Rich

I've seen Kingston fretless 5s going for ludicrously cheap 2ndhand prices. I mean, we're talking Squier Jazz money.

Calm down calm down, jeez it was only a joke. Numb nuts indeed.

You're in Reading, he's in Paris... somehow, I don't reckon he'll be taking you up on the offer of a demo

No matter how good the player and how fabulous his kit is, when it comes to a live gig the bass sound FOH is only as good as the PA system and the engineer behind the desk. If Chris W's bass really is lacking in oomph, then all I can say is it's the first un-oomphy Status I've heard. Mine is oomphier than an oomph-monster swimming in a lake of oomph. [size=1]Do I win a prize for Most Gratuitous Over-Use Of The Word 'Oomph'..?[/size]

This is a bit more like it. [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Squier-VM-Jazz-Bass-Body-Complete-/190413455204?cmd=ViewItem&pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item2c5586bf64"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Squier-VM-Jazz-Bass-...=item2c5586bf64[/url]

I love Purple Rain, it screams "80s" but that's not a problem for me. I love the guitar sounds, especially on the title track and Let's Go Crazy -- right on the very edge of uncontrollable feedback. Dirty Mind is a belting album too.

[quote name='Doddy' post='891309' date='Jul 10 2010, 02:43 PM']There was a reference to all these guys making the same kind of music over and over again. Maybe that is kind of true to a point,but then again that's the same with any genre. The Blues has stayed mostly the same for ever. Hip Hop has a large number of artists that sound exactly the same,as does pop. There are a million bands that sound like Oasis or Arctic Monkeys or whoever. The modern Jazz scene is no different.[/quote] Hear hear. Music doesn't have to be groundbreaking, leftfield, avantgarde, in order to be enjoyable.

Trouble is, the same thing happens every time... whenever anyone tries to start a sensible discussion about this type of music, it always [i]always[/i] turns into a "it's rubbish / no it's not / yes it is / etc" playground thing. The same stuff getting posted over and over again. Some people love it, some don't. OK, we get it. Can't we just talk about it without having to constantly attack or defend it?

[quote name='KevB' post='891128' date='Jul 10 2010, 10:13 AM']Back to the new album, just got it and am loading it into iTunes manually. Would appear there is a hidden track. I don't know what to call it as it isn't listed on the CD sleeve of course! He mentions 'Purple Yoda' so I might just call it that![/quote] Apparently it's called 'Laydown'. That's what Media Player said anyway.

[quote name='Crazykiwi' post='890110' date='Jul 9 2010, 08:45 AM']Would someone mind bagging me a copy please?[/quote] U have PM

[quote name='Gunsfreddy2003' post='889213' date='Jul 8 2010, 08:10 AM']My 1974 jazz bass has a lovely sound and tone but compared to my GB Rumour it feels a little lacking in the EQ dept!![/quote] I would say this is a good thing. Unless you want to use the Jazz as a backup or 2nd bass to use at gigs, I think it's a great idea to have two different sounding basses. It's like having an Armani suit, plus a nice shirt & pair of chinos... you've got something to suit every occasion. I agree with the consensus -- if you want a sizzly hi-fi Jazz then buy one, but leave the 74 as is.

That's cool. Don't listen to it then.

[quote name='Crazykiwi' post='890110' date='Jul 9 2010, 08:45 AM']Would someone mind bagging me a copy please?[/quote] No probs mate I bought the last one (not abysmal IMHO, but rather underwhelming), even though it meant buying the Mail... I made a point of taking th CD out of the packaging before i left the shop and dumping the paper in the bin outside the door. I'll probably do the same with the new one.

Not my cuppa tea at all, but the colour is fabulous. Hope you have lots of fun with it

[quote name='daz' post='888851' date='Jul 7 2010, 07:43 PM']I must also add, by 'Bass' i mean a [i]four stringed instrument[/i], not a six or even a five(barely passable) . Less is more, and more is four. Any more just looks wrong, sort of, you know, guitarish .[/quote]

[quote name='Delberthot' post='888903' date='Jul 7 2010, 08:34 PM']I don't get the EUB. It doesn't really sound like either, it has a sound of its own. When I think of the type of sound Tony Levin gets, it sounds a bit like a bit like a slow fart for want of a better term.[/quote] All I can say is that you obviously haven't heard Dave's remarkable Eminince EUB. I heard it at the South Wales BB a few months back and was stunned... it really does sound uncannily like an acoustic DB and would be my absolute 1st choice if I was to dip a toe into the EUB waters.

[quote name='burno70' post='888186' date='Jul 7 2010, 10:42 AM']fretboard w*nkery[/quote] *sigh* it was only a matter of time.

[quote name='Jean-Luc Pickguard' post='887629' date='Jul 6 2010, 06:37 PM']Bah! - got to be the real thing. Cheapies don't compare as they have the same old plastic lenses instead of B&L glass in them. My current pair is still as good as new & have lasted ten years so far. I know how old they are as I bought them from the sunglass hut in the World Trade Centre when I was sent on an all-expenses paid fools-errand to New York in 2000.[/quote] Well sure, I'd love the real thing. But I can't afford the real thing Added to which, there's no way I'd take a pair of real Raybans anywhere near a Destroyers stage

[quote name='teen t-shirt' post='887549' date='Jul 6 2010, 05:25 PM']now glasses... i always go for the classics... if i could find a trilby to fit my huge head then i'd have to be the fat one [/quote] Tesco, of all people, are doing some very nice classic Wayfarer-copy shades for a fiver.

I already have several gig-hats... but I gotta say, I am rrrrrrreally tempted by that Christy rude-boy trilby...

Bassforte? Yes, and bass for breakfast and bass for dinner too. Sorry.

[quote name='mcgraham' post='886145' date='Jul 5 2010, 11:05 AM']dr1, love the video, really grooveworthy, but I think faithless is being quite fair. He didn't try to give advice, just pointed out what the thread was about. I read faithless' post as just voicing a friendly concern so as to try and avoid this thread ending up as another heated debate between members who like discussing avantgarde playing/players, and members who think bass is all about the groove (which I wholeheartedly agree with!).[/quote] I agree entirely. There was no need to jump down Faithless' throat, his comment was perfectly reasonable. mcgraham is right, the last thing we need is [i]yet another[/i] "it's just fretw*nking / no it's not / yes it is" thread, we have dozens of them already. Some of us like contemporary jazz, nu-jazz, fusion and so on, and it'd be nice to be able to discuss it occasionally without constantly being told that we like sh*t music. Is this really too much to ask?

Excellent. I did keep a sort of CV with one band but nothing remotely that detailed. Although I have kept a set list from nearly all my Destroyers gigs

I'd have been tempted to use a left-handed neck for the lower one, so the tuners didn't get too close to the headstock of the upper neck. Still, this is a fascinating (and very different) project and I'll be interested to see how it turns out.

[quote name='Faithless' post='884696' date='Jul 3 2010, 11:48 AM']Wayne, any chance to explain, what the heck does this mean?[/quote] It's been a whole page since Wayne last reminded us that he doesn't like this sort of stuff, and I think he's worried that we've forgotten.