jazzyvee

I've had that problem with my strat hard case and decided to stop locking it and got myself a lockable luggage strap that has a combination lock and put that round the middle instead. It now goes round my flight cases when I'm using them and with the lock under the handle its safe from being knocked about. Similar to this one Jazzyvee

I personally use a different set of muting practices and they seem to operate sub consciously now rather than me employing anything directly. But it seems like for most of my playing I use my left hand to mute strings I'm not using but other times my right thumb mutes the B string, my little finger mutes the E-string and left hand mutes the rest. As a guitarist also I used the tips of the fretting fingers to touch the strings adjacent to the ones I'm playing to stop them ringing so I naturally do this for bass also. If I'm going for a deliberate muted tone on my bass lines I tend to use the edge of my right hand near the bridge and pluck strings with my thumb and forefinger. Not sure what happens with slapping as it's not my main string hitting technique but whatever is muting at that time seems to work and keep the non played strings quiet. Gary Willis's technique is challenging. Jazzyvee

[quote name='Clarky' timestamp='1382295088' post='2250306'] To be serious, I think its just because it doesn't follow simple verse, chorus, verse, chorus etc and therefore becomes somehow mysterious, intellectual and 'pseud-y' to many. Probably the same would apply if you played some of the prog rock excesses (eg, 'Tales of Topographic Oceans') to many people. [/quote] Nicely put Clarky. As well as a musician I'm also a Jazz radio presenter and when I first got into doing this programme I had quite a few callers who said that they wanted to listen to jazz but didn't know what was going on or what to buy to listen to. So I produced a series of programmes where I picked well known "popular" songs so that the user could in their mind establish the song format and the melody chorus etc. Once that was done I then played lightly jazzed up versions of them and then later programmes I did the same process but used stronger more progressive versions of some of the songs with different instruments taking solo's and the heads etc. I went on to try to point out what instrumentation was doing what in the track. I have to say the response from the audience was incredible. They got the hang of it and for most people they just didn't understand what was supposed to be going on or what each individual instrument was being played. For the most part I got the view that a large proportion of non musicians do not, or are not able to break down a peice of music they are hearing into separate instruments so for them listening to jazz can be sort of overload, with all these sounds going on at the same time. But yes many people just turn off from jazz without even trying to work it out. I'm a lot like that with Rap and Hip hop. It leaves me totally cold. I guess this thread is an example of why it is a blessing to have so many genres of music out there to choose from. I know audiences are pretty low for jazz gigs as well but how do we change the perception and get more people to accept jazz and equally important suport it by going to gigs and buying the music. (if anyone has any self produced, written etc jazz based music, I'm alway looking for new stuff to play on air, PM me and I'll send you a postal address) Jazzyvee

[quote name='paulflan0151' timestamp='1382301412' post='2250471'] A bass from this guy! [/quote] What guitar is this!!!???? Looks fab.

I don't really rate the standard C&C style cases http://ggqualitycase.com that tend to come with guitars. The hinges and clips seem like they are from old 1030's suitcases and are not very sturdy. I've had them burst on my strat cases so I never use them outside the house now. As it happens my basses came with those style cases and I've tried selling them here and on Ebay and not had any joy. They are only used to store the basses in whilst at home. When out on gigs they are either in a good quality gig bag or flight case depending on if they are in my car or the van. I think having the original case if you are selling is not going to do you any harm especially if you are throwing it in and not adding more to the price. May be a bit comforting to a buyer too. Jazzyvee

[color=#333333][font=Trebuchet,]Alembic Series I or II Short Scale Bass and F1-x[/font][/color]

I have a mesa walkabout and 3 mesa powerhouse cabs 2x10, 4x10 and 1x15 that in use in various combinations as needed. Mostly its the walkabout and the 4x10. I play reggae and jazz-funk so and prefer clean only sound so and I can't fault the mesa gear it sounds great for me. It stays clean for as loud as I need the cabs to be. It is the only bass rig I've ever had so I could be seen to have a bias. I bought the amp, 2x10 and 1x15 together although had to wait for about 3 months for the 1x15 to arrive as apparently there were sold out when I ordered mine. I got a good discount below MRRP price and was happy with that. I got an absolute steal on the 4x10 via ebay for just under £400 and the seller bought it new 6 weeks earlier but preferred the Diesel cabs.

[b]1990 Elan Quilted Maple Stormburst finish[/b] [url="http://alembic.com/club/messages/395/178223.html?1381689361"]http://alembic.com/c...html?1381689361[/url] The seller is in the Netherlands. Here is a link to some more details and pictures of the bass. http://painandgrief.com/aaa/fcbasssite/htmfiles/90elan.htm Jazzyvee

http://alembic.com/club/messages/395/178223.html?1381689361 The seller is in the Netherlands. Jazzyvee

Had a good gig last night with the Elizabeth Fields Collective at the Flapper in Birmingham City Centre. Jazzyvee

[color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][size=3]"Here's a couple of shots of my Ritter 10th Anniversary....the one my wife "forced" me to buy!"[/size][/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][size=3]Nice to be forced into buying that especially if the money for it was forced into your hand too.... :-)[/size][/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][size=3]Jazzyvee[/size][/font][/color]

I have the first 3 seconds of Victa by Victor Wooten for my text message tone. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SR4_v9AqgGM Jazzyvee

I'm playing a gig with the Elizabeth Fields Collective on Sunday afternoon about 16:00. [url="https://www.facebook.com/www.elizabethfields.co.uk/about"]https://www.facebook...lds.co.uk/about[/url] [b] [i][url="http://livebrum.co.uk/flapper/2013/10/06/elizabeth-fields-collective"]http://livebrum.co.u...elds-collective[/url][/i][/b] Jazzyvee

A bass i bought in the 90's and it was a Washburn Force 105ABT. The best way i could describe it is indistinct sounding. I didn't know anything about bass guitars at the time and bought it probably because it was the only 5 string in the shop and I'd never seen anyone playing a 5 so thought it was a good idea to learn to play it.

Touch of Grey by the Grateful Dead. They are not a band I've ever spent any time listening to before so it's a time of discovery for me. Jazzyvee

Don't forget import duty and VAT on goods imported from non EU Countries. If any is due the guitar may get held at customs until the charges are paid. I found that out to my cost....!! if the courier/shipping agent pays it on your behalf they may charge you a fee for that when they deliver the instrument. Get the guitarist to check these additional costs carefully. If you ring the tax people they will be glad to tell you how much of your hard earned money they will extract from you. [url="http://customs.hmrc.gov.uk/channelsPortalWebApp/channelsPortalWebApp.portal?_nfpb=true&propertyType=document&_pageLabel=pageTravel_ShowContent&id=HMCE_CL_000014"]http://customs.hmrc....=HMCE_CL_000014[/url] Jazzyvee

Chick Corea's latest album, The Vigil.

I also play in a reggae band and do dub sessions occasionally. My bass has low pass filters built in so getting a clean powerful dub sound from my bass is easy. I can highly recommend one of ACG filter based pre-amps for your bass they will get you down to that clean righteously powerful dub tone. If you want the heaviest dub tone with clarity then i can highly recommend the Alembic Superfilter. Not cheap but it will do magic for your tone. There is one on ebay at the moment. [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Alembic-SF2-2-Channel-Stereo-Parametric-Equaliser-/290987697302?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Outboards_Effects_MJ&hash=item43c037e496"]http://www.ebay.co.u...=item43c037e496[/url] In terms of playing technique I find i get the best dub tone if I use the technique that Aston Family Man Barrett uses which is thumb on the end of the neck and use the side of your fingers to contact the string as you play, that definitely gives you a fatter more mellow tone especially with the neck pickup. If I need note articulation and tone change I just add a bit of the bridge to give me that. [url="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2c/Aston_Barrett.JPG"]http://upload.wikime...ton_Barrett.JPG[/url] Jazzyvee

[quote name='Kiwi' timestamp='1380474510' post='2225846'] The Brown bass is a Series bass and all standard/omega shaped Series basses are chambered to reduce weight. I'm not sure if other body shape variants (like the Entwhistle bass above) are. [/quote] I think you will find the Brown bass that Stanley Clarke had was a series I bass. The brown bass that Alembic make is based on that bass but is not a series bass. It has hum cancelling pickups as opposed to what alembic refer to as their single coils, and uses their anniversary electronics which is similar due to two volumes and two filters with Q switches, but not the same as the series bass system. [url="http://alembic.stores.yahoo.net/brownbass.html"]http://alembic.store.../brownbass.html[/url] Jazzyvee

I did check out some Ritters at the last Bass Day in London earlier this year but it was with headphones so not ideal. I plan to check some out properly at sometime during the coming year and see what they have a sound that I can use. I don;t have a bolt on bass so this may be a good place to start looking.

[quote name='LukeFRC' timestamp='1380494430' post='2226274'] what you call this then? [/quote] Half Cut?

Here is a spoiler being put through it's paces by Rochon Westmoreland. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVB7ntr4ptA A great sounding bass. Jazzyvee

[quote name='JoT' timestamp='1298245191' post='1134966'] Posted on your other message. Basically, NO - do not go with Tesco or any non specialist insurer, as they will exclude musical instruments from any cover in any event. Stick to specialists. [/quote] That would be my advice too, In the late 90's i took my guitar on a caribbean holiday as I was going to be playing at a family wedding there also and asked for it to be covered under my travel insurance policy, they refused but my home contents policy covered it as long as I was not playing for financial gain. The best thing is to call a specialist company. If you are in the MU you get some cover as part of the membership but I can't recall how much that is.

[quote name='zomnius' timestamp='1380038672' post='2219943'] haha thx. i am afraid i have got the alembic virus [/quote] Unfortunately it is an easy virus to catch but hard to get out of your system :-).