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Chug Chug Chug? Truckstop

You mean to say you go higher than the 7th fret? Truckstop

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Yeah likewise. I'm 1986 and I'd love a Fender, but I don't really see the point! I might look for a BC Rich or an Ibanez/Yamaha somethingorother when I can be bothered to scour eBay. Truckstop

Does anyone know if they do 5 string versions? Fiesta red RW Jazz V would be lovely, thank you very much! Truckstop

I think it's because people go out and buy 5ers without having a real reason for using one and then when they realise it, they just get rid. Which is fair enough. I know plenty of people that flirted with fretless or DB, found they didnt have a use for them and sold them on. Also, they're all wimps, running scared from the thunderous B! Truckstop

I think it's just another avenue of advertising that small companies can take to be sure of reaching the right audience. There's no point in having an advert on TV for Shuker or Roscoe basses because their target audience will be less than 1% of the people that see the bloody thing. It's just not cost effective. It might cost 5k for the advert, and you sell one bass out of it. So, smaller companies endorse someone, to get the logos in the album sleeves, their endorsees rave about the products on internet forums and they big them up in magazines etc. Plus, they use the products in a live setting and people can check them out that way too. Just a cheaper form of advertising and everybody's happy! Shep gets discount (or free?) Roscoe basses, and Roscoe get some advertising without having to faff around with it all. Truckstop

In all seriousness though, I think you should go for it. I reckon a fretless P with [b]only[/b] a neck-bucker would look the wick! Who cares what it sound like! You'd have to make your own pickguard obviously, but you wouldnt have to worry about filling in the original pickup cavities so if it all goes wrong and it truly sounds awful, you can reverse everything innit. Truckstop

With the pickguard definitely! But personally, I'd change it for white pearl. Truckstop

You jammy get! I wanted that! Truckstop

If you use a roasted maple neck it'll be fine. Truckstop

Staves! Thank you! Truckstop

I always called them stanzas! You know, music! The lines with blobs and lines drawn on them! Truckstop

Welcome, mate! You'll find another guitar in no time here! Truckstop

I've just started to learn to read music again after dropping it as a young pianist at junior school. Although I don't think that the actual reading skill is that important, I do find myself picturing stanzas in my brain when I'm jamming at home. Like, I can think ahead and write the music down in my brain, before I play it. So I'm reading music in my brain. To be honest though, I think it's more to do with a familiarity thing rather than having an actual understanding of WHY certain sequences of notes sound good against a particular chord. I think Paul's right though. If you want to be the best and get the work, you need to know what makes music sound good and in my opinon, a study of musical theory does that for you. It's no good being pitted against another bassist in an audition who is better than you because he can communicate with the band leader or other musicians better than you can. Oral. Truckstop

I've always been in metal bands and as such, never used chords. Truckstop

My MIM Jazz is wonderful. Admittedly the neck socket appears to be a millimeter or so too big, but it sounds good, the bridge is straight, the frets are fine, the electronics work as well as you'd expect, the pickups are on straight and the finishing is also very good. Never had any problems with it. I've played a couple of MIA jazzes, and while they certainly sound better (in my opinon of course), I'm not particularly convinced that the construction's better than the MIM and justifies the extra 3 or 4 hundred quid. I would happily buy another MIM bass. For the right money of course Truckstop

Welcome friend! Learn a few covers to play with your mates. Some Nirvana ones are easy enough to pick up and you'll have hours of fun playing actualy songs! Truckstop

I use an EHX Clone Theory. It's a chorus/vibrato blend pedal and you can set it to either blend the chorus and the vibrato together, or you can use the effects on their own. It's pretty cool! I got it for £65 from the for sale section. Truckstop