Reggaebass

Another one to maybe give a watch is my friend don talking about how he gets his reggae tone

I’d say his sound is a combination of different things and his amazing playing style, just a suggestion, I don’t know the technical stuff, would it be possible for you to have your pickup rewound to your specification ie darker

I’ve studied Aston’s playing for years and he was amazing imo, he played mainly a very early 70s jazz bass, I’ve read on a few occasions that the bridge cover still had the foam in (but I can’t verify that) , and he also used flatwounds and played close to the neck , my guess is he just used the neck pickup and bridge and tone off , when I use my jazzes I have the bridge pickup off and tone rolled back, I also just back off the neck pup just a touch and it gives me a fatter deeper sound

In all these years I never knew they did a Fender Custom Shop James Jamerson Precision Bass

Not someone I normally watch but Scott’s bass lessons doing reggae, interesting

Absolutely, I think the OP is going in person to see this one

Cool, definitely worth having a look if it’s local, good luck and let us know how you get on

Cheers, didn’t think they came in until later than 79

Thanks HZ 👍

Hi, Seems a bit cheap for a 79, pickup covers aren’t original , looks like it could be sienna burst, I’d suggest putting this in the vintage fenders thread for some more opinions Robert

Had a good listen to the Ganja Man album by Linval Thompson today there’s 10 tracks and 5 dub versions on it , I’ll be learning a few of the basslines in the next few weeks, it’s well worth a listen,

Cool, I might have to explore the skatalites a bit more, Lloyd Brevett was a great player and I think he had something to do with the Melodians too, I remember reading somewhere that they recorded at Randys ,which must have been in the really early days , but ill have to check that

Good tune, I quite like the skatalites, on the Christine website it says,It was a ska version of Comin home baby a song written by Ben Tucker and first recorded by the Dave Bailey Quintet in 1961

61/62 jazz, Olympic white, preferably with matching headstock

Oh my that’s lovely, how would you say it compares with your early 70s ones

Thanks for that one, nice rhythm and bassline, I’ll give that a go tomorrow

Love this video

Very nice Jazzy, congrats, that fingerboard looks lovely

That’s lovely , I have seen a 67 with a B neck, but they are so rare, if I see a sunburst one I’d be very tempted

Out of interest what was you thinking of, I looked at some 60s ones and although they were really nice I couldn’t convince myself that I could live with the wider nut, I’ve got a 62RI Precision which i like, but it strangely feels better when I switch to my P with a B neck

That’s a great looking amp, and it fits nicely on the two 10

Welcome back Cameron

That’s a beauty Rob, congratulations

It’s always good to ask here Lee, I do it myself especially with vintage basses, quite often someone spots something that I’ve missed, the right ones do come along but sometimes it’s a waiting game , good luck