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[quote name='silentbob' post='1248305' date='May 28 2011, 03:17 PM']Just been listening to Walk On By by The Stranglers and started thinking to myself, like i often do when listening to stuff, how did he get that tone? Then started wondering whether bass players had always strived to get their perfect sound, or was just a case of plug in your bass to whatever's available, bugger around with the pedal and amp settings for thirty seconds and that'll do, leaving future generations of bass players marvelling at their skill and spending hundreds of pounds trying to recreate that sound. Any thoughts?[/quote] Did JJ not get his tone cos he couldn't afford a bass rig? Sure it was a Hiwatt amp and speaker for a guitar.

Yamaha is a great bass maker - always sound great!

[quote name='hillbilly deluxe' post='1246850' date='May 27 2011, 11:35 AM']Looks to be guitars/strat only,unless im still asleep.[/quote] No - you're right1 I thought it did bass too! Doh!

I think you can do this on the fender site mate! [url="http://www.fender.com/en-GB/community/guitarbuilder/"]http://www.fender.com/en-GB/community/guitarbuilder/[/url]

[quote name='chris_b' post='1232381' date='May 15 2011, 07:55 PM']The original was Bob Babbitt.[/quote] Yes - thought that - was worried my mind was playing tricks!

Who did the original? Who is this live?

Love the black ricky!

Nathan Lamarr Watts......

I can only afford to put a wheel trim on mine!

[quote name='Sawtooth' post='1215483' date='Apr 30 2011, 06:18 AM']I've always disliked ostentatious basses. [i]but[/i], I can't stop looking at the vulgar beauty of the Lowenherz ... What's not to like about a 'Golden Lionhead-Sustain-Stringholder'!!! Edit: and somehow, I really hope that gold knob adjusts the 'Lioness'.[/quote] Stick a BadAss II on it....

Wilkommen HairyHaw!

Wee shot of a 5-string bass (Aspiration?) in Merchant City Music. Felt like a well made bass and had a confident maple board. I'd still rather have the 4 string but a brilliantly made bass. 5 string version of this?

Go on the site - it'll tell you.

1970s Fender P-bass in Walnut I had in the 80s - RW neck! Sold it in 1987 to buy a Steinberger.........copy!

[quote name='SteveK' post='1201750' date='Apr 16 2011, 12:31 PM']More fretless from JG [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criminal_Tango"]on this album...[/url] oh, look, another familiar name on bass...at least, familiar to my mum. [/quote] The same as slipping in a mention or your latest book/film/album your book on Loose Women?

[quote name='McBass' post='1201169' date='Apr 15 2011, 09:10 PM'][url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K938EDWZiwU"]Giblin[/url][/quote] Woof........brilliant on every level!

If he goes up...you go down....etc!

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[quote name='Lfalex v1.1' post='1196137' date='Apr 11 2011, 07:55 PM'] It's just as well that Mr DiMarzio saved me from all that Piano-making, trombone-blowin', outboard motoring, lawn-mowin' "blandness" [i]This[/i] Attitude has no build quality flaws, let me assure you. Only issue it has is that sound engineers keep assuming it's active and ask me to turn the bottom end down... How it pains me to explain that I can't! Bland paint job, too.[/quote] That is one bad plank!