Cairobill

I owned two Nash guitars and they were both extremely good. Take a look at the unbranded headstocks on a number of extremely well known (and rich like Trujillo and Geddy Lee) bass players fender type basses and you'll see the nash sharpie on the back of the headstock. Cheap ass cack they are not. Whether you like the relic thing is another matter but that's personal prefs...

http://www.notreble.com/buzz/2011/12/02/jeff-andrews-live-bass-solo-with-the-mike-stern-band-2/ A jeff andrews solo. I like this guys style. It's got j pickups, but to my ears sounds thicker than a j. Apart from the pups it's a p;)

The superb harmonic. Awed tune is 'iambic 5 poetry' off Ultravisitor. Very good stuff. He knows a tune.

The superb harmonic. Awed tune is 'iambic 5 poetry' off Ultravisitor. Very good stuff. He knows a tune.

It is a well known fact that rickenbackers can be a) dreadful or b ) spectacular on a seemingly random basis. A while back I went to Denmark street to spend a chunk of advance on a new bass. I lined up 10 4003s and rejected them all. They felt bad, looked cheap and sounded worse. Wind on to the present day and I've just recorded the majority of an album with my stock 1978 4001 that is simply an utterly perfect bass. My point is that any dork knows that quality is variable BUT that doesn't mean that all Rickenbacker basses are useless pieces of junk and their owners are deluded fools. Clearly, when they are good they can be very special basses or they wouldn't be so popular. It's not just a case of brand snobbery. Its very simple, if you want to own a rickenbacker, try before you buy. This anti rickenbacker pogrom is irritating and comes across to me as the inverse of weird rick fanboys (or for that matter sterling ball lapdogs) who praise their adopted brand without question and attack those who criticise it. Really, it's not news to anyone that rickenbacker quality control is inconsistent. It just does not mean that all rickenbacker basses are sh*t. Far from it. [quote name='Mr. Foxen' timestamp='1334709085' post='1620216'] That irrational bit is the problem with things. It means that stuff can drop in quality for no return. The main issue is not recognising the lack of quality because brand snobbery masks it. The massively competitive higher low end is what has driven the Squiers to being really very good instruments, pretty comparable to heyday Fenders. Pricing things high just for the sake of it and addressing competition via means outside of the market just shows contempt for your customers. Like that guy selling bags of pebbles for tone on your hifi. [/quote]

My one experience with the Miller sig (MIJ) bass was a let down. It felt rough and sounded thin and weedy. It could have been that particular bass but it lost against the lakland J, Lak DJ and US Fender. A disappointment. The MIA 75RI however, is an amazing j bass and I wish I had never sold mine. Anyone got a light one with no neck dive for sale? Nick

I've got a 33 inch adamovic on order. I'm hoping that a shorter scale will allow for a mellower sounding and feeling high c. On my six strings in the past I have found the high c's to be a bit squawky at 34inch scale. I tried a 32inch bass the other day and the high c sounded great, felt great too...

But some is utterly, utterly sheatt http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-kajkjGKuk

This is slap that works for me. not all slap is slop http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJ9xHHWAyos http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxKBnR_8LIM

Slap does my nut when it's played as quavers. That 'chugging' effect so beloved of many is anti-groove. A groove is syncopation and interlocking musical elements with pride of place given to SPACE. When people chug quavers (not naming names), it's a drum rudiment and is largely awful.