OutToPlayJazz

Difficult to describe. They play like any other Status, fast & lithe, but soundwise, they're like a more woody version, if that makes any sense? They still have some of the graphite growl as they have the graphite rods through the neck.

Hi guys/girls, I got a Marcus Miller Jazz this week. Not only is the attention to detail exquisite, but I've found that turning the "harsh" preamp down a little turns this into one of the coolest sounding basses I've ever heard! When I tried them in dealers in the past, I had the treble & bass pots up on full & it did sound truly awful, but a little playing with the eq later & you've got your authentic MM sound (apart from the Sadowsky innards, of course!) Loving the 70's back pickup spacing, the bullet trussrod & the 70's smaller tuners, too! Anyone else on here really into their Millers? Oh, and ordered an American Standard Precision while I was at it!

Excellent looking rig, Ste... Has the Bacchus replaced your Bongo, then?

When we do the biker rallies, the sound guys are excellent. It's always DI for us (apart from the drums, of course!) I always have my MarkBass rig at gig volume (no running it quietly here!) And I'm told the front of house sound is fantastic. Hats of to them

[quote]I have a Tutor coming to the Yorkshire Bass Bash (Sunday June 29th in case you've missed it!) who will be doing free tutorials during the day and running a Master class session with one of his pupils too![/quote] I was thinking more on the lines of having no "stars" but instead the more advanced players amongst us running groups (as stonecoldbass mentioned) covering various topics/styles, such as jazz techniques, a slap clinic & walking basslines, or something along those lines. It seemed to me that there's a whole lot of varying experience on here, so we could learn a lot from eachother

On my 4-stringers I use the top (side, depending on viewpoint!) of the neck pickup. On my 6-stringer I use the B-string - Awesomely wide thumb rest!!!

Really cool looking rig! Highly slick

If you can't find an allen key that fits, get one of those tiny screwdriver sets (about £1.99 from B&Q). One of the smaller flat heads usually fits the allen key hole with no damage.

Another nice history thread there, John! I'd hang onto the 'Ray if I were you. It's the only modern sounding active instrument you have on the fleet & very unique compared to your P & J. I really like the JV Squier, though! Lovely looking thing, that one!

Nice looking instrument, Kev

As well as some pricey stuff, I think I possibly qualify for the cheapest new bass on this list... Bought another rental Boston P-bass for rentals to students last week, £37 off ebay with a couple of small dents in the back See? It's not all boutique stuff, LOL!

[quote name='alexclaber' post='214802' date='Jun 8 2008, 11:19 AM']And here we have a great example of the thinking of someone that is so convinced his thinking is correct that he is failing to think at all! "Now as a standard bass has four strings and is tuned to a fourth through the strings from E, the gauges or weight between strings should not change. I personaly have about ..20 between strings from .120 on an E to ..60 on my G flatwound." Oh dear... Alex[/quote] Bloody hell! Does this guy have fingers like Conan or something?? Vibrato's out, then!

Hi everyone, I was thinking of a completely new idea for BassChat here... We've done all the "Bashes" and met up, traded, etc., and tried eachother's gear, but how about a Northern/Midlands based clinic (obviously folks from further afield would be welcome as well!) where we can all get together and share technical/playing experience & advice between us? I was thinking of approaching Dave Ryan at Electro Music in Doncaster and seeing if he'd be up for hosting it in the bass department. Any thoughts, anyone?

I don't know if it's a bad habit or not - You guys can decide... I really can't see the point in rehearsing! The two bands I play in are highly professional & have always just gone out and played (ie. These two outfits have never rehearsed at all!) In my experience, the tightness comes from playing it out in the field, as it were & pure spontanaity. I joined a 70's band the other year & hated the endless rehearsals, generally acheiving nothing!

I've always liked this one... The octobass is an extremely large bowed string instrument constructed about 1850 in Paris by the French luthier Jean Baptiste Vuillaume (1798-1875). It has three strings and is essentially a larger version of the double bass (the specimen in the collection of the Musée de la Musique in Paris measures 3.48 meters in length, whereas a full size double bass is generally approximately 2 meters in length). Because of the impractically large size of its fingerboard and thickness of its strings, the strings were stopped by the use of an intricate system of hand- and foot-activated levers and pedals. The instrument was, in fact, so large that it took two musicians to play: one to bow and the other to control the "fingering," and was consequently never produced on a large scale or used much by composers (although Hector Berlioz wrote favorably about the instrument and proposed its widespread adoption). Its lowest string is tuned to C1, one octave below the lowest C of the cello (32.7 Hz). This note is the same as the lowest note of a modern double bass with a low C extension. The middle string is tuned to G1, a fifth above the lowest string. The uppermost string is tuned to C2, an octave above the instrument's lowest string. Berlioz quotes G2, a fifth above the top string, as the highest note playable on the instrument, giving it a compass of an octave and a fifth. A similar but more recent instrument, the triple contrabass viol, has appeared on a recording by the American composer Roscoe Mitchell.

Hmmmm... Well, if Jo here plays upright, she should have the very best left hand techniques. I always laugh when guitarists say things to me like, "You barely move around and yet you play sooo many notes!" Erm, yes... It's all about economy of movement and technique as opposed to flashiness! He sounds no only like a total Noob, but also like the kind of dimwit that still thinks a bass is a guitar! Homer, send the girls round - [i]Much[/i] more dangerous!

The tort guard all the way for me!

A pity there's no maple board, no S1 switching & that they still have the thin tin bridge (but I suppose the 70's ones had the same kind!) Nice looking things, but I'm thinking that Fender are going to have to invent a modern bass sooner or later, as opposed to relying on the same four model lines forever.

Hmmm... Collectively I have £4800 worth of Status basses, but that's three instruments. I'm at the £1900 point for one bass. Enough for me!

It was me that put up the original post for these lovely looking budget basses [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?act=findpost&pid=209308"]here[/url] Now I've seen all three - It seems they really are raising their game at Squier. High mass bridges, glossed necks, etc... Would like to try that 50's precision against a Fender 51 reissue telebass precision.

Hmmm... I only feel happy when I have graphite necked Status on the fleet. (Make that three of them at the moment!) Now I am a professional player, so I guess I see them as tools of my trade. If I ever found anything significantly better than a Status, that I really liked playing, then maybe I would go higher in price, but for now £1900 per instrument is enough to be going on with! It really doesn't help when your bandmates comment and it's always either the S2-Classic or the KingBass they like the sound of best!

Yes, the Real Book of Jazz has the standard keys... Other good places for standard chord charts are the small "Pocket Changes" books. They're usually available from America. Every standard you're ever likely to hear in there! Stange this topic should come up. I was thinking of writing a book of jazz standard example basslines this summer. Just wondered if it would be a book people would buy?

Have a look at a Warwick Corvette $$ (Double Buck) 5 stringer. I had the 4 & it was a stunning bass. Played it again last week at the house of the guy who bought it off me. If I hadn't been after a classic Status, I'd have kept it for sure!!!

I've got one of the £40 Fender Platinum ones. Seems pretty indestructable so far! It's meant to suffer almost no signal degridation at all. Have a read of the review... [url="http://www.bassplayer.com/article/fender-platinum-gold/aug-07/30546"]http://www.bassplayer.com/article/fender-p...ld/aug-07/30546[/url]