White Cloud

Its all been said already and I agree with it all...apart from the Kate Bush is not a genius comment....she is!

[quote name='Weststarx' timestamp='1425917945' post='2712186'] Hi All, As I'm back on the market for another band I thought I should probably learn how to change key on the fly if I needed to. I've had a look at a few articles on the web but they all seem poorly explained and all seemed very complicated. Does anyone know of a simple guide or can someone perhaps explain it? Is it just a case of playing the same shapes/pattern but just sliding it up or down one/two/three frets? [/quote] Basically, yes. The principle reason for my use of 5 string basses is that the singers I work with have preferences for transposing popular covers into their preferred range. This opens up an extended low range and usually facilitates my ability to rescue the "bottom end".

Loving that Stingray tone.

Love Lakland basses and love the look of Dan's latest instruments. This one looks great congrats!

Seen them also, loud, weird, odd...great gig.

Play loads....buy your favourite.

Primus, their music is ahem....an acquired taste.

I own a BB714 - and it is a fantastic bass. Build quality, balance, feel, playability, design, sound...all just spot on. I have owned several Yamaha BB's....highly recommended.

Okay, so I have been watching this thread closely and am delighted for those that have taken the plunge and are now proud owners. One question remains...how are Sire able to actually manufacture such a good quality active instrument at such a low price point?

I for one haven't had her....but I like looking at her!

That is absolutely stunning - and I know that it will sound even better once plugged in! Congratulations.

[quote name='Spoombung' timestamp='1424944114' post='2702117'] A lot of Wal action here: [media]http://youtu.be/cP6Nm5ozpQk[/media] [/quote] Percy Jones and Mick Karn influences abound!

Not sure if these would be classified as "weird" enough but for me its Entwistles Alembic exploiter and BC Rich's Mockingbird design.

[quote name='mentalextra' timestamp='1424621555' post='2698368'] Just out of interest, did Jaco class himself as a 'Fender' guy? [/quote] Jaco classified himself as unclassified. Legend has it that he was noodling on his bass of doom at the university of Florida and a passing bassist commented [i]"Wow, that bass sounds amazing!"[/i]...to which Jaco placed it back in its stand and asked "[i]Yeah? Well, how does it sound now?"[/i] For me, that gives perspective to the rampant GAS fascination so often seen around these parts...the name on the headstock is of no relevance, it's the name playing it that counts.

[quote name='Roland Rock' timestamp='1424457848' post='2696608'] ...other than the fact that he didn't like the playability or the tone :-D [/quote] It was an admittedly poor attempt at humour

[quote name='witterth' timestamp='1424456089' post='2696580'] Just goes to show it IS in the fingers, sounds like Jaco not a JD If you get me [/quote] Absolutely.

you have already answered your own question...Ibanez SR meets your criteria perfectly. great basses.

Apologies if this has been posted before - just stumbled over this interesting footage of Jaco playing a Jaydee; might be of interest to fans of either! http://youtu.be/yPA5zjj2TrI

[quote name='lowdowner' timestamp='1424376880' post='2695743'] Can anyone tell me what the difference is between stainless and nickel strings? I usually use Rotosound - RS66LD which are stainless but I noticed that they also do RS55LDN which is the nickel version. Would I notice much difference? [url="http://www.rotosound.com/swing-bass-66/"]http://www.rotosound.../swing-bass-66/[/url] [/quote] I agree with the previous comments; I changed to nickels for a while...I really enjoyed them and gigged with them several times. After a while however my hands broke out in a painful rash. Turns out I am allergic to nickel strings.