Doctor J

Added some green funk for extra protection (formerly curtains), just a little bit of trimming left to do

Former SR3006E owner, lovely instrument, top class build quality, just took a few years to come to terms with the fact that I'm not a 6 player. Rejoined the gang yesterday, picked up a SR1300PM... really, really fantastic instrument. I can see it getting a lot of use.

Turns out it was in fact a SR1300PM, the top of the range Ibby from 93, Paduak sandwiching a mahogany core, 5 piece wenge/bubinga neck with wenge fretboard, AFR pickups and Ibanez pre with sweepable mid. There was no way I could say no. Spent today stripping it down and cleaning 16 years of smoke off and out of it and oiling the wood. It's all back together now, sounds superb, quite a lot like my Streamer actually, but with that neck. I'd forgotten how slim the necks are on these things, after the initial shock your hand just flies all over the place. It's such aneasy and graceful bass to play. There's a stigma about Ibanez basses for sure... and that's ok, because it means people like me can pick up top drawer basses for a song Yes, I am enjoying the catch

Let's whittle this down to the facts... He wrote some of the best pop songs of all time and is a wonderfully melodic bassist who's pushing 70 and still rocks harder than most 20 year olds. I'm not seeing the problem.

Heh heh, a 4 string high end SR has been on the list for almost 20 years, just never found the right one. This is possibly the last of their high-end reverse-P + J models, it's been all soapbar types since 98, so yeah, I'm probably a little more excited about this than I ought to be. It'll sit well beside that Streamer I got off you, Frank. I hope that Bacchus is going to a good home, I still have an emotional attachment there

Maybe it's the angle the pic was taken at, but it looks like 12" scale?

There's an Ibanez SR1010 going at a decent price over here which I'm just powerless to resist checking out. What with the mortgage and the bajillions of debt we're in over here, it's been a while since I've had this feeling, that sensation of maybe getting something new. I used to have a SR 6er which was pretty similar to the spec of this, it's going to have to be in failry crap shape for me to turn it down, I think. It's a great feeling.... the scent of blood, almost. So, G.A.S., we meet again...

I associate the sound of Marshall with thin, shrill, ear-splitting fizz. Not sure I'll be picking these up, tbh.

[quote name='Happy Jack' post='1004868' date='Oct 29 2010, 10:24 AM']Put McCartney alongside Clarke, Wooten, Miller, etc. and you'd be right - he's nothing exceptional. The whole point is that you CAN'T.[/quote] Sure you can. I know loads of McCartney's basslines to hear and even though I've checked out tunes featuring the other luminaries of our instrument over the years I'll be honest, I can't think of a single bassline any of them wrote.

The same way as any dynamic microphone, just bigger. It's common enough these days. So many people were taking an NS10 speaker and using it as a mic on bass drums that Yamaha made the subkick, which is really just an NS10 speaker in a drum shell. Used on bass and bass drums, because it's a bigger surface it doesn't move as quickly and doesn't really pick up high end, a big fat low end is your reward. [url="http://usa.yamaha.com/products/musical-instruments/drums/accessories/lowfreq/skrm-100sfv/?mode=model"]http://usa.yamaha.com/products/musical-ins...sfv/?mode=model[/url]

I received a Stingray from the UK once in just the hard case with one strip of brown tape looped around to stop it opening. Not a good feeling, though there was an intense feeling of relief when I opened the case and (A) the bass was still there and ( it was in one piece. Contrast that to when I got a pair of Godlykes off Eubassix and spent half an hour just getting through the packing A much better experience, definitely. Bubble wrap and box it every time.

The ohm rating of the speakers in each is the same?

[quote name='El Bajo' post='1002038' date='Oct 27 2010, 09:03 AM']My wife said I sounded like a giant wasp.[/quote] [quote]I'm not passing up an opportunity to look good [/quote] I agree. Dressing like a giant wasp is a great idea.

3CD version of Control Denied sitting in the letterbox when I got home from work, so I'm working through the three discs right now.

Does this one still work after you take it out of the store?

Just play along to AC/DC - you'll soon build up endurance and consistency without having to get too fruity with the left hand allowing you to focus on getting your plucking in order. I tend to play ring-middle-index-ring-middle-index etc. It takes a while to get it sounding smooth and starting each bar on a different finger is a bit unusual at first but with a bit of persistence you'll be grand.

Signature bass doesn't mean it's his actual bass, just that he's happy he's being paid enough to appear in ads with it and for his signature to be on it.

Debt Valley, Tipperary

It isn't a big enough market here to specialise, plus it'll always be cheaper to order from abroad. X-music in Ballymount in Dublin probably have the largest selection but it's still the usual brands, unfortunately, though they do have some EBS pedals so they might be able to get some amplification too if you grovel hard enough.

I am insanely jealous! I remember Chris Holmes always used to play one of them. Not everyone's cup of tea but, hey, if they don't mind being wrong then you shouldn't feel bad on their behalf!

Once it stops being fun, move on.

I'm quite partial to the classic P and J styles, J in particular. Have to say though, I picked up a Godlyke last year and it's the most comfortable body I've ever played, standing and sitting.

I'd like to get hold of a Yamaha BB2024X but the bank practically insist I pay the mortgage instead.

It's not a Surveyor. It is, however, a 400 Series Jazz bass, probably one of the finest Jazz basses you're ever going to lay your hands on. Well done, that's a serious instrument you've got there. Doesn't look like the original scratchplate though, it doesn't follow the shape of the body around the lower horn. Still, that's a major score, they're seriously top quality basses.