dub_junkie

very nice

since '93 I've owned 20+ of both their basses and guitars and not one was a duffer. some have been even better than others but they've all been exceptionally well put together

I saw them in glasgow on the second night of the return to eden tour and they were excellent (particuarly some of the album tracks off the Rage In Eden album). I like his playing when he plays but even by Systems of Romance he was using the MiniMoog instead on at least half an album which maybe makes him not stand out in any way (obviously not a bad thing being a bassplayer). He always was a good backing vocalist as well imo

these basses were reviewed by Ed Friedland in this months bass player mag. theres links to the OP's scan of the review 4th post down edit : sry not Ed's review. I was reading another post about him reviewing the basses just prior [url="http://www.ernieball.com/forums/music-man-basses/37298-sterling-music-man-reviewed-bass-player-magazine.html"]http://www.ernieball.com/forums/music-man-...r-magazine.html[/url]

G&L JB-2. USA or Tribute versions - both have alnico pickups and a jazz profile neck [attachment=23764:JB2s.jpg]

ah its a shame your one experience with a G&L wasnt so favourable. fwiw the SB-2 is a great workhorse,the P sound on my usa SB-2 is miles better than my Fender 08 MIA,at least to my ears anyway. Mine is the best passive bass I ever owned and I kept it over my G&L Asat & L2K basses which also sounded great with the actives bypassed.

I always loved his voice,a real torch singer - my parents were big fans and they got me into him. +1 on the big production work. but then it needed to be to do justice to that voice.

[quote name='chris_b' post='451532' date='Apr 1 2009, 02:28 PM']With your current bass line up why would you want a G&L at any price?[/quote] why not? they're great basses capable of a whole range of tones.

the switches on an L2000/L2500 are (from neck to bridge) pickup selector (neck/both/bridge) series/parallel passive/active/active with treble boost the Tribute I used to own was a cracker (used to be jezzaboys before me and he's since bought another)

my apologies if this has been put up before you want the middle column. each has a description/tempo & key listings and last a good 3 or 4 minutes each. most of the guitar seems to have blues chord progressions whatever the style but still good to jam along with [url="http://www.freejamtracks.com/"]http://www.freejamtracks.com/[/url]

great trio! thanks for sharing

[quote name='Duarte' post='431714' date='Mar 11 2009, 05:40 PM']All I can say is...if you want a bass like a Ray but with none of the quirks...get a bongo. Simply incredible in every aspect.[/quote] Bongos come with their own set of quirks imo. I just got another one last week and I'm enjoying the tones from it but I dont know if I prefer it or would take it over my StingRay5. imo the SR5 in parallel setting with a teensy bit of bass boost just fits in with anything. Never need to change the sound,forget about controls...just play. Its a great bass for that.

not at all, I've had GAS for a tanglewood or cort curbow for years. just never got round to curing it the Vintage looks a great bass for the money

the SR5 was alnico and then changed to ceramic for a number of years. Its recently changed back to alnico when the sterling 5 came out. the two Stingray 5's I've owned (since bought another last year)both had ceramic magnets according to the dates the basses were made and despite having the same EQ and switching as the Sterling,to my ears anyway,sound a fair bit different. would love to try a Sterling 5 for comparisons sake

I've had this a month now. I got it on here from RayFW. This week I'm going to change back to the parchment plate so I can get at the truss rod (not that it needs adjusting as it is) and anyways,I'm a bit bored overall with white mop. I'm also planning on sticking with flats on this one. cheers Keir

[quote name='noelk27' post='420420' date='Feb 26 2009, 09:25 PM']Hanging on the wall in Guitar Guitar, in Glasgow. Played it for about half an hour today. Beautiful bass. Brought back so many good memories of my own Wal ... First things first, this bass has absolutley no connection to me, and I have absolutely no connection to the store or the store's ownership. Priced at £2,000, don't think it'll be there for long. But the man to talk to if you want any more information is Bill Whitelaw.[/quote] Bill's a top guy. I've known him for years. how I wish I had the money to talk business with him tomorrow Keir

I bought a Bass POD from stevie. was well packed and quick delivery. a top guy to deal with! big apology stevie,this went clean out my head. still better late than never! cheers

love that Bolin!

I definetely will be there. I'm in Kilmarnock so not too far to travel.