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Investigate Ed Friedland's books. (Gary Willis' too although they're more advanced.) http://www.amazon.co.uk/Jazz-Bass-Ed-Friedland/dp/0793565170/ref=sr_1_6?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1418382982&sr=1-6 Also check out Scott Bass Lessons YouTube channel and his advice on books specifically here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcnXcU-lEog&list=UUWTj3vCqkQIsrTGSm4kM34g And finally to learn Jazz I'd say transcribe... a lot!

Looks like a great bass. Enjoy. 1 more string works so well for bass in terms of how scales and modes fold out over the lower strings. So much potential for adding those thirds below to make boring triads into a gorgeous tetra-chord 7th. Key difference is YOUR psychology so get practising those scales over all the strings. P.S. I my experience Yamaha basses are built like tanks so you're on a journey with this one!

Good heavens! * Replaces monocle that's just popped out *

Now in available in a 5 too... http://www.ibanez.co.jp/usa/news/f_products/2014/workshop/terrafirma.html

Cheap as chips - although it'll probably the same price in £s if it ever makes it over here. Good way of testing out multiscale before laying out £3k+ on a Dingbat...

[quote name='dincz' timestamp='1416771512' post='2613438'] Nice! Her voice has a lot more "body" to it than I expected. [/quote] I agree - a whole register lower than I expected... Wow... she could really somewhere with that voice... (but she needs to ditch bass 'cause that roots her in 20th C muso hell.)

[quote name='Dazed' timestamp='1416678399' post='2612602'] And another.... Ain't no mountain high enough [media]http://youtu.be/kAT3aVj-A_E[/media] [/quote] God that was good... PS Mentioned before but here with link and well worth a listen is Squire's masterful 'Heart of the Sunrise' with his grit-tone of death.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwhMw5lwzNg

[quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1415624577' post='2602050'] I have never been impressed by this guy. Doesn't seem very 'together' as a player to me. Lots of 'wicketty woo' but not a great deal of content. Please signpost me to anything that proves me wrong. [/quote] Try this... [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lh6BB_rs5S4"]https://www.youtube....h?v=Lh6BB_rs5S4[/url] Solo comes in at about 1:50

I'd just play it straight as you've described... It sounds like its had good quality parts including Duncans.. If the work's been done well, if plays well and has a good tone, then that's fine. So it's a mongrel with a good pedigree... Just don't bill it as something it's not.

[quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1415279181' post='2598680'] For me, Chris Squire's sound has always been one which makes me go 'wow'. Other bass sounds that I love include Jaco, Bruford era Jeff Berlin (hate his sound now), Jimmy Johnson, Steve Swallow and Anthony Jackson. I never really tried to emulate the tone of any of this group, though. [/quote] Squire usually gets a good tone... although some albums he's killed by the mix - Topographic and Relayer cases in point: killer playing but mushy. Fragile however is just stunning in terms of his tone and presentation in the mix. Agree with the Jeff Berlin point - he had that lovely P-Bass Barts sound on Bruford and also Holdsworth's Road Games; the latter really show-casing his dense chordal playing really well. Today however, he's just got this sour chorus tone. Lovely Jimmy Johnson too who get's that cavernous Alembic fundamental tone. I think this comes out best on Chad Wackerman's first solo album, also with Allan Holdsworth. Steve Swallow's got that weird Parker & felt pick thing going on. Anthony Jackson for me is a bit 'emperor's new clothes'. Sometimes I think he ain't that good and then I think maybe he is. Currently I'm erring towards astounding: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rxYw7Y45Eo

[quote name='gary mac' timestamp='1414826634' post='2593639'] Listening to Chris Squire, Fragile or the Yes Album through proper old school hi-fi [/quote] [quote name='Meypelnek' timestamp='1414793116' post='2593476'] I am definetly not a Jazz Bass Guy, but Geddy Lee's tone is absolutely great. As far as I know he uses Tech21 RPI and Orange-Amps. Not to forget his unique right hand one finger technique. [/quote] With you both guys... I'm really getting into the quintisential bass grit tone at the mo' My reference standard is Squire's mighty HoTS tone: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwhMw5lwzNg

Geddy Lee and Rizzle Kicks... hmmn. I'll pass. I'm sure Geddy will do a good turn on the bass - hope it's Real Me, WGFA or Pinball... and it ends up on YouTube.

[quote name='ash' timestamp='1415130467' post='2597098'] reminds me of those Carvin basses [/quote] [size=4]SB or [color=#545454][font=arial, sans-serif]Sekou [/font][/color][font=arial, sans-serif][color=#545454]Bunch - apparently now discontinued. I think it looks like a Tokai Talbo[/color][/font][/size]

After a helpful ID and coating debate here: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/246720-what-strings-have/"]http://basschat.co.u...t-strings-have/[/url] I ordered my strings 24 hours ago, free delivery and here in my hand are a set D'Addario pro-steels 40-125! Great service - and the ability to use Amazon pay too.

Great bass player... awful band... Much, much prefer Niacin.

OK, good advice so far... but do I want Nickel or Steel? What are the merits of each metal?

So cue Oasis reunion... cynical, boring and inevitable...

Sad but not unexpected... he went so thin... Any way great musician, bass player, composer and singer... And a great bloke by the looks of it... Sad loss.

[quote name='owen' timestamp='1414095342' post='2585900'] It's concievable that she is earning a living at music. Imagine that. [/quote] Good for her! Really - she's very talented. Not for music though...

Here's the thing. She is really, really good but she's not doing anything new. And that's why music is dying...

No. paradoxically they do make bass amps - witness the signature dug model which looks pretty tasty: http://www.tech21nyc.com/products/amps/bass/dugvt1000.html

Jon Shuker set-up my GB like John Entwistle liked his basses... 'strings under the frets'!

Hmmmn right.... ribbon cabling aside. You'r proposing the tech of 23 mobile phones for a dwindling audience of conservative 30 plus-year olds who comprise the core market. (I include myself in that demographic unfortunately...) for an instrument that you'd be hard pushed to find in the top-20 singles. The same audience that has whole discussion threads on the merits of Fender changing from 3-bolt to 4-bolt neck joints.. Not gonna happen... nice discussion topic though..

SBL have just started this today... see what you think... http://www.scottsbasslessons.com/beginners/slap-bass-getting-started.html

Until you browse BC's Bass Porn...