gafbass02

That's a shame, I thought he'd cracked it in the end.

Can't recall tbh. About £60-70 I think honestly can't remember!

[quote name='chrisd24' post='1034241' date='Nov 23 2010, 07:12 PM']i like the sound of those,i really didnt want to say "i want my jazz to sound like a ray" because i assumed i woud get told to just buy a ray! So these "GAFfers" are custom made for you (gafbass02) or would they just make them to order?[/quote] indeed, sound like a ray it wont but sound as much like a ray as a jazz can it probably will lol, and a p bass and a jazz. Which is nice! They are custom orders, all you do is ring and ask for a set of gaffers, i know he was planning to incorporate them into the standard product line but its not happened yet. Possibly due to issues of fitting them in a single coil sized casing. I have the prototype and had to modify the holes myself, but its WELL worth it! Although the 'production' model this seems to be fixed. Give em a whirl!

I use the custom wizard 'GAFfers' split coil humbuckers in a standard jazz sized casing. REALLY nice sounding pickups. Big and beefy sounding but well balanced across the board (and hum cancelling) in the neck location if you solo it you get a p bass sound almost spot on, and in the bridge they add real bite, almost ray like. A very good pickup indeed! (and no, I'm not paid to say so lol!)

Nice job finding a shop with all those in lol! The little mark is a fab amp, i only moved from it to get that little bit smaller and lighter!! (the shuttle 3.0 is NUTS, its like i can see it in my hand, but i cant feel its there!!?! and its 300W!!?!?)

Thanks mate. Since this thread wound up my main stack has become the shuttle with two bergantino ae210's and I can honestly say...'I'm happy with my amp"

The wizard GAffer is a split coil humbucker in a jazz sized casing. Sounds beefy as all hell,its a fantastic pickup and has real edge and bite in the bridge but still, an MM bucker it aint.

Another big fan of the hartke here

Yeah. There was also the guy at the end of the night who wandered up, glazed eyed and slurred "you're quite good" before wobbling off :-D

lol, the stuff ive heard on last FM anyway, he has an ace tone (Yeah i know the 'i met jaco' line is apparently pretty popular in the US at least)

I was playing 'house' bass at a loosely termed open mic (was really more of an impromptu scratch gig on the spot) this Fri in Cheltenham. Its a race weekend so the place was packed and i was just following the guitarists fingers and listening closely as i wasnt really familiar with the songs let alone the way he was playing them (drums off a keyboard too!) After a bit this mahoosive black dude looms over me and drawls in my ear in a deep US accent. "That's some incredible bass man, I used to play for 25 years and boy, you play like Jaco!" I was rather flustered!! after thanking him and lots of hand shaking he stayed put and watched me wing my way through the entire night. Each time I popped for a fag he'd have another gem for me. I can only recall, : "There was a lotta harmonics in there huh!" and something to the effect of "you're a lot like him but less crazy, cause man, that guy was wacko!!" He then shared a story about hanging out with smoking something illegal after a gig in NYC not long before his untimely death. I was pretty surprised mainly cause I only really heard Jaco for the first time about two years ago. Id heard OF him of course but have only recently listened to anything of his. I expect its like imitation through osmosis as the people I grew up listening to wear their own influences in their own playing. As a Flea fan I came to love Larry Graham and i really like Alain Caron and Rocco, and Marcus M and Vic W. All names id seen and ignored for years in bass magazines, and all found recently thanks to finding last FM on my iphone! A fresh set of ears and tunes to discover and im finally mature enough not to switch off to 'grown up' music lol I was really flattered and chuffed by the attention i got on Fri, not just off this one guy but by several others who (loudly and vocally which was pretty embarrasing, especially the guy who insisted on kissing me) singled me out and made the bass something that people noticed that night. Very interesting evening and one that i was very pleased with. Although it wont affect my NO:1 rule. (There is always a better player in the room, they just aint playing tonight) lol Hope this dosn't make me sound like a massive brag, i just needed to share as everyone else ive gushed to about it has just gone.............. "Jaco who?"