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Oh wow... don't remember that. Never heard him be racist. He's complained of discrimination for being jewish, not being a scientologist (Chick) or not into Sri Chimnoy (John McLaughlin) but I don't recall him being racist. Can you evidence this claim?

He also endorsed Badass bass bridges for ages and Bart' pick-ups. And as I recall, a rather spiffing Peavey called a Palladium after his Fender precision mod with a graphite neck & a bart got stolen...

Oops.

I think that's the root of the whole thing... he came up in the late 70s with a technique on par with Jaco (maybe) and Stanley but without the compositional skills or band forum showcase to project him. You can find his best work on Patrick Moraz 'Story of I', the four Bruford albums and my favourite JB, with Allan Holdsworth on 'Road Games'. These are not records that worried the chart compilers to any great extent... I saw him play a mind-blowing gig with John McLaughlin and Trilok Gurtu... but it never made it to records. I think some people find him hard to get along with due to the chip on his shoulder about not being recognised in the same way as Jaco or Stanley. Plus he's had other issues, parents holocaust survivors which casts long shadows and I think one of his kids had cancer but pulled through. Hope he gets back to playing with his trio with Scott Henderson and the mighty Denise Chambers... loads of potential there... Loved some of their Weather Report arrangements with guitar...

What was the original post? He's been in and out of therapy for ages. Not heard too much from him since he moved to Nashville. May be more to do with his career trajectory, success at integrating with the session scene, and his teaching website than simply a twitter reaction.

That's pretty niche scanning Sandberg basses but good luck with the venture. Do you do fours or is it fives only?

Would love to hear that combo of tonal goodies...

Thought it was going to be Sting and Shaggy. Or Motorhead and the Nolans... no really! Going back a bit now though.

I stand corrected. For those interested, the bass has popped up on Warwick's customer shop site: http://warwick.de/en/Warwick---Products--Instruments--Customshop---Masterbuilt--Basic-Bass-Models--Discontinued-Customshop--Discontinued-Models--Fortress---18-3758--5-string--Pictures.html I wonder what was involved with changing the body shape? Did Joe sit with a Warwick designer? How far can you go before they say, "that's too far off the body shape template"

His Warwick can't be much lighter with all that metal paraphernalia on it!?

Probably a deal/endorsement I'm guessing. Warwick are pretty savvy working with I/net musicians and educators to promote the brand to the blogging generation. Given Warwick's pricing, I bet the price of that bass is not too far of the Fodera.

Sure sign of GAS - inventing a new category of playing context for which to require a new bass: live - check, recording - check, ah 'jam nights!' Need a JD.. and what about... 'Fretless jam nights!? You need to get that sorted pretty quick too. Don't forget the classic general purpose 'beater' but I guess your road-worn fulfills that category. 'FRETLESS BEATER!' (Sorry bass Tourettes)

The Bass Gallery has one for sale now... https://thebassgallery.com/collections/bass/products/overwater-original Less than a G-ster...

I'll contribute with my Two Notes Le Bass pre-amp. Does a musical crunch but the surprise was the articulate clean sound. Adds such a lyrical fingerstyle tone across lows, mids, highs and super-highs, it makes playing dynamics a pleasure...

Here's a promising Rick upgrade as an example... Go with Johnny... he's erm, 'enthusiastic' but I'm liking these appointments...

Really! You put a Gibson Grabber pick-up in a Rick!? Erm OK... I haven't heard it so can't comment on the sound but it appears to be an unusual approach... There are lots of resources on the Net for de-crapifying your RIck whilst enhancing the sacred Rick-o-Tone clank. Please tell me you're not going to set a Hofner neck in there too to complete your Frankenrickengibbon?

Not me but I'd be interested to hear too. Pretty rare birds these. I thought of them as sort of Eastern take on 80s/90s boutique basses like some of the top-scale Ibanez basses...?

Agree with the sentiment and this near spiritual quest has been undertaken by many on the 'Effects' forum. with many practical examples of how to achieve this without massive investment - latest contender in a long line being the Tech21 dUg pedal causing great excitement. I'll cite Chris Squire as my tone ambassador in this area...

Just trying out 'quim'...

Basschatters, Not sure if you've been following the development of Joe's signature Warwick? Well here it is and it looks great - probably very expensive but great... Here's Joe's unboxing video:

Erm... where did we land on this... Ultimate rock bass has got to deliver for the OP... Spend half my life (literally) listening to Chris Squire and Geddy making this sound awesome... despite all the flaws. P.S. may have to bi-amp and crunch the stinky poo out of the high end...

Ok cool not seen that before. Love a P-bass. Takes some effort to tame that forkiness but truly the standard by which all others are judged. If you can sound good on this...

No one going to comment on that weird fret diagram at the end of the OP... sort of multiscale but not in a way I've seen before...??? How does this feature on your bass? Does it sound better?

Mods, Why do we bother with 'Off Topic', 'Bass Guitars', 'Effects' & 'Theory & Technique' when people routinely hose their womble-butter at 'General Discussion'. Seriously, are we not monitoring and moving anymore? We need strict discipline in this area. Stabbin's too good for them. Please draw blood. Arch Bishop Desmond 22 PS How the flip does one swear on this counting forum!?