Doctor J

Your sitting their, drinking beer. They're beer, not you'res.

I picked this up from the US for about the price of a Tribute. It's an early 90's L2000 body which was mated with an early 80's SB2 neck. The neck had been stripped, looks like it was painted black at some point, stripped badly again and had a bad nitro finish applied. It wasn't in great shape to be honest, the seller was a little liberal with the description and it had 20 years of crud all over it. I spent many hours yesterday sanding the crap off the neck, both the crap nitro and the remnants of the black still on there. On the positive side, it's a great feeling neck and straight as an arrow, but this accounted for six hours of my life. Luckily, the pain of the defeat against Spain distracted me from the pain of several grit phases of sanding. The nut was broken so I installed a brass nut I had to hand which was a perfect fit, also did a fret level, crown and polish and finished it with the same wax my Streamer is finished with. It feels great now. I stripped and cleaned the body and parts too, had to replace the barrel jack and mismatched knobs and, after a good set up, it turned out real nice, real nice indeed. It sounds amazing, definitely something fans of Warwicks should investigate if they haven't already. Of course, being an early 80's neck means it has been in the room with Leo, which means its [size=5][b]+++AWESOME+++[/b][/size]

I've come to accept that I'm a bass nerd. I get great enjoyment out of the little differences, out of the different design philosophies, the differing concepts behind the different basses I have. I love them all, just in different ways because they're all different interpretations of the instrument I have a passion for. I don't see the point or nobility in rationalising having just one. I am comfortable having more than one bass. It's great, to be honest. I spent many years with just one bass, which I still have and that's great too. Tell me this, is your life going to be any worse off for having the JV as well as a kick ass Streamer? Hell no. Do you think the day might come where the raw power of the JV will excite you just as much as the finesse of the Streamer is exciting you now? So why think about moving it on? Some days only the JV will do, some days you'll just need the Streamer. Smile at how great your life is and learn to live with the burden.

Billy's ok. I'll not have a bad word said about Eat 'Em And Smile. He can keep it real when he needs to. When you're in a band with Paul Gilbert or Steve Vai it's ok to let rip every now and then.

Of course, he hires serfs to be energetic on his behalf, otherwise, what's the point in being a milti-millionaire?

Rock with a choir? Sounds like you need some heavy cheese. There can be only one. Manowar! [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLvPNt2KsAU[/media]

Very nice. Very nice indeed.

It's in your colour.

[quote name='Marvin' timestamp='1339609058' post='1691480'] But, he's in a rather pompous stadium rock 'band' whose outlook is very far removed from the spirit of punk. They're business men who like to think they're being 'creative', not very punk really [/quote]Exactly! How much more punk could you be by giving two fingers to conformity? Hail the bespectacled genius, hail him now!

Frequently it's heard being mouthed by someone's arse.

Claytonbashing mystifies me. One of the lines you see frequently trotted out by old punks is that [i]the great thing was that you didn't have to be able to play to be in a band[/i]. Therefore Clayton, I put it to you, is the living embodiment of punk. 30 years later he is still in the band and still not able to play. Punk not dead as long as Clayton lives. Stick your spirit of 77 up your arse, you all sold out where he is still proudly flying the flag. Not only that, but he gets paid too. Regularly. Not only that, but he gets supermodels. Regularly. Not only that, but his regular gig is not the Badger And Brake Lever playing Boney M covers, but football stadiums [i]and he doesn't even play football!!![/i] Mock him not, for he is a quite clearly a genius.

I used to avoid maple purely because I didn't like the look of it but now it doesn't bother me in the slightest. I think rosewood does work better with 3TS though.

I have one of the dual band compressors. It's decent enough but I'm not really hot on effects so space isn't an issue for me. You could say the same for Electro Harmonix, they're bigger than they realistically need to be but, hey, I've got big feet and somewhat clumsy so it's not always a bad thing.

Looks like there are two threads for John http://basschat.co.uk/topic/147078-feedback-for-haimesy/ Both positive

[quote name='LukeFRC' timestamp='1339540231' post='1690404'] I think every bass player HAS to try a T40 once in his or her life. If I only had one bass till I died and it was a T40 I would die happy. Possibly of a hideous back injury but a great bass to try. [/quote]It is on [i]the list[/i] The problem is, over here, selection is somewhat limited so a lot of the time, in order to try something, it's quicker to buy one online

There are loads, but the ones I'm keenest to try are Wal, Alembic and a Peavey T-40.

You could try a licenced one http://basschat.co.uk/topic/178581-kubicki-klone/

[quote name='Spike Vincent' timestamp='1339530101' post='1690092'] Or dead... [/quote]Well you better give Gene Simmons the news because I'm not making that phone call

That list could also be called Fabulously Successful And Rich Bass Players

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfVwSIkxLqQ[/media]

Is it ok if I swap virtuosos for people whose music I can actually enjoy without seeing them do it? If so, Troy Gregory Bernard Edwards Cliff Williams Tony Choy Roger Patterson Dan Berglund Doug Wimbish Colin Hodgkinson Geddy Lee Sean Malone Yeah, that will do for today.

Just listening to Off The Wall and I'm once again struck by how much it [i]swings[/i], you know what I mean? Real drums, real bass, you just can't beat it [size=1][i](sorry)[/i][/size]. Jacko got heavily into electronic rhythm and left bass riffs behind as he went on but this stuff is where it truly is at as far as I'm concerned. Dangerous onwards just leaves me cold. In fact, I even struggle with Bad. Any fans of the later material out there? Help me out, I just don't get it. With a kicking band behind him he really was operating at an entirely different level.