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[quote name='frank' post='1111819' date='Feb 1 2011, 11:38 PM']Yeah i just didnt buy it after having a quick look. But on the other hand next month is Gary Willis and Last month was Scott Thoones,so its not so bad[/quote] My good friend did me a CD of Slaughter House 3, Gary Willis's band...awesome...i do love a bit of jazzrockfusion.

[quote name='BurritoBass' post='1111539' date='Feb 1 2011, 08:11 PM']For those who subscribe, when does the free gift come? I had my first subscribed issue & no gift. I've emailed them last week & in a bid to excell on customer service they've simply ignored it [/quote] I joined after Xmas and no strings to date. I've just emailed them, wonder if i will get a reply.....if not i know where they live

I love flats and plan to put some on my Stingray soon, prob Chromes as thats all i can afford but i'd love to try some of these up market flats i.e. Labella's TI's etc. However i prefer my jazzbass for playing reggae live, but its also my goto bass for the odd funk/rock jam where i prefer the zings of rounds. My comprimise is dirty unchanged rounds that i give a quick wipe if funkin' it up . My thoughts to the OP is that shops should allow the option to at least try flats when trying out a new axe .

Absolutely in love with[b] Banyan[/b] at the mo, not my usual reggae ting but more of a Fusion 4 piece Bitches Brew/live evil groove meets the Janes addictions drummer - wicked stuff!!! Check em' on the tube.

Depends on acoustics of the venue for me but generally i start off with: Genre:[b] Reggae & Ska[/b] Amp: Orange Terror bass + Ampeg SVT 4x10HLF & Peavey Cab 2x10cab (Connected via serial cable) EQ - Bass +1 (2-3 for dub) , Middle -1 (+1 for dub) , Treble -1 Vol about 5 and Gain about 1 Bass - mostly Fender Jazz, neck pick up mainly (bridge sometimes for more defined ska stuff) and Tone about half way rolled off. I play close to the neck for a warmer tone too. Irie

I play for herb & beer ....getting paid is a bonus...it does happen to me though.

OBT's....Great amps! I use my mine mainly for reggae/dub stuff and love the tone. I have the gain fairly low, with volume up to about 5, and still get a great defined warm sound. I find the Orange eq subtle enough to get good defintion in my lows...in other words cleaning up the 'mud' - i rarely concentrate on high frequency . Recently i had a freestyle jam, mainly funky fusion weird time stuff, and switched between my Stingray & Jazz. I found the Ray to be a lot warmer but not as defined as the jazz. Both gave a great old school funk sound which i liked but i found i had to fiddle with the stingray eq a lot more to get good note definition

I use an Orange Terror into a SVT410HLF, love it - very old school sounding. I replaced my SVT Pro4 with the Orange terror as i found they sounded very simlar to my ears but with more obvious eq options with the Pro 4.

Playing mainly reggae covers it has to be...... Red red wine UB40, Bring me your cup UB40 (and lots more UB40 stuff) oh and i momentarily nodded off once whilst playing Aswads 'Good thing going' at a gig......bores me to sleep that track.

Jeez really shocked at all the Barcelona horror stories.....seems a different place as mentioned here to what i went to in 98 . Although tbh our band looked dodgy as f%$£ out there....perhaps that why we never got mugged or had any hassles.

Cheers guys, i'll try pushing the poles pieces through and see if that yields any results. I've tried the eq earlier and no joy on that, perhaps i should try a compressor? It's strange because i want to play my MM more but keep coming back to my Jazz as it never lets me down. Flats could be a good option on the MM. Sildxx, i'm using Lindy fralin pick ups in my Jazz which seem to be well balanced with the tone roled off. I also have Lindy's in my 5 string too...really rate them. Does the J-East J retro allow for a passive option also or is it all active?

Hello, Hope someone can share their pearls of wisdom. I scored an 88 MM Stingray on here a few months back and i have to say i love it to bits, plays like a dream and easily my favourite bass........however: The bass itself seems to have a lot more treble than i'm used to. It's great i guess if your a funkateer and want to do the Louis Johnson thing, however i'm not that talented to do Louis. I guess i'm a dub man who likes a warm phat sound so i have the treble pretty much all the way off. When playing like this the G & sometimes the D gets lost, the E & A strings notes dominate the sound. I've tried raising the pick up towards the G and dropping at the E end. I've also fiddled with my amp eq to see if i can balance the strings more....no luck. I have owned three MM's rays in the past and don't remember having this issue - is it an 80's thang?. Any suggestions? I'm considering maybe i need to change the pre-amp (one day as skint) to a John East - i used to have one on a Pre EB ray and had no issues. Or should i consider the pick up, maybe a Norstrand or any other suggestions? Are there any modifications i can do to the MM pre amp? One thing i have not considered until now is turning the bass EQ down on the bass and then up on the amp, maybe that may work ??? Any thoughts ?

My old funkrock band did a mini tour in Barcelona back in 98'...t'was great fun!!! I flew Easyjet with my bass packed in bubble wrap etc - it was checked at customs too. You'll have a blast, great crowds out there that seem more up for dancing than your average uk crowd in my opinion. Very jealous, wish i was out there again; i could write a book about our little hedonistic driven tour out there See if you can blag Catalonia tv coming to a gig also.

First Bass Owned: Ibanez Tr series 'Go To' Bass: Lakland JO5 (with Lindy Fralin pick ups) 'Your' Bass: Custom Fender jazz (with Lindy Fralin pick ups)

My first bit of bling, used a Mighty might PG - wasn't a great fit as had a bit of filing to do, new strings too!!!...really want a maple neck if anyone wants to swap?

One thing i love about being in a reggae band is i never have to compete with a geeetwrist....tis usually the otherway round

I've been playing the OTB through both a Ampeg SVT 4x10HLF and occassionally a Peavey 4x10 TX or 2x10 TX....i must say i'm impressed with the Peavy sounds....holds up very well

[quote name='Bass_Guardian' post='1117276' date='Feb 6 2011, 01:22 AM']Anyone had any luck replacing the pickguard? Want to know if a basic fender pickguard will fit and if not what needs done to fit it [/quote] +1 ....i quite fancy putting a Tort on my Sonic Blue.

Bought an MP3 control mixer thingy, all good, no probs here...buy in confidence