White Cloud

https://youtu.be/OUo3Nv7k4R0

I'm sorry, I don't like being negative...but in my opinion it is just absolutely dire. Headline at Glastonbury? If he was playing in my back garden I would tell him to shut up and close the curtains. The crowd seem to be enjoying it - however I find if awful...I just don't get it. Kanye - [i]"Rap is the new rock and roll, and as the biggest rap star in the world I am the biggest rock and roll star in the world"[/i] Eh, no it isn't and no you're not. Rant over.

I am underwhelmed at the prospect.

[quote name='spongebob' timestamp='1435433273' post='2808803'] I'm watching the other acts, and to me, they're still the best thing I've seen. [/quote] I agree. The best bass sound also....the real deal

Well past their best but lets not forget Lemmy is 70 and still refusing to play by the rules. Total respect here. As for Florence, the occasion appeared to be a little too much for her...I thought she tried too hard at times.

Not classic Motorhead...but I still liked it. Sorry

[quote name='skelf' timestamp='1435311857' post='2807477'] Very much the point of having the two filters is the ability to use the bass in the way CR mentioned and once you used to this setup I find it hard to go back to the global EQ and treating both pickups in the same way. This also makes the blend one of the most powerful controls on the bass. [/quote] Absolutely agree

I am an Ibanez and Warwick player....I used to own a SR605 in natural swamp ash and it was a beautiful bass, but is not a patch on the SR1205 that I currently gig. If you like Warwick basses you will enjoy the mid-high range SR's (500 upwards), they are equally tactile, playable and well designed.

Primus suck!

Super nice! Loved these back in the day...love them now

[quote name='CamdenRob' timestamp='1434981987' post='2804371'] If I was looking for that sort of tone on a budget I'd be asking Alan at ACG what he could do for me... Alan builds his own multicoil pickups which are only available in ACG instruments (like Wal). A top spec ACG will cost you well under half the price of a new Wal even before the impending price increase. ... but if you really must have that exact tone, save the pennies and look secondhand. some bargains can be had for fretless instruments that are generally a little harder to sell than their fretted counterparts. [/quote] This is the Carlsberg answer to the original criteria stipulated by the OP. It's a no brainer really. ACG all the way

[quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1434984326' post='2804405'] You have to play with your ears and not your eyes. [/quote] I feel that this is really great advice.

[quote name='zawinul' timestamp='1434892736' post='2803609'] [color=#555555]Percy Jones and Mick Karn used slides all the time, harmonics, etc .... no rules[/color] [/quote] Absolutely. Music is art, the only rule is that there are no rules.

Be innovative, creative and expressive. Listen to Percy Jones and Mick Karn

Absolute one of my biggest bass heroes,, many thanks for this

Bit of a contentious issue this...with two distinctive camps. Its a pointless argument of course. I am of the opinion that it is impossible for the overall structure of any object not to be influenced in any way by its components

Beautiful job...a fantastic rescue all round.

I own an Ibanez SR1205 which has Nordstrand big singles and until recently also owned an SR605 with Bartolini's - this being my back up bass. From experience of extensively gigging and rehearsing with both I concur with your perception... the Nordstrand's are definitely a significant step up from the Barts and generally sound much richer all round.

[quote name='ahpook' timestamp='1433499152' post='2791528'] What he's valued it at and what he'll get are two different things, but in the end he might just get someone to pay that much. Should you be annoyed ? If you really want to be...but I'd take the chuckle option. [/quote] This

Wow, I don't ever remember even having to play that note in any song ever... If the BTB is your best sounding bass then you either learnt to live with it, or its decision time mon ami.

Alan (ACG) trumps anything else at that budget - his arrival is a game changer. Easy choice now.

Good stuff folks! It always struck me that Jack was an enormously talented yet unusual fretless player. He predominantly played unlined fretless yet under scrutiny his intonation was often very precise...and he avoided many of the more common fretless techniques. There was something special about both of his expressive musical voices...

[quote name='Storky' timestamp='1433276113' post='2789756'] I can't help wonder if a higher spec' model like the Ibanez 1200 with the Nordstand big single pups would give the a Warwick a run for the money? [/quote] I own the SR1205 Premium with the Nordstrand big single pups and it really does have an excellent inherent tone (especially at gigging volume)...but I still prefer the tone of my Warwick. It shades it for me. I'm not really a technical guy so would find it difficult to describe exactly why this is, but I just trust what makes my ears feel good. Sound is very subjective at the end of the day!

I own a 1205 and have gigged it extensively for three years - really great bass indeed. Mine weighs just over 8lbs.