Soliloquy

You may just as well say "Fender P bass or jazz bass why". You don't like 'em but who cares ? Many people do which is why companies like Warwick are building them.

Matt Garrison and Janek Gwizdala spring to mind.

I agree about the high 'C', but I do find a 'B' really useful, I play a 6 string for most gigs. I find there're a lot less position shifts with a low 'B', especially useful for reading gigs and deop gigs following charts, you don't have to look away from the chart so often .

Bump for more trade options !

Can it be rack mounted ?

It comes in a plastic case, but I'd like to rack mount it, if I buy it.

Thanks !

[quote name='bubinga5' post='787966' date='Mar 27 2010, 04:17 PM']WOW this is very tempting for my Sei Jazz 5[/quote]

PM sent.

Now for sale or trade.


For trades I really want a 'super jazz', ie a Sadowsky or a Sei, preferably a 5 string mode, Marcus Miller jazz.

I will consider trades for most quality 5 string basses, Zon, Status, Overwater, MTD, F-Bass, Sadowsky, Sei, Alembic etc.

I can add cash if necessary.

The bass is in really great condition.

It has a fantastic low action, and features an ash body with spalted maple facing. Bartolini custom pickups and it has a McKeen preamp which was installed by a previous owner.

It's 34" scale and is currently strung with DR Lo-rider nickels.

It also has a removable ramp that was made for it, and has been removed it attaches with double sided sticky tape.

Sale price is £1350 plus shipping or you can collect it.

Bump !

I fancy going a bit retro too, so maybe a trade for a nice Trace Elliot head, must have a 12 band graphic EQ.

[quote name='MB1' post='784831' date='Mar 24 2010, 04:03 PM']MB1.
JJ Burnells got a black one apparently?...
BUMP![/quote]

Yeah, and there's some guy on Talkbass has a black one too.

In pretty good condition, a few marks on the top where there was some velcro fixed for a wireless unit, and a couple of the usual scratches from it being moved from one rack to another.

It's an Aluminium front rather than the usual Postman Pat Red, I gather this is only offerred to Ashdown endorsees and not something you can usually buy.

It has been regularly serviced and is in full working order.

It sounds brilliant !

I'm asking for affers around £450 for it, which'll include postage or you can collect it from Birmingham.

Or trade for an EBS HD350, Eden or a Trace head.

Sold.

PM sent.

Not really a bass I know, but I've been intrigued by these for years, since seeing someone playing one in a bar in Califonronia years ago.

Anyone had any experience of playing one ?.

[quote name='bass_ferret' post='279104' date='Sep 7 2008, 01:56 PM']And why is that - the bass or the signal chain through the PA?[/quote]

Well I would have thought it would be a DI taken from his amp.

Particularly the Kingbass, as it's one of those that I fancy getting.

I was listening to Level 42 live at Reading the other morning, and Mark Kings sound was awful, I really admire him as a player, so this isn't meant as a 'lets knock Mark King thread'.

It's a lot of money to pay, £2400 or thereabouts plus a 12 week wait, if I'm not going to get on with it.

I mainly play jazz and funk, but I'm really into more arty ambient stuff too, so it needs to be versatile.

My main basses are a couple of Sei single cuts, fretted and fretless, and my main rig is Epifani.

[quote name='artisan' post='277840' date='Sep 5 2008, 02:13 PM']hey i'd never knock anyone for studying their instrument (the musical one not the pink one ) but as WOT said such comments as Bilbo made rub people up the wrong way & are totally uncalled for.

+ just because someone is self taught does not mean they don't know any theory.i started playing when i was 12 years old, i'm 41 years old now & reckon i know my way around the fretboard as well as any player here.
infact a very good freind of mine,who happens to be a very good jazz bass player (mind he's in his 60's & has been playing since he was a kid) told me he thought i was a very good technician & one of the best bass players he knows-'nough said.
now i'm not being big headed, as i'm a very modest person,those were his exact words-praise indeed from such a bass & jazz master.
so to sum up my inane rambling (sorry i'm bored shi7less at work) just because a player has never had any formal tuition does not make him a crap player or in fact a "one trick pony"
i thank you.
art'[/quote]

I think the point is that people were saying that you don't need to know any theory, I totally agree with you about the formal teaching, it isn't necessarily important where the study comes from.

[quote name='Shaun' post='277807' date='Sep 5 2008, 01:44 PM']I've never had a music lesson in my life and have been playing for over 13 years.
I’m going to Study at The Institute of Contemporary Music in London this October.
I am really keen. I think it will be really beneficial.
I’ve learnt to play by myself, but learning music on an academic level will definitely benefit my playing.[/quote]

That's a fantastic place, the head of bass studies there is a guy called Terry Gregory, he's a friend of mine, and an excellent player and teacher...........he does play upside down and back to front though, like Jimmy Haslip.

[quote name='wateroftyne' post='277784' date='Sep 5 2008, 01:21 PM']Wow... strong opinions here. Some of them are just plain insulting.

Here's summat to ponder. You don't have to go to school to learn how to talk.[/quote]

True, your parents teach you...........otherwise you'd perhaps go through life saying goo goo ga ga, which might not get you very far.

I'm new to this forum, though I've been a regular browser.

I only actually joined because there's a bass for sale that I'd like to buy.

I studied at music college for a couple of years, I have had loads of hours of private tuition from various players, Steve Lawson and Todd Johnson to name but two of them. I alos put in countless hours of personal study from books (I have dozens), and the internet, I love music, and love learning about it.

I play funk and jazz mostly, and can play pretty much any style of music if needed.....and I mean play, not just plod along playing the correct root notes (or what I hope are the correct root notes!).

I can't work out how you can play with other musicians if you don't know what notes you're playing, it to me sounds like buying a Swedish phrase book, tearing off the side of the page with the English words on, and then going to Sweden for a holiday, sure you're coming out with Swedish words, but are they the right ones lol!.

You go to a jam or audition, someone gives you a chart with a few chord symbols on it, say Eb maj, Bb min, F7, how do you get on if you don't know where those notes are, and what notes you can play over those chords.
What will the other musicians think if you're stood there plonking away trying to hit a right note, or do you only ever play in one key ?.

And as for people telling Bilbo that he's talking b****cks, sorry but he's not, you are.

He's giving someone advice about learning some basic theory, basic theory can be learned in a few weeks, with the minimum of effort, and will give a lifetime of rewards.

Staying ignorant and only playing in a limited comfort zone is fine, but believe me, having a bit of knowledge and being able to step out of that zone is a magical thing, don't knock until you've tried it.

Some of the worlds greatest players couldn't read music, but that doesn't mean that they didn't know any theory, they're two different things.

This was my Stanley bass, I sold it a few years ago now, what a mistake.

I wasn't playing it too often though, I was concentrating on my 6 string playing, and a bass like this needs to be played.

I will get another someday though, for definite !.

Thanks, it's a fine looking bass, very tempting !.

Does anyone know if I'd have to pay import tax on bringing this into the UK ?.

The power stages are different too, one's a switch mode and the other's a class D, not too sure exactly what that means.

I found the PS that I tried lacked the depth and sparkle that the 502 has. I actually bought the UL902.

The PS range looks a bit odd, not that that's necessarily that important.

What scale length and what string spacing is the Surine ?.