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Love the song... video is a bit Mighty Boosh at the end...?

I'd go with the sound advise presented above... go to the Bass Gallery and try a few different ones out... Sei, Overwater and AC are awesome. The scale IMO is not very important... but the string tension is... so make sure you're aware of what you're playing if you like it (scale length x string gauge). You don't need to spend £4.5 to get a great bass. You just need to have the patience to try a few to see what suits you. All the names suggested are good. I'd add Goodfellow, who I can testify to, make great 5's where the B becomes part of the whole and can be played all up the neck without a difference in tone to the other strings. Bare this in mind when you play 5's which have a good natural 'b' but the fretted notes become 'flubby' up the neck.

So I'm hearing good things about Sire and of course there's the endorsement from Mr Miller himself. I've seen the other threads (about fretted) but wondered if anyone has tried or owns their fretless basses? How do the shape up? Sound? Playability? Anyone compared them to Squier's vintage modified fretless of a few years ago? visog

[quote name='CamdenRob' timestamp='1447919335' post='2911405'] This is very true... I picked up a Roscoe fretless sixer last week from the BC marketplace for a ridiculous price. [/quote] Good score... it may actually justify buying a top-quality fretless 6 like a Roscoe and getting it fretted and the nut done to turn it back into something usable for us mortals...

[quote name='Dazed' timestamp='1447857706' post='2910984'] It gets worse as I even think I'd like fretless!! Yours Doomed Up North. [/quote] Well you'll have the pick of the stock 'cause not many people want one and they end up cluttering up bass shops all over. Bargain hard and you could get quite a deal.

Yes legato here too. Just as the OP asked. Great for zipping round the neck or adding a fast lick or articulation. Here's Scott Devine's free lesson on the matter which is good: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKd0n4nn19c I'd be interested hear how any other BCers bring out the sound without great gobs of distortion ah la Billy Sheehan?

This is lovely BTW...

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1447621107' post='2909057'] Absolutely love Eberhard, have done for years, and pretty much everything on ECM records. Thanks for posting. [/quote] Just avoid L Shankar's 'The Epidemics' - worst use of talent ever! (L Shankar, Steve Vai & Percy Jones)

[quote name='BlueJazz' timestamp='1446381852' post='2898887'] Hi Guys, You might like to watch the video below. All the harmonic combinations possible were comprehensively codified by Slonimsky in his book, which you can find here: [url="http://www.u.arizona.edu/~gross/Slonimsky/Thesaurus.of.Scales.And.Melodic.Patterns.Nicolas.Slonimsky.pdf"]http://www.u.arizona...s.Slonimsky.pdf[/url] for free. The video below shows you how to make use of just one of these harmonic patterns for a 7b9 scale over a major dominant scale e.g. G7 Fascinating but a life's work of practicing and soloing Happy harmonising ... BlueJazz [color=#EAE2EE][font=Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=2][url="https://youtu.be/-Pr68duMGn4"][color=#EAE2EE]https://youtu.be/-Pr68duMGn4[/color][/url][/size][/font][/color] [/quote] Thanks for the PDF - been after this for ages. Can't see the link to the soloing application?

Oh man.... that is awesome. Glorious!

So the Ken Smith looks like a nice design but @ 1:35 we see a very nice single cut from the exotic and rare (on this side of the pond) Surine basses: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Vl_qn5-Qos

Shark pro-active (4-string, two hyperactive pick-ups)

...early teens bass players have more chops than you've ever had... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3w0JZpaHDz4 Tone's a bit middley though...

Yes - Hadrien who kicks things off is a monster! Played with Chic Corea's Vigil for a while as well as John McLaughlin. But he's the only one I know of... I'd recommend Eric Czar who does some amazing vid but not sure if he plays with anyone of note. visog

Remco Hendrix is in this vid too: http://basschat.co.uk/topic/268362-got-bass-chops/page__st__30 Scroll down for ep 2...

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I'll go Bruford and Squire in early Yes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqCD1iRVrRE And of course on 'Fish Out of Water'

So not pitch to midi and works for bass - any experience? £500 or so... Keith Lemon here demonstrating... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvzEVazR4Uo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anU7-MjnlQA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPHUyxsTVT0 And finally an Andertons vid from today using guitar but don't let that put you off... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKuixTNLe5A Experience and opinions welcome... visog

I thought you were talking about Anthony Jackson or Bill Dickens...

[quote name='ezbass' timestamp='1444459919' post='2883360'] Remove the s from http [/quote] Good call! JW's crunch tone on UK nails it, as does his vocals. Great album. Plus it has Bill Bruford and Allan Holdsworth - prog jazz rock gold!

RIP https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwhMw5lwzNg

So I was in the market for a bass distortion... tried out the range. Marcus set them up and Mark looked over proceedings. Great range to try.. EBS and Darkglass notably. I think Mark is a prickly fish if you go in with a load of old school Fender mojo baloney. He's definitely from the new world of bass which is what are you wanting to do... here's the tools to do it... And there's no better choice in the UK for high end except perhaps the Gallery - close call. All that said, he's never gonna shift that gold sparkle Mayones bass unless Prince comes in the store...

Nine hours for two weeks! Wow I'm surprised. The arrangements weren't as sophisticated as say Mahavishnu. They seemed to me at least looser and more improvisational. Saw the JM Trio with three different bassists: Eckhardt, Di Piazza & Berlin. All good (even Jeff Berlin when he shuts up) - but I got tired of JM on nylon string. Prefer him on steel - electric or acoustic.

The drummer (boxist?) help coax it from a bass noodle to a tune. As does the great arrangements. Nice chord progression... Good spot! Also I'd love a J with an action like that!

I quite enjoyed the Wal I tried in what would become PMT Manchester. The electrics were all funny and sweepy but sounded good. A bit like when I try Alembics I end up with a god-awful tone. As a point of note, Geddy Lee achieved his worst tone ever during his Wal days. Very flappy. Mick Karn and Percy Jones sounded good on them. So in conclusion, beauty is in the eye... I think you get the same sort of manic fan base for any rarefied bass - Alembic, Status, etc. It's not the sole preserve of Wals.