Cairobill

The finishing of the US DJ4 I tried was extremely good and the quality of fretwork/ neck shaping were otherworldly really. I've tried Skyline DJs and not enjoyed them that much. It was interesting...The JO I tried a while back was a v nice bass in the vein of 'a bit better than a US Fender' whereas the US DJ4 was top flight.

Yup - I tried a very nice JO skyline years ago that was very high quality. But I played a US DJ4 recently that was just outrageously good. Really, quite ridiculously good

Yup - I'm slightly obsessing over US Laklands right now and there aren't many around! N

Very rare footage though - there's not a lot of this type of stuff. I am a total Jaco nut...it's good to see something new

Yup, I had seen a few, very rough pics and vids of him playing a Jaydee (usually in a totally chaotic environment) but it's strange seeing an orthodox, Jaco clinic with the Jaydee. Looks odd on him to my eye!

Forgive me if this has been posted before. The Musicians Institute has unearthed an old clinic given by Jaco around the mid eighties complete with demos and some extreme muso jamming (Gambale in full shred mode with original hair ). Weirdest thing about it is that Jaco is playing a fretted JAYDEE... Anyway here it is for the Jaco completists! [url="http://jacopastorius.com/videos/jaco-pastorius-musicians-institute-appearance/"]http://jacopastorius...ute-appearance/[/url]

Argh my psychedelic spelle check clearly has the pox... ...a triv point about the Dukes is that Radiohead got Leckie in on the basis of the Dukes albums, not just the obvious stuff...awesome band...

Colin Moulding is a fantastic bass guitarist...I love XTC...and don't forget Dukes of Stratosphere!

I specifically love the Stingray Classic. I used a three band standard 1994 Stingray in the second half of the nineties and struggled a bit with the clicky sounding EQ and the neck profile; yet it had a lot of presence and power and drove the band (a loud four piece) in a way that my Fenders didn't. I sold it and eventually recently picked up a Stingray Classic a while back to record my present band's second album - they are superb basses and I can't fault them. The 2 band EQ is darker and thumpier than the old 3 band ever was and the neck profile is wonderful. The fretboard is a 7.25 radius and fits the hand in a way the standard Ray never did (it's flatter at 11 inches radius or so). For anyone in your position who wants a Musicman, I would recommend trying a Classic and then picking one up second hand. Personally I would go for a maple fretboard as well. If you kick the treble up you get all the glassy twang you would ever need, roll it off and it's thumpy Bernard Edwards all the way. Amazing basses! I would also recommend DR Sunbeams on these basses. The nickel tames the high end a bit and warms the overall tone up.