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[quote name='Wil' post='308728' date='Oct 17 2008, 04:30 PM']If by "these days", you mean the last 20 years, and by "American rock bands", you mean American hardcore punk bands, then the only answer I can give is because it sounds great to those who enjoy American hardcore punk bands [/quote] Tried another track (5 to 9). I liked this track but I'm still hung up on the the harmonised Emo vocals. I'll work on it.....

[quote name='spongebob' post='308844' date='Oct 17 2008, 06:40 PM']I'd advise all bass fans to check out anything by Erase Errata. Totally brilliant bassing on a Fender Jazz. Saw them live in '03, one of the best gigs I've seen.[/quote] Erase Errata sound good. ^_^

Had a listen to the Wilhelm Scream guys. Nice bass playing, but hated the tunes. Why do so many American rock bands have annoying, whiny "fratboy" vocals these days?

[quote name='spinynorman' post='307404' date='Oct 15 2008, 09:37 PM']I've got a Rebop 5, currently strung with roundwounds of unknown origin. Normally I have my basses strung with flats and I was just wondering if anyone here has played a Spector with flats. If so, would you recommend it and which brand/type?[/quote] Give it a whirl! I'd seriously recommend Jazz Thomastik flats. They're beautiful strings - almost like playing gut strings. They're also really flexible so you can get great bending effects with them. They'll give you a really smooth mellow sound that your spector will probably turn into a almighty boom.

[quote name='Annoying Twit' post='308233' date='Oct 16 2008, 10:48 PM']I read up on things. Someone advised me that it's not a good idea to start modding a bass etc. when you've only got one bass. As if you £&£% it up, then you've got no bass! So, not for now. But maybe some other time.[/quote] There are good and bad mods. As long as the guitar wasn't too valuable to begin with then replacement necks or bridges are fair enough. On the other hand crazy paintjobs and half-arsed wood working jobs are a bad idea if you ever want to sell.

[quote name='peted' post='307664' date='Oct 16 2008, 09:57 AM']This has never happened to me? Is this just when you first put the string on, or just tweaking between practices? I would be horrified if I couldn't rely on my strings staying in the bridge every time I touched a machinehead![/quote] Nah, just when you're putting them on. I switched a set of strings last night as it happens and I figured out that you have to learn to put the strings on "backwards" so to speak - wind them around the machine heads and [b]then[/b] pop then into the bridge when they're just the right length.

The cheaper Warwick bridges aren't the best, but they ain't too bad in my experience. They're the "reliable old Honda Accord" of the bridge world. I really like the Warwick two piece design execpt for one thing - the stringball holder. The open access is good, but the strings will often pop out whilst your're tightening the machineheads. Gets very annoying.....

Mmm a maple Warwick would be a nice addition to my collection, but no more buying this year!

[quote name='Thunderhead' post='305722' date='Oct 13 2008, 07:14 PM']It's nothing to do with the bridge either! If the neck moves backwards when you change string gauge and causes buzzing, you need to adjust the NECK, not the nut, and not the bridge! The three adjustments don't do the same things, and you can't really use one to compensate for not setting one of the others correctly.[/quote] I used the nut to solve a problem with a lighter G string buzzing very slighty towards the top of the neck when played open. I opted to give the nut a quarter turn upwards. I was happy with slightly less neck relief as it worked very well for the other strings. I fully understand how to set up a bass, so telling me I can't do something that I have done to good effect isn't really helping this topic.....

The bassist of Muse (Chris Wolstenholme) is very good if you like proggy metal. Also, Cornelius does some really cool things with bass on his tunes. You do make a fair point about alot of mainstream music at the mo - loads of landfill indie with really dull rhythm section work.

[quote name='kennyrodg' post='303219' date='Oct 9 2008, 06:10 PM']seems i was asking a bit much for the neck to be the right colour. i ordered the one with the lighter coloured neck and the darker one is en route. Please somebody tell me its as nice.........Pleeeeeeeease. [/quote] Looks the mutt's nuts either way, mate. Rosewood can vary quite alot anyway. Also the lighting in those shots is totally different, so that's not helping either.

These look brilliant and the prices are right. The name's great fun too, though they'll probably change it when they eventually find out about its [b]other[/b] meaning..... ^_^

[quote name='Thunderhead' post='304731' date='Oct 12 2008, 11:35 AM']But that's the wrong solution. If the string tension is lowered and the neck moves backwards as a result, you NEED to adjust the truss rod, period. Anything else is addressing the wrong part of the equation. Two wrongs don't make a right - if you raise the nut instead you will possibly cause intonation issues at the first position and may still have buzzing in the lower fretted positions.[/quote] It isn't cut and dried. It all depends on how the bass is set up. When changing to lighter strings the bass neck has of course flattened slightly when I've removed them, but in some cases I've opted to raise the nut very slightly and leave the action as it is at the other end. There's not [b]always[/b] a need to further raise the right-hand playing action to fix buzzing that it happening further towards the headstock. Lets be clear, I'm not saying an adjustable nut is a replacement bridge, but it [b]can[/b] be useful to make tiny tweaks. Works for me without any problems.

As a very young kid I'd always noticed the guys at the back next to the drums with the "long guitars" and had wondered what they were playing. Later as a teenager a guitar playing friend suggested I give bass a go when I kept unwittingly attempting to do basslines on his guitar. I used to play violin (poorly) as a kid, so I was playing non-chorded melodies on the top four strings that closely mirrored the beats. After that I got myself an old Ibanez Roadster and went from there.

I think even the most ardent Warwick fan would struggle to defend the look of that bass! I hope it's easier on the ears than on the eyes....

They are useful, the JAN IIs were crap and prone to breaking, but the JAN IIIs do the job well. You can, for example, drop lower gauge strings onto a bass and reduce the increased buzzing from lower tension without having to touch the bridge or trussrod.

The guy seemed desperate to sell. Perhaps his credit has just gotten crunched, so to speak. Ebaying a valuable item with no reserve is a risky move at the moment, whether you're selling a Warwick or a Fender. Only three bids placed. Three! And they were all lowballing like mad......

[quote name='Thunderhead' post='304702' date='Oct 12 2008, 09:32 AM']I wouldn't bother. I've never liked these things - they don't actually give you quite fine enough adjustability (it's possible to find one setting is too high, and the next half turn lower is too low[/quote] Errrr, so use a quarter turn?

[quote name='lemmywinks' post='303776' date='Oct 10 2008, 12:35 PM']There's always a few passive Streamer Standards knocking about (i sold my 5 for about £200), lovely Warwick neck and a passive humbucker. I sold mine cos it looked like a Warwick but sounded like a Precision! The only controls are a volume (with push/pull) and tone[/quote] +1 to this. Not the current Rockbass version but the old Warwick Streamer Std. Warwick only made them for two years. They're pretty cheap now but have a really nice neck. Drop £200 one one of those and buy a huge rig with the rest! [url="http://www.warwickbass.com/basses/streamer_std.html"]http://www.warwickbass.com/basses/streamer_std.html[/url]

You could get hold of a fancy bridge that allows you to adjust the string spacing to your taste. Hipshot do a nice one:- [url="http://www.guitarpartsresource.com/bridge_hipshota4.htm"]http://www.guitarpartsresource.com/bridge_hipshota4.htm[/url]

I paid around £1500 in total to get my two Thumb Basses second hand - (£900 odd for the NT and £500 odd for the BO). Had wanted these basses for years and found myself in a position to treat myself. Wouldn't ever spend over 1k on a bass, though. Next year I may drop a few hundred on a fretless passive Corvette. That should do me for many years....

Jamerson was brilliant. I learnt tons by playing along with his parts of "What's goin' on". [quote name='Monz' post='301002' date='Oct 7 2008, 08:07 AM']What a bass hero.... Still can't get over how lifeless the strings sound or it that done in post editing? I can hear lots of compression[/quote] As Tl said, that's the sound of very old flatwound strings. If you want a similar sound I'd recommend grabbing a set of Thomastik flats. I've got a set on my Std which I use to get an old motown boom. They sound great and will probably improve as they age.