Piers_Williamson

Does he do commissions? It looks 'the elephant's pajamas'!

I am lucky enough to own two Fender CS Jazz basses. One a 66 lollypop bass evidences very little single coil hum. My pride and joy, a 61 stack knob jazz displays a lot of hum within about a foot of my amp (I like playing with the neck pickup dialed back a couple of notches and appreciate this might be one of the reasons for the hum). Does the Custom Shop reproduce the old habits of Jazz's faithfully. i.e. are Stack nob jazz's louder on the hum front?

My fave, but it feels like it might not have started out as a Christmas number!

You could always try this for a really fantastic vintage repro sound: PJB 8*5 (briefcase amp plus extension set flat) plus Noble valve pre amp, plus compressor.....Plus Jazz!

Is it just me...or was he just learning to play the fretless in the studio

So here's my compromise answer. Two CS Jazz, one a 66 replica (Like Lee's sunburst but new (ish)) and the other is supposed to be a replica 62 stack knob, but has some minor artistic license (like no mutes). I've had the 66 longer and is marginally nicer to play, but I always wanted a Lake Placid Blue Jazz

The Derek Forbes line that started all the others: Premonition

Errrrr...James Jameson and Marcus Miller??

Lefties on the setee

That's nice. I'm a lefty born in 1961. Feels an expensive quest to source a lefty stack-knob jazz!

The Trammps....Hold Back the Night

I took photos of Lindisfarne in the early eighties at Leeds Uni. I vaguely knew who they were, but to be at a gig where 2000 members of the audience knew every word to every song was a revelation and made the hairs stand up on the back of my neck. A truly brilliant live act!

I really enjoyed Geoff Lynn's ELO performance at the 02 Last night. It was the first time I've seen Lee play (not being a Take That fan). He was playing what I guess was a L/H custom shop pre-cbs Jazz with matching headstock. Anyone know what it is? And great performance Lee if you read this!

Oh and who played Fretless in Lindisfarne?

Some great choices with which I agree, esp Jaco on Shadows and Light. No one has mentioned anything by China Crisis from the 80s and didn’t Bruce Thomas play some great fretless in the Attractions somewhere?

I think you are describing my bass. Is it the one on the L/H section of the Bass Gallery? Nearly 40 years ago I bought what must have been a 77 or 78 P Bass new, but customised it out of sight. It was a 'Friday afternoon' Fender bass and not much good, so I sold it. This one (which is also very close to the S/N) above, is VERY heavy, but sounds amazing. I could be playing in the Stranglers! I feel like I've got my youth back (but not my back!)