JohnFitzgerald

Hey, no hassle. Looks like it's in good hands. Enjoy the rebuild.

The thick tone of a P bass. Now I get it. If it works for Pino...

Reverse of the other thread I'll go first. Used to love - brand new uber bright strings, now they're too much. Used to love - the Trace sound, now it's not for me at all.

I do like lyrical players.

Get your Dingwall groove on folks.

We're on with them at Danfest in a couple of weeks. I'll be sure to listen out and see if it's a big pair of boots to be filled

Here's hoping. It'll get a wee run out soon enough.

Mick Karn and Marcus I'm already familiar with. Michael Manring, don't know what to think of him. Others, I'll check out.

Duly noted. I'll have a listen. Thanks !

[quote name='Beedster' timestamp='1383734758' post='2268215'] You. Do your own thing, that way it's be different to the guys above. I like all of the above players but tend not to like it when I hear obvious references to them at gigs or recordings (especially in Jaco's case as it's just been done to death). Fretless bass is an instrument on which it's very easy to sound cliched because even the most left-field musician soon becomes widely copied. Just play what sounds right to you. I was once told that my fretless bass sounde like a trombone. The guy said it was a compliment, I'm not sure I took it that way, but to my mind it did at least indicate that I wasn't copying Jaco or Pino. Given the names of the two most famous proponents and innovators of fretless, perhaps you should also consider a name change to 'Jono' [/quote] Unfortunately, I'm very likely to reference Jaco in my playing. Hence my looking for a new thought on my approach. I'm sure there must be something I'm doing that's uniquely 'me' but from inside my own head, I probably struggle to see it. Bobby Vega blew my mind in pick approach, only recently discovered him and he's been doing it for years. I'd love a similar find on fretless. I'm not looking to ape anyone, but there'll be something in there that helps me move on.

I've grown up in the whole Jaco vibe. He's the man for me, no doubt it. Equally, I completely appreciate Jack Bruce's ability to do a completely different thing on the fretless. Both inspirational. Old school fretless Pino is pretty inspirational too, all be it, he's coming from the Jaco school. Going a bit left field, we have Les Claypool who's taken it into another dimension entirely. Who else should I be listening to ? Who is out there that's doing something different to the guys above ? (I'm loving my new Precision, but it would be a tragedy if the TRB1005F took too much of a back seat.)

Personally, I find that what my right hand is doing has pretty much the same amount of influence on the amount of overtone free fundamental as my pickup choice does. The fleshy bit of the thumb, played over the end of the neck is way different to fingertips played down by the neck. I know we all know this, but it's surely what we all do anyway without even thinking about it.

Donny, You win some you lose some. On this VERY rare occasion, I lucked out. Don't worry, karma will ensure that I lose out big time at some point in the near future.

Here's mine. Such a lovely bass. I'm feeling blessed to have it. [url="http://www.flickr.com/photos/zilspeed/sets/72157637339981903/"]http://www.flickr.com/photos/zilspeed/sets/72157637339981903/[/url]

[quote name='skej21' timestamp='1383683801' post='2267726'] I couldn't disagree with you more. What if the best tool for the job is a pre-fender SWR amp? a '70s Kay guitar? a Stradavarius violin? I'm pretty sure your argument would convince all professional concert violinists that they should ditch their Stradavarius for a Stentor Student II. I mean, they're just buying old for the sake of it anyway and the efficacy of the Strad at doing the job is neither here not there... [/quote] You know what, I pretty much believe this. A world class player will always sound good, because it's about their talent. I don't think for a second that they can't tell the difference in quality between the student model and the Strad. Equally, if they were forced to use the student model for some reason, most of us listening wouldn't know the difference. When I hear Bobby Vega doing his funky pick style. It's Bobby I'm hearing, not whatever bass he's playing. I'm sure we'll disagree on this, but that's ok, I'm cool with that

Maybe the answer's very simple. Anything that has at least a half reasonable name when it's new will always increasingly increase in pseudo mythical status as it gets older. There will always be some people who's prefer 'an old one' than a brand new one. My limited budget very recently would have bought me a new Yamaha RBX170 or the 1982 Squier JV Precision that I bought. Do they sound very similar ? Yep. Do they play very similar ? Yep. Old stuff will always be worth something. Its actually efficacy at doing the job is neither here nor there. You buy an old one because you want to, not because it's a better tool for the job.

So now I have this and the TRB1005F, is that me covered ? Is there space for anything else ? I'm thinking a fretted TRB1005 to match the F and a 1982 JV Jazz in sunburst with tort to match the Precision. Not looking for much then.

According to the scales, it's 7.56lbs Not the heaviest bass I've ever hung on my shoulder.

I was the leading bidder on this until the last minute. Based on him wanting £30 for postage, I didn't want to be in any deeper than £100, based on it needing a load of fixing up. I put a maximum of £71 in, you add a quid on for a winning bid. It sold for £73.

It's the perfect foil to my TRB1005. utterly different in every way. Something about the advert said "look deeper", I'm glad I did. And yes, a yellow duster along with a light oiling of the fingerboard will be about it. Regarding strings, I gave the ones on there the Marlowedk treatment* and they're now just right in terms of brightness. Try this, it's worked for me on a few basses now. Gives you back most of the brightness of a new set. Not the new 'zing' just a much brighter sound. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8OYeN9mAL4"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8OYeN9mAL4[/url]

It's the one in Falkirk Bo'ness actually.