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[quote name='RussFM' post='915638' date='Aug 5 2010, 08:07 AM']Based on what? Clearly never played a Prestige.[/quote] I have, save yourself some money and buy a Cort A4/5/6, monorails ain't all that foo! (in a non-offensive manner) Its just my opinion, I have yet to play a good one value for money wise. The ATK was too heavy for me but if I were a big bloke maybe not. And yes there is definately something appealing about owning a guitar no one can play but yourself, but theres always that annoying guy that can't play but likes to try n dings it!

Ibanez basses are sh*te, but I find they're guitars are brill if you can get on with the thin neck. I agree with balcro - the sandberg, that one especially! Shoulda been gone long ago.

...I do have titleist golf clubs ^_^ I've experienced that too! Sterling/Jazz necks seem uncomfortable to me - just a lil cramped is all but I do like Warwick/Spector necks and they're pretty thin but deep. Its always strange how quite a few players gently progress back towards the origins of the instrument itself - whether P bass/Fretless or Double Bass, I've noticed that with guitarists and the blues and bassists with jazz. My favourite music is 70's/80's glam rock - Aerosmith, Van Halen, WASP, Judas Priest etc. my father gave me four tapes when I was...well...four, I wore em out playing with my plastic soldier n it just stuck. They were: Iron Maiden- Piece of Mind WASP- Crimson Idol Thin Lizzy- Legend of the Black Rose Def Lepard's - Hysteria Phil Lynott, Steve Harris and a Scottish Band called 'Big Country' got me into bass, although they aren't my faves anymore. I like Chris Squire and Jack Bruce the most if I narrowed it down although Geezer Butler is my goal - just effective, not massively technical buts sums up 'Bass Player' for me in a band. Dexterity - Iron Maiden (speed), Jack Bruce's Crossroads (improv), Jaco (timing) but I do love a good ole walking bassline! I'm spreading my wings on the musical front just uploaded 10GB of music to my media player, more Jazz DB stuff - getting into it now, I've never listened to Charles Mingus though :blush: I think a new band would help me, nothing serious just for fun! My brain went to sleep with the shoite Indie music my old band kept suggesting, post 2000 Kasabian is the only band I'll collect on CD. Thanks again for the replies! Very helpful!

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjC6ErK2uPk&feature=related"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjC6ErK2uPk...feature=related[/url] VB-99!

[quote name='Oggy' post='913143' date='Aug 2 2010, 07:21 PM']Hi Oli, I'm intrigued , "[b]Roland V-99 which pitch shifts - turning a standard tuned bass to eb by the click of a button. The V-99 also imitates and combines effects including jazz,precision tones etc.[/b]", is it a sort of TC-Helicon VoiceLive for Bass? The idea of dropping to a B tuning at the push of a button has got my GAS going again . What did you have masterbuilt? (Who, What (Pic's), Where and how are you finding it?) Oggy [/quote] Hi Oggy, Yeah, check it out on youtube - its a £1k though the full package!! I'm not a fan of B strings so it would be ideal for me, it can imitate piano and you can imitate a guitar with your bass played underneath it together. Also has a D-beam (Jimmy Page!) Its pretty mental, I've always had a good experience with Roland too. I bought 1/20 Masterbuilt Charvel Star based on the late 70's models with the Ziggy Stardust-esque bolt graphic, getting it shipped from the US. The guys from Fender paid Grover Jackson and his 4 employees from the Charvel workshop to come back and masterbuild 100 of their old models. Its my one six string weakness, anything 70's,80's glam rock always proves too much. The look is an acquired taste but the tone and playability is second to none! Instant Van Halen, WASP, Ratt, Europe, Motley Crue, Twisted Sister - you name it...the Roland will have to wait a lil longer... [url="http://image1.dhgate.com/upload/200910/20/ff8080811aa5c55a011aa927db6929a3/productimg1256388396261.jpg"]http://image1.dhgate.com/upload/200910/20/...56388396261.jpg[/url] Genz Benz Rig, Cort A4, Roland VB-99 will be my eventual 'final' setup. I also think the Fender Urge II would be a good buy for us, I felt the short scale coulda done with a little more and the 34" a little less, that said I do really like the tension of a 35" scale - this is going nowhere isn't it? I'll shut up now.

Nah I've had it recently, your one o the guys with small hands like me! The way I see it, there not that many different tones to bass - Jazz, Precision, MM, Rickenbacker or Hi-Fi (status). Then you have your 4,5 and 6 strings. Then effects. Then amps. Its best I feel to buy a good amp (£1200 tops) a 24 fret hifi soapbar four string such as the Cort A4 which is extremely well built and comfortable to play and get one of those Roland V-99 which pitch shifts - turning a standard tuned bass to eb by the click of a button. The V-99 also imitates and combines effects including jazz,precision tones etc. Thats my assessment, coming from a guy with the same problem as you...but just spent 1k on a masterbuilt guitar...

Stingray + fingers.

[quote name='Beedster' post='910761' date='Jul 30 2010, 09:16 PM']See [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=93952&hl="]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=93952&hl=[/url][/quote] Thanks for the advice guys! After reading Beedster's blog on doublebass, I do feel I'm gently going that way already. G&L's are kind of a super precision - plus I've fitted it with flats also, the only thing missing is it having a fretless jazz neck and it would be perfect. Some sort of fretless is still on the cards I feel :blush: I was also tempted by Clarky's '76P but I know i'll have difficulty getting my small hands round it - an upright maybe more difficult still but the vertical aspect plays better as I can bring my arm across. I love the tone and would definately revert to the old Jack Bruce stuff but the size/price worries me a little as I wouldn't know which to buy, i'm not sure I'd like a EUB. Bubinga5, I think the reason I'm playing my sister keyboard is for a different approach to scales, feels so different when your looking at the notes from a birdseye point of view, doesn't have the same aggressive personality of a bass which just makes me wanna synth like George Duke lol. I'm also going with the new band approach, i think its time! I liked Happy Jack's idea to just get stuck in, I worked my way through Black Sabbath's NIB and Jethro Tull's Bouree and then followed it with The Cure - a band I rarely listen to! I just think I get so caught up in GAS for everything over the years I forgot all the magic I made on my first bass an (Overwater setup) Fretless Cort A4 I've got some thinking to do! Thanks again!

I'm starting to get bored of bass guitar at current due to my playing being in a rut, I procrastinate by reaching for my guitar or hogging my sisters keyboard. I'm on the edge of switching, however i've worked up enough cash to either: Buy a guitar amp and switch back and forth Buy a Roland VB-99 as my effects unit and try something new Buy a fretless bass (which I hugely enjoy!) and use it as my main bass Go all in and buy a really high end bass (£1k+) Sell my G&L L2000 as well as my Cirrus and buy a Fender/Lakland P and J bass Sell my G&L plus Cirrus plus rig and go to guitar or keyboard full time...or quit completely, which is the cowardly thing to do! Any advice appreciated, I have a great setup already although I lack effects and have little/no experience with them.

Wish mine tribby had a jazz neck, although the stingray-like neck is very comfy its only medium speed I guess. G&L every time...

[quote name='Musicman20' post='906654' date='Jul 27 2010, 07:29 AM']I can understand why people might be put off by the price, but I have seen these for £1580 ish if that's any help![/quote] I would like one very much, could you tell me where you found that please? Or is it secret?? I'm looking to shift my Cirrus for one

I had a Tokai P bass and Jazz before, both great value for money. Good build, I had no problems with the hardware but the pickups need changing.