OutToPlayJazz

Ta Buzz - It's certainly a nice one. The neck is dotted with birdseye patterns & being ash bodied it's a lot more polite sounding than my American Standard. Almost more cultured and less in your face, as it were. This one may be the ideal candidate for some Nordstrand pickups & definitely a bridge upgrade.

Quite true on all counts. Squier quality control is up there with the best at the moment. And well spotted with the American Standard. Yes, they are amazing instruments, but you still have to pick carefully in order to get one of the lovely ones. Nice review & I hope Dave made you some coffee while you were there! Enjoy your new bass Rich.

Well, here's the 75 RI. Very nice bass in mint condition. I've put on a temporary parchment genuine Fender scratch guard while a white pearloid one arrives in the post. Sounded huge on the Rotosound 45's that came on it, jury's out on the Elixir 40's I've put on it for the time being.

[quote name='steve-soar' post='642198' date='Oct 31 2009, 10:05 PM']Beautifully put our kid.[/quote] Why thankyou, kind Sir!

I was just reading your original post & it's fine - You won't get any "chord charts" in Fiddler. As mentioned earlier, it's a double bass part, so all classically written in proper notation, as most shows are. Only the very modern stuff occasionally has chord symbols over the line. I've played this show on both bass & cello - It's a very nice show to get started on. Very easy going & nothing too hard in there. As for pit etiquette, just join in and be part of the gang. They're all paid players like yourself. Just one thing, ignore arrogant stage managers & producers. You're on the payroll & they're not Last of all, keep your volume down. If you can't clearly hear the singers on the stage, you're playing too loud. Oh, and make sure all electrical gear (amps, stand lights, etc) are PAT tested. Nothing worse than the thought of being sent away for the sake of a silly little green sticker... Rich.

Yes, of course I do. Too many people think the bass is a guitar and play it as such. Working across the strings, using open strings is the logical way of playing the instrument. The less leaping up and down the neck you do, the more efficient, fast and smooth you're going to be.

[quote name='doctor_of_the_bass' post='641373' date='Oct 30 2009, 06:10 PM']Let me as sooth sayer smith predict! MIM RW J in FR!!! Aha! Nick (did ye not buyeth the Status 6eth?)[/quote] How does CIJ 75 RI Jazz in natural sound? Nope, didn't end up buying the sixer in the end.

Nope... Change of plan... The Sterling's staying - It's that good! And something else is arriving... Very soon...

The really heavy ones are usually the ash bodied ones. My CIJ Marcus Miller signature was the heaviest bass I've ever played. Think of it as a sign of serious quality materials

Wait for doctor_of_the_bass to spot this one. He has quite a few Arias in his mahoosive collection

So you're going for the dark stained body with the maple fretted neck, along with all the mods? Sounds an interesting combination. Sort of Jaco meets Japanese 75 RI.

Sounds like an excellent trip, Andy. So is a Will Lee sig on the cards now? Rich.

DR Fatbeams. 40-100. They feel a lot lighter than they are & the tone is huge and rich.

Here're a couple of others on my radar at the moment... Oh, and the one I'm picking up today...

Quite true, Peter - The main advantage I find with through body stringing is that you get a richer bottom end sound. But as you said, I wouldn't change anything on your 62 reissue. It plays and sounds amazing! I'm also in agreeance with MM20 on the new American Standards. My previous 08 Precision was good, but my 09 Jazz is astounding. Finally a Fender I love! Rich.

Nice to see another young multi instrumentalist. Is the sax yours as well? I won't even try to photograph all the instruments here. There's a music room full upstairs (stage piano, violins, viola, cello, 9 electric basses, one g****r, electric double bass), three double basses up on the second floor, a garage full of rental instruments and pa equipment & a load more in the outbuildings. It gets scary!

Go and play a few of the new American Standard Jazzes. I think you'll be very surprised at how good they are.

So many variables here... Yes, on some wooden basses you'll experience a loss of tone. Less so on an active bass. I use 30-90 guage strings on my Status basses and there's no loss of tone at all. But that's a graphite-based instrument with a seriously powerful preamp. On my wooden basses, I tend to use DR Fatbeams in 40-100 guage. The DR strings are a softer feeling string and the 40-100 guage feels more like a 35 set, but the tone is huge. The other variable is what kind of player you are. If you like to be able to do fast runs and lots of soloing, then thinner strings make the bass a lot quicker to play & much easier on the fingers. Whereas if you're just going to be playing simpler bass lines, then you're not going to need the extra litheness in the bass. Keep to thicker strings. Keeping to the usual 45-105 type strings also allows you to get a much lower action compared with thinner guages. But again, dependant on the quality of the neck, you can usually get very thin strings to go very low as well. Hope some of this helps.

[quote name='buff' post='638921' date='Oct 28 2009, 11:22 AM']I know you cant compare the two james to each other, but was jameson a household name in the sixties or was it just known some guy played most of the bass on the motown stuff ? I know biffy are'nt huge but have supported the likes of the stones, so clearly there is a market for this bass. I know there are more deserving players who should have had sig models, burnell for one if recent comments about on here about "this guy made me want to pick up the bass" are anything to go by. Dee Dee also springs to mind, dee dee over dirnt anyday.[/quote] Quite true, but the most deserving or best players aren't the cash cows. Young, hip, pretty & popular with the kids are the money makers for record companies and instrument manufacturers. Obviously there are some notable exceptions, but that's generally how things work. Witness Pete Wentz. Oh dear.