Cairobill

i need a jazz bass! argh...

That is an interesting vid as both basses seem to be 75RIs so the body wood (ash), bridge and pups/pots should be the same on both basses. It would be interesting to see the neck swapped between the bodies to control for the wood itself... Personally, I have always found a clear difference in tone between maple and rosewood boards as far as jazz basses and stingrays go.

That's very interesting - clover machine heads on a lefty late 70s precision?

Yup - slap cacophony keeps me away too Ed, which you will probably find surprising given how I used to play back in the day

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Yep - I came up through Britpop and the level of obsession over the way The Beatles wrote, recorded and lived their lives through their many phases of evolution was something to witness.

Ha ha - ditto - in a service station on the way out of London in north Kent I was about to use the facilities when McCartney appears and asks if his wife (Heather) could use the bog as the ladies was bust. As any gentleman would, I let her use the cubicle then I went on to use the stand up facilities. McCartney went as well saying thank you very much for the help... There should be a thread on toilet conversations with bass legends...

I love his playing on Rain - one of his first tracks cut with his Rickenbacker. Amazing sound. One of the most musical bass players... [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aOJGJD-SQc"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcsM4Ku9kKE[/url] And another vote for Silly Love Songs - more than a little Jamerson in there…Rickenbackers are totally different basses with flats on. Defined, tight low mids, a great sound... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwKUaYBUYNc

Yup, Bass Gallery is the place. Denmark st is doomed, despite Wunjo doing their best to create a shopping atmosphere that wasn't repellent. I'll miss it though - I spent a lot of time lurking in andy's in the 90s...

Indeed - lovely basses Mikkel btw I'm on the lookout for a Celinder jazz so if you have one that's sitting under the bed unloved, drop me line! Has to be four strings and less than 9.5lbs in weight preferably.

I'm still searching for the perfect J…and I will find it one day...

Thomastiks! Love love love thomastiks...

My first bass was a 1983 Japanese replica of the ash/maple/black blocks jazz bass variety under the Morris trade name. It was a shocking, shocking bass. Worse than your worst nightmares!

Yup - Jamiroquai...odd band. Saw them at their height in around 95/96 at the Notting Hill Carnival and there was a charisma bypass happening on stage. Weird, given that he's a crafty mover. It sounded like terrible pastiche to me.

Oooo, very nice indeed!