jmanfunk

I understand, as far as Western conceptions allow, what he was going for but poor execution is poor excution regardless of cultural heritage. This kind of world fusion is much more up my street; metal and traditional Japaneese instrumentation together at last. [url="http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=RERXiliJfdI"]http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=RERXiliJfdI[/url]

[quote name='bilbo230763' post='318189' date='Oct 30 2008, 09:53 AM']Just listening to the Bill Evans 'Paris Concert - Edition One' CD with Marc Johnson and Joe LaBarbera on bass and drums respectively. Their version of 'My Romance' is an absolute diamond, really takes you somewhere new. Marvelous trio.[/quote] I absolutely love that record. A fantastic rythm section. Just caught the Mclaughlin/Corea All Star Group over the weekend. Absolutely phenomenol stuff with Christian McBride doing his double act beautifully. [url="http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=x11veANL8bs"]http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=x11veANL8bs[/url]

[quote name='OutToPlayJazz' post='296067' date='Sep 30 2008, 11:56 PM']jaymanfunk, I think you'll find that if you drop your Energy's price by £100 it'll fly out the door [/quote] ......along with my shirt

The radiused pup covers is a nice touch. Is the ramp adjustable? Heres the ramp mod I added to a Chris Larkin single cut- What I liked about the Windmill concept, apart from the aesthetic value, is the uniform playing surface and also the increased surface area. But as someone already pointed out, it would be uneven if you had to adjust your back pup higher than your front pup to balance the output.

[quote name='Galilee' post='295659' date='Sep 30 2008, 04:22 PM']This is all so that you can anchor your thumb where's there's usually a gap, right? [/quote] It acts as a thumb rest, yes but also facilitates a lighter playing technique by preventing one from 'digging in' too much. It's also a fantastic asset when using a four finger technique. There's a plethora of info on the ramps and the players that use them on talkbass and here somewhere. [url="http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=-PigAe4VIMI"]http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=-PigAe4VIMI[/url] Mike doing his thing

That is a great price for this bass, wooden neck or not. Some people have the nerve to charge double that just because it has a graphite neck [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=25658"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=25658[/url]

I think casual & polite conversation over a few glasses of cabernet with Ms. Spalding would be nice. Macca can foot the bill while Jeff noodles in the corner. "Barman, a glass of merlot and a triple vodka and tonic for the lady please"

[quote name='SJA' post='289078' date='Sep 22 2008, 12:15 PM']nice idea, but i can see one drawback- having the pickups joined together like that might affect how they adjust, unless the wood plate between them is flexible. eg. you wouldn't be able to lower the bridge pickup on the bass side without lowering the neck pickup too and vice versa.[/quote] Huh, I never thought of that It still looks nice despite its impracticality.

I noticed this on the Windmill website. A nifty little design; you specify the dimensions and they'll craft one to fit on your existing bass. Its a little pricey for my tastes and I assume that they don't offer any other pick-up beside their own propietary design but I certainly will be taking this idea to my local luthier, Chris Larkin, and have them fashioned for a set of Nordstrand Fatsatcks; nice.