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Ah mate your Wal is beautiful! Congrats! If Chris W has set it up it will play like a dream. He used to set up my basses at the original London Bass Centre, best I've ever had.
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Check out this first part of the Chili Peppers 'Funky Monks' doc. At 6.51 Flea and Anthony are working on Sir Psycho Sexy acoustically and Flea's Wal still sounds like a Wal UNPLUGGED! All that brass hardware must really play its part too. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hubUewYfGQ
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Easy this one... If you have the funds and the time, be open to owning any Stingray from any time period. Get out there and try out as many as you possibly can, having lots of fun doing so. Buy the first one that you really can't imagine being without. Own an amazing bass with no regrets.
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My favourite track with Jaco wearing his sideman cap. This is one sweet groove The outro is pure Jaco. You can almost see the mischievous grin on his face, knowing that it's going down on a track hoping to be a top 40 single http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgGjg9FLq74
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This is me and my two best mates who I only get to see once a year since I moved to Cardiff from North Wales. We have an annual jam where we hire out the local village hall and play all day. We called ourselves The Motherload when we were kids (there's another band called this now I believe) We just jammed a couple of bits then recorded them live into a 16 track, with me given the 'nod' duties. A great lesson learned on this day - when improvising instrumentally, don't worry about counting how many times to this bit or that bit (everyone always counts things a bit different anyway ) Give someone the 'nod' duties and follow their cues. Everyone can just focus on playing the music then instead of counting! Anyways this is us following our noses, making it up as we go. I hope you enjoy, we did! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-DFf1jH7zQ
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Marc bought some Fender tuners off me today. Great swift deal with instant payment and nice comms. Great chap to deal with. Many thanks Marc!
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I've just sold some Roto strings to Pete and the deal was done super quick and easy. Top bloke. Cheers Pete!
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[quote name='njr911' timestamp='1374045391' post='2144478'] Just to let you all know there is a pleasant, attractive girl that works in PMT in Leeds This thread is getting all a bit 70's sitcom now [/quote] Well to bring it back to 2013, (which is also the title of the great track that opens the new album ), I will say that it's a shame we won't hear her own creative voice for a while as she joined the band to tour the new album after More Light was completed. She can definitely rock live so it will be interesting to see what she comes up with in the studio. I just hope they don't leave it five years again between albums!
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SOLD Set of 4 Hipshot Ultralight HB6C tuners (satin finish) for Fender style basses. I've had them on my bass for two years and they work perfectly. When I bought them from Bassdirect the chappie there forgot to send me the 4 fixing screws at first so I drilled the fixing hole on one of them a tad wider to incorporate some slightly bigger screws I had. Unfortunately I not only drilled through the tuner hole but the headstock and the edge of the front washer too -See photo below. (I was working some pretty hardcore night shifts at the time so my judgement wasn't at it's best shall we say! ) Following this, I got the proper Hipshot screws sent to me and the slightly wider hole does not in anyway affect the tuner and the Hipshot screw holds it fine as it should. **Edit**: this only happened to the one tuner and just to make very clear - it works perfectly and once fitted, it stays in place rock solid, same as the other three. The nick in the front washer is less noticeable when the locking nut/ferrule is in place or indeed a different front washer could easily be used from another tuner. There are some small marks on each string post which have been left by strings but of course when they are re-strung they won't be seen. They have been fantastic tuners that are very accurate and hold their tuning better than any I have ever owned. Nice ratio with a lovely smooth action. Also, they remove 1/2 a pound of weight from the headstock compared to regular Fender tuners - very bad back friendly! *** Price dropped to £45 posted for a quick sale *** An absolute bargain for such quality tuners. Bassdirect are still selling these Hipshots for £26 A PIECE! Cheers, Si. -
Rotosound Rotobass 45-105 nickel on steel strings (same as the Swingbass 66 nickels but without the blue silks - these have no silks) Unused set still in their box, never will get used by me as I just use flats now. £10 posted.
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SOLD Set of 4 Fender bass tuners (11/16) that came with my Fender American Special Jazz neck. They are the ones that also came on the USA Highway One basses and also the Mexican standards. They are in new condition, never been used as I installed Hipshot lightweight tuners as soon as my jazz neck arrived. They come with their bushings and screws. £35 posted
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[quote name='njr911' timestamp='1373899649' post='2142848'] To go along with her talent she's also much easier on the eye than Mani *sorry Mani if you're reading [/quote] Aw, poor Mani. You'll have him sobbing into his toby jugs with that one. (Doubt he'd argue with you there though!)
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A series/parallel switch is an absolute must for all Jazz bass heads imho. Why compromise? Be both. In a band setting a Jazz in series gets there imo (Precision like, beefy) The Jazz tone isn't for me personally, so I solely play soul-y P-bass now
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Fair play to her then, what a gig to walk into eh? I've read that she worked in the past with Scream's guitarist Barrie Cadogan at Vintage and Rare Guitars on Denmark St, so there's her in. (Wonder if she got her stunning vintage P-bass working there - perks of the job? )
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Just been watching Primal Scream's full Glastonbury set which I thought was great, Simone Butler is doing a brill job at filling Mani's shoes full time. She a good fit for the band and seems to be taking it all in her stride, very pro. But where has she come from? Anyone know of any other bands she's been in or work she's done? She's also been gigging one of the coolest looking Precisions I've ever seen. Here's the Glasto set... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0dFLjWJnr0
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I have the Golden Slaps (same string, different colour) on my upright and they have a much better tone live through my Shadow pickup than the Super Silvers I used to play did. The Super Silvers were louder acoustically but the Golden Slaps are indeed fantastic for pizz and work really well amped up. Very warm and trad sounding. Hope this helps.
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I've read Ghosts and Ballyhoo and I have to say it's the most original and well written memoir I've read to date. It's funny really as I've read scores of them, usually by people who are more of a household name, yet the best one is written by the least famous of them all. There's something in that I'm sure - being able to live life under the 'fame' radar leads to a much more varied and interesting life (there's hope for us all there!) and Tom Wictor has led a very interesting life indeed. I love his writing style, it's very addictive. I took this book on hols last month and couldn't put it down, up reading half the night. The Scott Thunes interludes are a masterstroke in my opinion. Speaking of Mr. Thunes, anyone here who's never read Wictor's other music-centric book "In Cold Sweat - Interviews With Really Scary Musicians" really should as that's a great read too, so insightful as well as entertaining - I learned a lot about music from it among other things - mostly that I'm glad I'm not in the music business!
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This looks good for a busk http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B0039OQD5U/ref=pd_aw_sbs_MI_6?pi=SL500_SS115
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I wouldn't mind a bass chipped with realistic on board amp/cabinet modelling, one extra rotary knob with a click for each choice. It would have to add hardly any extra weight to the instrument and be charged similarly to the East P-Retro. Oh and a push/pull option for clean bypass. Give me THAT future.
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Best flats for a P Bass guys and gals?
miles'tone replied to Mr Fretbuzz's topic in Accessories and Misc
If you can, start with Labella Deep Talkin Flats as they seem to be the holy grail for a P-bass (not tried them yet myself but I've researched this one to death - gonna try them finally when my fretless is finished) In my personal experience I have used Roto 77's, TI's, Chromes, Elites and Fender CL's. I have tried the Lakland JO flats on someone else's bass once and they were lovely. Made by GHS for Lakland I believe. Not tried the GHS Precision flats but they are very well thought of too for a P-bass from all the reviews I've read. All the flats I've tried have been great but very different from each other. My favourites are the Fender CL's. Nice and growly when new and beautiful sounding when super played in. They don't really die as some flats do and I like that. Suitable for any style of music. Great for my music, but for you? There is no definitive answer. You're just going to have to have fun experimenting! Best of luck, Si. -
Cool, I'm interested to hear the difference myself. Bet you'll give your Jazz some serious balls and output if you do hardwire those 84's in series!
