artisan

thanks for all the replies,seems i'm not the only one in this situation. after much thought & pints of Tetleys we've decided to do what most of you kind people suggested i.e. form another band & keep the growlers ticking over for the occasional gig. hope those of you in similar bands get sorted too. cheers guys & gals

beautiful bass,but to many strings for an old fashioned fart like me

slightly different but have you tried a Mexican 50's P bass they're totaly different to the standard Mex' fayre & IMO superior to the Jap' Fenders.

[quote name='bilbo230763' post='222293' date='Jun 19 2008, 04:35 PM']You sound like a monkey with his hand is a sweet jar, afraid to let go of what you have even though you can' t enjoy it.[/quote] perfect hammer--nail--head you described me to a tee cheers Bilbo

thanks for all the replies guys much appreciated. i'm going for a pint with my brov' this evening to have chat about it,i'll let you know the out come. i reckon we'll probably take all of your advice i.e. new band on the side & see how it goes. thanks a million guys.

my band "the growlers" just never seem to do anything.we've been going for 14 years & whilst we used to play on a regular bassis the vocalist & the drummer just don't seem to give a damn any more.we practice once a blue moon & as for gigs we've only played 4 this year. when the band play we are a damn good band, but it's just extremely hard work getting it to happen. my brother is the lead guitarist & him & me are always keen to play + modesty aside,we're both accomplished musicians,where as the drummer & vocalist just don't want to put any effort into it & neither of them are very musicaly giffted to be honest.but as a whole when it gels it really gels. if we sack both of them the band just won't be the same so i feel it would be the end of "the growlers" for good-which would be a shame,but its so damn frustrating i'm thinking of throwing in the towel & sod 'em. which brings me to my dilema- do i bin it & start again or try to keep it going (its been crap for 4-5 years so it won't change)& hope for a miracle. sorry for rambling (not to mention my bad grammar & spelling) art'

Steve Harris

[quote name='CHRISDABASS' post='220206' date='Jun 16 2008, 09:57 PM']its your bass ive just put the stacks in!! looks and sounds fantastic! i already had them in my frankenstein!! passive just sounds so good when my mesa big block is just on the edge of overdrive so you can dig in and get that nice bit of grind and grunt!! love it!!! [/quote] aha nice one, glad you're lovin' it mate

[quote name='allighatt0r' post='220568' date='Jun 17 2008, 02:27 PM']I am so afraid of noodling along though because when i do more often than not what i play sounds rubbish. Ah well, i best go start practicing.[/quote] just relax & try not to be too flash.

I never work a bassline out note for note,just play it your own way i say,chill out & go with the flow.(as stated above ) its much more enjoyable & you get to put some of youself into the song too. anyone who wants note to note perfection may as well just put the bloody C.D. on.

yes i'd agree about the pickups,my P has a very powerful meaty sound to it. don't know if the body wood etc is any different though.

passive all the way for me,if a bass has more knobs on it i just f*** about with 'em all the more instead of just playing the bloody thing. btw glad you got the stacked controls Chris all you need now is another set for the jazz you bought of me .

looks a bit of a dog to me Phil-i think i'd give it a miss.

[quote name='ashgeezer' post='219474' date='Jun 15 2008, 09:53 PM']dont know about the jazz but i recently bought a mexican precision and im more than happy with it so i should imagine the jazz would be a great bass also.[/quote] +1 to the above.

i might sound daft but how about a good precision bass,i have 2 of 'em & in a band situation i find them much punchier than my jazz bass. proper kick ass tone really drives the music on. btw i just happen to have one in the for sale section

[quote name='Lfalex v1.1' post='216082' date='Jun 10 2008, 12:37 PM']In the words of Mr. Punch; "[i]That's the way to do it[/i]" They're both lovely. Especially the P, but I'm all Jazzed up, so I'm biased![/quote] cheers,aye i'm well chuffed with 'em both. don't need any more basses- well appart from a .......................

[quote name='Jase' post='213607' date='Jun 6 2008, 01:02 AM']Tort is the future![/quote] ayt t'tort looks ace.

[quote name='Hellrazor' post='213336' date='Jun 5 2008, 04:51 PM']I just looked - that Jazz is gorgeous!![/quote] thanks mate, although its not as nice as your oldie-fancy a swap ? ok thought not.

[quote name='gareth' post='213317' date='Jun 5 2008, 04:19 PM']+1 I got a MIM 50's p bass for £260 used in Fiesta Red. Fantastic value and these bass are so superior to the stand MIM basses - they rival the later US vintage reissues and are far better than the MIJ/CIJ p's.[/quote] i fully agree mate,my P is a US reissue & its not much better than my jazz,+ i agree thats it's better than any Jap' Fender i've ever owned/played. p.s. i want a 50's P bass now,

[quote name='Hellrazor' post='213283' date='Jun 5 2008, 03:42 PM']I've just cottoned on to why Fender are releasing these now! Up until recently there was a pretty large market in the US for importing the Japanese "non-export" instruments, of which a large proportion were the '70's reissues. A few months ago I read that the US government had made this illegal for some reason (they do a lot of things for apparently no reason, governments do...) so these MIM basses make perfect sense! I think they're gorgeous but I'll probably not be getting one, like. Here's why..... Here's one I made earlier [/quote] by 'eck thats given me a bar on that 'as

[quote name='Machines' post='213029' date='Jun 5 2008, 11:39 AM']I think if they price these up for over £450 they won't sell very many.. it's getting to MIA Highway levels.[/quote] hi,i've got one of the MIM 60's jazz's shown here [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=20186"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=20186[/url] & it is massivley better than a std MIM bass,it creamed an H1 i tried & in fact plays almost as well as my P bass. it cost me £540.00 after some haggling. so don't let the MIM thing put you off build quality is better than some MIA basses i've tried.