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[quote name='Fisheth' timestamp='1452159425' post='2947012'] Believe me, I am tempted to buy it! [/quote] Do it! It's a great bass I've borrowed it from Michael and used it at band practice last night. It plays beautifully and sounds wonderful - really rich but also quite growly. Lots of tonal options due to the pickup combination.. The neck is absolutely fantastic too - so playable that it almost feels like a short scale. Highly recommended - and it has clarified my thought processes that I need a Maruszczyk Elwood in my life!

Oh well - in for a penny and all that!

One of these - http://www.dv247.com/guitars/jack-and-danny-yc-jb-4-string-bass-guitar-3-tone-sunburst--200786 I have a surf green one and my son has one in black. Mine has been modded a bit (more just because I fancied it than it being necessary) but his is completely standard. Both play brilliantly and sound good too. A few little issues (slightly sharp fret ends and buzz from the D string due to the low break angle) but easy fixes and not worth complaining about at this price point. I have gigged and recorded with mine and it is my go-to bass at the moment. Thoroughly recommended!

[quote name='skankdelvar' timestamp='1423410823' post='2684445'] I shall probably buy one of these items so that when someone asks me 'What bass is that?' I shall be able to reply 'It's a frog', opening up all sorts of possibilities for comedic misunderstandings, amphibian puns and whatnot. [/quote] Careful! There are lines that need to be toad here...

I really like the look of this particular Elwood... although for "Burgundy Mist" it looks a wee bit pink to me. And I'd like it better with a maple fingerboard with pearl blocks... I may well be ordering something similar from Maruszczyk in the next few months (when funds allow) - but their prices are incredible when you look at the specs and quality of the hardware. With the Euro/£ conversion rate being what it is at the moment you can get a bespoke instrument for around the price of a MIM Fender!!

I guess that anyone who has a Fender or Squier signature bass could be regarded as quite influential to the younger end of the playing spectrum. To name a few: Matt Freeman, Troy Sanders, Mark Hoppus, Mike Dirnt, Nate Mendel, Mikey Way, Pete Wentz, Eva Gardner... (I admit to not knowing who all of them are myself).

[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1451824459' post='2943678'] If you have a cab on the floor and you can't hear it... dispersion is the least of your problems. Basically you have researched poorly ...also, your sound needs working at As for taking a large box along to put said cab on..?? ??? [/quote] That's a really helpful post Would you care to elaborate?

The best at what he did, and not many do it Lemmy's way... An utter legend and rock god. I'm not sure he'll be resting, but I hope he's at peace. Goodbye Lemmy - missed already and will be for a very long time.

[quote name='sunburstjazz1967' timestamp='1450440714' post='2932821'] I think you can over think these things, if the audience are enjoying it then it's good, if not I'd imagine the bass tone is not at the core of the problem, poor song choices or wrong band for the venue, crap singer, aimless noodling, too loud etc etc all coming before the bass tone. [/quote] Not to everyone - clearly!

And on this one he plays drums, bass, guitar and sings all vocals... [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OBF54a5ENE[/media] Whether you like him or not (and he certainly seems to divide opinion) it's hard to dispute his talent

[quote name='Kevin Dean' timestamp='1450350248' post='2931855'] Didn't Mark play on a Midge Ure Album ? [/quote] He certainly plays on this track http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dboze9wjE10

[quote name='drTStingray' timestamp='1450376762' post='2932237'] I stand to be corrected however re Nick kershaw session. [/quote] No, you are indeed correct! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-S4ivwPXwg

[quote name='No lust in Jazz' timestamp='1450432388' post='2932676'] This has blown my mind... thanks it's almost Zen like [/quote] Ha ha! It works the other way too though - just because it's "good" doesn't mean you'll like it!

[quote name='Lozz196' timestamp='1449927425' post='2928061'] Yeah the bigger amps with a "something or other that I can`t remember the name of" transformer... [/quote] Toroidal?

[quote name='sunburstjazz1967' timestamp='1450430702' post='2932650'] Someone who enjoys a clanky ric through an old ampeg might not enjoy a sei jazz and eden amp with modern cabs. Neither are good if it's not want you need, a two seater Ferrari is not better than a transit van if you are a self employed plumber is it? [/quote] Indeed. Horses, courses, etc. Sauce for the goose is another man's poison, and so on.

[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1450383968' post='2932331'] Well, it might be what you like, but that doesn't make it good. [/quote] That same applies to you too, of course! If I buy the gear, and I listen to it, and I like it - then it's good for [b][i]me[/i][/b]. Whether or not it rates as good in some absolute terms, or whether [i][b]you[/b][/i] think it is good is largely immaterial to me. If my band-mates enjoy my tone, and some audience members comment favourably upon it - then I must be doing something right. You can't please all of the people all of the time, after all. If some self-appointed arbiter of sound quality can't accept that, then that is [i][b]their[/b][/i] problem - not mine.

[quote name='LewisK1975' timestamp='1450358760' post='2931990'] My 2p. I've had many cabs over the years (gigging for 25years and counting), Trace / Laney / H&H / Orange / Peavey / Ashdown / Marshall etc all the usual suspects. I've heard nothing that's as good as my Barefaced super compacts. They are certainly not lacking in heft in any way. YMMV. [/quote] I feel the same. From the mid 1980s, when I bought my first "proper" bass amplification (Trace Elliot AH250 with 1048 and 1518 cabs - which, interestingly were regarded as pretty "boutique" back then!), through use of Ampeg, Ashdown, Fender, Randall, Orange, Hartke, Gallien Krueger, Aguilar, TKS and a few others I have forgotten about... I have always had what I would think of as a "decent" bass tone. Some better than others to my ears, but all pretty good. Since I first tried a Barefaced Compact, I have owned two Compacts, a Vintage and a Big One. I now use two Berg HS210s - not because I felt that the BFs lacked anything, but simply because the Bergs came up at a time when I was looking at alternatives, and I had always wanted to try some. Amp-wise, I am now using a Markbass LM2. To be honest, I've never noticed a "neo" sound, or the difference between Class D amps and more traditional designs. I've never noticed a lack of "ooomph" or "heft" or whatever it is called. Some amps have lacked midrange control, others have over-compensated with ridiculously complex EQ sections! I think the general quality of bass gear these days is incredibly good, and costs a lot less (in relative terms) than it used to. My old Trace stack cost me over £1300 back in 1986. For that same money [b][i]now[/i][/b] I could buy a really decent rig! It's a great time to be a bass player and all these petty arguments about which is "best" get slightly wearing. If you like it, it's good. Sod what anyone else says!

[quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1450355716' post='2931943'] Yep - my own fault. I thought a maple board would be nice alternative, but it turns out I'm dyed-in-the-wool rosewood. Adrian won't send me a neck 'cos they're carefully matched to the bodies, so... here I am. As soon as it sells, my order is going in for another. [/quote] My leanings are in the opposite direction. I just really like the slightly "cooler" feel of maple fingerboards. Having just sold two basses, I should be in the position to be able to buy yours WoT - but sadly the funds are needed elsewhere...

Barefaced foam party...?