Rayman

[quote name='tonybassplayer' post='273171' date='Aug 30 2008, 02:59 PM']Have fun[/quote] That's all that matters.

A mate of mine had a Samick, maybe 15 years ago, a 5 stringer, no idea what model. It was a really nice bass indeed, we gigged with it a few times back then and it always sounded the dogs. Your 6er looks very nice indeed.

Did someone say mojo'd Highway 1s? Great basses, and I wouldn't mind a P to go with my jazz. Nice P indeed.

Hmm yes, I guess it's down to me, but a few comments from others will give me a few ideas.

Good luck Kiddo, you'll be great I'm sure. There's nothing quite like playing live, you'll never be the same again.

Drool............... This thread is really making me miserable. I always wanted either a Wal or a Jaydee MK, and have never been able to afford either. Mark King and Mick Karn were my heroes in the 80s, along with JJ Burnel. All thses Jaydees are giving me very bad GAS indeed, especially as there's one for sale too.

A quick question for all you Trace owners. How do you have your EQs set? Smiley face? Flat? I'm using my GP7SM200 with the pre set classic Trace sound and the graphic switched out altogether. I want to have a play with the graphic though and wondered how you all have yours set. I've tried the smiley face, mids flatish with the bass and trebles boosted, and I've tried it flat with all the sliders level just about the indent, but I can't quite get what I'm after. I want bright and punchy, but with some bottom end thump too. I really should book the rehearsal room on my own, and spend an evening with it, without the rest of the band moaning that I'm fiddling about and holding them up.

I [i]love[/i] the early Level 42 stuff, and have been a fan since the start, but strangely, I'd never gotten around to seeing them live until a couple of years ago at the King Georges Hall in Blackburn. It was truely awful, I was very dissapointed indeed. I think the venue was to blame to be fair, it was a sh*t view, with a stage about 6 foot high. I was on the front row and couldn't see a bloody thing as we were all sat down. The sound was terrible too, and I ended up moving from the front, to the circle upstairs (the place was half empty). The sound was better up there but not great. The band just looked out of sorts to me, and MK seemed to be just going through the motions. There's two basses I've always wanted, a Wal and a Jaydee Mark King, don't s'pose I'll ever have either, but I still dream about slapping away on a Jaydee in front of my Trace Elliot pretending to be MK. New album? Nah, I haven't bought a Level 42 album since World Machine.

I've loved almost everything Jay Kay has produced, Stuarts' stuff on the early albums is of course outstanding, but to be honest, I've liked every album since he left. Dynamite is a top album for instance. Anyone else looking forward to the Warwick Zender sig bass coming out in the next year or two?

[quote name='Thunderthumbs' post='260970' date='Aug 12 2008, 04:25 PM']I've got white pearl on my Lake Placid Blue, but I'd go for the black pearl on yours.[/quote] [size=3][color="#0000FF"]DITTO[/color][/size]

Peters' Les Evans bass is very nice. Very thin neck if that's your bag, well built too. I guess it's just not a name people know. Plus, I think decent pictures are a must, and the ones in that link aren't exactly brilliant.

Very nice set up there sir, very nice indeed. A DJ5 is on my hitlist.

Don't over cook the mid control Barry, it'll give you a great big thumping tone without much top end. I seem to remember having the mid rolled back just under the central indent, with every thing else on full, Try rolling the neck pup off a bit too.

I used a white Epi TB in a rock band for over a year. It was completely stock and completely fantastic, I loved it. I fully expected to have to upgrade the guts when I bought it, but I was wrong. It sounded immense straight out of the box, just a bit of a set up and it was ready to go. BIG thump from the stock pups no problem at all, great bass. For your price range though, I personally would be looking for a second hand Precision, US or MIJ would fit the bill perfectly, and as a big fan of the Seymour Duncan Quarterpounder, I'd be thinking of dropping one of those into it for a [i]massive[/i] thumping tone. Edit: or an Epiphone Jack Casady, that'd have a great tone for what you're after too I'd say, superb with flats.

I feel faint. A Wal is my ultimate bass, a dream, and I'm sure I'll never have one.