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Sell your thumb, buy a battered old fender precision, best bass sound I ever heard live was Raging Speedhorn and the bass player was using a well used vintage fender P and the bass sound was so dominant and thick it just cut through everything and it really gave the sound some serious balls, you'll probbably lose some of the growly mids you're getting from your thumb but it'd thicken out your sound with plenty of low end woof.

I like most of their stuff that Ive heard. They're huge in Germany (unsuprising) and they pretty much pull massive crowds wherever they play (including here when they do) just be warned if you do decide to use Pyro make sure its all officialy over seen by a qualified fire safety type person because I remember reading a story about a band using pyro in some club a while back who managed to set fire to the whole place and burn it down.

I like this quote -"This bass model has been praised by many of today’s leading bassists and has therefore become resurgent in its quest to re-establish itself within a highly competitive market". To re-establish itself? when was it "unestablished"?! Im pretty sure that the jazz bass remians the most popular type of bass to date.

Basically anything with a decent set of jazz or humbucker pups. generally precisions sound a little too chunky with not enough mids or highs for a decent slap that cuts through the mix. An active will give your tone a little more clarity in most cases. See if you can score a secondhand musicman sub or a nice mexican or japanese jazz, If im right there was a modded mim jazz in the for sale thread on this site.

I find flea to be very a creative and musical player and I find his style of aggressive slap playing to be quite unique (or at least it was towards the earlier stages of his career) and I had no interest in picking up an instrument until I heard the basslines on Blood Sugar Sex Magic so he single handedly inspired me to pick up the bass. I also like Justin Chancellor from Tool, I think his basslines always sound original, creative and he has great tone. Les Claypool because....well.....because he's Les Claypool.

I like it!

would you? [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/hondo-II-late-70s-bass-guitar-japan-lawsuit-case_W0QQitemZ280295776892QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV?hash=item280295776892&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1301%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/hondo-II-late-70s-ba...A1%7C240%3A1318[/url]

Lets be honest here, the only people likely to spend that amount of money on a bass guitar are either seasond players or people who are well aware of what sort of a bass would go for that sort of money. So he's wasting his time.

[quote name='warwickhunt' post='353471' date='Dec 13 2008, 12:01 PM']I do worry when sellers claim to have owned something for so long and they can't get basic info correct![/quote] Especially given the value of the instrument, if were to spend that money on a bass guitar I'd want to know the fine details on the spec

A bargain for sure, mid 90's qualifies for vintage nowdays [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VINTAGE-FENDER-JAZZ-BASS-93-94-MEXICO-FLIGHT-CASE_W0QQitemZ130274662943QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV?hash=item130274662943&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1298%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VINTAGE-FENDER-JAZZ-...A1%7C240%3A1318[/url]

[quote name='warwickhunt' post='351948' date='Dec 11 2008, 05:05 PM']I'm not sure that the seller has tried to sell it to the next highest bidder yet... has he?[/quote] Sorry I should of been a little more clear, I meant ended the auction and offered it to Shonks, either way my comment about him being a slimey tosspot still stands as his story about trying to recoup his money is b*llocks, he was out to rip somebody off.

The fact this fella, even after being caught out and admitting to selling a fake, would still offer it to the current highest bidder at nearly 400 quid knowing full well its a fake just shows the guy is a slimey tosser trying to get what he can even after being exposed as a fraudster.

This guy is clearly a chancer he knows full well its a fake, I hate low life like this

I cant stop watching this, awesome tone, awesome technique, and I like how he changes between slap and fingerstyle and puts his own spin on the bassline, some of his fills make me go wow! [url="http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=RchAWnAO-BY&NR=1"]http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=RchAWnAO-BY&NR=1[/url] Easily one of my favourite players on youtube.

[quote name='tombboy' post='338965' date='Nov 27 2008, 09:54 PM']You serious Kev? Not read the news lately? [/quote] Nope, I'll go and search for it now , shockwave, THANKYOU for typing in CAPS, it makes certain WORDS, so much EASIER to UNDERSTAND doesnt it?