BassAgent

Right, so I have this lovely little guitar: And it sounds mighty fine. I might swing some new pickups in at some time, but for now I'm more concerned with the tuners. I rarely used it in a band, but today I was rehearsing with my new reggae band and it detuned like hell without having used bends and such. I'm going to put a new nut on it, but I'm still not sure what tuners to install. Gotoh? Grover? Kluson? Schaller? So many choices... I like the vintage Gibson look (you know, the ones with the plastic knobs), so I can make it look like this a little bit: But all of the brands I've named above make those, and I don't know/see the difference... Oh, and speaking of this guitar: it has the "Gibson" truss rod cover which I think is b*tt ugly. I'd love to have some other cover. Maybe "Dot", maybe black, different anyways. Who knows where I can get a 3-screw truss rod cover?

[quote name='Sibob' timestamp='1421342112' post='2660175'] Can you imagine the stampede if they got Pino? Si [/quote] Of course, it was just an example

Actually, it's the bloke who plays guitar in Groovesonix ánd in Jamiroquai, he's called Rob Harris and he's quite the guitar player IMO I especially dig the last video, where you can see Iwan (a Dutchman btw) playing some heavy clavinet stuff.

It's still not on iTunes, unfortunately. I'm very curious as well, I saw some teaser videos on Facebook that sounded really promising.

[quote name='Hector' timestamp='1418820837' post='2633644'] There will be a full review and more pics incoming during the next few days (in short, it's glorious), but here's a lovely shot of my De Gier Bebop 5 to get you going: [/quote] That's a familiar sight! Looks great, I was considering that colour when I bought my Bebop Which pickups did you have Sander install on yours?

Right, I got my plane ticket last week so I'll be attending as well, Saturday only. I like the performers so far but I'd love to see more "regular" players. Mark King and Billy Sheehan are great and all, but more of the "extravagant" styles of playing Since I'm not really an extravagant player myself, I'd love to see some groove guys like Meshell, Pino, Paul Turner or Chris Wood.

Thanks! Ever since I got this I fell in love with dots+binding more and more, that's the exact reason that I gave my De Gier 5-string (the Pharaoh Gold bass shown above) has the same feature. I was doubting about giving it lollipop tuners when I had it built, but that would be a bit too expensive. The Fender is getting new frets as we speak, btw. I miss it. It's gonna take 3 weeks. I'm gonna miss that bass...

Ah! I have one of those.

Here's what it looks like: And here's what it sounds like: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVSoJoJCPjQ

My basic policy is: bring your own bass. If it breaks: should have brought a backup. Then again: if it's a guy I know and/or I've seen him playing well, he can borrow my bass, depending on which one I have with me. Cheapo Jazz: no problem. Road Worn P: preferably not. '66 Jazz: never ever ever. Never. No.

Hehehe thanks! That's one of the main reasons I fell for it in the first place. But then...the sound and the neck... Holy poop. It's an amazing bass.

Fender '66 Jazz and Fender '09 Road Worn Precision:

I had one. If the price is right (say...not over €150), get it. They're fantastic instruments.

A couple of months ago, Jamiroquai bassist Paul Turner was at Paul's Bass Matters in Nijmegen (here in Holland) to demonstrate the new Stenback basses. I knew he's got a Fender '66 Jazz and I was hoping he brought his. I brought mine anyhow, because I wanted to know what he thought of it. We got chatting and when I mentioned my bass, he said: "Wow! Nice! Do you have it here?!" and it turned out he brought his as well. We talked a length about what's so special about the '66 Jazzes and played each other's basses. He wanted to know all about my De Gier bass and gave me his private email so I could send him some info. Great guy, great player. If I'm in England again, I'll be sure to contact him. He has to hear my bass (cause we couldn't amplify our instruments there). His bass on the right, mine on the left: Him on the left (with my bass), me on the right:

Fi-nal-ly got the P I've been looking for for a while, for a good price (meaning: my Gretsch).

Here's the amp with the classic rig: And here's everything. I also have a Maya but that's for sale so I let it out of the pic

[quote name='mingsta' timestamp='1412172922' post='2566434'] If you master this, does it also make the Bass Face go away??? [/quote] Well, sometimes, but not always.

For not being too loud, there's supposed to be a sound guy. I'd say sing into the mic, your sound will be optimal and the sound guy will arrange for your volume to be perfect.

I've been doing this for years and in my experience the best way to start doing this is: [b]-Start by singing and playing along with songs sung by the bass player.[/b] E.g. The Police, Rush and that kind of stuff. If they can do it, so can you. They usually make bass parts that are easy to sing along with. I love songs like Message In A Bottle. [b]-Start singing lead lines with songs you know (while playing of course).[/b] Those are the vocal lines you probably know best, so you don't have to think too much. [b]-Take the backings![/b] Mostly you'll want to just add a third on top of the lead melody. They're the most widely used way of singing backing vocals. [b]-Take it to the next level: talk.[/b] Talking and playing is the hardest thing to do, because talking isn't a musical thing. If you can do thát, you can sing and play any rhythm.

Live on Dutch national radio & tv: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zY7i0d1yY98[/media] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnyKvKNBU1A[/media] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXWIEWQVMWY[/media]

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