lukeward2004

All this wood is giving me GAS....

Oh wow, that sei offset 7 stringer is a real beauty! I remember seeing those pics before and thinking it was a cracker then, I'd love to see how it plays in real life. I'm not a 7 stringer by any means, but that could tempt me over to the dark side!

Oh wow, that sei offset 7 stringer is a real beauty! I remember seeing those pics before and thinking it was a cracker then, I'd love to see how it plays in real life. I'm not a 7 stringer by any means, but that could tempt me over to the dark side!

Oh, and slap a compressor on it - I find it essntial with my Vigier....

WHen you find that "sweet spot" on the EQ for this bass, you will realise that people have a permanent "skydive" face as your bass blasts them to the back of the room! Try boosting the low mids - that helped a lot for me.

Cheers Ped, I got all Confuzzled!

I have to say, ive always thought of the Vigiers as being a custom and very personal instrument - mine is totally different to any of Ped's or even another Series III that looks the same as mine. They dont sound the same, and ive never seen the EQ system built into mine on any other Vigier. Alex(claber) and I compared our Vigiers at the last national bash, and I recall we both agreed that although they look very similar, they sound different to one another and both play very differently despite a ver similar setup. I mention this because I personally dont worry too much about the different "Series" that Vigier seem to run, I prefer to think of my Vigier as my personal bass. I didnt have it custom built for me, but it suits my every need and is the most comfortable bass ive ever played. Now where's my commision??!!??

Forgot to mention, my singer was in the ACM Gospel choir, then left just before the choir went on TV (on The Last Choir Standing). I went along to watch the choir rehearse at the boiler room in Guildford, all of them are fantastic singers!

Hamster - I agree, this was a one take recording from a gig and my keys player spends a large amount of his energy bouncing around and going "mad" on stage, so its no surprise he's a little off! Nottswarwick - Thanks mate, my drummer is pretty good, he's the one who took the mix out of the desk and mixed it. Im thinking of using this as our demo to give to agents, is it good enough? I think it is. Backing vocals where performed by myself, our rhythm guitarist and our drummer, with my keys player singing on Lady Marmalade too. Bass rig is just my usual live rig - Vigier into Bass Pod, into Aural Exciter and then into Poweramp which drives my Epifani UL310. The sound on the recording is a DI from the Model output on the back of my bass POD, so you cant hear the aphex or the cab at all, just what the desk was hearing with a touch of emulated Tube pre-amp thanks to the bass Pod!

Hi Guys, Ive got a new recording done recently of my funk band live - let me know what you think, honest opinions only please!!! [url="http://media.putfile.com/Projec13---Aint-Nobody-Master-Live"]http://media.putfile.com/Projec13---Aint-Nobody-Master-Live[/url] [url="http://media.putfile.com/Projec13-Live---Mercy"]http://media.putfile.com/Projec13-Live---Mercy[/url] [url="http://media.putfile.com/Projec13---Lady-Marmalade-Live-Master"]http://media.putfile.com/Projec13---Lady-M...ade-Live-Master[/url] [url="http://media.putfile.com/Projec13---Master-Blaster-Live-Master"]http://media.putfile.com/Projec13---Master...ter-Live-Master[/url] Cheers Luke

Forgot to mention, nice basses too!

I Had a German Shepherd for 14 years - absolutely love those dogs, If my landlord would allow me to keep a og I would have ne of those!

That is a seriously good looking bass, and knowing how good Vigiers are Im sure it plays superb! My Passion III 5 string is so good it plays itself. The guys in my band love its sound and everyone loves the looks. Im jealous. Seriously - Vigiers are awesome, im yet to play a bad one.

Good to see my old Stingray in safe hands!

[quote name='steve-soar' post='280669' date='Sep 9 2008, 08:38 PM']Oh that's nice. I bet that sounds amazing.[/quote] It does my friend! Ill be bringing it to the SE bash if you can make it?

Here's Mine: [attachment=13162:01092008088.jpg] AKG WMS 400 Wireless into Bass POD XT Pro, into Aural Exciter, into QSC Poweramp and then pumped out of EPifani UL310. The cab weighs less than the rack does!!!

[quote name='Machines' post='279054' date='Sep 7 2008, 12:24 PM']Luke - I nearly went for that Bacchus after it was offered for my Ray - went for the Lakland 55-02 in the end since I already have a Jazz. How's it sound ?[/quote] It sounds superb mate - its got all the growl and warmth a Jazz bass should have, although it is a more modern siunding jazz as opposed to a vintage jazz tone. A little bit of a tweak on the EQ and ading a bit of tube warmth brings it to life I think, I can get close to a Marcus Miller tone with it, and it sounds great slapped or with fingers. Im surprised actually, this is the best Jazz type bass I have ever owned! So you dont have your Ray anymore then?

[quote name='OutToPlayJazz' post='278897' date='Sep 7 2008, 12:02 AM']Geddy Lee Jazz - One I loved but could never get along with. Neck changed shape with the weather. Horrendous! Yamaha TRB-6 II. Bought on here from Beneath it all for a song. An awesome bass & I still have it now. One of my regular players. Status S2-Classic. This is my current main bass. Stunning in every respect and a sound to die for! Status Energy Artist 5 with graphite neck. I had this for about 5 days before someone on Statii.com persuaded me to sell it! It was really nice as well. One of the last S1 Jazzes in Candy Cola. The best jazz I've ever played. Stunning sound! (Sold to help fund my 1990 Status S2.) My new KingBass. My pride and joy, this one! The bass I traded the really nice Jazz & Corvette for. The most beautiful Status ever! Marcus Miller Jazz. Now traded for Status S2 5-string. 2008 American Standard Precision. A stunning bass, but not for me. Also traded against the S2 5-string. 2008 Status S2-Classic bolt on 5. This is the latest aquisition I think that's enough to be going on with for the time being! Rich.[/quote] WOW! Some seriously good wood there my friend!

Nick - I hadn't so much as looked at my Warwick for about 5 months since I got my Vigier, and I thought "sod it, ill take the warwick to the studio this week" and I left the Vigier at home. I had forgotten just how much I love this bass, the way it plays, the thick, growly tones that come out of it, and the way it looks! My Band had a bit of a lineup change just after I got the Vigier, so two of the guys and our singer have never heard the sweet sounds of my Warwick, and they told me to leave the Vigier at home from now on!! Doctor J - The Bacchus is awesome, thank you for being such a trustworthy bloke and making the trade a smooth one, beers all round next time we meet methinks. THe Bacchus is an awesome bass, it has the Jazz tones I was looking for, and I think I am in the very lucky position of being able to choose between 3 top end basses that can cover pretty much any situation I find myself in musically.

Really nice P there mate! One thing I miss is the sound of a good thumpin' P bass.

Long time no see my friend! Yeah I have been very lucky to have had these basses, but it took hours upon hours of hard work and saving to be able to afford them! Its only really recently that I have had the pleasure of owning a few top end basses, like the Bacchus and the Vigier, and m Warwick - I could never afford to lay out £1000 + for a bass nowadays! I wanted a Lakland DJ5 for a long time, but the Bacchus is so good I dont think I'll ever want one now!

Last week I traded the Stingray for this: Bacchus Venus Jazz 5 - its fantastic, plays like a dream, lovely low action, awesome modern Jazz tones and a powerful Bacchus preamp. Chuffed!!

Hi guys, I thought I would start a thread about folks bass history, the basses you have been through since day one, and what you have now - its a bit of a gear porn fest, but hey! Ill get the ball rolling: Sadly, my first bass is no longer with me, it was a Westfield Precision bass, black with white plate, and it fell apart after 3 months, no pictures unfortunately! Next up: MIM Fender Jazz Bass, with Badass II Bridge. Precision GAS struck and then I had this made: Precision bass handbuilt by Bravewood Guitars - loaded with SD 1/4 £er and finished in Nitro Cellulose. I traded this in for a Warwick, which I will get to shortly. Fantastic bass, should never have let it go!!! I decided to take a little foray into 5 string playing, and bought my first 5er, a Yamaha BBG5a, seen below: Which was replaced after a year or so with a Warwick Streamer Standard, shown here being gigged hard a few years ago: But then sold on as I couldnt find the tone I wanted, great bass, fat as you like and a really nice hifi growl, but just not "me". Eventually got replaced with: My Warwick Streamer LX5, which is still with me today and I will probably keep indefinately - it has such a lovely warmth and growl I dont think I can face selling it! Next up is a 70's Style Jazz Bass, which I believe is for sale on these very boards: Cracking bass, white blocks and binding, Badass II Bridge modified for strings thru body, and played like a dream - sold to fund my Vigier, which is coming up. "bitsa" jazz bass, really nice little player, but I sold it on after a week after realising I had far too many basses and not nearly enough talent to justify it! Traded the Custom Precision for a Warwick Streamer Stage One 4 string, completely different animal to the 5 string flavour, and a really nice bass - now with Ben White on the boards: Traded this in with Ben for a mint 2000 Musicman Stingray 3eq, I was GASsing for that classic Ray sound! Here she is: After a big clearout of gear, I aquired this from our very own Ped, and its still with me and going nowhere for the foreseeable future: My Current main bass, Vigier Passion III 5 string custom - quite simply the best bass I have ever played. So, lets see what you got!!