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Ooh my birth year jazz. Sadly out my price range forever. Ah well

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

Bump for another pic of the old one. Still waiting for the new one to arrive. This is a real steal for someone.

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?"

Thanks guys, they really are that good. And very pretty too.

I've not actually got this yet it's still on it's way but since it's purchase my circumstances have changed so I'll need to move it on. I've owned one of these before (the one pictured for now) and they are a stunning bass. The one I'm selling is a brand new B stock with a tiny mark I'll photograph as soon as it arrives.
Here's the last one I had, they sound and feel fantastic and are very very lightweight indeed. A LOT of bass for the money!
Active two band EQ with emg hz pickups and an S stek monorail bridge. They have a fantastic clean punchy tone perfect for slap and finger style 'burble'.


I'm after £320 shipped or collected in the uk. ONO

Hmm. No strap button on the headstock. It's clearly a fake. 4candles is gonna be p1ssed, look I'll take it off your hands quietly and cheaply.

[quote name='sprocketflup' post='1015039' date='Nov 7 2010, 09:58 AM']I struggled at the Princess Charlotte in Leicester.[/quote]

Not just you mate, not by a long shot

Cheers sk8, Those aggies look interesting

There two Japanese standards too. There's the standrard ones and then there the japanese made 'us' versions which have the us hardware and pickups, and sometimes a different body wood.

<- Look left for 1990 mij sonic blue

Yeah me too lol. Funny little things guitarists heh heh.
I loaned Barry Sparks my old trace rig when we supported Dokken way back in '05 on some dates and he was really really appreciative and thoughtful with it. So was his tech. We stayed in contact for a while.

I've got the zoom b9.1 and it's fantastic. It comfortably replaced my huge separates board and is better than the boss in everyway imho, ime. Instant switching, a separate loop, two way pedal, valve preamp, better sounds, easier to use. Just newer and better. And can be had for £250. I've only scratched the surface of mine but I'll sing it's praises all day. And i was all about separate pedals (ive owned three gt6b's too!)

Why thank you sir

What a cool idea, i looked back through my pics to check You can just spot my genz/berg rig here:



half the markbass rig

an oldy youve all seen before but its got my old trace rig in:

set up for a video shoot:

[quote name='Shaggy' post='1010563' date='Nov 3 2010, 11:29 AM']+1, the standout act for me (the one time I went to see the Ramones they cancelled to play TOTP instead )

Bellowhead good, but [i]have[/i] to be seen live. Great bass (tuba?)

Off -topic, but did anyone see "Whites" on just before, and notice the bassist in the backing band had a Wal Po 1? Couldn't hear it mind[/quote]


Yep clocked it :-D

I liked the thunderbird and the cut away upright. The White jazz sounded great too. Couldnt place it. The headstock looked a bit SX! Shucker maybe ?

Thought the same thing, it sounded all wrong. Horrible guitar sound too. (was that Dave Bronze on bass?) they all looked very bored.

What new Aggy 12's?

If it was the black fretless jazz I missed ending I'll buy it for ya

[quote name='BurritoBass' post='1006946' date='Oct 31 2010, 06:54 AM']I'm sure I'm not the only one to think this but I [b]still[/b] miss Bassist![/quote]

Yep another +1000 here.