Clarky

BassDirect has a fretless passive Wal for £1699 - [url="http://www.bassdirect.co.uk/bass_guitar_specialists/Wal.html"]http://www.bassdirect.co.uk/bass_guitar_specialists/Wal.html[/url] - but its been in stock for a little while now

An in-betweeny would be D'addario chromes - they do 45-100 and 50-105 gauges (I use the former) and have higher tension than TIs. They are quite bright to begin with (you can even slap them) but calm down after a while and sound typically flatwound [url="https://www.stringsdirect.co.uk/products/1284-d_addario_4_string_ecb_chromes_flat_wound_bass_strings_ecb80_ecb81_ecb82_ecb84_ecb81s_ecb81m_"]https://www.stringsdirect.co.uk/products/12..._ecb81s_ecb81m_[/url]

Hey Nick, I use the Mono gigbag and am very happy with it. A good compromise between soft and hard cases, nicely ergonomic, and lots of storage space in the pockets.

Oops, and another deal with Chris! Just bought his Bacchus 62 Jazz which is a lovely thing indeed. Another happy BC buying/selling experience with Chris.

In your 80s

This thread may help [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=114673"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=114673[/url]

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I give it a week Chris before you are back to two. Then you can re-title this thread I HAVE TWO BASSES.

[quote name='lowdown' post='1057080' date='Dec 13 2010, 11:26 AM']I shot off the morning after my wedding[/quote] Its not uncommon

[quote name='mrtcat' post='1057054' date='Dec 13 2010, 11:07 AM']we propped him on a stool[/quote] That was a bit ironic wasn't it?

Incredible bass player. I dug out my old copy of 'Livestock' by Brand X the other day and played it. Not really a jazz-rock afficionado but that album really hits the spot with me. Very atmospheric and melodic. The distinctive sound he had with the fretless Precision is the same as he had with a fretless Wal and now a fretless Ibanez, proving that it really is in the fingers ... not the instrument.

[quote name='icastle' post='1056788' date='Dec 12 2010, 11:14 PM']Did she start hassling you for your autograph? Hate it when celebs do that to me... ...I'll get me doggy bag... [/quote] She tried to stop eyeing me up but I just knew

Name drop time! I just took Mrs C out into the smoke for our traditional sw***y (deliberately used work as it triggers profanity filter!) pre-Christmas night out. This time we tried The Wolseley, next to The Ritz. Sat between tables including artist Lucien Freud and historian Lady Antonia Fraser and who should walk in and sit just behind us, with girlfriend and kids in tow? Yep, Sade! Other than the inevitable effect of the years, she was a bit of a time loop - same scraped back hair, big round hooped earrings, black outfit and still a beautiful lady. Bit spooky for me, given I was contributing to this thread only yesterday.

Sorry - to clarify on the sound I am after, it's as a backup to a DB and not in any way as a solo Pastorius/Jones type instrument. I couldn't even come within a million miles of their technical abilities! Think Boz Burrell in Bad Company I guess, ie, unobtrusive, unflashy and blending in with the song rather than "look at me"! From the answers (for which thanks, gents) so far it looks a clear vote for flats.

Simple question. I always assumed it was best to use flats on a fretless - if only not to scratch up the fretboard - but was watching the Percy Jones clip earlier and followed up by reading that he uses DR round strings. I am guessing you get a more biting attack with rounds and less slide-y/mwah-y stuff going on. As I have a fretless ebony board coming fairly soon for my Jazz I am interested in people's views here. Thanks, Clarky

[quote name='fatback' post='1055340' date='Dec 11 2010, 07:57 PM']I don't think anyone should be called a clown on a forum like this. [/quote] B5 got off lightly there, the poster in question called silddx a "w***er" in a post a couple of days ago in part prompting my thread on abuse

[quote name='bubinga5' post='1055114' date='Dec 11 2010, 04:56 PM']i do appologise.. i have deleted my post... i was having a very bad morning...[/quote] No worries Andrew we all have rubbish mornings! And yes I do play the bass solo from Smooth Operator when I'm noodling at home

[quote name='bubinga5' post='1054979' date='Dec 11 2010, 02:18 PM']christ who cares if she got a "very very limited vocal range" (which i dont agree with) its the music thats important.....What because shes black she is supposed to sing like Aretha...? i was expecting a little credit for an artist who has been going for 25 years+ and still writing...[/quote] Blimey, B5, don't think anyone said she's supposed to sing like Aretha Its a music blog site - you put something up asking for opinions, you get opinions. Bit of an overreaction mate

TBH, most of the gigs I did with my punk band over 2010 were rubbish - the same hassles mentioned above with regard to getting gear there, sound-checking, hanging around for hours etc .... and when you neither get paid, nor play to a more than a handful of people, and then get home after midnight with the alarm going off at 5.30pm for work ..... All a bit pants, really However, the first gig with my new band Rattlin Bone was a blinder (maybe 200 people, dancing and singing etc). If my gigs are more like that in future well, blimey, I am really looking forward to them

[quote name='Soloshchenko' post='1054782' date='Dec 11 2010, 10:45 AM']Some recent covers my band have been doing have got me into playing with a pick. Try playing "Ceremony" by Joy Division finger style and it just sounds awful. I used to be a finger style snob but I'm certainly converting. Picked is just a different sound to me now.[/quote] Great song and could not be played fingerstyle and sound right. In fact I use this song to see if I have set up a bass properly as the intonation will be out if the bridge isn't bang on and the strings will buzz to b*ggery if the truss rod isn't right