Chris2112

I think I would have enjoyed that more if I could speak Spanish! If you're a Vega fan, check this out...cool bass too! [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDne1Q-AYbE&feature=related"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDne1Q-AYbE...feature=related[/url]

Very nice! I particularly liked the double thumbed bits.

I don't think there is anything wrong with playing 6'ers in most contexts, though if you're just a pub band doing pub covers then you'll probably not 'need' the extended range and the other benefits of having a 6. If you're in a functions band or other highly rehearsed professional covers band then they can be quite useful. I'd quite like to get back into playing 6 strings, I might give that a punt next year. I used to have a Status Stealth 6 string that was a great bass...

[quote name='essexbasscat' post='1338483' date='Aug 13 2011, 09:57 AM']I've known guitarists to jump on the bassline too. When asked why, I was told "Well, there's nothing else for me to do". Strewth[/quote] This sort of attitude winds me up. I don't like musicians who think every moment of every song must have something to contribute from them. It's usually the players who leave space who sound better, as they better frame their musical ideas and tend to be much more memorable for it. I love busy playing, but busy playing from everyone in a band all the time throughout every song would be a nightmare!

I've just picked up fretless bass again after a good few months off, and I'm just getting my ear back in. It's a little different for every fretless bass, that feeling of getting back to grips with it again. Great work as ever from Mike!

Who made that fretless bass again?

I'm not that bothered about neck profiles, though there are a few necks I don't like, such as the baseball bat efforts of some post 2000 Warwicks and anything that feels slow and clubby like a P bass or a Gibson. I've found the asymmetrical neck of my ACG Harlot S Type is a real joy. That's something special. And I love my Status Series II neck, quite slim abd aided by the effortlessly low action of the bass.

Typically you'll be wanting to avoid the post Millenium Warwicks, as that's when then they started using a fatter D shaped neck as opposed to the slimmer C profile.

Might as well just start playing like Victor Wooten...no keyboard player could copy that!

I wonder if Jonas Hellborg still has his old double neck. And I wonder if his back could stand playing it! He used to have a few Wal basses back in the day. I wonder how many he has now.

Time to get those old Rush records on and get shedding!

Excellent bass for cruise ship gigs! If the boat ever sinks you can use the neck as an oar to row your lifeboat to safety! Enjoy the new bass!

It's just a shame they don't make their 'Slapper' bass anymore, it was headless with a carbon fibre neck and Bartolini pickups IIRC. A very special bass indeed!

Ibanez SR basses popped straight to mind for their slim necks, small bodies and light weight. They're not a million miles away from what you're already enjoying.

This rings of "newbie bassist". The fact is, the bass that is best for you is what you should be taking, as the initial question is akin to "how long is a piece of string". That said, I'd take the jazz but it doesn't really matter as you won't really be able to tell what bass you're playing once you've got the requisite distortion ladled on.

I've always liked Roscoe basses, the combination of fine woods, and interesting body shape and Bartolini pickups is a cornerstone of American bass design! I can remember when Roscoe basses weren't widely available in the UK, but since they have become available over here their prices have started looking a tad unrealistic for me. They are very pricey and I think, as far as getting the best bang to buck goes, you can get a lot mire for your money. Either that or buy used, as their value really seems to plummet on the used market to a level more in line with other basses. It's fair to say few basses hold their value on the used market. Unless it's a special case bass like a Wal, a Fodera or a Ken Smith you'll always lose money.

I've never seen a cover band able to do a good version of 'You Can Call Me Al' by Paul Simon. It usually down to a number of factors, things like the keys sound never being bright enough and just sounding wrong. The guitarist never gets their sound right either. The drums are never played with enough punch or insistency. But the main failing is usually the bass, probably because I'm so familiar with what it should be like. The biggest problem is usually players using a fretted bass. It just sounds wrong from the off. And the bass solo is a massive stumbling block, but I'd rather see something than naff bands where the song stops and rather than have any bass solo the guitarist or the keyboard player fluffs out a bar of nonsense.

This sort of thing has always annoyed me. Usually I find it's bored keyboard players who are the worst for it. They'll whack on some big, fat, square wave bass sound and double up basslines with no feel or groove, meaning the whole song ends up sounding like some crap pub band. Luckily it hasn't happened very often, because I've been fortunate to avoid playing music with bellends most of the time.

Well, it just goes to show that everyone can have a bad day.

Get a Streamer or a Thumb. There are various Streamers that can be had for decent prices, mainly LX models but with a few Jazzman models in there too. I paid £590 for a bolt on Thumb two years ago, it was a 1999 model in mint condition; they are fantastic deals. I would avoid the Corvettes personally because I don't like the shape or the pickup placement. The best Warwick IMO is the Thumb, thats what Warwick is all about. I'd avoid any of the $$ models or any model which uses a lot of ash wood, like the ash bodied Corvette Standards. They just don't sound quite 'Warwick' to me!

Makes them sound better too!

[quote name='dc2009' post='1332973' date='Aug 8 2011, 11:38 PM']They found £90m for Somalia, which went out on the quiet, and sure enraged me enough, I'd hope they could find some for their own people.[/quote] We shouldn't be giving a penny to Somalia, we need the cash here.

They're fairly good basses. I've owned two of the jazz basses and found them quite enjoyable.

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' post='1332412' date='Aug 8 2011, 05:16 PM']We can't all have Chris2112's chops can we? [/quote] You know me Pete, always fumbling in the style of Mark King or Geddy Lee or whatever else takes my fancy!

Flatwounds. I can think of about one musical situation where I would want to use them and then after that, no.