jonnybass

I used dr hi beams since 1993 until 18 months ago, then switched to Dunlop super steels. Not sure which is better but I love the feel of super steels right now.

Having owned a stingray v and a 2 band stingray 4...as well as playing many..I can't recall having played a neck I didn't like.. The old smoothie looks great, love the story behind it too.

A 75 white rickenbacker 4001..shop was looking for £500 for it in 1999...first one I had ever played and it played amazing..left the shop went back a week later and it was gone.

Two of my favourites too...

Back on the original point, I walked into a music shop in around 1996 with £800 burning a hole in my pocket they had two second hand basses on the wall for £800...a wal custom and a musicman stingray V. I had lusted after a wal for years after listening to mick Karn, geddy Lee and a couple of local guys...walked out the shop with the musicman after spending around 40 mins playing the wal. Neck profile was just not good for me and it was heavy....sounded great but I couldn't get comfy playing it. Lesson learned.

I have to say that I think soundcloud should be made to buy a licence, but also I think that the PRS needs to change. There should be a ceiling on payments out, to allow smaller scale songwriters and composers to get paid,rather than the likes of Elton John or the current owners of the Beatles works to get what must be to them a relatively small payment.

Ace clip..what a voice.

Thats Rubbish...will keep my eyes open in East Lothian mate.

That's a lovely looking p..

Cheers

Bought an mxr compressor from Cameron. Good transaction, lots of comms, well packaged. Would deal with him again.

HI Stoker congrats on the new pedal, I was at a practice with my band and found a boss syb5 in the rehersal room, Guitarist told me it belonged to a previous bass player and had been in the room unused for ages so keep it... I would recommend that you take some of the money you have saved and get yourself an expression pedal to use with it....makes an ok pedal into a good pedal IMO

I have went through Fender, Dimarzio, Seymour Duncans, Wizard and finally got to Lindy Fralins. If money is no object I would go with the Fralins, on the cheaper side Seymour Duncan Quarterpounder P with a hot jazz stack at the bridge. The fralins can be overwound to give a good 'grunt'. jonnybass

I would secnd the Effortless Mastery book, personally didnt go in for the meditation etc, but I now look at my gigging by pre/post reading the book. Same goes for my practicing. By going for 'Just five minutes practice' has got me back to a level of playing before the arrival of the Missus, the full time job and the two kids....

I love my Fender custom shop jazz colour scheme, Lake Placid Blue, Tortoiseshell pickguard rosewood board...the only improvement would be a matching headstock.

Nice bit of haggling there then, cool.

Nice bass, couldnt remember if it had the blocks...but you got a bargain I would say as it was £1,000 a couple of weeks ago.

Is it in a shop or private sale? I have seen one in a shop in Edinburgh for round about £1,000 (spent a couple of days trying to think how I could raise the cash) it was a Sadowsky Metro series by the look of it, natural with a maple fingerboard if I remember rightly..

I started out with a p bass back in 1989 and although I have used many basses I kept coming back to my p bass, and I never spent allot of time with Jazz basses. Until I picked up a Fender custom shop custom classic this year. Although it has a three band pre amp I tend to run flat with both pickups wide open. To my ears I have to hit it harder to get the low mids to cut through with loud drums and guitar, more than I have to with a P bass or a musicman, but when I do, wow what a sound....and after practicing with it allot I am now getting used to the smaller (than a p bass) neck..I now think I should have gone down the jazz route years ago.

I like to stand on the floor tom side if I get a choice, that lets me see my fingerboard, the guitarist or piano player (depending on the band), the singer and the drummer without turning round too much. Jb