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Totally agree - Adam Neeley, Rick Beato and Scott Devine will give you (free - not even talking about Scott's subscription site) so much bass and wider music to work on, plus a broad industry perspective which is intelligent, witty and contemporary. The mags on the other hand are little more than advertising catalogues with bizarrely esoteric bass reviews interspersed with bearded post-metal players of which you've never heard. And Victor Wooten on an endless loop. That said, even the mighty Viz is being challenged online now by the consistently high hit-rate Daily Mash... (At least the wordy articles rather than the cartoons..)

Ibanez's Gerald Veasley (not the custom which is zillions) but the GVB36 has a famously narrow string spacing (14mm)

I was at this one...

Love RTF... 'Romantic Warrior' is great and so is the earlier 'Hymn to the Seventh Galaxy' with Bill Connor on guitar. Struggled a bit with their funk odyssey 'No Mystery' but the title track is great with Stanley on bull fiddle.

Sorry I missed directed you. I was referring to this: Which is neither a 5-string or 33" scale. But it is a Warwick so 1 out of 3. Sorry.

You seem to be deliberately intellectualizing your app here.... You should be going for usability and transparency. So it's a chord-suggester... there's plenty out there... And I for one think you should do that for yourself as part of the writing process.

Andertons have given this model another outing today....

That's a wonderful sight!

Only if they were a complete idiot. This is such a 'Basschat' thread - I want to turn my 'something' into 'something it's clearly not'! installing a whammy bar on a Hofner or converting a jazz bass into a Rickenbacker. Chowny have off the peg short scales.... there's a 33 Warwick for sale here currently. Bit more money will get you an Ibby Volo - lovely shortie 5 E-C. Loads of options.

Doesn't look like current or older models that I'm familiar with, but that said, Bernie is a customer maker and therefore may have made this as a one-off. I don't recognize the logo either: the lettering or the weird 'atom'. Also he tends to use 5 and 6 bolt neck-joints. The controls and bridge appointments don't look particularly high quality. On the other hand, Bernie has been known to finish his fretboards with a split fret at the top. And the 'Nightingale' pick-ups may refer to an earlier model from the range. Appears to be the pickups same as this: https://www.talkbass.com/threads/nightingale-bass-restoration-completed.416410/ Some good history from the posters in that thread too about Bernie and his bass companies. But this bass still could be a cheapie with Bernie PuPs... beware.

Also, in addition to truss rod adjustment, another consideration, particularly when going from E-C to B-G is the nut slot width. Going down a fourth requires a wider slot but going up a forth may result in some undesirable travel/positioning of a narrow string in too wider slot. The former is more risky as it has the potential to break the nut but I guess dedicated E-C nuts are much more uncommon. [Got a feeling that Ibanez' Volo E-C 5 came with two nuts? May be wrong could be another model.]

Very interesting. This whole market is coming along leaps and bounds. Would love to hear this and A/B with the DUG. Also see my (only slightly) tongue in cheek thread about a DarkGlass multi-effect which is basically this with a headphone out...

How do you best 'report' offending items Ped? The 'Compressor' thread is grinding my gears at the moment:

Erm... because of 'Donny Osmond Developments' right?

Really!? In this day and age? How come Cali and Keeley can get what they need?

I presume you meant 'can't' but still you post that? Do you commentate on all your thoughts? Go over to the 'favorite fretless albums' forum and post your fretted favourites...

And he has a rather nifty F-bass fretless five... See the TC Electronics vids of his signature soundprint.

God that's good. This album is a masterpiece and they did whilst still very young.

Richard Bona is a monster too...

Erm no it wasn't. I seem to remember it being his Godin. (At the Ronnie Scott's performance) anyway. Here at 1:50... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tbG5AbbnI8

Oh and let's throw Jeff Berlin a bone: 'Water on the Brain' from Allan Holdsworth's 'Road Games'

Jaco - 'Havona' on 'Heavy Weather' (see parallel Fretless album thread) Chris Squire - 'Does It Really Happen?' on 'Drama' Jimmy Johnson - 'Pud Wud' on Allan Holdsworth's 'Sand' Still very fond of Stanley Clarke - 'School Days'. More recently, virtually anything by Hadrien Feraud.

Jaco holy trinity for me: WR - 'Heavy Weather' Joni - 'Hejra' JP - 'Jaco Pastorius' I'd add Kate Bush - 'Hounds of Love'. And Hadrien Feruad played quite a bit of tasty fretless on 'The Vigil' with Chick too.