Jerry_B

[quote name='keeponehandloose' post='807410' date='Apr 15 2010, 05:32 PM']Pick out the melody on the G string ,all the time playing open D as a drone note. Fist note is E on the G string with open D.[/quote] Yep, that's right!

1988 - Westone Spectrum DX, which I still have and it didn't cost me anything. I also used to have an HH amp, but can't remember what type and it's wattage (but it was pretty big and loud). It went into storage at our drummer's house in 1991 and I dunno what happened to it after that. Wish I still had it!

It'll take a while to train your ear-brain-finger co-ordination, but that pays off in the long for bass playing, be it fretless or not. Is it a lined fretless?

There are quite a few threads on this forum which ask the same question - they will hopefully be of some use

Very nice! I too have a thing for all-black basses... [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=78452"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=78452[/url]

Thumper's are cool - their sound has great presence without being too over the top.

Yep, a very nice bit of kit but I agree with Crazykiwi.

Very nice!

[quote name='OutToPlayJazz' post='799138' date='Apr 7 2010, 07:50 PM']You play with a "pick"???! [/quote] Yes - thankyou, pedant

Well, one of the things I like about the Peavey T-40 is the nice top-end range it has. It has good low-end grunt too. Just takes a bit of fiddling with the controls to find what you like. Mind you, I play with a pick, but I dunno if that's the same for you.

Is the earth strip common to Jazzes from that era then? I thought it was something only MIJ versions had?

I was always under the impression that it was a copy.

I'm a bit perplexed by the idea that once you hit 40, only covers bands can be something to look forward to or be part of, with an originals band being less likely. Why so?

I'm 40 and have no wife or kids, and have problems even getting a band together - so the grass isn't always greener

Isn't it wise perhaps to watch what you do with the gun oil near the frets? One wonders if it may encourage them to pop out a bit if too much gun oil works it way in.

When I first started playing bass and decided I wanted to play using my fingers, I used a tiddlywink - until someone pointed out that I could buy picks. I kid you not! Steve Albini (Big Black, Shellac, etc.) used to use a bit of metal as a pick. Dunno if he still does.

Yep, it's quite fluid pick playing - all in the wrist.

I have GAS for a natural finish one, so I'm hoping that at some point one turns up over here that's in good nick.

Brian Gibson from Lightning Bolt.

[quote name='umph' post='789804' date='Mar 29 2010, 07:34 PM']i love the om sound. Shellac are worth checking out to[/quote] +1

[quote name='Doddy' post='788307' date='Mar 28 2010, 03:39 AM']Or you could learn to read and become a more versatile musician. Why would you not want to improve your musicianship? You don't have to do one or the other-you can do both.[/quote] Yes, I know you can do both and wasn't suggesting otherwise. Perhaps one might 'merely' want to have fun with it all and not worry about doing what others consider to be the 'right way' of doing things. After all, it's not impossible to be a versatile musician and still learn and play by ear. [quote]But why limit what you can do and who you can play with? The more you know and the more you can do, the wider the range of gigs that are available to you.[/quote] But it depends what one is looking for in terms of personal output. Again, I wasn't suggesting one should limit oneself.

I really like the looks of a Jazz, and the Precision too. They just don't cut it for me, sound-wise. This is why I have a Peavey T-40, which sounds marvelous and looks great in a sort of American industrial design kinda way. The fretless Fender Jazz I have is all black and just looks very very slinky indeed. At the end of the day I guess you like what suits your purposes. I won't buy another Jazz but I really like how they look!

But sometimes you can be too precise and boring at the same time At the end of the day it really depends on what you want to play and who you're playing with.

I wasn't saying that they were mutually exclusive. I was just pointing out that the ability to read and that alone can come with it's own set of problems, for some people. The bloke in question didn't have an ear for things at all, but if he saw the music for any particular piece he could play it very well. I guess he was a stickler for structure, but I never tried to figure it out

Anyone actually like the Jazz for it's looks alone? I know I do. That asymetrical body shape, the metal plate blended with the pickguard. Very nice! I just wish that they naturally had a bit more grunt - but that can be remedied with dirtier pickups