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Thanks for that. The Villex pups are amazing. Massive output while remaining passive. Big lows, with a fabulous dub sound, smooth and warm, better than my Precision was with its Quarterpounders, and crisp, clear highs. You can punch through the live mix with the mid control, but I like to back the mid off a bit. You can't have the pickup volumes on full it's just mad loud, so again, I back both pickups off a bit. I used it live a couple of nights ago, and the bass tone just filled the sound out so much more than before, even the band have commented on it being the best sounding bass I've ever had. It's not what I'd call a traditional jazz type growl, not like Lindy Fralins, but it produces a modern twist on the jazz sound, and the range of tones available is stunning, just by turning the pots a tiny bit, the sound changes a lot, so less is more when dialling up your EQ.

'05 EBMM Stingray: '06 Fender Jazz with Villex pickups:

Nice, I'd love a 70's jazz, that one looks well loved.

[quote name='guitarnbass' post='17311' date='Jun 14 2007, 01:04 AM']The Paul Jackson vids are funny.[/quote] Yeah, he does waffle on a bit doesn't he, I can't understand half of what he says. The Marcus Miller section is very interesting but mostly talk. I'd recommend the Janek Gwizdala masterclass, and the Victor Wooten one is good too. As much as I love Stu Hamm I didn't get much from his bit and likewise Billy Sheehans bit because the camera work is crap, and the operator keeps talking to his mate all the way through. It's a great site, and well worth a look.

I was lucky Luke, I was made redundant and became a house husband looking after the kids while my wife worked. Which allowed me to gig six times a month with no problems with my previous band, but there's no way I could've managed that with a full time job and two young kids to look after. Work must come first (after family), unless you're lucky enough to earn enough proffesionally as a musician, so I'd go for the job prospects, and keep your music as your escape from work.

I generally leave them on 'till they just go completely dead. I'm expecting the recently put on Warwick Black Labels on my jazz to last a year at least. I had some on a Thunderbird that were still going strong after 18 months, 6 gigs a month plus rehearsals, that's pretty good going.

Both the DJ and the JO are superb basses in all respects. The Lindy Fralin pickups in the JO were some of the best I've heard. Buy one.

I couldn't live without my CD-BT1, it's indespensible to me. I use it every night for practise, so the amp can stay under the stairs. No-one can hear me, and I can play all day long without bothering anyone. If mine went kaput, I'd order another the same day. I have a case with it that has built in battery operated speakers, ok, they're a bit crap, but ok for fiddling out loud if you need to, not with a band though!! Generally I jam along to CDs on it, but you can plug an ipod into it and jam along to that too.

You're the devil you are, and I cast the holy water in your general direction. Stop tempting us with your evil wares.

It's funny, I do the single finger picking thing because my two fingered picking isn't great, I thought I was a bit of a freak playing that way, but apparently not. Great vid, thanks for the link, can't wait for October.

I walked out of a Level 42 gig two or three years back. The sound was terrible, and the venue was worse. Mark King never has had what I'd call a "meaty" sound, but the current setup is poor compared to the Jaydee IMO, lifeless and thin, as stated above.

That's just beautiful, the perfect bass as far as I'm concerned, and the same age as me too. My "Dream" bass now is a vintage Fender, Jazz or Precision, probably a good 70's model, anything older is out of my price range. If I came into some cash, that'd be what I'd be looking for. You lucky bugger.

I said it when the Thunder 3 was on BT and I'll say it again, top bass, beautiful looking, and I bet it sounds wicked.

[quote name='Muppet' post='8905' date='May 29 2007, 11:40 PM']I had one and it was a beauty! Superb build quality and sounded brilliant. You won't regret it (although the tuners were not the best) [/quote] +1 Japanese Fenders are superb, and like the Marcus Miller jazz, the only downside is the tuners, replace them and enjoy.

Marcus Miller Jazz and a Fender Precision are the two I'd like now, although I'd like an Epiphone Jack Casady too, that Rumblekat a couple of posts up is nice.

That Charvel's great, what a looker, and I bet the Dark Star sounds great too. I must admit, I'd like a semi, I quite fancied an Epi Jack Casady, there's a nice black one on the bay right now, but as usual, I'm skint.

Tommy Shannon's a great bass player to learn from. Any of Stevie Ray Vaughan's albums will give you some of the best blues bass you're likely to hear.

That's very nice, looks a bit like the Victor Bailey jazz doesn't it?

It's a simillar situation to a friend of mine, who has a Yamaha TRB 6, it sound fantastic in a practise situation, but live it had no punch at all. The Barts should be up the task from my experience, maybe John East is your answer, alternatively, you could look at Vilex pickups and electrics, the difference in tone once the Vilex pups and booster are put in is supposed to be nothing short of miraculous, but they're pricey, and I don't know if they make a 6 string setup.

Has anyone tried a "Westbury" bass? I've had the guitar version in the past, and that was a real cracker, but I've only ever seen one bass on ebay a long time ago. The Westone basses were great, I think they're under valued today. That Thunder 3 is fabulous.

They look great, especially the sequoia natural 6, very nice. I've always fancied a 6 stringer, but never had the balls to go for it. I've tried a couple off the wall in various shops, but that just made me wonder if I was up to it. I tried a nice Yamaha TRB 6, and that was nice, but like you, I couldn't afford it.

Hi all, I've been hovering in the shadows a while, so I thought I'd better join in, it looks like a good crack. I'm into all kinds of music, dub, jazz, funk, rock, whatever I'm in the mood for. Bass wise, I've got a Jazz and a Stingray, no effects though, I'm quite a traditional kinda guy, just a bass, a lead and an amp that's me. I'm hoping to get an upright at some point too, I'm a bit of a rockabilly fan, although I'm still working on my quiff. See y'all around at some point.