Jellyfish

It's all right, double the pleasure.

Done and done!



EDIT: I should perhaps add on that I won't get to have it until next week, by which time I'll actually go and be able to pick it up. Until then, I'm without it and am lusting after it.

This...

http://www.bassdirect.co.uk/bass_guitar_specialists/NS_Design_Radius.html

http://www.gumtree.com/p/for-sale/fender-jazz-bass-guitarmade-in-japan/1036628087

Thinking about buying it!

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I'd seriously urge anyone who is considering buying one to just do it. I would never tell me girlfriend this (as I told her it was so I could get something better!) but I actually preferred this over my Dingwall Combustion. The Combustion is a brilliantly modern and fantastic sounding bass but I much preferred the string spacing on this. My new custom bass is going to have very similar specs to this; really tight single string bridges, wenge neck, double humbuckers. I wish I had it back now!

I assume the price of the Polytune is £45 as that's the remainder from the sale price if you take the prices of the other two pedals away, but I am just curious.

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1382181215' post='2248960']
Yawn...

Yet another Foderas are overpriced thread. What next? Is Mark King better than Flea? How about posting a video of a cross-dressing Korean bassist or a drummer at the wrong gig...
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Gotta echo that to be honest. That, and Ritter threads. [u][i]If you aren't the target audience, don't worry about it.[/i][/u]

Seriously though, Fodera make instruments that are clearly different from your average off-the-shelf bass, and even other custom builders to a degree. They're selling them for what they think they're worth, and if people are buying them, they must be doing something right. In fact, if you compared all basses in the £1000-£1500 price range, you'd find many people would be able to pick out the overprices ones.

You don't really get much from learning theory.

Lovely bass.


I purchased an Ibanez Prestige 4005E off Mr. aldude a while back and it was in fantastic condition and clearly well looked after (as well as nicely setup which was a nice bonus!) Met up with him to pick up the instrument and he was great to deal with as well.

Bump.

I hope you made [url="http://img801.imageshack.us/img801/2807/13qh.jpg"]the right choice[/url]...

Seriously though, if you managed to get your hands on one, or something similar, they're great.

I've illegally downloaded stuff, then bought album weeks later once I've decided if I've liked it or not. It's a sort of 'double-edged sword' with Spotify though. I've not downloaded any music since paying for a premium subscription, but then haven't purchased any of the music because I know that I have access to it already.

Sold a little recorder to this fine gentleman and it all went as smoothly as it could really.

A lot of these DVDs have fallen into my hands (nothing dodgy, I swear copper!) and I have a few left so am selling these for £17, with [b]free P&P[/b]. Also, they're sealed!

Practice!

Seriously though, there's a book from Mel Bay called '50 Two-hand Tapping Workouts for Electric Bass'. I used to use it all the time and it's a brilliant little book, especially for things like hand independence. I remember there being an exercise early on in the book that has you tapping up a major scale in your right hand and the relative minor in your left. Sounds great, but is difficult to do.

What's the condition like?

Low action makes it easier to tap and higher gauge strings (or rather, higher string tension) give the notes more clarity. I think that you'll also find tapping easier on a bass with a flatter radius.

Other than that, it may be down to technique as all the basses I've ever owned have been great for tapping. Personally, it took me plenty of practice to get even sounding notes as I found that the differences in strength between fingers made some notes ring out louder than others. You may be best off doing some simple exercises like using your left hand, finger 1 to tap the 'A' on the E string (5th fret), then finger 3 to tap the 'E' on the A string (7th fret). Then you can add in the octaves (12th frets) on those strings with the right hand and just do quarter notes until they sound even.

Sounds like a faulty unit, to me at least. I've just sold mine, but it was completely silent when running on batteries and from mains power.

[quote name='alembic63' timestamp='1381102870' post='2234488']
Check out the Squire 60s classic vibe jazz bass, for just over £300 it beats the pants off basses 2 x the price, you can put the £200 you save on the bass and up your budget for the amp to £600 ..
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[b]I don't know if I'm the only one,[/b] but I've tried a couple of 5 string versions of the Squier stuff and it really doesn't compete with the Yamaha's (both the TRBX and BB stuff)! Their 4 string counterparts are great, however.

[quote name='JazzyYama' timestamp='1381097162' post='2234406']
Great advice on the amp, never thought of getting amp/cab setup - how would a 2x12 compare against say a 1x15 - which would be better for cleanest sounds or is it more about where you are playing etc.
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As I understand it, different speaker sizes won't effect how 'clean' a bass will sound as you get so many different factors going into how the bass will sound coming out the cab (like cab size and drivers and all that stuff I know nothing about ).

If you're using it to perform, or even if you use it to monitor yourself, you'd be much better off with a 2x12 as you'll have much more projection from having twice the amount of speakers.

As a fan of Yamaha basses, I'm all for recommended the TRBX 504. It has a fantastic low B, as opposed to the RBXA2 which doesn't. The TRB range in general is probably going to be discontinued at some point, so you'll find a few retailers selling them off cheaply in the near future (I reckon). Other than that, keep your eyes peeled for a second-hand TRB.

Outside of Yamaha, there are the [b]Ibanez[/b] 5-strings, although you don't see them for sale very often and they aren't known for being 'jazz' sounding. The [b]G&L L2500 Tribute[/b] would give you that, although it has a chunky neck (which is why I got rid of mine). You could also look for a 5-string [b]Spector[/b]. They are wonderful basses to play and if you look around, you can find the neck-thru models for a very decent amount of money. I've never played the 5-string versions, but I've not heard anything bad about them. And they do have EMGs too but you'll find that they're very versatile.

As far as the amp goes, perhaps look for a[b] TC Electronic BH250[/b] and pair it with a nice 2x12 cab. I owned a BH250 and cannot recommend them enough, although they are quite modern. And concerning flexibility, you might be hard pushed to find something suitable for all of those things.

Sorry for the hasty bump, but something has come up and I am [size=5][b]willing to sell this for £65 if purchased before Wednesday.[/b][/size] Thanks!