No lust in Jazz

No, my own two entries into this 'bit of fun', were based on my experience of listening to them play bass, versus their wider reputation / popularity among I suppose, the wider population and I stand by that.

John Entwistle While they clearly had their moments, I never really got The Who, in later years, for me his playing seemed to be more like a special effect than crafted to work for a song.

Respect

Mark King. This is down to the music, I didn't like the 80's pop music / slap funk thing at the time and I still don't.

Ans: 1 - For me it doesn't, this surprises me a little, but I can move from one scale length e.g 35" or 34" scale bass to a 30" SS without issue. There are differences with string tension and spacing that I occasionally get caught out on, but depending on what I'm playing, within ten minutes, it is a non-issue. Ans: 2 - I don't experience neck dive on any of my short scale basses. Qu: Which SS bass that you've played presents neck dive issues? Ah, just read through a few contributions to this and yes, Fender Mustang variants have some neck dive, I hated the one that I played and I don't own one.

Yes, I was late to that party - I really wish that I hadn't been.

Yes, but I don't believe that it carries RM's name, mine doesn't (could be wrong). I only came across it when looking around for a two PU SS after Serek prices went hyperbolic. I'm still not aware of RM's playing.

I have three P basses. I have a Jazz and a Roscoe 5 String and I have five short scale Basses. If I had to I could live with any one of them. Typically rotate through them, practicing, rehearsing and gigging the same one for a couple of months and then on a whim feel the need to switch to a different bass.

I have a CS Precision, I bought it second hand - it is great, I was playing it last night thinking 'this is a really good bass' and its as far from two badly bolted together pieces of wood, as you can get. That said, my £5k is going on a new central heating system.

If anyone wants to play Zeuhl - Then they're ok by me - Thanks for the post I'd not heard of them.

I have / had a Noble Pre - if you like a couple of valves, in front of the Quilter and I can only say that at a non scientific base line of non excessive knob twiddling on any of the units, the Mesa WA and Quilter (with Noble) through the same cabs sound different. As has been mentioned before the usual stuff like flat wound strings, foam mute will all have an effect.

here's my recent experience. After spending the last 8 years playing a Quilter Bass Block into two Barefaced Cabs. I've just started using the same cabs with a Mesa Walkabout head - same Serek, Wilcocks and Fender basses, same hapless idiot playing them - totally different sound. The flat Mesa sound is very different from the Quilter with the same cabs - whether its your Holy Grail or not I can't say.

Yes, for similar reasons I wasn't into Japan at all, but the Girls at school loved them for how they looked.

I love Mick Karn's playing, particularly liked the Travis Bean tone years and here he is playing with Kate Bush.

Wow.