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Team up with someone who only plays with bright strings - that way you can go halfs on strings, with the other guy getting the bright zinginess and you get them when they go dull Or put a Wanted ad for dead strings

I've seen these things in the passing and since I now have a jazz for the first time in ages was wondering if anyone had ever tried one of these before [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/FENDER-JAZZ-BASS-VARITONE-CONTROL-W-STANDARD-DUAL-VOL-/280504194276?cmd=ViewItem&pt=Guitar&hash=item414f5a54e4"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/FENDER-JAZZ-BASS-VAR...=item414f5a54e4[/url] An Audere or East Retro would be lovely but they cost about the same as the bass they'd be going into. I've also thought about installing an active system either built into the pickups or a separate preamp but am having trouble locating one that will fit into the existing control cavity. i do remember that EMG used to do a JV model that was reviewed in Bassist magazine years ago but don't know if the JV model they do now is the same as it appears to have separate gubbins

Nearly every bass I've owned has been used in my wedding band from my 8 string to my 6 string fretless, Warwick, Modulus Flea, loads of Fenders, Squiers, Bass Collection, Rickenbackers etc. The way I see it, as long as you're happy with the sound on stage and you can be heard clearly with the rest of the band through the PA then go for whatever you like playing. I'm currently using a Squier VM Jazz bass and loving it. My HB 5 string fretless will be along any day so once I get it set up the way I like it, I will be using that as well. If my Aria doesn't sell then I'll have it out next weekend

Yeah, try as many as you can - I tried for years to find one that I liked and had almost given up hope of finding anything so just concentrated on fingerstyle until I read an article with Chris Squire of Yes where he mentioned thaat he used Herco heavy guage plectrums. Bought a couple to try and would not use anything else now. My plectrum playing has come on leaps and bounds since then

There's also the Musicman Sillouette Baritone as well

How much are you selling for?

If the bass was too heavy for her voice, you could always get one in a lighter colour yada da da da da baaaaaaaaarp bap! I thank you you've been a lovely audience

I've never seen a 4000 in a better colour than the azureglo ach, maybe my numbers will come up tonight. I used to have a right dog of a 4000 and always hankered after a decent one

[quote name='Metalmoore' post='828096' date='May 5 2010, 12:54 AM']If i could afford it i would take this off your hands right now, its beautiful...[/quote] I could do trades with it for something you have (girlfriends excluded) or you could wash my car for a month + cash

It says Rickenbacker on it - that's probably enough for most people. Tom Petersson from Cheap Trick uses, among others, Rick cabinets for part of his sound.

check out this thread [url="http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=612616"]http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=612616[/url] seems that a MIA one should fit - I say 'should'

A shameless plug for my defretted Aria ZZB Deluxe [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140404850462&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...=STRK:MESELX:IT[/url] Took it apart yesterday to give it a good clean. and added a shim to the neck pocket so that I could adjust the action at the bridge - with the frets gone, the saddles couldn;t go low enough for reasonable action Cheaper here if anyone wants to make an offer by PM

PM Thornybank - he's your man as he probably has both of these amps as well as everything else Trace ever did

For years I've been using a guitar combo purely for the fact that they're not designed to output huge low end which is what annoys the neighbours. You can get a decent tone out of it at home levels. If I never played live then I daresay I'd look for something fancy but my little Meridian 40w guitar combo is perfect for practicing at home.

Is that you Yoda?

I can be a very violent player - no I don't whack old ladies over the head with my bass and steal their scone money - I have a tendency to whack the strings and stuff and I simply couldn't do that on a guitar I've tried picking up the guitar but cannot get past the fact that they feel so small and sound so screetchy, not to mention those tiny strings. In a band context, my experience is that after keyboard players, a good bass player is almost as hard to find. I could never have become as good as I am by jumping from instrument to instrument. A bass feels like home to me. It feels like the most natural thing in the world as I have now been playing over twice as long as I haven't ( I started when I was 11 and am now 34)

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Squier-JV-62-RI-Vintage-Precision-Bass-BL-Rare-MIJ-/260595107460?cmd=ViewItem&pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item3cacadc684"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Squier-JV-62-RI-Vint...=item3cacadc684[/url] Excerpt from the description: [quote]A right finger moves smoothly.It is easy to carry out a rhythm keeping.[/quote] Classic