Paul S

To my shame I'd never listened to this guy before. Absolutely and completely blown away by his technique and sound.

[quote name='Dr.Dave' post='433811' date='Mar 13 2009, 03:48 PM']I refer the honourable gentleman to the answer I gave earlier.[/quote] Ah, I see my problem - the article didn't say 'will fit exactly on a fender Jaguar bass owned by Paul S'. Ta.

Presumably it would make the same kind of difference to a Jaguar? And would it be a straight fit, do you think?

The Jaguar bass does this in it's vast repertoire of noises.

Bought Steve's Hohner B2A - dispatched promptly it arrived bang on time, beautifully packaged and exactly as described. Good communicator, overall a pleasure to deal with. Thanks Steve

Bought his Tascam trainer - good communicator, promptly despatched, beautifully packed, exactly as described - possibly better than I was expecting AND a good price. Thanks Alistair!

I bought Ashdown covers for my Ashdown kit - they fit like a glove and were cheaper than Roqsolid ones. Not sure they are actually of the same quality as the Roqsolid covers, mind you - Ashdown's aren't padded, just waterproof. That's all I needed.

To come on and develop so quickly it sounds like wax or maybe an infection - nothing serious or permanent, hopefully. Good luck. Hearing is something we all take for granted and usually only think about when it is too late - I know to my cost - Tinnitus and hearing aids in both ears!

Hi from Benfleet If we keep popping up out of the woodwork at this rate they'll be running out of white socks in the local Primark.

Did some good work with Ollie Beak in the 60s as I recall That was Fred Barker we were talking about, right?

Did this move on, guys? Is it the next borrower who organises the courier for posting off to himself or the current one?

ALRIGHT, ALREADY.... I get the picture. No more thumb fretting. Silly tune, anyway....

Thanks all. I think, all things considered, I'll try and wean myself off it.

Newish to bass and I'm playing a nice skinny jazz profile necked Jaguar. I try hard, really I do, to play in classic position but often find myself with my hand wrapped around the neck. Sorry, can't help it. But from looking at other bassists I don't think I am alone in this Anyway, a few times now I have been tempted to use my thumb to fret a note on the E string - sometimes there doesn't seem to be enough time (or fingers) to do it without sounding hurried. Is this something to be encouraged and practised or simply lazy technique and a reason to go back to playing my plank-necked Hayman by way of a cure? For example, currently trying to pick up Bon Jovi's (spitting and widespread genuflecting) 'Keep The Faith' because my vocalist reckoned it was a hard bassline and I would like to prove him wrong. In my isolation and ignorance it seems like a fairly good idea to keep my thumb wrapped around the F# whilst doing all the other bits with my other fingers? There comes the point, that is often repeated, when I am playing an E on the third string with my index finger and the next note is back down to the F# again and this always seems hurried playing it 'properly' but using my thumb on the F# it seems to flow better. Any advice, comments or dressing down, please? Ta

Dumb question here with no underlying agenda. Why? Cheaper? Or better built to your own spec? Or just because you wanted to?

I believe they must have been going without a pause since the early 70s? That's when I saw them. Make a lot of noise for three blokes. Zoom Club has to have one of the infectious riffs ever.

I've got one and I love it. Plays like a dream - beautiful slim neck. Passive there are a huge range of sounds as you can have the pups singly or together in series or parallel. Have to be honest and say I'm not sure exactly what this means but the sound is very different - the blurb says Jazz bass /P-bass sounds? Switching on the active circuit gives a huge boost - it isn't very complicated - just the on/off swicth then two rollers to add bass or treble but is really adds some oomph to the sound. This is controlled by the 'master' tone control, too, so you really can get enormous variation. I've found active/passive are difficult to switch between in real time due to the change in output - probably best to find one you are happy with a leave it be rather than keep fiddling with settings. But, it is available so you can if you want. I tend to keep it active and switch from series to parallel for a change in tone, together with assorted knob twiddling. Small glitch with mine is that there is a soft but annoying buzz when you switch on the active circuit that disappears when you touch anything metal on the guitar - I've just taken it in today for it's 'warranty service' so hope it will be history when I get it back. Looks are always subjective but I think it is cool as anything - that retro styling really hits the button for me and, with 'similar' build quality and playability, is what swung it for me over a MIA Jazz when it came to handing over my credit card. Mine is black and I've just got a replacement 3-ply gloss black/white/black scratchplate through the post today - no bass to put it on yet but I reckon it will look even cooler.

Might be worth asking on here [url="http://www.shergold.co.uk/forum/"]Shergold Forum[/url] There are some pretty avid collectors on there. The condition is the main issue but ball park I'd reckon £250 for one with the usual Shergold laquer problems to £450 with a good but original finish.

I missed out mine - A fender Jaguar! I should add I have never even seen a MM Sterling in the flesh but was chatting with Rowbee about them.

No pics from Beerdragon?