Conan

[quote name='Ou7shined' timestamp='1332518212' post='1589525'] Oops, apologies for sullying your thread with my input about where it is intrinsically more different to most other jazzes. [/quote] Don't take umbrage man - I was agreeing with you!! What's the spacing on modern Js then? Sixties style? Ijust assumed that they changed in the seventies and stayed like that.

[quote name='fretmeister' timestamp='1332511197' post='1589395'] What is the differences in the neck shape? Never tried one personally. [/quote] Very shallow. A bit like myself. Nice lacquer too. Neither too shiny nor too dull. Baby bear would approve.

[quote name='hamfist' timestamp='1332455169' post='1588758'] So Spector, or Squier VM or other ?? [/quote] Cort? Could do a lot worse. Well-made and a big range of tones. Spacing not to large or too small... But then I would say that

[quote name='Ou7shined' timestamp='1332508831' post='1589342'] 70s spacing [/quote] Well the instrument that inspired the model is a 1972 J, so it certainly should be!

Damn! I forgot about Herbie!! [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3gxrv3gWCo"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3gxrv3gWCo[/url]

[quote name='morsefull' timestamp='1332440126' post='1588476'] +1 Awesome tone. Warwick +pick. [/quote] Actually, I assumed it would be a Warwick too.... but the tone he gets in the live version is very similar to the recorded one - and that don't look like no 'Wick to me... Best example of this tone is, for me, at 5:45 onward. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWC2I9TNuco[/media] Not many girls in that audience though - so maybe having a killer tone does not make you more attractive to the opposite sex after all?

[quote name='Mylkinut' timestamp='1332508704' post='1589336'] I figured 'Geddy Lee' is just used to refer to the neck being Geddy'd. I could be wrong. [/quote] And the Badass - don't forget the Badass!

Believe me, the neck is more than "slightly tweaked"!

In the last few months there have been numerous references to (and quite a few sales of) bass guitars referred to as "Fender Geddy Lee" models. Some of them have been modified or upgraded to the point where there is little of the 'original' instrument left. Others were never actually assembled by Fender at all, but knocked up by an individual who may or may not be the one who is trying to sell the aforementioned guitar. The only common factors that link these guitars seems to be the use of a black body (but not always), a high-mass bridge and a maple neck with maple fingerboard and block inlays (usually black). So is this all a "Geddy" really is? A black bodied J bass with a maple neck? Or are some people swinging the lead slightly in their descriptions? Opinions?

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LlhxpsodZc&feature=related"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LlhxpsodZc&feature=related[/url]

These look nice... [url="http://www.amazon.co.uk/MADE-SOFTEE-LEATHER-GUITAR-STRAP/dp/B004INVB3A/ref=pd_sim_sbs_MI_3"]http://www.amazon.co.uk/MADE-SOFTEE-LEATHER-GUITAR-STRAP/dp/B004INVB3A/ref=pd_sim_sbs_MI_3[/url]

[quote name='bassman2790' timestamp='1332494507' post='1588990'] On paper, this rig should be more than ample for my requirements but, as with previous rigs, I find it lacking and have to have the output control on about 5 or 6 (about as loud as it'll go) to provide enough body for the four piece outfit I'm with.. [/quote] I think the fact that you have had this issue with a few different rigs (decent quality) suggests that it is the tone you select that reduces your ability to "cut through". Too much bass and not enough middle!

[quote name='bassman2790' timestamp='1332498651' post='1589073'] Like I say, It's loud, very loud and produces enough low end to physically flap your trousers and (at the last gig) shake my eyballs. Maybe it is down to tone.[/quote] Try cutting back on the "bass" frequencies and add a lot more mid-range. On it's own it will sounds really "shouty" and unmusical, but you should find that it makes you far more audible within the band mix. I use a BF Vintage now and although it's great, your Trace gear is good too. Unless there has been actual physical damage done to the speakers (which is possible at the volume you appear to be using) then they should cope fine. Watch out for you ears too!

[quote name='Stacker' timestamp='1332410400' post='1587786']Th guy out of Love Affair on Everlasting Love[/quote] [quote name='christhammer666' timestamp='1332425502' post='1588151']anything by pete trewavas on the whirlwind[/quote] These two!! Also, Mannfred Mann's "Blinded by the Light", and two Supertramp tracks... "School" and "Goodbye Stranger". No idea who played them, and I don't care. Lovely tone. Oh, and John Deacon on Queen's "Dragon Attack". Nice.

[quote name='mercuryl' timestamp='1332421054' post='1588022'] I believe the inimatable Mr Lifeson is also in there. [/quote] He sho' is!

Cue comments about drummers at wrong gigs - but I can't find any other references to this band on here! [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cj4_YxaKu4I"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cj4_YxaKu4I[/url]

[quote name='eude' timestamp='1332414840' post='1587874'] Hot damn, these are meant to be very good basses... [/quote] It would certainly seem to tick a lot of the OP's boxes...

How about one of these? [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/166546-fsft-fender-roscoe-beck-v/page__p__1541570__hl__roscoe%20beck__fromsearch__1#entry1541570"]http://basschat.co.uk/topic/166546-fsft-fender-roscoe-beck-v/page__p__1541570__hl__roscoe%20beck__fromsearch__1#entry1541570[/url]

[quote name='ahpook' timestamp='1332334457' post='1586762'] bass like face, not like ass [/quote] My face like ass.