Jerry_B

Peavey T-40 - luckily I have one winging it's way to me this week. Aside from that a black Fender Jaguar would be nice, but is waaaay out of my price range.

Forgot this one (spot the now-famous voice...): [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNxRAULMdsE"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNxRAULMdsE[/url]

Mellow: [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFN6BaulEX8"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFN6BaulEX8[/url] Not so mellow: [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--pSWLEVGhY"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--pSWLEVGhY[/url] [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vE27FYLFKaw"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vE27FYLFKaw[/url] [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVgMEsMZdcQ"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVgMEsMZdcQ[/url] Masochistic : [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnKfKgahoI0"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnKfKgahoI0[/url]

ba-dum tish...!

Yep. this place is gold and a goldmine! Wish I'd found it sooner!

If it had a maple neck it'd look like a lolly

I've always owned cheap basses [i]because[/i] they can be a bit rough around the edges. And you can always soup them up a bit with bits and bobs and end up with something nice. Until recently the most expensive bass I ever owned was a Squire Standard Jazz, which was 190 quid. All that needs is some better pickups and it'll be spot on. Call me a Philistine, but when I've heard more expensive basses (i.e. Warwicks) live, I really can't tell much difference between them and something cheaper. So perhaps I'm just a cheap Philistine...

[quote name='discreet' post='743970' date='Feb 13 2010, 01:40 PM']After a long process of trial and error, I have found these to be an excellent balance between speed and tone: [/quote] Are they metal coated?

[quote name='Baxter' post='743535' date='Feb 12 2010, 09:50 PM']I use a thumbpick, I don't know any other Bass Players who do! Any here?[/quote] I tried one for a while many moons ago but didn't have much fun with it.

Alot of cop-related theme tunes from the '70s were funky as hell. I always liked the 'Dirty Harry' theme - some quite mad bass playing there! Perhaps Starsky & Hutch too...

It's my all-time favourite game. Just brilliant all round. And various versions of the theme run throughout the game (i.e. a slower, quieter version when you're setting up things in the user-interface).

I'd recommend an '80s era Boss HM-2 'Heavy Metal' pedal. I acquired recently one from a fellow BCer and am now addicted to it...

You should see what he did to our patio - or 'the cellar', as we now call it.

Hmm, I wouldn't say it an optical illusion, as such. But then again as I play an unlined for quite a while perhaps my brain has just gotten used to seeing things 'differently' as taking it as normal.

Tortex's are good when they're brand new as they have a 'chalky' sheen and thus are easier to grip. Even when that wears off they don't tend to get shiny. As for the scraping sound you might get, I think that's down to technique. Sometimes you can use it to add to the sound, but with a small adjustment to the pick angle you can cancel it out. You will tend to notice it more when playing near the bridge though.

From the PC game 'Interstate '76' - I've always loved this little intro

When I was in Hungary a few years ago, I saw several second-hand basses like these in a market just outside Budapest. Very interesting to look at but unfortunately the ones I saw were in terrible nick.

Yep, that's true - some form of tarnish will always be there. All you can do is maintain a nice 'seasoned' tarnish and not let it go bad and end up looking very manky indeed!

Yep, I've never heard an adequate explanation for that effect either. But once you remember it as a rule it doesn't take all that long to absorb it into your playing. I must admit that when I used a lined fretless my brain would switch back to thinking I was playing a fretted bass, so when I actually bought a fretless for the first time (and ever since then) I've always gone for an unlined fretless.

[quote name='EssentialTension' post='742461' date='Feb 11 2010, 07:55 PM']I don't mean to deny your experience and I rarely play with a pic but I would expect a thicker stiffer pick to be faster than a thinner more flexible pick.[/quote] That depends on individual factors, I reckon. How you play, what you play, and then perhaps other factors such as how strong your hands are, etc.. I started off playing with thick picks but found that they were counterproductive for faster playing. Over time I've used thinner and thinner picks, used 1.14's for ages but now use .88s. I may even go one size thinner. Perhaps this is just because I'm 'getting old', mind you

[quote name='WarPig' post='740625' date='Feb 10 2010, 08:51 AM']Unlined? [/quote] Is unlined a real word...? If so, then yes I meant 'unlined' It'd be interesting to know how many were made by Fender, or what years they were for sale. You just don't see them very often.

Making a paste of water and baking soda and then leaving the machine in that overnight will probably do the trick, once you've cleaned it all up. You're never really going to get them looking like 100% new.

One thing I'm always on the lookout for is an unmarked fretless Precision, as not many of them seem to be out there.

[quote name='Low End Bee' post='740132' date='Feb 9 2010, 04:40 PM']My current theory is thinner teardrop shaped ones probably work better for people who don't use them all the time and big thick triangles work better for agricultural players like me who don't use fingers.[/quote] Well, the big triangles were a bit of nightmare for me - and I'm an agricultural player too! Always had them slip out of my fingers when shredding during long playing sessions. I used to have really strong hands and fingers at the time because of factory work I was doing. I prefer teardrops as they're faster for me to use. That said, up until recently I did use 1.14mm Tortex picks.

They were very good when I ordered a bass from them on-line recently.