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Two of my fives are amongst the best balanced and most comfortable instruments I've played. One is a Warwick Fortress Masterman V, the other a Vigier Passion V (series III) Better still, they're both great sounding, but like chalk and cheese sonically. Comfort and range (etc.) need not be mutually exclusive.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but can't adjusting the truss rod help to iron out/shift dead spots elsewhere on the neck? Perhaps just tighten it a TINY amount (not enough to alter the relief) and see what happens. Only about 1/32 of a turn against the tension of the strings. It might work. If it doesn't, just reset the rod and try something else?

[quote name='swanbrook' timestamp='1350326052' post='1837386'] Google calanders is a godsend. If you haven't book the night off then your gigging !! [/quote] Thank God I've booked the next decade off, then.

Given that nothing ever sells on here anyway, I'm not [i]entirely[/i] sure that I have the necessary TIM for this.

I'm not sure which is the greater handicap: My choice of instrument, or my rampant misanthropy?

Just put up the chicken wire and play "Rawhide" all night....

[quote name='mart' timestamp='1350459115' post='1839014'] Yep, that's a 90s German Warwick Corvette, not a Thumb. But on the plus side, it's the same body wood as the Thumb (bubinga, instead of the more common ash for Corvettes), and the same neck wood as Thumbs from the same period. Of course, it's a bolt-on, but so are some Thumbs. In some sense the only real differences are the pups and electronics (which could easily be swapped for the same kit as is in a Thumb), and the body shape, which is much more curvaceous on a Thumb. And the body shape actually balances far better on a Corvette than on a Thumb. [/quote] This. If it stays on your knee when seated, it's not a Thumb. They're like the lemming of the bass world.

Tried one chez Status. Was okay, but didn't hang right on me (even Dawn agreed) S2 and Streamline were a much better fit. (Bought a Streamline)

Personally, I delight in playing the "wrong" bass for whatever genre I am performing. Because there isn't a wrong bass, just one which might not suit the band aesthetic. Btw, didn't the guitarist from Voivod use Born 2 Rock guitars?

I'd rather they re-issued the old V. Y'know the one, 15 frets, tuned EADGC.

Last time I saw footage of Deicide, Glen Benton was playing a Rickenbacker... Not very Death Metal at all, really.

+1 on the Ibanez SR505, or perhaps see if you can score an Ibanez K5 secondhand? The mid control goes UP as well as down, so you don't [i]have[/i] to sound like Fieldy!

[quote name='visog' timestamp='1350238279' post='1836180'] P.S. Good luck with that thing. [/quote] Nice bass, but I've got to agree!

Are they all called Kim Deal?

Without watching the vid, all I can say is that he's used (among others) Tobias and Fernandes (mainly the gravity) Fairly sure he used a Ray 5 when I saw ST at Clash of the Titans back in ' 90...

The knife, fork and spoon have since been supplanted by the "spork"...

[quote name='EMG456' timestamp='1349912727' post='1832305'] I see this question come up regularly on various forums and I must admit I just don't understand the problem. It's a musical instrument - i.e. a tool for making music with. If you like the sound of roundwounds on the fretless then there's not much more to be said - use roundwounds. Sure, the fingerboard will mark a bit but it'll take a while for it to become serious enough for it to affect the functionality of the bass. When it eventually does, have the fingerboard dressed again. Continue until there is no fingerboard left and then have a new one put on. I would rather do that than use flatwound strings on my fretless basses because for me, there is just no comparison in the sound. On the other hand, if *you* like the sound of flatwounds on the fretless, use them. Just don't allow what should be purely a musical choice to be influenced by worries about wearing out the fingerboard. All things get worn if they are used. Treat it as a badge of honour and remember that the more worn your fretless fingerboard gets, the better the player you will likely be! Cheers Ed [/quote] Precisely so. My mileage varies to a lot of peoples, and whilst I can play a fretless and make it sound okay, I don't like the balance of fundamental/harmonic output from a 34/35/36" scale instrument. So I sold my SR5 fretless, and am saving for an EUB, in the hope that that'll deliver the "tone in my head", or at least something closer to it... That probably will have flats on it. the SR5 had rounds.

But that's only the first vid. The second (didn't watch it all) has Fernandes (Jazz, not Gravity) & Warwick basses for the most part.

Looks like a Fender Jazz with the "Fender" decal scrubbed off/out (doubtless due to endorsement issues with the big "W") Note that it still has the other Jazz decal on the "lobe" of the headstock.. I can't remember what the wording would be, though. Sure someone'll be along soon to tell us what year it might be. Is it me or do the other 75% of Metallica look a bit tired these days by comparison?

I'm busy. I take the kids to school every day. I look after them 3 nights a week. I work 40 hours in the other 4 days. Bands are simply not an option, but I still get plenty of practice. Can't sleep? Get up. Play bass! Watching tv? Stop. Play bass! Idly surfing... Oh, you get the idea! Anything more than 30 spare minutes can accommodate a practice. I use headphones , btw.

[quote name='paul_5' timestamp='1348927070' post='1819840'] One advantage of these EERB things is that if you're playing a cruise gig and the ship sinks you can just climb on top of that and wave the rescue helicopters down to land on it [/quote] Fixed that for you!

I found it really frustrating. As much of my bass playing style hinges upon rhythm and timing/delivery, I found that my lack of ability on drums clashed very badly with my sense of rhythm. That and a lack of practise space scuppered my attempts. I had an electric kit, but even that occupied too much space, and the neighbours hated the noise the kick pedal/pad made, even with the solid concrete floors downstairs...

My old fretless Columbus Jazz had a rosewood board. Round wound strings murdered it. However... My Stingray 5 fretless had a Pau Ferro board, and that held up just fine with rounds on. Ebony is harder still, so you should be ok with rounds. Nickel ought to be more forgiving than Steel, just like it is on fretted instruments.

Are that many of the above underrated? Anyway, I was listening to some Jane's Addiction today, and was liking the way that the bassist, Dave Navarro and Stephen Perkins all manage to give each other space... all at the same time. So here's a mention for Eric Avery (in case I forgot him earlier!)

I've always found it ironic that someone whose initials are "J/J" is most famous for playing a "P"...