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Posted a link on this too from the Namm show. I think it looks better than the fugly Warwick!

From the recent NAMM show. Coverage of the single-cut from 3:00. Wonder how much? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Py4lee37lGs And does 'Workshop' mean special order Japan/States only?

[quote name='BetaFunk' timestamp='1390514592' post='2346404'] Jolly good for you. Most enlightening. [/quote] Oh I see, it's one of those threads where even the mildest criticism is frowned upon..

I'll go Sandberg TM5...

Love a Fender P hot-rod... Gassing for this beaut... http://www.bassdirect.co.uk/bass_guitar_specialists/Sandberg_VM5_TB_VIB.html

Eurm... heard him do better than 'da blues'. Prefer the Stan Getz

[quote name='Bill' timestamp='1389816116' post='2338304'] Amazing, i take it that was with The Vigil? have been listening to their album and found a solo i want to transcribe, so that will be up in a month or two! [/quote] Yes with the Vigil. Great concert. Very loose sound compared with say, the Elektric Band. Hadrien was astounding - much of which was on his fretless. Chic looked very engaged and focused.

I always wanted to try his Peavey Palladium. Apparently it was a great bass and a steal at circa £300 at the time? Anyone got one? P.S. The Cort looks ridiculous...

I thought it was going to be Anthony Jackson? Bit too smooth for my liking... And that bass doesn't have enough strings...

Rick-o-Sound all the way! Steinberger was meh. The Wal was flappy. The current Jazz sounds good but is getting over-grindy. It helps that the Rick co-insided with their best work IMHO.

"Hadrien Feraud is a Monster!" He is! Caught him recently at Ronnie Scott's with Chic. Well done for transcribing... I bet your ear and chops have improved...

[quote name='MiltyG565' timestamp='1389678261' post='2336810'] On a serious note - how far into the vast genre of Jazz does Air lie? [/quote] About as far as Darts is 'into the vast genre of' Sport... Don't get me wrong, 'Moon Safari' is a great album but it's hardly Bird. If you like things spacious and textural, I'd try 'Kind of Blue' from the main Miles canon.

[quote name='geoffbyrne' timestamp='1388870920' post='2327271'] I had a TRB1005 Fretless, which was lovely in every way - beautifully finished & engineered and the equal of at least 90% of the proprietory models on themarket. My prob with it was the 35" scale was throwiing my 34" muscle memory intonation off just enough to make me have to concentrate on it rather than the music. G. [/quote] I had one of these too. Built like a tank, lots of tonal options with the 3-band. I'd imagine the 6-fretted is a great bass. John Patitucci certainly makes the premier versions sound good...

[b] Solo bass guitar DVD recommendations[/b] Yes... avoid them! Much as I love playing the bass, you have to look at it from a listener's point of view and trudging through a harmonic muddy field is hard work. It's fine for an amp demo at a music show but monotonous after a while to hear a single instrument. (I find this with solo classical guitar and piano too.) Give me drums, strings, synthesizers, vocals, bagpipes please. Let's face it Victor Wooten's great but I couldn't eat a whole one...

Cool! What bass is that? Are those Barts in there?

Agreed with previous posters... Time to stop blaming bass/strings/action/genes/ozone layer and just play the music you hear in your head..

Who buys flatwound bass strings as a Christmas present? It's a bit specific isn't it? Anywho, I'm skeptical... I come from the John Entwistle/Chris Squire school of 'clank' to get some sort of tonal definition in the mix. On the jazz side, Stanley's not averse to trebely super-wounds either. And Jaco used roundwounds. So 'boo' to this thread.

Sound good to me although so many options could be baffling. Pity this guy didn't try out the options in fingerstyle. I think they look like the Geddy Lee style Wals... I think they're quite expensive though so try before you buy I guess. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcWbVd36Y0I[/media] Edit: Actually I've just seen more vids under the Username. Definitively worth checking out.

Jimmy Earl - great player and licker.

Hmmm those look simple... BTW the same thumbnail twice?

[quote name='Lord Sausage' timestamp='1387049450' post='2307834'] Another lecturer introduced us to this, which we loved. Then made us play it as part of our ensemble exam. I had great lecturers! [media]http://youtu.be/kRkkJKf-hnA[/media] [/quote] It's a great album. John Wetton's tone, playing and singing on this is great. Allan Holdsworth is his usual genius. Bill Bruford is killing and Eddie Jobson plays some massive fat paddy synths too. A classic. Pity this was it for this line-up.

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbIIoQtbB2k"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbIIoQtbB2k[/url] Man that's fugly..

You need a Rick in that line-up! Chris Squire and Geddy both get awesome crunch tones out of theirs... Good vid BTW... intrigued that the Stagg held it's own alongside others costing x10 as much!

Talking of ramps on Warwicks... here's Jazzmunki (is that a euphamism?) demonstrating his neat 4 finger technique which a ramp helps. Matt Garrison developed this and Mr Munki here does a great funky job of applying it... [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCHMqajchDM&list=TL8DWzH0CVPb75BvvhgYPrFwyHxRa7Gris[/media]

So I've got a TC Electronics BC500 rig and a GB with more DB boost than you'd imagine so my question is, would a tube bass pre-amp round out the clean sound of the TC rig? Would it offer me any more tonal options? Advice please...