SJA

if you've wired it right the centre position (of an ON/ON/ON toggle switch) should be single coil-
you can check by touching the polepieces to see if just one row/coil is connected.
if it's the neck-most coil selected it will sound a bit like a Rick bridge pickup.
the bridge-most coil will sound more like a Jazz bass bridge pickup.

parallel should sound scooped like a stingray (bring on the Pino impressions), and series should be fat with lots of mids and output.

[url="http://www.jazzfm.com/"]http://www.jazzfm.com/[/url]

a welcome relief from the landfill indie infesting BBC radio playlists.

Mark King still uses 30-90 gauge.

can't remember what Stanley Clarke uses, but I think it's in the same ballpark.

[quote name='Shockwave' post='301386' date='Oct 7 2008, 02:39 PM']As a term of reference, Geddy Lee Uses Roto's 30-90 on his Jazz, And he can really pull those strings![/quote]

he did in the 80's, on his Wal's, but now he uses 45-105.

Forbes also played on a couple of songs by Kirsty Maccoll just after getting booted from Simple Minds (probably via the Steve Lilywhite connection from Sparkle in the rain)-
her cover of New England,
[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlJ_UnMkHu4"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlJ_UnMkHu4[/url]
and He's on the beach, which I'd never heard before-
[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7W1p8odZ_E"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7W1p8odZ_E[/url]
(and it looks like him in the video posing as a reporter...)

I've got Rotosound Jazz flatwounds on my Hohner fretless ABG, quite an idiosyncratic setup as it's a high action, and 35-95 gauge.
sounds quite double-bass-like, but not much acoustic volume. you can hear it on the main loop line on my track "fluxivity" and some others on my myspace & soundclick players.

yeah, you can use normal electric roundwound strings on an ABG.

but specific acoustic bass phosphor bronze strings give more acoustic volume and acoustic-guitar-type zing.

electric flatwounds give a double bass type sound.

in theory you could even use rubber strings as on an Ashbory, if the pickup is a piezo in the bridge, as on most ABG's.

[quote name='kingforaday' post='296987' date='Oct 1 2008, 07:36 PM']also the screw is in the wrong place on schallers (off to one side) compared to the ones i'm replacing (below),[/quote]

Gotoh GB7 (and the cheap copy versions), and Hipshot Ultralites have the mounting screw centred.

the new JazzFM (confusingly on DAB) is 128kbps stereo.

[quote name='SJA' post='152032' date='Mar 5 2008, 10:03 PM'][url="http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/feb/28/guardianmediagroup.radio?gusrc=rss&feed=media"]http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/feb/2...&feed=media[/url]

JazzFM to relaunch on DAB?[/quote]

JazzFM is relaunching on DAB tomorrow-
[url="http://www.jazzfm.com/"]http://www.jazzfm.com/[/url]

(BTW Planet Rock was saved)

here's a toggle switch explanation-
[url="http://www.stewmac.com/cgi-bin/hazel.cgi?action=SERVE&sku=i-4000&PG=7&s1=Free_info_sheets&item=freeinfo/fi.html"]http://www.stewmac.com/cgi-bin/hazel.cgi?a...reeinfo/fi.html[/url]
and pickup wiring diagrams-
[url="http://www.stewmac.com/freeinfo/Electronics.html"]http://www.stewmac.com/freeinfo/Electronics.html[/url]
an ON/ON/ON switch should give you series/single/parallel selections.

a continuity tester or multimeter comes in handy for figuring out switch contacts and pickup wires.

[quote name='YouMa' post='298741' date='Oct 3 2008, 05:03 PM']Yes it was me carol and i did all that jimmy jamerson stuff as well.[/quote]

hi there, sorry i downloaded a rip of your Jazz Bass book + CD the other day.
I'll buy it legitmately one day, I promise.

here's a clip of Dave Larue using a Kahler-equipped Sterling-
[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-zvHWBdY8Y"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-zvHWBdY8Y[/url]
closeup at 1.15 and solo at 1.41.

[quote name='bilbo230763' post='298500' date='Oct 3 2008, 12:17 PM']When I played jazz 'live' on The National Lottery Live, I was miming to a recording of myself (as played by Carol Kaye) but the images on screen bore no relationship whatsoever with what the audience was hearing. I guess its an occupational hazard with TV work.[/quote]

did the audience hear a pick?

[quote name='Smash' post='297130' date='Oct 1 2008, 11:16 PM']I really like this, please tell me why I shouldn't buy it?[/quote]

it's probably rather heavy due to the 2-tek bridge.

looks like the video editor (probably a non-musician) put the footage of Norman playing the chorus over the footage of Dury singing the verse.

there's a similarly out-of-sync bass closeup in the vid of Simple Minds' Waterfront-
[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4jJ6hoq7YM"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4jJ6hoq7YM[/url]
at 1.21 and 2.25, the slapping and fingerstyle clips are in the wrong respective places.

a pertinent blog entry by Manager/ex-V2 A&R man Ben Wardle on producers-
[url="http://benwardle.blogspot.com/2008/09/how-i-became-drug-runner.html"]http://benwardle.blogspot.com/2008/09/how-...rug-runner.html[/url]

Dave Larue had a trem on his Sterling bass.

[quote name='OldGit' post='295637' date='Sep 30 2008, 05:04 PM']Sorry to be cynical but what people endorse in adverts and play on stage (and the video!) and what they play in the studio may not always be the same [/quote]

if you look closely at the ad it says "hear CR play an ESP - on tour with David Bowie and on the let's dance album".
still could be endorsement deal lies though....

ps. actually, it looks like it was an ESP
[url="http://cgi.ebay.com/1983-CARMINE-ROJAS-OF-THE-DAVID-BOWIE-BAND-IN-AN-ESP-AD_W0QQitemZ350059387461QQihZ022QQcategoryZ85852QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp1638Q2em118Q2el1247QQ_trksidZp1638Q2em118Q2el1247"]http://cgi.ebay.com/1983-CARMINE-ROJAS-OF-...Q2em118Q2el1247[/url]

interesting interview here-
[url="http://www.espguitars.com/artists_interviews.html"]http://www.espguitars.com/artists_interviews.html[/url]

he likes EMG pickups.

"half talent, half social skills", words of wisdom, indeed.

it's either a Spector NS2 (with PJ pickups) or a Fender P also with PJ setup, as that's what he was playing in pictures & videos (see the vid for "Modern love") around that time.

play with a pick, steel roundwounds, both pickups on favouring the neck pickup slightly, maybe boost a bit of 2K if needed.

thoughtful use of the headless design to bring the overall length down....

"slightly contoured"- it's got full arm contouring on the front and belly contouring on the back!

the body end of the neck on a Tele should be square, not rounded as on a P or J.

Planet Rock are giving away a BB-
[url="http://www.planetrock.co.uk/article.asp?id=902596"]http://www.planetrock.co.uk/article.asp?id=902596[/url]