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Got roped into watching by the missus and like 2 years ago the highlight for me was jamereo artis with Bruno Mars, great player. Sound was sh*t for Eliie Goulding but I'm not sure it's mockney to sing with english vowel sounds ?

Has anyone ever come across an american standard in the UK ? Has anyone imported a new standard ? In the last few years I've become all about that old school gut string big booming sound, I bought a big bryant that I've got guts and, it sounds great now, I'm thinking of selling my old german 3/4 and getting a big plywood bass. I've always loved Dennis Irwin's sound and I recently watched that youtube vid about his bass and was amazed it was a relatively inexpensive ply bass. I assume very few would of made it over the atlantic but I know there are some kays around. Anyone got any alternative ideas for a long string length big ply bass

Check out Ben Wolfe he absolutely kills it with 1 finger , solo at about 6 30 where he's playing 8ths. He's one of my favourites,gut strings, never uses a pick up and always has a great sound http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIBlMHCQQ78

great shout, I've never heard anyone else do that plectrum funky 16s thing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HkWfhhl-d8

i had a streamliner, it sounded great on it's own but on gigs I was finding a bit murky and lacking definition so I swapped it for a shuttle 9.2 and am much happier with it, I use berg cabs , the ceramic driver ones and they're a good fit with the shuttle but maybe the streamliner works well with neo drivers . I personally think the shuttle sounds much less compressed than TC rh450

bought a peavey T40 off ryan, bass exactly as described , great coms, pleasure to deal with

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcJ80pKqsA0

I'm pretty sure it's a spaghetti logo and I think it's got clay dots which which would make it early sixties One of my all time favorite players and singers too, great they're finally receiving the critical acclaim they deserve. So unusual to hear English artists singing in their own accents and referencing their own culture so directly. Everyone should have the One fing an annuver album

Think it was Neville Malcolm who's a fantastic electric player

[color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Are players who use the amplifier as a large part of their sound (I'm thinking George Mraz, Palle Danielsson) somehow inauthentic, particularly considering their straight-ahead jazz credentials? And is it really appropriate to play on gut string and no amp when almost no drummers use calf drum skins? [/font][/color] [font="helvetica, arial, sans-serif"][color="#282828"]now I love palle danielson , My song and belonging are among my favourites and george mraz is a great player however if we talking about straight ahead jazz being standards played with the usual 2 in the head 4 in the solos, head solos bit of trading head. like say late 50s blue note then yeah I think the pickup amp sound is inauthentic. I think gut and no amp is the most appropriate way to go. [/color][/font] [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1HvI-uiwCQ"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1HvI-uiwCQ[/url]

On the whole I find EB doesn't really swing ( although I love swallow, jaco, jeff andrews etc ) in a straight ahead setting and for me it's something to do with the right hand. Not really sure why exactly but maybe it's to with the amount of flesh on the string and the weight of the arm and the sense of momentum this generates with the crotchet feel ?