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That is very cool looking. Nice score.

I occasionally look at my left hand when playing fretted, never mind fretless, but I’m not glued to it with either flavour. Two extremely famous and proficient fretless players had/have lined fretboards (Jaco and Gary Willis), you can bet you life that they looked/look. Ultimately, you should be able to hear if it’s right, but I’ll take all the help I can get to make it sound correct.

58 minutes ago, ead said:

 The P sound was OK but it was no MM bass.  Just my view obvs.

Agreed. I had a VM4 too and I found it did the P thing very nicely. Although there was a great big MM pickup on it, its positioning meant that it sounded like a big J bridge pickup (not a bad thing) rather than a ‘Ray (again, not a bad thing). A really well made bass that eventually, for me at least, lacked a bit of character, which might have been down to the pre-amp.

The verse notes are: A, F#, D & E. The ‘chorus’ is A, G , D, E (this is obviously over simplified). Yep, that tab is all kinds of wrong.

@devinebass Thanks for taking the time to do that video, Scott, I even watched it right up to the end. Good work: with explanation of the whys and wherefores of charges and YT generally; keeping it together and not going on a rant; keeping it friendly and often amusing (for me anyway).

Pino would be a massive score for SBL, but if you look at his low interview count and how diffident he is when rarely on camera, I think you’ve got your work cut out, but I remain hopeful. 

Music Man use poplar for some of their solid finishes IIRC.

1 hour ago, BassAgent said:

Honestly I've never heard of mr Giblin before, but I guess I'll take it as a compliment😄

Do, he is held high esteem amongst our BC brethren.

Depends which band. In one,  I’m front and centre grooving with the lead vocalist, in the other, I’m at the back letting others be the centre of attention.

4 hours ago, 4000 said:

Play with the balance of the pickups and also try backing off the neck pickup volume a bit, which will give you more mids and lessen the scoop as both pickups on full naturally gives a more mid-scooped sound.  You could even try just using the back pickup and eq that to taste.

 

Very much this.

1 hour ago, BassAgent said:

I try to record my fretless as much as possible so when a Dutch singer/songwriter/author asked me to play bass on a couple of her new tracks I immediately brought my inner Pino to the surface and went berserk. She edited some licks out of the song but still pretty  proud of the result. Music is in Dutch.

 

Very well done, sir. At about 2:35 I felt like you were channeling Kate Bush era John Giblin, which is a good thing. 👏👏👏

8 minutes ago, Donnyboy said:

That's good to know - I've wondered about it  but had read some less than complimentary comments about it, including some from Rory's brother Donal  who called it Riding Roughshod! I think there's an updated version that I might just be tempted to get

 

Anyway ,Rory & Gerry along with the late Ted McKenna, were in my opinion ,  totally awesome.

 

 

I can see why Donal would say that, but it's not from his POV. 

I saw Rory with GMc (can't remember who was on drums) at the Hammersmith Odeon back in the 70s. Amazing energy, but the worst PA sound ever, the frequencies were nausea inducing. Still, I can say that I saw him.

I recommend ‘Riding Shotgun’ by Gerry McEvoy. It’s a well written, good read and an insight into working with Rory.

I’m not sure if someone has already alerted you to this, but if they haven’t, here’s a JV on our own for sale board 

48 minutes ago, dmccombe7 said:

Tried a Lakland few yrs back and thought the neck didn't quite feel right. It was a J version but the neck felt rigid and heavy feel to it. It was well built and couldn't fault the quality just not for me. No idea if they have differences in quality tho ?

I've tried a few Sandberg basses and quite liked them but they were combinations of J or P pick ups with MM humbucker at bridge.

Dave

I did a side by side with a Fenders 50s reissue, a 44-64 and a Fender Roadworn. It was a close toss up between the RW and the Lakland. I went with the RW eventually, I think because there was nothing in it and the RW was cheaper (at least back then). They've gone up a bit now https://www.gak.co.uk/en/fender-road-worn-50s-precision-bass-2-colour-sunburst-maple/19354 (I realise that Biggar is a really long way from Brighton, but distance selling and all that).

There is also the Lakland Skyline 44-64 to consider if you can find one in the spec you're after.

As a Maruszczyk fanboy, I have to park this here https://www.public-peace.de/bass-guitars/maruszczyk/jake-l/jak-l-4str/941-jake-l-4p-human-nature-classic160508

Having been raised in a house that frequently featured big band music, it will always have a special place in my heart. Yesterday, I was introduced to a piano player and band leader I’d not heard of before by a Scott's Bass Lessons YT post on his influences,  Michel Camilo. It doesn’t hurt that the band includes the legend that is Anthony Jackson, who's is killing it. Warning: jazz, loud shirt and massive talent content.

Cool bass and you'll be happy with the cobalts.

That was hard, well it was to pick just 3. Some were, "No!" straight away, but there was a lot of to-ing and fro-ing for me. I landed on the Lakland, Maruszczyk and Fodera Monarch eventually. If I could've had a 4th, it would've been the Yamaha Attitude. The Fender P and J relics were in the running for a good long time too and I quite liked the Smith. Obviously my ears are biased as I own a couple of Maruszczyks and had a Lakland 5502 about 4 years ago.

Charge the drummer the full cancellation fee of the rehearsal rooms if he cancels last minute, that’ll focus him on committing properly or letting new blood in. Obviously, let him know this in advance and soon.

I hear Bobby V too; very nice ‘chucking’. Both fingerstyle and pick are equally appealing to me, both really nice, just different. Then again, I also play both with fingers or pick so I’m already predisposed to like both.

Just browsing the public-peace website and came across this https://www.public-peace.de/bass-guitars/maruszczyk/elwood/4-string/1479-elwood-4p-3-tone-sunburst-medium150134

On 13/03/2019 at 09:38, petebassist said:

Couple of nice 32 " scale Maruszczyks in Bass Direct. I think there was even a Jake 4p for sale on this forum too.

This. Also check the public-peace website and Bassfreaks for their Jake and Elwood reduced scales.

Classic white does it for me. However, mirrored is pretty ‘rawk’.

50 minutes ago, Cosmo Valdemar said:

Was it Strange But True? I used to love that show.

 

edit: I'm guessing not, don't think it had an audience...

No, it was some sort of Friday evening chat show IIRC.