EssentialTension

[url="http://www.discogs.com/artist/731957-Jimmy-Jones-6"]http://www.discogs.com/artist/731957-Jimmy-Jones-6[/url]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHIstq7NM4U T-Bone Walker with Jimmy Jones on bass!!!!!

[quote name='JapanAxe' timestamp='1402671647' post='2475857'] [size=8] [/size] [/quote] Sorry, I have been searching for something better but this guy is obscure.

[quote name='skankdelvar' timestamp='1402667360' post='2475802'] Dear God, the man is multi-talented! Mind you, there's one [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Jones"]Jim Jones[/url] we can rule out. [/quote] Is he the one who was in the Brian Jonestown Massacre?

Is he the same Jimmy Jones who is a bass voice as well as bassist?

I wonder how the OP would feel about this one:

Here's the Lindert fan site: [url="http://lindert.vintageusaguitars.com/"]http://lindert.vintageusaguitars.com/[/url]

[quote name='chrismuzz' timestamp='1402589323' post='2475095'] Is it actually supposed to be a "thumbs up"? [/quote] Yep.

It was Happy Jack - apologies for nicking your pic Jack but here we go:

I've seen worse. Much worse. Like all the pointy ones for example. Anyway, someone on BC used to have (and may still have) a Lindert Bass VI with the same headstock shape.

I have to say I can't hear what is supposedly unique about the sound. Those examples just sound typical Precision with roundwounds, full treble, played with a pick. The Larry Taylor one just sounds like Precision with flatwounds, played with fingers near the neck.

Never had a problem with Gak. No problem with Thomann either.

[quote name='mcnach' timestamp='1402156190' post='2470549'] Is it very common? I must have been incredibly lucky [/quote] We all must have been very very lucky. In 40 years of playing bolt on basses I've never even heard the problem referred to before this thread.

No. I prefer not to give my real name.

[quote name='CHRISDABASS' timestamp='1401514232' post='2464345'] The difference is very noticable before you even plug them in. For me this shows the affect that different woods have. [/quote] I would not be at all surprised to find that two different pieces of wood (all other things being equal) might sound somehow different [b][i]especially before you even plug them in[/i][/b]. That's exactly when they would likely sound most different. For me, this shows the very minimal effect (if any) that different woods have. But even if there were such a difference, you can NOT extrapolate from that to either of: 1: This species of wood always sounds like X; it is a 'tonewood'. 2: The difference will be anything other than a very minor factor in the amplified sound.

Maybe the guitarist is playing too much when he is not soloing and so losing too much when he drops it. As for the bass: Have a variant of the bass line for the instrumental section so instead of being empty it just sounds different - in fact instead of being the guitarist soloing, treat it as an instrumental section. If you were playing quarter notes then play eighths, or vice versa. If you were pedalling then walk, or vice versa. If you were walking up then walk down, or vice versa. But space is good. Most of us play more than is necessary.

[quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1401305798' post='2462337'] Yes, I'm over 60 so I've asked my over 20 son for his opinion. [/quote] Well, just coming up to 48 hours and I'm still waiting a reply to my text.

Also here - [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/237818-the-carol-kaye-story/"]http://basschat.co.uk/topic/237818-the-carol-kaye-story/[/url]

That Larry Taylor and John Entwistle sound so different suggest that like any P bass these had a range of different sounds.

[quote name='Sean' timestamp='1401392934' post='2463272'] I played bass in a Blues Brothers tribute with a great bunch of people, awesome (bonkers) drummer and loved every minute of playing the music and gigging. I learned loads about gigging, emulating styles, working with people I normally would not etc etc etc Dump your prejudices and get tributing! [/quote] But prejudices are OK if they are original prejudices. It's those covers of other peoples prejudices that are bad ... and as for tribute prejudices, they leave me speechless.

Tony Franklin - Corona.

More Larry Taylor story here too: [url="http://www.fenderforum.com/forum.html?db=&topic_number=699338"]http://www.fenderforum.com/forum.html?db=&topic_number=699338[/url]

Yes I saw the Alembic room letter.

[quote name='Meddle' timestamp='1401388980' post='2463199'] Definitely a slab at Monterey! [/quote] Taylor and Entwistle both?

[quote name='GCYPbass' timestamp='1401378192' post='2463015'] Yeah I see. I read many good comments about their neck. Were you happy with the sound? The color is very dark bright blue. Fender names it as bright sapphire metallic or something like that I think. [/quote] I don't recall much but I certainly wasn't unhappy.