timhiggins

Traded my fender bitsa for Gareths Bacchus ,top bloke and a pleasure to deal with .

Hi Gareth I'll get it weighed tomorrow but I'm guessing its around 8lb

Here is my lovely PJ which i aquired from Lee on this forum a few years back ..

Its a joy to play with the best P neck I've come across ,the neck is from a Fender 2008 standard Precision, 

Body is high quality ash i was reliably informed,

Fender p pickups 

Dimarzio J bridge

KlOgon loom

volume and tone on each p.up

Fender deluxe bridge 

Fender back plate and pegs

Theres a small laquer crack by neck pocket and a couple of v small marks on horn (to small to picture) overall great condition,

Weight is 9.5 lb.

Pick up prefered 

Kettles always on and you can have good a play before buying.

Yep Brokencyde are truly vomit inducing !

I thought i had far to many bass's  [14 ] but it turns out i was wrong as the Mrs informed me during a row i have 17...turns out she was right !

obviously something will have to go.. 

Ive packed her bags. 

1 hour ago, Old Man Riva said:

Soul Jazz Records put together some great compilation albums, their catalogue is really worth checking out. 

This is what’s wafting through the airwaves this morning... getting down with Sarah Webster Fabio and friends on  a Saturday morning is good for the soul! 

 

I learnt to play with this stuff and never tire of it..love it..

its been a Gary Bartz morning for me

Yep unless he's written a full tune with the bassline i wouldnt have any of it ,and even if he has then as an unpaid session musician i wouldnt be that keen unless he reciprocates the gesture and is willing to play your ideas..

i've played with some top drawer sax players ,and never been told what to play except maybe an idea to go with a chord chart..

On 30/12/2019 at 11:11, jrixn1 said:

I bought the Superlux HD681B back in November after seeing the recommendation in this thread.  I wasn't sure whether to go for HD681 or HD681B; I went for HD681B in the end.  They were £25 and I use them daily now for practising at home.  Really happy with them.  Thanks @timhiggins

My pleasure and i'm glad your'e happy with them 

Years back I spent a long time trying to get a Jamerson type sound and one thing that made a lot of difference was lowering my pups and having a higher action ,i used both Thomastic flats and Labbellas , they both worked nicely on my fender P and on a bitsa with Delanos ...

if you are after that old finger style sound it might be worth a try before splashing out.

34 minutes ago, BreadBin said:

Bass player is killing it! 👍

There does seem to have been some really gifted young girl bass players coming through lately... great to see

If you want something cheap but great sounding get the Superlux HD681

i bought them a few years back due to a thread singing their praises ,and have been amazed how good they are..

i now have 3 pairs one for home use and 2 in studios i use

but be prepared to to upset fellow musicians using far more expensive cans as these often sound better 😀 

The lightest solid body bass i've owned is the Cort GB74 

you can pick them up very cheap second hand and they play like a high end bass

mine must be around 7lb

Miles Mosley using that pedal board to full effect here 

4 minutes ago, Al Krow said:

'Fraid I'm struggling to remember...!

A good night was had then 😃

3 minutes ago, Al Krow said:

Yup, his tap dancing skills were consummate. 

But in a studio you have an armoury of sound engineering and editing which is not going to be available to you with a live rig that is essentially back line. 

Did he use the wah ?

On 20/10/2019 at 09:39, Al Krow said:

Can't argue with that! I had the pleasure of hearing and meeting the great man himself at the Jazz Cafe in Camden a little while back. Pic of his rig and pedalboard below  

I'm surprised by the pedal board as his playing on Kamasi's albums always sounds pure and un effected .... did he use it a lot live ?

1 minute ago, Reggaebass said:

That Jennifer Lara track is a great tune Tim 👍

Better than the original i reckon and i love that sort of mix of reggae and soul/rare groove

These 2 gems are new finds for me and it dont get much better ..

17 minutes ago, Al Krow said:

Sounds like you've had a pretty good experience (apart from the weight!) with your Altos!

Definitely been well worth it for us and you can always hire one to try before buying 👍

I went to the Bass Centre way back in my distant yoof ,

Wapping back then seemed to be mostly falling down and

dust balls blew up the high street...

i'd never seen so many lovely bass's and i was keen on getting something that would make me sound like my favourite reggae players.

A helpful ozzie sounding fella with a very 80's barnet came to assist me ,and in true music shop fashion preceded to slap a warwick half to death for what seemed an age before finally letting me have a look,

by this time i'd had enough and had decided if that was how it sounded i wanted no part of it and headed for the station.

To be fair he could of been a great player but back then i only had ears for big fat dub lines and i weren't hearing none of that. 😀

Subs are essential for a realistic balanced sound i.m.o.

we have 2 of the Alto 1250 watt ones ,

they are bloody heavy and bloody well worth it.

I thought i was looking at one of Skankdelver's ruminations for a minute there 😃

On 10/10/2019 at 09:35, Osiris said:

Hmmm... i'm not sure that is brown you know ,maybe more ginger 

sort of ginger brown or 'Stinkfinger Ginger'....

On 11/10/2019 at 15:18, Twigman said:

Errol Holt plays a I don't know what!!! What is that???  

Errol Holt has got to be the yardstick against whom all reggae bassmen should be measured.

 

although I did find this pic of him with a Hofner !!!! (or a clone)

I think i remember him saying he was given that bass ..

i think he'll play anything he's definitely not a gear snob

this is bass in pic 

https://www.joness.com/gr300/G-33.html