday I was "jazzed out", I'd heard enough jazz to last me a lifetime, so I left just before he started. Matt Garrison is a bit of an enigma to me, I have a couple of his albums, but I just can't get into them at all, the music just seems to wash over you leaving no lasting hooks whatsoever.

I'm always guilty of getting it the other way round. I stand too close to the cab and get the sound I like there, but when you walk out to the front during the sound check it sounds crap. I really should have learnt that lesson by now.

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