Linus27

Interesting spin on the discussion Happy Jack and quite true. I think I am pretty close to my basses being keepers. I don't like having a lot of basses around and if I could, I would have maybe 3 and catagory killers like Happy Jack has said. The perfect fretless, the perfect fretted workhorse and something different. I have my perfect workhorse in the shape of my 2008 MIA Precision. I never thought it would be a keeper but I just love playing it. My something different is my Stingray. It was a present from my wife for my 40th to replace the one that I bought with my first record deal and stupidly sold when times were hard. The Stingray, in teal greem always was my dream bass. Thankfully this new Stingray sounds and plays so much better than my original one. My perfect fretless is still not sorted yet but its being worked one. My old workhorse is my ESP 400 Series Jazz. It is the best sounding and playing bass I have owned, played hundred of gigs, TV shows, radios and it pretty contains the history of my playing. As its the best sounding bass I have owned, I am currently having a fretless neck made for it by Jon Shuker. Hopefully this will be the perfect fretless. However, I also adore the Stingray as a fretless and have just bought a fretless Stingray neck so maybe that will be my perfect fretless or equel to the ESP. On the other hand, neither could be the perfect fretless and the search will continue. Yes I would like a few other basses. A Warwick Streamer, a 51 Reissue Precision, a nice Fender Jazz even. However, I just can't see the point at the moment as they won't get played.

Sting was born in 1951. So was Joey Ramone.

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These are some of my favourites,

[quote name='stef030' post='1113078' date='Feb 2 2011, 09:55 PM']not very good at this links thing but for me it has to be pino palladino on oleta adams get here if you can, [/quote] Here you go. I agree also, truely fantastic.

I say a black scratchplate. Really a shame you not getting that white bass. It was stunning.

[quote name='silddx' post='1107396' date='Jan 29 2011, 05:30 PM']Well, mine are both now on hold for BCers. I will still have my Electra build with the Warwick neck. I am swapping two active German Corvettes, a $$ and a Standard Ash fretless for one of these [url="http://www.fenderjapan.co.jp/jb66b.html"]http://www.fenderjapan.co.jp/jb66b.html[/url] Yes, maybe I am mad, but I will stop at nothing to get it! You will probably see it in a for sale thread in six months [/quote] That Fender is totally gorgeous. Good move sir, truely beautiful.

[quote name='acidbass' post='45789' date='Aug 15 2007, 12:31 PM']I'm 20 and play only 4 stringers I'm quite a busy player but always have groove at the forefront of my mind. My role model is John Entwistle, specifically from 1965 to 1978, as I don't care much for his style or tone from the 80's onwards (all that tapping and synthy stuff) I like to think I'm quite a melodic player too and know my fair share of music theory to this effect! So....that's me really![/quote] I am, 40 years old and only play 4 string fretted and fretless. Part of me is melodic and very influenced by 80's bass players like Derek Forbes, Paul Webb, Pino, Peter Hook etc. Another part of me loves the driving fat full sounding driven 8 that you find in bands like U2, Pearl Jam, Foo Fighters, Green Day and other guitar rock/punk bands. I also grew up listening to a lot of Jazz, especially swing Jazz so I tend to find I do a lot of walking bass lines or runs where I can. To sum up my bass line, the verse would be some kind of melodic hook, the bridge would be a walking bass line that would lead into a driven chorus playing driving 8's.

[quote name='Jean-Luc Pickguard' post='1108591' date='Jan 30 2011, 08:10 PM']Not quite it was pretty much beaten up like that when he got it. The story I recall reading was that he was about to do a video in New York & sent someone out to buy the most beaten up bass they could get and that's what they came back with.[/quote] HAHA great story and explains a lot then.

[quote name='Doddy' post='1108485' date='Jan 30 2011, 07:08 PM']No....I'm saying that he leaves his genuine '53 at home and tours with a Custom Shop replica.[/quote] OK, thats my point. The beaten up genuine 53 must had travelled the world and played to millions of people over the years to get that sort of wear and tear. Its not been sitting around doing nothing all this time. He also spent the early days playing Ibanez Musician fretless. I wonder if he still has it.

[quote name='Doddy' post='1108473' date='Jan 30 2011, 06:57 PM']Or not,as the bass he uses pretty much all the time is a Custom Shop replica of his '53 Precision.[/quote] Are you saying that his beaten up 53 is a fake and those scares etc are not genuine?

I love Sting's bass and the whole beaten up thing. Its probably travelled the world thousands of times over and hasw played to millions of people. So very cool.

[quote name='witterth' post='1108040' date='Jan 30 2011, 12:29 PM']Talk to Troops: "OK chaps its going to be rough out there, but soon as you hear the whistle its, up the ladder & over the top, OK?"[/quote] Why does your fretless look like it has a blue head?

Nice bass Nick. Not my cup of tea but she sure is pretty By the way, your old white Precision, bloody amazing. A keeper for sure and my main bass until I get a Stingray fretless which will then share No.1 duties. Never thought I would fall for a Precision so much to be the bass thats out and played the most.

[quote name='GBass' post='1103948' date='Jan 26 2011, 04:20 PM']Full of Fenders!!! [/quote] and bloody adverts every 5 minutes.