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Great guitar player, he nailed the tune. Brutal honesty though, I thought it was tame and when he got to the verse the thing totally deflated. For this kind of thing to work you've got to be able to embellish on an existing song for it to work and he didn't, not close. That was more like watching a good counterfeiter at work with some skills with a guitar, there was no music there to be spoken of as such. Better than the original? Nah!

No zing?? God, mine's got loads. In fact I've never had problem getting top end out of any Stingray I've ever played, even under the most difficult circumstances that preamp [u]will[/u] give you splitting treble if you crank it. Markbass stuff I've tried and gigged has sometimes had a 'muted' top end to its natural sound I've noticed.

[quote name='silddx' timestamp='1358165527' post='1933965'] Wichita Lineman is one of my all time favourite songs and lyrics. Should be a good doc this. Thanks for the nod. [/quote] +1, incredible songwriting and production!

[quote name='silddx' timestamp='1358167454' post='1934023'] No, he is trying to develop a market I think. He makes a living as a musician so I don't think he's got it far wrong, it's a different type of business model. [/quote] Factor into that that he's unlikely to make money from selling his own music and I think it's absolutely fine what he's doing, absolute standard practice.

[quote name='Angel' timestamp='1358150695' post='1933719'] I always thought that he was just a 4 string payer? I don't recall seeing any 5 string tabs. What would I know! I love that early Jamiroquai stuff though [/quote] I would say if anything he was primarily a 5 string player during the time he was with Jamiroquai. Don't trust tabs at all, they are usually incredibly misleading and usually wrong!

[quote name='shizznit' timestamp='1357998228' post='1931585'] The first time I saw Jamiroquai play there was a Warwick Thumb NT on a stand that didn't get used in the set, so he had one of those too. You can see him play it on the When Are You Gonna Learn video. [/quote] Not saying it won't have been his as it well could have been but Andrew Levy from the Brand New Heavies owned a Thumb around that time, probably even played it on When You Gonna Learn so I guess it's possible it could have been borrowed by Stuart as I've never heard of him using one, nor has he ever mentioned it in interview. Also possible Warwick might have leant him one too.

They're nice sounding amps but I would be wary of the quality, I've had a very good friend have 2 break on him, once during the time I was playing through one during a gig.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1357988006' post='1931336'] I'm not trying to defend Fender's QC or anything, but I wouldn't buy a bass on the strength of this pic, whether it seems good or bad. It's obviously been so processed, airbrushed and generally Photoshopped that it could well be made up from various separate graphic elements and not be a picture of an existing bass at all! Look at it! It seems to be hovering in mid-air. In my experience Fenders are a bit heavier than that! [color=#ffffff].[/color] [/quote] Bang on the money mate. My emails to The Fender corp. re: ideas for a new helium-filled P-Bass were completely ignored!

Stuart definitely used Stingrays to record with. Most of the time it will have been a Warwick, it's his obvious preference during his time with Jamiroquai but as I'm sure we're all aware records are deceiving, by the time the signal has been processed a bass can sound like a lot of different things. He also used an Alembic early on as well.

[quote name='gary mac' timestamp='1357932381' post='1930868'] Just be grateful that Leo did the groundbreaking bit for them sixty odd years back [/quote] That he did, but the company is a husk of what it used to be, they're trading off of the name and the quality and thought just isn't there. As is the way of the world I guess.

Quite like them! Do wish Fender would be more inventive though, it's hardly groundbreaking.

I'm off in April for 10 days, get to Rudys if you can, they're lovely in there and will chat with you forever, home of Pensa basses too which are truly wonderful things.

[quote name='marcus bell' timestamp='1357865424' post='1929914'] Love jamiroquai especially the stuff with stu zender playing bass - emergency on planet earth - return of the space cowboy - travelling without moving Can anyone give me a little lessons as to what stuart used? I.e basses, effects and amps... Thanks a lot [/quote] Hey Marcus, Stuart was given a cheque when he was younger by his mum for living etc. which he blew (or cleverly purchased, whichever way you look at it) on a Warwick Streamer Stage I 4 string. That was the bass he used on all of the first album as far as I'm aware apart from on When You Gonna Learn, which was Andrew Levy on bass. After that is was Stage I & II five strings, a Stage I 8-string, a Streamer fretless, a Musicman and a P-Bass. He had quite a few custom shops, a white Stage I with blue LEDs, the 'Iroquois' print Stage II, and the 'Godzilla' all chrome Stage I 5 with green LEDs for promo work and playing after Jamiroquai did the Godzilla soundtrack theme... he got booted out shortly before a lot of stuff of the 4th album got released and his tracks were erased, he got replaced with Nick Fyffe. He's used Trace Elliot valve gear, Warwick, Mesa Boogie and Ampeg for amplification. His earlier effects were done on a Boss ME-6B and later he used the ME-8B. Warwick IMO leant a lot to his sound, his amps etc. are kind of neither here nor there as I'm pretty certain it was straight to the desk with his sound in the studio, plus an ungodly amount of compression which always gave him that squashed sound that kind of popped out in the mix so well. He was (is) a great player, I think there were plenty of issues with him and the rest of the band which led to his expulsion, I heard a lot of ego was involved which you can probably imagine in a band like that. I think that he might be on better terms with them now, he definitely is with Derrick McKenzie, their drummer. Hope that helps!

I actually find this borderline insulting that Fender would even bother releasing this. It's absolutely disgusting, I usually think that 'a bass is worth what you're willing to pay for it' etc. but I wouldn't pay over £60 for this. Whoever commissioned this needs shooting up close with a BB gun.

Basically never any floor effects units. I have an OC-2 octaver but it's bust right now, to be honest it's the only pedal I really have found I've ever needed, having owned wahs, drives, flangers, delays, the lot really.

The guy even looks like a moron. Hope it turns up!

Lovely mate. Great track overall, a lot of fun, clever too.

[quote name='oldslapper' timestamp='1357290064' post='1920314'] This needs to be a sticky, "... That's the key when you're touring; just be a nice chap and have a good vibe about you. That's the way to get work. If you're a superb player, but a pain in the ***, you'll never get asked. The world is full of phenomenal musicians who are so up themselves that they are really difficult to be around. Being on the road with difficult people is really draining." [/quote] Definitely. I don't know Lee but I know Phil Mulford and he says that he's a thoroughly nice chap, as well as being a cracking bass player to boot.

I've just got a new one, not a scratch on it, 2010 model with the alnico pup. It's really great, I've absolutely loved playing it live. Still need a Sadowsky though, I do miss the jazz bass style layout, it's my favourite.

Trick question, doesn't exist!

For some reason I hate music being referred to as 'art'. It devalues it, doesn't do justice. I personally know that the sum of the parts is what is important in music, it doesn't really ever matter how it is that music is created. Better and worse is subjective as it's only how much stock an individual invests into a song that really matters, even if we as musicians would like to think John Coltrane should be far more celebrated as a musician than Olly Murs. That's not the way it works.

[quote name='Inti' timestamp='1356979784' post='1916075'] You obviously played here during the 90's. That's not the way it looks here now. It doesn't sound as you've lived in Stockholm either. Who cares anyway, music is lost to the "entertainers" a long time ago. [/quote] I've toured Sweden from east to west, Gothenburg to Stockholm, from 2007 till next week when I'm back over for a week or so. Funnily enough I borrowed a 5'er from a friend of mine to play Scandinavium Arena to, I should imagine you've come across this venue in your travels In short, you're talking absolute nonsense! I suspect you know it as well.

I'll add here that I've played around Sweden extensively and know of some of the best working bass players I've come across using 5 stringers, almost exclusively. There's just no truth in that they don't. Silly...

[quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1356954837' post='1915477'] I knew a guy who was a great bass player who got his 1st tv work backing up Madonna on Wogan. He was miming a keyboard bass which he couldn't play. All that practising paid off then.... I also know a drummer who auditioned for a gig backing someone on tv and was filmed, and not listened to at all, to see if he 'looked the part'. Puts it in perspective, doesn't it. [/quote] It does, but then is is surprising that we should be surprised about popular music being massively image conscious? I thought it was kind of obvious really!

Hi Jerry, don't ever feel like you need to keep a tally or score of how good you are. It's just not something you need to do, we all progress at different speeds and whilst you might feel like a 6/10 today, you might feel like 2/10 tomorrow once you hear a bass player that really blows your brains out and 8/10 the day after once you're feeling more confident with the kind of player you are. Just my opinion, not having a pop or anything. Concentrate on something you know you're not good at. Can you read and get along with scales, arpeggios, knowing the notes on your fretboard? If not then that's something to look at, character building and IMO essential stuff you should be learning if you're describing yourself as an intermediate bass player.