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[quote name='nick' post='319167' date='Oct 31 2008, 04:12 PM']Would love to hear that Funk Brothers album of yours, is it one of your own compilation or commercially available? Here's my favourite anyway - groove personified! [url="http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=GWsJdnDEzGI"]http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=GWsJdnDEzGI[/url] Can listen to it endlessly [/quote] I found it online somwhere - probably not for sale though. I can have a go at burning to CD if you like? Zap me a Pm with some details & I'll see what i can do

Thinking about adding an active circuit to my DJ and a lot of US users recommend the Audere. Just wondered whether anyone had one fitted and/or had been able to test one against a J-Retro? The Audere retails at $149 in the US so quite a good price really.

[quote name='Josh' post='318524' date='Oct 30 2008, 05:10 PM']Joe just to clarify, are you hoping for that classic Jazz growl? Because if so you may be a bit dissapointed, I tried out Molans NYC Sadowsky a few months ago and I was really hoping it would blow me away with a lush growl but I was left a bit cold, although the quality is second to none and was very comfortable to play and it can do a perfect Miller slap tone imitation, still, I was constantly trying to find that classic bridge pick up growl and it wasn't there. As previously said, they are very modern jazzes so they sound very Hi-Fi as opposed to passive Fenders, so really you are better off trying one or do what Chris did and buy blind (Which isn't a bad thing really, I bought both my MTD's blindly and like Chris I'm glad I did), not knocking Sadowskys at all but I was a bit dissapointed.[/quote] I must admit that I really like my Saddo but haven't been completely blown away by it. To be really honest I prefer my Roscoe at the moment and it was a fair bit cheaper. This actually might reflect the fact that Sadowsky's do hold vale pretty well compared to something as relatively esoteric as a Roscoe - they would have been roughly the same price new. I think Henley is about as far away as London but you'd be welcome to try it out if you were ever this way

[url="http://www.drummerworld.com/Videos/kikofreitasnossotriopartindo.html"]http://www.drummerworld.com/Videos/kikofre...iopartindo.html[/url] Apologies for the link to a 'drummer world' page

Marcus & Stan get my tie break votes. Didn't Rocco get at least 2 votes as well? On the Mark King debate - personally Level 42 leave me colder than a very cold thing indeed, Unfortunately I find it ahrd to get past the material played if I'm thinking about a 'best' bassist. Obviously I'd never question hsi technical ability but if he plays songs I really don't like then I'm not going to rate him as any sort of 'influence'. Probably heresy but Geddy Lee absolutely falls into the same camp for me, I can't stand Rush! As it happens, it's the vocals from both L 42 & Rush that really get on my tits so I'm obviously being a bit harsh

MySpace friends with Same Difference eh? Have you met them in real life? Do they ever stop smiling

As someone who's more than double his 21st birthday and, assuming you genuinely want something you'll hang on to for a very long time, then I'd go for an American Standard. Pure classic lines and unlikely to go out of fashion - especially if you buy a simple traditional colour. If you decide to mod it then you could always make sure everything is retro-fittable. The fact that it has a lower start price means a) you'll feel less likely to trade it on a whim & it'll be easier to sell if you ever do have to move it on. However - if you just want the best bass you can afford in today's market and don't want something to keep for ages then shop around & consider all the great jazz style basses out there. I have a Sadowsky & Lakland & rate them very highly. Both relatively easy to trade onwards if needed.

[quote name='Monz' post='314621' date='Oct 25 2008, 04:58 PM'][attachment=15169:12710.jpg] I have the planet waves pedal tuner... got to be the easiest to use that I have tried. Sweep or Strobe mode. True bypass and big easy to read digits... not the cheapest out there at £60 ish... got mine from PMT/Sound Control[/quote] I have two of these - one for home & one for rehearsal / live work. Biggest selling point for me is the super clear readout, you can see through the heaviest fog of dry ice

I'm sure I've seen this before but a quick hunt round the usual suspects online & I can't find it anywhere?

For a short period I owned one of each but becuase they were stored at two different venues over 50 miles apart I never got to play them back to back. Spent more time with the JO and got a pretty good feel for the sound of it. Mine was fitted with Fralin pickups and a J-Retro active pre. My DJ has a set of Aero pickups and stock passive Lakland pre. Having now sold the JO & bought the DJ home I'm really surprised at quite how different they sound. Obviously there's more to it than the basses themselves as they different pickups & pre controls & active vs passive. I'm struggling a bit to get a sound I like out of the DJ whilst the JO sounded really nice right across the board. The DJ with bridge pickup only and tone on full is my favourite sound but I'm not at all sure about the neck pickup or blended sounds. To add a bit of additional perspective to this I generally tend to keep pickups pretty evenly balanced on my basses & have never really biased towards the bridge. I'm also usually an 'active' player rather than passive so maybe it's just been a long time since I've heard a full on passive neck pickup sound! Maybe I should think about installing something active? I wouldn't need something as flexible as the East though, maybe an Aguilar?

Jamerson will always be first for me - one of the few that I can listen purely to the bass without any other instrumentation at all. Rocco Prestia is my favourite live bass man - I could watch him all evening. Third place is tougher - gotta be somewhere between Stanley & Bootzilla, again, both can be great live (although Stan has lost his 'edge' these days i think)

[quote name='bass_ferret' post='314338' date='Oct 25 2008, 08:25 AM']Thats not just a bass player in the prince vid - thats Larry f***ing Graham!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!![/quote] I thought he seemed quite good

[quote name='waynepunkdude' post='314345' date='Oct 25 2008, 08:46 AM']That tash is awesome[/quote] That's what I thought, the first time I tried to find a pic of Moon basses all I came up with was Larry Graham but this guy's tash swung it for me

[quote name='d-basser' post='314295' date='Oct 25 2008, 12:39 AM']looks a bit like a Moon...JJ4...maybe[/quote] Good shout - bit like one of these:

I used to double some of the guitar parts but as the keys are doing a fair bit of that I try to play it really simple now - in fact I try to play s little as possible. Seems to be one of those 'less is more' kinda songs to me