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  1. dclaassen
    It was actually.a gig…
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    I used to do pickup gigs with a drummer friend who would book jobs, then fill in with whoever was free. Guy comes in with a flying V in one hand and his 12 guage pump shotgun in the other. Leans both against his amp and starts to tune. I carefully introduced myself while asking if the gun was loaded. He gave me the look we used to get from ‘Nam veterans and kept tuning his guitar. Good player , but did not utter a word all night…not a relaxing gig…I never accepted another dep request from the drummer…no idea what happened to the guitarist.
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    I can't say I ever kept a bass I hated (cough-Ric-cough), but... Gibson RD Artist--amazing tone and incredibly versatile tone set, but the weight almost destroyed my shoulder...oh, and it would pick up CB Radio traffic... Yamaha NE2....great bass-really stupid, fiddly hard to use input jack...just silly IMO Spector Spectracore....horrible cheap input jack...getting ready to put a good one in... Any P bass---the neck Any (actual) Jazz Bass---the constant single coil buzz.. G&L L2000 tribute...just a general feeling of discontent with the neck, the tone, and everything Any bass that makes you take the back panel off to change the battery... That's it, I think...
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    EMG humbucker
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    My Spectracore does pretty well….added bonus is the ability to blend between the piezo and soap bar.
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    Very much this for me as well….
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    Well said, sir, and very correct! When you do get the rare chance to perform with those types, enjoy it!
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    Putting this here as well...am very interested in this EUB, and am prepared to pick it up if everything works as it should.
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    I have been playing a five with the country band, but am taking my Jazz 4 to the next gig. I really wonder if anyone (at all) will notice. I think we switch things around for ourselves. I do know that nobody is more obsessed with tone than a bass player, and nobody else (except the sound guy who will make it sound....uh.....different) cares. I'm still going to do both, though....
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    Maybe the best quote ever!!!!!
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    Pm’d
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    If it’s any help, I’ve got the single version, don’t have a bass that doesn’t fit nicely
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    After a lot of backing and filling, I’m going to start using the 4 string jazz in the country band, a fretted and/or fretless 5 for jazz or other more complicated things. If I was to dep in a new band, I’d use a 5 because I think faster in 5. 4s are generally more fun to play though. J and Pedulla have Elixer Nickels, Spector has LaBella low tension flats.
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    I've been in a couple of bands that have broken up in slow motion...:)
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    As an American who has lived here in the UK for 20+ years, I find that the two cultures are very different. I come from the rural Midwest (Nebraska) so have a view that is skewed by limited exposure to more urban forms of music. The bands I played in while in the States did classic country, guitar rock, and very little else. I don't know if that's macho or not....maybe utilitarian and/or accessible might be better words. I had never heard of Status Quo until I came here. for example, and anything Southern Rock, except maybe very popular Skynard and ZZ Top, and pretty much unknown to the guys I played with. This is not said from a judgmental view...I'm retiring here because I love it, but simple observations.
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    I can tell you that our prefereces for classic rock are a lot different. I was playing with a group of guys my ages (all Brits, except me) and asked if they do any Seeger....they did not know who that was. Lots of differences in music from the mid-60's to at least the 80's. Also, country music...what is the deal with Country Roads? Nobody would play that as a country song in the states (remember what Charlie Rich did with JD's CMA announcement), but folks go wild for it here....and they've never even been to West Virginia.
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    I’m not convinced that the CS master builds are for me, and I’m a gear snob. I’d take a Pentabuzz and a Mexican P with any change.
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    Is the stand included?
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    It takes a while to get used to the longer scale fretless. After quite a bit of work, my intonation is kinda tolerable.
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    I used to play through one of these…honestly the best I’ve ever used! I wish I wasn’t such a cheap old basted.
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    Been teaching school music since 1980 and loved almost everything about it
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    Played full time around the midwestern US many years ago. It was fun then, but would not be now.
  23. dclaassen
    Horses for courses…I’ve had brilliant results from Elixers, both on my fretted 5 and my Jazz. Last for ages, nice balanced tone, and feel nice to my fingers. I put Black Beauties on another bass and don’t like how sticky they feel. YMMV
  24. dclaassen
    Can’t tell you how many times I’ve set up for recording then forgotten to turn it on!
  25. dclaassen
    34 for fretted, 35 for fret less. I also like 2 octave necks
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