Graham

I love Guy Pratt's tone on the Pink Floyd Pulse DVD, particularly when he's playing the precision. Also, Justin Chancellor's tone on 10000 Days especially on Jambi

Off to see them on Sunday, did they do nothing with death metal vocals at all? I really like the new album and love the mellow stuff but think it would be a shame if they didn't do any growly vocals as the likes of Demon Of The Fall, When, The Night And The Silent Water, Deliverence, Masters Apprentices , Under The Weeping Moon, Blackwater Park, The Drapery Falls, The Moor, The Baying Of The Hounds, Heir Apparent etc are all clasic Opeth tracks and all have at least some heavy vocals on them

Funeralopolis by Electric Wizard is the first one that jumps to mind, Eyes Of The South by Down too

I used to really like Ibanez K5s and have had 2 (one with busted neck from a fall) managed to trade them with a couple of other bits for an EBS cab a while ago

I've not had a chance to try one, but I'm told the Ashdown James LoMenzo Hyperdrive is very good; as I understand it, it is designed to overdrive the mids whilst keeping the lows and highs clean so could be just what you're looking for

I thought he'd swapped over to an MXR El Grande for his fuzz?

In that price bracket I'd be looking at a Wal, don't know if that's your bag though. Amp wise, I struggle to fault my EBS so maybe one of the mk 2 Fafners?

As a metal fan I've never heard of Porksword or guru, out of morbid curiosity can you shed any light on these?

I play in Andy's old band he was telling me about you guys sounds like you've got some great oppertunities so best of luck with the search

I'm not 100% on this, but i think i remember a review from when the VR came out saying that the power amp on the CL had been updated while the VR was a pretty faithful replication of a 1970 SVT. I've never played through either but funilly enough, when watching bands, I've never heard a VR i've not liked whereas it's quite rare that i find a CL I like

The tone of Caleb Scofield's (Cave In) Ripper was one of things that pointed me towards G&L, I think you'd be pretty happy with a L2000

[quote name='Coilte' timestamp='1316951418' post='1384654'] Dont worry, you are not the only one ! I was in the same boat a few years ago, and was lucky enough to come across a Trib. l2000. I have never looked back. I have since bought a USA SB2, which hands down, beats the pants off [b]any [/b]Fender precision I have tried. There is also the JB2 which completes the main array (there are other G&L basses) of the G&L tone. With the L2000, you almost have all these tones in one bass. I dont know why G&L's are generally over looked. They could be partly to blame themselves, as they dont market themselves well. That's a lovely bass you have there. Enjoy ! [/quote] I'm seriously thinking about trading my jazz bass in for a sb2, how would you describe the neck and the tone?

That's exactly what i've got (though mine's tuned B-E-A-D) and it's the only bass i wouldn't part with

Is there any tonal benefit to the covers? I've never played a bass with them on and can't imagine it makes them more comfortable but with likes of jamerson and miller using them i can't help but think there's got to be some benefit beyond the aesthetic?

[quote name='Lfalex v1.1' post='1372569' date='Sep 13 2011, 09:36 PM']Tim Commerford of Rage against the machine has at least 1 Jazz with a lefty neck. Don't know about tunings - At least drop "D" judging by "Evil Empire" He cites string tension as the reason. Apparently he (over)winds his own pick-ups, too.[/quote] In Audioslave he played B-E-A-D, might be why