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[quote name='Hot Tub' post='506118' date='Jun 5 2009, 09:27 AM']October 28: Richard Bona. Jazz. Typical. [/quote] Saw him a while back and he's quite a bit broader than "jazz" might suggest. Lots African influences, melody, sence of humour ..

Aparrently used by Welsh bands Ewe B-40; Ewe Two; The Ewe (notably on Won't get Wooled Again on Ewe's Next); the Jones Brothers, and on Elvis' version of Sheepbuilding.

[quote name='phsycoandy' post='507249' date='Jun 6 2009, 09:38 PM']You are the man OG for this sort of thing, please dont review my poor attempt at a band website![/quote] ha ha sorry Here's one I'm involved with if you want to have a pick [url="http://www.wtbasses.net/"]http://www.wtbasses.net/[/url] I can, of course, help with your band website if you fancy a chat ...

[quote name='phsycoandy' post='507235' date='Jun 6 2009, 09:14 PM']Is it me or is this just the best manufacturers website online, frequently up dated, great pics and info, you can see exactly what you are buying or lusting after, its just hugely user friendly IMHO other manufacturers take note.[/quote] I try not to go there cos the GAS it causes is uncomfortable It's pretty good but could do with a real user experience consultant once over For example if I was to send you this page in an email and say "wow just what you are looking for!!" [url="http://www.sadowsky.com/stock/view/m3220.html"]http://www.sadowsky.com/stock/view/m3220.html[/url] you'd have no way to the home page 'cos it's be designed as a pop up from another bit of the Sado site .. "Tell a friend" doesn't work like that ... Much better to have a general sitewide navigation bar on every page ..

Excellent idea .. Love Spotify

Oh and another thing ... Solos need to have a structure, texture and stuff. A start, middle and end is good. You could start slow or quiet and build up to a climatic end or start loud and fast and then slow it down in the middle and take it back up for the end. The OP mentioned jam sessions where you get bass solos so this must be jazz Always ask them beforehand how many "choruses" the solo will be 'cos you really don't want to have you well crafted 12 bar solo followed by an embarrassing second 12 bars where, after 4 bars of no solo, you realise you should be the soloist... but you've already used up all your good ideas .. Likewise you don't want the next soloist in the queue to come crashing to start theirs if you're only half way through yours 'cos you planned for two "choruses" and you only had one...

A real Essex TE amp would have been dropped onto concerte, not grass...

[quote name='jakesbass' post='507117' date='Jun 6 2009, 05:56 PM']He He... there are a few people here that would expect me to chime in here. First of all you can't get ideas out without first putting them in. You need to absorb melodies and patterns and licks that you can create (hopefully) cogent solo ideas from, once you have been through that process which can be a slow one, and never ending, then you are in a position to attempt to express those ideas on your bass, I've said this before.... you must be able to sing an idea and play it instantaneously. It takes dedication and massive exploration on your instrument but to my mind, to be able to excecute well formulated ideas is one of the best achievements playing has to offer. Obviously in a thread on a forum it's difficult to portray the depth and integrity required behind my words, but I'm sure others will offer some thoughts of their own and the whole lot will add up to something useful to you. Jake[/quote] +1 I recommend a couple of things Play your chord sequence and sing your ideas - as Jake says. This frees you fom any thoughts of what notes are "right" according to theory, scales and modes and lets your well practiced ability to sing tunes take over. You've been singing your whole life and it doen't have the constraints (tram lines) you will find in your fingers when playing bass. Then [b]record what you sing, with the backing[/b]. When I started I used two cassette players. I suspect a digital recorder will work here. Then learn to pay the tunes you've come up with on your bass. This will require some work to find positions to play it comfortably. This is not quite the same as being able to sing and play your solo simutaneously but that can come from doing it this way. The other key thing is to [b]learn the melodies[/b] from the vocals and other instruments on the records you are learning from. They will be "right" for the chords sequence and give a great starting place for a solo. Long term I found learning a melody instrument (sax in my case) meant that my bass playing developed a lot more melodic capability.

[quote name='birdy' post='506052' date='Jun 5 2009, 02:44 AM']Yes thanks for commenting Janek. I know you were put off posting on this forum due to some negative vibes but I think the majority on here welcome your input and advice. Steve[/quote] +1

[quote name='Stingray5' post='506697' date='Jun 5 2009, 10:37 PM']Bass player is David Margen. He was with Santana around the late 70's/early 80's. Check him out here on the Santana 'Marathon' tour from 1979. He's using a fretless Jazz and check out the bass lick at 00:26... [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yyp6H0eWI0M"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yyp6H0eWI0M[/url] Cheers Steve[/quote] Er... That's a precision

One of the jam sessions I go to has one of these as the house bass. It's a very nice well worn bass that plays and sounds great. Certainly better than your average squier ...

[quote name='jwbassman' post='505981' date='Jun 4 2009, 11:56 PM']I'm tempted to go for the Jazz - but probably because that means adding to the collection I could then take them both to the gig [/quote] Sounds like a good reason to me. Do you need a letter from us for your wife?

A Jazz would be "right" but no one will be able to tell I've seen that show recently and it's great fun.. The production I saw all the music was on backing tracks .. Be much better with a live band..

[quote name='owen' post='505835' date='Jun 4 2009, 09:09 PM']Mike Lull makes some nice looking ones whoch come up on TB now and again. [url="http://www.mikelull.com/Instruments/P_Series.htm"]http://www.mikelull.com/Instruments/P_Series.htm[/url][/quote] It was the Mike Lull one that got me into this 5 string Precision mallarchy in the first place, or to be precise it was the review of one of his that did. When I worked out the total cost including all the import charges his "not quite a custom" P5 ended up being significantly more than the Jon Shuker version, and didn't have side LED's included. I have since had a go on a Lull jazz at Jam Guitars in Bristol and it was OK but not stunning..... [url="http://www.jamguitars.co.uk"]http://www.jamguitars.co.uk[/url]

[quote name='Flanker' post='501754' date='May 30 2009, 04:35 PM'][/quote] Picky, I know, but I really don't like the "blank" bit of the high side pickup half .. where the poles should be under the A string .... Looks very odd, even though the actual size of each half is equal

[quote name='birdy' post='505436' date='Jun 4 2009, 01:08 PM']Hi Dood, Thanks for the reply. Its just a matter of terminology I guess. What you describe as your *signature* instrument I would see as being a *custom* instrument. A signature instrument to me is something like the 'Flea' bass , Sting bass, or the Victor Bailey etc etc. Either way as long as we are happy with what we get it doesn't matter how we label it does it? I merely thought that maybe Jon was going into that world of relatively mass produced 'Simon Rix' models - looks like he isn't :-) Steve[/quote] Nearest Jon gets to mass production is someone ordering one just like one he's made before ...

[quote name='dood' post='504990' date='Jun 3 2009, 07:49 PM']It went all a bit blurry after something got dropped in my tea...... I think it may have been Ruby.[/quote] Wow.. must have been a big splash ....

[quote name='dood' post='504963' date='Jun 3 2009, 07:30 PM']that would be a +1million for the quality of Jon's work.[/quote] Oh I dunno... He seems to have left the head [i]and[/i] a string off that copy of your signature 7 string

[quote name='BigRedX' post='504865' date='Jun 3 2009, 05:18 PM']You'll be after a [url="http://www.knuckleguitarworks.com/what/quake.html"]Knuckle Quake[/url] then?[/quote]

[quote name='BigBeefChief' post='504784' date='Jun 3 2009, 04:03 PM']I agree 100%. I sit here bemused most days listening to people talk about that distinctive Ken Smith "snap", or the "burpy" quality of the U-Retro preamp or how adding a cocobola 2mm veneer will add a "glassy" clarity to the top end or other such nonsense. I sometimes think its just a cock-measuring excercise. Maybe its just my lack of sophistication, but my instructions to a luthier would probably be "make it sound like a P but with a Jazz neck". Might as well just buy a Lakland Duck Dunn. Firstly, I'm no where near qualified to have an idea of what the combination of different woods and electronics would sound like, and secondly, I question how much of it is actually just bullshit.[/quote] Ha ha, yeah.. The luthiers that know their stuff listen to what you say, your preferences for things like neck size, body shape, apperance, sounds and the bass examples you take to them and transform that stuff into a bass that does eactly what you've asked for ... That's the skill of it.

"Any inspection is welcome and i also prefer collection." Don't normally get that from rip-off people though ..